Chapter 979: Fierce Fighting in the Rear

As the Sun River Empire's fleet withdrew, the situation on the entire battlefield changed abruptly.

The alliance, which was originally under pressure, launched a full-scale counterattack. Without the support of the empire's power, those level 90 civilizations were no match for the alliance.

A one-sided battle has already begun!

At the same time, behind the superclusters in the Empire's controlled areas, the war was also very fierce.

However, this is different from the early days when the empire was caught off guard and unilaterally suppressed it.

As more and more fleets withdrew from the front lines, the pressure on the Federal Fleet increased further.

However, Lin Fan had already anticipated this situation and was not in a hurry. He still let the fleet withstand the pressure and attract more imperial fleets to return, thus creating opportunities for the allied forces on the front line.

The Greenert Supercluster is where the headquarters of the Imperial Army is located.

The offensive here is carried out by a dreadnought attack group of the Federation, which has only 5 billion ships, while the number of warships on the Empire's side has reached 200 billion, and is still increasing with the passage of time.

However, the 40-fold difference in numbers still made it impossible for the Empire to do anything about the Federal Fleet for a while.

The banishing ray, which has a range of over 100 AU, is simply unstoppable. Each attack can take away at least several or even dozens of Imperial warships.

One after another, dark caves continued to form, directly sucking the surrounding warships into them and then disappearing.

Even the Sun River Empire, a super civilization, had never seen this kind of attack.

However, even if there is no solution, we have to charge forward, even if it means sacrificing human lives!

If they can't even hold on to this little bit of supplies, then even if the surrounding affiliated civilizations start delivering them immediately, the army won't be able to hold on until they arrive.

"Commander Gloucester, we can't let the conventional fleet go. This is simply courting death!"

In the bridge, the adjutant held up the casualty statistics and advised Gloucester.

If we can eventually break through by using human lives, then so be it.

But what is the situation now?

The enemy can hit them, and all defense methods are completely ineffective, and the Imperial Fleet cannot attack the enemy at all.

If this isn't one-sided massacre, then what is it?

"No, the few supply bases we have left are all behind the defense line. If we give up the defense line now, have you thought about the consequences?"

"Before the Lieyang Fleet returns, no retreat will be allowed, even if it means spending tens or even hundreds of billions of warships!"

It’s not that Gloucester didn’t know that his fleet was being slaughtered, but behind this line of defense that was finally established was the army’s few remaining supply stations.

If these are gone, then the entire imperial army will be destroyed in just a few days, without having to wait for the subordinate civilizations to deliver supplies!

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the Fiery Sun Fleet is back and is expected to arrive at the battlefield in five minutes!"

“Okay, great!”

After hearing the communications officer's report, Gloucester was also delighted.

This is indeed good news. Although the weapon used by the opponent is unsolvable, according to the analysis of the experts under his command, this is most likely an advanced application technology of the black cavity channel.

That is to say, a one-way door with no protection measures was directly opened, so that the warship was directly sucked into the black cavity.

After all, when the black cavity channel is opened, a tunnel-like channel will be formed in the black cavity space between the two points, so that the passing warships will not be corroded by the environment in the black cavity.

But the Federation's exile ray is different. It only opens a door, and outside the door is like a cliff. As long as you take a step out, you will fall directly into the abyss.

It is precisely because of this that all existing defense measures are ineffective, because the exile ray itself is not an attack on the warship, but rather uses the natural pulling force of the black cavity space on the internal matter of the universe to drag all nearby matter in.

The only thing that could possibly resist this pulling force is the black cavity armor which is also filled with black cavity particles.

However, since the Empire's black cavity armor technology is still immature and the coverage density is very low, it remains unknown to what extent the defensive effect it can provide.

But according to the experts' optimistic speculation, it should be able to withstand 70% of the pulling force, and the remaining 30% can be offset by the warship's own power.

In short, regardless of whether this speculation is reliable or not, the Fiery Sun Fleet is now Gloucester's last chance.

A few minutes later, after 3 billion Sun-class battleships arrived, they immediately launched an attack on the federal fleet under Gloucester's command.

The rest of the conventional fleet, led by the Lieyang Fleet, began to advance again.

Soon, within a few seconds, a new wave of attacks arrived, and a large number of dark holes appeared in the void again, reaching billions.

However, unlike before, the pulling force from the black cavity space seemed to be much weaker this time, and the Empire's Sun Battleship had adjusted its power to the maximum.

Although it could still be pulled, it was very slow. After more than ten seconds, before the warship could be dragged in, these dark holes began to gradually disappear.

This time, the tragic situation of the previous attack did not occur. Most of the Fiery Sun warships survived, except for a small number of warships that happened to be at the entrance of the cave and were directly sucked away.

"It really works. Order the Fiery Sun Fleet to rush over immediately and disrupt the enemy's formation, regardless of the cost. The regular fleet will follow soon!"

"Yes, Commander!"

After watching the entire Federation's offensive, Gloucester's confidence increased greatly. As long as the Lieyang Fleet could rush in, he would be confident that he could take down the opposing fleet.

However.

The Third Strike Group of the Federation Dreadnought Fleet, inside the bridge of the flagship.

"Reporting to the commander, the enemy has a new fleet. Our previous attack had little effect. According to the analysis, it should be the Sun River Empire's Fiery Sun Fleet, which is using the prototype of the black cavity armor technology."

"Understood. Proceed according to the second phase of the operation. After locking the coordinates, immediately open the black cavity channel!"

After hearing this news, Carol, the commander of the third attack group, was not in a hurry and gave the order immediately.

"Yes, Commander!"

At the same time, the Empire also discovered unusual movements of the Federal Fleet.

"Commander Gloucester, the enemy has not launched any new attacks for a minute. According to our observations, the enemy fleet is closing in on its formation."

"Collect the array, what are you doing?"

"Report, based on the analysis of its behavior, it is very likely that it will retreat!"

"Notify the fleet. If the enemy wants to escape, let them go. We can't catch up with them. Besides, ensuring the safety of the supplies is the top priority now!"

"Yes, Commander!"