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Chapter 1362 Refusing to Surrender
As the saying goes, food and fodder must be sent before troops move out. The emperor could not send out hungry soldiers.

The fighting had been going on for most of the day since the first shot was fired. Not to mention Li Chengxi, the soldiers on the scene should have been hungry by now.

However, it is definitely unrealistic for the kitchen on the ship to cook and for the soldiers to go to the canteen to eat properly as usual. There is neither the time nor the conditions for this.

For example, the fleet of the Rotating Water Federation is now in a circular rolling formation above the space fortress Ilsha.

The advantage of doing this is that the defense is greatly improved, and the time for each ship to resist damage is much shorter. The disadvantage is that the firepower output is severely reduced.

This formation also puts little pressure on the crew. Logistics personnel can deliver easy-to-eat meals to the crew, such as protein bars and energy drinks, and candies containing taurine and caffeine to help the crew resist fatigue.

But if the battle is extremely fierce, there is no time to eat even the simplest meals, and there is no protein bars to eat.

For example, the Red Maple Republic fleet is currently trying to break through.

They split into two and surrounded the fleet of the Xuanshui Federation from the left and right sides in an "eight" shape, with every gun trying to hit Hong Wen.

These people are a fleet retreating from the front line, and they are being pursued by the Xuanshui Federation. If they cannot break through the space fortress Ilxia, they will be blocked at both ends and attacked from both sides when the pursuers arrive.

Therefore, it is best for the Swirlwater Federation to maintain the current situation of neither winning nor losing, and wait for friendly forces to come and beat them together for justice. But for the Red Maple Republic fleet, if it cannot break through the space fortress Ilxia, it may be completely wiped out.

Do you still want to eat in this situation?
Where is the time? It’s better to fire more shells than to talk.

Of course, the spirit cannot break through the physiological limits. At this time, medical personnel will inject nutrient solution into the crew. After several days of fleet artillery battles, some crew members' wrists and feet will be pierced like colanders.

A warship that is at least 300 meters long and at most over 8 kilometers long needs thousands of crew members to operate perfectly, among which officers at all levels are very important.

If it is the kind of battle that lasts for several days, the crew can leave their posts for a while to eat something, but the officers are the type that cannot leave at all.

Before a major battle, officers (especially the captain) would first be given an enema to cleanse themselves, and then rely on nutrient solution to survive the days of artillery fire. Not to mention leaving to rest, they were not even allowed to leave their seats, and they would even be injected with stimulant drugs to keep themselves energetic.

As a result, some warship captains never rested from fighting for days on end, and died suddenly after the battle.

It is not difficult to understand why officers' meals are much more delicious than soldiers' meals. Logically speaking, the officers are so miserable that even if they are fed with the most delicious food, it cannot make up for it.

Alyssa had never experienced this when she was a recycler. After all, even if a fight broke out among recyclers, it would usually be over in no more than three hours, and the intensity was completely incomparable to that of a war.

Speaking of Alyssa, after the Swan and the cruiser fleet returned to the vicinity of the fortress in a pulse flight, they stayed on the side and watched the main fleets on both sides firing their guns at each other overhead.

Standing still when your allies are in trouble may seem like selling out your teammates, but it is actually unnecessary.

The cruisers were unable to get involved in the artillery battles between the main fleets as their offensive and defensive capabilities were too weak, and their excellent maneuverability could not be demonstrated in dense formations. If they came up to help, they would simply be sitting ducks.

If the situation were to reverse, for example, if the attacking side was the Whirlpool Federation, the cruisers including the Swan would also be forced to charge. What we have to do now is just to delay time. When the main fleet can fully hold on, there is naturally no need for the cruisers to fight desperately.

Moreover, instead of going up and throwing themselves at the enemy, the cruiser fleet staying near the fortress can also be on the lookout for reinforcements from the Red Maple Republic in the rear, and at least provide early warning to prevent the main fleet from being attacked.

So the brains were about to come out of the head, and the cruiser fleet including the Swan, after searching the nearby battlefield, just watched the show below, not in a hurry at all. The Red Maple Republic's fleet was almost going crazy, and the offensive was getting stronger and stronger.

The fleet of the Xuanshui Federation continued to deploy in a circular rolling formation, blocking you and preventing you from retreating smoothly back home.

This tug of war continued for nearly six hours, during which time the losses on both sides were extremely minor, with all the losses adding up to less than a hundred warships.

But the purpose of delaying time was indeed achieved.

Seeing that the Red Maple Republic's fleet had been unable to capture the city after a long siege, the fleet commander began to waver. Specifically, although they were clearly the attacking party, they were retreating little by little, trying to break away from the contact.

The space fortress Ilxia controls a very large area of ​​the surrounding star field, and jumps cannot pass through it. If it is not captured, the fleet of the Red Maple Republic can only make a big circle, during which time it will be chased and attacked by the fleet of the Whirlwater Federation.

Being chased and hacked is better than being killed, so the fleet of the Red Maple Republic began to retreat.

But you can't withdraw just because you want to.

The Red Maple Republic's fleet retreated a little, and the Whirlwater Federation fleet, which used a ring-shaped defensive formation, maintained its formation and chased forward a little, always dragging the opponent into the range of its own shielding force field.

If the enemy fleet forcibly jumps, I am afraid that only a small number of starships and battleships will be able to escape, and the main force of the fleet will have to stay.

After another three hours of repeated pulling, a large number of engine lights appeared behind the Red Maple Republic Fleet, and the Sixth Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation arrived.

This fleet was responsible for the pursuit. They appeared behind the Red Maple Republic fleet and immediately formed an attack formation.

The Third and Fifth Fleets guarding the space fortress Ilxia immediately changed their ring defense formation to an attack formation when they saw friendly forces coming. The two fleets of the Red Maple Republic were now surrounded and beaten by the three fleets of the Whirlwater Federation.

It stands to reason that before something like this happened, the Red Maple Republic should have sent a support fleet to help the friendly forces escape.

But no, no means no, the star field in the direction of the Red Maple Republic was empty, and no reinforcements came.

The squadron destroyed by Li Chengxi with two nuclear bombs was probably the last force that the Red Maple Republic could mobilize immediately. They tried to help friendly forces break out but failed. The two Red Maple Republic fleets trapped near the fortress will not have a good ending.

Due to the absolute disadvantage in military strength and the situation of being attacked from two sides, the warships of the Red Maple Republic kept exploding in the void like fireworks. It can be said almost clearly that defeat was inevitable.

So in the second hour of the siege, the Red Maple Republic fleet sent a surrender signal, but the Whirlpool Federation refused to accept it.

In the fourth hour, the Red Maple Republic fleet continued to send out surrender signals. At this time, the size of their fleet had been reduced from more than 1,200 ships to less than 800 ships.

But the Xuanshui Federation Fleet still refused.

War will begin when you wish it to begin, but it will not end when you wish it to begin.

Surrender? What surrender? Why didn't I see it?
(End of this chapter)