Half an hour later.

Hong Tie held a thick cigar in his mouth, and slowly puffed out a thick smoke: "Clean up?" ”

An adjutant said coldly: "Yes, Commander, the two fleets of a total of 30,000 warships have all been destroyed, and they have been scanned with life detectors, and there is no way to live!" ”

Hong Tiedao: "Pass the order, except for the damaged battleship, all the other battleships will be disguised as storm-class battleships and set off in ten minutes." ”

"Yes, Commander!"

Ten minutes later, the thirteen,000 ships were still the same new, unnamed ships, but if you look at them with the ship reconnaissance system, you can see a fleet on the screen that is exactly the same as the Third Fleet of Eltavier that they had been given the opportunity to do earlier.

The fleet then turned on its engines and, within five minutes, reached maximum speed, and sped toward the defensive positions on the northern line of Isselas.

……

"Tell me about the battle."

In the command room of the Wardschat, the flagship of the Third Fleet, Douglas sat quietly in the command chair, staring unblinkingly at the screen full of gunfire and wreckage.

Several adjutants hesitated for a moment before one of them stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Report to the marshal, the Eleventh Fleet is seriously damaged and has left the front line. ”

"Leadler, don't mention him to me." Douglas said lightly: "Tell me about the other fleets." ”

The adjutant took a deep breath and said, "After the enemy's Southern Front Army defeated the Eleventh Fleet, the Eighth Fleet switched to a defensive formation to contain our fleet. After the enemy's Fourth and Fifth Fleets turned at a small angle in an arc at high speed, they launched a fierce attack on our 21st Fleet, and 23 minutes later, under the blow of the enemy's two salvos, the 21st Fleet was damaged and withdrew from the battlefield. Subsequently, the enemy attacked the 22nd Fleet, which was covering the withdrawal of the 21st Fleet, and at the same time approached to release the mechfighters. So far, the 22nd Fleet has lost more than 9,600 warships and has sent an application for retreat. ”

Douglas was silent for a moment, and suddenly sneered.

"That is, in the case of eleven against three, the Berwick fleet not only held out for an hour and a half, but also repelled three of our fleets? Well, who can tell me, what are the losses of the enemy? ”

An adjutant said with an ugly face: "Marshal, we have also achieved good results. The enemy's Eighth Fleet was badly damaged, and now there were less than 4,000 warships left. However, they did not retreat, but were still fighting. ”

"It seems that I was wrong."

Douglas sighed: "I didn't expect that Berwick's new warship would be so powerful. I didn't expect that the enemy's will to fight was so strong. Eighth Fleet? I remember that they were armed with reinforced Vumu-class warships. I really didn't expect that one fleet could hold off the onslaught of six fleets with just one fleet. ”

His gaze fell on the screen, looking at the other side of the battle, which was the two Maynlan fleets.

"I'm so disappointed."

Douglas said helplessly: "Meenland's fleet ...... A full 30,000 warships fought for an hour and a half with an enemy who was only one-tenth of their own number! What makes me even more unbelievable is that they actually lost more than 7,000 warships themselves! ”

At the end of his sentence, Douglas shouted the words in a voice that bordered on roaring.

One of the adjutant couldn't help but say: "Marshal, it's not that Meenlan is incompetent, it's that the Berwicks are too cunning. Relying on the high-speed maneuverability and ultra-long range of the new warships, they never attacked the Maynland fleet head-on, but kept wandering, giving the Maynland fleet a salvo when they had time, and ran away when they were finished. The Vulcan warships of the Meenlan people couldn't catch up with them at all, and even if they sent mech warriors to intercept them, they couldn't stop them. ”

"Bastard!"

Douglas finally couldn't help but scold: "Is Commander Maynland's brain full of excrement?" Didn't he know that he would ignore the 3,000 warships and launch a direct attack on the enemy's main force? ”

Several adjutants looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.

Because of the large-scale dispersal of Mie particles, they were unable to get in touch with Meenland's fleet from the very beginning of the war. But no one thought that the commander of the fleet of Meenlan would be so stupid, knowing that he could not attack the enemy, but he was still constantly chasing the enemy, and being treated like a monkey.

"Marshal, now the enemy on the southern defense line has less than 30,000 warships left, and even if we don't rely on Meenlan's help, we still have nearly 100,000 warships, and we can definitely win the victory on the southern front!"

Hearing this, Douglas slowly moved, and he muttered: "It should be a foolproof situation, but ...... Why did Berwick have such advanced warships? Where the hell did they get it? About Berwick's new warship, did you report it to Commander Cai Hongzhang? ”

"Yes, it was reported as soon as possible. However, Commander Cai did not send any information back. ”

"Immediately send men into the southern defensive positions, and tell them that I will give them another two hours, give me a clean and clean finish of the enemy, and immediately wave my troops back to the central defensive line. I suspect that the enemy has seen through my plan. ”

"Report!"

As soon as Daglas finished speaking, he saw an officer hurrying over: "Report to the marshal, the 19th Fleet has been attacked by the enemy and requests for support." ”

Douglas Hode stood up: "Are you sure, it's the Nineteenth Fleet?" ”

"Yes, Marshal." The officer said: "The Nineteenth Fleet claims that they have been attacked by more than two fleets, and that the enemy's fire is so heavy that they are almost unable to hold on. ”

Douglas couldn't hold his composure any longer, he walked quickly to the screen, pushed away the soldier in front of the bare brain, and quickly typed on the keyboard himself.

The Nineteenth Fleet was stationed in the central defensive position and a little south in the middle of the Xinkaifeng Star, and was responsible for protecting a military base. Stacked with a large amount of energy blocks and ammunition, as well as equipment and parts for repairing the battleship, that base was one of the three military bases that Douglas had specially prepared to win the battle. Of the other two, one was located between the central and southern lines and was protected by the 22nd Fleet. However, the 22nd Fleet had already joined the battle to encircle and suppress Berwick's Southern Fleet, and now there was no strong defense force there. The last was located between the center and the northern line, near the rear, and was garrisoned by the Third Fleet, which was led by Douglas himself.

The Nineteenth Fleet was attacked, that is, the enemy had already discovered the empty city plan of the defensive front in the center at least an hour earlier.

"Bastard, the defensive front in the middle line has been broken, why hasn't anyone reported to me!"

Like an enraged lion, Douglas roared, his red eyes glaring at the lieutenants as if he wanted to tear them apart and swallow them.

He knew very well that his plan was very likely to be discovered by Qi Daoxue, so a large number of unmanned reconnaissance systems were arranged in the middle line, and many civilian ships were also arranged to serve as reconnaissance boats during the insurance period. Although Iceras does not have a Skycom network, it can also be used to deliver messages by relying on the interstellar network, but there is a delay of more than ten minutes.

But now more than an hour has passed, and no one has told him that the enemy has broken through the defensive line.

Several adjutants glanced at each other, and one stepped forward and said: "Marshal, we have not received any news about the enemy on the central line. ”

Douglas was stunned for a moment, and gradually, he calmed down.

Just for a moment, he seemed to be much older.

"Hehe, hehehe...... It seems that I am still not as good as the marshal opposite. ”

He laughed self-deprecatingly, walked slowly to the command chair, and sat down weakly.

"Marshal!" Several adjutants stepped forward worriedly, but saw Douglas waving his hand: "It's not your fault. It seems that I am afraid that as soon as the war on the southern front started, Qi Daoxue already suspected that I had mobilized the fleet of the middle line and sent the middle line fleet to test it. With the speed of their new warships, if they really broke through the center line to attack the Nineteenth Fleet, they would not be so slow. The only possibility is that they bypassed the positions of the center line and suddenly launched an attack on the XIX Fleet without alerting anyone. ”

"Then ......," said one of the lieutenants, "shall we immediately send a fleet to support the Nineteenth Fleet?" ”

"Support?"

Douglas smiled: "The closest to the Nineteenth Fleet now are the Royal First Fleet and the Second Fleet stationed in the capital, as well as the Ninth Fleet in the southwest of the capital and the Tenth Fleet in the southeast. Do you think I can send that fleet? ”

The adjutants were silent, they knew very well that the commander of the First Fleet was the mysterious Cai Hongzhang, and the marshal could not be mobilized. The Second Fleet, on the other hand, was to contain the First Fleet and prevent him from taking the opportunity to seize power in Iseras. As for the Ninth and Tenth Fleets, these two fleets, which were built by the nobles themselves, were not under the command of Douglas, and even they could fight back and become pawns of the enemy.

The dignified Yserath Empire, the second largest military power in the Southern Universe, has reached the point where there are no soldiers available?

Daglas waved his hand weakly: "Pass my order, and the Northern Front Army will immediately move to the capital star; After defeating the enemy, the corps of the Southern Front did not have to return to the central line for defense. Let them quietly enter Meenland, attack Berwick from the east of Meenland, attack their capital directly, and save Your Majesty at all costs! An empire can have no planets, no armies, no talents, but it can never do without His Majesty. As long as His Majesty is alive, in countless years, Iserras will rise again! ”