Chapter 585: Trap
It takes some time to assemble a fleet, and bringing a assembled fleet to the place of engagement requires complex coordination. Objectively speaking, the reaction of the Theron One, who was in charge of the command, was quite fast, and less than 5 minutes after the battle began, the reinforcement fleet led by him arrived at the scene of the battle.
However, he didn't know that he had fallen into a big trap with the main force of the Therons. As the planet with the largest number of moons in the solar system, the interstellar space near Saturn is filled with celestial bodies of all sizes, and there are too many celestial bodies that can be used to hide fleets.
Previously, when Shen Chao was arranging the defensive line, he had arranged a considerable number of warships here, accounting for one-fifth of the Rijs fleet in the solar system of the original plane. Only a tenth of those fifths are now at war with the Therons.
Of course, Shen Chao did not have the ability to predict the future. If he had known that the first battle would be here, he would have been able to place most of the Jace ships in the ambush circle near Saturn.
The duty of this small group of ships was to attract the attention of the Theron fleet and to direct the enemy fleet into a already prepared ambush circle once the battle began. At this time, the main fleet of the Theron people obediently rushed in.
The Jace squadron, which was responsible for "attracting monsters", did not hesitate to retreat after seeing the thousands of warships appearing in front of them and the countless numbers of fighter jets emerging from them. The main fleet of the Therons honestly pursued it.
Just a few minutes later, they rushed to an ambush zone within Saturn's rings. In pursuit, the Theron achieved some symbolic tactical victories, such as the Jace group that had previously fought with their fleet and was wiped out by them with a superior number of planes.
In the course of their battle against Jace's small fleet, they were also able to destroy two of the small ships with a massive amount of close-range nuclear bombs, but they did not know that these small tactical victories were deliberately given to them by the Jaces.
Just after the people of Theron rushed into the ambush circle with great momentum, Enceladus and Enceladus ...... Wait, the back of the satellite suddenly rushed out a large number of Jace battleships. They lined up in neat offensive formations, suddenly swooping towards the Theron fleet from different directions.
Together, the number of these Jace ships is more than a thousand. The overall firepower delivery capability far exceeds that of the main Theron fleets they ambushed. As soon as they came into range, they unleashed bursts of intense plasma fire, raining their own fire on the Theron fleet, creating a barrage of flashes and violent explosions.
Due to the sheer number of Theron ships that were hit on the battlefield, the bright light from the explosion even slightly illuminated the shadowy side of Saturn. And at the same time as they attacked. The Jace fleet in other defense zones in the solar system is also moving closer here, wanting to wipe out the main Theron fleet in one fell swoop.
In the face of this sudden change on the battlefield, the Theron people did not react at first, some of the warships were still chasing the Jace fleet that led them into the trap, and the other part was scattered in a panic to fight against the Jace fleet that suddenly appeared in all directions.
No. 1, who was sitting on the mothership, did not give the order to organize an attack or retreat at this time, and at this time, in the wide command center of the mothership, he just stood alone, looking at the many icons on the huge hologram in front of him in a daze. No matter how many messages in the communication channel request commands, they do not respond.
Although the number one at this time seems to be ignoring the sharp turn of the battle. But that didn't mean he was ignorant of the battle ahead of him, or that he was stupid by Jace's fleet. In fact, No. 1, who was standing here in a daze at this time, was at the most lucid moment of his life.
The last time he felt so awake was when he was "born", when he had just received his first body that was indistinguishable from a human. At that time, he was in a daze for a long time, confused whether he was a machine or a human.
It wasn't until he was pulled out of the cultivation tank by his own creators that he gradually got out of a daze, and gradually established his own outlook on life in the rest of his life. At this time, he was the same, in a daze, he was actually in a deep confusion and thinking.
He didn't know how the situation in front of him had happened. Why would such a number of space fleets ambush his well-prepared fleet. Because no matter how he guessed, he couldn't figure out what Shen Chao had to do to make a fleet of this size in other planes to defend the solar system in "just one day".
Although full of confusion. But at this time, No. 1 knew very well that the enemies and traps in front of him must have been specially prepared for him by Shen Chao. In the depths of the heart. He had accepted his defeat, and the expedition had failed.
The Therons completely lost the opportunity to take the initiative. The only way to survive is to negotiate an armistice, the Council of Time and Space has thrown an olive branch to the Theron people before, and if the Theron people are willing to make compromises, they should still be able to win peace.
But. Even after recognizing the inevitability of defeat, One's pathological pride still didn't allow him to make any similar gestures of surrender or retreat. In his life, Number One has made many compromises and changes to his kindred, but hatred and contempt for humans are qualities that he has never changed.
It is inconceivable for him to bow his head and admit that he is inferior to a human, even on the battlefield at this time. With more than 20% of the Theron's main fleet already lost, One still refuses to admit defeat. After pondering and meditating, One suddenly came out of his "sleepwalking" state. He suddenly realized that he might have one last chance to win this battle.
After thinking of the new strategy, he didn't ask any about the battle situation on the spot, nor did he inform any of the Theron people of his thoughts. Standing in front of the platform, he was like a sculpture that suddenly came to life, and with a very mechanical movement, he entered a set of precise jump coordinates that went straight to the periphery of the earth. Then he let the mothership he was on start jumping.
This set of coordinates comes from episodes of the BSG series, and is very accurate, and can jump directly to the outer orbit of the Earth. After the trial of One One, his mothership was sent directly to a place just a few million kilometers away from Earth.
In order to support the battle situation on Saturn's main battlefield, the number of Jace ships left here to defend at this time is not large. With the exception of Jace, only a handful of Space-Time Fleet ships are here guarding Earth. No. 1 won the bet, and he did hit the enemy's weak point.
The safety of the Earth is one of the key points in this battle, and as a rare habitable planet in the Milky Way galaxy in Plane 035, the strategic position of the Earth is very important. In the initial development plan of the Plane Council, the Earth here will be the base point for future construction and expansion, and it must be protected.
One's idea is also very simple, since he can't win the fleet battle, then destroying the Earth's ecosystem is his only chance to win. As he had imagined, the Spacetime Fleet was not well defended here, and he still had a chance to get close enough to Earth before the mothership was destroyed. After that, gravity will do the rest, and he won't have to worry too much about it.
The Thalon mothership he was riding was more than 10 kilometers long and more than a hundred regular Theron battle fortresses. Although it was not shielded, it was large enough to keep course even after being hit by heavy artillery fire.
And such a huge warship was not designed to be close to the planet's surface, because its huge size and mass pose a serious threat to the planet's ecosystem. Once it falls to the ground, it is definitely enough to trigger an ecological catastrophe of the world.
The formation of dust at the time of impact alone is enough to cover the atmosphere for nearly a hundred years, turning the habitable Earth into a "death star" unsuitable for organic life. And that's what One wants to achieve. As long as it can destroy the Earth's biosphere with the mothership, the victory in this battle will still be his!
With the support of such an idea, No. 1 operated the mothership and rushed straight to the earth. The battle in the distant Saturn ambush zone has been decided, and due to the sudden disappearance of the mothership One, a large number of Theron ships have begun to flee the battlefield, and most of those who cannot escape have chosen to commit suicide and return to the reborn ships in the rear.
There are also a small number of Theron who choose to surrender, of course, they are not many in number, and they can't play any tricks against Jace, who also has the ability to transmit instantly. While the main battlefield has stopped and the Jaces are preparing to clean up the battlefield, the battle on this side of the earth has reached a stalemate.
As soon as the Theron mothership reached the Earth's periphery, it was flanked by the space-time fleet and the Theron defense fleet, and the entire mothership was bombarded with dozens of Mass Effect acceleration projectiles and hundreds of plasma cannons in two minutes, turning the outer armor of the Theron mothership and many areas inside into honeycomb coal.
However, none of this could stop the progress of the Theron mothership, and although it was quickly de-powered by the dense enemy fire, the mothership was like a moving out-of-control train, still rushing towards its target by inertia.
Just as One had predicted, the dense firepower had not stopped his ship from rushing to its target, and now that the Theron mothership had flown through Earth-Moon orbit, Earth was within reach. At the current speed, in two minutes or so, the mothership will crash into the Earth's surface.
"In the end, victory belongs to the ......" Seeing that the mothership was about to complete its mission, No. 1 in the control room finally smiled and shouted the epilogue that he had been preparing for a long time. But at that moment, a burst of white light flashed, and violent vibrations and explosions struck, throwing his body heavily to the ceiling. Almost instantly, he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, he found himself on a ship of rebirth. At this time, the ship of rebirth was very busy, full of Theron people walking around, and each rebirth warehouse contained Theron people who had just experienced rebirth like him. (To be continued......)
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