Tang Yuanqing's order was very decisive and firm, he knew that if he chose to turn around and retreat at the beginning, then nine times out of ten he would be chased by the enemy fleet and beaten in the ass, then the third battle formation would definitely suffer, and the victory or defeat would naturally be self-evident.

In the face of more than forty aggressive ghost warships, the third battleship did not panic too much, and under the order of the supreme commander Tang Yuanqing, the fleet immediately formed an anti-V defensive formation, and at the same time sailed forward without slowing down at all.

In the blink of an eye, the warships of both sides were already approaching.

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

The battle was almost imminent, and the energy light pillars, electromagnetic cannonballs, missiles and other offensive weapons instantly roared out from the warships of both sides like a storm, blasting the opposing warships away.

The warships of both sides also opened the battleship energy shield almost immediately.

However, under the powerful firepower, the energy shields of many small warships were directly shattered after only a few seconds, and then the battleships suffered various attacks and sent out bursts of explosions.

At the same time, the mecha groups and fighter groups on both sides also exploded like raindrops.

For a while, the warring space area seemed to open a grand fireworks display in an instant, and the rolling and bursting flames could be seen almost everywhere in the dark space, which was a bit spectacular and a little more tragic.

The first round of head-to-head confrontation undoubtedly proved Tang Yuanqing's correct judgment, and the third combat battle formation, which had all kinds of warships skillfully cooperating with combat experience and large warships, first took a huge advantage, and only a short round of confrontation. He successfully destroyed more than a dozen warships of the Ghost Fleet, while his side only lost five warships.

When the people in the command and control cabin of the main ship saw the preliminary battle results, their faces calmed down a lot, and it was undoubtedly a great encouragement to knock out a quarter of the battleships of the enemy fleet in one face, and many of them even showed reverence for the main commander, Lieutenant Colonel Tang Yuanqing.

On the main command seat, Tang Yuanqing did not have any joy on his face, although the third battle formation had a lot of advantages in the first round of attacks, but although they could have a great chance of winning the final victory by continuing to fight for a few rounds, in the end, how many warships could be retained. Win or lose, the third battleship formation will suffer heavy losses. This is not the outcome he wants to see.

"Has the home fleet been contacted?"

Tang Yuanqing continued to give one combat order after another, and at the same time asked a little urgingly.

The person in charge of liaison immediately replied: "Report to the chief, I have been contacted." ”

Tang Yuanqing nodded and said, "Okay, immediately send a request for support to the home fleet." ”

At this time, the third battle formation was somewhat sure of defeating the enemy's remaining thirty ghost warships. But Tang Yuanqing still wanted to compress the loss as much as possible. Except for the tactical arrangement. Asking for support from the home fleet was naturally the only way to do it at the moment, although it was necessary to be sure if the home fleet would be able to make it.

Soon. The second round of attacks by the third battle formation and the ghost fleet was in full swing again, the attacks of various weapons were roaring non-stop, the explosions were overwhelming, and the sparks in space quickly ignited.

"Burst, Burst, Burst......"

There were bursts of violent explosions, and many warships were turned into explosive fragments in the ferocious attack, dissipating into space.

The third battleship formation once again destroyed the ghost warships of the enemy fleet at the cost of several warships, but the battle between mechs and fighters in space gave the ghost fleet a slight advantage, after all, the enemy ghost warships occupied a certain number of advantages.

Tang Yuanqing looked at the picture in the light screen, his heart sank slightly, after two rounds of fighting, although nearly half of the opponent's warships were destroyed, but the third battle formation also paid a heavy price for this, more than 30 warships were left more than 20, and the loss of mecha and fighters was even more serious, and the battle situation could be described as very tragic.

Suddenly, the person in charge of monitoring reported with a slightly panicked and eager expression: "Report...... Report to the commander, the enemy warships found in the rear of the fleet, the number should be fifty or sixty, and ...... There were also local warships on both flanks, with more than thirty warships on each side. ”

"What?"

Tang Yuanqing, who was about to issue a new round of combat orders, had a slight froze in his expression, and instantly became quite ugly, and his heart was heavy, and a large number of ghost warships appeared in the rear and on both flanks, which meant that the third battle formation had been surrounded by the enemy fleet and had become a turtle in an urn, and the situation of the battle had also undergone a great reversal of one hundred and eighty degrees in an instant.

After hearing the information that the third battle formation was surrounded, the personnel in the command and control cabin who had just regained some confidence changed suddenly, and the little confidence on their faces disappeared in an instant, and they might be sure to defeat the more than 20 warships in front of them, but now facing more than 100 warships around them, even if the combat strength of the third battle formation is strong, I am afraid that they will be drowned in the powerful firepower of the enemy fleet.

In the command cabin of a medium-sized ghost warship in the ghost fleet surrounding the third battle formation, Xing Zai gently took a sip of the blood-red liquid in the wine glass, looked at the picture in the light screen, his eyes were slightly condensed, and said softly: "I didn't expect that the commander of this imperial fleet was quite level, and he actually destroyed more than 20 of our ghost warships in just two rounds of attacks. ”

Zuo Ning, who was sitting on the side, chuckled: "What the Major General said is that it's a pity that they will soon drown in our ghost torrent. ”

A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "The whole ship obeys the order and immediately launches an attack." ”

At the same time, more than sixty warships of the main team of the minesweeping fleet had formed a full-scale pursuit formation, and were launching a rapid attack on the remaining two ghost warships, which had successfully destroyed six warships before, leaving only the last two medium-sized ghost warships.

In space, the second round of mechs and fighters had already left the ship, and they were pressing towards the only two medium-sized ghost warships.

"Sir, after this round of attacks, the two ghost battleships should be about the same, but the ghost battleships we are pursuing this time seem to be a little strange, they only care about escaping without any resistance, which is a little different from the previous situation." In the command cabin of the No. 1 flagship, Staff Officer Rosen, who was not far from the commander-in-chief Qi Yanyan, said with some confusion.

Qi Yanyan looked at the large light screen in front of the command cabin calmly, in fact, she also had some doubts in her heart, the situation encountered this time was indeed a little strange, but it was obviously inappropriate to give up the pursuit just based on this question.

Suddenly, the officer in charge of the communication liaison reported rather eagerly: "Sir, I have just received a request for support from the 3rd Battle Formation, they have been ambushed by the Ghost Fleet, and they are now in a fierce battle. ”

"Ambushed?" Qi Yanyan frowned slightly, his face almost instantly had a touch of solemnity, his heart was slightly heavy, and he immediately had a bad premonition, thinking of the slightly weird ghost battleship, and couldn't help but think: "Are they just bait?" ”

The faces of the people in the command cabin also changed rapidly, and many people showed surprise, but the minesweeper team chased the ghost fleet before, but this time it was fortunate that the ghost fleet took the initiative to ambush, and their mental level has changed more or less.

After a short period of consternation, Qi Yanyan quickly issued a new order: "Order all warships to stop the pursuit, withdraw all fighters and mechs that went out to fight, and keep in touch with the third battle formation, and report the relevant situation in a timely manner......

The person in charge immediately responded to the order.

However, as soon as Qi Yanyan's order was delivered, a sudden explosion sounded in the space in front of the fleet.

It was the fighters and mechs that had gone out to pursue the ghost battleship in the second round, and the commander-in-chief Qi Yanyan's order had just been conveyed to their commander, and before the order to stop the pursuit had been given, there was no sudden explosion sound, and it was strange that they did not find any attack against them.

"It's a space mine!"

However, there are still many people who reacted immediately.

The commanders in charge of the fighters and mechs also immediately issued an urgent order to stop the pursuit and all of them to return home.

Soon, the mecha group and the fighter group stopped the pursuit, but fortunately, the order was barely conveyed in time, and the loss was not very large, only the first round of explosions lost dozens of fighters and mechs.

However, when the fighters and mechs were about to return home, hundreds of black dots appeared on each of the flanks, rushing towards them like a group of peaks.

"Mecha, the Alliance's mech!"

"Fighters, fighters of the Alliance!"

Most of the pilots almost immediately judged that those black spots were the alliance's mecha and fighters, seeing that the other party was so aggressive, it was obvious that they were going to fight them head-on, and their hearts couldn't help but sink slightly, at this time, their own number was much less than that of the other party.

In the command cabin of the No. 1 battleship, Qi Yanyan's face was slightly gloomy, and there was an explosion in the light screen just now, she was already very sure that the minesweeping fleet had recorded that the eighteen ghost battleships she had encountered before were indeed the enemy's traps, and lured them to pursue separately, weakening the overall strength of the scattered fleet, while the enemy set up traps and ambushes respectively.

Everything seemed to become clear in an instant.

"Report to the sir, a large number of fighters and mechs have been found in front of the fleet, forming a flank attack, it seems that they want to attack our mechs in the second round."

"Report to the sir, a large number of ghost warships have appeared on the flanks of the fleet, probably more than seventy of them, forming an attack against each other, and are rapidly rushing towards our fleet."

"Report to the chief, there is an urgent message from the third squadron formation, the formation has suffered heavy losses, it has been surrounded by a ghost fleet of more than a hundred warships, and it is in danger, please ask for immediate support"

…… (To be continued......)