As the Sun River Empire's fleet retreated, the situation on the battlefield changed drastically.
The Alliance, which had been suppressed, launched an all-out counterattack. Without the support of the dynasty, the level-90 civilizations were no match for the Alliance.
A one-sided battle had begun!
At the same time, behind the Super Star Clusters controlled by the dynasty, the battle was also very intense.
However, this was different from the early days when the Empire was unprepared and unilaterally suppressed them.
As more and more fleets retreated from the frontline, the pressure on the Federation's fleet increased.
However, Lin Fan was not in a hurry to deal with such a situation. He continued to let the fleet withstand the pressure and attract more dynasty fleets to return, creating an opportunity for the Alliance's army at the frontline.
The Grinstead Super Star Cluster was the headquarters of the dynasty's army.
The Federation's Fearless fleet was in charge of the offensive here. There were only five billion battleships, while the dynasty's fleet had reached two hundred billion, and it was still increasing as time passed.
However, the difference of forty times made it impossible for the dynasty to deal with the Federation's fleet.
The Exile Ray, which had a range of over 100 AU, was an unbeatable existence. Every attack could destroy at least a dozen dynasty battleships.
Black holes formed one after another, sucking in the surrounding battleships and disappearing.
Even the Sun River Empire, a super civilization, had never seen such an attack method.
However, no matter how unbeatable it was, they had to charge forward, even if it meant sacrificing lives!
If they could not even defend this little bit of supplies, even if the surrounding subsidiary civilizations started transporting supplies immediately, the army would not be able to hold on until they arrived.
"Commander Gloucester, we can't let the conventional fleet go. This is simply suicide!"
In the bridge, the adjutant held the casualty statistics and advised Gloucester.
If they could use human lives to fill the gap and eventually rush up, then so be it.
However, what was the situation now?
The other party could hit them, and all their defensive methods were completely ineffective. The dynasty's fleet could not attack the other party at all.
If this was not a one-sided slaughter, what was it?
"No, we don't have many supply bases left, but they are all behind the defense line. If we give up the defense line now, have you thought about the consequences?"
"Before the Burning Sun Fleet returns, we are not allowed to retreat even if we have to pay billions of warships for it!"
It wasn't that Gloucester didn't know that his fleet was being slaughtered, but the defensive line that he had painstakingly built was the last remaining supply depot for his army.
If these were also gone, the entire dynasty army would be finished in just a few days without waiting for the subsidiary civilizations to send over their resources!
"Commander, the Scorching Sun Fleet is back. They will arrive at the battlefield in five minutes!"
"Good, that's great!"
After hearing the report from the communications officer, Gloucester was overjoyed.
This was indeed good news. Although the weapon used by the enemy was unfathomable, according to the analysis of the experts under his command, it was very likely to be an advanced application of the black cavity channel.
In other words, a one-way and unprotected door was directly opened, and the warship was directly sucked into the black cavity.
After all, when the black cavity channel was opened, a tunnel-like passage would be formed in the black cavity space between two points, so the warship passing through would not be corroded by the environment of the black cavity.
However, the Federation's Banishing Ray was different. It only opened a door, and outside the door was like a cliff. As long as one took a step out, they would fall directly into the abyss.
It was precisely because of this that the existing defensive measures were useless. The Banishing Ray itself wasn't an attack on the battleship. Instead, it used the natural pulling force of the black cavity to drag all the nearby matter into it.
The only thing that could resist this pulling force was the Black Cavity Armor that was also filled with Black Cavity Particles.
However, as the dynasty's black cavity armor technology was not mature yet, and the density of its coverage was very small, it was still unknown how much of a defensive effect it could provide.
However, according to the experts' optimistic guess, it should be able to resist 70% of the pulling force, and the remaining 30% could be offset by the warship's own power.
In short, regardless of whether this guess was reliable or not, the Scorching Sun Fleet was Gloucester's last chance.
A few minutes later, when the three billion Sun-class warships arrived, they immediately launched an attack on the Federation's fleet under Gloucester's command.
The rest of the regular fleets, under the leadership of the Scorching Sun Fleet, began to advance again.
Soon, in less than a few seconds, a new wave of attacks arrived. A large number of black holes appeared in the void again, and there were as many as a billion of them.
However, unlike before, the pulling force from the black cavity space seemed to be much weaker this time. In addition, the Empire's Scorching Sun Warships had adjusted their power to the maximum.
Although they could still pull the warships, it was very slow. After more than ten seconds, before the warships could be dragged in, the black holes began to gradually disappear.
This time, the tragedy of the previous attack did not occur. Most of the Scorching Sun Warships withstood the attack, except for a small number of warships that happened to be at the entrance and were directly sucked in.
"It's effective. Order the Scorching Sun Fleet to disrupt the enemy's formation at all costs. The regular fleets will arrive soon!"
"Yes, Commander!"
After witnessing the Federation's attack, Gloucester's confidence was greatly boosted. As long as the Scorching Sun Fleet could charge in, he was confident that he could take down the enemy's fleet.
However …
In the flagship bridge of the Federation's Fearless Fleet's Third Attack Group.
"Reporting to the commander, the enemy has sent a new fleet. Our attack just now had very little effect. According to the analysis, it should be the Sun Fleet of the Sun River Empire, which is using the prototype of the black cavity armor technology."
"Understood. Proceed according to the second phase of the battle. Once the coordinates are locked, open the black cavity tunnel immediately!"
Hearing this news, the commander of the Third Attack Group, Calore, was not in a hurry. He immediately gave the order.
"Yes, Commander!"
At the same time, the Empire also noticed the unusual movement of the Federation's fleet.
"Commander Gloucester, the enemy has not launched a new attack for a minute. According to our observation, the enemy fleet is retracting their formation."
"Retracting their formation? What are they doing?"
"Commander, according to the analysis of their behavior, it is very likely that they are retreating!"
"Inform the fleet. If the enemy wants to run, let them go. We won't be able to catch them. Moreover, ensuring the safety of our supplies is the most important thing right now!"
"Yes, Commander!"