This time, there were no eight Star Destroyers leading the way, absorbing fire for the battleship group behind them.
On top of that, once their formation had fallen apart, almost all the battleships were exposed to the Black Stone Kingdom's firing arcs.
So, under the Black Stone Kingdom's barrage in this volley,
the eight Star Destroyers were more or less all right, but the battleships in the Free State Conglomerate fleet were in for a terrible time!
Battleships were generally considered "tough and heavily armored" on the battlefield.
For some of the smaller nations in particular, a battleship represented the pinnacle of their military strength.
But that depended on who they were up against.
Today, the battleships in the Free State Conglomerate fleet faced an enemy that was in no way inferior to them!
There was no need to mention the bombardment from the Black Stone Kingdom's Star Destroyers.
The Black Stone Kingdom's battleships alone could pose a serious threat to battleships of the same class—after all, most of them came from the Second Prince of the Purple River Kingdom's personal guard fleet.
They could be called the cream of the crop among the Purple River Kingdom's many battleship groups.
And the Purple River Kingdom was a powerful kingdom that independently occupied an entire river system, with a size and overall national strength absolutely no less than the New Song Kingdom's!
The Black Stone Kingdom's cruiser group's bombardment was nothing special.
But the Dingyuan, a battle star, had firepower that was just as capable of posing a lethal threat to the Free State Conglomerate's battleships!
When War Shackles showed its power, breaking apart the Free State Conglomerate fleet's formation and leaving the enemy unable to maneuver and evade,
the Black Stone Kingdom's hit rate instantly soared to nearly one hundred