Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva-Chapter 1556 - 50: Using Lives as Pigment
In June, the grand fleet set sail from the Central Star Domain, with each ’Red Angel’ class battleship resembling a fiery meteor shower, heading towards the distant firmament.
Within the Star Harbor, numerous celebrities and high officials from the Federal Center stood together in the tall, spacious hall, bidding farewell to the magnificent Fifth Fleet as it embarked on its mission.
The rebuilt Fifth Fleet now consists of approximately 1200 ’Red Angel’ class battleships, 6000 ’Curtain’ class cruisers and ’Harmony’ class cruisers, 10,000 ’Vesper’ class aircraft carriers, and 64,000 various destroyers.
After that disastrous defeat more than ten years ago, the Fifth Fleet was nearly ruined, and the Sixth Fleet was half-crippled. In the years since, the Federal Center has been replenishing warships, and now the Fifth Fleet is entirely equipped with new warships, with the few remaining warships integrated into the Sixth Fleet.
As if to cleanse the shame, the officers of the Fifth Fleet vowed to restore the fleet’s glory and honor, filling them with high morale as they set out.
"It’s truly beautiful..."
Standing below the massive transparent curtain wall, tens of thousands of people gathered like tiny black dots, gazing into the deep space at the departing fleet.
To the silent and dark deep space, this fleet is like a dazzling streak of fiery red, bringing a striking vitality to the entirely void backdrop. If it were transformed into an oil painting, the red on it would certainly be the most mesmerizing and vivid, layered upon layer of color in the entire picture.
In the Interstellar Era, due to technological advancements and abundant information, all sorts of ingenious and strange things are constantly emerging, long since becoming mundane and weary to people. But when placed in this vast universe, the mundane anxiety and unrest are instantly swallowed by the endless cold darkness of the universe.
At this moment, gazing at the massive ten-kilometer length of the battleship, an immense sense of security returns to fill one’s heart.
The Federation needs a powerful fleet to maintain stability. People, inspired by the warships sailing through the Star Sea, sing with excitement, much like the resonating symphony of the empty universe, so touching and beautiful.
On this day, the official Rose Federation broadcasted the expedition images to the entire Star Sea. The heroic figure of the endless red meteors heading to distant lands once again heightened the unity of the entire civilization, forging a common memory and legacy for all humanity.
Fifth Fleet, inside the Titan Flagship.
Prin, dressed in a fiery red military ceremonial dress, stood on the high platform of the bridge, her posture straight, attracting all attention like the captivating glow at the peak of a volcano.
This day finally arrived, her gaze sweeping across the scene, silently reciting in her heart.
Despite originating from the Four-leaf Crystal Star Domain, she held entirely different ideals from Tilan. She wouldn’t be entangled in the right or wrong of programs and justice, instead, she believed that immediate and practical action would surely yield rich results.
Tilan, not everyone is as concerned with right and wrong as you are. More often, everyone simply needs a thrilling victory, an unforgettable experience that shakes them to the core, engraving that fiery moment firmly in their lives, with that warmth of fervor becoming their lifelong pride.
Like a raging fire burning the stars and tearing through the dark night.
———————— 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
In July, in the Sharp-Snout Shark Star Domain.
This is the bridgehead of the Western Star Region facing the Central Star Region. Over the past decade, the Western Star Region has been adding defensive facilities here, and now the Star Domain houses four giant fortresses built attached to planets, along with numerous interference suspension stations within the Star System, hindering the deployment of superluminal routes.
On July 4th, the Fifth Fleet arrived in this Star Domain, destroying any resistance units visible along the way in a crushing manner. Numerous patrolling Autonomous Units and defensive ’Heavenly Stars’ were engulfed by the fleet’s deep red Particle Torrent before they even had a chance to fire, turning them into ionic molecules.
The fleet advanced again, continually destroying defensive units along the way, until facing the four fortresses as solid as rocks.
"These four fortresses are mainly buried deep in the barren planets. They use orbit-extended giant cannons to attack, but their angles are limited and they’re very cumbersome," staff analysts reported.
"Such fortresses are almost useless in normal combat. They can’t move, have narrow firing arcs, just like stones on the roadside that don’t need to be addressed," others added.
Upon hearing this, the lead Marshal looked down at the Star Map below with hands behind his back, his gaze somber, and then a slightly mocking smile appeared on his lips.
"Yes, under normal circumstances, nobody would care about these useless fortresses, but they are convinced we won’t overlook them, believing we’ll spend time to eliminate these ’thorns’."
"They indeed bet correctly, because what they wagered on was the pride of our Fifth Fleet, convinced we’d not leave these eyesores in disgrace, heading straight towards our goal."
"Inform the entire fleet to split into four detachments, eliminate these four fortresses, and let the remaining main fleet continue advancing according to plan, occupying the nearby ’Xiakka Star Domain’."
"Yes!"
...
In the subsequent days, the Fifth Fleet continued advancing towards the core area of the Western Star Region, destroying numerous fortresses and defensive facilities along the way, despite such actions slowing their pace. However, neither the Federal Center nor the Fifth Fleet cared, because they sought not a hasty, embarrassing victory, but an honorable victory that would completely shatter the self-confidence of the Western Star Region.
On the other side, the Western Star Region, as always, adopted a contraction policy, continuously gathering fleets towards the most central area and working overtime to supplement all sorts of obstructive fortress platforms and Autonomous Units.
