The rearguard fleet's expectations and the time it would take to actually contain the galactic defense were completely different.
These five main fleets originally planned to delay for at least ten days, or even longer, before escaping in an emergency jump.
However, the development of the war situation was difficult for them to control from the very beginning.
Li Xin's Broken Sky, accompanied by a large number of cavalry and ranger mechas, shuttled back and forth among the enemy's ship defense lines.
From time to time, a warship was destroyed by the mecha troops.
When the outer frigate defense line was breached, tens of thousands of carrier-based aircraft began to bomb the large warships in the rearguard fleet.
Such a battle is simply brutal.
Attacking space torpedoes came from all directions.
The close-range defense systems of the large battleships were overwhelmed. The turrets were spinning around. As soon as they blew up one side, the space torpedoes on the other side were already on their way to attack.
From time to time, a proton torpedo would hit the armor, and the violent explosion would tear the armor apart and drain the cabin dry.
Even a large battleship or cruiser would be destroyed if hit by seven or eight space torpedoes.
If it were a battleship, it could hold out for a while longer thanks to its larger hull and thicker defensive armor.
However, it ultimately could not escape the fate of being sunk.
After five days of continuous fighting, the five Moranok rearguard fleets could no longer hold on.
The vast majority of warships were destroyed by the powerful offensive of the Galaxy Defense.
Before the flagship of the last main fleet was completely destroyed, the fleet commander sent a final communication to the remaining troops and Guy who was still escaping by sailing through the warp.
The order issued to the dozens of remaining ships was: "Escape. The main force of our fleet has been destroyed. We are no longer able to complete the mission left by the high-ranking lord."
"Preserve the last spark of our fleet!"
"escape!!"
And to Guy in the warp, the psychic message was: "Lord Guy, the rearguard troops have been almost completely annihilated."
"We failed to live up to your expectations and were unable to successfully delay the enemy..."
As the last flagship was blown up, the ammunition and energy that exploded directly blew the entire battleship into pieces.
After receiving the final order from the flagship, the dozens of remaining small and medium-sized ships that were still able to escape activated their psychic jump engines and made an emergency jump to escape from the galaxy.
When the flash of the subspace appeared, the entire battlefield calmed down.
The interior of the Gamma B galaxy is littered with alloy wreckage, battleships, carrier-based aircraft, missiles, torpedo fragments, and even mecha fragments.
Some of the debris is still burning with flames or emitting arcs of electricity.
These debris and wreckage will be captured by the gravity of the surrounding planets in the future and may become satellites of a planet.
It may also fall onto the planet under the influence of gravity.
After the enemy's rearguard troops were completely wiped out, the morale of the Galaxy Defense fleet increased greatly.
This time, after clearing out the enemy's rearguard troops, the Galaxy Defense suffered basically no losses in its ships.
The carrier-based aircraft that were flying around in the galaxy battlefield now flew back to the hangar of the large battleship like tired birds returning to their nests.
In the flagship's command center.
A group of staff officers were counting their own casualties and the enemy's casualty reports.
Soon, after a rough calculation of the data, Weng Hua stepped forward and reported to Li Xin: "Grand Marshal, the statistics of this battle are out."
Li Xin nodded: "Read it."
Weng Hua reported: "This battle lasted nearly a month. We encountered the enemy's main fleet in the Gamma B system."
"According to a rough estimate, we have sunk approximately 2,200 enemy warships of various classes. In addition, we have destroyed a large number of enemy carrier-based aircraft."
"The enemy's losses are at least 50,000 carrier-based aircraft, almost wiping out their main carrier-based aircraft force."
"In addition, the enemy mecha units have also suffered considerable losses. Judging from the rough statistics of the wreckage so far, at least six thousand mechas have been lost."
Weng Hua's tone was filled with excitement. He said excitedly, "Grand Marshal, in this battle, we almost crippled the enemy's main force. They will definitely not be able to recover to their previous combat strength."
Li Xin knew that the outcome of this battle would definitely be good, but he didn't expect it to be so good.
Li Xin smiled and said, "The strength of the Moranok Interstellar Lord State is still worthy of our recognition, but they chose the wrong opponent."
For an interstellar civilization, especially one with a strong industrial base, even if there are many losses of ships and carrier-based aircraft, they can be quickly rebuilt and restored.
However, the loss of an elite crew of soldiers would be too difficult.
Especially the mecha troops. Each of these more than 6,000 mechas must be a C-level psychic, which is not so easy to replenish.
Most of the fleet strength of the Moranok Interstellar Lord State still exists, but there are not as many carrier-based aircraft and mecha units.
Li Xin asked again: "What are the losses of our army?"
There will undoubtedly be losses in war.
In this battle, the strength of the Galaxy Defense fleet was only slightly stronger than that of the Moranok Interstellar Lordship, so losses were inevitable.
Weng Hua's excitement subsided a little. He took a deep breath and continued, "Grand Marshal, our army's casualties are not too bad."
"In this battle, we have over 360 ships of various types completely destroyed, and over 400 more ships with varying degrees of damage, but after repairs, they can still join the battlefield."
"In terms of carrier-based aircraft, we lost nearly 10,000, but most of them were unmanned wingman aircraft. When the logistics transport ship arrives, we can quickly replenish the losses."
"As for the mecha forces... we lost over a thousand Rangers..."
When he heard this number, even though he had been mentally prepared, Li Xin still felt heartbroken.
He closed his eyes and was silent for a long time before he said, "They are all good boys!"
"Order the engineering ships to arrive in this system, melt the wreckage of the enemy ships, and build a large monument for me within the system!"
"No one can erase their glory!"
Weng Hua nodded heavily and said, "Yes! Marshal! I'll arrange it right away!"
Li Xin calmed down and made arrangements: "Have each fleet quickly repair and refit. We don't have much time to waste. Each fleet should count the ships that are still capable of fighting."
"We must continue to pursue the enemy. We cannot give them a chance to breathe!"
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