Chapter 1437: Chapter 541: Collapse in Full Swing (Part 2)

If the Pirate Alliance were facing an unarmed commercial fleet, it would be fine, but their opponent happens to be the Red Peak Army, one of the most well-trained and coordinated forces in the Nanxiang Star Cluster.

Even a small mistake by the Pirate Alliance would be ruthlessly capitalized on, leading to continuous breakthroughs.

Now, this attack route has become utterly ridiculous, full of vulnerabilities, essentially throwing their heads into the noose.

Under Ying Zhenshan’s command, the rear of the Second Red Blade Expeditionary Army remained composed when facing these reckless enemies. They quickly adjusted their troop deployment internally, waiting for the opportunity. Based on the time difference of enemy ships’ arrival, they systematically and precisely battered the advancing pirate forces.

The exchange ratio in these engagements was even more exaggerated than facing Ren Zhong, the massive weapon, and directly confronting frontline battles against the elite fleet of the Red Peak Army.

However, by this time, Fudin had no leisure to care about the survival of other miscellaneous troops.

His own situation might be even worse.

After his Central Army Headquarters fleet suffered a sweeping strike from the elite fleet of the Red Peak Army, the chaos that ensued was not the worst of it. More terrifying was the Fold Jump Battleship that had come and gone again, transforming into its bizarre form, splitting into four, and using electromagnetic accelerated kinetic projectiles to inflict damage at close range.

When the ace fleets of the Five Elder Clan forces were present here, the Fold Jump Battleship didn’t appear.

Now, as the ace fleets of the other four families retreated hastily, leaving one battlefield after another, this guy promptly returned.

Fudin felt that Earl Red Blade was utterly shameless, relying on the Fold Jump Battleship’s mobility and destructive capabilities to repeatedly harass. This single Fold Jump Battleship caused direct damage to the Pirate Alliance comparable to a medium-sized expeditionary fleet. Moreover, due to its consistent execution of assassination tactics, its impact on reducing the Pirate Alliance’s real combat power exceeded that of the frontline battles.

"Despicable, shameless! Lacking any dignity of an Imperial Earl! Why would an Earl personally charge and fight, and always dive deep alone?" Fudin finally lost his composure, ranting impotently in the command room.

He didn’t care about being overheard by the staff department, causing unrest.

There was nothing left to worry about; this was the flagship, receiving the most battlefield information, and those around him knew the situation had deteriorated to an irreparable extent, thinking it couldn’t get any worse.

Fudin Pacquiao was unwilling to accept a reality: the role of personal combat power had played a decisive role in this war.

This was the first time in the entire war history of the Mechanical Empire.

He witnessed history, participated in history, and became a stepping stone in history.

At this moment, his adjutant approached nervously, "Marshal, I have a report."

"Speak!"

The adjutant cleared his throat, "The detained Grue Augustus has also heard about the developments outside. He implores me to convey to you that we can no longer delay; someone must escape to report the situation to the Nanxiang Marquis. Only this way can the hope of the Augustus family’s continuity be preserved, and only he can gain the absolute trust of the Nanxiang Marquis."

Fudin Pacquiao’s lips trembled, pondered for a few seconds, then sighed deeply, "Prepare a fast escape ship for him, let him go."

Since the forces of the Five Elder Clan had already begun to withdraw, morale had scattered, Grue’s escape or not was irrelevant to the overall situation.

After a brief preparation, Grue finally boarded a dreamt-of escape ship ten minutes later.

According to plan, Grue’s escape ship would escape along a straight route toward the rear of the battle zone.

This escape route was completely perpendicular to the battlefront. Only this way could he quickly escape the interference zone and make contact with the outside world.

Another half-hour passed, and Grue’s escape ship had distanced itself from Fudin’s rear headquarters.

The Central Headquarters of the Pacquiao Pirate Group within the battle zone was gradually in a state of collapse.

Even the core troops of the Pacquiao Pirate Group could no longer accept orders, focusing only on fleeing desperately.

The Red Blade Expeditionary Army adopted a strategy of creating small encirclements to divide the battlefield.

The medium and large warships of the Red Blade Expeditionary Army interwove with single fighters to form a web, creating a cylindrical layout at the frontline battlefield.

On the surface, it was a formation encircling three sides leaving one open.

The cylindrical layout facing the Red Blade Expeditionary Army’s direction was certainly not a favorable escape route.

At the framework of the cylindrical layout, the Red Blade Expeditionary Army’s point array structure front line was present, making breakthrough exceedingly difficult.

So, the cylindrical formation directly facing the rear of the Pacquiao Pirate Group was clearly the best escape route.

Fudin certainly understood the Red Blade Expeditionary Army’s tactics.

Fudin said, "This is psychological warfare, aiming to let us fall into a state of defeat prematurely with the encirclement of three sides and one open, shortening battle time, reducing our losses. Simultaneously, they use the disarray of our central army deserters to scatter our rear formation, then exploit the momentum to break through and completely destroy us."

The Chief of Staff asked, "What should we do?"

"There’s no way, this is a transparent strategy, we must concede. Let the rear fleet also change direction and prepare to retreat."

"Are we retreating now?" The Chief of Staff asked again, "Should we notify the other Alliance Army forces?"

"Notify them for what! At this point, preserving strength must be the priority. The losses of the Pacquiao Pirate Group are severe enough, and if we don’t think of something, post-war, facing Earl Red Blade’s revenge and the Nanxiang Marquis’ reckoning, we’ll be powerless to respond. Others must play their part."

By this point, even though it was not Fudin’s intention, circumstances had inevitably led him to use his marshal position for the private benefit of the Pacquiao Pirate Group.

The malicious speculation of others had passively become reality.

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