No matter how strong Zheng Hu's command ability is, in a state where he fights more with less and the performance of the warships is completely at a disadvantage, the fleet of the Xuanwu Federation resists extremely hard.

After returning to Zheng Hu's familiar territory, Zheng Hu has been taking the empire's fleet around in circles.

During this period, relying on the Zheng family's original defense line and the empire, two small-scale decisive battles were conducted, and if it weren't for the nurse of the Salvation, the fleet of the Xuanwu Federation would have collapsed long ago.

Zheng Hu only knew about the Redemption's abilities at first, but he still didn't believe it if he didn't see him with his own eyes, so he didn't take the Redemption as a thing in the early days of resistance.

It wasn't until a small-scale decisive battle that he realized the power of the Redemption.

With the strong support of the Redemption, many of the battered warships were repaired and returned to the battlefield in a short period of time.

Zheng Hu changed his tactics at this time.

In each subsequent engagement, Zheng Hu placed the most survivable cruisers in the front row to attract enemy fire.

And the Redemption, under the heavy protection of the rest of the battleships, kept supporting the cruisers in the front row.

This stabilized the morale that was on the verge of collapse.

The high-intensity chase battle exhausted Zheng Hu, and his command mistakes gradually increased over time.

On several occasions, Zheng Hu's cruiser Black Tiger was almost sunk by the Imperial fleet.

If it weren't for the captain of the Redemption, Chen Cheng, who was shrewd and rushed forward in time to fend off some attacks for the Black Tiger, Zheng Hu might have died a long time ago.

However, Chen Cheng always kept in mind Qi Yiming's advice, and the premise of all actions was to ensure the safety of the Redemption.

"It's been two and a half days...... Zheng Hu rubbed his cheeks, trying to make his thoughts clearer: "If Qi Yiming doesn't come again, we're going to be finished......"

At this time, the Federation fleet was already at the end of its power.

Several of the Zheng family's original defensive lines were also broken through by the imperial fleet one by one in the pursuit battle in the past few days.

But the Imperial fleet wasn't much better.

A full fleet plus half a fleet, 7 cruisers, 20 destroyers, and 35 frigates were also sunk by Zheng Hu at this time.

But the main 7 cruisers of the Imperial fleet did not suffer any damage, most of the sunk were frigates, and only 3 destroyers were unlucky and sunk by railgun fire.

After several battles, the number of fleets on both sides was quite different, and the commander of the imperial fleet simply split the fleet into two, constantly compressing Zheng Hu's range of activities from both directions.

At this moment, Zheng Hu commanded the fleet and retreated to the area around the Zheng family's only habitable planet.

This is the last line of defense that Zheng Hu can rely on, if this line of defense is lost, then Zheng Hu will have to directly face the encirclement and suppression of the imperial fleet.

"Chen Cheng, you remember! If this line of defense fails, the Redemption must immediately evacuate and join the Snow Peak......" Zheng Hu once again warned the temporary captain of the Redemption.

Chen Cheng looked at Zheng Hu, who seemed to have made up his mind to die, and silently lowered his head.

In the past few days of fighting, he has a very good sense of this commander.

In order to ensure that the Redemption would not be attacked, he even ordered friendly ships to defend the Redemption from attacks on several occasions.

Chen Cheng knew that Zheng Hu was thinking about the overall situation, but this still couldn't stop him from worshipping Zheng Hu.

The battle did not stop because of the heavy losses of the Xuanwu Federation fleet.

As soon as Zheng Hu finished warning Chen Cheng, the Imperial fleet pressed towards their fleet from both directions.

Before all the railguns on the defensive line were destroyed, Zheng Hu did not want to take the initiative to attack.

He needs to use this line of defense to deplete the enemy's combat power to the maximum.

The Zheng family had poured a lot of energy into this line of defense, and the thirteen railguns were lined up, anchored in the high orbit of the habitable planet.

Between the railguns are a number of large structures that are used to shelter enemy attacks.

Zheng Hu scattered the fleet between these giant buildings, and began an artillery battle with the Imperial Fleet in a dignified manner.

The Imperial fleet fought resolutely, withstanding heavy casualties and bringing the two fleets closer to the optimal range of the main guns.

And this last line of defense did not disappoint Zheng Hu, before the thirteen railguns were destroyed, the Imperial fleet lost 7 destroyers and 12 frigates, but the cruisers were too well protected by the Imperial fleet, and only one cruiser was slightly damaged.

After the railgun was destroyed, the giant structure on the defensive line did not last long in the face of the rain of missiles fired by the Imperial fleet, and soon Zheng Hu had to order the fleet to retreat.

Zheng Hu knew that the time had come when the Federation fleet had to fight hard.

Repeating his old trick, he once again lined up the three remaining cruisers in the fleet in the front row, and the remaining battleships formed a spherical array, firmly protecting the Redemption in the center.

Chen Cheng ...... Remember what I said to you before the war......" Zheng Hu warned Chen Cheng again.

Seeing that Chen Cheng nodded, he reassuredly ordered the fleet to follow his Black Tiger maneuver and attack from the enemy's flank.

In fact, the commander of the Imperial Fleet was very shocked, and the information he received from the Imperial Military Department was that the newly formed Xuanwu Federation did not have a complete industrial system, so the performance of the warships was much worse.

But the battles in the past few days have refreshed his cognition many times.

The enemy warship, which had already been heavily damaged just now, would not be long before it would reappear on the front after slowly retreating to its main position.

Unless the main guns of that battleship are destroyed, the same thing will always happen over and over again.

The commander of the Imperial fleet really couldn't figure out what was going on with these warships of the Xuanwu Federation, and the battle almost made him doubt his life, until he found out that the culprit of everything was the tightly guarded Salvation.

However, fortunately, the number of warships in the Xuanwu Federation is not large, and after two days of consumption, it has reached the end of the crossbow, and he can eat this fleet smoothly with more strength.

With a wave of his hand, the high-spirited commander pressed the Imperial fleet mightily.

A few minutes later, the two sides again entered an artillery battle.

After all, there is not much of this consumable missile left after the chase battle in the past few days, and it is impossible to organize a decent salvo at all, so both sides choose to carry cannons and fight bayonets with each other at the same time.

This kind of back-and-forth artillery battle is the most test of the crew's psychological endurance.

Obviously, the crews of the Xuanwu Federation have reached their limits.

Before a few rounds of artillery fighting, a cruiser was lost due to a mistake on the Redemption.

This became the last straw that overwhelmed the morale of the fleet.

No matter how Zheng Hu shouted in the fleet channel, it was useless, and the captains of the ships did not care about the lives of other comrades-in-arms, and turned the bow of the ship and left the battle line one after another.

The formation spread out, and at once the Salvation was placed under the enemy's gun.

Chen Cheng, who didn't have much combat experience, was stupid all of a sudden.

The command of the Imperial fleet has long seen the Redemption as unpleasant, and the reason why the Federation battleship can be repaired quickly and return to the battle line is because of the strange battleship.

He had tried many times to take out the battleship in one fell swoop, but the Federation fleet had blocked his range of fire.

This is such a great opportunity, nothing can be missed.

The commander of the Imperial fleet seized the opportunity and immediately ordered the entire fleet to aim at the Redemption and fire a salvo......