Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge

"It's over..."

In the central control survival module of the "Zhanxing" destroyer, Rex had a very ugly look on his face.

He never expected that the "Warhammer" force fleet would dare to ambush in the asteroid group.

That is a group of asteroids. Even if there is a shield, ships and people will be destroyed if they are not careful.

No one would ambush the enemy in such a dangerous place.

Because this is the choice of killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred.

does it worth?

Of course not worth it.

He never thought that the strength of the opponent's warship could ignore the threat of asteroids.

In order to go to a habitable planet, he deliberately found a group of asteroids that were not very large individually.

But he didn't expect that he would play into the enemy's hands.

If it were a more dangerous asteroid group, would the "Warhammer" forces still choose to ambush in the asteroid group?

"The drone group has lost 60%. Fleet commander, please withdraw the drones."

"No, without the restraint of drones, they will catch up."

"The opponent only has seven battleships, and we have spread out. The longer time goes by, the fewer targets they can pursue. Fighting in a group of asteroids, the losses of the "Elf" drones are too great, and we must preserve our vitality. "

"There are no more seven warships. Only five warships are still moving at high speed. The speed of the other two warships is relatively slow. It should be that the power system was destroyed by the drone swarm. We have been dispersed enough. There is no need to continue to lose." "Drones."

In the data stream, Rex browsed the data coming back from the drone.

He is analyzing the situation on the battlefield.

The "Liberal Democratic Federation" takes the drone route and confronts the enemy with numbers.

Suitable for fighting in the open space, like a pack of wolves surrounding the enemy.

The other party chose to ambush in the asteroid group, firstly to hide themselves, take them by surprise, and use their powerful close combat capabilities.

The second factor is probably related to drones.

The "Warhammer" forces know very well that dense asteroids will have a great impact on drone swarms.

Indeed, in the first wave of attacks, enemy warships attacked the asteroid.

The asteroid fragments instantly destroyed hundreds of "Goblin" drones.

In the subsequent battles, 40% of the lost "Elf" drones were destroyed by hitting asteroid fragments.

but……

If the battle takes place in an empty universe, will the winning side really belong to the "Free Democratic Federation"?

Rex doubted this.

For the first time, he had doubts about the drone route of the "Free Democratic Federation".

Drones are great, but they have too many limitations.

"Every ship listened to the order and immediately withdrew the drone group and immediately evacuated to the boundary star field of the S-01919 star system."

Finally, Rex issued the order to withdraw the drone group.

He knew that at this moment, it was no longer necessary to let the drone swarm pester the opponent's fleet.

Following Rex's order, among the asteroids on the other side.

The group of drones that were swooping around the "Firestorm" escort ship like flies suddenly turned away.

They gave up attacking the enemy ships and flew into the depths of the asteroid cluster in groups.

"King, do you still want to pursue me?"

There are two enemy warships just ahead, shuttled among the asteroids.

As he dodged left and right, the tail engine sprayed out dazzling blue-white tail flames.

From time to time, it would hit an asteroid, causing the shield to flash.

It makes people doubt whether the other party will be hit by an asteroid if they continue to chase.

After thinking for a while, Li Meng said: "No more pursuit. The fleet will retreat. Send all Fury-class interceptors to follow them and find their assembly point."

The opponent's fleet has been dispersed, and there is no point in pursuing them any longer.

Imperial warships are not able to completely ignore the threat of asteroids.

The energy of the shield is limited, and the impact of an asteroid will also cause certain damage to the ship body.

Navigating asteroids at high speeds is not a sensible thing to do.

Following Li Meng's order, the imperial warships located on all sides of the asteroid group slowed down.

The dazzling tail flame of the tail thruster gradually weakened, and the reverse thrust engine on the bow of the ship started, spraying out a long white tail flame.

With the withdrawal of both sides, the battle came to an end.

Among the silent asteroids, blank areas can be seen.

In the empty area, there are a large number of metal debris floating.

There are "Elf" drones and the remains of battleships.

It can even be seen that corpses are floating in the dark universe, showing a struggling posture.

War is never friendly. In war, life has become the cheapest thing.

The harbor gates on both sides of the battleship were opened one after another.

Fury-class interceptor planes flew out one after another and pounced into the depths of the asteroid group.

"Fleet Commander, they gave up the pursuit, we are safe..."

As the imperial warships evacuated, the captains of the fleeing "Free Democratic Federation" breathed a sigh of relief.

When a giant ship approaches from behind, it feels so terrifying.

It's like a mountain pressing down on you, making you breathless.

Although they are immortal, they will still experience the pain of death firsthand.

"Retreat to the border assembly area and pay attention to your tail. Our actions in the past few months have been seen by the other side. Otherwise, the other side will not be able to ambush on both sides of the safe route and will never let the other side find our assembly point."

"We should have been targeted by the opponent's small aircraft, so we sent the drone out to disrupt the opponent's line of sight."

"We are at least a day's flight from the border assembly area. Don't go in a straight line, go around in a circle and return to the assembly area."

"Just do it your own way. There's nothing wrong with being careful."

Rex remained silent while listening to the captains' voices on the communication channel.

He knew very well that this failure would become the greatest shame in his life.

Was he too careless?

No, he was cautious enough.

Otherwise, he would not have waited for more than a month for the logistics fleet and support fleet to arrive before heading towards the habitable planet.

He thought about every situation, but he didn't expect that the other party would ambush in the dangerous asteroid group.

Where did he go wrong?

How could Rex not know what was wrong?

If he didn't know it before, he knew it now.

His mistake was a lack of understanding of the technological templates possessed by the enemy and a lack of understanding of the enemy's warships.

Looking at the friendly beacon on the tactical map, Rex's heart sank.

The losses were too great. In this battle, the fleet lost two-fifths.

Nearly half of the ships were destroyed in the asteroids.

There are only 27 "Tristan-class" frigates and 13 "Argus-class" destroyers left.

The "Elf" drone lost seven-tenths.

Of more than a thousand drones, more than 700 were lost in less than an hour of fighting.

No fewer than three hundred were destroyed by the asteroid.

Although two giant ships of the opponent were paralyzed, they were only paralyzed and not destroyed.