The T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser, holding its star shield, charged straight in, enduring the artillery fire from the Fire Lizard Seventh Fleet.
It relied entirely on its main cannons, secondary cannons, and stellar drones to tear through the enemies blocking its path.
This tactic was all too familiar to Charlotte. Not long ago, she had used the same strategy here to destroy a T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship.
This time, however, her target for decapitation was merely a T3 Grizzly-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship.
"Report! The enemy Fire Lizard First Fleet is moving in from the flank for support. The main cannon of the enemy flagship, the T3 Arkham, has locked onto us!" a starship crew member reported the intelligence.
Charlotte looked at the starship radar and then issued an order that no one expected.
"Shift the star shield position to the right side of the ship hull."
It was important to note that at this moment, the artillery fire from the Fire Lizard Seventh Fleet was striking the forward energy shield of the T3 Blizzard. If the shield were withdrawn now, it would mean relying on the forward starship armor to withstand that barrage!
But Zhao Chen did not speak up to stop her. Instead, he watched Charlotte issue the order with a faint smile.
He understood her intention.
The small-caliber fire from the T1 interstellar warships of the Seventh Fleet was negligible; against the ship hull of the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser, it was nothing more than a tickle.
The attacks from the T2 starships posed a threat, but combined, they were still less dangerous than the neighboring T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship.
Moreover, with the firepower cover from the Blizzard-class starship drones, main cannons, secondary cannons, close defense cannons, and stellar missiles on the frontline battlefield, the threat was minimal.
However, directly tanking the cluster laser main cannon of the T3 Arkham with the ship hull armor was a different story.
While it wouldn't be destroyed in a single shot, it would certainly cause significant damage to the ship hull, inevitably affecting subsequent combat.
Thus, Charlotte's arrangement was optimal.
And Zhao Chen loved this arrangement.
Think you're so tough, huh?
Think you have more starships than me?
Well, I'm going to fuck your fleet's flagship right in front of you. What are you going to do about it?
Zhao Chen could already imagine the look on the Fire Lizard Clan Chief's face—like he'd just eaten shit.
He loved the feeling of others hating him to the core but being utterly powerless to do anything about it.
Soon, the starship shield system adjusted.
The star shield appeared on the right side of the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser.
Almost mere seconds later, a beam of cluster laser followed, crashing into the star shield.
That was the supporting T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship.
At the same time, the forward ship hull armor lost its protection, and the bridge continuously echoed with alerts of the ship hull enduring artillery strikes.
Even on the bridge, a faint sense of shaking could be felt.
"Report! Enemy Fire Lizard Seventh Fleet flagship locked on!" a crew member shouted.
"Fire!" Charlotte directly issued the command.
The long-prepared Blizzard-class Heavy Cluster Laser Bow Cannon once again displayed its might.
A blue beam of cluster laser tore through all the Fire Lizard Fleet starships blocking its path.
It was worth noting that these were all T2 starships—equipped only with ship hull armor and no star shields!
That flagship was merely a T2 Grizzly-class heavy interstellar battleship!
In the end!
The answer was clear.
While fending off the beam lasers from the flanking T3 Arkham-class medium interstellar battleship, the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser tore apart the hull of that T2 Grizzly-class heavy interstellar battleship with its own beam lasers.
The Fire Lizard Clan Chief was now roaring furiously on his bridge. He bellowed, he raged, he was hysterical.
Right before his eyes, in front of over five hundred starships, his subordinate fleet's flagship had been destroyed!
And he was powerless to stop it.
This humiliation felt akin to someone toying with his little lizard lover right in front of him.
"Surround it! I want it torn to pieces! If we can capture that man alive, I will make sure he experiences the most agonizing punishment our Fire Lizard Clan has to offer!" The Fire Lizard Clan Chief's eyes were bloodshot as he pointed angrily at the starship on the screen.
Surround it?
Although the adjutant relayed his clan chief's orders, he knew full well in his heart.
Relying on a swarm of cannon-fodder-level T1 Interstellar Warships, plus over a hundred T2 Starships, to intercept a T3 interstellar warship capable of reaching speeds up to 210 knots stellar speed?
If it truly wanted to leave, they simply couldn't stop it.
But the clan chief was already blinded by rage, likely deaf to any reasoning at this point.
Further words were useless.
Subsequent events unfolded exactly as this Fire Lizard adjutant had anticipated.
Although the T3 interstellar warship sustained numerous attacks, relying on its star shield to withstand the T3 Arkham's beam lasers, it swiftly broke through the encirclement of the two interstellar fleets.
This was the immense gap created by the generational difference in starship classes.
It was also why only T3 interstellar warships could be considered quasi-military-grade interstellar warships.
T3 Blizzard · Bridge
Having completed the breakthrough, the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser did not continue to engage with the pursuing Fire Lizard First Fleet and Seventh Fleet. Instead, it accelerated further, charging towards another battlefield!
"Damn it!" The Fire Lizard Clan Chief sensed something was wrong.
After executing one decapitation operation, this T3 interstellar warship was now rushing to support the other battlefield, intending to cooperate with the starships there to encircle and annihilate his already severely weakened Fire Lizard Fourth Fleet and Eighth Fleet.
"Support! Send support quickly!" The Fire Lizard Clan Chief was beside himself with fury; this was perhaps the battle that had caused his greatest emotional turmoil in recent years.
He felt his heart bleeding.
He had never imagined that this battle, which he had initially looked down upon completely, might now cost their Fire Lizard Clan half its strength!
T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser · Bridge
"Current speed: 200 knots stellar speed."
"Stellar Shield Energy Value remaining: 45%."
"Overall Starship Hull Armor integrity remaining: 85%. Forward hull armor integrity remaining: 77%. Integrity of armor in specific forward hull sections remaining: 57%."
"Stellar ship ammunition remaining: 37%. All stellar missiles expended. Starship energy remaining: 37%. Blizzard-class Starship Drones remaining: thirty-nine units."
Upon hearing these sequential reports, Charlotte immediately issued her next orders: "Recall all stellar drones to the hangar for a round of resupply. Prepare them for redeployment into combat."
"Adjust the star shield to the bow position, prepare for a piercing attack on the enemy fleet next."
After assigning the task to the T3 Blizzard, Charlotte looked at the real-time communication video window beside her, where Bai Xue, the Wolf Girl, was on the other side.
"Bai Xue, based on your actual situation, dispatch T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigates to coordinate with us in launching a piercing attack on the enemy fleet!"
Wolf Girl Bai Xue confidently replied, "We have no issues on our end. All ten T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigates can be deployed!"
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