Chapter 112 Chase and Escape

"No, it's not good for us to fight in the asteroid belt. Fleet commander, retreat..."

"We can't retreat. We must stop the enemy's warships. Once the enemy warships get close to us, the fleet will be finished..."

"We can't run away. The enemy warships can ignore the asteroids and are accelerating. They will rush into the fleet within a minute."

At this time, in the asteroid belts on both sides of the "Free Democratic Federation" fleet, the drone swarms began to engage the Imperial fleet.

Hundreds of drones attacked the fleet like flies.

Lines of fire formed by barrages hit the void shield from four directions.

The close-in automatic guns of the Imperial warships also opened fire, forming a dense barrage.

The more enemy aircraft groups there are, the easier it is to be hit.

In order to avoid collisions with each other, the maneuverability will decrease.

In addition, the fleet is surrounded by asteroids, which further affects the maneuverability of the drones.

As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, balls of fire suddenly broke out in the starry sky around the fleet.

Those were drones that exploded after being hit by close-in automatic guns.

"They are coming..."

Amid the exclamations of the captains of the "Free Democratic Federation".

The Imperial warships appeared almost simultaneously from both sides, braving the fire of drones, and rushed towards the evacuating fleet.

Facing the 1.5-kilometer-long giant ship, the Imperial warships were like a mountain rolling over the enemy warships.

"Get out of the way..."

Compared to them, the enemy ships were too fast.

In front of the enemy ships, the "Tristan-class" frigates and the "Argus-class" destroyers were all tiny.

"Boom..."

The two "Tristan-class" frigates were unable to dodge, and were directly smashed into pieces by a "Firestorm-class" escort ship like a string of candied haws, and burst into balls of fire.

The Imperial warships that rushed into the enemy ships were like wolves into a flock of sheep.

The close-in automatic guns attacked wantonly, and the beams of light shot by large and small light spears swept across the starry sky.

There were also torpedoes shuttling between the fleet and the asteroid belt.

Whether it hits an enemy ship or an asteroid, it can cause devastating damage to the enemy.

The flagship where Li Meng was even rushed into the route of the enemy fleet.

"Full speed ahead!"

The thruster at the tail of the "Firestorm-class" escort ship sprayed a thousand-meter-long white tail flame.

Under the huge thrust, the "Firestorm-class" escort ship was like a mountain, crushing the enemy ships on the route.

"Boom..."

A "Tristan-class" frigate was crashed.

An "Argus-class" destroyer was crashed.

The "Firestorm-class" escort ship was unstoppable, and wherever it passed, the enemy ships blocking the way were crashed one after another.

This scene was seen by Rex, and he was only frightened in his heart.

The melee ability of the unknown forces is too strong, no wonder there is a ram structure on the bow.

It's an interstellar battleship, how can it be directly hit by a battleship...

"Leave all the drones behind and evacuate in a dispersed manner, quickly!"

The captains also saw the terrifying close combat ability of the enemy battleships.

As soon as Rex's order was issued, warships of all sizes left the route and fled to the asteroids on both sides.

A dazzling white light flashed, and a thick beam of light shot out from the main gun of the "Firestorm-class" escort ship's bow.

It instantly crossed a distance of more than ten kilometers and shone on an "Argus-class" destroyer.

It only lasted less than a second, and the shield of the "Argus-class" destroyer was shattered and the hull was pierced.

The light spear is a sustainable high-energy ray.

After destroying an "Argus-class" destroyer, the beam destroyed two "Tristan-class" frigates in an unstoppable manner.

In the asteroid group, seven giant ships rushed forward.

Ignoring the asteroids scattered throughout the starry sky, ignoring the drone groups blocking the way, and chasing the fleeing enemy ships.

Under the continuous firepower of the drone group, the shield of a "Cobra-class" destroyer was broken.

Hundreds of drones poured bullets on the hull.

The close defense guns, lance turrets, bridges, and thrusters on the hull were paid special attention.

The drone swarm was like a group of locusts, diving towards the "Cobra" destroyer in groups and waves.

The fire dragon formed by dense bullets crashed into the hull.

The seemingly thick armor was torn layer by layer and finally penetrated the armor.

Dozens of drone swarms even targeted the thrusters, diving and attacking in waves.

The long fire dragon hit the nozzle of the thruster, and one thruster after another suddenly shut down.

Some even exploded, spewing ion flames.

After only a few minutes, all the main engines of the "Cobra" destroyer were destroyed.

Losing the power source, the speed of the "Cobra" destroyer suddenly slowed down in the asteroid swarm, and it could only rely on inertia to move forward.

Although the engine was destroyed, the energy transmission system inside the hull was not affected.

The close-in defense guns were still firing, pouring dense barrages all around.

This was a battle of attack and attack, attack and defense.

The Imperial warships were chasing the enemy ships, while the enemy ships' drones were entangled with the Imperial warships to attack.

A large number of asteroids were shattered by the close-in defense firepower, and the fragments flew everywhere, causing a great impact on the drones.

In order to avoid the close-in defense fire, the drones must be fast.

But once the speed is fast, once the fragments are hit, the speed of the two will be superimposed, and even small fragments will have great power.

Although the drones have strong firepower, they lack the ability to kill with one blow when facing the large Imperial warships.

They can only destroy the ship-borne weapons bit by bit like gnawing bones, paralyze the engines, and completely paralyze the Imperial warships.

But it is very difficult to destroy the Imperial warships...

The mechanization level of the Imperial warships is too high.

Even if the energy transmission system is destroyed, the close-in defense weapons will not be greatly affected.

Even if the engine is destroyed, the close-in defense automatic guns are still pouring firepower into the surrounding starry sky.

This made it impossible for the drone swarm to reduce the manpower of the Imperial Fleet in a short period of time.

In the asteroid belt, the battle continued.

The "Free Democratic Federation" fleet fled in all directions, and the Imperial Fleet chased after it.

Like a duck being crushed, the warships of the "Free Democratic Federation" ran around in the asteroid belt.

Some warships hit asteroids from time to time, and their shields were shining fiercely.

In a large asteroid belt, groups of shining fireballs can be seen occasionally.

That was a warship that hit an asteroid at high speed and exploded, causing the ship to be destroyed and people to die.

The starry sky is vast, dark, dead and cold.

In an asteroid belt, a warship is sailing at high speed.

The 200-meter-long hull is like a fighter plane, dodging left and right.

Occasionally, an asteroid hits head-on, and there is no way to avoid it. It hits the hull head-on, and the shield is dazzling.

As a command ship, the "Star-class" destroyer has stronger protection.

In the asteroids on all sides, you can see warships of all sizes.

They are running away in panic as if they are being chased by something.

In the depths of the asteroids further back, you can see flickering fire and white beams of light passing through the starry sky.