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Not far from the ambush point of the Oxus Empire fleet.

A fleet of more than a hundred warships darted out from a cluster of asteroids and fired at the Oxus Empire fleet.

According to Lin Fan's orders, all the warships that had enemy motherships within their firing range were targeted.

At the same time, in the flagship of the Ochs fleet.

The Ninth Prince, Duolun Ochs, was sitting comfortably in the captain's seat, resting with his head propped up.

Duolun was considered a graduate of a prestigious school. He graduated from the Empire's top military school and had good grades, so he was well-liked by the Emperor.

This time, he came to the frontlines under the Emperor's orders. To put it nicely, he was here to experience the atmosphere of war. To put it bluntly, he was here to gain experience.

After arriving at the frontlines of Jupiter, the arrogant Duolun felt that he had to lead a victory for his future.

That was why he was in such a state.

Although Duolun's grades were good in the military school, he had never experienced actual combat. In human terms, he was just an armchair strategist.

"Report, a large number of enemy warships have appeared behind us and are attacking us."

"What? Why are they behind us? "

But before anyone could reply, Duolun saw a fireball appear on the left side of the flagship through the observation window.

One of the corvettes was directly destroyed.

"Damn it, why aren't you firing back? What are you all doing?"

The moment Duolun said that, the entire bridge fell silent.

Please, we're facing them from behind. How are we going to fire back?

The heavy cannons on the warships were huge and could only be adjusted at a small angle. They couldn't turn 360 degrees, and those that could were small caliber weapons.

"Your Highness, they're behind us now. We can't attack them with our main weapons!"

Rex, who was beside Doren, had no choice but to remind Doren.

"Then go forward, and then turn in an arc to bite the opponent's tail! Can't you understand such simple logic? "

This time, everyone in the bridge was even more speechless. All the warships were hiding behind the asteroids. Were they trying to kill themselves by moving forward?

Rex couldn't stand it anymore.

If the Ninth Prince continued like this, the entire fleet would be finished.

"All warships, turn to the left immediately and leave the enemy's attack range!"

"Yes!"

"Rex, what are you doing?"

"Your Highness, you can punish me however you want. Right now, I have to command the fleet to escape and bring you safely back to the Jupiter base."

As soon as Rex finished speaking, the arrogant Duolun was in a bad mood. What do you mean by that, Rex?

Are you saying that I don't know how to command? Are you saying that we can't be saved?

If Rex knew what Duolun was thinking, he would definitely agree with Duolun's words's words.

At that moment, Lex no longer cared about the ninth prince and continued to direct the entire fleet to change directions.

Even though Lex had made the only correct choice at the moment, adjusting the direction of a space warship was not an easy task. It was not like driving a car, where one could just turn the steering wheel and it would be done.

. A warship was a huge object. To change direction, especially on the spot, one had to use the many small vectoring engines on both sides of the warship.

Normally, it would take at least three to five minutes to turn such a large warship 90 degrees.

In these three to five minutes, the entire fleet could only helplessly endure the bombardment of Task Force 101.

"Reporting, the enemy is turning to the left!"

"Yes, order the fleet to not relax their firepower, especially the motherships. Destroy all of them before they escape."

"Understood!"

On the flagship of Task Force 101, Lin Fan nodded in satisfaction as he watched the enemy move as if he had predicted it.

Now, it was time to see if they could destroy all the motherships before the enemy finished turning and escaped. After all, this would affect their losses in the subsequent battle. It was very important!

According to the identification, the enemy had a total of 208 ships, including 12 motherships. One minute after the attack started, they had destroyed three of them.

At this time, Rex's heart was bleeding. These were all his own fleets, and they were being destroyed one by one in front of him without being able to resist.

It has only been three minutes since they were attacked, and 52 warships have been lost. Among them, the loss of motherships is especially great. Out of 12 motherships, 10 were lost.

Hmm? Wait, it seemed like the motherships had lost a lot?

Rex suddenly felt that this loss data was a little unusual. Why were the motherships lost so much, more than 80%, and the remaining two were all damaged?

It seemed like the enemy was deliberately targeting the motherships of his fleet, but why?

"Reporting, the fleet has turned!"

"Immediately move forward at maximum speed and quickly escape the enemy's range of fire!"

"Yes!"

Although Rex found something unusual, unfortunately, in this situation, there was no time for him to think at all.

"After the warship reached maximum speed, it began to turn to the left and move forward in an arc. Our warship technology is better than the humans. We can use the speed and the efficiency of the turn to bite the tail of their fleet."

"Yes, Commander."

"Also, Chief Tactician, immediately calculate how long it will take to leave the enemy's range of fire. What are the estimated losses?"

"Yes … Reporting, Commander. According to the calculation, we can reach maximum speed in about five minutes, and then about ten minutes after that, we can escape the enemy's range of fire. But the losses …"

"Speak!"

"Yes, the losses will be as high as 50% of the warships!"

"Hiss …"

Rex took a deep breath. This loss was really too great. This time, he was really screwed over by the Ninth Prince.

Only by destroying the human fleet would he be punished less when he returned, right?

As for the human fleet, when I bite your tail, even if there are only 100 warships, I can kill you all.

"How many motherships do they still have?"

"There's one left, it's already heavily damaged!"

In the flagship of Task Force 101, Lin Fan was most concerned about the remaining mothership.

"Order all the warships that can cover that mothership with rays. Concentrate on attacking!"

"Yes!"

Three minutes later, the last mothership of the Oxus Empire fleet was destroyed.

Five minutes later, the Oxus Empire fleet reached maximum speed and began to turn left in an arc.

"Reporting, the enemy has begun to turn left. It's very likely that they want to go around behind us."

"Yes, it's fine. Let the fleet continue to attack. Before they leave our range of fire, kill as many as you can!"

"Understood!"

"By the way, have the Armored Troops buried the nuclear bombs that I previously ordered?"

"They've all been buried according to Commander's orders!"

After hearing Lin Fan's words, Liang Xue also remembered a strange order that Lin Fan issued before.

He asked the Armored Troops to install nuclear bombs on dozens of asteroids at a set of coordinates!

This weapon was supposed to be used to attack the surface of the planet, not in space.

Because there was no air in space, the nuclear bomb's lethality would be much lower and would not pose much of a threat to the warships. It would only be effective if it was detonated very close to the warship.

Looking at the tactical panel, Liang Xue did some calculations. Hmm? The location of the nuclear bomb was in the middle of the path of the Armored Troops and the Ochs fleet?

Wait, nuclear bomb? Installed on the asteroids? The Oxus Empire fleet is estimated to arrive at the location of these asteroids in 30 minutes? Prioritize destroying the enemy's mothership?

So that's it! This step by step was all part of Lin Fan's plan to lead the Oxus Empire fleet into the abyss!

Liang Xue who understood widened her eyes and looked at Lin Fan in shock!