Attacked suddenly, the Imperial Army quickly recovered from the initial confusion and fought back fiercely. With the cooperation of the ground and air fleet, several Eternal Night warships were shot down in a short while. Although two imperial battleships were also shot down, the exchange ratio was still dominated by the empire.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Eternal Night Fleet immediately raised its altitude again and returned to the clouds. And the Imperial Fleet did not dare to rush after it, and cautiously sent a high-speed ship out of the clouds to find out.
As soon as the frigate came out of the clouds, the captain was so shocked that he almost fell down. Above the clouds, there was a fleet with a tight formation. In the center was a huge ship with a strange emblem, but it was so huge that it was chilling. If it wasn't a Grand Duke-class ship, it was at least a Duke-class ship.
After losing control of outer space, the Eternal Night Fleet has rarely seen Duke-class ships, and if there are, most of them act alone to avoid being dragged down by the fleet.
Now that such a fleet appears majestically, is it true that the empire's control over outer space has been lost again
The Eternal Night Fleet saw the imperial frigate coming forward, and the two battleships behind them rushed towards them with a big turn. Fortunately, the frigate was cautious enough to maintain a sufficient safe distance. Seeing that the situation was not good, it turned around and ran away.
The frigate returned even faster to deliver the amazing news. After all, the fourteenth prince was young and didn't know what to do, while Wei Guogong's face was sinking like water, and he remained silent.
The central army has changed from a marching formation to a defensive formation, while the escort fleet is entrenched in the sky above the troops, both as wings and self-protection with the help of ground firepower.
At this moment, the gust of wind suddenly rose, and the clouds were rolled away, making a corner of the huge fleet into everyone's eyes. For a moment, all the generals in the empire were shocked.
Seeing that the fishing failed, the Eternal Night Fleet simply descended slowly, presenting themselves fully in front of the empire.
The flagship captain finally spoke, and only said three words: "I can't beat it."
The captain is from the Imperial Guard Fleet and is also an expert in outer space fleet warfare. Therefore, Duke Wei only frowned when he heard this sentence that obviously shook the morale of the army, and did not explode. He said slowly: "Can you fight?"
"It's okay to fight, but in the end we will still fail. The difference in combat power is too great, that is a complete outer space squadron!" The captain did not dare to speak out because of Wei Guogong's status.
Duke Wei pointed to the eye-catching Duke's ship and asked, "Can you take it down?"
The captain shook his head, "It's all that's left after the fight."
Wei Guogong: "That is to say, we can kill all the warships except it?"
"The price is that our entire army is wiped out."
Duke Wei's face gradually turned cold, and he said: "This loss is more than justified. Send an order to march!"
The captain was startled, and said: "Absolutely not!"
Duke Wei was displeased, "Why not! Even if our entire fleet is wiped out, Yongye's losses will exceed ours. They have already wiped out two entire outer space fleets, how many mobile fleets can be mobilized at this moment? ? It is the best strategy to engrave the exchange. In any case, this fleet cannot be sent back to the void!"
The captain knew this was true. If the Eternal Night Fleet was not destroyed here, the pressure on the empire's ground forces would increase exponentially, and if it was more serious, it might affect the entire battle situation. But it is still a bit uncomfortable to sacrifice the warship that has been driving for many years.
Duke Wei glanced at the Yongye Fleet in front, and ordered: "The fleet stays above the legion, moves forward slowly, and takes a posture of protecting wings. Without my order, it will always maintain its position and not freely exchange fire. In addition, the news Send it back to the City of Immortality, if my prediction is correct, the real decisive battle will start here, and those old guys should also move."
A high-speed contact boat flew towards the rear, and the Eternal Night Fleet did not move, just blocking in front of the Imperial Fleet.
Under the order of Wei Guogong, the Central Army moved forward again. The ground and the air are integrated, like a ball of steel, slowly pressing towards the opponent.
The imperial army is so integrated with ground and air, You Ruo opened up a hedgehog covered in sharp thorns. The Eternal Night Fleet has only two options, one is a decisive battle, but no matter whether they win or lose, the visible result is bound to be heavy losses. The second is not to fight, and just let the central army pass by. In this way, the Baicheng in front will never be taken back, and the airport will also fall, and most of the Eternal Night army on the floating land will be wiped out.
The imperial army pressed on every step, and the Eternal Night Fleet immediately formed a battle formation, retreated slowly, and showed their countermeasures.
With the strange howling sound in the air, one after another floating warships pierced through the clouds and quickly landed behind the Evernight Fleet. It looked like they were about to land!
More than ten meters from the ground, the hatch of the battleship opened wide, and countless soldiers fell like raindrops. These soldiers jumped from more than ten heights and landed steadily, their actions were not affected at all, obviously they were all elites.
There are also countless equipment boxes dropped along with the soldiers. The Eternal Night Warriors swarmed up, took out pieces of steel armor plates that could be spliced from the equipment box, and connected them to each other. In a blink of an eye, they built a low chest-length armored wall in front of the imperial army. In the wild, there is a huge difference between having the wall and not having it.
The dark race fighters in the first row were already in full battle, and transport ships began to appear behind them, continuing to spit out fighters and equipment continuously. In a blink of an eye, a row of heavy artillery was ready. Although the number is small, only twenty or thirty, but several ballistas that can shoot huge crossbows are a huge threat to the imperial fleet.
The Fourteenth Prince was finally moved, "What are the imperial guards doing? Why did such a large fleet come in like this?" The warships are nothing more than transport ships. The situation in the outer space of the empire is extremely serious. the point.
The answer came quickly.
Wei Guogong, who had been silent all this time, seemed to be aware of it, and looked up at the sky. In the clouds several kilometers away, there are some places faintly showing the color of fire. Suddenly some wreckage fell from the clouds, burning and falling to the ground.
Those are the wreckage of floating battleships. Just by looking at the thickness of the walls of the ship, one can tell that it is at least a cruiser-level main battleship in outer space.
The wreckage has been burned and almost completely deformed, but from the external style, it is still barely discernible that some belong to the Empire, and others belong to Eternal Night.
Duke Wei sighed and said, "It seems that the imperial guard fleet has done its best."
The fourteenth prince also saw the strangeness in the sky, and immediately understood that there was a big battle going on in outer space, and the battle was so intense that the wreckage of a battleship had already fallen.
The Fourteenth Prince looked up at the sky and asked, "Even if the Imperial Guard Fleet wins, they will not come down, they will only set up a blockade in outer space. But what should we do?"
Duke Wei smiled wryly. In the current situation, perhaps the Imperial Guard Fleet did not expect Yong Ye to suddenly place a heavy bet. The main force is not here, or it may simply be that the combat power is not enough to completely stop the opponent who is determined to break through. The first one is fine, but the second one is too bad, which means that Yongye may still have the strength to throw troops on the ground.
Moreover, the Imperial Guard Fleet is purely an outer space fleet, and ground support is not what they are good at. From arms to individual equipment and heavy weapons, they are not of the same type.
The most reasonable strategy is to intercept the Eternal Night Fleet when it breaks into the floating land, causing blood loss as much as possible, and then block the outer space, waiting for the Eternal Night Fleet to come out. When the fleet enters and exits the void, it needs to adjust its formation. The side that sits on the sidelines and waits for work can achieve a brilliant result. As for what the Eternal Night Fleet did after breaking into the floating land, it has nothing to do with the Imperial Guard Fleet, to put it bluntly.
Duke Wei said slowly: "At this moment, the Imperial Guard Fleet is commanded by me, and most of them are also blocking the void, waiting for the Eternal Night Fleet to come out."
The fourteenth prince looked at Duke Wei, waiting for the next sentence.
The current situation is beyond his ability to deal with. With the emergence of a large number of ground troops in Yongye, it is now the turn of the Imperial Army to be in a dilemma. If they attack, they will suffer heavy losses, and if the two armies are allowed to confront each other, what will happen to Baicheng is anyone's guess.
Yong Ye placed such a heavy bet on intercepting the central route army, and obviously bet even more heavily on Baicheng's side. It was obvious that he wanted to wipe out Baicheng's troops and completely pull out the nail that threatened the airport.
Wei Guogong looked at the Yongye troops who were not attacking but just constantly improving the fortifications, and his face gradually became serious. Yongye's intentions were too obvious. After a while, he slowly raised his right hand, and immediately an adjutant came over to wait for orders.
"Decree..." Wei Guogong paused for a long time, and Fang continued: "The whole army will attack, at all costs, open the channel!"
The adjutant was startled, but he didn't dare to say anything, and left in a hurry to convey the order.
Duke Wei looked at the Fourteenth Prince again, and said, "Your Highness, please send out the Emperor!"
"Human Emperor? Now?" The Fourteenth Prince was obviously surprised.
Wei Guogong said: "The emperor is a soldier in the battle formation, and this is the time to play it. Only by breaking the ground position in one fell swoop, can we hope to break through the opponent's ground-air formation and penetrate the passage to Baicheng."
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"If my predictions are correct, at this moment in Baicheng, I'm afraid it's a life-and-death situation. We can only attack desperately. Even if we can't arrive in time, we must find a way to contain more powerful people and reduce the pressure on that side."
The fourteenth prince had already sensed something, and couldn't help frowning, asking: "Wouldn't it be too risky for Yong Ye to do this? If it fails, the loss will be even greater."
Duke Wei showed determination, and said: "That's exactly the case, so we will use the momentum of breaking the boat to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop. If we do it slowly, I am afraid that we will fall into the trap of the other side."
"I understand, please wait a moment, Lord Guo, I will go to fetch the Emperor right away."
"Okay! The first strike will be up to His Highness later."
A moment later, all the battleships in the imperial army sounded their horns together, and the distant horn sound unique to the empire resounded across the battlefield. On the ground, all imperial troops formed an offensive formation, followed the air fleet, and moved forward slowly.
Yong Ye didn't seem to have expected that the empire would still attack in such an unfavorable situation, and there was a little confusion in the reinforcements at the rear for a while. Some transport ships that had already unloaded began to leave at an accelerated rate, but there were still transport planes arriving one after another in the sky. As a result, the order of low-altitude navigation within a limited range was affected.
"It's now!" Wei Guogong gave an order, and the imperial fleet suddenly accelerated, rushing towards the Eternal Night Fleet.
The chaotic order at the low altitude in the rear also affected part of the formation of the Eternal Night Battleship to some extent. After one round, Yongye suffered a lot. Some warships fired hastily before flying out of the range of their own ground positions, and then a Yongye frigate was shot, burning and falling, smashing into its own position .
At this time, the empire's flagship suddenly accelerated, swooped down, and rushed towards the Yongye ground force position below under the rain of bullets. The fourteen princes stood on the bow of the boat holding the emperor in their hands. There was a faint light around him, and no matter whether it was an original force bullet or a crossbow arrow, it would be bounced off if it fell on the circle of light.
Wei Guogong personally protects him, even the Marquis of Dark Power, the highest commander on the ground, can't break through his protection for a while. The fourteenth prince was calm and sincere, held the emperor in his hand, and fired a single shot at the densely packed dark warriors below!
In an instant, wherever the fire passed, a blank space appeared in the dark race army formation.