After crippling three enemy groups, Earth's mecha pressed their advantage. They swung around at high speed, abandoned the remaining stragglers, and continued chasing other intact Twin Stars squads.
"Sir, their mecha are right on our tails! If we don't respond, they'll pick us off one squad at a time!" The leader of a targeted squad sounded tense as he called for help over the channel.
"Damn it! Leave all fighters behind to cover the retreat. Mecha Forces, continue with the original mission!" The Frontline Commander had no choice but to sacrifice part of his force to save the rest.
These fighters were all automated intelligent weapons, low-cost, mass-produced expendables. As long as they completed their assigned interference mission, even losing the entire fighter force would not hurt!
Although these automated weapons possessed respectable autonomous combat intelligence, they still relied primarily on remote control, making them highly vulnerable to communications jamming.
In fact, the Twin Stars had already developed Quantum Communication Jamming Technology, but such large-scale equipment required dedicated Quantum Jamming Ships. Gustav had deployed these unmanned weapons in such numbers precisely because he was certain the Solar System lacked quantum communications jamming capabilities.
And Nie Yun indeed had yet to obtain the Twin Stars' Quantum Communication Jamming Technology. Otherwise, once these fighters lost their command link, their threat level would plummet!
As the Twin Stars changed tactics, nearly a thousand fighters spewed exhaust flames, rolled out of formation, then wheeled around together. Like a thousand caltrops hurled as hidden weapons, they shot toward the charging Earth mecha!
The Beam Cannons atop these fighters fired a simultaneous volley. A thousand laser beams sent ripples flashing across the Shields of Earth's front-line mecha...
On the battlefield, in the Knights of the Round Table's internal communications channel.
"Attention, everyone. Bearing sixty, elevation