The Will to Fight to the Death
However, even though they were one step ahead, they were still in a passive and defensive position.
Yue Yuan estimated that if things continued like this, maybe one-tenth of the Fourth Fleet would be able to escape alive.
But he wasn't bothered. After all, the fourth, fifth, and Sixth Fleet all belonged to the Nair Civilization, so he wouldn't care even if they were all wiped out, as long as he could weaken the Artificial Intelligence fleet.
Yue Yuan didn't feel sorry for him, but someone else did.
Seeing this, Governor Yue Yuan of the Nairman immediately said impatiently, "But Commander-in-Chief, we can't just wait like this. If we continue like this, the Fourth Fleet will be finished! I request that my Third Fleet immediately launch an attack to support the Fourth Fleet!"
Support the Fourth Fleet? What a joke! Yue Yuan frowned, looked up at the screen, and stared at the Nile Grand Governor, whose entire body was covered in thick black armor and whose gender was indistinguishable.
Well, to be honest, although they are aliens, their form is completely different from humans. When Yue Yuan first saw them, he always felt like he was looking at a crustacean, but after looking at them for a while, he was able to distinguish some of their features.
For example, this Nair Grand Governor's carapace seems to be more rugged than other Nairs, and at the base of his claws, there is a thick tuft of hair that looks a bit like the hair on the claws of a mitten crab.
Moreover, Yue Yuan also learned about the appearance of the Nair People. Nair People seemingly dark-colored carapace was not actually black.
Black is only black from a human perspective and according to human color perception.
In reality, the shells of the Nair People are like those of crows, a multicolored black. To the Nair People, each other's shells appear to have different colors and stripes.
It can be said that in terms of the ability to distinguish colors, the eyes of the Nair People were far superior to those of humans.
"Your Grand Governor, are you joking?" Yue Yuan said unhurriedly, "Distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. Even if the Third Fleet were to rush over now, the battle there would be over by the time it arrives. At that time, the Third Fleet would not be facing the question of whether it can save the Fourth Fleet, but whether it will be completely annihilated."
At this point, Yue Yuan shook his head, feeling that the military skills of this Governor-General of Nair were really not that great.
"Your Grand Governor, if the Third Fleet goes to the battlefield now, not only will it risk total annihilation, but it will also affect our overall strategy for Artificial Intelligence Consciousness, potentially destroying our centuries-long plans. If you think none of this matters, then you may lead the Third Fleet there!"
"Let me tell you a story, Your Grand Governor. In our civilization, there is a legend that goes like this: long, long ago, there lived an old man on a mountain. Every day, the old man would go up the mountain to gather herbs. One day, suddenly the sky collapsed and the earth split open. After the old man avoided the falling rocks, he encountered a trapped pangolin."
Yue Yuan briefly recounted the story of the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather to the Governor of Nair in one breath. After finishing, he stopped and waited for the latter's reaction.
His meaning was very clear: if the Third Fleet went to fight on its own now, it would be no different from the Calabash Brothers rescuing their grandfather—it would just be sending them to their doom.
Upon hearing Yue Yuan's words, the Grand Governor of the Nair People hesitated. He turned around and discussed a few words with the military expert beside him before saying, "How can we just wait here as the Commander-in-Chief suggests?"
Judging from the tone of the translator, the Governor-General of Nair sounded very anxious.
After a moment of contemplation, Yue Yuan said, "How about this, send a suggestion to the Fourth Fleet in the name of the Allied Forces Command, asking them to find a way to withdraw to the Second Planet."
The withdrawal of the Fourth Fleet to the Second Planet will bring the war into its second phase sooner, but it will not have a significant impact on the overall situation. At most, it will just derail the strategy of consuming the fuel of the Artificial Intelligence fleet.
The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Fleet have tested important intelligence such as the command capabilities and combat effectiveness of the Artificial Intelligence fleet, and the first phase of the operation can be considered a success.
"This is the only way. There's no time to lose, Commander-in-Chief, you'd better hurry!"
"Good!"
Having said all that, Yue Yuan no longer hesitated and immediately instructed his communications officer to send a suggestion to the Fourth Fleet in the name of the Allied Forces Command.
However, what Yue Yuan and even the Grand Governor of Nair could not have imagined was that, just as the information was sent out and was still rushing towards its destination at the speed of light,
The Commander the Fourth Fleet, who was being chased and attacked by more than 30,000 warships, was giving a message to the entire fleet.
"Captains of the Fourth Fleet, warriors of the Nair People! For so many years, we have fled from the Moya Star System to the Kutu Star System, then from the Kutu Star System to the Pot Lid Vastness Star, and then from the Pot Lid Vastness Star on our escape journey. And as you have seen, we have been on the run! We have been on the run for hundreds of years, traversing countless Star System. Whenever the Artificial Intelligence fleet arrives, we run. And now, we are still running! I want to ask you all, how long will we keep running!"
On the screen of the Fourth Fleet flagship, the portraits of a group of warship captains appeared. They were listening to the fleet Commander's words, each of them raising their pincers and snapping away, looking very emotional.
"Commander, this anomaly in the Artificial Intelligence fleet is an unexpected battlefield situation. The Allied Forces Command cannot give us specific instructions. As the fleet Commander, you can tell us what to do, and we will all follow your lead."
"Yes, we'll listen to you!"
"Give the order, Commander! It's really frustrating to be chased and beaten like this!"
"The only option is death. I've been fed up with this Artificial Intelligence Consciousness for a long time!"
The captains of the warships in the Fourth Fleet seemed to realize what their Commander wanted to say, and after the Commander began speaking, they each expressed their opinions.
"Alright, since that's the case, let's turn back and take them down!" The Commander looked at the captains on the big screen and excitedly raised his pincers, waving them in the air. "Damn insectoid Artificial Intelligence Consciousness! It slaughtered my fellow Nair People and destroyed our Nair Civilization's home planet! Today we will let it know that we Nair People have guts!"
"All warships, listen to my command! All warships, discard all excess supplies into space. Keep only half of the heavy nuclear fuel. In thirty minutes, the entire fleet will begin a 180-degree turn and charge with Commander. We will still use human tactics: three warships in each small formation, and nine in each large formation. But this time, we will engage in close combat, close-quarters combat! Especially those warships equipped with Electromagnetic Railgun, be precise with your Commander. Once those Armor-Piercing Shells humans have given us hit, it's one enemy ship per shot! Whether you can kill enough enemies depends on you!"
It's confirmed: the poor performance isn't due to a lack of science fiction readers, but rather because the author's writing is terrible. ε=(ο`*))) Sigh