"To be honest, Minister, the situation with the fleet is not optimistic. We've run out of weapons and are relying entirely on ramming to wear down the Xuan Star Civilization's warships, but the effect is minimal; it only temporarily stalls them. Moreover, the enemy is using a technology similar to a space quagmire; once our warships get stuck in it, they become immobile sitting ducks."
"I haven't seen this tactic before. We didn't actually engage the Xuan Star Civilization much. Apart from the First Army Group, the rest of our warships entered this spatial vortex before the battle even began, and the First Army Group was completely wiped out before they could even relay the battle situation."
"They are all heroes, Minister. Don't worry, we can hold on. We still have 25 million Wind Master left. At the current rate of consumption, a year is definitely not a problem. You will reach the edge of the vortex in at most two months. We can hold on."
"We don't need two months, one month will suffice."
"A month? Your speed is only 0.45 times the speed of light. Do you think you can double your speed in a short period of time?"
"No, after another month of sailing, we will risk activating the warp drive. At the edge of the vortex, the spatial distortion is relatively small. Our calculations show that the warp drive can work. We will increase the distance between the warships so that we won't collide while sailing."
"Minister, don't take any risks if things get tough. We really can hold on."
"There's no risk involved. Academician Gao Zhengyang and his team have already proven this; it's absolutely feasible," Luo Zhigao said, looking at Academician Gao beside him.
"Yes, General, I just discussed the plan with Academician Zeng Academician Liu. After demonstration and computer simulation, it is entirely possible. The curvature of space is not large, and the engine can still work. It's just that the warship's direction of movement is not a straight line. To give an analogy, once these warships start their warp drives, it's like a group of drunkards walking on the road. Any two drunkards bumping into each other would be a disaster, but as long as the distance between the drunkards is increased, the collision will not occur."
"In that case, very well. Hurry up, I will continue to hold off the Xuan Star Civilization's fleet. After you escape the vortex, travel 3,000 light-years in this direction. There is a small planetary system at this location, I will wait for you there to return home safely."
"Okay, definitely!"
To ensure Luo Zhigao's absolute safety as he escaped the spatial vortex, the Wind Master increased the impact force once more, firmly dragging the Xuan Star Civilization's warship to one side of the spatial vortex.
With the war progressing to this point, Hu Yu finally felt more confident and was no longer so afraid that the Xuan Star Civilization's warships would be diverted to block Luo Zhigao's exit. Although Luo Zhigao's fleet had abandoned some of its ships, it still had more than 40 million ships left, while the Xuan Star Civilization's warships numbered less than 40 million.
Even if all the warships of the Xuan Star Civilization rushed to intercept Luo Zhigao, Luo Zhigao would still have a chance to escape with the combined attack of Hu Yu's and Luo Zhigao's fleets. Moreover, based on Hu Yu's reminder, Luo Zhigao also told the entire fleet about the ramming method.
Luo Zhigao's fleet is all controlled by his crew. Instructing the fleet on combat tactics means that in the event of an emergency, these crew members will also ram their warships into the warships of the Xuan Star Civilization. Although this is cruel, Luo Zhigao's fleet has become accustomed to it.
Every crew member had already disregarded their own life before boarding the ship. In the most dangerous moment, if they didn't sacrifice themselves, would they let their families sacrifice themselves? Would they let the elderly, women, and children sacrifice themselves? This is the spirit of the Chinese Nation. The people of this nation have never been afraid of sacrifice. It is because of the sacrifices of generations of martyrs that the Chinese Nation has achieved its great rejuvenation and continues to this day, with one foot already in the Small Star Sector Civilization stage. Without the spirit of sacrifice, the Chinese Nation could not have continued to this day.
The countdown to the warp drive has begun: twenty days, fifteen days, eight days, three days, one hour...
"All warships, activate your warp drives and break free of the space vortex at full speed!" Luo Zhigao shouted the order.
"Receive."
"Execute immediately!"
They were now less than 0.01 light-years from the edge of the spatial vortex. Although the warp drive's efficiency was greatly reduced due to the spatial distortion, it only took 20 minutes for the fleet, which had been trapped for more than 50 years, to finally return to the normal space of the universe.
Luo Zhigao, having escaped the vortex, had no time to celebrate and sped off at a thousand times the speed of light in the direction he had agreed upon with Hu Yu.
"Commander, they, they escaped."
"What? That's impossible. It will take at least another month."
"They forcibly used the warp drive within the vortex."
Are all humans crazy?
"But they did break through, and they completely ignored the fleet here. Commander, should we detach a portion of the fleet to pursue them?"
"Chase them? No, don't chase them. I really don't have any good solutions for the fleet inside the spatial vortex, but do you really think I can't destroy this fleet outside? And am I really that stupid, knowing they're trying to escape the vortex, not sending any warships to defend them?"
"Commander, what do you mean?"
"You'll see then. Didn't I tell you to watch the show? We'll continue using the Space Cage here to wipe them out little by little. They definitely won't escape in order to hold us back."
"Yes, Commander. Don't worry, not a single one of them will escape."
Luo Zhigao continued to lead the fleet at full speed, a thousand times the speed of light. However, Luo Zhigao planned to take four years to cover the 3,000 light-year distance to avoid being tracked by the Xuan Star Civilization by traveling in a straight line. Therefore, Luo Zhigao always took detours.
A year and a half later, Hu Yu detonated the last 170,000 Wind Master, completely severing his connection with this space.
" Old Hu, we did it!"
"General, we did it! We did it! We did it!"
"Yes, we succeeded, but at a great cost. 50 million warships were wiped out, while the enemy only suffered 10 million losses, and more than 70% of those were destroyed by energy spheres. If this Xuan Star Civilization had developed for a few hundred more years, we probably wouldn't even be qualified to fight them. But fortunately, we succeeded, and all the losses were worthwhile."
"Yes, nothing is more important or more worthwhile than saving one's own people."
Two million Wind Master, carrying various machines and equipment, headed to the planetary system where Luo Zhigao was to arrive. For safety, Hu Yu deployed satellite equipment thousands of light-years away from this planetary system. Although the density was not high, it was still possible to capture information if a large fleet sailed by.