From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 431: The Federal Navy coming to the rescue?
The already loose and disjointed joint fleet was completely split into two parts under the dual threats of asteroid debris impact and zenith-direction attacks.

The fleets that followed Megan's orders, together with the fleet of the Nutao Group, increased their speed and rushed towards A. Bawa. Ku. The outer anti-aircraft ships also began to clean up the incoming asteroid debris in order of threat level from high to low.

As for the other group of corporate fleets led by Deep Space Mining and Gabriel Biologicals, they were separated into the back and started fighting on their own.

And this is exactly what Amber wanted.

Although he was very confident, in a short period of time, whether it was the Federation or the Star Dragon Empire, it would be difficult for them to make an effective response when facing the deep assault, the impact of multiple "Giant Gods" and the subsequent attacks of heavy armored combat boats.

But this does not mean that he has become so arrogant that he thinks he can defeat the Combined Fleet with such a small number of units.

Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that these corporate fleets were less organized and not monolithic at the beginning, divide them up in battle, and then eat up some of the disjointed fleets first.

Then, after the three unmanned fleets enter the scene, they will cooperate with the defense weapons on the A.Bava.Ku asteroid fortress to destroy the remaining Enterprise fleet.

Moreover, he believed that once the enemy's losses reached a certain level, their morale would collapse completely, and the possibility of surrender would be far greater than the possibility of being annihilated.
However, a situation that Lilith suddenly discovered made Amber's heart, which had been slightly relieved, become anxious again.

"Master, I just detected that the combined fleet sent an encrypted message to a certain location. I didn't have time to decipher or intercept it. I can only confirm that the encrypted message was sent to other units that are not in this space."

"Other units?"

Amber's brows furrowed for a moment, but he didn't have time to think about it. Instead, he followed the 'ray threat prompt' on the all-around screen, moved sideways to dodge a group of anti-aircraft high-energy lasers, and then fired back with a backhand shot.

Before opening fire this time, Amber had switched the weapons control from the large heavy particle cannon to the large electromagnetic reconnection cannon mounted on the right rear of the fuselage, so the anti-aircraft weapons group responded with a heavy tungsten alloy anti-ship penetrator.

Watching a ball of fire burst out of the target lock frame on the screen, Amber shifted her attention to another marked target - a heavy cruiser that was urgently adjusting its axis, and the lock frame immediately followed and was put on the cruiser.

"Does that mean they have a backup plan?"

"It should be, Master. After all, in this situation, the information sent out is generally a request for reinforcement or a direct call for help." Lilith said seriously. At this moment, in addition to assisting Amber in the battle, she was also responsible for a large number of other combat support tasks and electronic warfare attacks against the coalition fleet.

Since she was fighting in the A-Bava-Ku asteroid fortress, Lilith had the support of an extremely large super server array. It could be said that her personal strength had reached her "peak state" at the current level.

"We can't care less now that the battle has come to this. We should continue the attack as planned. The unmanned fleet will be entering the battlefield soon. By then, we should try to weaken the combined fleet before any reinforcements from the enemy arrive!"

"Understood, Master!"
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When Amber took the lead and maintained a very high impact speed to charge into the formation of the combined fleet and attracted a large amount of firepower from anti-aircraft units, four other mass-produced "Giant" units including Murat and Louis also launched attacks at the same time.

Although they cannot kill through the fleet directly like Amber did, they can still pass by the periphery of the fleet at a very high speed and pour out firepower with the massive weapons mounted on the "Giant" in the process.

"No! The target is too fast to be tracked effectively!"

"Enemy aircraft, number 4, have broken through the final air defense circle!"

"The Bane and Thomas sank in battle! The Aristotle observed an explosion and the communication was interrupted!"

"Where's the shipboard HCP?! Quickly get on deck to assist with air defense!"

"Fuck! Watch out for those asteroid debris, make emergency evasions!"

In the several Enterprise fleets that fell behind, their defense command groups were already in chaos due to Amber's direct penetration, the raids by Murat and others, and the collisions of the "satellite missile group".

It was at this time that they discovered that the deflection force field that had given them peace of mind in countless previous battles was completely unable to provide the defensive capabilities they should have under such an attack.

Not to mention the asteroid debris that broke the ship's hull with its own mass. In addition, the integrated sensors, fire control units and other electronic components of these five heavy HCPs are extremely accurate.

With the help of combat support AI, even Murat and others can accurately hit the rear half of the ship near the main propulsion array during a high-speed assault - this is also the area where the deflection force field has the weakest coverage.

And Amber was even more outrageous. The psychic's powerful spatial perception ability allowed him to easily lock onto and then directly attack the target ship's main propulsion array.

These large plasma propulsion arrays can easily become chaotic and directly risk explosion after being attacked by heavy particle cannons or charged particle beams.

"Don't just focus on these five targets! Pay attention to the battleships behind them! According to the information collected before the war, these battleships are not only equipped with heavy particle cannons, but also carry plasma torpedoes!"

The air defense commander of a certain fleet had just yelled in the channel, asking others to pay attention to the heavy armored combat boat brigade led by Jacob. However, before he could finish his words, several warships on the periphery of the fleet suddenly exploded.

Judging from the "special effects" of the explosion, it should be the effect of being hit by a plasma torpedo.

"How can it be so fast? Aren't those combat boats still within attack range?"

As soon as this thought flashed through the fleet's air defense commander's mind, he suddenly realized that he and others had overlooked something fatal in the panic.

The large number of stealth plasma torpedoes that A. Bawa. Ku had launched earlier finally "slowly" floated over during this period of time. Their seekers also coincidentally captured the huge fleet target at the same time that Amber and others launched the attack.
Apparently, during the chaotic air defense operation, some plasma torpedoes broke through the terminal interception and then crashed head-on into the target that was firmly locked by their seekers.

Under the attack of Amber and others, it was difficult for the disjointed Enterprise fleet to organize an effective defense in a short period of time. After 8 squadrons of heavy armored combat boats joined the battle, the chance of forming an effective air defense became even slimmer.

In addition to the rays from the heavy particle cannon constantly passing through this airspace, the huge plasma fireballs produced by the plasma torpedoes hitting the target also lit up one after another.

Jacob, who had fought against the Federal Navy before, soon discovered that the enemies before him were nothing more than chickens and dogs compared to the Federal Navy of Pella IV.

This also allowed him to issue the order of free attack with confidence, and then he personally led a team to attack the flagship of the Deep Space Mining Enterprise Fleet, a Kraken-class battleship.

If this disconnected part of the Combined Fleet fell into hell from the very beginning, then the remaining main force of the Combined Fleet led by Megan experienced the feeling of going from heaven to hell.

They managed to dodge the attack of the satellite missile group at a very small cost, and gained the upper hand in the confrontation with the defense weapons of the A-Bava-Ku asteroid fortress.

Fleet commander Megan even thought that he had grasped the hope of victory in desperation, but with the warning from the tactical information coordinator, three fleets suddenly jumped out from three directions, ruthlessly taking the "hope of victory" away from him.

He didn't even have time to order the fleet to reorganize its formation and prepare for anti-ship bombardment. The unmanned fleet's swift and accurate salvos covered the fleet like a rain of light.

The suddenly lit power grid was almost connected into one piece, but there were still some 'unlucky guys' whose ships were severely torn apart by the heavy metal particle jets due to deflection field overload or incorrect defense angle.

Time passed by minute by minute. The joint fleet of the military-industrial complex was under attack from four directions, including the asteroid fortress and three unmanned fleets. Ships were constantly hit, disintegrated, or became fleeting "fireworks" in the universe.

This was also the first scene that the commanders of the two fleets of the Federal Navy's newly formed 23rd and 24th fleets saw after they broke free from the jump.

"Why was he beaten so badly?"

"I don't know, but it looks like there's no way to save them. Let's just carry out the mission as planned."

While the two fleet commanders were communicating quickly, on the bridge of the 24th Fleet's flagship, Dr. Mephisto's gaze passed over the fierce battlefield and directly locked onto the A.Bava.Ku asteroid fortress, which seemed to be burning in the universe under the light of the explosion of the ship.

"Lilith, my daughter, we finally meet again."

(End of this chapter)