Blitzkrieg, with its core principle of catching the enemy off guard, had originated in a certain mysterious great nation in the East on Ancient Terra... Ancient Earth.
Records of it also existed in the Third Reich three hundred years ago.
Xi Yan had applied it to interstellar warfare and achieved impressive results.
In plain language, it meant-surprise↑ attack↓!
After every battle, the fleet sustained varying degrees of damage. Without Regenerative Hull Tissue, the damaged fleet had to be hauled to a Stellar Base for repairs.
In the game, repair costs were deducted directly from the empire's alloys stockpile. In reality, however, under the personal direction of the great logistics minister Veronica, supplies had almost never run short.
Wherever the fleet went, transport ships loaded with energy credits, alloys, and maintenance personnel followed.
Still, most damaged fleets had to complete their repairs at a Stellar Base.
Now, to accelerate his offensive, Xi Yan had left most of the badly damaged ships behind and launched an attack directly with the intact vessels that made up well over half his fleet.
Xi Yan was no Duke Xiang of Song. He would not foolishly wait for the M'tok main fleet to return before starting a war.
Of course he would seize the moment while the M'tok Union's fleet was only halfway through its journey and hurry to capture the Shazka System!
The Second Fleet and the Community Fleet immediately entered the Hyperlane, one after the other, and headed straight for the Shazka System.
What they had not anticipated, however, was that just a few days after their departure, the enemy nation's mainstay-the M'tok Chairman-somehow angered the Celestial Dragon during a personal audience and was swallowed whole, ship and all.
The dragon's furious roar could be heard throughout the system.
The Celestial Dragon's roar sent