Ch.269Avalon Siege Battle. (5)

While newbies in the gallery were having their moment of enlightenment…

Unaware of such happenings, I gave Tiamat the order to launch carrier-based aircraft.

Then I immediately had Hresvelgr and other ships fire massive volleys of interceptor missiles.

And as approximately 500,000 interceptor missiles collided with hundreds of thousands of enemy interceptors, creating a spectacular fireworks display…

“All carrier aircraft, launch! Launch!”

“Oh, finally our time has come!”

As massive numbers of carrier aircraft took off from Kraken, our carriers, and the mercenary corps’ carriers under Tiamat’s command.

I directed 90% of them to engage enemy interceptors before attacking the fortress, while gathering the remaining 10% in front of the fleet.

Then, using Kraken’s teleportation system, I ordered that 10% to directly strike the fortress, which would be vulnerable due to the distance limitations.

Of course, our total force only amounted to about 20 carriers and 10 light carriers, so we had around 120,000 aircraft in total.

And 10% of that…

No, actually due to teleportation limitations, it was more like 8-9%, about 10,000 aircraft, which wouldn’t be enough to inflict significant damage on that massive Level 5 fortress stronghold.

“Commander, even if we teleport aircraft for an attack.”

“Hmm?”

“I don’t think we can inflict meaningful damage to the fortress, can we?”

When Jessica, standing right beside me, made this point, I nodded in agreement that it certainly appeared that way.

But only briefly.

I told her I had a plan, and while she looked puzzled, I continued giving orders while playfully tugging at her ear.

“What’s the interception success rate for Hresvelgr and the other ships?”

“About 56%, the rest either missed or were intercepted by the enemy fighters’ missiles.”

“Then leave the rest to the carrier aircraft that are advancing now, and tell them to concentrate all firepower on the fortress.”

“Understood, I’ll issue the orders right away.”

Since the smaller ships were engaged in close combat, it would be difficult for the larger ships led by the mercenary corps to attack.

So I moved the idle large ships forward and had them pour all their firepower toward the fortress.

Of course, as might be expected, while the fortress command was watching their defense fleet transform into a defense fleet (former),

And as their interceptors were being thoroughly intercepted…

When carrier aircraft that came through teleportation began hammering the fortress with an all-out air raid…

Beep-beep-beep! Beep-beep-beep!

“Commander! The fortress’s spaceport gates are opening!”

“Brother, it looks like the fortress’s main combat fleet is trying to deploy.”

“Oh, finally.”

As the tightly closed gates of the Avalon Fortress’s spaceport opened.

They were finally showing signs of deploying their main force, which included more than 10 battleships per fleet.

But the moment they opened the gates to deploy their main forces was exactly the moment I had been waiting for.

“Jessica, did I mention earlier that Neranjara would be the key point in this operation?”

“Ah yes, you did say that.”

“Order them to direct all firepower at the fortress’s spaceport gates that are opening right now. Tell them to use everything except spatial torpedoes.”

“Ah, I see! Yes, Commander!”

Having submerged naturally since the beginning of the battle, then bubbling along to the front of the fortress gates,

After waiting there for hours, Neranjara unleashed indiscriminate torpedoes and missiles…

The fortress’s interception system, overloaded from dealing with the teleported carrier aircraft, failed to detect Neranjara’s attack in time.

As a result.

BOOM! BANG!

RUMBLE RUMBLE… BOOM! BANG!

The gates through which the main fleet was supposed to emerge were damaged, leaving hatches stuck in a partially open state.

“What the hell, they’re blocking the path with battleships?”

“Wow, that’s dedication.”

“…That’s not what’s happening, you idiots.”

In some places, battleships that were just exiting the gates collided with the gate passages due to explosion impacts.

Their engine thrusters, along with the bow and stern, got wedged in an L-shape at the entrance, effectively blocking it themselves.

In other places, departing battleships exploded, causing the gates and several ships trying to exit to collapse together.

It was a complete disaster unfolding.

Of course, no matter how perfectly Neranjara had unleashed all its firepower at the most opportune moment.

Given the sheer size of the fortress, and with carrier aircraft too busy to provide supporting fire.

Some gates sustained only minor damage, meaning the remaining main fleet might all try to exit through those routes…

But this was precisely the situation I had prepared for when I ordered Hresvelgr and other ships to concentrate their firepower on the fortress.

The rain of hundreds of thousands of missiles, beams, and shells that arrived at the perfect timing…

Quickly transformed the intact fortress gates into piles of scrap metal with remarkable effectiveness.

And while the main fleet was thoroughly enjoying their “can’t exit without xx” gate gameplay.

Meanwhile, the defense fleet that had naively deployed first…

They showed exactly what it means to make a valiant effort to form a defensive line to protect the fortress.

But no matter how hard each ship tried, they were outnumbered from the start and outclassed in performance.

They were mercilessly torn apart again and again, and even the battleships they relied on all exploded under overwhelming firepower disadvantage.

Before long…

“Their center is broken!”

“Push forward!”

“Chaaaarge!”

As the mercenary corps pushed through, the defensive formation split in half like the parting of the Red Sea, leaving them to be hunted down like scattered remnants.

And through that empty center, large ships from Kraken to regular-grade cruisers moved in to form a bombardment formation.

“All fleet, commence bombardment!”

“Fire!”

They began pounding the defenseless fortress, providing a spectacular real-time view of intense bombardment.

It was especially satisfying whenever Pashtra’s full-power concentrated beam scored a direct hit on the fortress.

And after watching this one-sided bombardment for less than 30 minutes…

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<Event>

<‘Avalon Fortress’ Anti-Air Defense System Completely Destroyed!>

<Details>

<All systems responsible for the anti-air defense of ‘Avalon Fortress’ have been destroyed.>

<You can now deploy direct assault pods against the fortress.>

<Landing success rate of assault pods targeting ‘Avalon Fortress’: 100%>

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When the news that the fortress’s anti-air systems had been completely destroyed appeared as an event message before my eyes.

I mobilized all ships except those finishing off the massacred defense fleet.

Using tens or hundreds of thousands of assault pods to deploy mercenary corps and monster forces.

Along with our superhuman-like large-scale superhuman forces, plus Griyanar’s chimera units.

About 5 hours later…

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<Event>

<The command center of the stronghold ‘Avalon Fortress’ has fallen!>

<Details>

<You are the first Commander to successfully capture a Level 5 stronghold alone.>

<Rewards>

<You can obtain additional rewards from ‘Avalon Fortress’ every week.>

˪<Minerals 100,000, Rare Resources 20,000, Gold 3,000>

˪<The docking system lock between ‘Avalon Fortress’ and your base has been released!>

<<<You are the first among all Commanders to achieve this feat, congratulations!>>>

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“Oh.”

“You did it, Commander!”

Through the sacrifice(?) of the mercenary corps, I finally became the first among hundreds of thousands of users…

To earn the title of ‘One Who Successfully Sieged a Level 5 Stronghold Alone,’ feeling my brain fully charged with dopamine.