Chapter 568: The Great Retreat

A few hours later, the remaining fleet of the Empire quietly floated at the outermost edge of the star system.

In the explosion just now, the Empire lost a total of 220 battleships, which can be said to be a serious loss.

However, this explosion destroyed two Titan-class battleships of the Clem people and seriously damaged their flagship! This is a very significant victory for the Sith Empire!

You must know that the Clem people did not build Titan-class battleships every few years like the Empire did.

It would take them at least tens of hundreds of years to build a Titan-class battleship.

And this explosion of the Empire directly scrapped their efforts of a hundred years, and the entire Clem Empire was left with only one seriously injured flagship.

"Let us observe a three-minute silence for the 1,540 imperial soldiers who died this time!" Li Mingze, who had returned to the Empire's flagship, the Sword of the Empire, took off his helmet, put it on his chest, and bowed his head in silence for three minutes.

"May you rest in peace!" Soldiers and officers also took off their helmets and bowed their heads to mourn for the dead soldiers.

Fortunately, the Empire had already upgraded its fleet to a fully automated fleet with fewer members. Each battleship only needed a captain and six staff members, which resulted in only more than a thousand casualties in this battle.

At the same time, due to the destruction of the two main battleships of the Clem Empire and the destruction of the main fleet supporting the front line by the Imperial Glory, the entire Clem Empire's defense line was retreating step by step.

The Sith Empire fleet, which was three times the number of the Clem Empire, was aggressive and kept biting the retreating Clem Empire fleet.

In this way, the Empire's front line advanced nearly a thousand light years forward, biting off a large piece of the Clem Empire's territory.

A few days later, above the Clem Empire's ring world, the Clem, which had removed all its external decorations, jumped out of hyperspace.

The originally gorgeous Gothic battleship had become a bare round hull.

Emperor Clem in the Clem Palace was furious.

"Damn the Sith Empire!"

"I must kill them!" The Emperor of Clem paced back and forth in front of the throne, cursing for more than half an hour.

"Your Majesty, our front-line fleet is retreating step by step, and has lost a thousand light years of depth. If this continues, I'm afraid we might as well make peace with them." An officer in the hall stood up and said tentatively.

"You are a traitor to our Clem Empire! You are destroying the morale of the army here! Tell me, are you a spy of the Sith Empire!" The Emperor of Clem walked up madly and lifted the officer high into the air.

"No! No, Your Majesty!" The officer shouted in panic. At this time, he regretted it to death. Why did he take this risk? But there is no regret medicine in this world. Even if there is, he has no chance, because the emperor's scepter has penetrated his body.

As the emperor let go, the officer stared and unwillingly covered the scepter stuck in his stomach and fell to the ground without a sound.

"Whoever disturbs the morale of the army again will suffer the same fate as him!" Emperor Clem pulled out the scepter stuck in the officer's stomach and raised it high in the air, shouting at the officers and officials around him.

The military and political officials knew that their emperor had been mentally affected by the defeat he had never suffered before, but they did not dare to remind him.

Their Clem Empire had never suffered a defeat in the tens of thousands of years since it left the universe. Obviously, their emperor had collapsed after this defeat.

"No! It's not over yet! Our Clem Empire is invincible!" Emperor Clem roared and sat back on his throne.

"Order all warships to withdraw to the ring world. We will abandon all colonies and attract the warships of the Sith Empire to the ring world to fight a decisive battle with us."

"When the time comes, we will use our super weapons to wipe out all the scum of the Sith Empire!" The emperor of the Clem Empire made a pinching gesture in the air with his hand.

"We are willing to follow your instructions!" Many officers and officials hurriedly leaned over to express their sincerity.

"Dismissed!" The Emperor of the Clem Empire waved his hand, and many military and political officials filed out.

Soon after, the fleet of the Sith Empire found that the enemy they were facing had actually retreated. These Clem people abandoned their colony and withdrew all their warships to their capital star system!

On the bridge of the Sword of the Empire, Li Mingze was discussing the direction of the next war with Eva and others, and suddenly an officer came over.

"Report to your majesty, the front-line intelligence department has sent back important information!" The officer saluted at the door.

"Go ahead!" Li Mingze waved his hand.

"According to the intelligence sent back by various front-line fleets, the troops of the Clem Empire are retreating. We sent reconnaissance ships to follow the retreating fleet of the Clem people for reconnaissance, and found that their fleets had all withdrawn to their capital star system." The officer reported loudly.

"Oh? The Clem people have all retreated? Could it be that they have some conspiracy?" Li Mingze frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, their warships are seriously insufficient. The destruction you caused in their hinterland has greatly affected their logistical efficiency."

"The enemy is no longer able to support such a long line of defense. Moreover, our warships are already three times the enemy's, and as their warships continue to be destroyed, this ratio is still increasing."

"If this continues, our advantage will grow. They can no longer hold on, so they retreat to the capital star system and rely on fortifications to defend the most important territory." Eva briefly summarized the current dilemma faced by the Clem people.

"So, we should seize the opportunity to pursue and take them down in one fell swoop!" Eva slammed the table.

"No, I object!" Qiuyue said on the side.

"Oh? Why?" Li Mingze turned his head curiously in the direction of Qiuyue.

"Your Majesty, think about it, if we are at a disadvantage in the war, will you choose to give up all the territory and retreat to the defense ring world?"

"Impossible! Because all our resources come from the supply of various colonies. Only when various colonies continue to provide us with resources can we continue to manufacture warships and supply the warships on the front line."

"In other words, once we give up the colony, it is equivalent to handing over the fruits of victory to others, so the Clem people will never give up their colony easily!" Qiuyue analyzed in a deep voice.

"Indeed, so they want to lead us to Clem for a decisive battle?" Li Mingze slammed the table.

"That's right, Your Majesty. The other party must have prepared a lot of traps for us on Clem, waiting for us to step into them foolishly, so we must not fall for their tricks." Qiuyue said affirmatively.