Charlen Crimson Mane, on the bridge of the Steel Crown Prince, was understandably dazed.

Originally, he thought that all the attacks launched by the enemy were like rabbits gone mad, not running away from a pride of lions, but instead launching a counter-charge. By the time he truly understood that those were not rabbits but hornets, and that the hornet venom could be fatal, it was already a bit late.

The flagship of the Imperial Guard Fleet, and the overall flagship of the Kingdom's Space Fleet, the impenetrable Steel Crown Prince, had been boarded.

Whether he was willing to accept this reality or not, the fact had already occurred.

"What's the enemy situation?" He asked, still with seven or eight parts of confusion. After all, this Prince's main military education was fleet command (which was a side job), and hyping up his subordinates (which was his main job), so his concept of ground combat was limited to muscle training.

Fortunately, there were also ground combat experts on board. For example, his bridge security chief, Colonel Sans Redcheek.

"Your Highness, according to the current situation, our ship has been breached in twelve places. Over fifteen hundred enemy assault troopers have entered the ship. Battles are occurring everywhere! Our situation is unfavorable! Furthermore, we've confirmed the enemy's direction of advance… they are indeed heading towards our bridge," Colonel Redcheek replied.

This was a very strong and powerful Kaitai warrior, with a face full of knife scars and one blind eye. He looked like a battle-hardened veteran, completely the opposite type from Vice Admiral Blackfin.

The Captain also added in a frantic tone, "Your Highness, the enemies who landed at the rear of our ship are wreaking havoc inside the hull and are advancing towards the engine… They are currently engaging our defense forces. We are currently at a disadvantage, and if they blow up our engines or even destroy the energy conduction hub, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Do we need to attack?" The speaker was the only female Kaitai on the bridge, with beautiful alternating white and orange-yellow patterns on her body.

Her name was Shalun Baiwan, Prince Charlen's second most trusted person. Her current identity was Charlen's guard captain, and also the top master on this Dreadnought.

The Prince seemed tempted, but Colonel Redcheek shook his head and said, "Lord Baiwan must not move lightly! We don't know if there are any spiritual energy users among the enemies advancing towards the bridge, we cannot take that risk!"

Crimson Mane acknowledged the validity of his point and nodded, then gritted his teeth and said, "Despicable hairless monkeys! Low-class, inferior! Where is the enemy's Aircraft Carrier? Have you found it? Destroy it for me!"

"The enemy Aircraft Carrier is moving towards the main battlefield. In our current state, it will be difficult to pursue."

After confirming that the Kaitai Imperial Guard Fleet had been completely dragged into a chaotic battle, the lexington assault ship began to retreat. Although she was an armored assault Aircraft Carrier, her speed was that of a cruiser, making her quite fast. Of course, retreating at this point felt like abandoning the assault ship that was rampaging through the enemy fleet, and the assault troopers who had already entered the enemy ship. It sounded a bit cruel, but it was indeed the smartest approach.

"Your Highness, the other Captains are asking us for the next command. They are asking if we should fully rescue the flagship."

So far, over 2000 Earth assault troopers had successfully boarded, with 1500 of them plunging directly onto the flagship, the Steel Crown Prince. As a result, this geometrically beautiful rectangular Dreadnought hull was literally pierced like a porcupine. The remaining 500 people were divided among the other ships, and their situation was naturally much better than that of the overall flagship.

However, calling it a rescue was also a bit troublesome. Security personnel from other warships would have to use transport ships to reach the overall flagship—otherwise, how? Directly ram into it? That would be too much of a test for the crew's driving skills. If there was the slightest mistake, and two behemoths weighing millions of tons collided, do you know what would happen?

But the problem was that the battle was still intense, with assault ships and fighters still weaving and fighting in the gaps between the ship formations. Their attacks could only cause superficial damage to Dreadnoughts and battlecruisers, but sinking a transport ship would be too easy.

"Let them… reinforce Marshal Chiyan. Under the command of Vice Admiral Indigodragon, who is currently stationed in the Silver Duke," Osen Blackfin suggested.

Crimson Mane looked over, but Blackfin continued, "Of course, my primary suggestion is still for them to head directly to the Earthlings' Gibraltar Starport. However, you probably wouldn't agree, would you?"

Of course, this was madness! Prince Crimson Mane wanted to say so, but facing the other's calm eyes, he lowered his head somewhat guiltily. Vice Admiral Blackfin, not known for his bravery, had a very gentle temper (among Kaitai), and his calm eyes were often jokingly called "dead fish eyes"; yet at this moment, these eyes brought a pressure to Crimson Mane that even surpassed those renowned warriors in the Kingdom, and his own heroic father, the King.

"So, let them reinforce the main battlefield. The Marshal's side is clearly in decline, but it's not unsalvageable. Now, there's still time," Blackfin said.

Colonel Redcheek and the Captain stopped talking. After all, they were only Colonels and it wasn't good to constantly contradict a General. Although they actually always looked down on this weak General.

"Your Highness… the Steel Crown Prince is the Grand Protector's flagship!" However, at this moment, Baiwan suddenly spoke up.

She was also only a Colonel, but she was a spiritual energy user, the "top master," and her status was extraordinary.

Blackfin sighed and lowered his head, saying nothing. He already knew his master's choice.

As expected, although Prince Crimson Mane dared not look at his strategist again, he still issued the order to fully commit to rescuing the flagship.

This also became a disaster for the Kaitai Marine Corps. In the short ten minutes that followed, over five thousand Kaitai Marines, along with their transport ships, turned into cosmic dust. Of course, they also successfully transported the same number of assault troopers to the flagship, and quickly recaptured the hull occupied by the Earthlings, and repelled the enemy's attack on the engines and energy hub.

The soldiers under Lieutenant Colonel Price were caught in a pincer attack by several times their number of enemies, suffering heavy casualties. But these most elite assault troopers from the Commonwealth's most elite fleet, having already mentally prepared for all this, naturally wouldn't give up so quickly. They fought and retreated, and soon successfully occupied an ecological park in the rear half of the hull, holding their ground by leveraging the terrain.

As for why there would be an ecological park on a Dreadnought… well, it was said to be a custom from the Empire. Glorious Kaitai warriors, as part of the great Galactic Empire's aristocratic system, would be mocked as bumpkins if they didn't keep up with the trends when they arrived at the Imperial Capital.

Regardless of the ultimate reason, their fierce fighting indeed created combat opportunities for their other comrades. In the first hour after successfully boarding, Yu Lian and his companions had finally reached the bridge, and the real battle began at this time.

The bridge's security personnel, plus the total reinforcements reported, also exceeded 200 people, roughly equivalent to the attacking force. However, with sentry guns and a small number of auxiliary combat robots, they quickly assembled in the wide corridor outside the bridge hall.

Leading them was a fierce-looking Kaitai Colonel, wearing Imperial-made power armor but without a helmet, revealing a scarred, one-eyed, very manly face that seemed to tell a story of war, like a tough guy from history.

He roared, "Fight! Fight! Absolutely do not let the enemy advance a single step!"

The Kaitai soldiers in the front row began firing at the charging Earth assault troopers. Both sides, in tight formations, began a shootout in this corridor, which was only about ten meters wide. It was imaginable that if both sides weren't wearing incredibly durable power armor, there wouldn wouldn't be many people left on either side after a few seconds.

What broke this cosmic-era firing line was not the two sides preparing for melee combat as originally planned, but Yu Lian directly throwing ten high-explosive rifle grenades into the densest enemy formation. He wasn't worried about blowing up the ship at all; after all, it was an Imperial-made Dreadnought, and he had great confidence in the hardness of its core parts.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" The blast waves from the explosions caused the headphones under everyone's helmets to crackle.

High-explosive bombs had limited lethality against enemies in power armor, but they successfully disrupted the enemy's rhythm and formation. Immediately after, Yu Lian, using the Eagle Strike aura that Colonel Chaimen had cast on him, began his charge. He leaped out, pushed off the ground with force, and his entire being transformed into a whirlwind sweeping forward.

His pulse blaster continued to fire, and the destructive beams pouring from the barrel were all aimed at the slightly weaker neck and helmet joints of the enemy's power armor.

As he advanced, bodies fell everywhere. The enemy's formation was thus forcefully torn open.

Colonel Chaimen and Major Nani were almost dumbfounded. They had, of course, accepted this temporary partner and even admired this young man, but they never expected him to be so incredibly fierce. By the time they reacted, the overly brave young man had already rushed over a hundred meters.

"Children of Blue Star! Charge!" Major Nani reacted even faster than Colonel Chaimen, and he shouted "Children of Blue Star" instead of "Children of Earth," which would prevent the Bearmen, Minelo Minotaurs, and Vino Highlanders, and other Commonwealth sub-human minorities among the Marines, from expressing dissatisfaction.

Who would believe he was a rough man?

"Charge! Our victory is in sight!" Colonel Chaimen also roared loudly. He once again activated the Blood Road skill, applying a charge aura to all his comrades, and began his own charge.

Neither he nor Major Nani activated their exclusive charge combat techniques. Yu Lian had reminded them earlier that they must conserve as much stamina as possible for the more important duel later.

At this moment, Yu Lian had already swept Past the Colonel who wasn't wearing a helmet. The latter's furious roar froze directly on that face full of historical vicissitudes, and then with a thud, he fell to the ground.

Only then did his head smoothly split into two halves.

This was cut by Yu Lian's arm-mounted laser cutter, but his movements were so fast that many people couldn't see it clearly.

It wasn't until this moment that Yu Lian finally encountered an interceptor worthy of a fight. It was also a silver-white machine, exquisitely crafted like a work of art, glowing all over like a light source. Its appearance was naturally beautiful; the only flaw was the black iron-colored, realistic claw emblem on its chest armor, which was completely out of sync with the rest of the machine's design.

This guy held a hand-and-a-half greatsword in one hand and a fist-claw in the other. Hmm, this was very Kaitai.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" He wielded the hand-and-a-half greatsword and claw, parrying left and right, and actually managed to deflect the burst of energy blasts Yu Lian fired.

His movements were confirmed; he was a master of martial arts. His right hand used the Empire's Glimmer Knight Swordsmanship, while his left hand's claw used the Great Felines' Heart-Rending Blade Dance.

Of course, Yu Lian was more curious about the opponent's machine.

"Emblem Machine? Heh, Luminous Knight Mark I?"

"You know your stuff, Earthling!" The opponent sneered, "Do you only dare to use such commoner's weapons? Where is the spiritual energy user's pride? Earthling! Pick up your weapon and fight me!"