The encirclement that cannot be escaped

The current battlefield was very strange.

Logically speaking, it should not be difficult to deal with Lin Fan's move. There were a few ways to choose from.

For example, they could increase the thickness of the central formation and let the main ships of the fleet gather in the center.

However, the problem was that the entire Ochs rebel fleet only controlled two main ships. The large number of cruisers, destroyers, and frigates could not resist the firepower of the main ships, let alone fight back.

Another way was that if the central formation could not stop the enemy's attack, they could take the initiative to split the fleet to the left and right and then turn to the center. As the enemy fleet in the center broke through, the two sides of the fleet would adjust the direction of the bow and in the end, bite the tail of the assault fleet.

There was also a problem here. The rebel fleet that was temporarily formed did not have efficient fleet coordination and did not have a brilliant commander.

Then, if they broke through, would it be a foregone conclusion that could not be reversed?

Actually, that was not the case. There were still many ways to deal with it.

The more common way was to let the fleet speed up because after the enemy broke through their formation, they would have to spend a certain amount of time to turn around if they wanted to attack from behind.

However, if they let their fleet move forward at full speed when the enemy broke through, by the time the enemy finished turning around, they would have long been out of the enemy's range.

However, the rebel fleet still missed this last chance because the commander of the rebel fleet was killed along with the two battlecruisers.

However, Lin Fan said that even if the commander was not killed, it would be useless because Lin Fan had left a lot of space mines along the way.

Therefore, there was a large area of space mines in front of the rebel fleet. If they tried to force their way through, they would lose at least half of their warships.

The rebel fleet that had fallen into panic gave Lin Fan time to directly spread out from behind to form a small semi-encirclement.

Although it was a semi-encirclement, because of the space mines in front of them, the rebel fleet could not move forward. At this moment, the semi-encirclement was equivalent to a full encirclement.

There were only two choices left for the rebel fleet.

Surrender, or make a slow turn in place.

However, would the rebel fleet of Ochs surrender? The commanders above were all loyal to the crown prince, so it was obviously impossible for them to surrender.

Therefore, there was only one choice left, which was to risk a large number of casualties and turn around to face the enemy.

After seeing the rebel army's choice, Lin Fan was overjoyed.

To Lin Fan, he didn't want these rebels to surrender. Otherwise, how could he complete his mission? Could it be that they had to wait for a few years before restarting? Or sneak out to violate the agreement and fight a few battles during the armistice?

It was obviously impossible, so this rebel fleet was Lin Fan's last chance to complete his mission.

"Is the mothership in place?"

"15 seconds left."

"Once you're in position, release all the drones from both sides. After that, all the mechas will attack!"

"Mothership in position, begin releasing drones …"

"Unmanned aerial vehicles have been released. Mecha troops, begin the attack!"

Although battleships were the natural enemies of mecha and fighter jets in close combat, they still had to face the mecha and fighter jets first. Otherwise, you could only wait for them to get close before you could use close combat weapons to attack.

Now, the Ochs rebel fleet was faced with a choice.

At this moment, the fleet was about to complete the turn, and Task Force 101's motherships were deployed on both sides of the encirclement, releasing all the drones and mechas.

So, should they choose to turn back to attack the drones and mechas, or should they ignore the drones and mechas and continue the turn to attack the battleships behind them?

Originally, the best way was to release the fighter jets to block the mechas and drones on both sides.

But there was a problem here. The rebel army originally only had ten motherships. Just now, when Task Force 101 broke through the center of the encirclement, they had already destroyed two. Within a few minutes of the turn, another five were destroyed. Now, there were only three left.

Of course, no matter what the rebel fleet chose, Lin Fan had a corresponding response.

However, in the next moment, Lin Fan only had one word to say about the rebel army's choice.

Stupid.

Why was it stupid? Because the rebel army directly released the 30,000 fighter jets on the three motherships and divided them into two teams to intercept the two sides.

After completing the turn, the rebel fleet formed an assault formation and attacked in the direction of Task Force 101's battlecruiser group.

One could imagine how much the rebel army wanted to destroy Lin Fan's flagship, even if it meant total annihilation.

"Hehe, Commander Adams, it looks like they're willing to sacrifice their entire army in order to kill you. They're really persistent!"

Lin Fan looked at the tactical panel, smiled, and said to himself.

"Give them the middle road, and then the two fleets converge in the middle! Change our encirclement from the front to the back. "

"Roger!"

Soon, a strange scene appeared. In coordination with the rebel fleet's assault, the middle of Task Force 101's encirclement suddenly retreated to the sides, and the two fleets that were originally on both sides moved closer to the middle and connected.

Therefore, the original semicircular encirclement from the front now became a U-shaped encirclement from the back.

Even the rebel army was a little confused. I only launched a surprise attack, and I even tore apart part of your encirclement.

How did you suddenly form a U-shaped encirclement from the sides and the back without me noticing?

This was completely unreasonable.

There were only a few dozen battleships left, and most of them were injured. After being surrounded again, there was no chance for them to escape.

Regardless of whether they wanted to escape or kill Lin Fan's flagship again, they no longer had the chance.

Ten minutes later, as the last rebel frigate was destroyed, the battle came to an end.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission: Destroy a total of 500 Ochs battleships. Energy shield technology reward."

Phew! It was finally completed.

With this technology, there would be a greater chance of a counterattack in a few years.

"Adjutant, order the fleet to clean up the battlefield and search for the bodies of our people! As for the battle damage data, report to me after the statistics! "

"Roger!"

While cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Fan opened the communication in the lounge.

"Commander Adams, it's done. Do you need us to escort you back, or do you need your people to arrange a ship to pick you up?"

"No need to trouble yourself. The ship to pick me up has already set off."

"Okay, then do as you wish. I'll let the fleet let you go!"

"Thank you very much!"

Both sides did not have much to say because everyone knew that once the Ninth Prince was returned in a few years, it would not end until the other side was completely eliminated.

"Commander, the preliminary battle damage report is out!"

"Read it!"

"In this battle, a total of 348 enemy battleships were destroyed. Our battleships lost two cruisers, five destroyers, and eleven frigates! The loss of mecha is 2,184 units! The loss of personnel is estimated to be around 5,000 people. The specific numbers will depend on how many people the mecha unit can save. "

"18 battleships, 5,000 casualties! I'm still far from enough. "

Lin Fan's sigh echoed in the spacious bridge.