Chapter 46: The Death of The Voyager

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Indeed, the decoy ships were Xiao Yu’s carefully prepared “gifts” for the enemy. With these 100 decoy ships added to his fleet, Xiao Yu’s apparent strength now consisted of 180 Village-Class ships, 23 Town-Class ships, and The Voyager, a County-Class ship, bringing the total to 204 vessels. Based on Xiao Yu’s previously demonstrated combat capabilities, this fleet was more than enough to overwhelm the 100 enemy ships and their orbital weapons defending the planet. Furthermore, at their home base, with their forces suppressed by Xiao Yu, how could they fend off the nuclear missiles Xiao Yu might launch? Xiao Yu was confident that the devastating lesson inflicted by his earlier nuclear strikes had not been forgotten by the enemy. As expected, the sudden appearance of 100 additional ships caused visible panic among the enemy fleet on the main battlefield. Mistakes in evasive maneuvers, defensive actions, and attacks allowed Xiao Yu to exploit their errors, taking down three more ships. Faced with the threat of having their base completely annihilated, no one could remain calm. Xiao Yu observed an alien County-Class ship leading 80 smaller vessels in an emergency launch from the planet. Simultaneously, around 100 ships on the main battlefield began disregarding basic battlefield survival rules, urgently regrouping under the command of another County-Class vessel and heading back to reinforce their planet. Naturally, Xiao Yu wouldn’t allow them to retreat so easily. Even if this was just a performance, it needed to look convincing. He commanded his ships to pursue relentlessly, pouring firepower onto the retreating fleet. After destroying another 20 enemy ships, Xiao Yu finally gave up the chase under the fierce assault of the enemy flagship’s prototype energy weapon. The current battlefield situation was as follows: Xiao Yu’s side had 300 small ships and The Tianyuan remaining. The enemy had just over 100 ships left, including their flagship. The scales of victory on the main battlefield were tipping in Xiao Yu’s favor. Despite the enemy’s superior ship performance and the terrifying power of their prototype energy weapon, their numbers were now only one-third of Xiao Yu’s fleet. Xiao Yu had begun to suppress the enemy on the main battlefield. However, this advantage was a result of Xiao Yu’s cunning deceit. Once the reinforcements near the alien planet engaged with Xiao Yu’s Voyager-led fleet, the ruse would be exposed. Against the high-rate machine guns, the decoy ships were barely stronger than paper. “Not yet. Stay calm, stay focused...” Xiao Yu muttered as he closely monitored the battlefield. The enemy flagship remained as formidable as ever. Its devastating energy cannon obliterated one of Xiao Yu’s ships with every shot. Under the relentless barrage, Xiao Yu pushed his unparalleled precision to its limits, exploiting every enemy mistake to destroy their ships one by one. “The Voyager is three minutes away from intercepting the retreating reinforcements... Two and a half minutes from the planetary defense fleet... Good. The timing is right. Flagship sniping plan—commence!” Xiao Yu issued his command via radio waves. On the main battlefield, half of his ships broke off from their engagements and began converging on The Tianyuan. The remaining ships unleashed their firepower without restraint, ignoring damage and ammunition consumption as they targeted the enemy ships left behind. In the chaos of the battlefield, Xiao Yu’s precision-guided strategy was unfolding seamlessly. Of the enemy’s remaining 100 ships, at least 80 were pinned down by half of Xiao Yu’s forces. Meanwhile, 150 ships, led by The Tianyuan, rapidly closed in on the enemy flagship. Victory or defeat would be decided in this moment! Xiao Yu planned to use 150 ships and The Tianyuan to bring down the enemy flagship. The alien flagship’s cannon glowed intensely, blue electric arcs crisscrossing its surface. As the glow reached its peak, the energy cannon fired, its target: The Tianyuan. This time, Xiao Yu didn’t use nearby ships as sacrificial shields. Instead, The Tianyuan took the full brunt of the attack. The blast created a ten-meter-wide hole in The Tianyuan. Fortunately, Xiao Yu’s ships lacked the cumbersome, space-consuming life support systems typical of crewed vessels. The modular construction of the ship meant that this level of damage was within acceptable limits. “An eye for an eye,” Xiao Yu murmured. “Let’s see how you handle this!” At that moment, 150 ships and the still-combat-capable Tianyuan unleashed their fury. High-rate machine guns, powered by immense electromagnetic forces, accelerated bullets to incredible speeds, which then raced toward the alien flagship. Simultaneously, hundreds of micro-missiles were launched, and the laser cannons and laser guns on all ships fired in unison. Through a series of deceptions and calculated sacrifices, including the potential loss of The Voyager, Xiao Yu had managed to create a localized firepower advantage, even while the overall situation remained unfavorable. Near the alien planet, The Voyager had engaged the enemy fleet head-on. This confrontation immediately exposed the nature of Xiao Yu’s decoy strategy. The 100 hollow ships, utterly defenseless with their paper-thin hulls, were quickly obliterated. A single stray bullet could pierce these decoys, rendering them utterly useless aside from their shock value. By the end of the first exchange, all 100 decoy ships were destroyed. The lack of any significant explosions during their destruction—due to their minimal fuel reserves—only confirmed the enemy’s suspicions. Xiao Yu was certain that, at this moment, even the dullest enemy commander would have realized they were ensnared in a trap. And given the unfolding events on the main battlefield, they would undoubtedly deduce Xiao Yu’s true target: their flagship. As expected, the reinforcements sent to the alien planet—over 100 ships—immediately reversed course. “No chance I’m letting you escape now!” Xiao Yu snarled, maneuvering The Voyager and the remaining 80 ships to intercept and harry the retreating fleet. In this sector, Xiao Yu’s force consisted of 80 small ships and a single County-Class ship, The Voyager. The enemy, however, fielded two County-Class ships and 200 smaller vessels—an overwhelming advantage. “The Voyager and these 80 ships can only hold them off for five minutes... Including their return time, that gives me just ten minutes!” Xiao Yu had gambled an entire County-Class ship and 100 smaller ships to buy these ten critical minutes. In that window, Xiao Yu would unleash his forces on the enemy flagship. Leading The Tianyuan and 150 smaller ships, he intended to destroy the flagship at all costs. Failure would severely jeopardize the subsequent “civilization extermination plan.” “Come on... Come on...” Xiao Yu muttered, as his forces on the main battlefield surged toward the enemy flagship in a furious assault. The battle had reached its boiling point. At the trap site, The Voyager and its fleet were being slaughtered. On the main battlefield, Xiao Yu’s diversionary ships were fighting with suicidal fervor to pin down the enemy fleet, while the 150 ships tasked with sniping the flagship unleashed every ounce of their firepower. The attacking fleet fired tens of thousands of bullets per second, each relying on immense kinetic energy to batter the enemy flagship’s armor. Hundreds of laser cannons burned through their fuel reserves, converting it into energy that scorched the enemy hull. Thousands of micro-missiles, like swarms of bloodthirsty leeches, braved the storm of enemy fire to explode near the flagship, unleashing countless high-velocity shrapnel fragments in a rain of destruction. Xiao Yu had committed every offensive tactic and resource at his disposal. Were it not for the need to safeguard The Solar, he would have sent his flagship into the fray as well. The enemy flagship responded with unrelenting ferocity. Its arsenal erupted in a blaze of destruction—its energy cannon, though slow to recharge, dealt devastating blows, while its high-powered laser cannons and hundreds of electromagnetic machine guns fired incessantly. The battlefield was a nightmarish meat grinder. Every second saw ships reduced to fiery debris, and the resulting wreckage—mixed with stray projectiles—created indiscriminate carnage. Amid this chaos, Xiao Yu received a grim report. “The Voyager is gone.” At the trap site, The Voyager and its accompanying fleet had been annihilated. For the first time since leaving the Solar System, Xiao Yu had lost a County-Class ship. Now, at least one alien County-Class ship, accompanied by over 100 smaller ships, was speeding toward the main battlefield to support their flagship. They would arrive in four minutes. “My time is down to four minutes? More than enough!” Xiao Yu roared internally. “The Voyager cannot have died in vain!” Xiao Yu doubled down on his assault. The Tianyuan and the 150 remaining ships poured everything they had into the enemy flagship. The void of space was filled with streaking bullets, blazing lasers, and erupting explosions as every weapon fired relentlessly. Victory or defeat now hinged on whether Xiao Yu’s plan to destroy the flagship could succeed within the fleeting minutes left.

Chapter 46: The Death of The Voyager

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