The first time the warp navigation ended was on the seventh day after the fleet departed, and everything was normal.
After the T1 starships had rested, the fleet once again entered the second warp navigation state.
But this time, Zachary Chase and the others were not woken up on the preset fourteenth day, but were awakened by the starship's system warning sound.
"Warning! Warning! Warning! A warp jammer has been detected on the warp navigation route. The starship will exit warp navigation synchronously! All starship personnel, please return to combat stations immediately!"
"Warning! Warning! Warning! On the warp navigation route… Return to combat stations immediately!"
"Warning…"
Zachary woke up immediately. The entire Bridge was emitting dazzling red light, and his ears were filled with the mechanical female voice's warnings.
Zachary immediately walked out of the hibernation pod.
"Cough, cough…" Lilith stumbled out of the hibernation pod. Waking up in such an emergency situation required a little time for Lilith's body to adapt, but it was only a few seconds.
"Lilith, immediately have all personnel of our fleet enter combat stations within three minutes, and all starships enter Level 1 combat readiness! At the same time, the T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship immediately deploys all Interstellar Drones!" Zachary quickly gave the order.
"Yes!" Lilith immediately began to relay the commander's order.
At this moment, the flashing red light on the Bridge was also turned off by Zachary, and the piercing warning sound stopped.
The crew members returned to their combat stations one after another.
Zachary, on the other hand, was carefully observing the suspicious signals on the starship radar.
"Damn it, how can there be a warp jammer here!" The video window popped up directly, and the smoking uncle cursed.
The flagships of several fleets were integrated into a single Alliance Fleet command network, so the several fleet commanders could quickly conduct video communications, facilitating fleet communication.
And that warp jammer, as the name suggests, is similar to a road barrier. Once activated, it can form an interference field where warp navigation is impossible. Any warp-navigating starship whose preset trajectory is on this line will be forced to exit warp navigation state.
"Immediately release the Interstellar Frigates to scout the surroundings!" The leather jacket woman said with a serious expression, completely abandoning her usual flirtatious demeanor.
"No need to scout. The enemy has already appeared." Zachary's deep voice sounded, as suspicious energy signals first appeared on his starship radar. He synchronized this radar intelligence to other starships, including the smoking uncle, the leather jacket woman, and Serena Frost.
Serena immediately put these energy signals into the database for filtering and comparison. Until signals with the same frequency data appeared.
"It's the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships!" Serena exclaimed.
The other commanders also received the same data.
"Damn it, how did we run into the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships here!" The smoking uncle's face was grim.
"Should we retreat?" The leather jacket woman said in a deep voice.
"It's too late. The enemy came prepared. The Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships appearing on the starship radar are surrounding us from five different directions. We've been ambushed," Zachary said in a deep voice.
The smoking uncle dropped the cigarette from his mouth and said with a grim face, "Since we can't escape, then we can only fight! Tell us, how do you plan to fight!"
Zachary did not speak, continuing to stare at the starship radar, seemingly muttering something to himself.
"I knew this noble young master had no combat experience. The moment it came to real combat, he was scared out of his wits," the smoking uncle said scornfully.
The leather jacket woman gave Zachary a cold glance. Her previous attitude toward Zachary was also because he might be a rich young master, but she also knew that most rich young masters were all show and no substance on a real battlefield.
Serena opened her mouth, wanting to speak for Zachary. But she only had a single T2 starship and had almost no say here.
"Damn it, if you don't want to die, then listen to my orders. Immediately gather all combat starships together. We will first eliminate the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships from one direction, and then eliminate the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships from other directions!" The smoking uncle directly gave the order.
The leather jacket woman also expressed agreement.
Serena, however, said worriedly, "But in that case, a defensive gap will appear on the side of the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet, and if attacked by the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships, the losses will be heavy!"
"Little girl, this is a battlefield. It's not your academy or whatever. On the battlefield, you have to pay a certain price for victory, and those Interstellar Transport Ships are the price we must bear. If you don't want to die here, then do as I say!" The smoking uncle was truly ferocious at this moment. He scared Serena quite a bit.
"Just do as he says." The Third-Class Sergeant in charge of the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet also stood out at this moment, agreeing and saying, "I have already sent distress signals to Liusha City Interstellar Fortress and Northern Third Star System separately. The nearest interstellar fleet support will take at least 24 hours. As long as we can hold on for 24 hours…"
"What nonsense. Twenty-four hours? My starship will have been blown to smithereens long before then!" The smoking uncle complained.
The Third-Class Sergeant remained silent, because that was indeed the fact.
"No, I think we have a better way."
Zachary, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
"Little brat, if you want to live right now, don't speak!" The smoking uncle lit another cigarette for himself, saying aggressively.
Zachary, however, remained expressionless and said calmly, "Currently, the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships are divided into three groups, in different directions. I've designated them as Group One to Group Three. Each formation has ten interstellar warships—a total of thirty starships, all of them T2 starships!
"If we follow what you said, uncle, and concentrate our forces to attack the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships from one direction, won't the enemy also concentrate their forces to encircle and annihilate us? As long as two groups of the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships converge, that's twenty T2 starships, which is no small threat."
Relying on the advanced starship radar, Zachary had now allowed everyone to see the detailed coordinates of the enemy ships. In three directions, there were ten markers each, rushing toward the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet in the center at an extremely fast speed. Zachary had been waiting for this intelligence just now.
"What exactly do you want to say!" The smoking uncle frowned, very displeased that Zachary was disrupting his deployment plan.
"Instead of concentrating our forces in one place, I believe we should adopt a strategy of dividing our forces! We will use our weaker fleet to delay several groups of the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships, and then our stronger fleet will first eliminate one group of the Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships, and then support the other battlefields, finally annihilating all these Mechanical Clan's interstellar warships!"
Zachary pointed at the three dots on the starship radar, like a hunter staring at three prey.