Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 818 - 448, Stealing a Boat is That Simple

Chapter 818: Chapter 448, Stealing a Boat is That Simple

Wraith Spire scored a victory right from the start, one cannon blast destroyed a Silver Sword ship.

That was the expected performance of a Retribution-class Battleship. A solid hit with the “Heavenly Punishment” Light Spear Array of X grade meant results like this.

Moreover, aboard the Wraith Spire, there were three more X-grade Colossal Cannons of the same grade.

In terms of firepower, the Colossal Cannons of the same grade were much more powerful than the Light Spear Array, but the trade-off was a significant drop in accuracy.

There were also 18 powerful weapons of L grade, already amounting to the same number as those of the three Human Fleet cruisers put together.

Such was the might of a Battleship.

Of course, losing an Escort Ship as soon as the fight started was also a matter of luck. From such a distance, even the light spears were not that easy to target accurately.

In fact, the subsequent three Colossal Cannon shots, along with multiple salvos of L-grade weapons, all missed their mark, with only a few managing to hit but failing to cause any further damage.

During this process, the fleets were closing the gap between them.

The Wraith Spire charged full speed at a part of the United Fleet that had emerged from Border Horse IV. As the distance between them diminished, the exchange of fire became more accurate, resulting in a rise in the hit rate for both sides.

The Human Fleet’s losses began to escalate.

But at the same time, the Void Shields surrounding the Wraith Spire started to flicker more frequently, gradually turning a dangerous shade of red. Some of the United Fleet’s firepower could even penetrate the Void Shields, directly damaging the Wraith Spire’s armor and hull.

The strength of the Void Shields mounted on the Wraith Spire was, of course, very high, but it could not withstand being the sole target of attack. Without any Escort Ships to intercept fire and not even small ships to shield it, all of the United Fleet’s artillery needed to be endured by the ship itself. Even the strongest Void Shields couldn’t withstand such relentless bombardment.

Not to mention, half of the pursuing fleet continued to pour firepower onto it as well.

Yet despite this, the Alliance Fleet’s achievements were limited to only turning the Wraith Spire’s Void Shields red. The cost was steep, as in a short span of time, at least ten warships were reduced to space debris.

Even the cheapest Patrol Ship cost more than thirty million each, ten ships amounted to three hundred million; not to mention, amongst the destroyed warships, there were also three Escort Ships.

In a mere moment, the Alliance’s losses in the naval battle had exceeded one billion.

Naval decisive battles were indeed the most expensive affairs.

Without the Tianma Fleet being taken under the wing of Gu Hang, without the centuries of accumulation from the Gu Commercial Firm, the ships the Alliance had saved over the years would not have been enough to sustain the battle.

Even with such an exchange rate, Zhong Jihua aboard the Wraith Spire was still not satisfied.

Did he care about knocking out a few small Alliance ships?

Of course not.

At his command, the mighty firepower of the Battleship ferociously targeted the absolute core of the opposing fleet cluster in front of them, that cruiser.

However, much of the firepower was intercepted. Even those that couldn’t be intercepted were met with Patrol Ships ready to take the hit.

After such a long exchange, they had failed to pose any substantial threat to that cruiser.

Nevertheless, the gap had narrowed to the point where Zhong Jihua was satisfied.

Led by the War Faction Wizard, two hundred Interstellar Warriors were on standby inside four Boarding Torpedoes.

Directly boarding through Boarding Torpedoes was a conventional tactic for the Human Navy. Boarding Torpedoes themselves were not cheap, and when loaded with personnel and equipment, the cost was even higher. In naval battles, all sorts of accidents could happen during the flight to board, making them easy to intercept. If intercepted, both people and craft were lost together, and the loss was immense.

Moreover, given the limited space inside a Boarding Torpedo, there was a limited number of personnel and equipment that could be carried, and there was no guarantee of victory even after boarding.

The Green Skins loved such tactics, for they did not value their lives, and their Boarding Torpedoes were as cheap as if they cost nothing.

Human Fleets disliked this approach, although the Navy Marine Corps wasn’t really valued by the naval brass, there was still a need for a balance between cost and effectiveness.

Except for the Interstellar Warriors.

They were strong enough and elite enough that even with few in number, they could accomplish tasks that normally required large forces, perfectly suited for boarding combat on a battlefield with limited deployment options and confined spaces.

The only issue was the security of the deployment.

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Interstellar Warriors were powerful but also very valuable. The destruction of a Boarding Torpedo wasn’t critical, but the loss of a vessel full of Interstellar Warriors was something no one could afford.

Thus, when the Battle Groups engaged in boarding combat, they each revealed their ingenious methods in this phase: they sought ways to accurately and safely transport personnel to the enemy ships.

Some improved on the Boarding Torpedoes, making them sturdier and more agile, or invisible to detection, coupled with multiple launches and lots of false targets to hide the real Boarding Torpedoes… In short, they spared no expense.

Others experimented with Psionic Teleportation, which was more precise but had higher requirements, as well as risks; it was prone to being displaced by counter-teleportation devices.

And the “Ashen Dead” employed a combination of both methods.

Zhong Jihua on the command bridge, staring at the swarms of Alliance ships before him, his eyes filled with madness.