Chapter 266 Encounter (Part 1)

When the Justice Order Fleet was entangled with the Betales Federation, the Freedom Camp took advantage of the opportunity and sent five War Demon-class heavy assault cruiser fleets to invade the Xuanmu constellation, hoping to expel the Justice Order coalition forces while they were still unstable and complete the control of the Betales star field.

Michael Blake made a prompt decision to give up the entanglement with the Betales Federation. Three Exorcist-class heavy assault ship fleets went north to resist the invasion of the Freedom Camp coalition forces. The support from the rear was also continuously entering the Betales star field, and the forward base established in the Xuanmu constellation was quickly prepared for a long war.

The fleets of both sides met unexpectedly in the border galaxy of the Xuanmu constellation, and then launched a massive encounter.

The [Exorcist-class] of the Justice Order and the [War Demon-class] of the Freedom Camp, two heavy assault cruisers representing the future trend of war, exchanged fire in the southern star field for the first time, which also attracted many people to pay attention to this encounter.

"Keep your distance, keep your distance, don't fight them in close combat!"

Michael Blake looked at the other side's fleet like a sea and shouted in the fleet channel.

There are five fleets on the opposite side, while there are only three on our side. We are not superior in terms of numbers and firepower, so we have to take advantage of the long-range firepower of the Exorcist-class heavy assault cruiser and fight from a distance.

"Where are the scouts! Where are all the scouts? Hurry up and find a tactical point!" Looking at the opposite fleet swarming in, relying on the excellent close combat firepower of the War Demon class to entangle some of our warships at once, Michael Blake shouted excitedly.

"Report, the other side's scout ship has been entangled with us, and the scout team can't get out, can't get out!"

Before the captain of the scout team finished speaking, a shell pierced his cab fiercely, killing him instantly.

The scout team of the Justice Order was targeted at the beginning. After only a few minutes of fighting, their twenty scout ships had been lost.

"Damn it!"

Michael Blake cursed inwardly as he looked at the disconnected scout team.

Looking at the enemy warships that were gradually infiltrating his own fleet, he knew he couldn't wait any longer, otherwise more and more people would be entangled and killed!

Afterwards, Michael Blake gritted his teeth and shouted in the channel: "Everyone get closer to me, overload the thrusters!"

After that, Michael Blake took the lead in overloading the thrusters of his warships. The thrusters burst out with powerful thrust under the overload, pushing the warships forward quickly, and soon opened up a considerable distance.

After receiving the order, the other warships of the Justice Order also overloaded their thrusters to approach Michael Blake, and soon most of them had already opened up the distance from the enemy.

Of course, the Exorcist-class pilots who had been entangled were not so lucky. After their teammates pulled away and there was no support, these entangled Exorcist-class warships were destroyed one by one, and the pilots were also captured.

"You still haven't learned enough to make decisions!"

Frederick McKee shook his head as he looked at the Justice Order Fleet, which was like a gecko trying to survive by cutting off its tail. It seemed that this old classmate was still so indecisive!

If he had decisively led the fleet to distance themselves when they just came into contact, at most he would have lost 20 to 30 warships.

But as he expected, this old classmate was still as dogmatic as before. He had to hope that the scout ship could pull out a tactical point for the fleet before the war started, so that he could get to the best attack position and attack the enemy in one step.

Before the war started, he ordered his own scouts to "take care" of the other scouts as much as possible, but he didn't expect that Michael Blake would really wait for the scouts' tactical points.

Then he paid the price of nearly a hundred warships to complete the separation, which was a heavy price.

The powerful thrusters of the Exorcist class are much stronger than their war demons, so Frederick McKee also ordered not to pursue the Justice Order fleet after seeing it pull out of the attack range, so as to avoid losses. It's not worth it!

This short encounter ended with a small victory for the Freedom Camp.

Michael Blake was afraid of the close combat firepower of the opponent's fleet, so he led the fleet to circle at high speed; and Frederick McKee did not want his fleet to be kite-fed by the Exorcist-class warships of the Justice Order, so he led the fleet to face the fleet of the Justice Order. As long as the opponent dared to show a flaw, he could use the combat probe to lead the fleet to jump over and fight in close combat!

The two sides confronted each other in the starry sky.

"Old classmate, after so many years, it seems that your command ability has not improved, and it is still so bad!"

Looking at Michael Blake's vigilant tactical positioning, Frederick McKee couldn't help but chuckle, and then opened the public channel to send a message to everyone.

After seeing Frederick McKee's message, Michael Blake narrowed his eyes slightly, and the doubts in his heart were immediately solved.

"Who was it? It turned out to be you, the defeated opponent!

Why, you have been studying how to defeat me all these years?"

Looking at Michael Blake's reply, Frederick McKee smiled coldly:

"Oh, you really know how to flatter yourself. How many times did you defeat me in school?"

"Did you defeat me a few times in the past?"

Michael Blake asked bluntly.

The fleets of both sides watched their commanders talking to each other in the public channel, and no one dared to speak.

It is a very serious violation of discipline to send messages in the public channel during the battle, and it will be severely punished, so only the highest commander can speak, and they, the soldiers, are not qualified.

So they can only stare at the fleet channel silently, waiting for the commander's latest order.

Michael Blake and Frederick McKee were classmates in the Military Command Academy of the Betales Empire, and they were also excellent students of that class.

But since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

So the two did not get along since they entered the school, and the school also encouraged this kind of competition, so the two had a lot of conflicts in the academy.

When they were in the academy, they competed for the first place in everything, and the two had wins and losses in their fights, but before they officially decided the winner, the Betales Empire died in a short time.

Frederick McKee was captured on the battlefield, and then he joined the Freedom Camp because of his father; while Michael Blake led the fleet in the Camp Star Field to fight for the revival of the Empire for more than ten years, and then surrendered to the Justice Order after hope became increasingly slim.

After that, the battle between the camps was over, and the two had no intersection. This was also the first time they fought in so many years. It can be said that enemies meet on a narrow road!