Lord of the Sky City

In this great battle, the battlefield where Rocky was stationed was only a part of the larger conflict. In fact, while they were fighting with intensity, the main battlefield was equally ablaze with combat.

Facing the onslaught of the heavy-armored-ship troops, which showed no sign of stopping, Wilton led the Alliance Army in a series of responses.

First, the battleship fleet he personally commanded continued to maintain the offensive. The Alliance's battleships, with their ultra-long-range cannons, constantly bombarded the approaching heavy-armored ships. Although the effect wasn't very good, dozens of heavy-armored ships had already been sunk by the continual shelling.

Secondly, while he personally held the front line, he also issued a new order for the Alliance Army's second echelon to strike out!

The Alliance Army was composed of three echelons, with the main force being the battleship fleet. Among the other two echelons, one was primarily made up of patrol cruisers. Although patrol cruisers are one level below battleships, their strength is by no means weaker, and this troop had now been deployed as well.

At Wilton's command, a large force of eight hundred patrol cruisers surged into action, rushing into the battlefield at tremendous speed!

The patrol cruisers were smaller in rank, firepower, and size compared to battleships, but they were many times faster. This was normal, but the speed of the patrol cruiser fleet that burst onto the battlefield at this moment was incredibly fast —unbelievably so!

Once this force was in motion, it flanked the leading Imperial Army's heavy-armored ships. Although they'd set off later than Wilton's battleship fleet, they soon overtook the battleship formation, beginning to envelop the enemy from the side.

High-Speed Patrol Space Ship.

If the Kafka Empire had its great trump card in the heavy-armored ships, the Sky Alliance's ace in the hole was this incredibly fast-moving patrol cruiser fleet.

The cruisers that made up this fleet were the unique High-Speed Patrol Space Ships of the Sky Alliance. These ships were incredibly fast, their cruising speed in space was on par with destroyers, known for speed, yet their firepower and armor far exceeded that of destroyers. They were not only stronger than destroyers but even compared to regular patrol cruisers in every aspect, the High-Speed Patrol Space Ships were not the least bit weaker, yet they far outpaced them in speed.

This type of warship technology was unique to the Sky Alliance, and it also created this distinct fleet—the very one before us now.

Clearly, Wilton deployed this fleet with the intention of using their speed advantage to surround the Imperial Army swiftly!

The Imperial Army's heavy-armored ships might be strong, but if the Imperial Army thought that just this troop alone could leave the Alliance Army helpless, they greatly underestimated both the Sky Alliance and Wilton.

The reason Wilton was eager to deploy the Void Magic Corps beforehand was partly indeed to use the Void Magic Warriors to stop the heavy-armored ships, but equally, this move was also a trap.

After the Void Magic Corps engaged, the focus of the great battle temporarily centered on the Void Magic Warriors of both sides. However, during this time, the battleship fleets of the Alliance Army and the heavy-armored ship troops of the Imperial Army had been steadily closing in on each other.

And once they got within a certain distance, Wilton decisively dispatched the patrol cruiser fleet, using the speed advantage of his cruisers to surround the Imperial Army in a very short time, thereby creating a situation of attacking outnumbered enemy forces.

It was previously noted that although the Imperial Army dispatched a heavy-armored ship troop as vanguard, two more formations flanked it on either side. Clearly, the plan was to have these two formations deliver fatal blows after the heavy-armored ships disrupted the Alliance formation.

But now, because the High-Speed Patrol Space Ships were just too fast, when they flanked the Imperial Army, the enemy could not adjust its formation in time. As a result, the Imperial Army's army, advancing in a perfect triangle formation, faced the predicament where the frontal heavy-armored ships could attack Wilton's battleship fleet, but of the two flanking troops, only one could confront the patrol cruisers. The other, unable to adjust its formation in time, could do nothing!

One must understand that although the forces deployed by both sides in this battle were roughly equal, the Alliance Army had only formed three echelons, each with about a thousand warships, while the Imperial Army had four echelons. Although they had one more echelon, each echelon had significantly fewer ships—it wasn't just one or two ships short; each formation had several hundred fewer warships!

In such a scenario, once the Alliance Army completed the encirclement, even if the Imperial Army had the seemingly invincible heavy-armored ship troops, and even if those troops were indeed unstoppable, the flanking units would undoubtedly be devoured. That was a massive army of eight hundred patrol cruisers!

Therefore, to avoid this situation, as soon as the Alliance Army's cruiser fleet began the swift encirclement from the flanks, the Imperial Army immediately adjusted.

The first thing they did was to order the three formations led by the heavy-armored ships to change formation immediately. The third echelon, unable to do anything in the encirclement, broke off from the main force quickly, heading in a different direction.

At the same time, the Imperial Army also deployed its final echelon!

The Imperial Army had split their forces into four echelons, but only three had been deployed until now, with the last one held back from action. But now, with Wilton seeking to initiate a pincer on the battlefield, the Imperial Army also moved this last formation.

As top-tier powers, the Kafka Empire was well aware of how troublesome the Sky Alliance's High-Speed Patrol Space Ships could be, just as the Sky Alliance knew the formidable capability of the heavy-armored ships. Hence, the Imperial Army had been prepared for this scenario with this final echelon!

This last echelon comprised hundreds of destroyers. Although it might not seem particularly strong in terms of numbers or quality, it had one advantage—this exclusively destroyer-composed formation was fast!

Thus, after this formation set off, it didn't take long to enter the battlefield, charging straight for the Alliance Army's patrol cruisers! Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire

When Wilton saw this series of imperial maneuvers, he couldn't help but nod in approval. It seemed the Imperial Army's commander was not to be taken lightly. These chain reactions—they truly made a clever play.

Perhaps some might wonder what exactly the Imperial Army had done to earn such high praise from Wilton?

There must be more than a few with this question—it isn't trivial since these individuals haven't grasped the intention of the Imperial Army yet, but Wilton had seen it. He understood very well that the Imperial Army's commander was executing a counter-encirclement against him and the Alliance Army!