As the fleet of the Sun River Empire withdrew, the situation on the entire battlefield suddenly changed.
The alliance, which was originally suppressed, directly launched a full-scale counterattack. Without the support of the empire, those ninety-level civilizations were no match for the alliance.
A one-sided war has begun!
At the same time, the war was also fiercely fought behind the super galaxy clusters in the empire-controlled areas.
However, it was different from the earliest days when the empire was unprepared and unilaterally suppressed it.
As more and more fleets withdraw from the front line, the pressure on the federal fleet further increases.
However, Lin Fan had already been prepared for this situation and was not in a hurry. He still let the fleet withstand the pressure and attract more imperial fleets to return, thus creating opportunities for the alliance forces on the front line.
The Grielt Super Galaxy Cluster is where the headquarters of the Imperial Army is located.
The person responsible for the offensive here is a fearless fleet attack group of the Federation, numbering only 5 billion, while the number of warships on the Empire side has reached 200 billion, and is still increasing as time goes by.
However, the 40-fold difference in quantity still left the empire unable to do anything against the federal fleet for a while.
The banishment ray, which can reach a range of more than 100 AU, is simply insurmountable. Each attack can take away at least a few or even a dozen imperial warships.
One after another, pitch-black caves continued to form, directly sucking the surrounding battleships into them, and then disappeared.
Even the Sun River Empire, as a super civilization, has never seen this kind of attack.
However, even if there is no solution, we still have to rush forward, even if it means paying for it with human life!
If even this small amount of supplies cannot be held, then even if the surrounding affiliated civilizations immediately start transporting them, the army will not be able to hold on to their arrival.
"Commander Gloucester, we can no longer allow the conventional fleet to sail. This is simply a matter of death!"
In the bridge, the adjutant took the casualty statistics and persuaded Gloucester.
If you use human life to fill it up and you can finally rush forward, then forget it.
But what is the situation now
The opponent can hit itself, and all defense methods are completely disabled, and the imperial fleet cannot attack the opponent at all.
If this is not a unilateral massacre, what is it
"No, the few supply bases we have left are all behind the defense line. If we give way to the defense line now, have you thought about the consequences?"
"Before the Lieyang Fleet returns, we will never be allowed to retreat, even if we have to pay tens or even hundreds of billions of warships for this, we will not hesitate!"
It's not that Gloucester doesn't know that his fleet is being slaughtered, but that behind this line of defense, which was finally established, are the few remaining supply depots for the army.
If these are gone, then there is no need to wait for the affiliated civilization to deliver supplies. In just a few days, the entire imperial army will be destroyed!
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the Lieyang Fleet is back and is expected to arrive at the battlefield in five minutes!"
"Okay, great!"
After hearing the communications officer's report, Gloucester was also delighted.
This is indeed good news. Although the weapon used by the other party is unexplainable, according to the analysis of the experts under my command, it is most likely an advanced application technology of the black cavity channel.
That is to say, a one-way door with no protection measures is directly opened, so that the battleship is directly sucked into the black cavity.
After all, when the black cavity passage is opened, a tunnel-like passage will be formed in the black cavity space between the two points, so that the passing warships will not be eroded by the environment in the black cavity.
But the Federation's banishment ray is different. It just opens a door, and outside the door is like a cliff. As long as you take one step out, you will fall directly into the abyss.
It is precisely because of this that the existing defense methods are unable to have any effect, because the banishment ray itself is not an attack on the battleship, but uses the natural pulling force of the black cavity space on the internal matter of the universe to destroy nearby matter. Just drag them all in.
The only thing that can resist this pulling force is the black cavity armor that is also filled with black cavity particles.
However, since the empire's black cavity armor technology is immature and the coverage density is very small, it is still unknown how effective it can be in defense.
But according to experts' optimistic guesses, it should be able to withstand 70% of the pulling force, and the remaining 30% can be offset by the battleship's own power.
In short, regardless of whether this guess is reliable or not, the Sun Fleet is now Gloucester's last chance.
A few minutes later, after the arrival of 3 billion Sun-class battleships, they immediately launched an assault on the federal fleet under Gloucester's order.
The rest of the conventional fleet, under the leadership of the Lieyang Fleet, started to advance again.
Soon, within a few seconds, a new wave of attacks had arrived, and a large number of dark holes appeared in the void again, numbering in the billions.
However, unlike before, the pulling force from the black cavity space seems to have weakened a lot this time, and the empire's Sun Battleship has adjusted its power to the maximum.
Although it could still be pulled, it was very slow. After more than ten seconds, before the battleship could be dragged in, these dark holes began to gradually disappear.
This time there was no tragedy like the previous attack. Most of the Lieyang battleships were able to withstand it, except for a small number of battleships that were directly sucked away at the entrance of the cave.
"Sure enough, it works. Order the Lieyang Fleet to rush over and disrupt the opponent's array immediately, regardless of the cost. The regular fleet will arrive soon!"
"Yes, Commander!"
After watching the entire Federation offensive, Gloucester also became more confident. As long as the Sun fleet can rush in, he will be confident that he can win the opposing fleet.
However.
The third attack group of the Federation Dreadnought Fleet, inside the flagship bridge.
"Report to Commander, the enemy has come up with a new fleet. The attack we just carried out had little effect. According to the analysis, it should be the Sun Fleet of the Sun River Empire according to the intelligence, which uses the technological prototype of black cavity armor. "
"Understood, proceed according to the second phase of the operation. After locking the coordinates, immediately open the black cavity channel!"
After hearing such news, the commander of the third attack group, Carroll, was not in a hurry and immediately ordered.
"Yes, Commander!"
At the same time, the empire also discovered changes in the federal fleet.
"Commander Gloucester, the enemy has not launched a new attack for a minute. According to our observations, the enemy fleet is gathering its array."
"Collapse the array, what are you doing?"
"The report, based on its behavioral analysis, is likely to require a retreat!"
"Inform the fleet that if the enemy wants to run, let them go. They can't catch up. Moreover, ensuring the safety of supplies is the top priority now!"
"Yes, Commander!"
(End of chapter)