Mission Accomplished

The hide-and-seek chase has lasted for more than fifteen minutes, and the Vortans fleet has finally escaped the range of the 1st Mixed Fleet of the Ninety-Fifth Fleet Battalion's firing range.

The Vortan's warship performance is much better than that of the Federation, even after the technological and industrial revolution in the past years. If not for the asteroids, the 1st mixed fleet of the ninety-fifth battalion couldn't have wiped out half of their fleet easily; even with a good strategy.

After retreating from the firing range of the 1st mixed feet, Kush sighed in relief even though he couldn't get rid of the bad premonition he is feeling.

"Report the damage" He ordered.

"Commander, we lost a total of 98 warships, including 3 Battleships, 5 Reconnaissance Ships, 10 Carriers, 8 Cruisers, 28 Destroyers, and 40 Frigates!"

"All the 10 Carriers are gone?" He couldn't help but ask to confirm again.

"Yes! Commander"

His heart bleeding. The bad premonition he was feeling keeps weighing down his neck. He felt that there is something unusual, under normal circumstances; carriers wouldn't have a 100% damage rate.

Kush's face fell, not knowing the purpose of his enemy for doing this because, in an ambush; the enemy would prioritize other warships first instead of carriers since they're nonlethal in long distances.

Fifteen minutes later.

"Commander Kush, we're about to enter the Kuiper belt, we're about to reach the end of the milky way"

(A/N: This is not the same Küiper belt that begins at the orbit of Neptune).

However, before Kush could continue basking in his joy of escaping with the prince's life out of danger when an abnormal change occurred when the fleet passed through a group of asteroids.

.....

Thirty minutes earlier.

"Adjutant Chen, assign 5000 mecha to install earth-penetrating nuclear bombs on dozens of asteroids in the Kuiper belt". Ethan commanded

"Yes! Commander".

He made the mecha unit install earth-penetrating nuclear bombs on dozens of asteroids on one coordinate!

This weapon should have been used to attack the surface of the planet, not in space.

It's because there is no air in space, the lethality of nuclear bombs will be much smaller, and they will not pose much threat to warships unless they are detonated very close to warships to have an effect.

Looking at the tactical panel, Chen Xue calculated it a bit, 'Huh? The location of the nuclear bombs is in the middle of the route of the Vortans Fleet retreat'.

'Wait, earth-penetrating nuclear bombs? Buried in asteroids? The fact that it is estimated that the fleet of the Vortans will arrive at the location of these asteroids in 30 minutes.

Chen Xue who just realized things opened her eyes wide in shock looking at Ethan.

.....

Back to the present, on the bridge of "Breaking Dawn"; the flagship of the 1st mixed feet of the ninety-fifth fleet battalion.

"Reporting, the enemy will arrive at the nuclear bomb site in one minute."

"Very good, set the detonation time of the bombs to 1 minute."

"Understood!"

This nuclear bomb has energy and a super drill that can drill to the core of a planet and then detonate itself.

But this type of nuclear bomb has not been used by humans so far.

After receiving the order, the bombs that were previously set up by the 5000 mecha began to drill into the asteroids.

One minute later, the fleet of the Vortans just arrived between the dozen of asteroids.

The bombs also detonated inside the asteroids at the same time.

A dozen of lights flashed and a dozen asteroids were blown into countless fragments of various sizes.

The Vortans immediately suffered the effects of the detonation. Their path was covered with asteroid fragments, and it was impossible to navigate normally.

Seeing this, Kush had to order the fleet to slow down and even stop quickly, but even so, dozens of their ships still crashed into fragments and were damaged, some destroyed from the direct impact.

In the chaotic environment full of fragments, the Ochs Empire Fleet was unable to move, but the mecha unit can. With their small size and high mobility.

"Let the 5000 mechas attack and wipe out the enemy completely" Ethan ordered.

"Yes! Commander".

What greeted Kush and his fleet was massacre and devastation in its awakening.

He watched as the warships around him were continuously destroyed by the enemy's mechas. At this moment, Kush closed his eyes. He knew that he had no chance!

Such a clever tactic… truly the descendant of that person.

"Escort the fifth Prince to the evacuation pod, immediately ". He ordered while turning his back to the fifth Prince.

He can die here but as for the fifth Prince, even though he is an incompetent person, he is still a member of the royal family after all, he absolutely cannot die here.

A few minutes later, the last warship of the Vortans was wiped out which marked the end of the battle.

"Adjutant Chen, report the battle results!"

"Yes, in this battle, a total of 206 warships of the Vortans were destroyed. Our warships were not damaged. Among the mech units, we lost 528 of them; 218 successfully ejected and escaped while the others couldn't make it".

"Sweep the battlefield immediately, search and rescue all the surviving pilots. As for the pilots that failed to eject… search according to their final location and try to find their bodies, and take them back!"

"Yes Sir, I will arrange it right away."

"After all arrangements are made, send the battle report to Odeus Base!"

"Roger!"

An hour later, Adjutant Chen reported the casualties to Ethan. Among the 218 pilots who had successfully ejected, 185 of them were successfully rescued, and as for the rest of the 148 people, they were able to recover their remains.

Ten minutes later.

"Commander, when we were cleaning the battlefield, we also found an Evacuation Pod of the Vortans, which had been captured by the mecha units. There was only one person inside. The other party claimed to be the Fifth Prince of the Vortans.

"Lock him up as a prisoner of war, and then hand him over to the Admiral when we return!"

"If everything else is fine, let the fleet set off and return to Planet Odeus!"

"Yes!".

After the final results were counted, Adjutant Chen compiled a detailed report on the way back and sent it to the Planet Odeus Base.