How come this stupid star thief didn't run away, but stayed and forced himself on him?
After pondering for a moment, Kyle suddenly thought of a possibility.
This is a kind of reverse thinking, since this encirclement and suppression tactic is based on the fact that the jump engine cannot be used continuously.
However, those under siege can also take advantage of this in turn.
At this time, the fleet can indeed come to support.
But where did this fleet come from?
The answer is that it can only be drawn from those fleets participating in the encirclement and suppression.
Good guy, if a part of the fleet is deployed to support, won't this originally perfect encirclement and suppression network have loopholes?
"Commander, according to our previous analysis, the battleships of these Scorpion Star Thieves are very strong, not even much weaker than our battleships."
"Coupled with the sudden attack just now, we lost about 30% of our combat power..."
Starla did not continue, but the meaning was already obvious.
That's the remaining 700 warships, and they may not be able to defeat the opponent.
"Notify Commander De Wit and ask him to send fleet support, but not too many, and don't send them in a centralized manner. It is best to dispatch dozens of warships from each fleet."
After weighing it, Kyle ordered.
After his calculations, this was the support plan that would have the least impact on the encirclement and suppression network.
However, at this time, he ignored one thing, and that was...
People's hearts!
At the same time, DeWitt also received news from Kyle.
But his idea was completely different.
By allowing yourself to send only a small fleet, is this because you want to counterattack your own army and regain the greatest credit?
Moreover, you are the supreme commander of the empire, and you, Kyle, are just a small second-class fleet commander.
I need you to tell me what to do?
"Order to dispatch 3,000 warships from all parts of the encirclement network to support!"
"At the same time, order all the garrison fleet to attack immediately and capture the opponent in one fell swoop!"
With disdain flashing in his eyes, DeWitt waved his right hand horizontally and shouted an order.
The next moment, a large number of fleets were mobilized.
They all started to jump towards the battlefield.
Among them, including two garrison fleets, plus the Kyle fleet that was originally used as a feint attack, 6,000 imperial warships among the 14,000 warships entered the battlefield.
And when Kyle saw fleets arriving one after another, he was dumbfounded.
He really wanted to greet all of DeWitt's ancestors.
It's just so stupid.
"Commander, the gravity field reaction has been detected. The Scorpion Pirates' fleet is probably trying to escape by leaping!"
"Nonsense, this was their purpose from the beginning, otherwise why would I tell that idiot DeWitt not to deploy too many fleets!"
"Ah...what should we do now?"
"Fire with all your strength to intercept. If they want to jump, they must close the shield. Take advantage of this moment to kill as many as you can!"
"clear!"
As Kyle's order was issued, the fleet immediately began a concentrated fire attack.
But unlike what Kyle thought, all the attacks were blocked, and the opponent had no intention of lifting the energy shield.
"Impossible, how can they make the jump without turning off the energy shield!"
Seeing this scene, Adjutant Slat also shouted in disbelief.
Kyle's eyes flashed with light.
Unlike his adjutant, Kyle has already realized what the other party wants to do!
Because he noticed that the attack just now was blocked by some battleships.
In other words, the warships that are actually still using energy shields are the warships that were attacked just now.
As for other battleships...
They were all hiding behind these warships, within the blind spot of their own fleet's attacks.
The next moment, just as Kyle guessed, except for the ten battleships used to cut off the rear, the other ninety warships successfully jumped away.
At almost the same time, two garrison fleets also arrived at the battlefield.
"Kyle, where is the person?"
"Commander DeWitt, didn't you see that this was a trap?"
"Trap...you mean, they deliberately fought you here and then lured the fleet at our encirclement point to support you?"
DeWitt is not a real idiot, otherwise he would not be sitting in the position of supreme commander.
After being clicked by Kyle, he naturally understood.
However, the next moment, he became angry.
"Kyle, you know clearly that this is a trap, but you still let us come to support you?"
"Commander DeWitt, I remember that the message sent to you is not to send too many fleets for support, and try to disperse the supporting troops without affecting the encirclement and suppression operations, right?"
"this..."
Indeed, that's what the message Kyle sent said.
As for why DeWitt didn't do this...
In the final analysis, I still looked down on Kyle and thought that Kyle was directing me, and then he made a confused decision without thinking in the heat of the moment.
However, he soon discovered a remedy.
Over there is...
The ten battleships still resisted there.
As long as we capture these battleships and capture the members of the Scorpion Star Bandits.
So, even if this encirclement and suppression operation fails in the end, we can still get some information by interrogating these Star Thief prisoners, and even know where the Scorpion Star Thieves' lair is.
Yes, just do it!
but...
"Okay, Kyle, your fleet has suffered quite a lot of losses, so retreat and rest. The garrison fleet will be responsible for dealing with these ten star pirate ships!"
This sounds very sympathetic to his subordinates.
However, how could Kyle not understand what DeWitt meant?
This is to prepare to take the remaining credit into his own hands to offset part of the blame for his command errors.
Although he knew his plan, Kyle was not prepared to fight for anything.
Because he knew very well that the other party's ability to keep these ten battleships behind showed that they were not afraid of these battleships and crews falling into his hands.
It's doomed...
Even if some people are captured, nothing can be found out.
It is even possible that no one can be caught.
If it were you, you would definitely think that the empire wanted to capture these battleships and their crews, and then arrange for some dead soldiers to pilot the battleships to resist.
In the end, the battleship exploded, burying all the secrets.
At this moment, although he could think of these things, Kyle did not want to remind DeWitt, but was prepared to watch his jokes.
"Slater, order the fleet to retreat, and leave the rest to Commander DeWitt."
"Commander, this..."
"Stop talking nonsense and execute the order!"
"This...is, Commander-in-Chief!"
Soon, Kyle's fleet retreated, replaced by two Imperial garrison fleets.
The garrison fleet is different from the main fleet. It is a general-purpose battleship built in imitation of the Federation. Each of its ships is equivalent to an Imperial battleship.
In less than a minute, after several waves of attacks.
The shields of the ten Zhurong-class battleships have all collapsed, and they have been hit by hundreds of attacks and are in a state of paralysis.
Seeing this, the excited DeWitt immediately ordered the fleet to move forward and sent an assault ship with soldiers to seize the ship.
But before those assault ships could get closer, a change occurred.
Ten dazzling white energy groups rose instantly.
Devour all the hundreds of assault ships still on the road.
It wasn't just the assault ships, because the fleet was too close at the moment, even more than a hundred garrison warships were also swallowed up by this energy.
About half a minute later...
Ten Zhurong-class battleships disappeared.
The more than five hundred assault ships disappeared.
And among the two garrison fleets, there are more than a hundred imperial garrison fleets...
Also disappeared.
At this moment, DeWitt was completely dumbfounded.