Chapter 4420

Under Balsa's command, the Void Zerg troops fought and retreated all the way, showing their sophistication in every movement.

For other commanders, facing such a difficult battle, I am afraid that they would have retreated long ago, but Zhou Yi was an exception.

Although Zhou Yi was suppressed by the opponent in the previous fight with Balsa, even the troops under his command paid a heavy price.

But in contrast, Zhou Yi also learned experience from Balsa in the process of fighting again and again.

From the current point of view, Zhou Yi should be the one who knows Balsa's command style and tactics best among the expeditionary forces.

Relying on this understanding, coupled with the advantages and dominance established by his trident tactics before, it is really not so easy for Balsa to easily get rid of Zhou Yi's pursuit.

Chasing and fleeing all the way, the loss of the reconnaissance troops in Balsa's hands continued to increase.

Just when it was about to be unbearable and ready to launch a counterattack, Zhou Yi, who was commanding the pursuit force, didn't know if he had sensed it. He saw that the pursuit fleet, which was maintaining the trident formation, retreated quickly and walked very simply. The slightest sloppy.

This caused Balsa to hold his breath up to his throat, almost choking himself.

It's not that Balsa didn't think about the idea of ​​chasing directly, but in the end he dismissed the idea and signaled the reconnaissance troops to withdraw just like that.

At the same time, I couldn't help muttering in a low voice...

"Cunning humans!"

At this moment, even Balsa himself didn't notice, it was the first time that there was such a trace of annoyance in its voice, which had always been calm and composed.

On the other side, after the pursuit fleet retreated smoothly, Zhou Yi exhaled a long breath, and the whole person just supported his forehead with one hand, and collapsed in his position in the command room.

And hand over the next work to the two deputy commanders.

The round of confrontation with the opposing commander just now was not easy for Zhou Yi.

As Balsa speculated earlier, if his trident tactic is to be successfully implemented, two elements must be met.

That is accurate intelligence information and sufficiently rapid and accurate judgment.

It goes without saying that the intelligence information was provided by the reconnaissance shuttle of the machine clan, but the judgment can only depend on himself.

But no matter what, this fight with the Zerg ended in their victory. At the same time, they temporarily repelled the reconnaissance troops from the Zerg side, ensuring the safety of their void base.

Although after this, many soldiers could not understand why Zhou Yi chose to withdraw his troops actively when he had the advantage and dominance, but this obviously did not prevent them from being excited about this long-lost victory.

This wave of Zhouyi not only completely stabilized the morale of one's own army at the critical moment, but even allowed the morale to start to rise.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, the two deputy commanders who have finished dealing with the post-war work at hand and began to habitually study and analyze the previous battles, after some thinking, they undoubtedly understand why Zhou Yi did this. Do.

They have to admit that at the beginning, when they heard Zhou Yi's retreat order, they were stunned for a moment, and they didn't react until after the battle.

Thinking about it now, Zhou Yi's timely retreat was definitely a wise choice.

What are they doing this time?

This is to stop the movement of the Zerg side's scouting forces, so that the location of their void base will not be revealed.

Under the circumstances at that time, their purpose had undoubtedly been achieved.

Not only has the goal been achieved, but also the morale of the army has been restored through this victory.

When the goal has been achieved, and it can even be said that the goal has been exceeded, it is undoubtedly a wise choice to accept it as soon as it is good.

After all, the longer the battle time, the more unstable factors there will be.

Assuming that Zhou Yi commanded the fleet and continued to hunt down, what if the Zerg on the other side suddenly gathered reinforcements to launch a counterattack?

You could still comfortably win a small victory, but once you fall into that situation, the result will be hard to say.

If you can still win, that would be great.

But the problem is that the troops on the opposite side surpass them. Once the follow-up reinforcements are counted, if the fight continues, the opponent's chances of winning will undoubtedly be greater than theirs.

At that time, even if you are evenly matched with the opponent, there is no way to restore the morale of the army, and if you lose, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of the army, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, in the case of ensuring victory, it is wise to let the matter come to an end as soon as possible, so as to firmly grasp the fruits of victory in your hands.

But don't think that this is really just a simple assumption. In fact, not only Zhou Yi, but even the two deputy commanders after careful consideration, can be 100% sure. At that time, the Zerg side definitely had Reinforcements are nearby.

That's right! It is 100% confirmed!

Among them, the most likely ones are the Void Centipede and Void Burrower.

Once this force is put into the battlefield, it will undoubtedly have a definite impact on the situation at that time.

As for the commander on the other side, the reason why they didn't do this was naturally because of their concerns.

For example, they don't know the size of the expeditionary force.

After the failure of the previous raid, the tactics of the expeditionary force had been changed to a harassment war. The troops were dispatched on a small scale, and they did not mobilize large troops at all.

It is impossible for the other party to know the strength of the current expeditionary army, so naturally it is impossible to know the advantage of their own strength, which is far greater than what they expected.

This is also one of the main purposes for Zhou Yi to mobilize small-scale troops to fight since then.

Under this premise, once they pull reinforcements into the arena, it would be okay if the expeditionary force is obediently defeated by them, but what if the opposite side also starts to pull reinforcements?

The two sides kept pulling in reinforcements, and with the continuous increase in the strength of the reinforcements, the original small-scale engagement was likely to directly evolve into a large-scale war.

Whether it's Balsa or Zhouyi, the commanders-in-chief of both sides obviously don't want to have a large-scale battle with the other side at this point in time.

So in the previous battles, they just relied on their own command ability to mobilize small-scale troops to fight and test each other non-stop there.

Under this premise, Zhou Yi's retreat order at that time was very accurate.

The reconnaissance troop sent by Balsa was not small. Even if it didn't want to engage in a large-scale battle with the expeditionary army, it didn't intend to allow the opponent to wipe out its reconnaissance troop.

Under the circumstances at that time, if Zhou Yi did not retreat and kept chasing and killing him, then Balsa would definitely make a move.

Even if it was a few seconds slower, Balsa might have given all the orders.

This is also the biggest reason why Balsa, who has always been calm and composed, showed a hint of annoyance after seeing the pursuit fleet retreating quickly.