Chapter 173 Awkward Situation

As Xue Shaopeng's reconnaissance fleet retreated, the chaotic battlefield finally quieted down.

Qi Yiming counted his losses.

Luckily, only a dozen destroyers suffered some losses.

With the repair of Xuefeng, they can continue to fight.

But the next battle will not be so easy.

Qi Yiming was not happy when he thought that there were more than a dozen electronic warfare warships in the main force of the enemy.

Although the Commercial Alliance has a little deviation from the technology tree of electromagnetic suppression, pursuing a combat method of great power and miracles, in the battle, not only will the enemy be subjected to extremely strong electromagnetic suppression, but they themselves will also be disturbed to a certain extent.

But in the final analysis, the initiative of the battlefield is still in the hands of the opponent. They can stop the electromagnetic suppression at any time according to their actual situation, take advantage of the gap between the electromagnetic suppression and attack, and then launch the electromagnetic suppression again.

From this point of view, the fleet of the Commercial Alliance is already in an extremely advantageous position.

For Qi Yiming, the short-distance jump battle used to deal with the reconnaissance fleet will not play any role at all when facing a large-scale fleet battle.

Even if the Xuefeng was strong, it was impossible for it to withstand the concentrated fire attack of thousands of warships to sink an electronic warfare warship, not to mention that the reinforcement fleet of the Commercial Alliance had more than one electronic warfare warship.

Just when Qi Yiming was at a loss, Xue Shaopeng led the defeated reconnaissance fleet to reunite with the main fleet.

Xue Shaopeng stood trembling in front of Zhou Can, the commander of the reinforcement fleet, waiting for punishment.

Zhou Can tapped the armrest of the captain's chair with his fingers, and glanced at Xue Shaopeng who was trembling intentionally or unintentionally: "Tell me, since it is a reconnaissance mission, you can't be defeated without seeing anything, right?"

In order to reduce his guilt, Xue Shaopeng exaggerated the situation he encountered, which made Zhou Can frown.

"So, the combat power of the Xuefeng is really strong? The destruction of the second fleet was really done by the Xuefeng alone?" Zhou Can looked a little unfriendly.

Xue Shaopeng's description of the Xuefeng's combat power was too fantastic, so he had to cut it in half before making an assessment.

But even if the combat intelligence Xue Shaopeng brought back was cut in half, it sounded like Xue Shaopeng was trying to excuse himself.

Xue Shaopeng heard Zhou Can's bad tone and immediately added: "Captain, the Xuefeng did perform a short-distance precision jump, and my adjutant and other captains can testify to that."

Looking at Xue Shaopeng's sincere expression, Zhou Can finally nodded: "Since it is a reconnaissance mission, it is inevitable that unpredictable things will occur."

Hearing this, Xue Shaopeng thought Zhou Can intended to let him go and let him make meritorious contributions.

But Zhou Can continued, "But because you were impulsive and led the fleet to launch a meaningless attack, causing certain casualties, you must now hand over your gun and return to your warship to wait for the military court's investigation. Before that, your direct fleet must not participate in the next action."

When Xue Shaopeng heard that he would be handed over to the military court, his legs softened and he almost collapsed on the ground. He knew that as long as he went to the military court, his military career would be over.

The better ones would take off their military uniforms and retire on the spot, while those with less luck might have to stay in the prison for a few years before they could go home.

However, these had nothing to do with Zhou Can. Now that he knew another new skill of the Xuefeng, he had to pay special attention to protecting the dozen electronic warfare warships assigned to him by the alliance.

Since the Xuefeng jumped to the center of the reconnaissance fleet at the risk of being sunk, it meant that the electronic warfare warships had suppressed the Xuefeng.

But he also knew that the short-range jump combat of the Xuefeng could only be used in a small fleet, and it was not a wise move to use this method in the face of a large number of interstellar fleets.

Therefore, Zhou Can was not worried that Xuefeng would use this trick when fighting against his main fleet. What he was worried about was Xuefeng's ever-changing combat methods.

When fighting against the Second Fleet, Xuefeng used electromagnetic suppression, combined with her own impressive attack power. Although she narrowly defeated the Second Fleet, she eventually completely removed the Second Fleet from the alliance's military sequence.

If Xuefeng did something new when fighting against him, the Ninth Fleet might follow the old path of the Second Fleet.

"Ancient warships... can ancient warships be so unethical? They can change as they want on the battlefield?" Zhou Can's head hurt from thinking about it, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

As the defender, Qi Yiming was also cursing the warship designer of the Commercial Alliance at this time. How could he come up with such a perverted design, which increased the power of electromagnetic suppression by several orders of magnitude, and suddenly put Qi Yiming in a dilemma.

Qi Yiming couldn't think of a good way to deal with it for a while, but Qiao Shan said, "Since the Xuefeng can't deal with those special warships, I wonder if my Azure can withstand the enemy's bombardment?"

The energy shield of the Azure can be said to have the strongest defensive capability among all the warships at present. If the Azure was not just a frigate, the maximum attack intensity that the energy shield could withstand was too low, and it could fully perform the assault mission, rushing into the enemy camp alone to calmly kill those special warships, and then return to its own fleet in style.

Qi Yiming shook his head helplessly: "The strength of the Azure's energy shield is too low, and it can't withstand too many attacks at all."

Hearing Qi Yiming's explanation, Qiao Shan's eyes dimmed: "It would be great if the Lightning could be temporarily combined with the Azure, so that the shield strength of the Azure could be greatly improved, and it might be able to withstand the intensive attacks of the enemy."

Hearing Qiao Shan say this, Qi Yiming suddenly became energetic.

The strength of the Azure's energy shield is essentially determined by the energy supply speed of the warship's energy supply system to the shield generator. The faster the energy supply speed, the higher the shield strength.

The Lightning can just improve the energy supply speed of the warship, but the Lightning belongs to the armored protection system of the strategic strike fleet and cannot be combined with the Azure.

But can a living person be suffocated to death by that urine? The designers at the time only said that the warships of the two systems cannot be combined. Did they say that the warship equipment of the two systems cannot be replaced?

As long as the energy supply system of the Lightning can be connected to the Azure, the shield strength of the Azure can also be improved.

The simplest way to connect the two warships together is to combine the Lightning and the Redemption, and then follow the Azure and use the energy transmission equipment on the Redemption to transmit the energy of the Lightning to the Azure uninterruptedly.

But the problem is that if the energy shield strength of the Azure is increased, the Lightning and the Redemption will have to follow the Azure and be beaten, which is definitely not a good idea.

"Why don't we remove the energy supply module inside the Lightning and install it on the Azure? Wouldn't this also improve the energy shield strength of the Azure?" Wang Sen's words hit Qi Yiming's forehead like a heavy hammer.