A few seconds later, the imagined explosion and the loud bang after being hit by the hull did not appear. Instead, Lily Liu's surprised voice came from beside her ear.
"It's Student Zachary Chase's Aircraft Carrier Starship!"
Serena Frost opened her eyes, and through the images collected by the hull, she could see a T2 Carrier Starship positioned above her T2 Hyena. At the same time, a translucent Star Shield blocked the front of the two starships. The Mechanical Clan interstellar warships' attack only left a few ripples on the Star Shield.
Then, five T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigates leaped out, enduring the enemy Mechanical starships' artillery fire, and charged straight forward!
Beep, beep, beep, beep.
At this moment, Serena's handheld terminal vibrated a few times, and she tapped to open it. It was a message sent by Zachary. He told her starship to withdraw from the battlefield first, leaving this side to him, and finally reminded her if her communication system was broken.
"Is our communication system broken?"
Serena checked the communication system, and indeed, due to the continuous shelling just now, the communication system was currently in a faulty state. Even the starship radar system had problems. No wonder she hadn't received any alerts about Zachary's fleet's support.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo… Serena… You scared me to death… You scared me to death… I thought I was going to die just now! I haven't even had a boyfriend yet!" Lily suddenly started crying; her previously tense nerves finally relaxed at this moment.
Serena looked at Lily and the other crew members on the Bridge who seemed reborn, and a faint smile appeared on her usually cold face. She looked up at the Aircraft Carrier Starship, which appeared like a barrier above her starship in the display. An indescribable sense of security filled her heart.
"It's only been less than twenty minutes, and Zachary's battle is already over?" Serena curiously used a deep-space telescope to check the situation on the other battlefield, which Zachary's fleet was responsible for.
She saw an astonishing scene. In that cosmic battlefield, scattered starship wreckage could be seen—some shattered into pieces, some split in half, and some were lucky enough to retain the entire main frame of the hull, but the hull armor was covered in bomb marks, riddled with holes. None of the ten Mechanical Clan T2 interstellar warships survived. All were annihilated!
What terrifying combat power this was, with just one T2 Carrier Starship and five T2 Interstellar Frigates. After all, who has ever seen a T2 Carrier Starship with a Star Shield? A T2 Interstellar Frigate that dares to directly confront an Interstellar Battlecruiser?
"Where did Zachary get these monster starships from?" Serena couldn't help but mutter at this moment. From the earlier Blizzard Zero, which could reach 100 knots and was equipped with 1200mm giant cannons, then to the T2 Black Rhino, which became famous in the North Starship Military Academy by single-handedly challenging an Interstellar Battlecruiser of the same class, and now this T2 Carrier Starship with a Star Shield, whose name and model are unknown. This man… it seems he is no longer that noble young master who only studied for three years.
Perhaps because he was familiar with the Mechanical Clan interstellar warships' combat style, Zachary spent less than ten minutes in this wave to annihilate all ten of these Mechanical Clan interstellar warships! Serena, who witnessed all of this, and the crew members on Serena's Bridge were all dumbfounded—it was too shocking!
"Report, the second wave of Mechanical Clan interstellar warships has been eliminated. The T2 Bee Queen has consumed 67% of its ammunition and supplies, and the number of lost Interstellar Drones exceeds 30%! Star Shield energy remaining 41%, no damage to the hull."
Secretary Lilith promptly reported the fleet's situation from the side. After reporting the T2 Bee Queen's situation, she then brought up the status of the five T2 Black Rhinos.
Zachary Chase glanced at them. After two battles, although the five T2 Black Rhinos had some damage on their hulls, they were not significantly affected. The most severely damaged one only had its overall hull armor damage reach 37%, with the most severe location just over 50%. Coupled with the fact that Interstellar Frigates have the lowest combat consumption rate, each T2 Black Rhino still had over 70% of its ammunition and supplies. It was more than enough to deal with the remaining Mechanical Clan interstellar warships.
"It seems we have a sure victory in this battle." Zachary let out a long breath.
"Hey, little brother! You've taken care of your little sweetheart's side, don't forget about your big brother's side. Your big brother here has already lost two starships, and I really can't hold on anymore. And Mechanical Clan interstellar warships are already threatening the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet!"
Smoking Uncle's voice rang out at this moment. In the communication video window, Smoking Uncle's previously harsh attitude had completely changed, as if he and Zachary were old friends of many years.
"Uncle, I won't forget about your side." Zachary replied with a smile. Although this Smoking Uncle had a bit of a bad temper, he was still a good person. At least in this battle, he did his duty. In contrast, the Leather Jacket Woman who had previously wanted to have something happen with Zachary fled in panic when the battle began.
Smoking Uncle gave a simple smile and gave Zachary a thumbs up: "I misjudged you before, Uncle. You're the best! Awesome! When we go back, big brother will treat you to a drink."
Zachary smiled and said nothing, beginning to check the current battlefield situation. Mainly the starship icons on the data panel. More than two-thirds of the thirty T2 Mechanical Clan interstellar warships were dimmed, meaning they had been destroyed. Two of Uncle's fleet also turned black; the rest were red, which represented the degree and location of hull damage. Intact starships were blue icons. Except for Zachary's T2 Bee Queen, there were almost no intact starships left.
Twenty Mechanical Clan T2 interstellar warships were all annihilated by Zachary's fleet. Uncle's fleet severely damaged one T2 Mechanical Sentry-class Medium Interstellar Frigate and one T2 Mechanical Hound-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer. At the same time, Uncle's fleet also paid the price of losing two T1 starships, with two more T1 starships severely damaged, and one T2 Gray Wolf-class Light Star Cruiser severely damaged. It could be said that this Uncle's fleet suffered considerable losses in this battle mission.
And some Mechanical Clan interstellar warships also broke through Uncle's fleet's blockade, directly attacking the Interstellar Transport Ship fleet. Currently, twelve T1 Interstellar Transport Ships have been destroyed. This also caused some changes in Zachary's mission data.
[Additional Mission: Preserve as many T1 Interstellar Transport Ships as possible (288 / 300)]
"Support Uncle's battlefield, and end this battle as soon as possible!" Zachary issued the combat order for the third battle of this campaign.
The resupplied Interstellar Drone Swarm was deployed again, ready to enter another battle. To encircle and annihilate the remaining ten Mechanical Clan interstellar warships. Eliminating this Mechanical Clan interstellar fleet was much simpler than the previous wave, as some of the Mechanical Clan starships were severely damaged and could not withstand the T2 Black Rhinos and Interstellar Drones.
In a short while, only seven of the ten Mechanical Clan starships remained!
But just then, a red cursor, larger than the previous signal, appeared on Zachary's T2 Bee Queen starship radar.
"Report, a T3 starship energy signal detected! It is heading toward our direction, and at its current speed, it will enter the threat range in five minutes!"
Zachary's heart sank. This was the Mechanical Clan's… T3 starship!