The engineering ship responsible for recovering the light-speed torpedo immediately rushed over, took the light-speed torpedo back into the ship, and replaced it with a fully charged battery pack, and a light-speed torpedo that had been used once was resurrected with full blood!

This was done with reference to the accuracy of the expeditionary force when chasing down the occupying forces.

Batteries account for only a small part of the cost of light-speed torpedoes, and if this is not done, a large number of beam torpedoes that miss their targets will not know where to fly, and replacing only the batteries will undoubtedly greatly reduce the pressure on replenishment and save a lot of costs.

After all, a light-speed torpedo without a nuclear warhead is not a bargain either.

Before the expeditionary force chased the occupying army, there were two opposing opinions within the military on whether the light-speed torpedo still needed to be retained, one opinion was that the light-speed torpedo was a special weapon that appeared to fight against the bone mound during the Outer Bone Man War, and after the end of the Outer Bone Man War, it had lost its usefulness, and there was no need to equip this expensive weapon at all.

Another opinion holds that light-speed torpedoes are still of some use under special circumstances, and that complete dismantling is self-destructing the Great Wall, and that a certain amount of equipment must be maintained, but those who hold this opinion also do not feel the need for the fleet to be equipped with light-speed torpedoes in large quantities.

As for bombing planets, wouldn't you just use asteroids? Why do you have to use a torpedo at the speed of light?

Fortunately, the latter opinion did not prevail in the military.

Beginning on July 18, the forward fleet was to conduct one or two interceptions a day, presumably the first one that made a relatively strong impression on the Atlanteans, in the later flights. This huge fleet never flew in a straight line, causing great trouble for the interception of the fleet.

With 200 light-speed torpedoes fired at each interception, the success rate of twenty or thirty ships is already very high, and the number of hits on more than a dozen ships abounds, and the hit rate of several interceptions is even less than a hand.

These days can be regarded as busy engineering ships, fortunately, the batteries of lightspeed torpedoes can be recharged, otherwise I am afraid that the waste batteries alone can be piled up in the cabin of the engineering ship.

The interception of the advancing fleet forced the Atlanteans to fly in a curve, which invisibly prolonged the arrival time in the solar system and achieved the military's goal of delaying time.

The interception lasted almost a month. August 16, 2218. The Third Fleet of the Expeditionary Force took over the task of intercepting the enemy forces from the Forward Fleet, including the transfer of two transport ships to the Third Fleet.

The Third Fleet handed over six teleportation ships that had just been off the assembly line to the Forward Fleet, and the Forward Fleet was ordered to march to Midway.

On August 20, 2218, the forward fleet reached the entrance to the reef passage for the second time.

The robot who stayed nearby prepared a lot of materials. But there is still no trace of the fortress. Ye Fei didn't care about them either. Take the fleet directly into the passage.

Of course, it's still the old rule, reconnaissance ships and drones open the way. Lest you be blocked by the Atlanteans and don't know what's going on.

On August 25, a group of 36 warships of the Forward Fleet arrived in the Midway system.

According to the detection results of the optical system, most of the shells fired by the fleet at the beginning of the year are still in flight, and the orbital defense system of the Midway Star has also been re-established, and the defense capability seems to have been improved compared with the beginning.

After the fleet arrived, Ye Fei immediately established contact with the base star and spoke directly to Xu Shijie: "Chief, the fleet has arrived at the designated location. ”

"Good." Xu Shijie said, "Does the fleet need to rest?" ”

"Report chief, no!" Ye Fei replied immediately.

"Then let's start acting, old rules, I don't care how you act, I only ask you to take down the Midway Galaxy at the lowest cost."

Ye Fei's face was weird, and he couldn't help but ask, "Chief, don't you have to wait for the Atlanteans to come to the solar system before acting?" Why did you change your mind? ”

"Of course, plans are not as fast as they change." Xu Shijie said bluntly, "There has been a new breakthrough in the research of alloys, and we need a large number of alloys for research, so we can't manage so much, and the General Staff believes that after occupying the Midway Star, the possibility of the Atlantis fleet returning is not high, but it is more likely to mobilize the fleet from the territory of Atlantis." ”

The Atlanteans have fleets, and any one of them can be recaptured by Midway. It would take at least a month and a half for the fleet to return to Earth, and it might not take that long to mobilize the fleet from the territory of Atlantis.

Besides, the return of the fleet means abandoning the plan to trouble humanity and having to send a new fleet to the solar system in the future, and the Atlanteans don't necessarily know the saying that they take off their pants and fart, but they know what it means to cause trouble for themselves.

"Understood, I'll arrange it right away." Ye Fei said.

Xu Shijie reminded again: "It's best to hurry, it's best to end the battle before the Atlanteans send a distress signal." ”

Ye Fei's cheeks twitched, and finally nodded: "I'll try it." ”

That being said, Ye Fei was not sure at all in his heart.

If the Atlanteans in the Midway system were concentrated, there might be a slight possibility for the fleet to carry out a surprise attack, but the enemy here is divided into two parts, Midway and Giant, and it seems that there are a little more enemy ships on the Giant Planet side than Midway.

There are a lot of satellites on that giant planet alone, and thirty warships thrown into it can't even make a splash.

If you force an attack, if you fail to destroy an enemy ship, you can immediately send the news.

Instead of bothering to work hard for Xu Shijie's whimsical words, it is better to go step by step according to the original plan.

Ye Fei, who had made a decision, left Xu Shijie's construction behind him, and issued a battle order in a deep voice.

Half of the reconnaissance ships immediately flew to the giant planet to monitor all the airspace near the giant planet, and the other half of the reconnaissance ships gathered near the Midway Star, and two other reconnaissance ships were dispatched to the second half of the reef passage to prevent the sudden appearance of enemy forces -- although this possibility was very small, it could not be left unguarded.

The thirty warships were also divided into two ways, Ye Fei led six warships to fly to the Midway Star, preparing to clean the surface of the Midway Star, and the other twenty warships were ambushed near the giant planet, ready to intercept.

The reason for this arrangement is that the situation near the giant planet is too complicated, and it is very difficult to attack directly, and attacking the midway star with a small number of troops can attract the enemy ships hidden near the giant planet to achieve the effect of luring the snake out of the hole.

The remaining four battleships blocked each side of the passage to prevent the enemy ships from escaping. (To be continued......)