Ruolin snorted softly, her expression cold: "I'm not here to ask Xingshi about the crime, or do I want to ask you, will this affect the next battle?"

"The impact is real, the combat time may be extended to three and a half hours, and the final casualties will be at least 50 percent higher than expected. ”

Karthas's voice replied as calmly as possible: "This is the optimal result, I have tried to reduce the battle damage as much as possible." It seems that if we want these pirate groups participating in the war not to retreat, we have to come up with more chips. ”

"You're light!"

In Ruolin's eyes, a bit of gloom appeared: "For this battle, the funds we have used have reached 5.2 billion federal coins. ”

- 5.2 billion federal dollars may not be much, but the amount of money that can escape federal regulation is quite limited.

"I understand, but if you can repel the majestic group here, no matter how big the loss is, it's worth it, isn't it?"

After Karthas asked rhetorically, he slowed down his tone: "Ruolin, I think that at this time, you should not worry about the loss afterwards. It's better to concentrate on combat, as long as your mecha assault can successfully disrupt the opponent's formation, then our casualty ratio will naturally drop significantly. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the hologram of the battlefield that the holographic helmet showed him.

At this time, the mecha battle group they released was less than two million kilometers away from the 'Saucer Array' on the opposite side.

At full speed, it only takes a minute for these mechs to cover this distance. A battleship sailing at full speed will only take about two minutes.

But in fact, this could not be done, and all their warships had to put more energy into artillery charging and force field protection. Less than one-tenth of the power that can be used for propulsion.

And those mechs, although they do not need to participate in the fire, but their engines must also leave a certain margin to avoid the opposing artillery fire.

There are also those space mines in front of you, as well as the metal particles released by the opposing warships along the way, which are also a huge threat.

- Especially the latter, when mechs and warships are traveling at high speeds of tens of thousands of kilometers per second, even a single grain of cosmic dust will have a fatal impact on their structure. And how much more so are these metal particles that weigh more than 10 grams?

This forced all mechs to turn on the power shield device as well.

In addition, the full push state will also consume a lot of nuclear fuel, which will be very disadvantageous and uneconomical for their next battle.

Therefore, according to Karthas's prediction, even in the most ideal state, it would take at least ten to twelve minutes for their several mecha battle groups to cross this distance and enter the attack range.

The only thing that made him feel strange and uneasy was that the other side had not released any mechs so far, which was not like the work of a qualified fleet commander.

Karthas believed that even if Cheryl himself had been too experienced to take care of it, Frederick Diamond would have cautioned him.

So it's puzzling -

"I don't need to say this!"

Ruolin snorted coldly: "I just hope that you can do your best to reduce the battle damage as much as possible." Not even a little girl can win, what qualifications do you have to stand in front of the White Knight El again?"

"Alright, you've interfered with me—"

At this time, Karthas's brows furrowed slightly, and the situation on the tactical map made him feel that something was not right. Especially the one in front of us, which is getting bigger and bigger.

And in an instant, this person's pupils contracted and condensed into a needle-like shape.

After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Ruolin, it seems that we have to adjust our strategy. ”

"Adjust your strategy?"

Ruolin looked puzzled, but she noticed the trilling and powerlessness in Kartha's voice: "What's going on?

"It's not a mistake! it's a gravitational slingshot, I actually forgot about the gravitational slingshot!"

Karthas's face under the hood was already gray: "I'm sorry, although I don't want to admit it, but in today's battle, we are likely to have lost." ”

"Gravitational slingshot?

Ruolin's face instantly became cold as ice: "I don't understand, you were still full of confidence just now-"

Karthas shook his head: "It's me who is too arrogant. As for the gravitational slingshot, you just need to know that after 350,000 kilometers, their fleet will gain an acceleration of 430 kilometers per second. ”

- 430 kilometers per second, which may not be worth mentioning compared to the speed at which the warships of both sides sailed together.

But at this time, when the speed of the ships on both the offensive and defensive sides did not exceed 9,000 kilometers per second, it was quite a fatal situation.

"So?"

Ruolin had realized something, and there was no trace of blood on her face.

"So my initial prediction was wrong, our mecha assault group is likely to have to enter the engagement distance after more than twenty minutes!"

This not only means that the opposing ship array can pour more artillery fire during this period. It will also cause their mechs to consume more energy on the way.

Ruolin also thought of the consequences, and said in a difficult voice: "Is there no other way? ”

"I'm afraid I can't do it, once the fleet collapses and is out of my command. With the calculations and anticipation of the commander on the other side, you can imagine the consequences. It would have been a disaster, and with just one turn, there would have been nearly six hundred warships damaged. After a voyage of three million kilometers, they can sink most of our warships one by one!"

"Then what about breaking away by sailing at warp speed?" At this time, Ruolin's voice was already a little flustered.

"Warp sailing, if you can do it. Our curvature engines, there are simply not enough energy reserves, and besides, if I guessed correctly, there should be their curvature jammers nearby. ”

Karthas cast a mocking glance at Ruolin, even though the latter couldn't see it: "What's more, our mecha battle group, including Your Excellency Ruolin, don't you want it?"

Ruolin couldn't help but take a deep breath, and tried her best to suppress the fluctuations in her heart: "It's me who lost my proportion, but Karthas, you have to come up with a feasible plan." Your Highness's Blacksail Praetorian Guard and the Knights of X must not perish here,"

"I know it without you saying it!"

Karthas looked at the other side, his eyes were red, flashing with a fierce look,

"At this time, you must not retreat, nor can you disperse! Accelerate now, Ruolin! Don't care about the dead and wounded, and don't care about the energy reserves, I need the mecha battle group under your command to approach the opponent's array as quickly as possible! At this time, it's time to take out the determination of the gecko's broken tail. ”

Ruolin was slightly stunned, and then said resolutely: "I understand what you mean, I will prepare it here." ”

"And the leaders of those pirate groups, you might as well offer a bigger price, they won't get it anyway, will they? ”

Karthas's voice was cold and ruthless, and at the same time, with blood-red eyes, he looked into the void farther away: "Gravitational slingshot! Our only chance is the gravitational slingshot, as long as we forcibly break through the past and obtain the acceleration of the gravitational slingshot, we can get a glimmer of life." ”