073. Retreat at full speed
In the command cabin of the No. 1 flagship of the minesweeping fleet, Qi Yanyan's eyes were staring at the twelve ghost warships in front of him, his face still remained solemn, and his heart began to think for a while. Since the Minesweeper Fleet came into contact with the Ghost Fleet, the home fleet has taken the initiative, but the fleet has also suffered a lot of losses in the continuous battle.
First of all, as far as the combat warships are concerned, while the combat fleet has eliminated more than 60 ghost warships, it has also lost 17 warships, and 7 warships have been severely damaged, basically having no combat capability, and the other 9 warships have already suffered some light damage, and the combat capability has been greatly discounted, that is to say, the original 60-odd warships can still continue to fight less than 40 warships.
Secondly, in terms of fighters and mechas, after a continuous battle, they can be regarded as finally locking the victory, driving the mechs and fighters of the ghost fleet away from the battleship area, so that the fighters and mechs of the ghost fleet did not pose any threat to the warships, but for this reason, the minesweeping fleet lost a large number of fighters and mechs, nearly two-thirds of the carrier-based mechs and fighters were destroyed or severely damaged, and only one-third of the fighters and mechs could barely fight.
Qi Yanyan, the commander-in-chief who got the latest statistical results, felt a slight sinking in his heart, although she had achieved an absolute advantage in the battle of the ambushed ghost fleet, but she knew that the enemy's ghost fleet was not just the remaining twelve ghost warships in front of her, and the stronger enemy was a large force composed of more than a hundred ghost warships that attacked Tang Yuanqing's third battle formation, once a war with the other party started. With the strength of the current home fleet team, she may no longer be an opponent of the enemy, and she must avoid contact with the enemy's large forces as much as possible.
"There are about fifteen minutes to go, and more than a hundred enemy warships will be coming, maybe sooner, and they must get out as soon as possible."
Qi Yanyan did not immediately give the order to stop the pursuit, but ordered the fleet to continue to pursue and attack the remaining twelve ghost warships.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Round after round of attacks followed, and the explosions continued to fall.
In a short time, another ghost battleship was shattered by the battleship's energy shield in the continuous artillery fire, and after being attacked, a violent explosion occurred. Eventually, it turned into countless bursting shards.
At this time, the counterattack of the eleven warships of the ghost fleet was already quite stretched. A salvo might still pose some threat, but the current eleven warships are almost in a frenzied fleeing posture, and rarely form an effective salvo counterattack.
Five minutes later, under the constant bombardment of the minesweeper fleet. The second Ghost Fleet was left with only seven warships.
Looking at the ghost warship with only single digits left in the light screen. Qi Yanyan took a light breath. A new round of orders was immediately issued, "All warships ceased pursuit, and immediately changed their formation to sail at full speed." Direction of travel: ...... space area to the west"
After receiving Qi Yanyan's order to suddenly stop the pursuit, many warship commanders of the minesweeping fleet showed puzzlement, the current fleet is an absolute dominant position in the region, as long as the pursuit continues, it should be able to destroy the remaining ghost warships in ten minutes, this is an excellent opportunity. Today's battle was a complete victory, and now they have eliminated nearly seventy ghost warships, which seems to be the biggest victory for the minesweeper fleet since the start of the sweeping mission, why did they suddenly stop the pursuit and sail at full speed to the western space area, how do they feel like they are fleeing.
Except for the people in the No. 1 command and control cabin and a small number of high-ranking officers of the fleet who learned about the situation of the third battle formation, Qi Yanyan had not yet informed the other fleets of the news that the third battle formation was almost completely annihilated, and they naturally did not know that the truly powerful enemy was approaching them.
Regarding the sudden order given by the commander-in-chief Qi Yanyan, Rosen and other insiders were not surprised, they knew that the current combat strength of the fleet was not at all the opponent of the more than a hundred ghost fleets, and it was the most correct choice to choose to evacuate immediately.
Although the commanders of the warships of the minesweeping fleet were a little puzzled by Qi Yanyan's order, they still quickly carried out the order as soon as possible.
The warships immediately stopped the pursuit, reversed the navigation line of the battleships, quickly adjusted the formation of the fleet, and then quickly sailed at full speed to the western space area.
In the command and control cabin of a medium-sized warship among the only seven remaining ghost warships in the Second Ghost Battleship Fleet, the fleet commander Fang Jindi, who was sitting in the main command seat, wiped the cold sweat on his face, looked at the Imperial fleet in the rear of the fleet in the light screen that stopped pursuing and sailed quickly in another direction, and let out a long breath. There are only nine percent of the battleship energy shield left in the main ship under his command, and if he withstands another round of full attack by the Imperial fleet, there is a chance that the energy shield will be broken, and then the battleship will be extremely dangerous, and he is likely to be buried with the battleship in this Imperial space area. He didn't want to die, he was afraid of death, I don't know if it was the favor of God or the shit luck, the empire's fleet finally stopped attacking, the fleet seemed to be safe, he was safe, and the tension squeezed in his heart could finally be relaxed.
However, as soon as he relaxed, he suddenly became nervous again, and saw that in the large light screen in his command and control cabin, the supreme commander of the ghost base, Xing Zai, was glaring at him with anger, as if he had eaten him in one bite, and he knew that even if he was lucky enough to survive, there would be no good life in the ghost base.
"Report ...... Report to the Chief, Emperor ...... The Empire's fleet appears to be heading west for the space sector. Fang Jin wiped the cold sweat on his cheeks again and said respectfully.
The torturer in the light screen screen was full of coldness and snorted coldly, "Waste, go back to the base and settle accounts with you, the second ghost fleet will immediately chase after me, if you let the imperial fleet run away this time, your head will be waiting to eat bullets." ”
Fang Jin hurriedly replied, "Yes...... Yes, long ...... Sir. ”
Without waiting for Fang Jin to finish speaking, the fluorescence in the large light screen flashed slightly, and the torture had already disappeared, obviously the call had been turned off over there.
Fang Jin took a deep breath and ordered a little helplessly: "All the warships obey the order and immediately adjust the navigation aspect, the direction is west, and the target is the Imperial fleet." ”
The commanders of the other six warships of the Second Ghost Fleet were stunned when they heard Fang Jin's order, and showed some hesitation, they had just escaped from the pursuit of the Imperial Warships, and now they were chasing those Imperial Warships, wasn't this going to die? Did this party enter the head?
Fang Jin guessed the doubts of the commanders of the ships under him, paused for a few seconds, and added: "This is the order of Rear Admiral Torture, if the Imperial Empire is allowed to escape, our heads will be waiting to eat bullets, and most of the ghost fleet will catch up immediately, don't worry too much, give me to chase it immediately." ”
After a short hesitation, the seven warships of the Second Ghost Fleet quickly adjusted their direction, but at this time they had missed the best opportunity to pursue, and the vast space area to the west still saw the slightest shadow of the Imperial warship, and at this time, they could only follow some clues to the general direction.
In the command compartment of a medium-sized ghost warship, the face of the Torturer was still slightly sunken with anger, and at this time, he had ordered the fleet to adjust its direction slightly and fly towards the general direction of the minesweeping fleet.
Now he was in a slightly bad mood, and when the fleet had only a few minutes to reach the battle area to destroy those Imperial warships, the second ghost fleet actually lost its target, which made him really angry. Although it is only a few minutes to sail, but in the vast space and the speed of a battleship, a few minutes is a considerable distance, if the direction of the voyage deviates slightly, it is very likely that there will be a result of a thousand miles, so it is very likely to lead to the escape of the Imperial fleet, then his operation this time is a failure, this is not the result he is willing to accept.
"Drip, Drip, Drip......"
Suddenly, the special communication device on the torturer's body pointed up, which was a special communication device specially used by the alliance to communicate with spies.
Xing Zai took out the communication equipment, and a small light curtain immediately appeared in front of his eyes, inside were a few simple texts and a few red dots.
Seeing the information on the light curtain, Xing Zai's face changed slightly, and he immediately became more happy, maybe others couldn't understand the content of this information, but he still easily judged that this was the message sent to him by the L spy, and those red dots indicated the specific escape route of the escaped Imperial fleet, so it was not a difficult thing to intercept the other party.
Zuo Ning, who was sitting not far away, was very good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw the sudden joy on the face of the torture slaughterer, he immediately realized something, and said tentatively: "Major General, could it be that the L spy sent us valuable information." ”
Xingzai didn't hide anything, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he nodded lightly, and said: "There is indeed extremely valuable information, this time we are not afraid that the empire's fleet will run there." ”
When Zuo Ning heard this, he showed a faint smile in understanding, and said: "Major General, this L spy is really a talent, but it's a pity that after this mission, his identity will be exposed, and it will be difficult to continue to lurk, otherwise the alliance can make greater contributions." ”
Xingzai nodded slightly, but didn't say much, but quickly gave a few orders, and quickly adjusted the direction of the fleet again, this time the direction was very clear, based on the information raised by the L spy. (To be continued......)