I rely on myself

Chapter 912 Confrontation XII
The soldiers fighting on the front line soon noticed the chaos in the fleet behind them.

Although they all knew that they should focus on the enemy in front of them, they couldn't help but worry when they saw that the chaos in the rear had not been settled. They were often distracted, making the already precarious defense line even more critical.

Although the commanders on the front line were able to remind them many times, the effect was not very good.

He could only continue to try his best to maintain the defense line while at the same time praying in his heart that the fleet in the rear could resolve the chaos as soon as possible and restore stability.

In the rear, facing the siege of a large number of Grazes, neither Mikazuki nor Lin Yuan cared too much about it, because the threat it could pose to them was almost non-existent. On the contrary, by relying on the completely unrestricted Alaya-vijnana, they reached the theoretical reaction limit, making both Barbatos and Morax's flexibility and maneuverability beyond the ability of ordinary people to react.

No matter what angles or large-scale attacks the besieged enemies launch, as long as there is a gap, both Sanriku and Lin Yuan will be able to find it and successfully avoid the attack.

As for counterattack, it goes without saying. Facing the fully maneuverable Barbatos and Morax, Graze couldn't even react to everything the two machines encountered and was shot down in the first encounter. He couldn't even delay the speed of the two machines a little.

From a distance, they looked like two speeding meteors, constantly interspersing in the fleet. Wherever they passed, apart from their tracks, there were also flames from the downed and exploded Grazes.

The bastards in the rear fleet not only failed to be quelled, but instead became more and more intense. Such a huge commotion was impossible for the soldiers maintaining the defense line to ignore no matter how much they wanted to. Even some commanders were the same. This caused the already precarious defense line to immediately have loopholes.

Seeing this opportunity, the Bluman sub-machines, as intelligent weapons, naturally did not hesitate and launched a general attack without hesitation.

In just a moment, the defense line was breached, and a large number of Bluman submachine guns rushed directly into the fleet. Several ships on the front line were immediately surrounded.

Facing the surrounding Bruman sub-machine guns, even if all the gun ports were firing continuously, it was obviously a drop in the bucket when facing the Bruman sub-machine guns surrounded from all directions.

They only held out for a short time, and soon the surrounded ships fell completely silent.

Seeing such a tragic situation, the remaining troops had no time to care about the situation behind the fleet and rose up to resist, but the effect was not very good.

After all, the reason why the front-line troops were able to stop the Bluman submachines before was thanks to command, large-scale group combat and coordination. But now that the defense line has been breached, there is no coordination at all and they can only fight on their own. The efforts of each team can only delay the countdown, but does not change their fate.

Lesdal on the flagship soon learned of the collapse of the front-line troops, but like the two wings, he had no choice but to order the abandonment of those troops that had been surrounded, and instead order the remaining troops to retreat, merge and rebuild a new line of defense as soon as possible.

Regarding this cold and even indifferent order, his subordinates did not understand it at first, then gradually became numb, and now they don't care at all.

"…There is no chance of winning. Should we retreat?"

Lesdal looked at the signal map in front of him and could clearly see that the signal from the Arianhed fleet was being rapidly eroded. In contrast, the signals from the Tekkadan were increasing rapidly. Although most of them were small signals, that is, the Brugman submachines, there were too many of them.

At this moment, the outcome of the war had actually been decided, and Lesdal was very clear about this, but for some reason, he was unable to utter the two-word command.

But he didn't want to say it, because someone else wanted to say it. Just when Lesdal was hesitating, a communication suddenly came in, and soon the picture appeared in front of Lesdal.

It was the figure of a middle-aged officer. Lesdal recognized him. He was one of his trusted men and also the commander in charge of a certain fleet.

The other party didn't waste any words at the beginning and spoke directly: "Lord Lesdal, although it is regrettable, we have already lost this war, so I dare to ask you to immediately retreat with the two wings and the rear troops. As for the rear guard, please leave it to me. I will lead the remaining front troops and part of the central troops to stop the Tekkadan. Although it may not last too long, it should be able to hold out until you retreat, sir."

"...Do you know what you are saying?" After listening for a while, Lesdal replied.

At this time, Lesdal had no expression on his face, and no one could tell what he was thinking. But even so, the middle-aged officer on the other end of the communication still spoke up: "Sir, you and I both know that we lost this war. Although we lost to a civilian security company, and a bunch of little devils, it is indeed a shame, but isn't it because we underestimated the enemy? So retreat, Lord Lesdal.

It's just a defeat, it's nothing. As long as you can lead most of the troops back and take a good rest, you will be able to win again one day, so please retreat! Lord Lesdal!! "

After hearing what his confidant said, Lesdal did not respond immediately, but closed his eyes and looked thoughtful.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the battle situation in front became worse and worse. Just when the middle-aged officer wanted to continue persuading him, Lesdal suddenly sighed deeply, opened his eyes and said, "Just do as you wish. I'll leave it to you from now on."

"Yes! Lord Lesdal!" The middle-aged man who got permission immediately made preparations and hung up the phone.

Lesdal looked at his bewildered subordinates and sighed again, then said, "Why are you still standing there? Pass on the order."

"...Yes, yes."
Although this was already expected, some people still hesitated when the order to retreat was officially issued.

However, after confirming it was true, although they were very surprised, the order was quickly conveyed to the entire Arianhrd fleet.

It is unknown what the troops who were able to retreat felt, but the soldiers who were left behind as the rear guard could not help but feel despair, but they did not dare to disobey orders, so they could only gather with conflicting feelings.

(End of this chapter)