Chapter 6: First Mission II

Not far away, inside the flagship of the Vortans.

"Commander, it has been three and a half hours. According to calculations, the enemy should have arrived long ago, but they still haven't appeared yet. To prevent any changes, let's withdraw!"

"Adjutant Kush, are you saying that my perfect tactic was seen through by the opponent? Don't you already know that the opponent has an undisciplined military and is sluggish? Or are you trying to teach me my job?".

"No! Commander" Adjutant Kush replied.

The Commander looked at his adjutant with disdain.

'I would have gotten rid of you with the military law, if not for that bastard called Lord Kree hiding in the shadows' The commander snorted, fuming inwardly.

The Adjutant shook his head helplessly. He knew exactly the opposite. 'That person named Ethan Kane once used 20,000 warships to destroy half of their 200,000 warships even though he was ambushed. Is that an undisciplined military? Is that sluggish? Are you kidding me? Unfortunately for us, he's that person's son'. He ranted in his mind.

Meanwhile, in the flagship of the Ninety-Fifth Battalion 1st mixed fleet "Breaking Dawn".

"Well then, let's get started, Adjutant Chen, you are responsible for allocating firepower and targets. Give priority to destroying the opponent's carriers."

"Roger!"

Not far behind the ambush point of the Vortans Fleet.

A fleet of more than two hundred warships quickly rushed out of a dense asteroid pile and directed a volley of fire toward the Vortans.

At the same moment, at the Flagship of the Vortans.

The Commander was sitting comfortably in the captain's seat, resting his head on the backrest.

Speaking of which, Commander Doren Vortan is a graduate of a prestigious school and he is the youngest son of the current Emperor of the Vortans, which makes him the 5th Prince. Graduated from the First Military Academy of the Vortans, and his grades are among the best, and he is deeply loved by the Emperor.

He also came to the front under the Emperor's order this time. To speak it nicely, it's for him to have a feel of the atmosphere of war, and to speak it ugly, it's to take credit.

That's why he's here.

After arriving at the Frontier, the proud Doren felt that it was necessary to lead a victory for his future.

He made the commander of the fleet he's currently commanding as his adjutant while he became the Commander.

"Reporting, a large number of warships appeared behind us!"

"What? Why are they behind us?"

Before anyone could respond, the Commander saw a raging flame of fire rising from the left side of the flagship through the observation window of the bridge.

A frigate was destroyed.

"Damn it, why don't you fight back, what are you doing?!"

When his word came out, the whole bridge fell into deathly silence.

'Is this our Commander? How could he utter such a statement even a novice could not? What the.....' the officers on the bridge started murmuring.

Realizing he had made a blunder, he was embarrassed; but he masked it as anger.

"Silence" he commanded.

"His Royal Highness, the opponent is behind us right now, and our main weapon can't attack the opponent!"

Adjutant Kush answered with helplessness and anger written all over his face, even forgetting to call him Commander.

"Then go forward, then turn to an arc and bite the other party's tail! Don't you understand such a tactic?"

This time, everyone on the bridge is even more speechless. All their warships are hiding behind asteroids. If they move forward aren't they collectively committing suicide?

Adjutant Kush..rather Commander Kush, can't stand it anymore at this time.

If the Fifth Prince continues to do this, the entire fleet will be wiped out.

"All fleets immediately turn to the left and retreat from the opponent's attack range!"

"Yes! Commander"

"Kush, you?!"

"His Royal Highness, you can punish me when we go back and do whatever you want. However, at present, I will command the fleet in escaping and bring you back to the rear of the frontier safely" Kush replied with an emotionless face.

"You...you, are you trying to rebel?!" the fifth prince visibly shaking with anger, pointing at Kush.

"No, I'm just trying to save your life and everyone else on this team from being wiped out because of your rash decisions and poor judgment".

When Kush said this, the proud fifth prince Doren was stunned. What does Kush mean?

Does it mean that he can't command? He won't be saved if he isn't the one commanding?

"Good, good, good, so you've grown wings uh?" the fifth prince muttered, a sharp glint flickering in his eyes.

Right now, Kush didn't care about the Fifth Prince anymore and continued to command the entire fleet for steering operations.

A warship is a huge monster. It's not easy to adjust its direction, especially when turning in place, it is necessary to use the numerous small engines on both sides of the battleship to control it.

.....

"Reporting, the enemy is turning to the left!"

"Order the fleet not to relax the firepower, especially at the carriers. Before the enemy escapes, all the carriers must be wiped out."

"Roger!"

Inside the "Breaking Dawn" Ethan was satisfied, as the enemy is moving the way he calculated.

Let's see if the 1st mixed fleet can get rid of all the enemy carriers before the opponent completes the turn and escapes.

According to the intelligence report, the opposing fleet has a total of 208 ships, including 10 carriers. At present, the attack has been going on for 1 minute and already destroyed 3 of them.

At this time, Kush's heart was dripping blood. These were his fleet, and they were being blasted one by one with no resistance right in front of him.

Three minutes passed and, 52 warships had been lost. Among them, the carriers suffered a particularly large loss. The 10 carriers lost 7.

"Reporting, the whole fleet has turned around!"

"Immediately advance at maximum speed and quickly retreat from the opponent's range!"

"Yes!"

Five minutes later, the Vortans fleet reached its maximum speed and began to retreat from the 1st mixed fleet firing range.