Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

The military commander had his eyes fixed on Chen Ming.

The battle line, which had just relaxed because he was distracted by the intelligence, instantly tightened significantly.

The frontline pushed much further towards the company's side.

Four ships that didn't have time to retreat were directly breached by the shields.

Only one Destroyer, under Chen Ming's protection, managed to forcibly dissociate the nearly overflowing radiation with panel repairs.

The other three shieldless Frigates were immediately overwhelmed by subsequent attacks, with no chance of rescue.

Two of them were destroyed instantly, while only one, quite fortunately, was merely paralyzed, losing combat capability, and was pushed out of the battlefield by the impact of weapon hits.

And this is just the beginning.

In a normal battle, the fighter jets maintaining a battle line are relatively evenly distributed.

Generally, you'll not find all Frigates on one side and all Destroyers on the other.

However, this means that the Cow Herder, stationed at the center of the battle line, is a certain distance from both ends of the line.

Therefore, allowing the Destroyers at both ends to return to the Cow Herder for control by Chen Ming would result in a brief window at the front of the battle line.

Even rotating one by one with extreme inefficiency, a temporary weakening of combat power is likely to occur at the front.

And the military commander's extremely sharp battlefield intuition immediately grasped this opportunity.

Taking advantage of Chen Ming's control over the Destroyers, he executed an aggressive maneuver on the battle line.

This gave the ships on the front line considerable pressure.

Even if it couldn't break through the line and create results, it would make it difficult for other warships on the line to withstand.

The commander also deliberately noted which ships came close to the Shuttle Boat where Chen Ming was and purposefully directed the military's ships to avoid those areas during attacks.

In regular combat, they actively directed more ships to attack the ones that hadn't rotated back to Chen Ming's control.

Since the line always required the Destroyers as the backbone to maintain, Chen Ming's progress in controlling the Destroyers wasn't fully completed yet.

Thus, under the commander's targeted attacks, issues emerged all over the battle line.

Chen Ming could only use the panel's abilities based on the captain's urgent callouts to maintain the line, preventing ships from being destroyed, and the line from being completely overrun.

This not only resulted in the exhaustion of Chen Ming's Spiritual Power but even began to strain his physical strength.

Focusing intensely on one task, until the point of mental distraction and exhaustion, is normal.

But feeling this way in just a few minutes was something Chen Ming found hard to accept.

He couldn't help but rub his temples, easing his mind, and continued to endure.

This was the first time Chen Ming felt such immense pressure looming over him since leaving the Space Station until today.

And this is the true strength of the military in combat, something even Spiritual Energy struggles to compensate for.

Chen Ming took several deep breaths to adjust his mindset affected by the situation.

After all, the military's intention is clear: they want him dead.

If you're about to die, why not fight for your life instead of waiting for the next one?

Chen Ming's gaze turned to the sensor display, eyeing the special orange-red painted Law Enforcement vessel.

The military commander is definitely on that ship.

If he has the chance, he must destroy that ship immediately.

Only then will he have the confidence and opportunity to win this battle.

Although there's nothing Chen Ming can do against the military command now,

he did come up with a solution and conveyed it to the captain.

He suggested crisscrossing the ships on the line before making a rotation.

At the same time, rearrange the positions of the ships to ensure that the entire line has vessels under his control.

Once the ships under Chen Ming's control return, the combat power of the ships, bolstered by panel repair capabilities, will fill in the segment just pushed back.

When all the Destroyers are under his control, then the uneven distribution of combat power on the line with relatively weak spots will no longer exist.

The captain was very willing to accept Chen Ming's first suggestion, but not the latter to rearrange the ship positions.

The reason is quite simple.

Currently, the command system on Sinda Corporation's fleet is temporarily pieced together and extremely fragile.

The captain cannot let the ships sent for rescue by Sinda command the ones supporting from the Space Station, and vice versa.

Each must be commanded separately. Otherwise, any error in his command would lead to chaos in the command system, resulting in uncontrollable problems.

Moreover, shortly after Chen Ming proposed the suggestion, the captain had more bad news for him.

"Mr. Chen, our personnel can't hold on much longer."

"What personnel?"

"The fighter pilots."

Chen Ming immediately realized it.

Fighter jets require pilots for control, who must also make judgments on damage and timing for returning.

Even though Chen Ming can directly repair aircraft and replenish the ones that have been depleted,

the personnel losses cannot be recovered.

The reduction in repair time means less time for pilots to rest and take turns.

They must keep charging onto the battlefield without a moment's pause.