Offense and Defense Reversed

The few remaining Nanomite Repair Robot in the inventory were deployed again. Under the command of Strong Artificial Intelligence, they rushed frantically to the damaged area and engaged in fierce battle with the enemy Nanobots that were shot out from the shells.

Meanwhile, the Lyra was not idle either. After the Strong Artificial Intelligence completed its calculations quickly, it mobilized the warships in its small squadron to fire a salvo of Electromagnetic Railgun at the position where the enemy fleet's flagship might turn around in a little over a minute.

Dozens of seconds later, the next salvo of Laser Energy Cannon, in conjunction with the previous salvo of Electromagnetic Railgun, was fired from the muzzles of more than 20,000 warships.

According to calculations, this round of laser cannon salvo will arrive first after being fired later, blocking the movement of the enemy flagship's guard formation, forcing it to slow down and change direction, and ultimately landing exactly on the trajectory of the previous Electromagnetic Railgun.

This requires precise and rapid calculations. It can be said that every salvo, every shot, every turn to evade, and every acceleration and deceleration is a test of the Supercomputer capabilities of both civilizations.

It's clear that while the battle appears to be a fleet skirmish, it is in reality a clash of comprehensive civilizational strength, Nanotechnology, energy technology, propulsion technology, materials technology, computer technology, strategic vision, tactical proficiency, and more.

Because of the existence of nano-repair, it is extremely difficult for a single ship's Laser Energy Cannon to penetrate the Polarization Shield. Similarly, even if a single ship's Electromagnetic Railgun hits, it is difficult to destroy the enemy with a single shot. Therefore, although the Lyra and the flagship fleet of the Interstellar Transaction Market engaged in direct combat, it was difficult for the Lyra to eliminate the enemy in a short period of time.

Twenty-three days have passed, and the chaotic battle continues, only now there are even more warship wrecks in the starry sky.

The war seemed to have reached a stalemate.

This is the first time humanity has encountered such a situation. In previous wars, humanity was either crushed or defeated with overwhelming superiority. But now, however, the situation is one of evenly matched strength.

Yue Yuan was very anxious because as time went on, not only were human warships becoming larger and fewer, but the frequent turning, acceleration, and deceleration maneuvers were also causing the entire fleet's fuel reserves to approach the Red Line.

The various mineral resources on each ship are becoming increasingly scarce because they need to be used to manufacture Nanomite Repair Robot and Electromagnetic Railgun shells.

By the seventy-eighth day of the battle, some warships were even facing a shortage of mineral resources to manufacture hydrogen bomb warheads.

Today, the Lyra is riddled with holes, and there is no new part to be seen on its surface. If it hadn't been for its skillful maneuvering to avoid damage, the Magnetic Propulsion at the stern of the warship would probably have been hit. The number of Close-In Weapon System is also reduced to only one-third, and some of them were added from the ship's inventory during the operation.

In order to protect the Lyra, the number of those guard warships has been reduced to 13,000.

Of course, the flagship fleet of the Interstellar Transaction Market wasn't much better off; its fleet of over 100,000 warships was reduced to just over 40,000. Similarly, if it weren't for its unmanned guard ships providing cover, this flagship would have been destroyed by humans countless times over.

Its armor also showed obvious signs of patching, which were repaired by Nanomite Repair Robot after being burned through by human Laser Energy Cannon.

With the number of guard ships drastically reduced, one of the flagships from both sides will eventually perish in this battle.

Yes, this is the typical final battle scenario, but this is in space, and it's Great Fleet operation controlled by Strong Artificial Intelligence. Based on these two factors alone, it's unlikely that the subsequent development of the battle will turn out this way.

For example, on the Lyra side, after the number of guard ships was drastically reduced, the Strong Artificial Intelligence redeployed the warships that were engaged in combat with other enemy warships to replenish the fleet. The Interstellar Transaction Market took the same action.

Since the flagships of both sides did not collide one-on-one, it is now a matter of who will be unlucky enough to be hit in the core or Propulsion System.

However, at this time, the phenomenon of a slowdown in the firing rate of Electromagnetic Railgun projectiles on some warships in the human fleet seemed to have been keenly observed by the Interstellar Transaction Market.

As a result, they, who were originally engaged in a fierce battle with the human fleet, suddenly adopted a defensive posture, their desire to attack decreased significantly, and they seemed to be trying to stall for time with the humans.

Seeing this change, Yue Yuan became even calmer. He knew that the Interstellar Transaction Market had noticed the shortage of energy resources for the human fleet, but he couldn't rush things; the more he rushed, the more mistakes he would make.

In fact, Yue Yuan really wanted to take a gamble and let the Lyra continue to advance closer to the enemy flagship formation, and then take it out with a salvo of Electromagnetic Railgun. However, such an action would be tantamount to directly telling the enemy the Lyra's course and making it a target for them to shoot.

In that case, it might not be the enemy flagship that gets destroyed, but rather the Lyra that gets destroyed first.

The Interstellar Transaction Market knew they had the advantage in close combat, but they were also aware of the armor-piercing power of the human Electromagnetic Railgun and the weakness of their own warships' armor. If they got too close, their advantage would turn into a disadvantage. Therefore, their flagship formation and even the entire fleet always intentionally maintained a certain distance.

When human warships approached, they maneuvered to create some distance; when the humans tried to distance themselves, they moved closer again, preventing the distance from becoming too great. The fatal flaw was that in the midst of a chaotic battle, the human warship formations simply couldn't maintain a large distance.

This back-and-forth forced both sides' warships to accelerate, decelerate, and turn extremely frequently during the battle.

Some warships even kept repeating this action. In order to avoid being predicted by the enemy's computer, the next acceleration and deceleration direction, acceleration and deceleration time and other parameters of these warships were randomly generated by Strong Artificial Intelligence. Even if they knew that their position was relatively safe, they still had to carry out such irregular speed changes.

Because laser cannons are unpredictable, this method of probabilistic evasion is the only option. Consequently, the warship's energy is consumed extremely quickly.

Just as the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, two messages, one good and one bad, arrived at the flagships of their respective fleets from the distant starry sky.

The good news for humanity is that their Third Fleet, Commander by Bu Guiyu, has successfully reached the First Planet Base of the Interstellar Transaction Market, which is equivalent to attacking one of their planetary outposts.

The bad news is that the Second Fleet, commanded by Man Yuemei, was spotted by the Interstellar Transaction Market through Magnetic Propulsion tracks while rushing from the depths of space to support the Planet Thirteen. Then, in a star field 63 Astronomical Unit away from the battlefield of the Planet Thirteen, they encountered a fleet with a style full of Interstellar Pirate. At this moment, they are engaged in a tug-of-war with the fleet that appeared out of nowhere.

For the Interstellar Transaction Market, these two pieces of news were reversed: good news for humanity was bad news for them, and bad news for humanity was good news for them.

"It seems we can't count on reinforcements for the time being!" Yue Yuan muttered.

The good news indicates that the Interstellar Transaction Market doesn't just have one planetary base in this star system. Otherwise, humanity's strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao" should at least have prompted the current fleet to take some action, such as withdrawing some warships to return to their aid.

Having grasped this point, Yue Yuan glanced towards the Planet Thirteen. He now understood even more the importance of protecting this planet.

Meanwhile, Lyra Yue Yuan glanced at the various data indicators of the Lyra displayed on the projection screen in front of him and found that although the Human Flagship was still very strong, if the fighting continued like this, its fuel would probably only last for another month or so.

In fact, Yue Yuan was also aware that the warships on the Interstellar Transaction Market side were also heavily depleted. However, no matter what, the human fleet had come from afar, and although they had plenty of fuel, it was certainly not as plentiful as the Interstellar Transaction Market side. Therefore, in the end, it was highly likely that the human fleet would run out of fuel first.

"What should we do?! Do we really have to risk leaving the battle and heading to the Planet Thirteen to replenish our supplies before fighting again?" Yue Yuan frowned, deep in thought.

The Planet Thirteen is now producing resources normally, and functional buildings have been constructed in its orbit South Sea warship is also there to coordinate operations, so resupplying is no longer a problem.

However, this single mission completely thwarted the strategy of Strike at the Yellow Dragon.

Staring at the point of light representing the other party's flagship on the star map, Yue Yuan felt a deep sense of resentment.

However, at that moment, a feedback message suddenly caught his eye.

[Hit location confirmed! Enemy flagship's Magnetic Propulsion destroyed! Enemy flagship has lost strong thrust! Target is now using steering thrusters for maneuvering.]

[Target flight path calculation in progress. Probabilities for each direction have been determined. Target area locked. Round 69543 Laser Energy Cannon salvo is ready.]

Upon seeing this series of feedback messages, Yue Yuan's eyes lit up. A turning point had finally appeared! With reduced power, they were sitting ducks, and by destroying this flagship, the group of Unmanned Warship controlled by the flagship's Strong Artificial Intelligence would lose their formidable combat capability.

At that time, the balance of power will truly shift.

The results of the salvo were quickly relayed to the Lyra Command Center: the missiles hit their targets, but unfortunately, they struck an Unmanned Warship.

Despite this, Yue Yuan was not discouraged, because the reason they hit this Unmanned Warship that it deliberately sailed between the Lyra salvo formation and the enemy flagship.

Many warships were operating in the same manner as this destroyed vessel, their purpose being obvious: to act as shields for their flagships.

The detector's lens showed that the Unmanned Warship that were originally firing at the Lyra formation were constantly moving closer to their flagship, seemingly trying to buy time for their flagship to be repaired by sacrificing themselves.

Seeing such a great opportunity, humanity naturally wouldn't miss it.