Galaxy Domination Guide-Chapter 467 - 457 Unparalleled Star Battle (6)

At this moment, the Universe Army and the Silver Feather Army’s warships, regardless of size, faced their fierce enemies with no option but to press forward unflinchingly.

On Xu Lanzhou’s level, she wouldn’t notice the surge of resolve among the soldiers on the Jilin, nor would she deliberately watch the numbers of warships being sunk. She was fixated on the Combat Star Map in front of her, with only one goal in mind—to find a way to victory.

Her strategy to bisect the enemy and annihilate them in isolated groups had failed. The enemy was more tenacious than she had imagined, and the commander of the Enslavers Joint Fleet had called up reinforcements from the rear, bolstering the thickness of the flanks, making it difficult for the Universe Army to break through.

The Great Emperor of Teizene was doing the same thing as Xu Lanzhou; the center of the Combat Star Map in front of him was a vast expanse of Enslavers Warships, while several groups wrapping around it were Star Alliance’s fleet clusters.

"Then let’s try attacking one flank," mused the Great Emperor of Teizene to himself.

This exceedingly astute commander at this point abandoned the method of dealing with enemies from different sides. Lanzhou had used this strategy to disperse the focus of the Enslavers’ firepower, forcing their joint fleet to shoot in all directions, inevitably reducing the intensity of the attack on one direction and lower the damage inflicted.

Despite the immense fleet of tens of thousands of warships occupying a very vast position, once spread out, even the most central warships could freely engage in firing. However, the distributed firepower still weakened the strike efficiency.

The Great Emperor of Teizene, who noticed this issue, immediately adjusted his tactics. A large number of Enslavers Warships were now directing their main cannons and the secondary but still powerful auxiliary cannons toward the left flank of the Star Alliance’s battle group.

This left their other sides exposed to enemy fire, but the emperor was highly confident, believing that with the relentless attacks of tens of thousands of warships, the Enslavers could first break through one of the enemy’s fleet clusters.

This was another form of isolate and destroy! Xu Lanzhou hoped to use maneuverability to dissect the enemy’s distribution, while the Great Emperor of Teizene used concentrated firepower to achieve the same effect.

Within just one minute, the Enslavers Warships’ main cannons had completed their full rotation, targeting the couple hundred warships on the left flank of the Star Alliance and opening fire fiercely.

Upon noticing the enemy’s movements from the beginning, Xu Lanzhou immediately discerned what the enemy intended to do, and several potential solutions flashed through her mind, but none were particularly good. She could only order, "Prepare for defense, the left flank battle group is to move forward and perform firepower linkage with the other three battle groups."

This method of joining forces with allies could enhance the firepower of one side, but the downside was that in doing so, the left flank would essentially be opening itself to the enemy, and it didn’t fundamentally solve the problem of being focused on by enemy fire.

A massive barrage fell on the formation of the left flank fleet cluster. It was a terrifying display of firepower the likes of which Xu Lanzhou had never seen in her life. The cannon fire from tens of thousands of warships lit up an entire side of space, and all the gunfire, like ten thousand streaks of dawn’s early light, enveloped the left flank fleet cluster.

Under such an intense barrage, even the best energy shields would eventually be depleted after sustaining continuous hits, leaving the ship’s armor breached and ultimately causing the vessel to sink in the universe.

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The Star Alliance never reveled in the general fact that their warships were stronger than those of the Enslavers. Bai Zhongqi had always cautioned his fleet against arrogance. The situation that Bai Zhongqi and Xu Lanzhou were most worried about had now arrived. When a host of enemy ships gathered together, what might not have been sufficient to defeat the excellent warships of the Star Alliance became overwhelming in number and firepower. Ships that were once difficult to breach were now broken through, resulting in massive losses for the Star Alliance.

To be fair, the Star Alliance warships were very lethal. Even an ordinary escort ship could blow up some of the enemy’s smaller cruisers, and even at this moment, the Enslavers’ fleet was sustaining losses at a faster rate than the Star Alliance. But for the Star Alliance to go from steady damage to heavy losses was telling.

Xu Lanzhou watched as, within a few rounds of combat, a third of the left wing fleet’s shields had burst under the horrendous enemy firepower, struggling doggedly. She couldn’t help but prepare to order the left-wing fleet to withdraw from the battlefield, to roam and look for another opportunity to attack the enemy.

Lv Zhinian had already figured out what Xu Lanzhou was preparing to do. He immediately spoke up, "Commander, withdrawing a part of our already weak fleet from the battlefield at this time would be akin to giving away the victory on a silver platter."

Xu Lanzhou could feel her own tension, but as she looked at Lv Zhinian, this unremarkable middle-aged officer, she saw him maintain his composure and calm—a testament to his ability to remain unflustered even if Mount Tai were collapsing before him.

"By using densely-clustered fleet formations, the Enslavers are well aware of their strengths and weaknesses. This is their formation for a desperate struggle. If I’m not mistaken, the one commanding this fleet is most likely from Teizene. They plan to sacrifice defense on other fronts to attack us on one side, quickly devouring one of our battle groups to cause even greater imbalance in battlefield forces. Therefore, our response should not be how to save our left wing but how to make their sacrifice worthwhile."

Xu Lanzhou said in shock, "You want to give up our left wing?"

Lv Zhinian replied, "The left wing is beyond saving. The enemy is relentlessly pursuing and bombarding it with concentrated firepower, pushing forward, and the left wing’s function for us now is to draw the enemy’s fire. Apart from pushing left, the enemy has left themselves exposed everywhere else, and now is when we should concentrate our forces, drilling relentlessly into their defenseless positions. If they can focus, so can we!"

Xu Lanzhou’s heart surged with waves. She hadn’t expected this seemingly calm and straightforward general to have such ruthlessness at this critical juncture.

You want to devour one of my flanks? I’ll let you, but if your rear is exposed, I will concentrate my forces to strike at your back and see who sustains greater losses and who will falter first.

Xu Lanzhou clenched her silver teeth. She knew that in such a war, what was tested most was a fleet’s resilience and will. Lv Zhinian’s method was not wrong, but it required decisiveness. She could not hesitate any longer, so she immediately issued the command, "All other fleet groups, converge on the right wing, and launch a full assault on the enemy!"

A swath of Star Alliance warships opened fire like mad at the enemy, simultaneously maneuvering toward the right wing. In that direction, with only sporadic light cannon fire left, the enemy had no longer any decent main cannons. The Star Alliance warships pressed on, launching a fierce attack on the enemy.