Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 493: Rout

If all soft-power factors are excluded and only hard indicators such as defense data and attack data are used for measurement, The Europe is actually the weakest of the three Continent-Class ships. The reason for this situation lies in the faint concern in Xiao Yu’s heart when he constructed the three Continent-Class ships. Xiao Yu feared that The Europe might slip from his control in the future, so he deliberately made it a bit weaker.

Through this battle, Xiao Yu basically gained a comprehensive grasp of The Europe’s combat strength. Converted into data, The Europe’s combat power exceeds that of this Predator Civilizations flagship by at least 30 percent. In Xiao Yu’s estimation, a normal Level 5 civilization with a complete civilizational heritage and a complete technology tree would produce a Continent-Class ship whose strength would surpass this Predator Civilizations flagship by about 10 percent. In other words, even Xiao Yu’s weakest ship, The Europe, would still surpass the flagships of other Level 5 civilizations by 20 percent.

As for the Asia, because Xiao Yu did not possess accurate combat data, he could not make a determination. But in Xiao Yu’s estimate, this number would not be less than 50 percent.

This is the strength of the ships Xiao Yu built after acquiring spatial weapons, a Four-Dimensional Shield, and inspiration from the Guardian Civilization’s ships.

“Commence landing operations. Kill all life forms inside the enemy flagship. I have no interest in wasting energy on them.” Xiao Yu coolly issued this order.

At this moment, the entire battlefield had become almost one-sided. Under the leadership of the Military Committee, the biological army’s 1.5 million ships successfully suppressed the Predator Civilizations’ two million ships. Amid continuous engagements, the Predator Civilizations’ fleet was split into several large segments and hammered by the biological army’s warships. By this point in the battle, the Predator Civilizations’ ships had been reduced to fewer than one million, while the biological army still had more than 1.3 million warships remaining.

Once the Predator Civilizations even lost their numerical advantage, their rout became unstoppable. Some ships began fleeing desperately, attempting to break through the encirclement Xiao Yu had arranged around the battlefield. Xiao Yu showed no mercy to these ships and destroyed them outright.

Under Luo Yuan’s command, The Europe was still fighting the Predator Civilizations’ Continent-Class ship. Since spatial weapons had been banned, Luo Yuan adopted a tactic centered on Star System-Class Negative Matter Cannons, supplemented by large-scale harassment forces, doing his utmost to drain the Continent-Class ship’s shield energy in preparation for a subsequent breakthrough.

Continent-Class ships generally adopt a modular energy shield design, so damage to the shield will not cause the entire ship to explode or lose protection everywhere. The Four-Dimensional Shield is a special case and cannot be compared with these ordinary shield systems. In that case, the approach becomes simple. As long as Luo Yuan can open a breach on this Continent-Class ship, the boarding troops can spread from that breach across the entire ship and seize it.

This Continent-Class ship had already sent out a surrender signal, but Xiao Yu did not intend to accept their surrender. Having finally obtained such an opportunity, Xiao Yu naturally would not let it slip. What a joke. If you surrender, who will I use to train my army?

Guided by this mindset, after receiving the Predator Civilizations’ request to surrender, Xiao Yu replied, “Very well, I accept your surrender. Now, to demonstrate your sincerity, please shut down all defensive systems on your ship and dismantle all weapon systems.”

Xiao Yu was deliberately making things difficult for them. He knew full well they could not accept such a demand, which is precisely why he made it. To ensure one’s own safety on the battlefield, who would dare to disarm completely like this?

Xiao Yu did not care much about the Predator Civilizations’ refusal. Refuse? Very well, continue the attack.

Luo Yuan faithfully carried out Xiao Yu’s decision. By now, a portion of the Predator Civilizations’ escort fleets had been scattered by The Europe’s escorts, another portion destroyed, and not many remained. What was left was fully pinned down by the biological army’s escort forces.

This Continent-Class ship had already become isolated and alone. If it were still intact, relying on the combat power of this ship alone, it could have prevented any ill-intentioned small ships from approaching. But many of its weapon systems and defensive systems had been severely damaged under The Europe’s attacks. It no longer possessed such powerful combat strength. Even so, The Europe did not abandon its firepower suppression. Most of the enemy ship’s attention was drawn to The Europe, leaving it no attention to spare for the small formation of vessels steadily closing in.

“Aim the main cannon and fire on that area.” Luo Yuan issued the order once again. Thus, with a salvo from The Europe’s main cannon, the shield system on that Predator Civilizations Continent-Class ship flickered once again. After the flicker, the main cannon’s strike caused the remaining modular shield systems there to fail, and the hull beneath was blasted open into a pitch-black gaping hole. From this opening, various debris, fragments of warships, gases, and even intelligent beings were flung out under the pressure differential.

“Now. Boarding squads, close in immediately. The first 100,000 boarding troops are to establish a beachhead and await follow-up support. The second wave of 500,000 boarding squads, depart at once. The main cannon will continue firing. Target area is here. The third wave of 100,000 boarding operatives will establish a position here. The fourth and fifth waves, stand by.”

The warship repair system on the Predator Civilizations’ Continent-Class ship was rapidly patching the breach, but under the attacks of numerous harassment ships, the repairs were not very effective. Other harassment ships suppressed the fire around the breach, and the vessels laden with boarding operatives swiftly approached the gap. As many as 100,000 warriors wearing personal life-support gear surged through the opening and quickly penetrated the interior of the warship.

“When you can preserve your own life, avoid damaging the warship’s structure as much as possible. All resisting intelligent beings may be killed without exception. Intelligent beings who surrender may temporarily keep their lives after being disarmed.”

After hundreds of years of continuous training, the already blood-boiling warriors charged into this Predator Civilizations Continent-Class ship like tigers descending the mountain and began spreading out along various corridors and passageways.

Once the beachhead at the first breach was established and the situation stabilized, the second wave of boarding operatives and part of the robot boarding force arrived. This reinforcement wave totaled 500,000. In accordance with the provisions of their training, they quickly formed into squads and began advancing deeper into the ship.

A second breach rapidly appeared under The Europe’s main cannon fire. Then came the assault of the third and fourth waves of boarding operatives. Over ten hours, more than fifty breaches appeared on this Continent-Class ship, and a total of several tens of millions of boarding operatives infiltrated the warship.

A three-dimensional image representing this Continent-Class ship had already appeared in the command room, with the warriors’ routes of advance and the areas already scouted marked upon it.

“Excellent. The Data battle team has locked down this ship’s self-destruct system. Even if it wants to destroy itself now, it cannot.” Luo Yuan nodded. “The locations of tens of thousands of engine systems have been marked. I order the boarding squads to accelerate their advance and seize all these systems within one day. The location of the main control room has been identified. Order Squad One to close in on that location immediately and obtain control authority for this ship within two days. All other squads accelerate infiltration and completely eliminate all resistance inside the ship within five days, seizing it in its entirety.”

By this time, there were no other Predator Civilizations ships left on the battlefield. The total of two million Predator Civilizations warships had all been destroyed or captured by the biological army. In this war, Xiao Yu captured nearly 500,000 ships, and the remaining more than 3.5 million ships were all destroyed by him. This Continent-Class ship was the last remaining stronghold of the Predator Civilizations. Once it was taken, this war would be over.

The overall situation was decided. Under Luo Yuan’s outstanding command, everything proceeded according to plan. The firepower of this Predator Civilizations flagship finally began to wane. By the second day, its fire intensity had dropped by 60 percent. Xiao Yu knew this was because the weapon control systems were being steadily seized by the biological army.

After three days, the ship was completely silent. It simply hovered in space, with even the shield system shut down, making no response to external attacks. Xiao Yu knew he had already taken this ship. What was underway now was the task of clearing out stubborn resistance inside the vessel.

A Continent-Class ship’s internal space is truly vast. Even with several tens of millions of boarding operatives and combat robots conducting the sweep, accomplishing this goal still took seven days, two days longer than scheduled.

This Continent-Class ship was now completely under Xiao Yu’s control. The war ended here.

“Mm. In the entire war, the biological army lost a total of 230,000 ships and destroyed more than 1.5 million enemy ships. Very good, nicely done.” Xiao Yu thought to himself.