Dozens of light-years away from the solar system, the cat-and-mouse game between the Salarians and Zhao Chui continues.

After being trapped by a space mine once, Leonardo did not dare to underestimate his opponents. Every time he escaped from hyperspace, he personally went into battle to direct the fleet's actions. He did not hand over the command to the new commander until the safety of the surrounding area was confirmed.

The first officer went back to the captain's room to take some time to rest.

As a result, Zhao Chui no longer had the chance to ambush him. Instead, he was chased closer and closer by the Salarians, and the two sides were about to meet each other.

"Anna, how about we stop and fight? Maybe their people are dead and injured now, and their combat effectiveness is not as strong as we thought?"

Zhao Chui looked at the numbers on the display screen in front of him and said helplessly to the oval-faced avatar of Anna beside him.

"Well, there is no better way at the moment." The melon-faced incarnation sighed, "But we must pay attention to protecting our flagship during battle."

"Why? Didn't you say that their purpose is to capture us alive? Then they shouldn't beat our flagship to death."

"I'm talking about the hyperspace engine on the flagship!" Anna rolled her eyes at Zhao Chui, "You must know that our flagship is a battleship and the fastest battleship in the entire fleet."

Zhao Chui touched his chin, "Damn it, you didn't mean..."

"Yes, if that doesn't work, we have another option, which is to abandon the other warships and let the flagship retreat alone. In this way, with the cover of other warships, the flagship can get a certain amount of time to escape. Coupled with the energy reserve of our spaceship

It is large enough, and the time to recharge each time we stop can be appropriately compressed, which may greatly extend the time for the opponent to catch up with us."

"What! I gave up so many battleships, so I can only delay the time for the opponent to catch up with us? I thought I could run away."

"Originally we could indeed run away, but you forgot one thing."

"What's up?"

"Once we abandon other spaceships and only keep the fastest capital ship, then the other side can do the same. Don't forget that the other side's capital ship is the latest product, and its speed is still many times faster than ours."

"Uh...it's true."

"And the plan I just mentioned also has a premise, which is to modify the flagship to a certain extent, remove the shield and replace it with a charging device to speed up the charging speed each time."

"Tear down the shield?" Zhao Chui jumped up immediately, "Are you crazy? Without the shield, we might not even be able to withstand the opponent's shot, right?"

"Do you think the shield is really useful? Don't forget who we bought our spaceship from."

The warships in Zhao Chui's fleet are all discarded products from a certain Salarian family, which means that the opponent knows every parameter of the warship, including the frequency range of the energy shield.

As long as the opponent slightly adjusts the frequency of the laser cannon based on the information at hand, not to mention directly destroying the energy shield of the Zhao Chui spacecraft, it will at least weaken its protective effect by more than half or even more.

In addition, the opponent is a new type of warship, and the power of its weapons must have increased. Whether it has a shield or not does not really make any difference.

Zhao Chui is also a smart man. After being prompted by Anna, he immediately figured out the problem and had no choice but to shake his head and said: "Oh, if I had known better, I shouldn't have bought the old spaceship from the Salarian people for cheap."

"Come on, it's like you can buy battleships from other places."

"Damn it, don't expose your shortcomings!"

Zhao Chui raised his hand as if to hit someone, and the little white pig incarnation on the other side quickly moved aside to avoid being "accidentally injured" like last time.

"Okay, then I'll do as you say and start modifying the flagship's shield immediately to increase the energy reserve level as much as possible."

"As you command, my commander."

The modification work of the battleships went very smoothly because the old battleships in the fleet came from the same civilization and many parts were common.

Although the east wall was demolished to repair the west wall, the west wall was quite strong because the east wall was long enough.

The maximum energy reserve level of the flagship is now 30% higher than before the transformation.

After the Zhao Chui fleet returned to Earth, Zhao Ming modified their energy storage equipment and upgraded it once. Therefore, the extra 30% is calculated based on the upgraded capacity.

In human terms, Zhao Chui's flagship now has the ability to perform an additional hyperspace jump after being filled with energy.

However, after the "battery" capacity increases, the "charging speed" must also keep up.

Correspondingly, Anna also used materials scavenged from the warehouses of other battleships to create an additional set of plug-in charging equipment, so that the "fast charging" function can be used the next time it docks at a star for charging.

After everything was ready, the Salarian fleet had almost caught up with them. After discussion, Zhao, Chui and Anna decided to suspend their escape and stay for a fight.

So as soon as Leonardo escaped from hyperspace, he received a report from his subordinates that the target fleet was found ahead!

"Huh? How did you catch up so early?"

After confirming the target, Leonardo couldn't help but feel a little strange. According to previous calculations, he should only be able to see the opponent after another hyperspace jump.

"Sir, their spaceship is probably too old. After such a long period of continuous hyperspace jumps, the hyperspace engine may have malfunctioned." One of his subordinates speculated.

"Well, it is indeed possible. Now that I think about it, this is one of the reasons why these types of spaceships have been eliminated."

Leonardo smiled and nodded, "Okay, no matter what the reason is, pass on the order, immediately start the battle formation, and move towards the target direction."

"Yes, sir."

Anna's guess was correct. The combat effectiveness of Leonardo's spaceship has not been weakened much at this moment, and because it is about to catch up with the target, the morale of the crew on each spacecraft has improved.

Under this situation, Zhao Chui's fleet was willing to stop and fight, and Leonardo expressed his great welcome.

The Salarian fleet quickly adjusted its formation and charged toward the Zhao Chui fleet near the star with great force.

The Zhao Chui fleet did not wait here, but sailed in the same direction while activating the evasion procedure. The laser cannons on all warships began to charge and prepare to fire.

This is just a tentative battle. Zhao Chui is not stupid, and he will definitely not win. Therefore, he must stay away from the gravitational field of the star so that he can enter hyperspace and retreat at any time.

Even if all battleships except the flagship have to be abandoned in the end, we should try to postpone this point in time. After all, the main goal of coming out this time is to delay time.

"Oh, you ran away? I thought you were going to fight to the death. It seems that I overestimated you." Leonardo smiled.

"Sir, their morale must be very bad. You can see that their flagship was the first to escape. The remaining spaceships must not be willing to serve as cannon fodder, so they also ran away."

"Well, that makes sense. But be careful when the opponent releases mines on the way. The shields of all warships remain on and cannot be turned off until the battle is over!"
Chapter completed!