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Chapter 1036: Chapter 563, Fleet Decisive Battle

On the ’Alfonso II’ War Ark, the sages’ meeting ended abruptly.

There was completely no need to continue.

The core theme of their meeting was to consolidate information, attempting to determine the location of the Alliance Main Fleet.

But now, it was unnecessary.

The Alliance Main Fleet had already appeared before them and launched a strong attack against them.

In the grand conference hall where the sages were located, the surrounding screens immediately lit up, receiving signals that observed the outside of the starship scene by scene. Some of these were processed images, while others were pure data streams.

These data streams, on conventional human ships, would require specialized technical experts to access the information, processing and translating it before reporting to the captain, commander.

But in the fleet of the Sect of Mechanics, that was unnecessary.

The sages were both commanders and highly skilled technicians.

With the information accessing the brain’s core processor, they could completely and swiftly understand what was happening.

They had been ambushed, and it was the Alliance Main Fleet. Of the eight giant ships mentioned in the intelligence, seven were present; only the Flying Wing, which had previously suffered an attack by Furyflame and was significantly damaged, seemed to be missing.

However, in the absence of the Flying Wing, a ’Ghost Shark’ combat barge was added, which is the flagship of the Blood Shark Battle Group, a combat barge specialized for rapid strikes.

Overall combat power certainly increased.

But in any case, the strength of the Ark Fleet far surpassed that of the Alliance.

This made the seven Mechanical Sages on ’Alfonso II’ feel an incredible astonishment:

“How dare they?”

This was not only what they thought in their hearts; one sage even uttered it aloud.

No matter how they thought, they couldn’t understand.

An ambush?

This was indeed an ambush. After entering the Bowang Star System, they had contacted the local planets. As of now, Bowang Star should still be neutral, not siding with the Alliance, and they said they hadn’t observed any traces of the Alliance fleet.

Now it seems that it might have been a deception, or perhaps the Alliance used some means to mask their whereabouts, preventing even Bowang Star from observing the Alliance’s actions in space.

The latter seems more likely because before the Alliance fleet revealed themselves to attack, the Ark Fleet also couldn’t detect them and naturally couldn’t blame the people of Bowang Star.

Of course, that’s not important anymore.

The Alliance had already appeared, and investigating the cause is not what needs to be done right now.

An ambush naturally has advantages for the attacker.

But in interstellar naval warfare, the advantages that an ambush can bring are quite limited.

It’s not like being accurately ambushed at a warp point, where the Void Shield and weapon systems need to be rebooted. During normal navigation, although ships would not fully engage the Void Shield, the defensive systems must still operate at minimal levels for safe navigation.

Upon the first strike, they can immediately increase operational power and enter combat status.

The weapon systems are the same.

The Alliance ships opened fire, and simultaneously, the fleet of the Sect of Mechanics could use the fire control systems to target the Alliance ships and retaliate quickly.

The Alliance only gained an initial preemptive advantage through the ambush.

It’s indeed useful; the Mechanical Sect Fleet suffered a wave of fire during the initial surprise attack while the shields weren’t fully activated. Then, even with full shield activation, they took another round of volleys before they started to retaliate.

Overall, the damage wasn’t significant.

The Alliance launching the attack without the Mechanical Ark Fleet detecting them was already quite extreme. No matter how sophisticated the stealth methods, it’s impossible to get very close to the Ark Fleet without being discovered.

The starting engagement distance between both sides was quite far.

The farther the distance, the lower the accuracy of various weapons; apart from missile-type weapons, the power of the Colossal Cannon and light spear would also slightly diminish.

This way, the threat posed by the two rounds of firepower the Alliance managed to quickly unleash was actually relatively limited.

The Ark Fleet endured some damage, but it was primarily focused on some smaller ships.

Their destruction had minimal impact on the overall fleet’s strength.

When the Ark Fleet launched their counterattack, the Alliance naturally suffered damage as well, with some smaller ships being destroyed.

Overall, the Ark Fleet certainly suffered more losses.

But it was still within an acceptable range.

Next was the showdown as both sides deployed their formations for a frontal engagement.

At this stage, the initial advantage gained by the Alliance through the ambush had already been expended, and ultimately, it was down to a contest of fleet raw power.

In this regard, the Alliance fleet would not have any advantage.

So, why did the Alliance fleet choose to fight this battle proactively?

Originally, it was believed that such a well-hidden Alliance must have some grand conspiracy; the sages had held more than one or two meetings over this.

But this is it?

That Gu Hang, has he gone mad?

The sages of Alfonso indeed couldn’t comprehend this question.

“It’s not a bad thing; at least now we know exactly where the Alliance Main Fleet is, right?”

“They are right in front of us.”

“Destroy them! Victory belongs to Alfonso!”

From this moment on, the largest naval battle to occur within the Proudclaw Cosmos in hundreds of years erupted.

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