Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 289 Flagship Breaks the Shield

However, this salvo did not sink destroyer No. 2001 in the No. 4 squadron.

As the warship closest to ship 2001, the main control AI of heavy frigate 1004 executed the protection protocol in the program, controlling the ship to insert itself into the midst of ship 2001 and the incoming artillery fire, and using its peak system and relatively good shield capacity to block this round of attacks.

This left the destroyer 2001, which should have been sunk, in a state of moderate damage, while it only consumed a significant amount of shield capacity.

In order to preserve combat power, the commander of Team 4 had no choice but to order a retreat. A large number of electromagnetic smoke bombs were launched, completely cutting off the vision of both sides. However, Team 3 did not stop its fire coverage. A large number of shells were fired at the possible locations of all ships in Team 4, according to the calculations of the main control AI.

Just as Team 4 was firing at full power, intercepting incoming shells while retreating, two heavy frigates that had appeared behind Team 4 at some point suddenly launched a salvo.

The simultaneous firing of shells, lasers, missiles, and plasma clusters completely exceeded the interception capabilities of the point defense system, successfully destroying the propulsion compartment of destroyer 2001 and rendering it completely incapable of operation.

Then the two heavy frigates fired smoke grenades and slowly pushed down towards the asteroid belt with their shields activated.

During the retreat, the two heavy frigates did not forget to open their cargo holds and launch missiles, scattering freshly made space mines around the retreat route.

As the four Wf02 drones responsible for the pursuit flew through the thick smoke and followed the retreat route, a specially made mine exploded in mid-air. A large number of micro missiles flew out with dense fragments, instantly turning the drone squad into space debris.

Upon receiving the information, the commander of Squadron 4, seeing the large number of explosives behind the fleet, had no choice but to abandon the pursuit. He slowly moved the 2001 frigate along the way, set up a blocking position on the spot, and prepared to fight a decisive battle with Squadron 3 behind the front-line defense system.

As the smoke cleared, the commander of Team 3 dispatched a squadron of 16 drones to search for traces of the enemy team.

At this moment, the assault fleet responsible for the rearguard had cleared out all the alien ships and, under the command of the fleet commander, quickly sailed toward the combat zone, preparing to rendezvous with the main fleet and jointly deal with any possible attack.

On Team 1's side, after some deliberation, Ophia decided to lead the main fleet forward to prepare to attack from the rear of Team 4.

As Team 1 entered the ambush point, waiting for Teams 3 and 4 to fight to the death, the battle between Teams 2 and 5 had already turned into a chaotic mess.

Compared to the steady and methodical teams No. 3 and No. 4, teams No. 2 and No. 5 began to move around after the main fleets made contact. The ambushes on both sides would attack the main fleets, and then be attacked by the ambushes on the other side because they were exposed. In the early stages of the battle, the two sides were very much like they were engaged in a turn-based battle.

However, when the main fleets and ambush fleets of both sides suffered losses of 60%, they tacitly began to engage in a tug-of-war, while simultaneously ordering the ambush fleets to rendezvous with the main fleets.

Once the two fleets had merged, the space guerrilla warfare began.

Since Team 5 was fighting on their home turf, to immerse yourself in Chapter 289, "Flagship Breaks the Shield," please click here. They divided their remaining forces into three teams: two teams were in the open, led by the flagship and the Bifang space carrier respectively; the other team was in the shadows, consisting of a stealth reconnaissance ship, an assault ship, and an improved frigate.

Compared to Team 5, Team 2 suffered less damage, but faced with the opponent's guerrilla tactics, Team 2 chose to fight back in the same way.

The remaining ships of Team 2 formed a wedge formation, with the flagship in its best condition as the spearhead, two heavy frigates following behind the flagship, the Bifang space carrier in the center, two destroyers on its left and right sides, and an improved frigate at the very back.

The other two stealth reconnaissance ships autonomously patrolled the outer edge of the fleet, freely attacking and conducting reconnaissance.

Since the Bifang space carrier of Team 2 had lost all its carrier-based aircraft, the carrier's commander converted all of its stockpiled missiles and scattered them as space mines in the ring.

The two teams moved about in the space environment, using their fixed weapons and space mines to attack each other. For a time, the shield capacity of the remaining fleets on both sides even recovered to some extent.

After a long struggle, the first victory was achieved: the heavy frigate in Team 2 was slowed down due to reduced power and its shield was broken by the fixed defensive weapon of Team 5.

Subsequently, the flagship squadron of Team 5 launched a salvo, completely destroying the unshielded heavy frigate in Team 2 at the cost of minor damage to the destroyers within the squadron and the improved destroyers' shield capacity entering a dangerous range.

At the same time, the battle situation between teams 3 and 4 was already clear.

At this point, Team 4 had only one flagship with its shield capacity depleted, one Bifang space carrier that had no shields or carrier-based aircraft left, one slightly damaged destroyer, and one moderately damaged frigate.

Team 3 consists of a flagship in good condition, the Bifang space carrier with nine remaining carrier-based aircraft, two destroyers with minor damage but some shields, a heavy frigate with shields in danger of falling out, an improved frigate, and an assault ship that is heavily damaged and a moderately damaged.

Fleet 3 fired a salvo and sank the enemy's shieldless space mothership. They then began to maneuver to avoid Fleet 4's counterattack. However, the two assault ships were underpowered and, after dodging the shelling, were destroyed by a barrage of missiles.

Immediately afterwards, Olivia commanded Fleet 1 to launch an attack. The reconnaissance ships initiated the attack with electromagnetic interference, directly destroying the remaining space defense system of Fleet 4 and disabling the radars of both sides.

What followed was a salvo from Fleet 1. The flagship of Fleet 1, together with two heavy frigates, instantly depleted the shield capacity of the flagship of Fleet 4. The two subsequent plasma bombs burned the tail thrusters of the flagship of Fleet 4, causing it to lose some of its maneuverability.

The other ships did not attack the ships of Fleet 4; their bombardment spanned the stars and directly destroyed a destroyer in Fleet 3.

But before the destroyers and frigates of Fleet 4 could turn around, more than 40 missiles and torpedoes approached from behind, piercing the stern propellers and exploding in the ship's core energy compartment.

Subsequently, a reconnaissance ship from Fleet 1 emerged from deep space and launched four heavy anti-ship torpedoes into Fleet 3, which was attempting to evade them.