Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

The fact that the captain spoke to Chen Ming about this matter likely means that the pilots on the Cow Herder are already too exhausted to support a full squadron launch.

And those remaining pilots on the ship must have gone out several times, more fatigued than he was in the relatively safe rear.

At this rate, the military won't need to defeat the fleet; the fleet will fall apart due to its internal over-exhaustion.

Although all the fighters are equipped with emergency escape pods, the actual losses shouldn't be to this extent.

But it's really hard to say how many pilots can actually return.

Chen Ming was very reluctant to hear what the captain had to say, but this is an unavoidable flaw of carriers and fighters under normal circumstances.

Unless, like Speed Particle Technology's Torrent Level, equipped with AI-controlled Terminator Fighter squadrons.

Speed Particle Technology seems to have also completed preliminary research on remote controlling ships without being affected by the complexities of the battlefield; if Chen Ming could get his hands on the Torrent Level, this situation wouldn't have arisen.

But Sinda Corporation, unlike the legally borderline research on AI piloted ships like Speed Particle Technology, can only rely on humans to pilot the fighters, making personnel damage inevitable.

Chen Ming finds this quite regrettable now.

If he could have controlled the Cow Herder in advance and installed the Dusk AI Core for some simple transformations, perhaps Dusk could control these fighters.

Although the effect might be much worse than human piloting, after all, Chen Ming doesn't, but

this is merely a thought; Chen Ming has no way to solve the manpower shortage right now.

So he could only respond helplessly, "I understand."

At the same time, he stopped the repair of the Cow Herder's fighters.

Fighters no longer need repairs, so at least his mind can relax a bit.

However, although the mind can relax, the already tense front line cannot.

There is still one last batch of fighters to rely on, but after that, the capability to protect friendly ships will definitely drop a notch.

Fortunately, there hasn't been any issue with the Cow Herder's missiles, which should still hold out for a while.

But missile materials have already been heavily consumed up to this point.

Other materials on the Destroyers controlled by Chen Ming, prepared for post-battle ship repairs, are also nearing depletion like the missile materials.

And the ammunition on these ships is already in a critical state.

If this continues, they will have to rely on the reserves in the Cow Herder's warehouse.

Once these reserves are exhausted, the fleet's combat power will greatly decline.

The military, although in a similar situation, cannot convert their readiness supplies into combat and endurance capabilities as instantly as Chen Ming can.

However, their combat capabilities inherently surpass those of the Space Station and the company's fleet.

They can achieve greater results with less loss.

Moreover, from the start, the military had more ships than the company's side.

By using exquisite command techniques to pressure the company's fleet, forcing them to consume resources in batches.

Chen Ming doesn't think the military won't outlast the Sinda Fleet, which is continuously using reserve materials to maintain ship combat power.

Even though Chen Ming has asked the captain to request material support from the Space Station.

But gathering materials to loading and transporting, all requires time.

In the current battle, it's probably too late to deliver them in time.

With Chen Ming's help, the Sinda Corporation fleet has gradually shown a declining trend.

The military, however, withstood the outburst brought by Chen Ming's abilities, shifting the situation they fought hard to maintain back in their favor.

At this point, the combined remaining number of combat-capable ships on both sides barely totals 140, with a quarter already sunk in this superspace.

The remaining warships are mostly damaged and unable to withstand further intense battles.

Chen Ming's side now has just over fifty ships, while the military still has over eighty.

It's important to note that initially, although Chen Ming supported less than thirty Sinda Corporation ships, the total ship count with Space Station support was close to a hundred.

But now, the fleet has lost nearly half.

Furthermore, no more ships can be supported from the Space Station side.

The situation at the Space Station is just like the Cow Herder's fighters.

There are ships, but no pilots.

In the two previous Dusk attacks, each loss was reimbursed by the company, and more combat-capable ships were sent over.

However, personnel losses cannot be replenished quickly.

Yet, the military started with over 100 militarized ships, with over seventy still remaining after engagements.

Even though the company's and military's ships do not have significant discrepancies in lower-level ship technology.

The gap in fleet organization, command, and actual combat capability resulted in a final damage ratio of two to one.

Under the present circumstances, the only piece of good news.

is that the company fleet's losses, including destroyed and disabled ships, are mostly Frigates.

And thanks to Chen Ming's protection, there are still 31 Destroyers remaining.

However, this bit of good news is somewhat overshadowed by the bad news.