Chapter 224: Chapter 162, Fleet Military Governor
If one were to say that Genie Kuangya personally led his most elite fighters to jump aboard the “Quintet” and take part in the battle, that would make a lot of sense.
The sudden appearance of the “Quintet” turned what was originally a certain victory into an extreme disadvantage. The surprise attack that damaged a destroyer and an escort ship tipped the scales of victory in the enemy’s favor.
During the subsequent naval exchange of fire, the “Quintet” demonstrated formidable firepower as well as robust defenses.
To continue bombardment was more likely to end in disaster than success.
To win, they needed to think of another method.
They could forgo charging the energy shield and overload the weapons system, hoping for the entire fleet to make a concentrated, all-out assault and achieve a decisive victory.
Alternatively, they could employ what’s termed “pack hunting tactics,” using superior ship maneuverability and larger numbers to spread out and carry out a three-dimensional flanking operation. This tactic avoids matching the “Quintet’s” consistent velocity, instead relying on bursts of acceleration and deceleration, creating significant and frequent changes in relative speed to reduce the enemy’s ability to anticipate their movements and accurately lock on with their firepower.
Or, like the Green Skin Fleet is currently doing, adopting the so-called “close-quarter tactic,” braving the onslaught of fire to charge in close for a full-speed, short-range shootout. With no space to dodge and no chance to intercept, most of the firepower must be endured head-on; it becomes a contest of whose ship is tougher, whose cannons are more formidable, and who has more ships.
However…there seem to be many options, yet in reality, few are viable.
The “pack hunting tactics” are not suited for the Green Skin Fleet. To properly execute these tactics, high ship maneuverability and precision firepower are required. Green-Skinned Warships generally aren’t up for this task; their firepower is fierce but imprecise; they’re fast but not agile enough.
Humans relatively favor such tactics. And those who most prefer to use “pack hunting tactics” are the beings who claim themselves as the Spirit Race. Kuangya despises such opponents the most; they’re impossible to catch, impossible to hit, and they bombard you relentlessly, but just one opportunity for a ruthless counterattack could lead to decisive victory.
As for the “close-quarter tactic,” the Green Skins are exactly doing that. In fact, before Kuangya left his flagship to jump aboard, his last command was for the fleet to shut down their power and energy shields upon closing in and to overload their weapons systems to utterly destroy the “Quintet.”
But looking at the current situation, they probably won’t be able to make the charge; who knows how many ships will get blown up mid-way. Those that do manage to close in likely won’t have overall firepower or defenses to match the “Quintet.”
In order to ensure the success of the close-quarter tactic and the mad plan to fire all weapons, he personally led the boarding party.
Although he is the Military Governor of the fleet, among the Green Skins, regardless of which group, the one who becomes the boss, the leader, is always the most formidable among them.
And without a doubt, Genie Kuangya is such an individual.
Of course, he was also concerned that if their interception firepower exploded the boarding capsules before they could land on the enemy ships, it could spell disaster.
This was a very real possibility, despite deploying many decoy capsules and using the raw power of “waaagh” to camoulfage and silence the boarding capsules, making them difficult to lock on to—but these were no guarantees.
However, now that he had successfully boarded the ship, the remaining problems seemed trivial.
What human shrimp could possibly stand against him?
In his past career of battle, he had killed countless shrimp, even some big fellows in cans among them, whom he had also chopped down.
The group of yellow-canned shrimp left a deep impression on him. He had to admit they were mighty, but regrettably, the final victors were him and his subordinates.
It was because of that battle, that feat of arms, that he grew larger, greener, and stronger, which earned the favor of Kulo Iron Tooth, the leader of the Iron-Tooth Clan and warlord, granting him the position of Military Governor of the Tenth Plundering Fleet.
And today, aboard this ship, it’s not likely that a bunch of shrimp in cans will leap out, right?
Without those formidable beings, he was confident that with his leadership, his most elite troops, even in small numbers, could absolutely push through like a hot knife through butter, slaying their way through the entire starship.
Indeed, it was just so.
After boarding, Kuangya almost single-handedly annihilated a squad of Navy Marine Corps from the “Quintet.” Then, leading his elite team, he destroyed a defensive laser cannon and began storming toward the most critical area within.
The core area was not without resistance.
On the contrary, the forces intercepting him were the most elite of the “Quintet.”
The “Quintet” could muster a maximum of thirty thousand armed troops, of which ten thousand were regular Navy Marine Corps members. These were T4 level troops, well-equipped with weapons. They wouldn’t even regard G-series live-ammunition rifles, using either L-series laser rifles or HS-series electromagnetic rifles instead.
After realizing they were up against an elite Green Skin assault team, the commander of the Navy Marine Corps had already ordered their most elite units to join the battle with their finest weapons.