250 Without firing a single shot, successfully broke through.
Although the distance is too short, it is not enough for the unmanned impact ship to accelerate to 0.99 times the speed of light.
but...
In the end, these one hundred impact ships still traveled at 0.4 times the speed of light, dragging an afterimage tens of thousands of kilometers long, and instantly penetrated the encirclement network of the imperial fleet.
Unlike conventional battleships, impact ships do not have energy shields to protect their entire bodies.
However, the greatest cost is that there is a one-way energy barrier at the front of the impact ship.
In addition to being able to withstand attacks, this one-way energy barrier is also designed to specifically target energy shields, a design that breaks through the surface at one point.
"Report, a total of 78 enemy ships were destroyed, and no impact ships were lost!"
"The fleet's maximum combat speed, break through the gap opened by the impact ship!"
"Yes, Brigadier!"
The next moment, one hundred Zhurong-class battleships accelerated crazily and rushed towards the gap in the encirclement!
Although only 78 battleships were killed, considering the layout of the empire's 5,000 battleships, it was a spherical all-round encirclement.
Therefore, the loss of 78 battleships is already a big gap in this encirclement.
In fact, if Mu Qianshan really wanted to escape, he wouldn't even have to do this and just start the hyperspace engine.
There's absolutely nothing Kyle can do against him.
But...
Now is not the time to expose the hyperspace engine, otherwise, subsequent operations will be difficult.
Of course, Kyle is not an idiot.
Although he was shocked by those impact ships, he immediately judged what the one hundred Scorpion Star Thieves' warships were going to do next.
Obviously, if we continue to maintain an all-round spherical encirclement at this moment, not only will it be impossible to encircle and annihilate, but because the troops will be too scattered, it will be easy for the opponent to break out.
Therefore, he decisively issued the order to lift the encirclement.
The fleets near the gap began to gather together. While filling the gap, they formed a thick line of defense to prevent the opponent from breaking out from here.
At the same time, although the fleets farther away from the gap also began to gather together, the direction of their gathering was towards the flanks of the Scorpion Pirates, and the side cuts were all-round flanks.
Once such a deployment is completed, the original spherical encirclement will become a hemispherical defense network, which can not only firmly block the attack, but also form cross firepower from multiple directions.
Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with this change of formation, and it is also very clever.
However, when Mu Qianshan saw the imperial fleet's move, the corner of his mouth raised again.
"Brigadier General, in 27 seconds, we will enter the range of the Kerry Empire."
"That's enough. Order all warships to slow down, complete the turn as quickly as possible, and then break out from directly behind!"
"Yes, Brigadier!"
Kyle's deployment indeed strengthened the frontal defense and formed a multi-directional crossfire.
The intention to prepare for a complete encirclement and annihilation has become very obvious.
However, he ignored one thing...
After changing from a spherical encirclement to a hemispherical encirclement, the fleet behind the Scorpion Star Pirates Group...
Empty!
Completely empty!
Then, when he saw the enemy begin to slow down, turn, and move toward the rear, he went crazy.
But at this time, he had no other way other than ordering the pursuit.
But the problem is...
It's too late now!
There is still a small distance missing, and the enemy cannot be brought into range.
Until a few minutes later, he watched helplessly as one hundred Scorpion Star Thieves battleships, just out of range, jumped right under his nose.
In this way, except for throwing out a hundred unmanned assault ships, Mu Qianshan emerged from an originally lifeless encirclement without firing a single shot...
Ran out!
As for Kyle and the five thousand battleships under his command, it was as if they were being played.
A sense of humiliation that had not appeared in ten years came to his mind again.
However, he didn't know that the real humiliation in the next few days had not yet begun!
More than an hour later.
Kyle received the latest intelligence that the Scorpion Star pirates were attacking an Imperial administrative star more than 30 light-years away.
After receiving this information, he immediately commanded the fleet to go there without any hesitation.
And more than 40 minutes later, we arrived.
And at the moment they arrived, the fleet of the Scorpion Star Thieves also jumped away at the same time.
At this time, Kyle didn't think much about it. He just thought that his fleet appeared, so the opponent ran away.
But within the next two days, he realized something was wrong.
In as short as an hour or as long as several hours, he will definitely receive a piece of information about an attack on a certain administrative star.
But every time when he arrived, the other party would jump away at the same time.
And according to the after-action reports from those administrative stars, every time the Scorpion Star bandits arrived, they just slaughtered the guard fleet.
There will be no plundering operations after that, just waiting in space.
It's like...
Waiting for someone.
Combined with the situation every time he arrived, Kyle still didn't understand that these star thieves were waiting for him.
What is this?
Are you laughing at yourself and can only follow them but can't do anything?
For an imperial officer, this is simply a great humiliation.
There is another very crucial thing, that is...
After these two days of pursuit, they were already less than 200 light years away from the core area of the imperial capital.
And this situation was also known to Guren, who almost scolded all of Kyle's ancestors in the audience room in front of all the ministers.
But he also knew that it was useless no matter how much he scolded him at this time. The most important thing was to deal with the fleet of the Poisonous Star Thieves.
"Seth!"
"Your Majesty, I am here!"
"Let De Wit go. Except for leaving one garrison fleet to defend the imperial capital, the other two garrison fleets and seven main fleets will all be given to him!"
"Your Majesty, is this..."
Hearing this, Seth was shocked!
Originally, Kyle took away five main fleets, plus what Guren had just explained.
The fleet used to encircle and suppress the Poisonous Scorpion Star Bandits reached two garrison fleets and twelve main fleets, a total of 14,000 warships.
Is it too exaggerated to use 14,000 warships to encircle and destroy 100 star pirate ships?
"Stop talking nonsense, do you know that our empire has suffered enough losses these days to build thousands of warships?"
"this..."
"Go, do as I say, let DeWitt immediately assemble the fleet to attack, and then join Kyle in the encirclement and suppression!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"etc!"
"His Majesty?"
"Tell Kyle that he disappointed me and this is his last chance, do you understand?"
"I understand, Your Majesty!"
Nodding, Seth immediately went to make arrangements.
One day later.
One of the supreme commanders of the empire, DeWitt brought 9,000 warships...