The Second Asteroid Belt War (Conclusion)

Adams was perplexed at the moment.

How much strength did humanity hide? This added up to 60,000 warships.

However, this should be humanity's final strength; otherwise, they wouldn't have deployed only 5,000 warships in this position! If they had deployed 10,000 to 20,000 warships, they could have annihilated him completely.

With only 5,000, he could still break through, but casualties would be even greater.

"Notify the fleet, the 5,000 warships ahead are humanity's final strength. Even if we have to crash, we will break through!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the vanguard of Adams' fleet charged into the formation of 5,000 warships. Unexpectedly, instead of the desperate battle he had imagined, they easily tore open a gap in the enemy's formation, achieving a central breakthrough.

"Quick, we've broken through the enemy's formation. All fleets, follow immediately!"

Although Adams was also somewhat confused, how could the human formation, even with only 5,000 warships, be so easily torn open from the middle?

However, at this moment, Adams had no time to think further. He immediately ordered the fleet to follow and charge directly through the gap.

At the same time, on the bridge of the Uranus, the flagship of the 101st Task Force Fleet!

"Commander, your acting is too professional!"

"If I weren't professional, could I have fooled Adams? He's not a pushover!"

It turned out that it wasn't Adams' fleet effortlessly tearing open Liang Xingchen's formation. Instead, Liang Xingchen had cooperated with Adams' breakthrough, strategically parting his fleet into two sections at the opportune moment, making it appear as if a gap had been torn open by a central breakthrough!

Under normal circumstances, Adams might have noticed something. But at this moment, the entire Third Imperial Guard Legion was desperately fleeing. Adams, whose mind was completely chaotic, was no longer able to meticulously observe every detail on the battlefield!

After Liang Xingchen's 5,000 warships parted to the sides, they turned to face the approaching Adams' fleet in the middle, forming a new crossfire.

Meanwhile, the over 4,000 warships commanded by Lin Fan and Jiang Hai, respectively, also began to turn as the tail of Adams' fleet was about to pass between them. Finally, they converged and attacked from the rear!

As for why Lin Fan and Jiang Hai each commanded only over 4,000 warships instead of 10,000? It was clear that the remaining warships were disguised as mechs, just like Lin Fan's first simulated battle with Liang Xingchen.

Including the initial 3 fleets, a total of 35,000 warships were also disguised as mechs. The actual Federal warships on the battlefield were only about 14,000, commanded by Lin Fan, Jiang Hai, and Liang Xingchen.

Thus, the entire battlefield once again formed a pincer attack from three sides.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the Third Imperial Guard Legion finally broke free from the human encirclement at full speed and established a distance.

"Report immediately, what are the losses?"

"Commander Adams, our current battle losses have exceeded 40,000 warships, and of the remaining 40,000-plus warships, half are damaged!"

Adams listened to the report from his subordinate, feeling utterly dejected.

Nearly half of his warships were gone just like that. Even the remaining warships, over 20,000 of them, were damaged and unable to exert their full combat capabilities!

He looked at the tactical display again. The 60,000 human warships behind them had consolidated and were pursuing him.

How could he possibly fight now?

"Sigh…"

This must be fate. Liang Xingchen was simply my natural nemesis.

Adams sighed, thinking this to himself.

"Order the entire army to return to Jupiter Base!"

"Yes!"

After issuing the order, Adams slumped into his seat.

He had wanted to lead the Third Imperial Guard Fleet to carve out a path to survival for all the officers and soldiers of the entire fleet, but it seemed it was not to be.

Fine, let him face the Emperor's punishment along with all the officers and soldiers here!

The Fourth Fleet, after a perfunctory pursuit of the retreating fleet, gave up.

Don't be ridiculous. If they pursued further and Adams, cornered, turned his nearly 50,000 warships for a desperate fight, it would be them who would die!

They just needed to put on a show and force them back. Besides, the results were already significant enough. They themselves had lost less than 1,000 warships while destroying over 40,000 of the enemy's.

This battle damage ratio had already reached 1:40. It was known that during the first battle of the Asteroid Belt, the ratio was only 1:10, which had already earned Liang Xingchen the title of God of War!

After stopping the pursuit, the fleet turned back to the previous battlefield and carried out rescue operations. They even managed to rescue quite a few people.

After all, throughout the entire battle, Adams' fleet was forced to only return fire with secondary weapons and was unable to use their main weapons, making their power extremely limited.

Therefore, most of the damaged warships were merely disabled rather than directly sunk, meaning many were still alive!

After the battle, the entire Fourth Fleet embarked on their journey back to Mars Base!

Earth, Presidential Palace!

At this moment, Lin Zhen, Ade, and other staff members were anxiously waiting in the conference room.

"Haven't the frontline battle reports arrived yet? It's been several days!"

"Knock knock... knock."

As soon as Ade finished speaking, a knock sounded at the door!

"Enter!"

"Report, we have battle reports from the Fourth Fleet!"

"Read it quickly!"

Upon hearing it was a report from the Fourth Fleet, Lin Zhen immediately stood up and shouted. The other targets also looked at the messenger nervously!

"On February 7th, the main force of the Fourth Fleet encountered the vanguard fleet of the Oakes Empire in asteroid zone 016 and engaged in fierce combat! According to the tactics planned by Major General Lin Fan, they annihilated the enemy's 30,000 warships with a loss of less than 5,000 warships."

"On February 9th, the Fourth Fleet advanced deep into the asteroid belt. Following the tactics proposed by Major General Lin Fan, they set up multiple ambushes on the path Adams' fleet would take. Ultimately, with a loss of 1,000 warships, they destroyed 43,000 enemy warships and forced their remaining fleet to retreat back to Jupiter!"

"Is the Fourth Fleet currently on its way back to Mars Base?"

For a moment, everyone in the conference room was stunned! What happened to the desperate situation? What happened to fighting to the last man?

How could this battle report sound so strange? Especially ambushing Adams' 90,000 warships deep in the asteroid belt, a 1:43 casualty ratio? How was such a miraculous battle fought?

"Are there detailed accounts of the battle?"

"Yes!"

The colonel who delivered the report immediately inserted a storage card into the conference room's optical computer, and the virtual projection device immediately displayed its contents, which included the entire campaign, including tactical deployment!

"Whoa, what kind of freak is this Major General Lin Fan? Using 14,000 warships disguised as 60,000 warships to set up multiple ambushes, scaring Adams into fleeing all the way?"

One of the aides shouted directly, it was too exaggerated.

Let alone this aide being shocked, even Lin Zhen, Lin Fan's own father, was shocked. The Commander and Vice Commander of the Federal Fleet beside them were equally dumbfounded.

If this wasn't a divine battle, then what was?

While everyone was still in shock, Ade spoke up!

"I propose promoting Lin Fan to Lieutenant General and having him take command of our soon-to-be-reorganized First Fleet!"