"The communication is connected?"
Arnaud was stunned for a moment before he became excited.
On this day, Arnold was not in a good mood.
It showed that something strange happened to Sarna's fleet, resulting in the death of more than 40 billion battleships and countless soldiers.
As a result, before he could recover from his shock, Yelipok had another problem. If the result was the same as Sarna's, it would definitely be a heavy blow to Arnaud.
What did it mean to lose nearly 100 billion battleships?
It should be noted that Arnold only had 300 billion battleships in total. Losing nearly 100 billion battleships in one go was definitely a serious blow. It was estimated that he would not be able to recover his strength in a few decades.
Therefore, ever since he learned that Yelipok's fleet had lost contact, Arnaud was very anxious. He was afraid that Yelipok's fleet had the same thing happened to Sarna's fleet.
As a matter of fact, Arnold's premonition was quite accurate. That strange incident …
It happened again!
"Connect the communication immediately, quick!"
"Yes, General!"
Soon, the communication through the dark energy network was connected to the bridge, and Yelipok's figure was projected.
However, Arnaud, who was originally a little excited, had a bad premonition the moment he saw Yelipok.
After all, Yelipok's face at the moment was written with the word "down and out".
"Yelipok, what's wrong?"
"General, we encountered the same situation as Sarna's fleet. In just a few minutes, more than 90% of the fleet was destroyed, and the remaining fleet is now surrounded by the Brent Empire and the human fleet!"
"You said more than 90% of your fleet is gone … Wait, who did you say? The human fleet? "
Arnaud almost vomited blood when he heard Yelipok say that more than 90% of his fleet was destroyed. Just as he was about to go crazy and scold Yelipok, he suddenly realized something. Just now …
Did he say something about the humans?
"Yes, General. Judging from the emblems on the battleships of that fleet, it should be a human fleet. There are about 25 billion of them!"
"From the beginning to the end, don't miss any details. Give me a report!"
Realizing the problem, Arnaud ordered Yelipok with a solemn expression.
"Yes, General. About 90 minutes ago, our fleet arrived as scheduled …"
Very quickly, Yelipok recounted the entire incident in detail. He was very careful and did not miss any details.
However, Arno's expression darkened when he heard the story.
'Sure enough … It's just as I guessed. Is this actually a human weapon?'
Whether it was Sarna or Yelipok, there was one thing in common. Before the mutation happened, an explosion was detected. Although the scale was not large and the energy level was not high, it happened just before the mutation!
'This is … very suspicious!'
Moreover, if these strange deaths had nothing to do with humans, then there was no way to explain why the human fleet would appear to annihilate the remnants of Yelipok's army right after Yelipok was severely injured.
This was clearly a part of the humans' battle plan!
"How much longer can you last?"
"If the humans don't make a move, it won't be a problem to hold on for more than three hours. If the hyperspace interference is quickly cracked, I can retreat successfully!"
"Do everything you can to delay them and hold on for at least four hours. At the same time, you have to crack the hyperspace interference as soon as possible. This is related to whether the main fleet can enter the battlefield!"
"Yes, General Arnaud!"
While responding, his heart was filled with bitterness …
'Four hours … When I said three hours just now, I was already thinking in a positive way!'
'According to the current situation, once the human fleet makes a move, I won't even be able to hold on for half an hour, let alone four hours.'
However, he had to obey General Arnaud's order, so he had to bite the bullet.
After ending the communication, Yelipok began to think. 'What should I do to make the fleet last for more than four hours?'
"Order the fleet to give up all offensive actions and concentrate all energy on the shield!"
"Commander, what are you doing?"
"Shut up and do it immediately!"
"Yes, sir!"
Unless the Brent Empire's fleet was reduced to less than 30 billion battleships, otherwise, no matter how he fought, the number of enemy battleships would always be 30 billion.
In that case, he might as well not fight and focus on defense.
Two words, stall for time!
When all the battleships in the Yelipok fleet turned off their weapon systems, all the energy except for the necessary life-support systems were transferred to the dark energy shield. Obviously, the defense of the battleships was more than doubled.
Previously, if there were twenty to thirty main cannons that hit a Moi alliance battleship at the same time, they could tear the shield and destroy it.
But now, after receiving more than 90% of the energy of the entire battleship, at least a hundred Brent Empire battleships' main cannons were needed to tear the shield apart.
For a time, the damage of the entire fleet was quickly reduced.
Of course, what you gain must be paid in return. This was an eternal truth.
While the shield received a powerful energy supply, the weapon system was completely shut down.
In other words, from this moment on, the Brent Empire fleet would not lose any battleships. The entire battlefield changed from a white-hot mutual exhaustion to a one-sided slaughter.
A one-sided slaughter between a level 8 technological civilization and a level 9 technological civilization.
Although it was frustrating, one had to admit that Yelipok's strategy was quite effective.
Based on the current situation, it would take at least ten hours for the Brent Empire fleet to annihilate all of them.
Of course, the premise was that …
The humans would not attack!
But was that possible?
Obviously, it was impossible. When they saw the Yelipok fleet turn to defense, both Elfi and Lavoshi immediately realized that it must be because the communication interference was removed and the other party contacted the main fleet.
And at this time, it was relying on this method to stall for time until the main fleet arrived.
Elfi would not allow this to happen.
After all, at this moment, both sides were using hyperspace interference. If Yelipok was not completely eliminated before Arno's main fleet arrived, then Elfi would have to face Arno's 200 billion battleships head-on.
And this …
There was no chance of winning at all!
"Ask the Brent Empire fleet to retreat, it's our turn!"
"Yes, Commander!"