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Chapter 575, Exploded into Five Sections

After the Phoenix retreated, Gu Hang just took a quick look and didn't pay any more attention to it.

The loss still hurts.

Eight hundred people went, and only five hundred returned. Everyone was injured, including dozens of seriously injured.

Although these seriously injured soldiers cannot be saved according to mortal standards, this is not the case for Space Marines.

Those who really cannot be saved can be stuffed into the Dreadnought Iron Coffin and continue to serve the chapter and the alliance in the future.

Of course, the Alliance also supports those who retire due to serious injuries, and can provide strong life support so that people can enjoy life after retirement. Speaking of which, the lifespan of Space Marines is so long that there are plenty of "good days" to live in the future.

After all, being stuffed into a fearless iron coffin is not a comfortable experience, not to mention that once you are stuffed in, you will never be able to get out in this lifetime.

However, so far no Phoenix Space Marine has chosen to retire after being seriously injured. All of them chose to go into the iron coffin.

The 300 lost Space Marines may not have all died in the battle. Perhaps there are still some surviving Phoenixes, who are actually scattered and fighting in various places on Alfonzo II. Because the time for assembly was too short, they did not have time to rush over.

But, there's really nothing we can do about it.

The moment Martins broke into the door, Gu Hang could use the power of this space warrior who had a very deep connection with him to quietly enter the protozoan room.

Du Bo, who was not at the control console, was not as sensitive to psychic power. He failed to detect Gu Hang's power infiltrating.

Then, accurately releasing the restraints and control on the neurozoan and helping it escape is a difficult task in itself. It requires Gu Hang to be very careful and accurately detect the weaknesses of the energy beams bound to the neurozoan and cut them off one by one.

During this process, Gu Hang needed to use his power accurately and silently across such a long distance in space, which was quite difficult.

If there was a mistake and it was noticed, Du Bo would feel something was wrong and then he would have to go back to the console, which would be troublesome.

But throughout this whole process, Gu Hang did a very good job.

Without any mistakes or hesitation, Gu Hang completed what he was supposed to do.

However, it is not over yet.

Releasing the neurozoa only eliminated the existence that had been engaging in psychic confrontation with Gu Hang.

The commander-in-chief Du Bo should be dead; on the War Ark, there are out-of-control neurozoa killing people, and at the same time, the Legion of Heroes thrown in by Gu Hang has not evacuated, so the entire War Ark is now in a semi-wasted state.

As the flagship of the entire mechanical fleet, it could neither play the role of a command ship nor issue effective command orders to other ships in the fleet; at the same time, as the most powerful warship in the entire fleet, it was almost completely silenced due to internal strife and could not play the role of a mainstay.

On the contrary, since the ship was almost stationary, even with a void shield, it was still a very dangerous thing. It was impossible to avoid a certain amount of firepower by moving or maneuvering, and it was just a target, so even with a void shield, it couldn't withstand the attack.

In order to protect the fleet's flagship, many frigates and even a Retribution-class battleship came over to try to help cover it. They could intercept some of the Alliance's artillery fire through their firepower systems. They could even use their own ships to shield Alfonzo II from fire when necessary.

This was indeed a great help to Alfonzo II, but in the overall context of the fleet decisive battle, the combat effectiveness of the mechanical fleet was greatly affected. The ships of the mechanical fleet that went to help the flagship were no longer a threat to the alliance fleet.

With this calculation, the firepower pressure on the alliance was much less.

The value of the boarding operation lies here, in which the heroic spirits and the Phoenix made great sacrifices.

Moreover, this is only the current help provided to the Alliance Fleet.

What is more important is the subsequent development. The sacrifice of the Space Marines has created such a great fighter, how can Gu Hang waste it?
He originally wanted to deal with the War Ark first to avoid any more trouble. But since there was a ship that dared to block it, he could kill the others first.

Without any obstruction, Gu Hang's psychic power became unbridled.

The Retribution-class battleship that dared to stand in front of Alfonzo II became Gu Hang's target.

The void shield couldn't hold out for long and was soon torn apart completely.

Then, the alliance fleet, whose combat coordination was much stronger than that of the mechanical fleet, launched a concentrated fire attack on it the next moment.

The numerous artillery fire was secondary. The main attack this time was actually carried out by the Zhuge-class aircraft carrier "Hawkhorse".

Three patrol ships were catapulted out, and in the blink of an eye, at a speed only slightly slower than the speed of a cannonball, they were delivered to the face of the enemy ship.

Normally, the Alliance's Blackfish-class patrol ships would have a crew of about 1,200 people. However, the three specialized Blackfish sent to the enemy ships were not fully staffed, but only had about 400 people.

This number of people can only meet the basic operating personnel needs of the ship, and is even slightly insufficient; if it is to sail for a long time, some positions that must be manned at all times cannot be guaranteed to have people on duty - after all, people need rest.

However, there is no need to think so much about the current situation.

Even the operation of the ship itself is not that important.

As long as the weapon system is complete, it's fine.

It is also worth mentioning that all the crew members on the ship are ready to die. Everyone is prepared to never come back.

It was an extremely dangerous task to eject a small ship right into the face of a battleship. Even though the Zhuge-class aircraft carrier was equipped with a towing system that could pull the ejected small ship back, there was a high probability that it would not be able to return.

Their mission is actually very simple: to fire away all the missiles loaded onto the specialized black fish before they are destroyed.

One problem with missile weapons is that they are much easier to intercept than artillery shells and lances.

Aircraft carriers send aircraft such as fighter jets and patrol ships right in front of enemy ships in order to solve this difficulty: when they are close to the face, the launch distance becomes very short and the difficulty of interception increases significantly.

Moreover, patrol ships are much larger than the largest Dragon Elephant fighters. The Blackfish class that perform this kind of suicide mission has all been specially modified to maximize the amount of ammunition they carry, regardless of anything else.

Each of the three Black Fish was equipped with 18 Dongfeng Fen missiles. It would only take two rounds to fire all of them, and the total time would not exceed six minutes.

This means that as long as the three black fish survive for more than six minutes, the mission will be accomplished.

The first round of missiles, 27 Dongfeng Fen missiles, were all launched successfully.

Among them, six were intercepted, and the other 21 all hit the Retribution-class battleship whose void shield was torn.

21 huge explosions and flames appeared on the ship. The entire battleship was severely damaged.

Immediately afterwards, one Black Fish was destroyed, leaving two, which also sent out all 18 Dongfeng Fen in the second round.

The Retribution-class battleship was blown into five sections.

(End of this chapter)