Chapter 111 Ambush

This made Rex a little confused.

This route was tried five times, and the surrounding space was explored countless times.

In the previous exploration of the star field around the route, no large asteroids were found.

The largest one was only a few hundred meters, and an asteroid over one kilometer could not be undetected by drones.

Could it be that it just floated over today?

Rex could only think so.

After all, this asteroid group is not static, but drifting.

However, Rex did not know that the large celestial body discovered by the fleet was not an asteroid at all.

It was in the asteroid group on both sides of the fleet.

There were seven dark giant ships floating slowly forward.

The engine was not turned on, and even the void shield was not turned on.

Large and small asteroids hit the hull, bursting out bursts of fireworks.

Some were bounced away, and some were smashed into pieces.

Although the asteroids outside were dense, Li Meng also saw the blue-white light looming in the dark starry sky in the distance in the bridge.

That was a fleet sailing in the asteroid belt, with the light emitted by the tail flame of the thruster.

"Wang, we are less than 50 kilometers away from the enemy fleet..."

Sitting upright in the captain's chair, Li Meng looked at the starry sky outside with a calm face.

He waved his hand and said calmly: "Don't worry, as long as the engine is not started and the void shield is not opened, they will not be able to detect the existence of the fleet. They will only think that the fleet is a large celestial body approaching. Pass the order down, without my order, no early attack is allowed."

Unknown "EVE" technology template forces are looking for a safe route in the S-01919 star system.

This behavior has long been spotted by Li Meng.

So, Li Meng formulated an ambush operation plan.

In the battle in the asteroid belt, the imperial warships can ignore the asteroids, but the opponent cannot.

Whether it is a warship or a drone, it is extremely vulnerable in front of asteroids.

In the battle in the asteroid belt, the imperial fleet has a geographical advantage.

"King, the rebel fleet is releasing ten drones, approaching the fleet ambushed in the asteroids on both sides."

A tech priest suddenly issued a warning.

Upon hearing this, Ralph's face changed slightly.

Discovered?

In the holographic screen in front of Li Meng, five small red dots were shuttling through the asteroids, approaching the direction of the fleet.

On the other side, there were also five drones approaching the fleet ambushed on the other side.

Looking at the tactical map, Li Meng's face was thoughtful.

It seems that the other party is very cautious and has a little doubt about the sudden appearance of the large celestial body.

And sent drones to find out.

The drones are small in size, so it is naturally not a problem to shuttle through the asteroids.

Li Meng looked at the distance between the fleet and the enemy ship again.

Not far away, only less than 40 kilometers...

Leaning back, Li Meng raised his hand and waved, saying: "Attack..."

If we wait any longer, the enemy drones will definitely discover the existence of the fleet.

Such a close distance is enough to launch a surprise attack.

Ralph's face turned serious, and he waved his hand.

"Order all ships, attack, attack, attack!"

After three consecutive attacks, the order was transmitted to all ships.

With Ralph's order, outside, the fleet hiding in the asteroid belt.

The thrusters at the tail of each ship spewed out dazzling white tail flames.

The void shield opened at the same time, blocking some faster asteroids.

As soon as the fleet engine started, it was detected by the "Free Democratic Federation" fleet.

"High-energy ion radiation detected, it's the enemy, the enemy is coming..."

"We were ambushed? How is it possible..."

Like other captains, Rex also received a warning from the scanning array.

There are seven large targets approaching from the asteroid belt on both sides of the fleet, and the distance is very close.

"Release the drone immediately, quickly, the rear team of the fleet becomes the front team, and immediately stay away from the enemy fleet..."

As soon as the enemy ship was discovered, Rex gave the order for the drone to attack and the fleet to evacuate without any hesitation.

Rex knew very well that although the "Tristan-class" frigate and the "Argus-class" destroyer were equipped with rapid-fire guns suitable for close combat, these two warships were drone-carrying ships and had very weak ship-to-ship combat capabilities.

Once the enemy ship got close, there would be no ability to resist.

The warships of the unknown forces were giant warships, and ship-to-ship combat obviously had an advantage.

With Rex's order, outside, in the asteroid belt.

The fleet in sailing suddenly stopped moving forward, slowly turned, and released the "Earth Elf" drone.

One drone after another flew out from each ship like a fairy scattering flowers, rushing towards the asteroid belts on both sides.

Facing the enemy fleet's surprise attack, the "Free Democratic Federation" fleet had no reservations.

All the "Earth Elf" drones were released.

Just like a swarm of locusts, more than a thousand drones rushed to the depths of the asteroid group, and the scene was very shocking.

"The drone group is approaching, and it is expected to engage in battle within thirty seconds..."

Looking at the starry sky full of asteroids outside the window, Ralph smiled coldly.

Good timing...

"Order all ships to immediately launch torpedoes to attack the asteroids in the direction of the drone group..."

With Ralph's order, outside, the "Cobra-class" destroyers on both sides of the flagship opened fire first.

The bow flashed with bursts of fire, and huge high-explosive torpedoes shot out from the launch tubes and flew to the depths of the asteroid ahead.

In the asteroid group ahead, a blue-white light spot was flying over.

"Boom..."

In less than ten seconds, huge and dazzling fireballs broke out in the asteroid group in front of the fleet.

Asteroids of all sizes were shattered and turned into more fragments and pushed forward.

Thousands of fragments rushed into the drone group like raindrops.

"Boom..."

Sparks burst out from the fuselage of the "Earth Elf" drone.

A large number of drones were hit by asteroid fragments, exploded, and turned into balls of fire.

"What's going on?"

In the flagship of the "Free Democratic Federation" fleet.

Seeing the drone group rushing towards the enemy ship, before it got close to the enemy ship, a large group suddenly disappeared.

This scared Rex.

When he checked the video information fed back by the drone, he understood what happened.

The other party attacked the asteroid and used the fragments to attack the drone group.

Although those fragments could not cause harm to the warship, they were real killers for the fragile drones.

At this moment, Rex understood why the other party put the battlefield in the dangerous asteroid group.

In the small space of the asteroid group, the flexibility of the drone will not only be seriously affected.

The shattered asteroid fragments can also cause a lot of damage to the drone.