My Warship Can Upgrade
Chapter 40

First Battle

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As there were many cities, Wang Dong spent two hours on the second habitable planet, consuming 21 rounds of main cannon ammunition and 56 rounds of secondary cannon ammunition, acquiring 352 origin points.

Main cannon ammunition remaining: 85 rounds, secondary cannon ammunition remaining: 1920 rounds, remaining origin points: 736 points.

The extra origin points were from the continuous casualties caused by the ongoing spread of the water and fire disaster on the first habitable planet.

At this time, the warships in the Yatai star system had been mobilized and began to deploy defenses in the skies above the three habitable planets.

When the first planet was attacked, the Yatai civilization finally discovered the uninvited guest, the War Axe.

However, the deployment and positioning of the warships required time.

Furthermore, the warships of the Yatai civilization, a Level 1 interstellar civilization, could only operate in outer space and were incapable of planetary descent combat.

They could only respond passively.

Wang Dong paid them no mind, thinking it wouldn't be so easy for those warships to surround the War Axe.

Of the three habitable planets in the Yatai star system, Wang Dong had visited two. The remaining planet was already defended by the Yatai civilization's warships.

But a planet's surface area was so vast; hundreds of warships couldn't achieve perfect coverage.

Wang Dong, without hesitation, leveraged his speed advantage and the protection of his energy shield to pierce through the gaps in the defense net and descend onto the last habitable planet, causing widespread destruction.

The third planet had three super-large cities with populations exceeding one hundred million, and ten cities with populations between seventy million and one hundred million. It took one and a half hours, consuming 18 rounds of main cannon ammunition and 78 rounds of secondary cannon ammunition, acquiring 344 origin points.

Main cannon ammunition remaining: 67 rounds, secondary cannon ammunition remaining: 1842 rounds, remaining origin points: 1133 points.

Wang Dong's primary objective had been achieved.

But the killing would not stop.

The Yatai civilization's fleet had completed its deployment around the three habitable planets.

But it was all useless!

With an average of only just over seven hundred warships in the sky above each habitable planet, they were no match for the War Axe's sharp breakthroughs.

Using the main cannon to clear the path, within ten minutes, with the assistance of the Shipborne Optical Computer and the sky patrol radar for targeting, ten main cannon shots sank ten warships, and one hundred and twenty secondary cannon rounds sank twenty-one warships.

Without battlefield weapons of mass destruction like Mie Particles, the War Axe could easily achieve extremely high artillery accuracy.

The fire control systems on the Yatai civilization's warships were far inferior to the War Axe's. At extreme ranges, their accuracy was pitifully low.

The occasional hits only caused ripples on the War Axe's energy shield, depleting some of its durability.

And this durability was constantly being restored.

After breaking through the sparse encirclement, Wang Dong then commanded the War Axe to execute a feint, returning to the first planet.

The War Axe's first round of attacks was primarily to create disasters.

The destruction and casualties from disasters were a continuous process, so the sooner, the better.

A sweep through the three planets first.

Next was the process of kicking them while they were down.

The main objective was to accelerate the disaster's spread, which might have otherwise eased.

The hour-long "kicking them while they were down" phase consumed 17 rounds of main cannon ammunition and 90 rounds of secondary cannon ammunition, acquiring 145 origin points.

Main cannon ammunition remaining: 50 rounds, secondary cannon ammunition remaining: 1752 rounds, remaining origin points: 1338 points.

As the losses caused by the disasters expanded, the amount of extra origin points Wang Dong acquired also increased.

After the War Axe broke through the defenses and descended onto the planets, the Yatai civilization's space warships could not descend to fight. Relying solely on the planetary defense forces, they were completely unable to stop the War Axe's destruction.

Missiles and other weapons fired by the planet's fighter jets couldn't even damage the War Axe's armor. The War Axe essentially ignored all harassment, charging forward as if it were a battering ram.

Once a sufficient number gathered, the secondary cannons were used to bombard them, clearing large areas with a single volley.

Then Wang Dong repeated his tactic, relying on his energy shield to break into the second planet once more.

This took an hour, and combined with the thirty-one warships sunk while breaking through the Yatai civilization's fleet defenses, it consumed 27 rounds of main cannon ammunition and 201 rounds of secondary cannon ammunition, acquiring a total of 191 origin points.

Main cannon ammunition remaining: 23 rounds, secondary cannon ammunition remaining: 1551 rounds, remaining origin points: 1595 points.

Then it was the third planet's turn. This took an hour, and combined with the twenty-five warships sunk while breaking through the Yatai civilization's fleet defenses, it consumed 20 rounds of main cannon ammunition and 239 rounds of secondary cannon ammunition, acquiring a total of 151 origin points.

Main cannon ammunition remaining: 3 rounds, secondary cannon ammunition remaining: 1312 rounds, remaining origin points: 1806 points.

After this, Wang Dong was in trouble.

Only 3 rounds of main cannon ammunition remained, so he didn't dare to be reckless.

Looking at the three habitable planets that still had large populations, and the hundreds of warships, Wang Dong was tempted but unable to act.

The main cannon ammunition was nearly depleted, and the secondary cannon ammunition was also running low.

It was impossible to expend all the ammunition; doing so would turn the War Axe into a mere target.

Furthermore, he could see that the residents on the habitable planets had already begun evacuating. Forcing his way through would yield diminishing returns.

On the planets, the heavily damaged cities were already receiving organized rescue efforts, fires were being brought under control, and casualties were sharply decreasing.

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