Chapter 556 Reinforcements

Before entering the jump, the second and third unmanned fleets uploaded the "jump signature code" parsed by the jump engine to the A·Bava·Ku asteroid fortress, which also sent this "jump signature code" to the third task force through quantum entanglement communication.

The jump engine, which is based on the "jump drive" of the forerunner civilization, is essentially a small modification of this drive to make it compatible with human warships.

To be honest, humans still don't know the principle of this thing very well. They only know that after the "jump drive" is activated, it will generate a unique "jump signature code" based on the starting point, end point, distance, hyperspace route and other information of this jump.

When the human fleet jumps, it generally sends this "jump signature code" and other related information to friendly forces.

This "jump signature code" also meets the characteristics of space fluctuations, so after the friendly forces detect the space fluctuations that meet the characteristics, they will compare the information carried by the "jump signature code" to know which fleet has arrived.

That’s why the Infinity knew at the first time that it was the Atlas unmanned fleet that arrived at the battlefield more than 400,000 kilometers away, not the fleets of other forces.

As flashes continued to come from the dark universe, the fleets of both sides on the battlefield also detected warships that had left the jump. These warships immediately formed a battle formation after leaving the jump, and then rushed towards the area where the Third Task Force and the Federal Fleet were fighting.

Yes, they rushed over.

Because through the optical observation channel, the long tails of the warships of the two unmanned fleets can be seen against the dark and cold background of the universe, just like a series of comets dragging tails.

"Colonel, it's our reinforcements!"

On the bridge of the Infinity, the officer on duty saw the optical observation screen connected to the main screen and shouted excitedly.

"Calm down, Captain Raven, you are a naval officer, you must always stay calm~"

After seeing the reinforcements arrive several hours earlier than scheduled, Randall calmed down instead, and even wanted to tell others not to get excited.

"Colonel, I didn't see you keeping calm just now." The officer on duty muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say?"

"Report to the colonel, please rest assured that I will keep calm at all times!"

The officer on duty stood at attention with a "bang!" and saluted, and some of the bridge personnel around couldn't help laughing.

Obviously, the arrival of reinforcements made everyone feel much more relaxed.

At the same time, the "Infinity" also received communication access requests from the second and third unmanned fleets. After the communication staff confirmed that the application identification code and other information were correct, Randall nodded and agreed to the communication access.

Soon, on the main screen of the "Infinity" bridge, two virtual images of command-type artificial intelligence wearing white and silver uniforms appeared on the left and right.

Not surprisingly, they were two female images.

In other words, on all current warships of mankind, the images of shipboard control personalities and command-type artificial intelligence all use female images without exception.

After the appearance of these two commanding AIs, the tense atmosphere on the bridge of the Infinity, which was originally tense due to the battle, also had a touch of comfort.

"Hello, Colonel Randall, I am Selene, the commander of the second unmanned fleet."

"I am Hecate, the commander of the third unmanned fleet."

The two commanders of the unmanned fleet spoke, their voices gentle and firm, like the sound of gentle waves under the moonlight. Lilith's specially adjusted voice line calmed the crew members after hearing their voices.

"Based on the order issued by the Boss, we are ordered to come to support the operations of the third task force. From now until the arrival of the Boss, the second and third unmanned fleets will temporarily accept your command, Colonel Randall."

The commander of the second unmanned fleet, Selene, who continued to speak, was obviously also the joint commander of the two unmanned fleets.

"Thank you for your support!" Randall raised his hand and saluted, and then went directly into command mode.

"The second and third unmanned fleets, please follow the route shared by the data link to suppress and pursue the federal fleet. The firing restrictions have been lifted. You can organize your own attacks after entering the attack range!"

"Received, Colonel Randall, the unmanned fleet begins to execute the order."

The two commanding artificial intelligences also raised their hands to return the salute, and then temporarily ended the communication, and the observation team quickly reported that the two unmanned fleets deployed the attack formation and began to accelerate again.

Since the unmanned fleet does not need to consider the bearing problem of the crew, the acceleration of the warship can be very high, and the approach rate and relative speed with the federal fleet are also rising.

Compared with the "survival" of the people on the "Infinity", the flagship bridge of the federal fleet, especially the faces of the two fleet commanders, are full of sorrow.

The 17th and 18th fleets had already suffered heavy losses from the plasma torpedoes and heavy anti-ship missile groups that caught up.

The warships behind the formation were damaged by more than 30%, and many damaged warships would not have time to be towed, so the losses would only increase over time.

The two fleet commanders, Benelli and Stoner, also wanted to break contact and keep distance as quickly as possible, and then fully deploy the fleet to counterattack with superior firepower.

But now the sudden appearance of two unmanned fleets immediately made them give up this idea.

Originally, the Atlas combat fleet was not weak in combat power with the support of the "Infinity", and it also caused a lot of losses to the federal fleet.

Now the other fleet is not inferior to their own in terms of numbers. Wouldn't it be a pure gift of death if they continued to fight head-on?

Major General Benelli is indeed young, and occasionally he will make some radical moves when his blood boils, but this does not mean that he will rush to die in a fit of rage.

"Speed ​​up and leave. These freighters can't be fought. This battle is really fucked up!" Major General Benelli angrily hammered the armrest of the captain's seat, and the "high-risk area" of this captain's seat once again suffered damage that it should not have borne.

And the commander of the 18th Fleet, Major General Stoner, rarely made any comments after hearing what Benelli said, but nodded and directly agreed to the former's plan.

Soon, the two federal fleets that were passing through the field at high speed changed their engagement strategy, directly stopped attacking the third task force, and supplied all energy to the deflection force field, maintaining the posture of the bow facing the enemy.

Randall and his team also immediately noticed the "standard disengagement posture" of the federal fleet. After each ship tried to attack again and tested the defense of the opponent's deflection force field with full power, Randall also ordered the ships to cease fire.

Since it is impossible to penetrate the opponent's defense for a while, don't waste ammunition and energy for the time being. Who knows if there will be other battles later?

Randall thought so while watching the federal fleet passing the "closest contact point" and heading away in another direction.

At present, this sudden encounter is over. To be honest, the third task force suffered a lot of losses, but anyway, it still held on until the reinforcements arrived and successfully covered the cargo fleet.

But for some reason, Randall still felt vaguely that this battle might not be over yet.

"Let's get ready first. When Amber comes, we don't know what 'new tricks' he will come up with."

As this thought flashed through his mind, Randall immediately issued a new order.

"Attention, the third task force, start rescuing survivors and assist in towing damaged warships! The second and third unmanned fleets are responsible for the surrounding space alert and expand the air defense network. Over!"