Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 754 - 420 Terrifying Spiritual Energy, Tearing Through the Ship’s Shield

Chapter 754: Chapter 420: Terrifying Spiritual Energy, Tearing Through the Ship’s Shield Chapter 754: Chapter 420: Terrifying Spiritual Energy, Tearing Through the Ship’s Shield When Gu Hang proposed to take the initiative to attack the Green Skin Fleet, Tilermungs opposed it.

The Commander of Tianma believed that since they had decided to be cautious, they should be thoroughly cautious.

A proactive attack was high-risk and right now they were the only remaining Imperial Navy force in the Eastern Dragonhawk Star Domain, and they could not afford any mistakes.

Gu Hang agreed that what he said made sense, and decided to strike anyway.

“Don’t be cautious just for the sake of being cautious,” Gu Hang said, “The ultimate goal of being cautious is to solve problems.

Right now, the opportunity is good.

The Green Skin Fleet, already suffering heavy losses, finds itself in a dilemma.

We can seize this chance to deal them a heavy blow, which would greatly ease the situation.

Besides, with the Orbital Defense system of Steel Wing Star at our backs, we can immediately retreat if something goes awry.”

Tilermungs thought for a moment and was persuaded by Gu Hang.

The Fleet took the initiative to attack under their joint command.

However, the response of the Green Skins quickly made Tilermungs regret it.

The Green Skin Fleet, which was initially caught in a hesitancy to attack, started to retreat upon seeing the Human Fleet’s almost full-scale onslaught.

Their first reaction was to withdraw.

Of course, they didn’t want to engage in battle under the cover of human orbital firepower, and even though they lost two ships to temporarily break away, they were quite resolute in their escape.

This first made Tilermungs breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that Gu Hang’s strategy was indeed quite good.

Taking advantage of the breach they had made, they could expand their victory.

Driving away the Green Skin Ships, they could inflict as much damage as possible.

If they could do that, it would be a great victory!

Just as he was thinking this, he saw the rear of the Green Skin Fleet suddenly charge forward!

Subsequently, the front of the Green Skin Fleet, using the chaos as cover, made a roundabout maneuver to turn their ships and also surged ahead!

And at that moment, the Human Fleet had already left the coverage of Steel Wing Star’s Orbital Defense!

Clearly, the Green Skins did not fear a full-blown battle with human ships as long as the humans dared to chase, they would dare to fight back desperately.

Of course, their chances of winning were not high.

They would have to endure casualties from being pursued, as well as during the transition of their formation, which would drastically reduce their already 50% chance of victory to about 30%.

A rational human commander wouldn’t do this, but the Green Skins would.

The Green Skins were not stupid, but quite smart and cunning.

However, they lacked one thing: rationality.

If they cannot be completely annihilated, then don’t drive the Green Skins into a corner, or else before they die they will ferociously bite back;

It’s safe to set traps for the Green Skins.

Even if they’re a bit rough, it doesn’t matter.

They’re likely to see it coming but still jump in for the sake of a fight, or purely out of confidence that they can win, regardless of the casualties.

And these traits mean that the Green Skins’ actions to fight desperately despite the low odds of winning are quite normal.

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Now it was his turn to feel uncomfortable.

He estimated his own chance of victory at 70%, but even so, he really didn’t want to gamble.

He just didn’t want a decisive fleet battle.

What if they encountered that 30% chance and lost?

Even if they won, what if the Fleet suffered heavy losses in the mad counterattack of the Green Skins?

Tilermungs was deeply worried and even considering changing strategies to retreat.

They were still not far from the protective coverage of the Orbital Defense, and they could completely retreat to plan carefully from there.

Even if they got bitten during the retreat and suffered some damage, he was willing to accept that.

If the Green Skins dared to pursue too aggressively, they could fight back again.

However, just as he was about to issue the order, the command from Gu Hang arrived one step ahead:

“Engage!”

“Quintet, Concerto, Violin, Opera…” Gu Hang named several cruisers in succession, including Tilermungs’s flagship ‘Opera’.

“Advance forward!

Target, enemy flagship, open fire with full force!

Destroy it!”

Tilermungs was a bit perplexed.

What are you doing, kid?

Addicted to commanding?

I am the Fleet Commander!

And to target their flagship with concentrated fire?

That’s not a standard tactic!

The so-called flagship is their designation for the many ships of the Green Skin Fleet.

The less important ones that look very similar might be hard to identify, but the flagship is definitely easy to recognize: it’s the biggest and most formidable one among the Green Skin Ships, likely the flagship of the Green Skin Fleet.

You want to focus fire and take down their flagship?

The idea is beautiful, but it’s quite unreliable in naval warfare.

The enemy isn’t a stationary target; you can’t just decide to focus fire.

The Green Skin escort ships will concentrate on intercepting fire, and they will block firing lines; the flagship, once realizing it’s being focused, might retreat, or might increase their energy shield’s power significantly, making it not so easily breached.

Most importantly, when you send out your own main ships, the enemy will bombard yours too.

A rash attack can easily result in the enemy’s main ship not being destroyed while your own main ship incurs losses instead.

This is something that has been written about in the case studies at the Naval Academy, don’t mess around if you don’t understand, Gu Hang!

Tilermungs now realized a big problem: the command of their side was somewhat chaotic.

He instinctively wanted to object and stop Gu Hang’s order, but he was also concerned about exacerbating the confusion.

He did not immediately order his flagship to act according to the command, but he discovered that Concerto, Violin, and Quintet had all followed the order and moved up.