"Commander, all ground combat units are destroyed!"

Bocall, who was staring at the three-dimensional sand table, heard his subordinate's words. His behavior obviously paused, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he soon returned to his usual simple response.

"Well, I understand."

Bocall knew the effectiveness of ground combat bodies very well, but it was precisely because he knew enough about them that he was surprised by their total annihilation. From Bocall's perspective, after the ground combat bodies landed for combat, all that was left was to launch operations.

Just unparalleled.

Bocall carefully recalled the enemy information he had received from Maven, and it was obvious that he could not find an opponent capable of competing with his ground combatants.

"In other words, it is a new species of monster..."

"Bring up combat body information records. I want to know how they were destroyed."

"yes!"

The next moment, the information record of the battle between Rhizome and ground combatants was uploaded to Bocall.

However, this information does not allow Bocall to intuitively see the opponent fighting the ground combat body. Let's not talk about the interference of the high maneuverability of the ground combat body on the information record. Later, Hogu used gel material to block the ground combat body's ability to move.

, and even caused serious interference to the information recording function on the combat body.

From Bocall's perspective, the situation behind the ground combat units was that the screen suddenly went black, and then they were destroyed inexplicably. It was not clear what destroyed them.

In any case, it was certain that the enemy he was fighting was an unknown enemy, so Bocall considered another thing.

"Is it restraint in terms of physical appearance? Or simply crushing in terms of ability?"

This problem is entrenched in Bocall's thinking, because it will inevitably pose an obstacle to their rescue of the colony.

It would be fine if it was relative restraint, but if it were to be crushed by ability, it would mean that when rescuing the Imperial people on the planet, they would have to face an enemy more terrifying than ground combatants - Bocall would not be so naive as to think that

The enemy will obediently let them save the people on the planet.

"Wait...save?"

Bocall suddenly realized that something was wrong. You must know that although as a branch of the empire's home planet, the power of a colony is very tyrannical, but it is still far behind compared to the sublight speed rail gun.

For example, if a person can jump an inhuman distance of one thousand meters in the long jump, then it may be easy to jump five hundred meters.

I used to think that the colonies were rebelling and planning to separate and become independent, so I didn't think about it in detail. However, since there are real enemies and the kind of industrial strength shown, there is no reason for the colonies to last for so long.

Because he had to deal with the enemy information given by Maven, Bocall didn't realize this problem until now.

What is the enemy's purpose for doing this? Since it is an attack on the empire, it should be natural to kill all the colonies...

The fact that they were not captured immediately means that the empire's colonies still have value. The question is what value...

Here you can try the contrast method, compare the difference between 'colonies destroyed' and 'colonies retained', and then you can deduce the enemy's purpose, which is to say...

...Fourth Fleet!?

Thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning, and pieces of information were quickly sorted out. Bocall's face gradually became darker and darker.

Regardless of whether the colony will be destroyed or not, the Fourth Fleet will go to the alien planet to investigate the situation. However, the behavior of the fleet will be different after arriving on the alien planet. If the colony is retained, the fleet will consider rescue and will not let go.

If it is destroyed, even if the fleet wants to approach the alien planet, it will first carry out an ultra-long-range saturation full-coverage strike on the surface.

"How is this possible?!"

Bocall couldn't help but lost his voice as he wanted to understand, attracting confused looks from the bridge operators.

Normally, Bocall would still pay great attention to his external image. After all, he is the commander of the fleet, but now he has no mind to worry about this.

The Fourth Fleet is different from the first three generations of fleets of the Empire. It is a combined fleet composed of multiple motherships and conventional battleships. It also symbolizes the unparalleled absolute authority of the Empire. It is not only a symbol of force, but also a symbol of absolute invincibility.

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According to Bocall's idea, when the enemy sees this kind of power, they should realize how powerless and insignificant they are. They can only make futile resistance and then be eliminated by them, or they will both die in despair.

But now there are various signs that the enemy seems to have some way to dismantle this fourth fleet, which symbolizes "invincibility" in the empire. This is also the reason why Bocall was speechless just now.

"Command the fleet to initiate retention plan No. 2."

"receive!"

Staring at the alien planet in the three-dimensional sand table, Bocaul twitched his lips.

"You have no idea what you are facing. It is the empire's 'invincible' fleet. Why do you think you can break the empire's 'invincibility'?"

After the order was issued, the Fourth Fleet as a whole experienced abnormal movements.

The first thing to change was the mothership class, which was the core of the organization. Its caliber was similar to the giant muzzle of a football field. It slowly rotated and pointed at the planet opposite them. The hatch opened, revealing the booming sound of the internal mount.

Then came the changes in the long-range firepower ships and escort ships. They changed their original layout and set off while maintaining their original firepower output, just like soldiers rushing out of their trenches after hearing the charge horn.

At the forefront, warships such as main ships and destroyers are also gradually advancing, shortening the distance between the battle lines little by little.

"That's not okay."

Hogu locked onto those motherships that stayed in their original positions and remained relatively stationary with the planet. That was his target. Other than that, other units of the Alien Fourth Fleet were not considered a threat.

The output of long-range firepower ships such as battleships and cruisers is indeed very strong, but their power is limited. Their total tonnage limits their bomb load, making it impossible to deal with planet-level opponents.

As for destroyers, autonomous ships and other frigates, their firepower is even weaker, so they can only threaten large ships such as battleships and cruisers. Mothership-class ships of Ming's size are as weak as flies.

Once all the motherships are destroyed, this cosmic battle will come to an end, and Hogu will win.

But on the other hand, if the aliens rescue all the population of the colony, or if they discover something is wrong and directly give up the rescue, decide to sacrifice a colony, and destroy the planet at all costs, it means that the aliens win.

Under the control of Huogu's will, the firepower projected from the ground to outer space suddenly increased, instantly forcing the final Fourth Fleet to a halt.

"Come on, let me see your choices..."
Chapter completed!