Chapter 1599 - 598: Radiance of the Star and Moon (Part 2)

Chapter 1599: Chapter 598: Radiance of the Star and Moon (Part 2)

Meanwhile, amidst the previous chaos, even though the Red Blade Army fell into great disarray, there was one person immune to the mind impact, who remained clear-headed throughout. Seizing the moment when the attention of the Ascenders army briefly shifted to those aimless Red Blade warships, he manipulated his own warship to perform multiple fold jumps in a short time, scattering a large number of targeting devices like they were free, locking onto numerous enemy combat units.

Now, these targeting devices have become the guiding lights for the grand counterattack of the Red Blade Army.

Various types of warships in the Red Blade Army began to rapidly change positions, increasing the difficulty of the opponent’s energy-charged targeting, while seemingly scattering ammunition haphazardly, like the Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, unleashing firepower at will.

Thus, although the Ascenders’ space bio-warships were the first to charge their energy, they were unable to fire due to the erratic movements and evasions of the Red Blade Army’s warships. Even when occasionally fired, they could not guarantee their hit rate.

Yet, the Red Blade Army, which by rights should have been passive, threw "firecrackers" everywhere. Once these firecrackers flew out, it was as if they had eyes of their own with keen sight, always pursuing the space creatures, which no matter how they maneuvered to evade, could only be locked onto with no escape.

Now, the missiles extensively used by the Red Blade Clan have evolved, coming in multiple models. There are Jump Missiles with unstable fold jump performance; Lightweight Fast Tracking Missiles with extremely fast flight speed and strong maneuverability; Beam Missiles that, when close enough, open their top to release a strong energy beam from the head; Stealth Missiles with strong detection evasion capabilities against the Ascenders; and others that enhance our communications, weaken enemy communications, or release repair energy beams, among other various missile types.

These live-fire weapons complement each other, working in coordination, and with Ren Zhong’s guidance on the front line, they easily locked onto a large number of enemy space creatures.

The fierce offensives from both sides hit their targets sooner or later. However, the offensives from the Red Blade Army, guided, achieve a very high hit rate.

The offensives launched by the Ascenders, despite having more preparation time, exhibited severe polarization due to the adaptability of the Red Blade warriors. That is, the unmanned warships under the Red Blade Army were almost wiped out in this round of barrages, but as long as the warships were manually operated and could switch to manual mode, they displayed strong evasion abilities, with a low probability of being hit.

Under the influence of the Red Blade Clan’s chief warfighter, the Mechanical Empire recognized the strongest warrior, Ren Zhong, the Red Blade Clan highly values martial spirit. The warriors are extremely passionate about War Armor operation training, and the warship pilots pay special attention to honing their skills. They often push the ships’ propulsion and mechanical performance to the limits, taking full account of the external environment and being decisive. If there is even a glimmer of hope amid the enemy’s offensives, they seize it. Piloting their warships through the barrage, even when unavoidable, they can always find better postures to take hits, reducing losses as much as possible, and maintaining ship operational capabilities.

This round of firefight saw the Ascenders’ space creature army lose a significant number of keystones, with a significant reduction in firepower.

Standing in the forefront, Ren Zhong immediately felt like a fish in water, with the pressure dramatically reduced.

He did not rush forward but lingered slightly in place, waiting for some of his mid-sized and small warships to perform short-range jumps to his side. Then, with the full assistance of these small units, he quickly replaced energy batteries, resupplied targeting devices, and repaired some non-self-repairing flagship damages.

Then, after a brief rest, Ren Zhong set off again without delay, advancing once more.

He deliberately avoided certain matters.

For instance, in order to meet his supply needs, the rear Fleet Headquarters dispatched a total of one hundred thousand mid-sized and small warships at once.

To accompany these hundred thousand mid-sized and small warships, tens of thousands of large warships provided side assistance, acting as escort wingmen.

To temporarily clear the field and create a sufficiently perfect space for fold jump acceleration, nearly half of these tens of thousands of large warships were lost.

Although protected, the hundred thousand mid-sized and small warships also suffered nearly a third of their losses, with only seventy thousand securing the jump window.

Subsequently, owing to the chaotic battlefield environment, intense energy fluctuations, and variable gravitational conditions, only twenty thousand mid-sized and small warships successfully completed the jump and appeared nearby him.