Star Sea Hunter

In the void, a huge fleet is advancing at cruising speed.

The strength of the rebel army is not insignificant. The imperial guards under the orders of the queen, the Xiao family's private army, and all the noble private troops loyal to their faction, part of the empire's regular fleet, etc., add up to more than three million.It's just that Yu Xinzhe's 500 million fleet did not participate in the battle, so compared to Randall's 600 million fleet, it seemed a bit weak.

The combined military power of the two families is already a huge military force close to tens of millions!In the past, a power of this scale was enough to destroy the regime of an ordinary superpower!And now, in order to compete for the ruling power of the strongest empire in the galaxy, both sides have spent all their capital in this unprecedented gamble!

In the main control room of the "Zeus" interstellar fortress, the senior generals of the two sides sat together and worked closely together for the common goal.

On the huge three-dimensional star map, Marshal Yang Wentao's legion has been displayed with a striking red mark.

"Your Excellency General Wu Yankong, I don't know what chance do you think we have in this battle?" Admiral Tifar, who was sent by Randall, asked with a smile at the former commander of the Praetorian Army.

Wu Yankong, who was sitting beside Xiao Wuji, replied flatly: "Half and half! It's not like you don't know Yang Wentao's abilities. If you want to win the victory from him, you can't do it without paying a decent price!"

Beside Randall, the slightly nervous Duke Wilbert said: "But they only have a fleet of less than 400 million now, and there are our people among them. If necessary, they can turn against each other. They have such a big advantage." , it should not be difficult to win!"

Wu Yankong said with a disdainful smile: "Your Highness, when you were in the Star Sea of ​​Prison Souls, you had much more troops than the army of the Tiroia Empire. Why haven't you seen a few decent victories?"

The dukes of Wilbert and Baudelaire suddenly looked a little ugly. At the beginning, the five power alliances tried their best to block the legion of Emperor Felosis, and later they entered the Star Sea of ​​Prison Souls led by Yun Haoyu. It is only their siege that has been solved. This is not entirely their responsibility. There are many factions and various political parties. Of course, they cannot compete with the iron fist stretched out by the superpowers, but it is really embarrassing to say it!

Randall smiled nonchalantly and said, "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. Back then, General Wu Yankong was in the Star Sea of ​​Prison Souls, and wasn't he also disgraced by that strange snake from the Yanwei tribe? Why bother to bring up the past?"

Wu Yankong glanced at him contemptuously and didn't say anything. He looked down on this politician from the bottom of his heart, but now the two sides are in the same camp, so he can only bear it for a while.

Xiao Wuji coughed and said:

"Okay everyone, the big battle is coming, we should work together, no matter what, we have to deal with the enemy on the other side first, and then we can talk about other things! I suggest that General Wu Yankong be in charge of this battle, how about it?"

Lu Ce, another general beside Randall, said in a nonchalant way:

"Is he sure? Don't lose all of our capital! Yang Wentao is not a soft persimmon, and it would be about the same if he was replaced by your Yu Xinzhe. It's a pity that he doesn't buy your money!"

Everyone in the Xiao family's faction looked a little ugly. Yu Xinzhe disapproved of the Xiao family's actions this time.After the persuasion was ineffective, he refused to send troops to join the war, and refused to surrender the command of the fleet.

This made Xiao Wuji very annoyed, and even had the idea of ​​assassinating him in order to seize military power, but unfortunately the opponent's generals were not his own, even if he did this, it would not help, and the opponent was still on his side in name after all. On the other side, the bridge was demolished before crossing the river, and the reputation spread is too bad, which will make those officials who are attached to their own side feel sad.

Therefore, this time the Xiao family's force is far inferior to that of Randall's side, and most of the reserve fleets stationed outside the major wormholes belong to the opposing faction.There are no small advantages in both quantity and quality.

Randall said indifferently:

"You can command as much as you want! How about this, we will hand over half of the fleet to you, and the remaining half, we can avoid Yang Wentao's army and go to surround the Imperial Palace! Their main force has already concentrated here, the Imperial Palace Its defense is bound to be weak, and it is easy to take it down, as long as you control the magic coffin, this operation will be considered a success!"

"Divide the troops rashly, what if you fall into the opponent's trick?" Xiao Wenyue frowned.

Tifal sneered: "They only have these troops in total. No matter how tight the defense of the Imperial Palace is, can they defeat the combined attack of the 300 million fleet?"

"That's right, as long as the imperial palace falls, the royalist faction's psychological defense will completely collapse. No matter how powerful Yang Wentao is at that time, he won't be able to do anything if the morale of the army is unstable! This is called dredging!" Randall He smiled gently, "We each have a fleet of 300 million to face Yang Wentao. In fact, we don't need to win, as long as we can hold each other down. When the operation of the Imperial Palace is successful, the overall situation will be settled. This is for both of us. , are the least costly methods, aren’t they?”

A bad intuition came to Wu Yankong's heart. With his many years of experience in leading troops, he was very disapproving of this clever strategy that this politician came up with.If Yang Wentao was so easy to deal with, he wouldn't be where he is today.

According to his idea, it should be to concentrate all the strengths of both sides, first to solve the opponent's main force with all their strength, even if it pays a little more, it is worth it. After achieving the goal, Feng Lanxi and others understand that the general situation is over, and they will naturally make the most sensible choice .

However, once the troops are divided, the strength of one's own side does not have an absolute advantage, and since they belong to different factions, it is normal for the command to be delayed in response and poor in scheduling. It is inevitable that the famous general will take advantage of it, and the risk of defeat will increase greatly. .

Moreover, even the legion attacking the imperial palace cannot be said to be foolproof. With Feng Lanxi's mind, how can there be no backup?Maybe people want you to do this, and set a trap over there waiting for you to step into it!

Xiao Wuji pondered for a long while, then slowly said: "I think the idea of ​​dividing the troops to attack is feasible. Since Your Excellency Randall has the heart, let's do it this way! Yang Wentao's army, we will deal with it, but you must act quickly, If it is delayed for a long time, the casualties will be difficult to control!"

Since the heads of both sides nodded, even if the generals below have disputes, they can only hold it in their hearts.After a while, the huge fleet split into two, and the larger one still rushed towards Yang Wentao.The rest of the way was led by Randall himself, circled a big circle, and headed for the third planet where the imperial palace was located.

Seeing the fleet disappear into the void in the distance, Wu Yankong finally couldn't bear it, and quietly explained his thoughts to Xiao Wuji.

"Don't worry, general," Xiao Wuji said with a meaningful smile, "How could I not know the possible traps in the imperial palace? But he is willing to rush there to die and use his army to pave the way for us, so why should we stop him?" What about him? Wouldn’t it be more beneficial for us to kill more people on his side?”

Wu Yankong smiled wryly in his heart. This master's idea seems to be brilliant, but in fact, he is at the same level as that Randall, at least for now, both sides are grasshoppers on the same rope. To tear each other down, I'm afraid that no one will end well in the end!

Suddenly, he regretted the decision he had made.

-------------------- More than half an hour later, the main fleets of the two sides finally met.

Yang Wentao's troops are only half of the opponent's, and there are only [-] mobile interstellar fortresses, while the rebels have more than [-] fortresses in total, and they still have nearly double the strength advantage. Xiao Wuji feels that he should be sure Defeating the opponent can even be a tie, after all, Wu Yankong's ability is by no means bad.

As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, Yang Wentao adopted a strategy of concentrating elite troops on an all-out attack, assaulting from the center, and approaching the core of the rebel army.Wu Yankong reacted immediately, ordering the fleet under his command to fortify layer by layer with multiple dense defensive formations, trying to slow down the opponent's advance speed as much as possible, and at the same time began to prepare countermeasures.

After the first wave of tentative artillery fire was launched, the fleets on both sides began to fight back and forth. After dozens of rounds, the losses were roughly the same. The rebels relied on their strength, especially the number of interstellar fortresses Many casualties were caused to Yang Wentao's side.

The marshal immediately took measures to focus on attacking the fleet belonging to Randall's side. In just a moment, their losses soared, and their actions inevitably hesitated. At a disadvantage, the response to Wu Yankong's offensive and defensive maneuvering command was subconsciously slow for half a beat, trying to see the situation clearly, but he didn't want to make himself more passive by this!

After persevering for nearly an hour, Tifal finally couldn't take it anymore and planned to leave the battlefield to rest for a while. Naturally, this was not allowed by Wu Yankong. The two quarreled in the video and finally broke up!

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yang Wentao adjusted the order decisively.

Hundreds of giant battleships shrouded in brilliance and exuded awe-inspiring coercion moved into the battlefield from the rear without a sound. Star Fortress is a salvo!In an instant, five mobile interstellar fortresses were hit, and they exploded and burst into flames!

"Damn it, it's Huang Yuwei!" Wu Yankong said bitterly.

In the great battle a few months ago, this group of warships of unknown origin but comparable in power to an interstellar fortress played a vital role. Now the surviving more than [-] warships are all under the command of Yang Wentao, which is undoubtedly a bad news for the rebels. Great news!

He had to immediately order the fleet to change its formation and retreat as a whole, and then ordered all the interstellar fortresses to concentrate their firepower against this group of deadly threats.

The method may be right, but the effect is not satisfactory. After many rounds, as more than half of the interstellar fortresses were destroyed, the casualties of the fleet also increased significantly. Tifal, who suffered heavy losses, finally decided not to hold on. Leading the headquarters fleet to withdraw from the battlefield without authorization.