The Strongest Interstellar Commander

Chapter 24: An inescapable siege

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The current battlefield is very strange.

Logically speaking, it is not difficult to deal with Lin Fan's move. There are several methods to choose from.

For example, strengthening the thickness of the central array allows the fleet's main ships to gather in the center.

But the problem is that the entire Oaks rebel fleet controls only two capital ships, and a large number of cruisers, destroyers, and frigates cannot resist the firepower of the capital ships, let alone fight back.

Another method is, if the central array is obviously unable to block the opponent's assault, then actively separate the fleets to the left and right, and then turn to the middle respectively, and as the central enemy fleet breaks through, always let the fleets on both sides adjust the direction of the ship's bow. , and will eventually bite the tail of the assault fleet.

There is also a problem here, that is, the improvised rebel fleet does not have efficient fleet coordination and does not have a skilled commander.

So, if it is broken through, will it be irreversible

Actually not, there are still many ways to solve it.

The more common way is to speed up the fleet forward, because after the enemy breaks through its own array and wants to spread out in the rear, it must take a certain amount of time to turn.

However, if you let your fleet move forward at full speed when the opponent just breaks through, you will be no longer within the opponent's range by the time the opponent's turn is completed.

But the rebels still missed the last chance, because the rebel commander died, along with the two battlecruisers.

However, Lin Fan said that it would be useless even if the commander was not killed, because Lin Fan left many space mines behind while letting the enemy attack all the way.

Therefore, there is currently a large minefield in front of the rebels. If they force their way through, at least half of the warships will be lost.

The rebels were caught in a panic and gave Lin Fan time to directly use his two-way expansion from behind to form a small semi-encirclement.

Although it was a semi-encirclement, the rebel fleet was unable to move forward due to the minefield ahead, so the semi-encirclement at this moment was equivalent to a full encirclement.

The rebels were left with only two options.

Surrender, or make a slow turn.

But will these Orx's rebel fleets surrender? The commanders above were all loyal to the eldest prince, so it was obviously impossible to surrender.

Then there is only one choice left, take a lot of battle damage and turn around to face the enemy!

After seeing the rebels' choice, Lin Fan was happy.

As for Lin Fan, he didn't want these rebels to surrender, otherwise how could he complete his mission? Should we wait until it is relaunched in a few years? Or sneak out during the truce and violate the agreement to fight a few wars

It was obviously impossible, so this rebel fleet was Lin Fan's last chance to complete his mission.

"Is the aircraft carrier in place?"

"15 seconds left."

"Once in place, release all the drones from both sides, and then all the mechas will attack!"

"The aircraft carrier is in place and begins to release drones."

"The drones are released and the mecha troops begin to attack!"

Although warships are the natural enemies of mechas and fighter planes when not in close proximity, they can only be used against mechas and fighter planes. Otherwise, you will have to wait until you are close before using close defense weapons to attack.

Now Oaks's rebel fleet faces a choice.

At this moment, the fleet has almost completed its turn, and the aircraft carriers of Task Force 101 have been deployed on both sides of the encirclement, releasing all drones and mechas.

So should we choose to turn around again and attack the drones and mechas, or should we ignore these drones and mechas and continue to complete the turn and attack the warships behind

Originally, the best way was to release fighter planes to resist the mechas and drones on both sides.

But there is a problem here. The rebels originally only had ten aircraft carriers. Just now, Task Force 101 killed two when they broke through the center. Within a few minutes of turning around, five more were killed, and now there are only three left. ship.

Of course, no matter what the rebel fleet chooses, Lin Fan has a corresponding response.

However, Lin Fan could only comment in two words on the choice made by the rebels at the next moment.

madness.

Why is it stupid? Because the rebels directly released 30,000 fighters on three aircraft carriers and divided them into two teams to intercept both sides.

After completing the turn to the rebel fleet, they formed an assault formation and attacked in the direction of the battle cruiser group of Task Force 101.

It is conceivable that the other party really wanted to kill Lin Fan's flagship, even if the entire army was annihilated.

"Haha, Commander Adams, it seems that they are willing to annihilate the whole army but also want to rush up and kill you. They are really persistent!"

Lin Fan looked at the tactical panel, smiled and said to himself.

"Give them the road in the middle, and then the fleets on both sides gather in the middle! Change our encirclement from half-encircling the front to encircling the back."

"clear!"

Soon, a strange scene occurred. In conjunction with the assault of the rebel fleet, the middle of the encirclement of Task Force 101 suddenly retreated to both sides, while the fleets on both sides originally moved closer to the center and connected.

As a result, what was originally a semicircular encirclement in the front has now become a U-shaped encirclement and pursuit circle in the back.

Even the rebels were a little confused, so I attacked and tore apart part of your encirclement.

Why did a U-shaped circle suddenly form on the side and behind me without my knowing it

This is completely unreasonable.

There were only a few dozen warships left and most of them were injured. After being semi-surrounded again, they no longer had any chance.

Whether he wanted to escape or hunt Lin Fan's flagship again, there was no chance.

Ten minutes later, as the last rebel frigate was destroyed, the normal battle came to an end!

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission: destroying a total of 500 Oaks civilization warships and obtaining the reward energy shield technology."

call! Finally done.

With this technology, we will be more confident in counterattacking in a few years.

"Adjutant, order the fleet to clean the battlefield and search for the remains of our own personnel! As for the battle damage data, let me know after the statistics!"

"clear!"

While cleaning the battlefield, Lin Fan opened the communication in the lounge.

"Commander Adams, it's over. Do you want us to escort you back, or do you want your people to arrange a ship to pick you up?"

"No need to bother, the boat to pick me up has already set off."

"Okay, then you are free to do as you like, I will let the fleet let you go!"

"Thank you very much!"

The two sides didn't have much to say, because everyone knew that once the Ninth Prince was returned in a few years, it would not end without completely killing the other side.

"Commander, the preliminary battle damage report is out!"

"Read it!"

"A total of 348 local warships were annihilated in this battle. Our warship losses were 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers, and 11 frigates! The loss of mechas was 2,184 units! The initial estimate of personnel losses is about 5,000 people. The specific data depends on How many people can the mecha troops rescue?"

"18 battleships, 5,000 casualties! I am still far behind."

Lin Fan's sigh echoed in the empty bridge!

(End of chapter)