Chapter 1615 - 605: New Strategy

Chapter 1615: Chapter 605: New Strategy

Unnoticed, nearly half a year had passed, and the distant explosions finally began to die down.

This signified that the war near the Red Blade Battle Zone was coming to a close.

To prevent the Red Blade Vanguard Corps from being completely annihilated, Jin Shi chose to concentrate the attack primarily on the Red Blade Battle Zone.

The elite troops were mostly concentrated in this area, achieving an absolute advantage in manpower.

The Ascendant beings’ developing channel had the capability to support ships in moving at the speed of light. After the channel was destroyed, reinforcements for the Ascendant beings could not arrive.

Under the cover of the Quantum Poison Stinger, the Ascendant elite forces that had infiltrated earlier became isolated, changing from a direct assault into a situation that left them overly penetrated and disconnected from follow-up troops, essentially "closing the door and beating the dog."

Once the Ascendant army near the Red Blade Battle Zone has been completely eradicated, the focus will shift to extending the battle line inward and outward, cleaning up the Ascendant forces that have already reached deeper positions, and completely driving out the space creatures beyond the physical limits of the Far Border Star Domain.

Due to the heavy damage suffered by the Red Blade Vanguard Corps over the past six months, they did not participate in the continued eradication of enemy remnants, but the Far Border Star Domain Alliance Army, being sizable and with Marquis Zhenjiang overseeing, relentlessly crushed the struggling enemy, greatly reducing Ren Zhong’s pressure.

Therefore, while others were still fighting fiercely, the remnants of the Red Blade Vanguard Corps could comfortably complete their recovery within their own battle zone, living quite easily.

Compared to the fleet’s grand scale when it first arrived, the size of the remnant fleet had significantly decreased, making it quite suitable to take on the task of guarding the exit of the Fold Jump Subspace Channel.

Fortunately, more than two hundred Planet Ships survived, and the Vanguard Corps retained sufficient production capacity.

Under such circumstances, new dark matter capture and development technology and scrap metal recycling technology demonstrated their power.

During this half-year, almost all the medium and small-sized warships and micro-sized combat units under the Red Blade Corps have transformed into battlefield harvesters, collecting wreckage and discarded resources everywhere, accumulating them on the Planet Ships, and then converting them into brand new warships and combat units.

During the Second Level Mother Empress campaign, the Military Academy under the Red Blade Science Academy collected a large amount of first-hand data, and the surviving combat personnel provided numerous operational experience reports.

Those who survived this campaign could be considered battle-hardened veterans, forged by the brutal war—a true elite among elites. Equipment usage insights and enemy analysis provided by such individuals had transcended basic information, becoming valuable assets for a war civilization.

Moreover, due to the breakthrough of Third Level God’s Particle and deep Yang Misi’s Theory, the scientific theoretical level of the Red Blade Clan had once again ascended.

Now, the large-scale manufacturing of new warships, new weapons, and new equipment was an excellent opportunity for converting achievements.

Thus, the performance of these newly manufactured military items significantly exceeded that of previous ones.

Other aspects need not be elaborated; currently, the main warships of the Red Blade Vanguard Corps can achieve 0.416 times the speed of light cruising speed.

Currently, most combat personnel within the remnants of the Vanguard Corps have already replaced their equipment. The smaller warships and other combat units are newly manufactured and arrived quickly, but the transformation and reconstruction of only a few super-large warships, Fortress Ships, and Planet Ships must proceed slowly.

There is no doubt that if the Vanguard Corps continues to stay here, the fleet’s size will continuously expand until it returns to its original capacity.

The wreckage of Ascendant space creatures can also provide ample materials, and the battle-damaged warships of allied forces can provide various resources, potentially allowing the fleet size to slowly surpass its initial scale.

Of course, this requires a considerable amount of time.

Moreover, given the current scale of the Vanguard Corps with only a hundred billion people remaining, the warships might become excessive.

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At this moment, Ren Zhong was leisurely resting in the restored Starry Sky Red Blade Armor, sipping Xinyang Maojian tea synthesized by the Atomic Analyzer.

After the war had ended, he made slight adjustments to the construction of the Starry Sky Red Blade Armor, which was even larger than a typical Planet Ship, adding a living space.

Now, this set of "war armor" had become his personal flagship.

Beep beep beep.

A communication request sounded in his ears.

Ren Zhong looked up, and the personal avatar of Marquis Zhenjiang Jin Shi appeared in front of him.

The two had an engaging conversation.

Jin Shi succinctly reported the latest battle conditions to Ren Zhong.

Actually, Jin Shi could directly distribute these matters to Ren Zhong through the combat command system, but since she likely had nothing else to do, the esteemed Marshal herself called him to relay the update, which was quite extraordinary.

Jin Shi said, "Thanks to your help, we successfully destroyed the Ascendant beings’ soon-to-be-completed Subspace Channel, which won’t be possible again in the short term. The area near the Red Blade Battle Zone has been cleared. Your military achievements have been counted, and the Heavenly Chosen Guard, Administrative Department, and Duke Affairs Management Department have jointly signed, making you the fastest person to be promoted to Marquis in the history of the Mechanical Empire. However, the specific conferment ceremony and the activation of the title require you to return to Wangjiang Star. The Prince preparing to personally confer your title has already departed from the Central Star Domain. My suggestion is for you to immediately lead the remnants of the Vanguard Corps into the Subspace Channel for a return trip. You and the Prince will almost simultaneously arrive in five years. As for the garrison duties, I will have other corps take over, so you needn’t worry."

This was Jin Shi’s suggestion.

But upon looking at the comprehensive star map of the battle zone just synced by Jin Shi, Ren Zhong had different thoughts.

Especially after zooming in, seeing the Harvester units still busy in the Red Peak Battlefield, and the Planet Ships still working overtime on production, Ren Zhong realized he was reluctant to leave.

The title of Marquis was already secured, just there, whether he returned a day earlier or later didn’t matter—it wasn’t going anywhere.

But these abundant recovery materials clearly represented an opportunity for the Red Blade Clan to swiftly expand its strength...

After paying such a high price and painstakingly achieving all this, how could he easily abandon it?

Thus, Ren Zhong expressed his desires.

Not only did he not plan to immediately embark on the return journey, but he even wanted to allocate one hundred Planet Ships filled with reserve forces from the troop headquarters near the Far Border Star Gate.

The absolute distance from the Red Blade Battle Zone to the Far Border Star Gate was fifty light years, and the flight time within the Fold Jump Subspace Channel was five years.

He wished to garrison the remnants of the Vanguard Corps in the Red Blade Battle Zone for five years, awaiting the arrival of reserve forces, before reorganizing a complete fleet.

Subsequently, Ren Zhong didn’t intend to travel via the Subspace Channel but planned to use conventional flight, slaying his way back along the linear battle zone until completing the "close the door and beat the dog" strategy he set when he first embarked with the Vanguard Fleet, and then accelerating the return via the Subspace Channel.