The Seventh Base

Chapter 847: Chapter 159: Hunting and Raid

In the space outside Odin Mountain Star, an interstellar war is erupting.

In this vast starry sky, a Super Fleet composed of hundreds of warships is displayed, covering an extremely wide area, where fierce crossfire is breaking out, and beams of destruction are continuously blooming brightly in the starry sky.

Apart from the warships, there are also many small warships and air combat formations. On this battlefield, the terrifying energy wave radiation makes Odin Mountain Star feel like it’s experiencing an earthquake.

At this moment, in one part of the battlefield, several dozen air combat formations are densely bombing a warship, breaking through its shield. In an instant, countless rays directly shoot into the interior of the warship, causing it to continuously explode.

The main ship of Mandala Star is at the rear, conducting long-range firing, surrounded by escort ships, covering the sky.

In the control room, Hades watches the magnificent battlefield before him. This is the first direct confrontation between the Mandala Star United Kingdom’s United Fleet and the Star System Alliance’s Alliance Army, and it’s the largest-scale battle of this year-long invasion, possibly even changing the course of the war.

They have already occupied over a hundred planets, but the more planets occupied, the more their forces are scattered, making them vulnerable to counterattack. To invade the Star System Alliance, they must conquer the seven executive member stars.

But the defenses of the seven executive member stars are very strong, with defense systems on the planet’s surface and additional surface defenses. If they were to start a war on the seven executive member stars, it would be more disadvantageous for them, so they can only find a way to draw the battle into space.

They chose to start the battle outside Odin Mountain Star, so they could supply the fleet at any time, and damaged warships could retreat to Odin Mountain Star for repair. The Mandala Star United Kingdom invasion’s interstellar army comes with engineers and logistics teams, which are essential for interstellar warfare.

Beside the main ship is a giant screen that can show the entire battlefield in real-time, like standing from a god’s perspective, overlooking the interstellar battle, clearly seeing the casualties at a glance.

Although it’s a large-scale war, currently not many of their warships have been destroyed, only a few have been destroyed, while most are in damaged conditions. Once reaching a certain threshold, they will retreat under the cover of the fleet.

However, fighter plane losses are very high since small air combat units have no chance to counter when hit by warship weapons; they explode and disintegrate directly.

Nevertheless, they dispatched air combat formations exceeding ten thousand units in this operation, forming a giant net that covers the sky, with each capable of destroying ordinary warships.

The Mandala Star United Kingdom is not just one planet but a United Kingdom composed of multiple planets led by Mandala Star, belonging to a top-tier intermediate civilization.

“Activate the torpedo tactic and lock down the entire Star Domain.” Hades spoke, and someone repeated his voice.

“Received.”

“Received.”

Voices came one after another, suddenly many bright lights appeared in space, exploding from different positions.

Hades’s gaze fixed on the deep universe. If they can crush the Star System Alliance’s Alliance Army in this battle, then the subsequent battles will be much easier.

……

Days later, Xu Mo and their fleet were still navigating space, but they were not in a hurry.

A space battle of this scale cannot end in a short time; both sides will be very cautious. If it were to end quickly, it would be unimaginably brutal, with bayonet fights that neither side can afford.

Of course, if such a brutal battle does occur, Xu Mo wouldn’t mind.

Both sides are interested in their Byron Star now and can’t let either side grow too big, or they might turn against Byron Star.

If the Mandala Star United Kingdom achieves a great victory in this war, Xu Mo might even consider evacuating from Byron Star.

“How’s the recent battle situation?” In the control room of the main ship, Xu Mo asked the communications department, as they were not far from Odin Mountain Star.

“Mandala Star Fleet is using Odin Mountain Star as a base to start the battle. The Star System Alliance’s fleet and Mandala Star United Kingdom’s fleet’s first engagement is not promising, fighting while retreating, using Bruce Star as a retreat point. Now, the main force has withdrawn to near Bruce Star as a transit station. Mandala Star’s fleet is pressing forward step by step, constantly forcing the Star System Alliance’s fleet into combat; the battle between the two sides has not ceased.”

Ge Qing’s voice came from the control room: “Additionally, fleets from various planets in the Star System Alliance are en route to Bruce Star for support. Conversely, Mandala United Kingdom, though it’s an invasion, has fleets dispatched to frontlines for support, but the follow-up forces may not be as strong. In a prolonged battle, they will inevitably suffer losses. Therefore, the Star System Alliance wants to drag, while Mandala Star wants to fight.”

After all, this is Star System Alliance territory. Now the battle has officially started, the entire Star System Alliance is united, and most planets will choose to support. On this point, the Mandala United Kingdom is on the weaker side, and precisely because of this, they want quick resolution.

But the Star System Alliance doesn’t want this; they aim to slowly drain Mandala Star.

If not for the pressing situation, they wouldn’t even confront directly.

“The Star System Alliance’s Alliance Army hasn’t fully retreated?” Xu Mo asked.

“Mandala Star’s fleet keeps pressing, not giving them a chance to retreat fully. Once they choose to retreat completely, Mandala Star’s warships will chase and hunt. In terms of warship grade, Star System Alliance’s warships are inferior to Mandala Star warships, whether in attack power or speed,” Ge Qing replied.