Under the command of Balsa, the Void Zerg troops fought and retreated all the way, showing their sophistication in every maneuver.

If it were any other commander, facing such a difficult battle, he would probably have given up on it long ago, but Zhou Yi is an exception.

Although in the previous battle with Balsa, Zhou Yi was suppressed by the opponent, and even his troops paid a heavy price.

But on the contrary, Zhou Yi also learned experience from Balsa in the process of fighting again and again.

From the current point of view, Zhou Yi should be the person in the expeditionary army who knows the best about Balsa's command style and tactical methods.

With this understanding, coupled with the advantages and dominance established by his trident tactics before, it is really not that easy for Balsa to easily get rid of Zhou Yi's pursuit.

After chasing and escaping all the way, the losses of Balsa's reconnaissance troops continued to increase.

Just when it was about to have enough patience and was about to launch a counterattack, Zhou Yi, who was commanding the pursuit force, didn't know if he had sensed it. He saw that the pursuit fleet that maintained the trident formation retreated quickly and walked very cleanly.

Not the slightest bit sloppy.

This made Balsa hold his breath in his throat and almost choked himself.

Balsa had not thought about the idea of ​​pursuing them directly, but in the end he gave up the idea and signaled the reconnaissance troops to withdraw.

At the same time, he couldn't help but murmured something in a low voice...

"Cunning humans!"

At this moment, even Balsa himself didn't notice that for the first time there was a hint of annoyance in his voice, which had always been calm and composed.

On the other side, after the pursuit fleet retreated smoothly, Zhou Yi exhaled a long breath, and he just held his forehead with one hand and collapsed in his position in the general command room.

And handed over all the subsequent work to the two deputy commanders.

The round of battle with the opposing commander just now was not easy at all for Zhou Yi.

Just as Balsa speculated earlier, if his Trident tactic is to be implemented successfully, two major elements must be present.

That is accurate intelligence information and quick and accurate judgment.

It goes without saying that intelligence information is provided to him by the reconnaissance shuttle of the Machine Tribe, but in terms of judgment, he really can only rely on himself.

But no matter what, this battle with the Zerg ended in their victory. At the same time, they also temporarily repelled the Zerg's reconnaissance force, ensuring the safety of their void base.

Although after this, many soldiers could not understand why Zhou Yi chose to withdraw his troops when he had the advantage and dominance, this obviously did not prevent them from feeling excited about this long-lost victory.

This wave of changes by Zhou Yi not only completely stabilized the morale of our own army at the critical moment, but even made the morale begin to recover.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, the two deputy commanders who finished handling the post-war work at hand and began to habitually study and analyze previous battles, after some pondering, they are undoubtedly better able to understand why Zhou Yi is doing this.

Do.

They had to admit that at the beginning, when they heard Zhou Yi's order to retreat, they were stunned for a moment, and it was not until after the war that they slowly came to their senses.

Now that I think about it carefully, Zhou Yi's timely retreat was definitely a wise choice.

What is the purpose of their action this time?

It is to prevent the Zerg reconnaissance force from moving and ensure that the location of their void base will not be exposed.

Under the circumstances at that time, their purpose had undoubtedly been achieved.

Not only did he achieve his goal, but he also restored the morale of the army through this victory.

When the goal has been achieved, or even exceeded, it is undoubtedly a wise choice to stop when things are good.

After all, the longer the battle lasts, the more unstable factors there will be.

Assuming that Zhou Yi commanded the fleet and continued to pursue the enemy, what if the zerg on the opposite side suddenly gathered reinforcements and launched a counterattack?

You could still get a small victory comfortably, but once you fall into that situation, the outcome is hard to predict.

If you can still win, that would be great.

But the problem is that the opponent's troops are stronger than theirs. Once the follow-up reinforcements are included, if the fight continues, the opponent's chances of winning will undoubtedly be greater than theirs.

At that time, even if you are on a par with the opponent, you will not be able to restore the morale of the army. And if you lose, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of the army, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

Therefore, when victory is ensured, it is wise to let things come to an end quickly so as to firmly grasp the fruits of victory.

Don't think that this is really just a simple assumption. In fact, not only Zhou Yi, but even the two deputy commanders after careful consideration can confirm 100% that there was definitely something on the Zerg side at that time.

Reinforcements are nearby.

That’s right! It’s 100% confirmed!

Among them, the most likely ones are the void centipede and the void burrower.

Once this force is put into the battlefield, there is no doubt that it will have a clear impact on the situation at that time.

The reason why the commander on the opposite side did not do this was naturally due to their concerns.

For example, they don't know what the strength of the expeditionary force is.

After the failure of the previous attack, the tactics of the expeditionary force had been changed to harassment warfare. The troops were dispatched in small groups, and they did not mobilize large troops at all.

It is impossible for the other party to know the current strength of the expeditionary force. Therefore, it is naturally impossible for them to know that their own strength advantage is far greater than they expected.

This was also one of the main purposes of Zhou Yi's mobilizing small-scale troops to fight after that.

Under this premise, once they call in reinforcements, it would be okay if the expeditionary force is defeated by them, but what if the other side also starts calling in reinforcements?

Both sides are constantly recruiting reinforcements. As the strength of the reinforcements continues to increase, the original small-scale battle is likely to directly evolve into a large-scale war.

Whether it is Balsa or Zhou Yi, the commander-in-chief of both sides obviously does not want to engage in a large-scale battle with the other side at this point in time.

Therefore, in the previous battles, they only relied on their own command ability to mobilize small-scale troops to fight and test each other.

Under this premise, Zhou Yi's retreat order at that time can be said to be very accurate.

The strength of the reconnaissance force sent by Balsa was not small. Even if it did not want to engage in a large-scale battle with the expeditionary force, it did not intend to allow the other side to slaughter all the strength of its reconnaissance force.

Under the circumstances, if Zhou Yi did not retreat and continued to pursue him, then Balsa would definitely take action.

If it had been even a few seconds slower, Balsa might have stopped issuing the order.
Chapter completed!