Chapter 176: Take the initiative!

"Take the initiative!"

Qin Hao's voice was firm and resolute.

"Before the enemy reaches our first line of defense, gather our main fleet in interstellar space and engage them in an encounter battle!"

Give up all geographical advantages, and with our own 450,000 (currently) main force, go head-to-head against the enemy's ten million-strong army?

To any military commander, this would seem almost crazy.

"Little Qin, this is too risky." Zhang Yunfeng frowned and said, "What are our chances of victory?"

"If we fight a defensive battle, our chance of victory is ninety percent, but we might pay a higher price."

Qin Hao calmly replied.

"But if we take the initiative and fight well, our chance of victory is a hundred percent! Moreover, we only need to deploy 350,000 ships; the rest can stay home as a reserve."

A hundred percent! And we only need to deploy 350,000 ships.

What confidence!

Qin Hao's confidence infected everyone present.

They recalled that nine years ago, similarly Qin Hao, when everyone found the situation tricky, time and again created miracles.

Old Luo looked at Qin Hao, at his calm yet powerful eyes, and finally slammed the table heavily.

"Good!"

"Just do as you say! Our warships far surpass them in both defense and offense, so winning shouldn't be too hard."

"The fate of our human civilization should not be entrusted to cold fortifications, but should be grasped in our own hands!"

"Convey my order!

Old Luo stood up, his voice, through the command system, reached every corner of the Federal fleet.

"Federal First, Second, and Third Main Fleets, as well as all Nüwa-class special task forces, immediately jump to the predetermined rendezvous point in the Kuiper Belt!"

"Our objective is no longer defense!"

"But rather—"

"All forces, attack!"

As his order was issued, the Federal fleet berthed at the major military ports of the Solar System began to move.

One after another, silver Nüwa-class warships, like awakening swords, sailed out of the port.

The vast regular fleet followed closely behind.

Huge spatial ripples continually spread at the edge of the Solar System.

Human civilization, this lion that had lain dormant for nine years, at this moment finally bared all its fangs,

carrying endless anger and confidence, it proactively met the impending, sky-covering insect swarm!

An epic battle that would decide the fate of two civilizations is about to unfold its curtain in the cold, lonely depths of interstellar space!

With the order issued, the war machine of the entire Human Federal sprang into operation with unprecedented efficiency.

Kuiper Belt, the predetermined rendezvous point.

Space, like a boiling water surface, continually gave rise to huge ripples.

One after another, huge Federal warships tore through space, emerging from the jump channels, forming neat battle formations.

At the forefront were five thousand perfectly silver-white, flawless Nüwa-class warships. This time only half of the Nüwa-class were deployed.

They hung like swords in the hands of gods, silently hovering, emitting a chilling aura that made one's heart palpitate.

Behind them were the regular main warships, their black hulls bristling with gun muzzles, filled with a murderous air.

This is the strongest fleet forged by the Human Federal.

On the bridge of the flagship, Nüwa,

"Report, Commander! All participating fleets have arrived at the rendezvous point and are ready!"

"Report! The curvature antimatter bomb system self-check is complete; it can fire at any time!"

"Report! The deep-space detection network has locked onto the enemy main fleet's position, distance from us……"

Reports came in one after another; the atmosphere of the decisive battle had become intensely intense.

Streams of information gathered together, the atmosphere of the decisive battle had already become intensely thick to the extreme.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the huge red light blob on the star map representing the enemy fleet; his eyes held no trace of fear, only the excitement of a hunter seeing prey.

"Nine years." He muttered, "I have waited for this day for nine years."

He turned to Qin Hao and smiled: "Little Qin, we will surely win this battle!"

"Of course!" Qin Hao curled the corner of his mouth, "How come I feel a bit excited?"

He could feel that his superhuman genes and psychic power within his body were jumping with anticipation for the impending great war.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Xianzhong burst into laughter, "Me too! My blood is boiling all over!"

He collected his smile, his face turned solemn, and walked to the center of the command console.

"Now I announce the final battle plan—Operation Thunderbolt!"

"The entire fleet, with Nüwa-class warships as the spearhead, shall form a conical assault formation!"

"Our goal is not to entangle with the enemy forces, but with the greatest speed and strongest firepower, like a red-hot knife cutting butter, to directly bore through their formation!"

"The first wave of attack: all warships equipped with curvature antimatter bombs, lock onto the unit with the strongest energy reaction in the enemy formation!"

"I don't care whether they are mother ships or whatever; wipe them out directly from the universe!"

"After boring through, the fleet shall immediately turn and conduct second and third penetrations!"

"Our tactic has only one: chaos! Using our invincible defense and instantaneous attack,

to thoroughly scramble their formation of tens of thousands of warships, turning them into loose sand, unable to support each other!"

Thoroughly disrupt the formation of their tens of millions of warships, turning them into a scattered sand, so that front and rear cannot support each other!

Do you all understand?!

Understood! Inside the bridge, all the commanders roared in unison, their voices shaking the universe.

Good!

Zhang Xianzhong's gaze swept over the huge red light mass on the star map that was rapidly approaching.

Then, for humanity! For freedom!

All forces, target the enemy's main fleet!

Warp drive activated, give me... full speed ahead!

Hum—

The hundreds of thousands of Federal warships gathered in the Kuiper Belt simultaneously ignited their warp engines, emitting brilliant blue light at their sterns.

Space was violently distorted.

The next second, this massive fleet carrying the courage of human civilization transformed into streams of light, instantly vanishing from its original position,

Charging fearlessly into that dark void of space.

……

At the same time.

One light-year away from the Solar System.

The Mo Yun Empire's vengeance fleet was advancing toward its target at twelve times the speed of light, in a mighty procession.

The fleet's flagship is a biological mother ship three times larger than Ka La Fa's King Insect mother ship, designated as the Emperor Insect-class.

In the mother ship's core area, the expeditionary force's Chief Commander—Tatarik.

A biological brain larger than Ka La Fa's and with far more terrifying psychic power is receiving detection information from ahead.

Report to Chief Commander, no anomalies detected in the star system ahead.

"Those lowly insects seem to still be huddled in their star systems, trembling."

Very good.

In Tatarik's consciousness, there was contempt and arrogance.

"That Ka La Fa waste actually got defeated by such a lowly civilization—it's simply a disgrace to the Empire."

"This time, I will make these insects fully understand what true despair is."

"Order the entire fleet to maintain formation and prepare to execute the purification procedure. I will turn every planet in that star system into cosmic dust!"

His words were not baseless; after reviewing the information sent back by Ka La Fa, the Moyun Civilization upgraded and modified the weak points of its own warships, making them several times stronger than before.

Although we cannot achieve a one-on-one advantage, we hold the numerical superiority on our side and will definitely not lose.

The only thing worth noting is that human with extremely terrifying psychic power.

Tatarik is not a pushover either; it really wants to meet the opponent.