Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 224 - 22: Surrounded by the Three Great Fortresses! Brutal Star River War! Airdrop Arrival! (Part 2)
Chapter 224: Chapter 22: Surrounded by the Three Great Fortresses! Brutal Star River War! Airdrop Arrival! (Part 2)
He intends to let the two major fortresses take the lead, and then he will reap the rewards.
Intuition tells Lawrence—
Carol’s fleet likely has a backup plan like the Star Destroyer Battleship.
…
…
“It’s coming!”
Inside the Y-03 Fortress.
Tang Yunxuan, dressed in a commander’s uniform, has developed a more solemn and mature aura compared to two months ago, and his gaze is sharp at this moment.
He gazes at the distant starry sky, where warships and spaceships are flying out like dumplings, accompanied by squads of Evolvers, with an extremely serious expression.
“Commander!”
“We are ready!”
Behind Tang Yunxuan.
A crowd of Blue Star players, personally promoted and appointed by him, have grown from miners to interstellar war leaders, shouting in unison.
Their faces are filled with the determination to face death.
Although the past two months were short, they were splendid enough!
“Good!”
Tang Yunxuan took a deep breath and responded, but did not immediately issue the order to attack.
Above him is Carol, the Commander-in-Chief, and he along with the other nine small fortresses must follow Carol’s orders.
Interstellar warfare is different from ordinary war; it doesn’t only involve mere weapons technology and manpower clashes.
Excellent strategic command can often greatly tilt the balance of victory.
In the past two months, the loss for Blue Star players has been minimal, only in the hundreds of thousands, partly due to the Star Destroyer Fleet and Sigma Mecha, and partly due to Carol’s genius command.
“Beep——”
“Everyone!”
Carol’s solemn voice echoed in the main cockpit.
“This star realm is completely locked down, and there’s no possibility of transition escape!”
“Every one of us, besides fighting to the death, has no other choice!”
“As Commander-in-Chief, I deeply regret not leading everyone onto the path of conquering the Star River for the Lord, but…”
“For your civilization, for the supreme Lord!”
“Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for battle!”
“From now on, follow my command!”
“Y-01 Fortress, move at full power to the coordinates [756,528], upon arrival, deploy the warships!”
“Y-02 Fortress, under the cover of Sigma Mecha, approach the Seventh Fortress, targeting to destroy part of its energy source!”
“Y-03 Fortress, withstand the main force of the Eighth Fortress head-on, at any cost, hold out for one day to buy time for the Star Destroyer Battleship to charge up its attack!”
“…”
Commands are issued methodically.
At the same time.
Inside the X-01 Medium-sized Fortress where Carol is located, visible golden light sweeps across the starry sky.
War Talent: Inspiration!
The brutal Star River war officially begins at this moment!
The adversaries are the Selza Civilization’s three Super Large Fortresses and the five million Blue Star players led by Carol!
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…
Time slowly passes.
In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.
Given the vastness of the Star River, the scale of its warfare is naturally long, not a matter of just a day or two.
Especially—
Despite their individual agendas, the three Selza fortresses all want to suppress Carol’s fleet, yet they also want to avoid excessive losses themselves.
This is why.
In the early stages of the war, both sides remain somewhat restrained.
Carol employs ’guerrilla tactics.’
While the Ninth Fortress sits at the rear among the three major fortresses, the Seventh and Eighth Fortresses adopt ’siege tactics.’
In the war, the five Sigma Mechas exhibit remarkable achievements, practically single-handedly holding off multiple medium and small fortresses pressing towards X-01.
The Tier Sixteen combat mechas are extremely precious strategic resources, even within the Selza Civilization.
This is why.
The three major fortresses are reluctant to completely annihilate them, instead hoping to capture and use them for their gain.
And this gives Sigma Mecha more room to perform.
“Damn!”
“Surrounded again!”
Inside Y-03 Fortress.
Tang Yunxuan curses, glaring at the star map projection before him.
In the past day, he has experienced such encirclement many times.
In previous instances, he broke through using the self-destruction of warships.
But now?
The number of warships left available for self-destruction is not much.
At this moment.
The encircling formation in the starry sky is shrinking, and squads of Evolvers pilot small spaceships, approaching the Y-03 Fortress.
The generals of Selza, battle-hardened, upon discovering the low tier and weak strength of Blue Star players, attempt to employ a strategy of surrounding the fortress and forced boarding.
This is destined to be unacceptable to Blue Star players.
Those evolver squads are at least Tier Eleven or Tier Twelve, and even have Tier Thirteen and Tier Fourteen commanders!
But on the Blue Star side…
Aside from Carol, the highest-ranked Tang Yunxuan is only a mere Tier Seven.
“Commander…”
The figures behind Tang Yunxuan were much fewer than before.
Yet, on their faces, there was still not a trace of fear or dread.
“We are ready!”
The same line, yet again.
But Tang Yunxuan, with reddened eyes, burst out cursing:
“Ready?”
“Ready for what!”
“Ready to die, is that it!”
“Does everyone want to go and die so badly!”
The atmosphere in the main cockpit was oppressive and silent.
The way to break through with self-destructing battleships required sacrifice.
Even though the battleships could be set with AI programs, such a self-destruct path was extremely rigid, easily evaded by the enemy, and unable to achieve a breakout effect.
Although, with every self-destruct of a battleship, Tang Yunxuan tried to minimize personnel loss, using the fewest ship members as sacrifices.
But…
No matter how few, sacrifice is still sacrifice.
As the fort commander, every time Tang Yunxuan saw a battleship transformed into magnificent fireworks in an explosion, his heart would wrench in pain!
“Huff, huff—”
Tang Yunxuan panted heavily.
He looked at the enclosing circle in the starry sky getting closer and closer.
With the starry sky blocked, besides self-destruction, he couldn’t think of any other way to break through…
Inside the Y-03 Fortress.
The atmosphere was deathly still and oppressive.
Each Blue Star player was ready, waiting for Tang Yunxuan’s command.
Each battleship was already on the fort’s track, engines roaring, ready to set out… self-destruct.
Yet at this moment.
“Beep—!”
In the cockpit.
Carol’s voice suddenly sounded.
Her previously calm and steady voice now carried an inescapable loss of composure and tremor.
“Everyone!”
Carol almost screamed out this sentence.
This sentence also spread throughout every fortress where Blue Star players were located.
“The Supreme Lord…”
“has given us new support!”
Such a simple sentence.
At this moment, the eyes that were originally determined yet desolate, were ignited with a light called hope.
“The Lord has given us incredibly terrifying star-level weapons!”
“But the weapons need time to charge!”
“As long as the charging is complete, perhaps we can completely resolve the current crisis!”
“So, everyone, please…”
“Give it your all, and buy time!”
Carol issued the final command.
At the same time.
Whiz—
Whiz whiz—!
In the starry sky, dazzling energy beams lit up to the extreme.
Everything in the path of the beams turned to ashes, becoming void.
Originally surrounded by several large fortresses, the Y-03 Fortress’s surroundings turned empty in an instant.
“Is that…”
“A new Star Destroyer Battleship!?”
Tang Yunxuan and others looked towards the direction the beams came from, entering their view were five interstellar battleships emerging from the void, reflecting a cold and desolate brilliance!
They formed a diamond formation, flanked by hundreds of thousands of unmanned mechas, spewing blue energy beams!
Thud—
Thud thud—!
The starry sky trembled once more.
Following the Star Destroyer Fleet, the Sigma Mecha battle group also burst from the void!
A total of 15, equivalent to Tier Sixteen Evolver powerful mechas, rampaged through the Selza Civilization’s fleet!
“Lord, Lord…”
The surviving Blue Star players, including Tang Yunxuan, were indescribably excited as they watched this scene.
“Lord, loyalty!”
This shout echoed across the Star River.
More importantly…
Carol’s earlier words indicated that whether Star Destroyer Fleet or Sigma Mecha group, they were just appetizers!
The true big killer air-dropped by the Lord was charging up!
