From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 640: A Typical Case of Being Bitten by a Snake

"Boss! We have completed the intersection! The distance between us and the First Fleet is now over 1 kilometers and is still rising!"

"Boss, several warships have sent signals that their plasma propulsion arrays are at risk of overload!"

"Boss, the main fusion reactor group reports that the fusion reaction is abnormal. It is recommended to temporarily exit the 'Forward 4' state and investigate the problem!"

After the two fleets completed the intersection, several emergency reports were also sounded on the "Eternity".

As the third ship of the Infinity class, the 'Eternity' is a brand new ship that was newly manufactured. In addition, it was urgently dispatched to join the battle sequence this time, so many key adaptive training and tests have not been completely completed. Therefore, Amber was not surprised that there was a problem with the fusion reactor group.

As for the 'Forward 4' state that he had just ordered the helmsmen of each ship to enter, it was also an upgrade project carried out on this batch of warships. In essence, it was to allow the warship's fusion furnace and plasma propulsion array to operate at overload.

It’s just that some pioneer technologies provided by Saleh have been added, which directly improves the output power and stability by several levels compared to ordinary warships.

The addition of this function is also because Amber hopes that the fleet will have better tactical maneuverability. After all, compared with the player warships commanded in the previous life, the tactical maneuverability of these warships is really far worse.

You have to know that in the game, fleet battles between players are often at relative speeds of hundreds of kilometers per second, and they have to make large-scale posture adjustments at this speed.
Therefore, Amber also hopes to test as many new technologies as possible on this newly built fleet so that she can regain the feeling of command she once had.

But just as he expected, the installation of new technology is often accompanied by many unexpected problems. Even with Saleh's technical assistance, the status of 'Forward 4' still caused many warships to malfunction.

Thinking of this, Amber did not continue to hold on, after all, this battle had just begun.
"Pass my order, all fleet helmsmen, the engine clock has returned to 'Forward 3'! Damage control and engineering teams on all ships, hurry up and carry out inspections and maintenance!"

After saying that, Amber looked at Cerise who was standing quietly beside her with her hands folded.

"The Eternal's power unit has temporarily switched to the superconducting battery stack for power supply. If I'm not mistaken, it should be able to last for two hours, right?"

"Yes, Commander, the power unit has switched to the superconducting battery stack and can run continuously for 2 hours, 15 minutes and 32 seconds." Ceris replied calmly.

"Then switch over and have the main fusion reactor group quickly troubleshoot the problem. Send a few damage control teams over there to stand by!"

"Yes, Commander!"

After hearing Amber's arrangement, Ramos untied the rope on the suit, came to Amber and asked, "Boss, what should we do with the pursuers behind us? Do we need to adjust our direction to deal with possible attacks?"

"No, the fleet's next goal is to directly attack the proton annihilation bomb assembly center. Since the current situation is so bad, we must first make up for the loss~"

Amber waved her hand and continued:
"The speed difference between us and the First Fleet is still high enough, and all ships are still in the 'Forward 3' acceleration state. Even if the enemy adjusts the axis of the ship in the first place, by the time they decelerate urgently and then re-accelerate to catch up with us, the distance between the two sides will have already widened."

But at this point, Amber suddenly felt that it might not be safe enough, so she looked at Ramos with a smile.

"I really can't let you sit idle, so I'll assign you a job to gain some experience~" Ramos: "I'm always waiting for your orders, Boss!"

Amber: "You don't have to be so serious. This job is also very simple. What you said just now did remind me that the opponent's high-energy laser will still pose a threat to the fleet's propulsion array. Get a few staff officers together and plan the arrangement of regularly dropping anti-beam gel bombs to the rear of the fleet."

"Yes, Boss!"

Ramos raised his hand to salute, then turned around and prepared to float over to the staff desk.

"By the way, let each ship fight a round now!"

"Yes, anti-beam gel bombs, target the rear of the fleet formation, deliver in fixed quantities, fire!"
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"Marshal! The target fleet is still accelerating. Both sides are moving too fast. It will be difficult for us to catch up in a short time!"

"We have to chase them even if we can't catch up! They want to attack the 'VIP target', we can't let them succeed!" Marshal Trafalgar shouted angrily after hearing what the tactical information coordinator said, "Where are the high-energy lasers and charged particle cannons? Let's fire a few rounds first!"

Admiral Carol: "The battleship that had just stabilized in advance has already taken the initiative to attack, but the opponent's commander reacted quickly and launched a wave of anti-beam gel attacks in advance, but the effect was minimal."

"Replace the electromagnetic reconnection cannon with a compressed helium warhead to blow away these gel layers! Let them use their brains and stop waiting for orders from the flagship for everything. If they rely on waiting for orders to fight a war, they will lose their chance!"

Marshal Trafalgar's roar echoed throughout the bridge communication channel. Admiral Carol knew that the old marshal was a little angry at this moment.

But he could fully understand it. After all, he had guessed the enemy's plan in advance and led three fleets to set up an ambush and encirclement. As a result, they broke through the encirclement at the first encounter. Now he was watching the enemy succeed. He would not be happy if he were in their place.

So he immediately sent a text message in the "Officers Group", telling everyone that the marshal was in a bad mood at the moment, and to be smart and not to get into trouble at this time.

Finally, the admiral came to Marshal Trafalgar and said, "Marshal, don't worry. Since the enemy's target is the proton annihilation bomb assembly center, they will definitely not continue to accelerate, so we will catch up sooner or later. What's more, you have also made arrangements at the assembly center, so it can still hold out until we arrive."

After hearing Admiral Carol's words, Marshal Trafalgar did not say anything directly. Instead, after a while, he replied coldly:
"Well, you have a point."

Admiral Carroll, who had followed Marshal Trafalgar for so long, immediately heard that the marshal was not really angry because of his words, but he did not intend to continue to cause trouble, so he stopped talking.

Admiral Carroll's guess was indeed correct, and Marshal Trafalgar was not relieved by his words.

If he was confident about his arrangements near the assembly center before the battle, then after the first wave of firefights, or just "interlacings", with the Atlas fleet, the admiral's confidence was not so great.

What if the Atlas fleet pulls out some "black technology" weapon?
But this time, Marshal Trafalgar was indeed worrying too much. Although Amber used a lot of new technologies in this new fleet, there were not many new improvements in armaments.

Because recent fleet technological advances have been concentrated on subsystems such as power, communications, and control assemblies, the only upgrade in fleet armament is the "Spectrum Destroyer", but these six battlecruisers are now on the front line firing at long range and cannot affect this side.

(End of this chapter)