Phase Victory

The North Sea warship group had obviously noticed the unusual behavior of the warships in the Interstellar Transaction Market, and a sudden and fierce attack was launched on the warships that had been fiercely fighting against them.

One Polarization Shield after another lit up, only to be overloaded and destroyed by the rapid and precise strikes. Immediately afterwards, the armor of the warships turned from crimson to incandescent, revealing large holes.

The Nanomite Repair Robot on these Unmanned Warship arrived at the edge of the large hole according to their predetermined program to make repairs, but because of their increased accuracy, their repair speed was not as fast as the destruction. Explosions followed one after another, and warships were reduced to drifting lumps of iron under the attack of the human fleet.

Of course, this situation only occurred with this fleet; the fleet that fought the Lyra did not exhibit any signs of chaos. Clearly, as humans had speculated, they were all piloted by Sentient Life, or rather, each squadron in that fleet had manually piloted warships.

Seeing this change in the war, the main fleet of the Interstellar Transaction Market reacted in a very interesting way. After discovering that their Strong Artificial Intelligence had been destroyed, they did not rush to attack the Lyra. Instead, while the two human fleets were still focused on eliminating the warships that were only left with their Intelligent Program, they turned around and began to withdraw from the battlefield area.

They didn't seem to have any intention of going all out to destroy the Lyra. Perhaps they knew the mission wouldn't be easy, perhaps they believed the battle was already lost, or perhaps they were simply being decisive.

Indeed, the moment that Strong Artificial Intelligence is defeated by humans, the Interstellar Transaction Market will have no chance of winning this battle.

However, this does not mean they have no chance of winning the war, because this battle is just one battle in a war between two civilizations. The Interstellar Transaction Market side still has many planetary bases, and given enough time, they still have a chance to win.

Especially when their Great Commander orders an acceleration of research into alloy technologies provided by humans.

Just then, an Intelligence Officer alerted, "Commander Yue, that enemy fleet has begun to retreat!"

"Ignore them, our task now is to clear out these remaining warships!" Yue Yuan nodded. He wanted to take this opportunity to launch a counterattack, but at this moment, neither the Lyra warship group nor the North Sea warship group had any spare strength.

Fuel and supply issues could very well lead to the two pursuing fleets becoming casualties of enemy fire, making the risk unacceptable. Moreover, while the remaining Unmanned Warship are trapped, they still possess considerable combat capability, and eliminating them will take time.

Since the human fleet was unable to stop them, the main fleet of the Interstellar Transaction Market side was able to easily escape the battlefield. This also meant that the fruits of victory in this battle were ultimately reaped by humanity.

After thinking for a moment, Yue Yuan said to the Communication Department in the channel, "Immediately notify the Third Fleet that the battle on the Planet Thirteen has been won and the enemy's Main Battleship has begun to return. There are about 8.3 million ships left. Tell them to pay attention to the time and not to be held up by their returning fleet!"

"Clear!"

After responding, the Lyra continued its mission to destroy the Unmanned Warship.

In this battle, the Interstellar Transaction Market deployed a total of 24 million warships, including 10 million Unmanned Warship and approximately 14 million warships piloted by Sentient Life.

The Unmanned Warship were completely wiped out due to the destruction of their Strong Artificial Intelligence. Of course, some have been completely destroyed, but they are still being destroyed, and the outcome is already decided.

The loss of manned warships was approximately 6.7 million. If we include the 5 million warships that were tricked by the human squadron into going to the Third Fleet for destruction, and if these warships were also piloted by Sentient Life, then the personnel losses of the Interstellar Transaction Market in this battle have reached at least 35 billion.

Yes, this is measured by humanity's own technology and the fact that each of their warships requires approximately three thousand crew members, rather than by the actual Interstellar Transaction Market.

In fact, to this day, humanity still doesn't know what the life forms on the other side of the Interstellar Transaction Market look like, or whether they are individual life forms in the same form as humans. So this number is just a rough estimate.

It can be used as a reference, but should not be taken as gospel.

As for the human side, the losses were also very severe. The Lyra battleship group can be said to have been decimated, with less than one million warships remaining. The North Sea battleship group suffered even greater losses because it was fighting against the enemy's Strong Artificial Intelligence Great Fleet from the beginning, and now only has more than 1.3 million warships left.

The main point of loss was naturally the period when the Lyra led the Guards warships in a surprise attack.

The Lyra and North Sea warship groups both belong to the First Fleet of Humanity. This means that, so far, the First Fleet of Humanity has lost more than 3.7 million warships in this battle.

At the cost of over 3.7 million ships, more than 15.7 million warships in the Interstellar Transaction Market were annihilated, achieving an overall kill ratio of 1 to 4.24. Such a record is something humanity can be proud of.

But humans also understand that this is only after the opponent's Strong Artificial Intelligence has been eliminated; otherwise, the outcome of this battle would be truly uncertain.

Perhaps the remaining 8.3 million warships in the Interstellar Transaction Market also withdrew decisively because they saw the ferocity of human warships and realized that they could not defeat the 2.3 million human warships with their remaining numbers.

Yes, the factor of the human Third Fleet launching an attack on its First Planet Base is also included.

As for the Second Fleet of the Man Yuemei, Yue Yuan asked, "What's the current situation of the Second Fleet?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a communications officer sent the information that had been neglected to be organized due to being busy destroying the enemy's Strong Artificial Intelligence flagship to the work terminals of each person.

At the same time, he replied in the channel, "Commander Yue, according to the intelligence of the Third Fleet, it is currently in a star field 63 Astronomical Unit away from the Planet Thirteen Battlefield, encountering a fleet with a style full of Interstellar Pirate. According to comprehensive intelligence analysis, that Interstellar Pirate is actually a fleet from the Interstellar Transaction Market, with about nine million warships."

Humanity's Third Fleet was still intact before the operation, consisting of five million warships. Five million against nine million, using the First Fleet, where the Lyra was located, as a benchmark, as long as the Third Fleet could also achieve a one-to-three kill ratio, it would be a sure victory.

Yue Yuan still believed in Man Yuemei's abilities; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to serve as a fleet Commander for so long.

So when they heard this, the crew of the Lyra breathed a sigh of relief. However, what the intelligence officer said next made them frown.

"According to the latest intelligence, the Third Fleet is currently at a disadvantage. The enemy's nine million warships appear to be manned, and their Commander seems to have discovered the weakness of our Third Fleet being controlled by a Strong Artificial Intelligence after the two sides had been engaged in battle for some time, and has formulated a special countermeasure."

Upon hearing this, Yue Yuan personally looked at the combat records of the Third Fleet.

Where communication permitted, the three human fleets would periodically send a battle report to the Lyra outlining the situation. This was primarily to ensure that the leadership aboard the Lyra grasped the overall picture of the war and could formulate appropriate strategies.

Yue Yuan observed that after discovering the situation of the human Third Fleet, the Commander the Interstellar Pirate- style warships adopted a direct assault tactic involving two separate fleets. The entire fleet was divided into two smaller fleets, each making a large detour in space before launching a surprise attack from two directions on the human Third Fleet.

The target is self-evident: the flagship of the human Third Fleet.

Due to the time delay caused by distance, the Third Fleet could not split its fleet into two parts to intercept the enemy fleet that was flanking it. At the same time, it was also tied down by another part of the enemy fleet that was charging and seeking close combat. As a result, it could not disengage from the battle and face another squadron like the Lyra battle group had done before.

This put the Third Fleet on the defensive from the start; before it could even fire a few salvos in the long-range engagements, it was overwhelmed by the enemy.

Currently, the two fleets are still engaged in close-quarters combat, with a casualty ratio of approximately 1 to 2. Human ships are still stronger than their opponents, but if, like on the Planet Thirteen battlefield, the flagship is destroyed, then the Human Third Fleet will be finished.

The situation is not very optimistic.

After a moment's thought, Yue Yuan said, "Order the North Sea warship to transfer command of the Unmanned Warship cluster to this ship and immediately return to the orbit of the Planet Thirteen to take over the base production affairs of the South Sea warship. At the same time, order the South Sea warship to immediately lead its 100,000 guard warships to support the Third Fleet."

Like the Lyra, the North Sea had experienced a major battle and was unable to provide assistance due to fuel issues. Only the South Sea could go. Moreover, only 100,000 warships were originally in orbit guarding various facilities of the Planet Thirteen, and currently only these warships had sufficient fuel.

One hundred thousand warships certainly wouldn't make much of a splash, but Yue Yuan's goal wasn't for them to make a splash either.

Even if close-quarters combat were to occur, the Third Fleet would still have a chance of victory overall. As long as the flagship is not destroyed and the casualty ratio is maintained at 1:2, victory would eventually be achieved.

Therefore, the South Sea was sent there to prevent such a thing from happening, or even if it did happen, the Strong Artificial Intelligence on the South Sea could take over the unmanned fleet, thus turning the tide against all odds.

However, the Third Fleet flagship needs to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

"Please don't die!" Yue Yuan muttered to himself as he looked at the intelligence report, which was already half a day old.

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