The directly affiliated corps continued to advance under the cover of the first corps.
Mechanical civilization is also constantly bringing in more groups of Annihilators to support them.
On the surface, nothing has changed on the battlefield.
But actually...
Both sides are holding back their ultimate move.
In order not to alert the federal fleet, the mechanical civilization sent a large number of Annihilators as cannon fodder, preparing to severely damage the opponent with one blow.
Jiang Xingchen planned to use this attack from the mechanical civilization to directly seal the victory.
Finally, after more than ten minutes, the direct army once again advanced a distance of several light seconds.
The Punisher of the mechanical civilization has also completed all pre-launch preparations.
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"Commander, the energy has reached critical point and may be launched at any time!"
"Order all legions to prepare to activate the hyperspace engine!"
"Yes, Commander!"
A few seconds later, as the Punisher's huge body shook slightly, a bright stream of particles suddenly blasted out.
This is a wide-area particle flow formed purely by compressed space particles, spreading outward in a trapezoidal shape.
The speed is extremely fast and is not limited by the speed of light at all.
A hundred light seconds, for him, might not even have taken ten seconds to pass.
At this time, if the hyperspace engine is not pre-started in advance, from the moment the commander discovers that something is wrong, to the order to start the hyperspace engine, to the final breakaway...
There is absolutely not enough time!
But it is a pity that the hyperspace engines on every Federation battleship have already completed pre-starting.
And the commander doesn't have to waste time trying to figure out what the attack will be like.
Therefore, almost at the same time as the attack was launched, the order to leave the battlefield had been issued to every warship.
The next second, countless hyperspace windows have been formed.
A few seconds later, not even a single federal warship could be seen on the battlefield.
The mastermind of mechanical civilization immediately stalled.
The result was completely beyond his expectation, but it was impossible to stop the attack from continuing.
After a while, a trapezoidal killing range has been formed.
Especially a hundred light seconds away, where the federal warship was originally located, this range covers a width of almost 7 to 80 light seconds.
In the area, all the Annihilators were swept away. In the corner of the entire array, an extremely wide channel appeared that could pass directly into the array...
aisle!
"Commander, the forward passage has been opened and the space structure has been stabilized again!"
"Put the gift in!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Not long after, a burst of dazzling white light directly covered the center of the mechanical civilization.
This also means that this battle...
It's time to announce the end in advance.
Lost the Slayer battleship...
Lost the mechanical planet...
Annihilus can't even replenish energy.
After all, this is just a ship-based combat weapon, and the energy it carries is very limited.
If you want to make it easier, the Federation can even stop fighting with it and let it slowly drain its energy as time goes by.
Of course, if you want to be more efficient, that's no problem.
By always staying outside the opponent's range and attacking, forcing them to continuously accelerate and maneuver, you can exhaust their energy in the shortest possible time.
In short, no matter which method Jiang Xingchen chooses, there is no possibility for mechanical civilization to turn around again.
"Inform all legions to keep a safe distance and use firepower to suppress the remaining Annihilators."
"We don't have that much time. We'll spend our time with these things and end this war within ten days!"
Obviously, Jiang Xingchen is not interested in the slow consumption method.
"Yes, Commander!"
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Under the jurisdiction of the pioneering fleet.
The headquarters is directly under the corps, the flagship Yuegong battle star.
Watching everything fall to the ground, Bai Zhuo finally took a breath.
When he left the battlefield just now, he was shocked when he discovered the attack speed of the mechanical civilization.
Fortunately, he managed to escape in the end and was not affected.
But this is too dangerous. There is only a three-second difference, right?
If the attack speed of mechanical civilization were even a fraction higher than this, I am afraid that six legions would have to answer here.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Bai Zhuo complained in his heart.
On the side, Shangguan Ningxue glared at him.
"Look at how cowardly you are!
"
"Honey, it's not that I'm cowardly. It's indeed too dangerous. It's just a little bit worse."
"What did you call me?"
"Your Excellency, Legion Commander!"
Bai Zhuo stood up straight in an instant and shouted loudly.
The people on the bridge were already used to this scene.
"Remember, nothing in this world is absolutely successful. The so-called tactics, on the other hand, can even be interpreted as risk-taking or gambling."
"And all genius tacticians are, at best, imaginative, but at worst, they are always walking a tightrope."
"However, most of the tacticians who will eventually go down in history and be praised by countless people are this type of people."
"Do you know why?"
Hearing this, Bai Zhuo was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Because all those who failed to make a name for themselves in history died?"
Well, Shangguan Ningxue is really speechless.
She really didn't expect that Bai Zhuo would give such an answer.
However, she was too lazy to explain in detail at this moment, because the new order had already been issued.
"Order, the first to third fleets, spread out as much as possible, press forward in a loose formation, and maintain the output at a distance of 12 light seconds."
"Yes, legion commander!"
Soon, the other five legions that received the order all adopted the same approach as the directly affiliated legion.
The final battle...
here we go!
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Eight days later.
Kaitianhao Battle Star.
"Commander, in eight days we destroyed a total of 52.72 million Annihilators, and the remaining approximately 120 million Annihilators have stopped moving during this period due to exhaustion of energy."
"Those Annihilators who have ceased activity, should we recycle them, or..."
In the bridge, Ling Xiao was reporting to Jiang Xingchen.
After all, there are more than 100 million Annihilators left. Wouldn't it be a shame to kill them all?
Maybe the Central Academy of Sciences can think of a way to control and convert these things into federal combat power?
Ling Xiao couldn't help but think so in his heart.
"Kill them all, leaving no one behind!"
"Yes, Commander...Commander, do you mean to kill them all?"
"That's right, let's do it!"
"Yes, Commander!"
With so many annihilators, Jiang Xingchen did have other ideas.
But after weighing it again and again, he found...
This is completely useless, tasteless to eat, and a pity to throw away.
You say stay, the Central Academy of Sciences still has to spend a lot of time studying how to control these mechanical brains.
There is this time...
Wouldn't it be better to directly read the technical knowledge of mechanical civilization through the captured Predator mastermind, and then recreate it yourself?
What's more, the firepower of these Annihilators is essentially not suitable for the war needs of advanced civilizations.
The most important thing is that if there are so many left, they might just be a powder keg.
You know, these are no longer intelligent programs, but mechanical lives.