The asteroid belt of the solar system, area 016.
When the last Ox Empire battleship was sunk, the entire void was filled with battleship wreckage.
Until the last moment, not a single warship in the Oaks Empire's fleet issued a surrender signal, so Lin Fan had to lament his tenacity in fighting!
Throughout the battle, the main force of the Fourth Fleet lost a total of 3,800 warships in the early hours, and lost 500 warships when it attacked Cody's fleet in the later period.
Lin Fan's 101 fleet lost 27 warships when intercepting Duolun in the 027 area in the early stage, and lost 31 warships when it flanked the Cody fleet in the later stage.
Finally, there are other reinforcement fleets. In the early stage, they only slightly damaged a few warships in the 027 area. In the later period, they lost a total of 528 warships when they attacked the Cody fleet.
After calculation, the battle losses of the entire Fourth Fleet were 4,886 battleships and 3,617 mechas. As for the personnel losses, it cannot be accurately calculated until the battlefield is cleared.
As for the Oaks Empire's fleet losses, it was 30,000 warships, plus the ninth prince of Duolun.
"Lin Fan, you did a good job, but there is still a big problem waiting for us behind!"
"I understand, Adams' follow-up fleet!"
"Well, yes, it is expected that there will be 90,000 warships. Now we have less than 15,000 warships that can still maintain combat effectiveness. The situation is still not optimistic!"
"Commander, do you understand how they passed through the asteroid belt without being discovered by us?"
"Your father has captured the main members of the Scott family. They have successfully controlled some detectors in our asteroid belt and transmitted false information to us."
"What's the reason Scott is doing this? I don't see any benefit."
"This matter started many years ago. At that time, Wood was the captain of a battlecruiser in the Second Fleet. When the Proxima Centauri defense line collapsed, he was ordered to join the fleet that was cut off to cover the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers. The warship evacuated.
Seven years ago, when everyone thought he died in the neighborhood, the battlecruiser he commanded returned to the solar system through the Star Road. Of course, when he came back, not a single part of the battlecruiser was intact except He could barely sail, and since he carefully described the story of how he went off the rails in a fierce battle, no one doubted it.
Now that I think about it, he and his crew were probably captured at that time and then deliberately released for internal response. Now these crew members, whether they were on Earth or in the Mars base, have all been controlled.
As for the Scott family, your father has confirmed that they did not know anything about it, and that Wood took advantage of the head of the family's desire for power and did it without his knowledge. "
"So that's the case, then we can now know the route of Adams' subsequent fleet?"
"That's right, look!"
Liang Xingchen directly sent Lin Fan a star map of the asteroid, with a twisted red line drawn in the middle.
"Commander, then our best way is to go deep into the asteroid and find a suitable point on this route to ambush!"
"Yes, this is also my idea. The key is which point to choose and how to ambush? You must know that Adams was ambushed by me once 7 years ago. Now he will definitely advance very carefully, and it will not be so easy to catch his flaw. !”
"Commander, do you remember the trick I used in the mock battle with you during the graduation ceremony?"
"You mean?"
"That's right, but we can change our tactics flexibly. We just need to..."
Three minutes later, Liang Xingchen's eyes widened.
He was also quite shocked by the tactics Lin Fan mentioned. If successful, it would definitely be the most classic tactic in human history.
"Okay, let's follow the tactics you mentioned. The reinforcement fleet will still be under your command for the time being, and you will be responsible for the left wing of the fleet!"
"yes!"
After the two discussed some details again, they ended the communication and began to prepare according to the plan.
An hour later, after cleaning the battlefield, recovering a large number of escape cabins, and collecting many of the remains that could still be found, the Fourth Fleet's remaining approximately 14,000 warships that still maintained good combat effectiveness set off towards the depths of the asteroid belt.
Outside 6.2 AU, the Oaks Empire's follow-up fleet of 90,000 warships is traveling in the asteroid belt.
At this moment, Adams felt very complicated.
Just over an hour ago, he received Cody's farewell message and was told that Prince Doron was dead and that the Vanguard Fleet was about to be wiped out.
The brilliant plan that was originally thought to be foolproof has unexpected deviations, especially the death of Doron, which means that the entire Third Guards Corps may have to be buried with him.
The soldiers of the Oaks Empire are very proud. If you let them die on the battlefield, they will never give up. Just like Cody's vanguard fleet, no one will surrender until the last person.
But if they were told that they would all be executed by the emperor instead of dying gloriously on the battlefield, the nature would be completely different and a mutiny would most likely occur.
The only way is to defeat Liang Xingchen's fourth fleet, and then capture the entire human race. With such merit, maybe he can plead with His Majesty to execute only himself and pardon the others of the Third Guards Corps.
Therefore, Adams did not tell others about Doron's death. He knew very well that once the news spread, let alone the following battle, even if there was no mutiny in the fleet, morale would definitely drop to freezing point.
Oaks's fleet was still moving forward according to the established route, and the Federation's fourth fleet also entered the depths of the asteroid belt, and the entire asteroid belt was unusually quiet.
It wasn't until the third day that the two sides finally met.
"Commander Adams, a human fleet was discovered ahead, numbering about 15,000 ships!"
"Um?"
Adams touched his chin with an incredible expression on his face!
Cody did say in his final report that about 5,000 human warships were sunk, and the remaining warships should be about 15,000. But the question is what is Liang Xingchen going to do
Use your last strength to confront my 90,000 warships? He shouldn't be the kind of person who seeks death, right? "
Or is it that the two sides just happened to meet face to face, a coincidental encounter
Over the years, Adams has also obtained a lot of human intelligence from Wood.
In the battle in the asteroid belt 7 years ago, although Liang Xingchen's ambush caused Adams to lose 80,000 battleships, the losses of the Federation fleet itself were definitely not small. After the war, the Fourth Fleet only had 12,000 battleships left.
And during these seven years, because humans have been blocked in the asteroid belt, resources are limited and it is impossible to manufacture warships on a large scale.
Therefore, it took 7 years to restore the Fourth Fleet's organization, and there were not many redundant warships.
No matter how you look at it, the one on the opposite side should be the last fleet of mankind. This situation can only be explained by coincidence. It seems that mankind is destined to perish.
"Order the fleet to advance and directly defeat the last resistance of mankind!"
"Yes, Commander Adams!"
(End of chapter)