Although the distance is too short, it is not enough to accelerate the unmanned shock ship to 0.99 times the speed of light.

But...

In the end, the 100-impact ship still dragged tens of thousands of kilometers of afterimage at 0.4 times the speed of light, and instantly penetrated the encirclement network of the imperial fleet.

Unlike conventional warships, shock ships do not have an energy shield that protects the whole body.

However, at the most costly, at the front of the impact ship, there is a one-way energy barrier.

And in addition to being able to resist attacks, this one-way energy barrier is also specifically designed for energy shields, a design that breaks surfaces with points.

"Report, a total of 78 enemy ships were destroyed, and there were no losses of shock ships!"

"The maximum combat speed of the fleet, break through the gap opened by the shock ship!"

"Yes, Brigadier General!"

The next moment, a hundred Zhurong-class battleships suddenly accelerated wildly and rushed towards the gap in the encirclement!

Although only 78 warships were killed, considering the arrangement of the Empire's 5,000 warships, it was a spherical all-round encirclement.

Therefore, the loss of 78 battleships is already a big gap in this encirclement.

In fact, if Mu Qianshan really wanted to escape, he didn't even have to do this, just start the hyperspace engine.

Kyle definitely can't do anything about him.

But...

Now is not the time to expose the hyperspace engine, otherwise, the follow-up operation will not be easy.

Of course, Kyle isn't stupid.

Although he was shocked by those shock ships, he also immediately judged what these hundred scorpion star thief group warships were going to do next.

Obviously, if we continue to maintain an all-round spherical encirclement at this moment, not only will we not be able to encircle and annihilate, but we will easily be able to break through by the opponent because the forces are too scattered.

Therefore, he gave the order very decisively to lift the encirclement.

The fleets close to the gap began to converge, forming a thick line of defense to prevent the enemy from breaking through from here while filling the gap.

At the same time, although the fleets that were far away from the gap also began to gather, the direction in which they gathered was biased towards the flanks of the scorpion pirate group, and the side cut was still an all-round flank.

Once this deployment is complete, the originally spherical encirclement will be transformed into a hemispherical defensive network, which can form crossfire in multiple directions while firmly blocking the attack.

This change of formation, logically speaking, is not at all faulty, and it is still very clever.

However, when Mu Qianshan saw the Imperial Fleet's move, the corners of his mouth rose again.

"Brigadier General, in 27 seconds, we will be within the range of the Kairi Empire."

"Enough, order all the ships to slow down, complete the steering as fast as possible, and then break through from the rear!"

"Yes, Brigadier General!"

Kyle's deployment has indeed strengthened the frontal defenses and formed a multi-directional crossfire.

The intention of preparing to carry out a complete encirclement and annihilation has become very obvious.

However, he overlooked one thing...

After changing from a spherical encirclement to a hemispherical encirclement, the rear of the fleet of the Scorpion Star Pirates ...

Empty!

It's completely empty!

Then, when he saw that the enemy began to slow down, turn, and go to the rear, he went crazy.

But at this time, he had no better way than to order a pursuit.

But the question is...

It's too late at the moment!

There was still a slight gap in the distance, and it was impossible to bring the enemy into range.

Until a few minutes later, he watched as the hundred Scorpion Star Pirate Battleships that were just outside the range in front of him jumped under his nose.

In this way, in addition to throwing out a hundred unmanned shock ships, Mu Qianshan did not fire a single shot, and then he was removed from an encirclement that was originally lifeless...

Ran out!

As for Kyle and the 5,000 warships under his command, it's as if he's being played.

A sense of humiliation that had not been seen in ten years came to his heart again.

However, he didn't know that in the next few days, the real humiliation had not yet begun!

More than an hour later.

Kyle has received the latest information that the Scorpion Star Thieves are attacking an Imperial administrative planet more than 30 light-years away.

After receiving this information, he did not hesitate and immediately commanded the fleet to go.

And after more than 40 minutes, it has arrived.

And the moment they arrived, the fleet of the Scorpion Star Thieves also jumped away at the same time.

At this time, Kyle didn't think much about it, he just thought that his own fleet appeared, so the other party fled.

But in the next two days, he realized that something was wrong.

From an hour to a few hours, he would receive a message of an attack on an administrative star.

But every time he arrived, the other party would jump away at the same time.

And according to the post-mortem reports of those administrative stars, every time the scorpion star bandits arrived, they just slaughtered the garrison fleet.

After that, there will be no looting operations, just waiting in space.

It's like...

Waiting for someone in general.

Combined with the situation after he arrived every time, Kyle still didn't understand that this group of star thieves was waiting for him.

What is this?

Laughing at yourself, you can only chase after their butts, but you can't do anything?

This is simply a great humiliation for an imperial officer.

There is another very important thing, and that is...

Under the pursuit of these two days, they were less than 200 light years away from the core area where the imperial capital was located.

And this situation was also known to Grune, who almost scolded all of Kyle's ancestors in front of all the ministers in the audience room.

But he also knew that it was useless to scold too much at this time, the important thing was to deal with the fleet of this scorpion star thief group.

"Seth!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is here!"

"Let Devit go, except for leaving one garrison fleet to defend the imperial capital, the remaining two garrison fleets and seven main fleets, all of them will be given to him!"

"Your Majesty, is this..."

Hearing this, Seth was shocked!

Originally, Kyle had taken away the five main fleets, plus Gruen's explanation just now.

The fleet used to encircle and suppress the Scorpion Star Pirate Regiment, it reached the scale of two garrison fleets and twelve main fleets, and a full 14,000 warships.

Using 14,000 warships to encircle and suppress 100 star pirate ships, this is too exaggerated, right?

"Don't talk nonsense, do you know that the losses of our empire these days are enough to build thousands of warships?"

"This..."

"Go, do as I say, let DeWitt immediately assemble a fleet to attack, and then encircle and suppress with Kyle!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Wait!"

"Your Majesty?"

"Tell Kyle that he disappointed me, this is his last chance to go, understand?"

"I see, Your Majesty!"

Nodding, Seth immediately went to make arrangements.

A day later.

One of the supreme commanders of the Empire, Devitus with 9000 warships...

It's time to go!