Chapter 381: Retreat and Confrontation

(The life of the drone is changed to 20 hours. Error)

The Expansion Committee warship immediately activated the defense device after discovering that the warship was invaded by robots. After a yellow light curtain flashed in the warship channel, all the robots turned into powder.

"Your Majesty, our drone mothership has been refilled with nutrient solution." Tianyi said to Li Mingze who was observing the situation on the battlefield.

"Order the fleet to start manufacturing drones immediately." Li Mingze nodded expressionlessly.

Countless drones flew out of the drone mothership again and began to rotate around the drone mothership.

At this time, the number of mechanical warships on the battlefield had dropped to 30 million, and more than 8,000 warships of the Davis Expansion Committee were destroyed, leaving less than 2,000.

And the record of these 8,000 ships was mainly the result of the joint attack of the Empire's drone swarm and the Davis Security Council's fleet.

Eva's fleet basically only played the role of interfering with the Expansion Committee fleet, and a total of less than 1,000 Expansion Committee warships were destroyed.

If it weren't for the assistance of the Davis Council and the Sith Empire, it can be predicted that Eva would definitely be wiped out or captured by the Expansion Committee in the end.

A few minutes later, facing such tragic losses, coupled with the continuous emergence of drones from the distant Imperial Drone Hive Fleet.

The Expansion Committee finally couldn't hold on. In order to prevent the Sith Empire from launching another wave of drone sea self-detonation attacks and taking all its warships, it issued an order to retreat, so all the warships of the Expansion Committee disappeared in the starry sky in a golden light.

"Finally retreated." Li Mingze sighed. Only he knew that his side had reached the limit. The dual-purpose reactors and nutrient solution for hatching drones consumed in this battle were the Empire's reserves for more than 30 years.

The drones produced next were only interceptor drones with air combat capabilities and anti-aircraft missiles. This type of drone only looks scary, but the threat to the golden warships is almost negligible.

Eva's mechanical warships not only have low combat effectiveness, but also have less than 30 million ships left.

And the two thousand warships that the Davis Council came to reinforce are only one thousand left.

Therefore, if the Davis Expansion Committee fleet can hold on to the end, Eva's fleet and the Davis Security Council's warships will most likely be wiped out, and the remaining imperial fleet will not pose any threat to them. At that time, the Expansion Committee will be the victorious party. Unfortunately, they were frightened by Li Mingze's bluffing and made a wrong decision.

"We have to continue the pursuit. While they are now seriously injured, we will join other volunteer fleets to encircle and suppress the warships of this Expansion Committee."

"Thank you for your cooperation. After this battle, the strength of the Expansion Committee's total fleet will definitely decrease a lot. Our Davis Security Council's disadvantage on the battlefield has been reversed."

"For the next period of time, the Expansion Committee will be caught in the battle with our Davis Security Council and will have no time to take care of you. You can develop with peace of mind."

"I hope you can consider whether to join us."

"See you later! We're leaving first!" After the Davis Security Council fleet sent a message to Eva and the Sith Empire fleet, the Security Council's golden warship also disappeared in the starry sky, chasing after the retreating Expansion Committee fleet.

The battlefield returned to calm, leaving only the severely damaged Eva Fleet and the Sith Empire Fleet standing quietly in the starry sky.

"The threat of foreign enemies has been temporarily resolved, and the next step is to resolve the problem between us. Let's both sides rest for two days before fighting again." Eva sighed and connected Li Mingze's communication.

"Okay! It's a deal!" Li Mingze smiled bitterly and nodded to Eva.

In fact, Li Mingze could guess Eva's little thoughts. This is Eva's star field, her home field. Two days are enough for Eva's mechanical fleet to repair. On the other hand, the Empire's fleet is far away from its base camp. Not to mention whether the supply can keep up, even the reinforcements of the Sith Empire cannot arrive in time in an emergency. By the time they arrive, the battle should have been over. This is exactly how cunning Eva is.

Soon, Eva's 30 million fleet began to enter the inner port of the metal planet along the hundreds of huge entrances on Eva's main base.

There they will add reactor fuel and ammunition, repair the damaged hull, and prepare for the decisive battle in two days.

Although Eva suffered heavy losses in this battle, her remaining 30 million mechanical fleets were basically not damaged, because the secondary guns of the Davis Expansion Committee's warships were too powerful, and they would die if they were touched. This is why Eva only asked for two days.

The Imperial Fleet also began emergency repairs, and countless missiles and shells were printed and sent to various magazines.

The drone mothership also docked with the supply ship and began to supply various materials.

Because of the life of the drones, the drones manufactured previously will be turned into powder in a few hours, so the transport ships that have been supplied have begun to take on the work of recovering drones.

After the drones manufactured in the battle were forced to be scrapped, the reactors and attack and propulsion modules of the drones were taken out from the drones one by one.

These drone parts, which were originally designed to last only 20 hours, now only have half of their lifespan left. However, in line with the principle of utilizing all available resources, they are reused. After all, the empire's supplies are not so abundant now.

Moreover, these devices are much more valuable than the nutrient solution that the empire can now produce in large quantities.

Two days passed quickly, and the empire's fleet and Eva's fleet had completed their repairs. The two sides were quietly facing each other across half a star system, waiting for the order of the commanders of both sides.

"Your Majesty, we just detected a large amount of energy reaction under the outer shell of the metal planet." Tianyi frowned.

"Enlarge their main base on the screen." Li Mingze nodded and ordered Tianyi.

As soon as the voice fell, a huge hologram appeared in front of Li Mingze, and the metal planet on the screen was slightly undulating.

"What is Eva's metal planet doing?" Li Mingze was very puzzled.

Tens of seconds later, something surprising happened to Li Mingze. He saw that the metal armor on the surface of the metal planet on the screen began to rise and slide aside, and huge rail guns stretched out from the ground.

The originally smooth metal planet instantly became a "hedgehog" with huge guns on the surface.

These huge guns began to flash blue electric patterns. Li Mingze knew that this was a special scene when these electromagnetic rail guns were storing energy and leaking a lot of energy.

Just when he thought that this was all the changes of this metal planet, thousands of metal pillars more than 10,000 meters long, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, stretched out from the ground on the side of the metal planet that was facing away from the imperial fleet.

If the star system had not been filled with detectors, Li Mingze might not have discovered this amazing scene at all.

From the gaps on the top of these metal pillars, it is easy to guess that these are the thrusters of the metal planet.

It was incredible. It was beyond Li Mingze's expectation to convert a planet into a metal structure. Eva could actually transform this planet into this!