Smoking Uncle was expected to retort, but he instead fell silent, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"As for the main attack mission, my fleet will be responsible for it. Your two fleets will each be responsible for attracting and holding back two groups of Mechanical Clan Interstellar Fleets, while Serena Frost's T2 starship will cover the fleet formation and provide support to the battlefield when necessary," Zachary Chase stated his idea.
"Won't this… be a bit too risky…?" the Leather Jacket Woman asked worriedly.
Smoking Uncle, however, stared directly at Zachary: "Kid, how confident are you?!"
"If your two fleets don't mess up and can delay them for at least half an hour, then I'll be 100% confident. The shorter the time, the lower the chances of victory," Zachary said.
"Half an hour…" Smoking Uncle muttered, and then he straightforwardly said, "Alright, we'll go with your plan."
Zachary was surprised; the uncle actually agreed. However, this made Zachary feel much more relaxed, saving him the trouble of arguing. Although Zachary had a way to deal with this Mechanical Clan Interstellar Fleet even without the help of these two fleets, the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet might have to pay a considerable price. Then his mission would not be worth the effort.
That's right! Just when the Mechanical Clan Interstellar Fleet appeared, the system issued a mission to Zachary. It was also because of this mission that Zachary formulated such a tactical plan focused on protecting the Interstellar Fleet.
[Mission Content: Escort Interstellar Transport Ship Fleet
Mission Difficulty: B-class
Mission Reward: 20 mission points and 5000 system points
Additional Mission: Preserve as many T1 Interstellar Transport Ships as possible (300/300)
Mission Penalty: Deduct 5000 system points]
There was an additional mission to preserve three hundred T1 Interstellar Transport Ships, which likely meant the more T1 Interstellar Transport Ships survived, the more rewards there would be.
After allocating the combat missions, Zachary's side also began preparing to hunt his first prey.
Secretary Lilith had already prepared the relevant data pages next to him. One main data page and two sub-data pages. The main data page was for the Little Dragon Fleet's battlefield. The other two sub-data pages were for the Leather Jacket Woman's and Smoking Uncle's fleet battlefields, recording their respective fleet starships and the opponents they would face.
"According to the data retrieved from the database, the enemy's thirty interstellar warships consist of twenty-one T2 Mechanical Sentry-class Medium Interstellar Frigates, six T2 Mechanical Hound-class Medium Interstellar Destroyers, and three T2 Wolverine-class Medium Interstellar Cruisers," Lilith quickly pulled up the data for these three starships. There were also image data and holographic projections of the three starships.
All three starships adopted a strong mechanical style, with their hulls entirely painted in black iron—a unique style of Mechanical Clan interstellar warships. They were very rugged, devoid of any artistic style; everything was for higher efficiency.
"That means we will be dealing with seven T2 Mechanical Sentry-class Medium Interstellar Frigates, two T2 Mechanical Hound-class Medium Interstellar Destroyers, and one T2 Wolverine-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser," Zachary stared intently at his battlefield.
His side had one T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship and five T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigates. Six T2 starships versus ten T2 starships. They were at a numerical disadvantage.
Zachary pondered for a moment, then decisively gave the order: "T2 Bee Queen, move out of the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet formation and form a triangular combat formation with the five T2 Black Rhinos."
"Understood," Lilith immediately relayed the order.
The T2 Bee Queen moved out of the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet formation. This action was noticed by the fleet commanders on the other two battlefields.
"My God, this kid actually moved his Aircraft Carrier Starship out! Doesn't he know that an Aircraft Carrier Starship should be as far away from the battlefield as possible? Among the Interstellar Transport Ships, at least there could be more 'cover'," Smoking Uncle grumbled.
The Leather Jacket Woman stared at the star map, her expression grim.
T2 Hyena-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer · Bridge
Serena Frost stood at the front of the captain's chair; due to the insufficient Bridge crew, she had to take on three roles herself, so she naturally couldn't sit in the captain's chair as 'leisurely' as Zachary.
Lily Liu exclaimed beside her, "Student Zachary, why did he move the Aircraft Carrier Starship out… This… the enemy will definitely attack his Aircraft Carrier Starship first!"
Then she whispered, "Speaking of which, I haven't figured it out these past few days. Where did he get this Aircraft Carrier Starship? I've never heard of him having such an Aircraft Carrier Starship at the academy before."
During this escort mission, the Aircraft Carrier Starship that Zachary possessed surprised the crew on Serena's starship, and they were all curious about where Zachary had acquired this Aircraft Carrier Starship.
Serena stared at the cursor representing Zachary's Aircraft Carrier Starship on the starship radar and said seriously: "Zachary wants to lure the enemy deeper. His advantage lies in those T2 Black Rhinos; I've watched his combat video from the academy. The advantage of this T2 Black Rhino is its terrifying hull armor strength, but its firepower configuration is lacking. If it keeps chasing enemy starships, it can easily be kited by the enemy. Now, using that T2 Carrier Starship as bait, the enemy's interstellar warships will surely swarm in to attack. And once the enemy starships close in, the T2 Black Rhino can utilize its short-range close-quarters combat ability!"
Lily covered her mouth: "This… this is too crazy. Using his own flagship… and an Aircraft Carrier Starship… as bait… What if…"
"On the battlefield, one must take some risks and pay some price!" Serena clenched her fist; this was something she had just learned.
As expected, the ten Mechanical Clan interstellar warships immediately accelerated after discovering the enemy's Aircraft Carrier Starship, their target directly aimed at that T2 Carrier Starship!
T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship · Bridge
Zachary raised his hand, pointing at the cursor representing the T2 Wolverine-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser. "When I give the order, we'll eliminate this Interstellar Cruiser first. Its speed is faster than an Interstellar Frigate, and its firepower is stronger than an Interstellar Frigate, so we cannot let it live."
The captains of the five T2 Black Rhinos were all waiting for the commander's order at this moment. Just like five leashed beasts.
And the Mechanical Clan interstellar warships on the opposite side were completely unaware of what they were about to face.
Soon, both fleets entered firing range, and the Mechanical Clan interstellar warships opened fire first.
The five T2 Black Rhinos at this moment were like ordinary Interstellar Frigates, forming a defensive line in front of the T2 Bee Queen, with their CIWS constantly intercepting the enemy's attacks.
Soon, the hulls of the five T2 Black Rhinos were hit. However, a single laser main cannon shot from the T2 Wolverine-class Medium Interstellar Cruiser only left a scar a few tens of centimeters long on the T2 Black Rhino's hull armor.
"Attack!" Zachary's deep voice echoed in the ears of the five T2 Black Rhino Bridge captains.
At the same time, the five 'beasts' charged toward the enemy starships, braving their gunfire!