The Elves thought that the L-Star Gate of the Xihe System was important, and in fact it was, but not as important as they thought, at least, not so important that destroying a Star Gate would paralyze the logistics and deployment of the Imperial Army.

Because since the first L-Gate was deployed by Grey Wind in the Xihe Galaxy, there are also several Mecha Forge ships from the Casting World Musbel, that is to say, the Imperial defenders at this time have the power to repair or directly rebuild an L-Gate.

It's just that the resources required to build the stargate are expensive, and due to cost and practical considerations, they didn't build a second one right away.

After seeing the purpose of the Fódlan's Ark Spirits' attack, and knowing that the stargate could be repaired by the Mechonia even if it was accidentally damaged, Rosell, the wolf lord of the Space Wolves, made a proposal: he thought that the Imperial defenders stationed in the Xihe system could feign defeat first.

As the lifeline of the defenders, the L-Star Gate has enough temptation to lure the enemy deeper, and when all the main attack forces of the Spirit Clan enter the Xihe Galaxy, they will close the encirclement and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

The opponent is the agile and elusive Spirit Fleet, and at this time, the encirclement battle is undoubtedly a countermeasure worth trying.

But Alexei vetoed the proposal.

Against all odds, she removed most of the Imperial defenders deployed throughout the Dream Constellation from their posts, and ordered them to immediately assemble in the Xihe system, where the Star Gate is located, to resist the main attack of the Spirit Clan.

Alexey showed a tough attitude of "protect the stargate at all costs".

This is also the attitude of the Imperial Army in the perception of the Spirit Race of Fódla's Ark, when protecting its own lifeline.

Many officers expressed their displeasure with this decision, as such a hasty build-up of forces would inevitably disrupt existing tactical deployments and weaken the defenses of other systems outside of Xihe.

Moreover, the troops of the Spirit Clan were already close at hand, and at this time, instead of hastily mobilizing the army scattered in the Dream Lost Nebula, it would be more convenient to ask for help directly through the L-Star Gate.

The officers had too many legitimate reasons to refuse to be deployed, but the authority of the emperor's prophetess was absolute.

The Space Marines, led by Clementine, the leader of the Steel Spirits, led the fleet stationed in the Xihe system and launched the first wave of confrontations with the main attack force of the Spirit Clan. At the same time, the garrison fleets of other galaxies also opened one after another under the strong orders of the prophetess to return to the stargate.

Countless battleships turned on the Geller force field at the same time, roaring engines tore through the curtain of reality, and they began to make relatively safe short-distance subspace jumps.

At the same time as the defense fleet hurriedly jumped into subspace, the frontal attack of the Fódlangol fleet on Xihe began.

Large spirit bone warships with slender bodies and graceful curves, with a wide fan-shaped structure similar to a fish's fin dragging on their tails, emerged from the nebula like a swarm of nimble fish swimming in the nebula.

The reason why the Spirit Clan battleship has such a seemingly meaningless fin-like structure is said to be because the subspace in the early years was relatively calm, and there were not so high and turbulent waves. With the help of the fins on the ship, the spirits can ride the energy flow of the subspace to sail freely in the sea of souls, without having to expend additional energy.

Comparatively speaking, the act of humans driving the subspace engine to forcibly tear apart reality and crash the cathedral headlong into the sea of souls is really vulgar and barbaric.

However, the Spirit Clan no longer dares to sail in subspace, and these beautiful spirit bone fins on the battleship have become decorations.

The Eldar fleet that invaded the Hehe system consisted of a Leviathan-class dreadnought, as well as several Shadowgun cruisers and Rift Destroyers. More often, small frigates, as well as missile destroyers.

At the same time that this group of fish-like elegant spirit bone battleships appeared within range, the Imperial Army activated all the weapons in their hands to counterattack.

The war began.

Although the number of the Spirit Race is small, and the size of the fleet is not large, they are much higher than the Imperial defenders in terms of individual soldier quality and ship performance, and the interference of interstellar dust on space and probes makes the actions of the Spirit Race more and more unpredictable.

As soon as the battle began, the elusive high-speed maneuvering and wandering strikes of the Spirit Bone Battleship caused the Imperial defenders to suffer the first wave of heavy losses.

The continuous artillery fire scorched the dust scattered between the galaxies, and the Mandeville point of the Xihe system was torn open a crack in subspace, and the first support fleet that successfully returned to the defense had arrived, and quickly joined the offensive and defensive battle that seemed to have an advantage in me and a disadvantage in my stargate.

Naval guns grind meat, board ships and jump gangs, and today's galaxy is also being destroyed by war, as usual.

But in the battlefield, there was such a small boat, which had no intention of participating in the battle at all.

It used its nimble path to cut through the front lines of engagement, hurried past the multiple automatic weapon platforms the Empire had established in the Hehe system, and headed straight for the command ship anchored in the L-Star Gate.

A tall woman in full power armor jumped from the small, scarred ship, blood still dripping from her scarlet sword, jagged blades stained with veins and nerve knots torn from unknown creatures, and multiple abrasions on her armor.

"I ask to see the Prophet." Former Inquisitor Bernartita said to the Iron Spirit Warrior standing in front of him, "I have important information to report!" ”

"If the information you're talking about is really so urgent and important, why didn't you report it directly to Command using the communications array provided by the Order of Truth?" The other party asked rhetorically.

The Iron Wanderer himself came from a noble family in Nifol, and he knew very well that no matter how corrupt and incompetent the nobles of the command were, they would be able to distinguish between the real priorities when the war was present.

Bernatita clenched the Blood Drinker Sword in her hand and tried to explain, "On my way back, a small group of Spirit Warriors launched a gang attack on my ship, and the ship's communication array was damaged in the battle, so I can only report the news myself. ”

That's too far-fetched......

The Steel Spirit shook his head, not to mention the truth or falsehood of the damage to the communication array, if a small ship like this was really attacked by a team of Spirit Clan warriors, it was hard for him to imagine how Bernartita would survive.

"I've killed them all, and I want to gain your trust." Bernartita said sincerely:

"It's urgent, we've been deceived! The Eldarns' attack on Xihe is just a front, their true main force has broken through the blockade of the 'Rastig' system, and they are trying to reach the depths of the Lost Dream Constellation! ”

The Astarte warrior in front of Bernatita turned his head and looked at the battleship Confessional Flame that was fighting the dreadnought of the Eldarns in the distance.

In the midst of the cannon fire, the wild wolves led by the wolf lord Russell had already jumped onto the deck of the dreadnought giant ship on board torpedoes, and fought bloody battles with the Spirit Clan warriors under the heavy fire cover of the rest of the Steel Spirit Squad.

The Iron Ranger Warrior who remained at the headquarters slowly turned his head back, silently looking at Bernatta without saying a word.

He didn't say anything, and it was as if he had said everything.

- The battle going on in the Xihe system is so fierce, is it possible to say that this is not the main direction of attack of the Spirit Race?