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Chapter 858: Chapter 468, Reverse Beheading_2
Chapter 858: Chapter 468, Reverse Beheading_2
Again turning his head, the remaining two Terminators had already moved quite a distance away.
Not only them, but everyone else as well.
The Phoenixes were retreating.
King Saru roared and charged forward, leading his Personal Guard in a pursuit.
This forced the Interstellar Warriors to leave some behind to cover their retreat.
After devouring the rearguard and killing another Terminator, no other enemies were visible.
The heat of battle having somewhat subsided in Saru, he didn’t continue his fierce charge. He reorganized his troops, expanded the landing zone, and after receiving another full wave of Green Skin youths via landing torpedoes, he again led his men deeper into the ships.
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Saru’s earlier assessment had been mostly correct. Gu Hang had indeed camouflaged Firebath Nova as a Colossal Belly Transport Ship, and amid the multilayer protection of the main fleet, had slipped secretly into the Temir Star System.
The other ships from the Tianma Star Sector that he brought were left near the jump point at Steel Wing Star, to prevent scaring off the Green Skins by bringing in too many warships at once.
Now that the battle had already started, those ships left at the jump point in the Steel Wing Star System no longer needed to hide. They had received the message and had begun the jump, though crossing a jump point was not something that could be done in a moment; even in the best case, it would take more than two days. This battle could hardly count on them anymore, but they might still be able to catch up for a chase to expand the victory after the battle had ended.
But it didn’t matter, victory in the war didn’t need them. The participation of a Retribution-class Battleship in the battle, along with Gu Hang’s own strength, was enough to change the situation.
Indeed, that was the case.
When the Green Skins had failed to realize there was a Battleship among the human fleet before the battle and launched a fleet charge, the outcome of this maritime battle was basically sealed.
However, war is something that does not tolerate even a little negligence.
Did the Green Skins really have no way left to turn defeat into victory?
That might not necessarily be so.
When all else fails, resort to boarding tactics.
If an Orc Warlord with elite troops could cause a huge commotion inside the Battleship, even causing irreversible damage, it might indeed be possible to capsize in the gutter.
Gu Hang had plans and preparations for this.
The interception fire network of each ship was fully activated to catch the Green Skins’ boarding torpedoes and destroy them in the void before they could complete their boarding.
Moreover, every main ship was staffed with Phoenix Interstellar Warriors.
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Gu Hang had brought almost the entire Battle Group.
With the development over the past two years and after investing quite a few Grace Points, the total number of Phoenixes had reached a scale of eight hundred.
Among them, three hundred Phoenix Warriors, led by Matins the Battle Group Leader, were stationed on Firebath Nova; the other eleven cruisers each had nearly fifty Phoenixes.
The elite special forces of the Tenth Brigade were also almost fully deployed. Even though they did not have the combat power of Interstellar Warriors, the elite in Feedback-Type Powered Armor, along with Sentry Mecha aboard the ships and the elite of the Navy Marine Corps, still possessed formidable strength. Ordinary Green Skin troops would be overwhelmingly crushed by them.
The troops were prepared for a rigorous defense, guarding each ship’s safety.
Most of the Green Skins’ attempts to board were foiled.
A large number of boarding ships and boarding torpedoes were destroyed by the dense interception fire network; the few who succeeded in boarding were eliminated under the protection of elite troops within the ships.
Of course, Firebath Nova was the main target for the enemy. Not only Saru himself and those on his ship jumped onto this human flagship, but many others from various Green Skin ships as well. Most were intercepted, but due to the sheer number, quite a few still managed to board.
Most of the boarders, Green Skin Beastmen, were strongly suppressed by the Phoenixes with elite special forces. They often couldn’t even move away from their landing points, let alone cause any damage to Firebath Nova.
Only at the location where Saru personally participated in battle was there an oversight.
But this wasn’t really an oversight, more something that had been anticipated.
The enemy adopting boarding tactics as a last resort was within Gu Hang’s expectations. Their presence included individuals of formidable strength, chilling memories of the maritime battle planned in the Rage Owl Star System remained, and he dared not underestimate them.
But this was also an opportunity.
Beheading the leader of the Green Skins was always the most hassle-free way to defeat them. And now, this leader had delivered himself right to their doorstep, hadn’t he?
The Phoenix Squad that initially encountered Saru face-to-face received the order to retreat.
It was normal for a potent Orc Warlord to show such strength.
Although sacrificing two Terminators and more than twenty Interstellar Warriors was costly, at least the rest were alive and had withdrawn.
Not retreating would have meant getting slaughtered by Saru without effort.
Phoenixes weren’t lacking in the courage to fight to the death, but it was unnecessary.
Matins, as the commander of the anti-boarding battle, decided to confront him personally.
An ordinary Phoenix combating such a powerful Orcish Warlord wasn’t enough to win, and the losses would be immense, a pain the heart of the Battle Group Leader couldn’t bear.
Such a formidable individual indeed warranted being dealt with by a champion such as Matins, the Battle Group Leader.
