After capturing Horton and annihilating the Fourth Guards Corps, Lin Fan's battle plan entered the second stage, the interstellar blitz!
Its core strategy is to make full use of the high mobility of the jump engine to quickly capture Lils and Coelio before the Oaks Empire can react, completely isolating the hinterland of the Oaks Empire from the outside world.
Then it swept through all the star systems outside the Oaks capital circle. After all, according to the intelligence obtained, in the hinterland of Oaks, there were only a large number of warships gathered in the capital circle of 200,000 Guards Fleet and Rao's 100,000 defenders.
Lin Fan was confident that he could completely sweep these areas within three months, and by the way, he would take Rao and completely surround the Oaks capital area.
The day after the Fourth Imperial Guard Corps was completely annihilated, the interstellar blitzkrieg kicked off!
Lin Fan and Liang Xingchen led the fleets to Liers and Coelio respectively, while Jiang Hai left 5,000 warships to garrison in Horton, and then divided the five squadrons into three groups and pounced on them. 3 star systems around Horton.
Because Liers and Coelio are located close to the Io Federation, not only are there many star systems on their periphery, but there is also a border corps stationed at the outermost edge of the territory.
Therefore, these two areas are low-risk areas with not many defenders. Each has only 10,000 warships.
Twelve days later, the First Fleet commanded by Lin Fan arrived at Liers, 19.2 light-years away, and easily defeated its defenders, leaving 5,000 warships to garrison.
Then the fleet was split up and launched an attack on the surrounding star systems.
Fifteen days later, the Fourth Fleet commanded by Liang Xingchen arrived at Coelio, 24 light-years away. Facing only 10,000 defenders, they easily captured the star system.
Then according to the planned plan, 5,000 battleships were left behind and they quickly pounced on the surrounding star systems.
Suddenly, in the hinterland of the Oaks Empire, a blitzkrieg of the interstellar era began.
It takes advantage of the unparalleled interstellar navigation speed of the jump engine, the ultra-high defense capability of the energy shield, and the sluggish communication speed of the Orx Empire.
Before Ramiro and Rose received any information, they directly swept through the surrounding star systems.
During this period, almost every 2 or 3 days, a star system would be brought into the hands of the human federation. The speed is evident.
By the 32nd day of the interstellar blitzkrieg, the 15 star systems in the hinterland of the Oaks Empire, except for Oaks in the capital circle and Rao in the confrontation with Tianyuan Si, the remaining 13 star systems had all fallen into the hands of the Human Federation.
The capital area of the Oaks Empire has completely become an isolated island. However, at this time, Ross had just received the message from Issa.
After reading the content, Rose's expression changed drastically and he immediately ran towards the palace!
"Your Majesty, no, something big has happened!"
"Royal family, what happened? Could it be that the Kabat Empire captured Horton?"
Looking at Rose's pale face, Ramiro was also shocked.
What happened to scare the emperor's uncle like this? Could it be that Holden was really compromised
If Holden is gone, then half of the empire will be completely destroyed!
"Your Majesty, this is a message from Aisa, please take a look!"
With that said, Ross started to operate, and after a while, the last video message recorded by Isa was played in the audience room.
It's okay if you don't read it, but when you look at it, you'll be shocked by the information inside.
"Uncle Emperor, is this information confirmed?"
"I know Isaac. He won't talk nonsense about this kind of thing. Your Majesty, this is the message that Isaac sent more than a month ago! The human fleet with curvature engines and energy shields will definitely not be able to use it within this month." Just stay in Horton!”
"Uncle Emperor, do you mean that the star systems near our capital area have probably all fallen?"
"Your Majesty, this is what I mean. If my guess is correct, our place may have become an isolated island!"
Ramiro looked unbelievable. There was no warning, and you suddenly told me that except for the capital area, everything might have fallen
Are you sure this isn't a joke
Seeing Ramiro's somewhat disbelieving expression, Rose shook his head and sighed.
If it is really what you think, it would be terrible.
Moreover, Aisa, a tough-blooded soldier who was not even afraid of death, could send a special message to persuade the emperor to surrender before he died. What a desperate situation it would be!
"Your Majesty, I think the most important thing at the moment is to confirm the situation. Before I came, I had sent a message to all the star systems in the hinterland of the empire and asked them to report the situation. Several star systems directly connected to the capital area should have their own information within a week. The message has come, but if it doesn’t, your Majesty, please consider Commander Aisa’s final suggestion!”
"Uncle Emperor, you!"
Ramiro was angry, Rose actually told him to consider Aisa's suggestion!
What's Aisa's advice? Let yourself surrender! I am the emperor of the Oaks Empire, and you ask me to surrender to humanity? Or even, if possible, become a subsidiary civilization of human beings
How can you say this kind of thing
Looking at Ramiro who was about to explode, Rose sighed and continued.
"Your Majesty, I naturally hope that everything is just my imagination, but if it is true, then nothing is more important than the survival of the empire!"
"go out!"
"His Majesty!"
"Get out of here!"
Ramiro shouted loudly, and even the guards outside the audience heard clearly and looked at each other.
Everyone was guessing what happened. This was the first time that His Majesty yelled at Lord Ross like this.
Although the emperor was tyrannical, he always respected his uncle. He had never seen a situation like today.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will report to you after the news is confirmed!"
After Ross finished speaking, he bowed respectfully and withdrew.
Looking at Rose leaving the audience room, Ramiro's eyes were filled with uncertainty.
You want me to surrender? Even if the speculation just now is true, it is absolutely impossible. I would rather lead the entire empire to destruction than surrender to the humans who killed Duolun!
Even as Ramiro became more and more crazy, Lin Fan and others did not stop.
Each of the three fleets left 5,000 warships stationed in the external node star system, and only one mecha brigade was left stationed in the rest of the places.
After all, based on the marching speed of Oaks using the Star Path, it is absolutely impossible for the Guards Corps to appear outside the capital area in less than a year. Therefore, for the time being, only a group of machines are left in the star system that is not an external node. That's enough for Force A, and we just need to guard against the resistance forces on the planet that the fleet hasn't cleaned up.
After arranging the garrison work in each star system, the three fleets each brought 15,000 warships, and a total of 45,000 ships rushed towards Rao.
(End of chapter)