From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 653 He runs away, he chases
"Eye of Serpens Celestial Navigation Mode"

After hearing what Amber said, Ramos was stunned for a moment, because he had basically never operated the "celestial navigation" mode of the jump engine before, but he quickly reacted and said puzzledly:

"Boss, this can indeed skip the analysis process and quickly enter the jump. But in the celestial navigation mode, the spatial fluctuation signature code of the jump engine is not encrypted, and the federal fleet can also jump over directly!"

"That's right, but at least it will give us some time to regroup, and we will have the Eye of Serpens to maneuver with, instead of being used as a target in this empty space like we are now."

Amber quickly responded to Ramos' question, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "The situation is urgent, don't worry so much, just follow the order!"

To be honest, if Amber had not been still in the cockpit of 'ATLAS' and had no reliable command system to 'lead the jump', he would have directly ordered the fleet to prepare for a tactical jump.

Fortunately, although Ramos lacked experience, he was impeccable in obeying orders, so soon the surviving warships of the entire fleet began to regroup, and Amber and other assault troops also entered the nearby ships directly.

In the event of an emergency evacuation, the ship-borne HCP and heavy armored combat boats will not actually wait for their mother ship to recover them, but will board any nearby ship with space.

Otherwise, with the combat distance of these assault units often being two to three thousand kilometers, by the time they fly back to the mother ship, the enemy should be right in front of them.

Soon, the remaining ships of the Atlas fleet completed their reorganization and began to accelerate towards the Federal Fleet, which was already 8000 kilometers away. After the last round of salvos, all the captains followed the instructions and allocated all the energy of the ship's main fusion reactor to [power] and [protection].

The only means of attack was for each ship to start a clearance sale and launch all the anti-ship missiles in the multi-purpose launch silos towards the federal fleet.

As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, Marshal Trafalgar and Admiral Carol also discovered something unusual. They had almost watched the assembly center being demolished with their own eyes. They underestimated the demolition capabilities of the Atlas fleet and overestimated the defense capabilities of the assembly center. So while they were entangled with the Atlas rear guard fleet, the "forced demolition" activities at the assembly center also began simultaneously.

Marshal Trafalgar's original idea was to quickly eliminate this small interception fleet in front of him, and then surround and kill the Atlas fleet at the door of the proton annihilation bomb assembly center.

But as the Atlas rear guard fleet confronted the vanguard fleet with a desperate attitude, and the "Poseidon" squadron also approached the fleet's flank and launched a harassing attack, the veteran marshal finally realized that times had changed.

He did not expect that his three fleets would be delayed for a relatively short period of time, and he did not expect that the Atlas fleet would actually destroy the proton annihilation bomb assembly center in this relatively short period of time.

At this moment, Marshal Trafalgar finally realized what it meant to have "suffering but unable to express it".

With this arrangement of his, if he were to face any fleet of the same size in the world - even the elven fleet of the Thousand Star Empire, Trafalgar would be confident that he could strangle them here.

But the Atlas fleet broke through his killing spree again and again.
It broke out of the encirclement of three fleets at a very low cost, and then avoided the first round of illumination of "Requiem" in a way that he couldn't understand. Then, the second round of illumination of "Requiem" inexplicably became a space searchlight, and the expensive satellite artillery array was also scrapped.

That’s not all. Now, the proton annihilation bomb equipment center was dismantled right in front of him.

However, at this moment, the old marshal did not yell as others on the bridge expected, but leaned on the command seat in silence, somewhat tired.
Admiral Carroll, who was beside him, couldn't help but frown as he looked at the massive missile interception records sent by the air defense commander.

"Marshal, have the special alloy reserves of the Atlas main guns been used up? We haven't been attacked by heavy particle cannons for half a minute, but the air defense commander reported that the number of interception missiles has increased significantly. It seems that the enemy has switched to using anti-ship missiles to clear the way? What kind of unconventional method is this? How can these missiles possibly penetrate the defense?"

Marshal Trafalgar, who had been silent for a long time, shook his head and finally answered: "How could the alloy reserve of the main gun be used up? That thing doesn't take up much space. Don't you notice that our relative speed is increasing rapidly?"

"You mean, the other side wants to withdraw from the battle?" Admiral Carroll quickly realized what Marshal Trafalgar meant, and the actions of the Atlas fleet on the opposite side were indeed in line with the process of preparing to withdraw from the battle during a fleet engagement - after the two fleets converged at high speed, the distance between the two fleets would quickly widen, so that there would be time and distance to take the next step.

"That's right, judging by the movements of their fleet."

Marshal Trafalgar stood up from his command seat, looking at the approaching Atlas fleet with some doubt. As the first naval commander in the world to experience the "space dump truck" tactics, he was actually still in fear and even worried that the Atlas fleet would come again.

However, after noticing the current actions of the Atlas fleet, he felt another kind of doubt.

"But if we want to leave the battle and jump away at this time, the fleet's jump preparation window is enough for us to turn the axis and attack from their rear hemisphere. The rear end of the battleship is not as resistant as the front, unless..."

Marshal Trafalgar suddenly realized something, but at this moment, under the influence of the increasingly faster relative speed, the fleets of both sides had closed the distance in an instant, so he could only issue the order to "slow down the entire fleet and prepare to turn the axis 180°".

Under the fierce fire of the Federation Fleet, the super-large deflection field of the Eternal could not hold on any longer after all. In other words, the fact that she could hold out for so long under the concentrated fire of nearly three fleets was beyond the expectations of the designers of the Infinity-class super-flag.

With the disappearance of the super-large deflection force field, the pressure on other warships in the fleet suddenly increased. From time to time, a warship that was subjected to concentrated fire would be blown up by the next round of attacks after the deflection force field was overloaded.

In the eyes of Amber, Ramos and others, the warships on the command interface were being marked with red crosses one by one in this desperate assault, and the entire fleet's combat losses soon reached 40%.
But fortunately, this round of desperate assault has finally come to an end.

When the two fleets crossed each other at high speed, leaving behind the wreckage of warships scattered throughout the universe, the Atlas fleet finally completed its final acceleration, and the jump engine in the "celestial navigation" mode started at a speed far exceeding the usual speed.

By the time Marshal Trafalgar and Admiral Carroll realized something was wrong, the Federal Fleet had already quickly opened up a distance of 4000 kilometers from the Atlas Fleet. Even though the former urgently ordered the fleet to quickly adjust its axis, this last round of salvos that was intended to secure victory was ultimately not fired.

A series of white flashes of transition began to flash, and Admiral Carol's somewhat surprised voice also reached Marshal Trafalgar's ears.

"Marshal, it's the 'celestial navigation' mode. No wonder they can enter the jump so quickly!"

"Jump out of position."

"Alpha Serpens"

"Chase him." Marshal Trafalgar's voice was now emotionless.

Admiral Carol hesitated and asked, "Marshal, the other party dares to jump so openly, is it a trick?"

"I said, chase after him! Don't you understand my order?"

"Yes, Marshal!"

(End of this chapter)