Elsewhere.
Aboard the Little Gray Men's secondary flagships One and Three.
At the sight of the flames from their allied secondary flagships exploding, both captains' faces filled with terror.
The outcome was all too clear. With only two secondary flagships left, the same fate was all that awaited them!
They tried to issue orders to the fleet, rallying everyone to fight the enemy together.
But once the rout began, there was no stopping it.
The destruction of one flagship and three secondary flagships had utterly shattered the entire fleet's confidence.
Almost no one paid attention to the two captains' roars over the communications channel.
Fortunately.
After secondary flagships Two and Four exploded, the Human Fleet's offensive eased considerably.
Even so, ordinary warships could not withstand this relentless barrage.
Even the secondary flagships could not accelerate at full power to escape under such an onslaught.
At that moment, the warships of Human Civilization split into two groups.
One continued providing suppressive fire.
The other accelerated toward the two secondary flagships!
Along the way, countless small drones flew out from the undersides of the [Golden Crow] battleships, slowly circling the enormous Golden Crow Battleships.
These drones and battleships gradually formed a slowly contracting spherical encirclement.
Watching the increasingly familiar formation, both captains went pale.
"Damned insects!"
The captain of secondary flagship One growled furiously, "They're actually using our tactics!"
The other captain's bitter voice came over the communications channel.
"Forget those trivial details."
"What we need to think about now is how to break through this damned encirclement!"
Back when they had used this encirclement tactic against other civilizations, they had never imagined that one day they would end up trapped inside an enemy encirclement themselves!
"Or..."
After a moment's hesitation, Captain Three spoke again uncertainly. "Should we surrender?"
"Absolutely not!!"
Captain