Chapter 1934: Zhang’s halftime break
After the arrival of reinforcements from the Venerable Civilization Alliance, the advantage of the flank battlefield gradually became apparent.
This makes the overall battle situation more favorable to the Dragon Star Empire.
And as everyone knows, the Conqueror civilization appears to have a very large force.
Eight hundred million interstellar warships were dispatched to launch an expedition against the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
However, the ammunition needed for these 800 million interstellar warships requires a large amount of resources and ammunition to be consumed in every battle on the battlefield.
In particular, the cost of transporting these goods from the conqueror civilization is very high.
Therefore, based on the deductions of Grand Marshal Charlotte and the Wraith Dragon Army.
The Conqueror Civilization's intentions in this decisive battle are already quite clear.
The goal is to end this war as quickly as possible, even if it's impossible to end it that way.
But at least it can eliminate more than half of the main fleet of the Dragon Star Empire.
But now it seems that it would be a cause for celebration if this plan could be completed even halfway.
The problem is that their own losses will be extremely terrifying and enormous.
"What do we do now?" Commander Black looked at the others and asked in a deep voice.
"The plan for a decisive battle has essentially failed."
Continuing to fight would be pointless.
"Let's end this phase of the attack first," Commander Lan said helplessly.
Since we already know there won't be a good outcome, there's no need to go down that dark path.
"Then let's end the current decisive battle plan."
All main fleet groups withdrew from the current battlefield to regroup and prepare for the next phase of the battle.
However, one thing to note during the retreat is that the Dragon Star Empire's fleet is very likely to launch an attack during this phase.
We cannot afford to incur unnecessary losses during our retreat.
"I believe that not only should the main fleet groups of the decisive battleground retreat, but also the fleet groups of the subordinate civilizations on the flanks should withdraw."
"That's right. Although in our eyes they are just cannon fodder, cannon fodder shouldn't be wasted."
Let's remove it for now and wait for the next valuable opportunity to use it.
Thus, the three commanders discussed the matter.
This decisive battle ended in a rather anticlimactic manner.
In terms of results, the Dragon Star Empire's fleet group held a significant advantage.
The battle lasted for nearly twenty days.
In total, more than 50 million enemy interstellar warships were annihilated. These 50 million interstellar warships were the elite of the enemy's 300 million interstellar warships.
Our side only lost 15 million interstellar warships.
Overall, this result is acceptable.
As for the flank battles, the enemy lost 100 million interstellar warships.
The Star Alliance forces, along with the subsequent support fleet of the Venerable Civilization Legion, lost a total of 20 million interstellar warships.
This is within an acceptable range.
Under the arrangement of the three commanders, the Conqueror Civilization deployed both its elite legion fleets and other affiliated interstellar legion fleets.
They all retreated in a planned manner at the same time.
The retreat was very orderly, without revealing any flaws.
The Dragon Star Empire's fleet also tried to find some opportunities, but apart from sending star cruisers to pursue them for a distance, they had basically no chance to succeed.
This phase of the war has now come to an end.
Unexpectedly, neither side seemed to have any tacit agreement to start a new battle, and both sides enjoyed a rare halftime break.
For several days in a row, the Conqueror Civilization Legion fleet did not launch an offensive.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Star Empire remained silent.
This led everyone to mistakenly believe that the war had ended.
But the commanders on both sides don't think that way.
The current temporary halt to hostilities is a prelude to an even fiercer war in the next phase.
"Judging from the current situation..."
It's unlikely we'll see any major breakthroughs in the short term.
We will most likely need to prepare for a protracted battle with the other side.
However, in a protracted war, the logistical support capabilities of our conqueror civilization would be severely hampered.
well.
We are now standing on a narrow bridge, with wild animals in front and behind us.
"I can't advance or retreat," Commander Lan said irritably.
"A protracted war is definitely not feasible." Commander Black directly rejected the idea of a protracted war.
"Judging from the current results of our fight with the Dragon Star Empire so far..."
The Dragon Star Empire possesses unimaginable industrial capabilities, and this is happening on their own home cosmic battlefield.
They possess a unique stargate network that allows them to deliver war supplies produced in the industrial universe to the front lines in the shortest possible time.
Do you see those interstellar missiles that hit our positions?
The ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) amount of combat done in the previous twenty-day decisive battle was more than the amount our Conqueror Civilization Legion fleet fought in a year.
I can't even imagine how many production lines are manufacturing these interplanetary missiles behind them.
Perhaps their shelf life won't take hundreds of years; a week will suffice.
If we fight a protracted war with them, a war of attrition.
Let alone our eight hundred million interstellar warships... no, wait.
We now have less than 600 million interstellar ships left, which is a terrible loss.
In just over a month, we lost 200 million interstellar warships.
Although the vast majority of them were cannon fodder.
But such things have happened in our past wars!
After hearing the Black Commander rattle off these words in rapid succession...
The Red Commander, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up and asked, "Then tell me your plans."
The Black Commander's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he stood still and said, "The final battle, it still has to be the final battle."
But this decisive battle is different from the previous ones.
We had previously fallen into a trap.
We should not engage in a decisive battle with the Dragon Star Empire within this scope.
We should drag the entire JF-17 universe into the vortex of this great battle.
Attack their home universe, attack their stargates, attack their industrial star systems, attack their shipping lanes.
Moreover, they can seek support.
Starships can be brought in from other places.
Then why can't we?
Don't forget, we have a great conquering civilization behind us.
The Red Commander looked at the excited Black Commander and said in a deep voice, "I understand what you mean."
But you must understand that our current 300 million interstellar warships were cobbled together from various sources.
Therefore, other battlefields are currently operating at a minimum intensity of combat.
"Of course I know this."
We don't need much time.
One month.
With just one month of decisive battle time and by borrowing a batch of interstellar warships, we can destroy the stargate network and industrial network of the JF-17 space cluster.
"Then we will achieve victory!"