The weapons of all the battleships have been preheated, and the entire defense line is in a state of high tension. These few minutes are as long as centuries, and it is almost breathtaking.
"It's coming out!"
In the command center, as a shout came out, Lombard couldn't help but become nervous, his eyes fixed on the surveillance video in front of him.
In the next moment, a round object emerged from the ocean current. From its appearance, it was impossible to tell what it was.
Its size is about the same as an ordinary orbital assault ship, but its surface is extremely smooth and flat, and it really looks like a big iron ball!
"How do you look? Can you scan and find out what this is?"
"No, Commander, there seems to be some special energy that blocks all our scanning methods. It's impossible to determine what it is!"
Shaking his head, the soldier in charge of scanning replied.
This gave Lombard a very bad feeling.
With the armistice agreement guaranteed by a super civilization, it stands to reason that the White Tiger Empire should not dare to mess around, but what if it happens?
"Commander, we have detected that this unknown object emits a strange energy vibration, and it is spreading rapidly!"
"No more waiting, notify the fleet on the defense line to attack immediately and destroy it!"
"Yes, Commander!"
This thing was so abnormal that in order to ensure that the defense line was safe, Lombard decided to destroy it immediately to avoid regretting what happened.
However, he didn't know that if he had ordered the fleet to destroy the object the moment it appeared, it would still be too late, but now...
But it's too late!
After the frontline fleet commander received the order, he immediately ordered the opening of fire without any hesitation.
However, as time passed by minute by minute, until ten seconds later, no warship in the entire fleet opened fire.
immediately...
A large number of emergency reports spread among the flagships of this fleet. All warships, without exception, had all their weapon systems malfunctioned!
Of course, such important matters were immediately transmitted to the interstellar fortress behind.
"What did you say?"
"The weapons systems of all battleships have failed due to unknown reasons?"
"Is...all of them?"
Lombard's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, wanting to confirm again that he wasn't hallucinating!
You must know that Moi United is a ninth-level technological civilization. Apart from necessary maintenance, it can be said that the warships it manufactures will not cause problems even if they are not used for ten thousand years.
repair...
This word is originally a word that is rarely used by high-level civilizations.
What's more, tens of billions of warships break down at the same time like now?
This is simply impossible!
"Yes, Commander Lombard, all the tens of billions of warships on the front line have experienced weapon system failures!"
"Damn it, it must be that iron ball, there must be something weird about that thing!"
"Commander, abnormal energy fluctuations in the ocean currents have been detected again. According to our judgment, the number of things passing through is huge, and each individual is the size of a main battleship!"
Just when Lombard was worried about the failure of weapons on tens of billions of warships on the defense line, another foreign news was suddenly reported!
"The quantity is huge? Give me an approximate figure?"
"Commander, I can't get a precise number, but according to the energy fluctuations, there are at least hundreds of billions of objects that are equivalent to the size of a main battleship!"
Hearing this, Lombard's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
All of our own fleets have lost their combat effectiveness, but at this time, there is an early warning in the ocean current that a fleet of hundreds of billions of main battleships is about to arrive...
Then won’t all the 50 billion warships on our own defense line become living targets?
"Quick, order the fleet immediately. Even if the weapons cannot be used, use warships to ram it with me. The iron ball must be destroyed before the opponent's main fleet arrives!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Lombard, who realized the seriousness of the problem, knew very well that the strange iron ball was the key to everything.
So, since the weapon cannot be used, let's hit it!
If you cannot destroy the opponent's main fleet before it arrives, then your entire defense line will be a lamb to be slaughtered!
At the same time, the frontline headquarters on the defense line had received Lombard's order and immediately dispatched several warships to rely on sublight engines to increase the speed of the warships to the maximum and directly hit the iron ball in front.
This is a competition related to time. Even if they knew that they were bound to die, the crew members on the Moi joint battleships still did not hesitate. At this moment, they all knew that if they did not destroy that thing, everything would be over!
Two minutes later, the first battleship collided directly with it at 0.22 times the speed of light. Without any hesitation, a ball of fire instantly appeared in the void.
"How was it? Was it successful?"
In the command center of the Star Fortress, Lombard asked anxiously after watching his warship crash into it.
"Target...Target built on!"
"Impossible. That was a collision of a capital ship at 0.22 times the speed of light. How could it be invalid?"
With such a large mass, such a fast speed, and the opponent does not have a protective shield, how could it fail?
But the fact is, just as Deputy Lombard reported, the other party... is still there!
"Damn, what the hell is this?"
"Immediately order the fleet to retreat and withdraw from the area of influence of that thing!"
I looked at the set of numbers displayed in front of me. It was a countdown to calculate the arrival time of the opponent's main fleet. There was less than three minutes left!
In this case, if the fleet continues to stay on the defense line, then when the opponent's main fleet emerges from the ocean current, these tens of billions of warships will definitely become a living target.
Therefore, after the remaining time was no longer enough to try again, Lombard made a decisive decision to withdraw the fleet and give up the mouth of the ocean current.
This is a last resort and the only feasible solution at present.
After thousands of years of building a strong defense line, at this moment, the battle was abandoned before it was even fought.
Lombard's heart was bleeding, but there was nothing he could do.
And then, after losing the defense line at the mouth of the ocean, the Moi Combined Fleet was no longer able to prevent the arrival of the opponent's main fleet, and could only choose to engage in an encounter with equal conditions.
This is definitely a heavy blow to Moi United.
After all, although there is no cross-generational gap between the warships of the White Tiger Empire and Moi United, they are still better than the others.
Once the two sides start to engage in an equal encounter, then the side at a disadvantage will definitely be Moi United's side.
"Send the information here to General Larnas immediately, we...!"