Chapter 1362 Refusing to Surrender

As the saying goes, "food comes before troops move". Even the emperor cannot send out hungry soldiers.

Since the first shot was fired, the battle has been going on for most of the day. Not to mention Li Chengxi, the soldiers on the scene should have been hungry long ago.

However, it is definitely unrealistic for the kitchen on the ship to cook and the soldiers to go to the cafeteria to eat properly as usual. There is no time and no conditions for this.

For example, the fleet of the Rotating Water Federation now has a circular rolling formation above the space fortress Irsha.

The advantage of doing this is that the defense is greatly improved, and the time for each ship to resist damage in turn is also much shorter. The disadvantage is that the firepower output is seriously reduced.

This formation also puts little pressure on the crew. The logistics personnel can deliver easy-to-eat meals to the crew, such as protein blocks and energy drinks, and candies containing taurine and caffeine to help the crew resist fatigue.

But if the battle is extremely fierce, even the simplest meals are not available, but there is no protein blocks to eat.

For example, the Red Maple Republic Fleet is currently trying to break through.

They split into two, and surrounded the fleet of the Xuanshui Federation from the left and right sides in an ‘eight’ shape, and every gun wanted to hit Hong Wen.

These people were the fleet retreating from the front line, and they were still followed by the pursuers of the Xuanshui Federation. If they could not break through the space fortress Ilxia, they would be blocked at both ends when the pursuers arrived, and they would be beaten on both sides.

So it is best for the Xuanshui Federation to maintain the current situation of neither winning nor losing, and wait for friendly forces to come together for justice. But for the fleet of the Red Maple Republic, if they cannot break through the space fortress Ilxia, they may be wiped out.

In this situation, you still want to eat?

Where is the time? It is better to fire more shells than to talk.

Of course, the spirit cannot break through the physiological limit. At this time, medical personnel will inject nutrient solution for the crew. After several days of fleet artillery battles, some crew members’ wrists and feet will be pierced like colanders.

A warship with a length of at least 300 meters and at most more than 8 kilometers needs thousands of crew members to move perfectly, among which officers at all levels are very important.

If it is a battle that lasts for several days, the crew can leave their posts for a while to eat something, but the officers are the type who cannot leave at all.

Before the war, the officers (especially the captain) will be cleaned by enema first, and then they will rely on nutrient solution to survive for several days of artillery battles. Not to mention leaving to rest, they can't even leave their seats, and they will even be injected with stimulants to keep energetic.

As a result, some captains of warships never rest because of fighting for days, and they die suddenly after the battle.

It is not difficult to understand why the officer's meal is much better than the soldier's meal. To be honest, the officer is so miserable that he can't make up for it even if he eats delicacies from mountains and seas.

Alyssa never experienced it when she was a recycler. After all, even if a recycler breaks out in a battle, it will generally not end for more than three hours, and the intensity is completely incomparable to war.

Speaking of Alyssa, after the Swan and the cruiser fleet returned to the vicinity of the fortress in a pulse flight, they always stayed on the side, watching the main fleets on both sides of their heads firing at each other.

It seems a bit like selling out teammates when friendly forces are in trouble, but it is actually unnecessary.

The cruisers cannot get involved in the artillery battles between the main fleets. Their offensive and defensive capabilities are too weak, and their excellent maneuverability cannot be reflected in the dense formation. They come to help purely as live targets.

If the situation turns around, for example, the attacking party is the Swirling Water Federation, the cruisers including the Swan will also have to charge, and now all we have to do is delay time. When the main fleet can fully withstand it, there is naturally no need for the cruisers to fight hard.

Moreover, compared to going up to give up their heads, the cruiser fleet staying near the fortress can also alert whether there will be reinforcements from the Red Maple Republic in the rear, at least it can provide early warning to prevent the main fleet from being stolen.

So the brains from the blows on the top of the head were almost coming out. After searching the nearby battlefield, the cruiser fleet, including the Swan, was watching the show from below, not in a hurry at all.

The fleet of the Red Maple Republic was almost going crazy, and the offensive was getting stronger and stronger.

The fleet of the Rotating Water Federation continued to form a ring-shaped rolling formation, blocking you in front of you, and not letting you retreat back home smoothly.

This tug-of-war lasted for nearly six hours, during which the losses of both sides were extremely minor, and the total number of warships was less than 100.

But the purpose of delaying time was indeed achieved.

The fleet commander of the Red Maple Republic saw that the attack had been unsuccessful for a long time, and he began to waver. Specifically, they were retreating little by little, trying to break contact, even though they were the attacking party.

The cosmic fortress Ilxia controlled a very large area of ​​the surrounding star field, and the jump could not pass through. If it was not captured here, the fleet of the Red Maple Republic could only go around in a big circle, and during this period it would be chased and chopped by the fleet of the Rotating Water Federation.

Being chased and chopped was better than being wrapped in dumplings, so the fleet of the Red Maple Republic began to retreat.

But you can't just retreat whenever you want.

The Red Maple Republic fleet retreated a little, and the Whirlpool Federation fleet, which used a ring-mounted defense formation, maintained its formation and chased a little forward, always dragging the opponent into its shielding force field.

If the opponent's fleet forcibly jumped, I'm afraid only a small number of starships and battleships could escape, and the main force of the fleet would have to stay.

After another three hours of repeated pulling, a large number of engine lights appeared behind the Red Maple Republic Fleet, and the Sixth Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation arrived.

This fleet was responsible for the pursuit. They appeared behind the Red Maple Republic Fleet and immediately deployed an attack formation.

The Third and Fifth Fleets guarding the Space Fortress Irsha saw the friendly forces coming and immediately changed the ring defense formation to an attack formation. The two fleets of the Red Maple Republic were now surrounded and beaten by the three fleets of the Rotating Water Federation.

It stands to reason that before this happened, the Red Maple Republic should have sent a support fleet to help the friendly forces escape.

But no, no means no, the star field in the direction of the Red Maple Republic was empty, and no reinforcements came.

The fleet destroyed by Li Chengxi with two nuclear bombs was probably the last force that the Red Maple Republic could mobilize immediately. They tried to help the friendly forces break through but failed. The two Red Maple Republic fleets trapped near the fortress will not end well.

With an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength and being attacked from both sides, the warships of the Red Maple Republic kept exploding in the void like fireworks. It was almost clear that they were doomed to fail.

So in the second hour of the siege, the Red Maple Republic fleet sent a surrender signal, but the Rotating Water Federation refused to accept it.

In the fourth hour, the Red Maple Republic fleet continued to send a surrender signal. At this time, the size of their fleet had been reduced from more than 1,200 ships to less than 800 ships.

But the Rotating Water Federation fleet still refused.

The war will start when you want it to, but it will not end when you want it to.

Surrender? What surrender? Why didn't I see it?