"Commander Artrea, what's the matter?"
Lin Fan asked when he saw Artrea's expression suddenly change.
"It's that damned Fario civilization. They actually betrayed us and secretly let the fleet of the Sun River Empire into our rear!"
"But I don't understand. What's the motive for their betrayal? If our anti-SunRiver alliance fails, does he think the Sun River Empire will let him go?"
"As far as I know, Nevitt isn't such a stupid person!"
Artrea was about to go crazy.
However, Lin Fan somewhat understood why the Fario civilization would betray them at this time. Or rather, before the Federation intervened in this battle, the think tank had made various deductions. Many of the results were that the Fario civilization would suddenly side with the Sun River Empire.
"Commander Artrea, I have a rough idea of the reason for the Fario civilization's betrayal, but the most important thing now is to preserve as much of your strength as possible and gather it here!"
"If the Sun River Empire wants it, then give it to them. There's no need to fight them head-on. Just treat it as an exchange of land!"
For Lin Fan, if the losses of the Shenyao civilization and the Gemstone Empire were too great, it would disrupt his overall plan.
As mentioned before, the Federation could have the advantage in small-scale battles, but in large-scale battles, the Federation was at an absolute disadvantage.
After all, the problem of numbers was in front of them.
Therefore, Lin Fan needed the strength of the two super civilizations to make up for the absolute gap in the number of top-level combatants between the two sides in the large-scale battle later.
Moreover, their rear had been attacked, and the fleet on the frontlines was directly faced with the crisis of having their supply line cut off and being attacked from both sides.
You still want to fight head-on at this time?
You're crazy!
Therefore, the best strategy now was to avoid further losses and take the initiative to withdraw before the main fleet was completely caught in a pincer attack.
After the army withdrew from the main battle area, they would immediately move to the Federation. With Julest and the surrounding star systems as a foundation, they would rebuild the defensive line to block the Sun River Empire's troops. At the same time, they would use the channel that the Federation had previously opened to launch a fierce attack on the Sun River Empire's command center.
Just as Lin Fan had said, they could just treat it as exchanging land for land.
Although the Alliance might suffer a loss in terms of the number of star systems they occupied, it was still better than staying there and fighting to the death, right?
According to Lin Fan's estimation, with this operation, the number of galaxies occupied by both sides should change from 24-28 to 18-34.
"Mr. Lin Fan, although I understand what you're saying, the problem is that even if I want to withdraw, I can only withdraw about twenty percent of the fleet at best!"
"That shouldn't be the case. According to the current situation, it will take at least half a month for the Sun River Empire to form a complete encirclement. If they use the black channel during this period, it should be enough for all the fleets to withdraw, right?"
Hearing this, Lin Fan was also stunned. He did not understand why Artra could only withdraw 20% of his fleet.
"Your Excellency Lin Fan, to tell you the truth, our reserves of dark crystals are very tight. Most of the fleets at the frontline have not been allocated, so …"
With a bitter smile, Artra said somewhat helplessly.
Back then, the Sun River Empire directly attacked the star continent built by the Divine Glory Civilization and the Gem Empire at the location of the dark energy spring, directly cutting off the source of dark crystals of the two civilizations. At the same time, they also took away 90% of the crystal reserves.
Therefore, after that battle, dark crystals were a non-renewable resource for the two super civilizations, and their reserves were only left with some of the stock in their fleets.
Over the years of fighting with the Sun River Empire, the two civilizations had always been very careful with their use of dark crystals. It was impossible for them to allocate them to every fleet.
And this was only their own fleet. As for the fleets of the level-90 civilizations, they did not even need to think about it.
After hearing Artra's words, Lin Fan slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten about this?
Well, these two super civilizations did not have dark energy crystals that they could squander as much as they wanted, unlike him.
"How about this, you set ten coordinates in the occupied area and have all the fleets close to the coordinates closest to you. Then, the Federation will be responsible for opening the ten black channels!"
"Your Excellency Lin Fan, you have so many dark crystals?"
Hearing this, Artra was a little surprised. Opening ten black channels at the same time, and in order to evacuate all the fleets on the Federation's side, it was not enough to just open ten channels. Each channel had to be maintained for at least a few days.
And in this process, the number of dark crystals that had to be consumed was roughly around 30 pieces.
It should be known that humans did not have a source of dark energy. Even if they found some in some ancient ruins, it should not be too much.
"Well, before the Alfate Civilization left, they gave us some. Although we have consumed a lot of dark crystals to analyze the data of the black channels over the years, we still have enough to open these ten black channels."
Lin Fan nodded and confirmed.
However, the reality was that even if he opened up tens of thousands of black cavities in one go, he would still have sufficient dark energy crystals in reserve, let alone ten black cavities.
However, this sounded different to Artra.
First of all, the dark crystals that humans had were given by the Alfate Civilization, and they had given them a lot. This confirmed what Lin Fan said before, that humans were a branch of the Alfate Civilization. Otherwise, why would they give you so much?
Secondly, most of the dark crystals had been used by humans to analyze the data of the black channels, so there should not be much left. In order to save him, they had directly taken out at least 30 pieces. This was a great kindness.
After all, they were a branch of the Alfate Civilization. Artra was very touched.
"Okay, I will immediately arrange an evacuation point and send the coordinates later."
"Your Excellency's kindness today, the Shenyao Civilization and the Gem Empire will always remember it!"
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Turga Supercluster, Solar River Faction Command Headquarters.
"Commander, the frontline fleet reports that they have torn apart the second line of defense outside the galaxy where the enemy's rear command is located. It is estimated that they will be able to completely take it down in three days!"
"Well done, what about the situation on the main front?"
"On the main front, we are currently in a stalemate according to the plan. After the sneak attack fleet takes down the enemy's command, we will carry out the final annihilation by encirclement and annihilation!"
"Well, inform all the fleets on the main front that if the enemy is desperate, they can retreat appropriately. Everything can wait until the sneak attack fleet arrives. Otherwise, even if we win, our losses will be great!"
"Understood!"
For Leon, he had never considered the possibility that the anti-Salfate Alliance fleet would escape.
After all, with the traitor Fario, Leon already knew that the fleet on Artra's side basically did not have any dark crystals.
Even if they wanted to escape, they could only escape about 20% at most!
Therefore, Leon was not worried at all.
However …
"Commander, a large number of black channels have been detected in the area occupied by the enemy!"
"What?"