The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5121

This battle was different from many of the other ones fought by the Golden Skull Alliance.

Unlike the ambushes and relatively short pitched battles of the past, Ves and his fellow leaders wanted to employ an advance unit to disrupt the enemy warships that had grouped into at least two separate formations.

At the very least, the Spirit of Bentheim and her accompanying mechs needed to do whatever they could to pull Stingray 2 away from the partially crippled Stingray 1!

With the main fleet slowly making its way to the battlefield, the Larkinson Clan and its allies would be able to reduce the projected casualties by a massive degree if Stingray 2 was no longer around to provide support!

Aside from that, the Phobos had never entirely left the site either. The expert stealth mech continued to remain in hiding in the hopes that he could exploit any openings while the alien warships were fully preoccupied with fighting against their more visible opponents!

The key was whether the Spirit of Bentheim detachment could produce enough of a commotion to provoke a serious reaction from the aliens!

So far, the enemy warships had done nothing aside from channeling more power to their transphasic energy shields.

Aside from that, the aliens still behaved as if they were determined not to split up in order to chase after the Spirit of Bentheim.

Everyone else seemed to hold their breath and remain silent as the Macharia Excelsia struggled to land a single shot with its Hexfire rifle.

No matter how well Saintess Ulrika tried to aim at the distant starships, none of her shots had landed onto an enemy vessel as of this time!

The mood across the ship gradually dropped. The optimism that people felt before started to fade and make way for a more pessimistic outlook of the situation.

"It is not working so far." General Verle spoke to Ves over a private communication channel. "It was a low-probability event anyway. We have already accounted for this eventuality. If our ace mech has yet to produce a positive result in five minutes, we will move closer until we are a light-second away from the closest enemy warships. That may put us in range of getting struck by their most precise armaments, but that is the risk that we will have to take."

Ves grimaced as he took in the static situation. "I think we should wait a bit more. Saintess Ulrika is not the sort of pilot who gives up easily. We need her to land at least one strike in order to restore morale." _{fгeewebnovёl.com}

"I know, but the longer this drags on, the greater the cloud that will hang over our heads."

Reports of misses continued to sound across the bridge.

"Miss! The Macharia Excelsia was 20,000 kilometers off-target this time."

"Miss! The energy beam is off-target by 9.7 kilometers."

"Miss! The beam has deviated from its target by 50.3 kilometers."

Ves almost felt tempted to say a few words of encouragement to Saintess Ulrika, but he declined to do so in the end. This was a struggle that she needed to fight on her own. There was no one that could help her increase her hit rate aside from maybe Ylvaine, but her lack of belief in the design spirit precluded any possibility of cooperation.

"HIT! The Macharia Excelsia has managed to strike its target!"

"The attack inflicted effective damage on the target." Another bridge officer reported. "The transphasic energy shield of the largest yurzen warship has just lost a small amount of integrity."

The damage was relatively minor, but the symbolism of landing an attack was significant!

Ves grinned but quickly schooled his expression.

"Let's see whether this is a fluke or the beginning of an improving pattern."

The Macharia Excelsia did not stop and continued to fire whenever Saintess Ulrika felt the time was right.

The interval between shots remained fairly long at around 70 seconds on average.

Each time, everyone waited to see whether the ace pilot could repeat her earlier success!

"Miss!"

"Miss!"

"Miss!"

"Hit!"

Hits remained few and far between. Though there were signs that the aliens grew a bit more annoyed at the sporadic attacks, the aliens did not do anything else aside from engaging in more serious evasive maneuvers.

This was also partially why the Macharia Excelsia's hit rate gradually began to drop.

"I believe this is the best result that we can attain at this range." General Verle told Ves. "It is impressive that Saintess Ulrika and her ace mech are able to occasionally land an attack, but we are not exerting enough pressure to force the aliens to make more proactive moves. The alien vessels struck by the attacks can restore the integrity of their energy shields easily enough."

"I know." Ves let out a soft sigh. "Let's get closer then. Try to err on the side of caution whenever possible. I don't want my newly upgraded factory ship to get battered by the combined firepower of lots of enemy warships."

The Macharia Excelsia temporarily ceased fire and landed its feet onto the solid hull of the Spirit of Bentheim.

The factory ship accelerated forward while also engaging her superdrive for a bit. This enabled the capital ship to move forward just enough so that she ended up approximately a light-second away from the enemy warships!

It took a solid second for light to pass from one side to another.

While that still represented an impractical range for conventional space combat, both the humans and aliens had a few more ways to ensure they could land their attacks at this distance!

Before the Macharia Excelsia could fly out and begin to snipe the relatively closer enemy warships, the puelmer heavy cruisers already launched their first salvo of attacks!

A small forest of powerful laser beams struck the general area around the Spirit of Bentheim!

"We are under attack!"

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