"Commander, the other party sent us a directional message, asking which pirate group we are from."
Pirate group …
Inside the First Division's flagship bridge, Commander Lyant's mouth twitched.
Was the pirate industry in the Weiss Star System already so prosperous?
They just randomly encountered a fleet that wasn't from the Empire, and they directly asked if they were from a pirate group …
We don't have any pirate group logo on our warships, do we?
Lyant's expression was strange.
Speaking of which, Lyant was considered lucky. After graduating from the Interstellar Military Academy, he happened to be in time for the last battle in the Milky Way, the Battle of the Triumvirate!
Due to his many military exploits, he was promoted to the position of adjutant to the commander of a small fleet.
The difference between a general and a soldier was huge.
A soldier was still a soldier, no matter how much experience one had, just a slightly higher level soldier, such as a sergeant major …
However, it was different for a general. Even if he was only a lieutenant, he was still a general. Over the past few decades, Riante had finally climbed up the ranks to become the commander of a Star System fleet, which meant that he was the commander of a Star System fleet!
Of course, Lyant's own talent in command was also very good. Otherwise, even if he had decades of experience, he would not have reached this step. After all, with Lin Fan around, it was impossible to approve a person with only experience and real ability to sit in this position.
"Don't worry about them, the commander's order is to eliminate the pirates and completely seal off Sela. Not a single warship is allowed to escape!"
"Order the First Fleet to immediately clear out all pirate warships and carry out an orbital airborne landing on Sela to completely control it!"
"Order the Second Fleet to the Fifth Fleet to capture all the fleeing warships and destroy all those that don't surrender!"
"Order the Sixth Fleet to the Tenth Fleet to use Sela as the center point and completely seal off an area of 5AU!"
…
Standing up, Lyant issued a series of orders.
At this moment, he was a little excited.
Actual combat, this was actual combat!
Even if the opponent was just a group of weak enemies that could be easily defeated by anyone, it could not change the fact that this was actual combat!
What did actual combat represent?
It represented military achievements!
And what Lyant lacked the most now was military achievements.
He knew very well that if he didn't have any military merits, no matter how hard he worked, even if he was extremely talented, he would at most be able to become the commander of a cosmic system level legion.
If he wanted to advance further, it would not be something that could be decided by talent and experience. He would have to have actual combat experience to back him up. More importantly, he would have to have a huge amount of military achievements as a medium!
Right now, all the cosmic system state fleet commanders of the Federation were famous generals who had experienced the last galactic war. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to sit in that position.
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"How is it? Did the other party respond?"
Dantès asked his subordinate anxiously.
If this was a top-tier pirate team that had just appeared, it would be fine. At the very least, they could still use the Pirate Alliance's rules to deal with this matter.
However, if it was a fleet composed of the Empire's new warships that had yet to be exposed, then he would be doomed.
After all, just as a precaution, Dantès had ordered the flagship and half of the fleet to evacuate first.
But he didn't succeed!
Before the Federation fleet launched their attack, they had already deployed a hyperdrive blocking device.
Although level-6 civilizations had space teleportation technology, the pirates did not!
Perhaps they could look for corrupt nobles and the Empire's army to trade for some weapons and equipment, or even warships.
However, things like stargates were simply too expensive. Only first-rate or top-tier pirate teams could afford to play with them. Furthermore, they did not have a technical team to support them in playing with such advanced toys.
Thus, Dantès tragically realized that he was trapped.
He even suspected that Sela itself was a trap set up by the Empire, and the fleet stationed on Sela was the bait.
No wonder this fleet was so trashy. It was bait. Damn it!
At this moment, Dantès was almost certain of his guess …
"Captain, there's no response from the other side at all. Wait …"
"Captain, there's a change in the enemy's fleet. They've split into three groups. One group continues to approach us, while the other two groups split up to chase after the Empire's warships. The other group seems to be setting up a blockade?"
Looking at the situation detected by the warship, Dantès' deputy said with some uncertainty.
Hmm, I didn't guess wrong!
One group to eliminate us, one group to execute the deserters, and the last group to set up a blockade around Sela to prevent us from escaping!
Damn it, this is indeed the Empire's new fleet!
With the report from his subordinate, Dantès was once again certain of his guess …
"Captain, the enemy is close to 5AU from us … Not good … I've detected that the enemy's warships have locked onto us!"
"What kind of joke is this? 5AU has locked onto us?"
Dantès was dumbfounded. It should be noted that the Empire's standard warships had a maximum attack range of 1AU.
Locking onto us with 5AU? Isn't that just a fantasy?
Locking onto us in advance to deter us?
That's right, that must be it!
Looking at the movements of the 100 million enemy warships in the tactical projection, countless plans flashed through Dantès' mind.
However, no matter which one it was, he did not seem to have the possibility of escaping alive.
Why don't I just surrender?
After all, as long as he handed over all the assets of his pirate team, even if he was a pirate, he could still be acquitted!
At most, he would just have to start all over again. It was better than losing his life!
"Captain, what should we do?"
"Looking at the enemy's posture, they're ready to fire at any time!"
Dantès' deputy's face was filled with anxiety.
It was true that pirates were ferocious and fearless, but that was only in the process of plundering.
To put it bluntly, pirates were ferocious when the wind was blowing and they were not even afraid of death.
However, when the wind was blowing against them, it was a completely different story.
When there was no hope, even a pirate would be afraid, afraid of death!
"Surrender to them …"
Just as Dantès was about to give the order to surrender, a large number of attacks were directed at the fleet.
In order to avoid harming the planets on the side, the Federation's fleet was still using ultra-long-range piercing space-type attacks.
When these attacks were directed at the pirate's warships, the space-type shields were like paper and did not have any effect. They broke with a single poke, along with the warships.
That was not the end. After piercing through a warship, the attacks were not weakened by much and continued to pierce through the warships behind. After piercing through nine warships in a row, there were no more warships behind them. That was the end.
In just one wave of attacks, 10,000 pirate warships were destroyed, and not a single one was left.
After all, they were being attacked by 10 million warships, and they were using space-type attacks that could not be avoided.
Pirate warships …
There was no chance of survival at all!