(Thanks to Black Cat Lin Feng for his monthly pass, Oriental Unicorn for his evaluation vote)

Hearing a series of emergency reports, Qi Yanyan's cold face sank even more, but as the commander-in-chief, she was still quite calm, although the situation she was facing now was very critical, but she still had an abacus in her heart - more than seventy ghost warships were actually not a great threat to the fleet, she still knew the ghost warships very well, they were all offensive warships, and the minesweeping fleet was a combination of multiple warships, which could form a variety of battle formations, if she didn't make any fatal mistakes, The Ghost Fleet wants to defeat the Minesweeper Fleet unless they have an absolute numerical superiority, and it is almost impossible for them to do it with more than seventy Wraiths alone.

Compared with the worry of the main fleet, Qi Yanyan was more worried about the situation of the third battle formation, although she was a little confident in Tang Yuanqing's command, but the third battle formation only had more than thirty warships after all, and now it seemed that it had suffered a lot of losses, and it was almost impossible to have any chance of winning in the face of more than a hundred ghost warships. In addition, she also has a great worry, once the ghost fleet besieging Tang Yuanqing defeats the third battle formation, then the next target will definitely be the main team of the minesweeping fleet, according to the previous sailing time of the two sides, the other party should be able to arrive at the space area of the current home fleet in less than an hour.

After a short silence, Qi Yanyan immediately issued a series of combat orders: "All warships are ready to meet the flank ghost fleet, M defensive formation, all defensive warships are guarded by the outer layer, ready to counterattack at any time." The fleet's third-round mechs and fighters immediately prepared to go into battle to assist in the battle against enemy fighters and mechs. Summoned the 3rd Battle Formation. The Lord is in ambush with the fleet and cannot get out, and I hope they will do their best to break through......"

Soon, Qi Yanyan's order was quickly passed on.

The minesweeping fleet also reacted quickly, and the entire fleet immediately made directional adjustments, and quickly changed the fleet formation, facing more than seventy ghost warships rushing from the flanks, and at the same time, many fighters and mechs on the fleet took off quickly one after another, and also formed a formation to support the previous second round of mechs and fighters.

The first battle to take place was not the warships, but the warplanes and mechs of both sides.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

As soon as the fighters and mechs of the two sides met, a fierce and rapid battle ensued. The space area of the battle exploded almost instantly.

The Ghost Fleet's warplanes and mechs clearly have a lot of advantages in numbers. The two wings outflanked the mechs and fighters of the second round of the minesweeping fleet, and launched a fierce attack almost instantly.

In the face of the fighters and mechs of the powerful ghost fleet, the pilots of the minesweeper fleet did not have the slightest stage fright, and rushed towards the enemy in their respective fighters and mechs, knowing that it was time to fight desperately. Fear and avoidance will only make them die faster and more miserably. Only by fighting hard can there be hope for life.

Explosions in the combat area were repeated. Mechs and warplanes were turned into debris and dust in space in a violent explosion.

For a time, a large number of mechs and fighters were destroyed.

Soon, the mechs and battleships of the third round from the minesweeper fleet joined the slightly chaotic battle between the two sides.

Meanwhile. The battleships of the minesweepers and ghost warships have also begun to fight, and the attacks of light pillars and missiles roar out from the warships of both sides like fierce tigers, shooting wildly towards the opponent's battleship array.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The violent explosion crackled like hail, and with the intensive attack, the battleship shields of many of the battleships were directly shattered, and the battleships without shields could only resist the attack like a storm.

In the blink of an eye, sporadic battleships exploded violently in the arrays of the two teams, and then became fragmented, but in terms of the specific losses of both sides, the ghost fleet was obviously more disastrous.

After a heavy firefight, the Ghost fleet lost a dozen ships, while Minesweeper lost only three ships, but several others suffered heavy damage and were largely incapacitated to continue fighting.

In the command and control cabin of a medium-sized warship of the ghost fleet, sitting on the main command seat was a middle-aged officer with a beard on his face, his face was slightly sinking at this time, he wanted to use the number and attack advantage of the ghost fleet to inflict a heavy blow on the other party, but he didn't want the opponent's fleet to react much faster than he expected, a round of surprise attacks not only did not achieve the expected goal, but his own fleet suffered a round of blows, and almost one-fifth of the warships were destroyed in a short encounter, The losses of the enemy ships were much lower than he expected, and the heavy defenses opened by the outer defensive warships almost resisted most of the attacks of the ghost fleet, and there were only a few enemy ships that were opportunized.

"Pass my order, the fleet will retreat for the time being."

The bearded middle-aged officer saw that the situation was not good, but quickly issued an order to retreat, he knew that if he continued to fight hard, it would definitely be the ghost fleet that would suffer, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed that he had really made some achievements just now, and the surprise attack was too reckless.

After a few minutes of engagement, the Ghost Fleet quickly adjusted its formation, retreating as it responded to the Minesweeper's attack.

In the command cabin of the flagship of the minesweeping fleet, Qi Yanyan saw that the ghost fleet had retreated, and a trace of joy flashed in her eyes, and then she ordered without hesitation: "The defensive formation of the whole ship is a double eagle attack formation, with the No. 1 and No. 2 large fighters as the center, and attack with all their might. In addition, the 35th, 41st and 57th frigates assisted the 17th and 68th anti-aircraft warships to quickly support the mechs and fighter groups......"

A series of decisive orders fully demonstrated Qi Yanyan's thunderous demeanor.

Soon, the minesweeper fleet changed into a twin eagle attack formation, and the core of the twin eagles was two large warships, swooping straight towards the retreating ghost fleet.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"

The warships in the minesweeper fleet barely paused, and round after round of attacks burst towards the ghost fleet.

In a few moments, several warships that had fallen on the tail of the ghost fleet dissipated into space in a massive explosion.

It took only ten minutes for the minesweeper fleet to completely take the initiative in the battle, while the ghost battleship scurried backwards like a chased rat.

At the same time, on the other side, the third battle formation led by Tang Yuanqing was miserable, and in the face of the encirclement of the ghost fleet, the third battle formation could be described as embattled. And Tang Yuanqing, who learned that the home fleet was also ambushed, had his slightest hope immediately shattered, and in desperation, he finally chose to break through to the death, leading the remnants of the warships to launch a final fight against the weakest side of the ghost fleet.

In the end, under the decisive command of Tang Yuanqing, the third battle formation finally broke through the encirclement of the ghost fleet after an extremely tragic desperate battle, but there were only three battleships left in the battleships that stood out from the encirclement, in addition to the third main ship, there were two medium-sized warships that were more defensive, and the rest of the battleships were all swallowed up by the ghost torrent. Although the other three battleships stood out from the encirclement, the battleships themselves also suffered varying degrees of damage, and the more than 100 ghost battleships behind were still in hot pursuit, as if they wanted to destroy all of them in the third battle formation.

In the face of the relentless pursuit of the ghost fleet, Tang Yuanqing, the supreme commander in the No. 3 main ship, had a sadness on his face that could not be concealed in addition to bitterness and helplessness. As the supreme commander of the third team, he still put a lot of effort into the battle formation under his command, and the soldiers on those fleets were all his soldiers, and most of this was ruined in just a few tens of minutes. In the previous fleet sweeping mission, he can definitely be regarded as a person with full self-confidence, but at this moment, his self-confidence has disappeared, and all kinds of complex emotions are gathered in his arms, including self-deprecation, anger, and sadness......

Tang Yuanqing, who had many emotions intertwined, was still sober, and continued to give orders one after another quickly, leading the remaining three warships to sail towards the endless darkness of space.

Soon after, one of the three remaining battleships exploded in a massive explosion from the bombardment of the ghost fleet's mechs and warplanes, turning into countless fragments.

In the command compartment of a medium-sized battleship in the ghost fleet, Xing Zai stared at the two battleships struggling to escape in the light screen, and the corners of his mouth were faintly playful, as if he was watching a fun game of cat and mouse.

"Report to the commander, the Second Fleet has sent a request for rescue, the fleet has suffered heavy losses, nearly half of the warships have been destroyed by the Imperial fleet, and the remaining warships are in the process of being pursued, and they are in danger."

Suddenly, a communications officer reported with some urgency.

was watching with great interest the words of the torturer in the light screen, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, he snorted coldly, and said slightly angrily: "Waste, it's only been a long time since I couldn't support it." ”

Zuo Ning's eyes on the side flashed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Major General, it seems that Colonel Fang Jin is a little anxious for quick success, otherwise it should be easy to drag the enemy fleet with the seventy-seven ghost warships of the Second Fleet, and now that he is being chased and beaten by the enemy, there is a chance that he wants to use the Second Fleet to directly destroy the enemy fleet and steal chickens and rice." Although the number of warships of the Imperial Fleet is not as good as that of the Second Fleet, it not only has two large warships, but also a variety of warships with a variety of combat modes, as long as the Second Fleet does not defeat the opponent in a round, then the follow-up battle can be imagined. ”

Xing Zai naturally understood what Zuo Ning said, but it was too late to say anything at this time, only to see him snort coldly: "Order the second fleet to advance, even if the last ship in the battle is to drag the enemy fleet for me, otherwise even if he returns to the base alive, I will still collapse his head." (To be continued......)