Chapter 42

Because of the discovery of small nests, everyone in the eighth detachment entered a state of pre-war readiness.

Shang Si sat in the command seat, thinking about the plan in his mind repeatedly.

There are many ways to capture a small hive, but in the end, you need to destroy the Zerg while keeping your side from being damaged. There are now fourteen to twenty adults in the hive, which is still a bit tricky for the current combat effectiveness of the eighth detachment.

In addition to being divided into five levels: A, B, C, D, and E, the Zerg are also divided into four categories: collection Zerg, comprehensive Zerg, combat Zerg, and female worm according to their division of labor in the worm nest.

The gathering type of zerg is mainly responsible for collecting food, with poor attack power and high defense, such as D-level zergs such as potbelly worms, which have a large collection and high defense, but their combat effectiveness is not very good.

The comprehensive Zerg can not only collect food, but also have combat effectiveness, and the collection ability and combat effectiveness are relatively balanced, and the single Zerg encountered in the universe in the past is generally a comprehensive Zerg.

The Combat Zerg is not responsible for gathering and is completely dependent on other Zerg for support, but it has strong combat power. Militant Zerg are also males that mate with females to give birth to offspring.

The female worm is in charge of reproduction, is usually protected in the hive, and has poor mobility, but once it enters the universe without being limited by space, its combat power will increase exponentially.

According to the previous data, the collection type of Zerg like the big belly should be able to account for one-third of this small nest, the comprehensive type of Zerg should be able to account for one-third, and the rest should be the combat type Zerg and the female worm.

According to the observation a few days ago, coupled with the previous analysis of the data of the Zerg, most of the Zerg inside the hive should be E-level, in addition to the pot-bellied worm, there should also be two or three D-level combat-type Zerg, and the female worm level is between D-level and C-level, because it is just divided into nests, and there is a 90% probability that it is D-level.

The most tricky thing about this nest of Zerg should be that there are only two or three D-level combat Zergs, although the E-level Combat Zerg and the Comprehensive Zerg can also cause a lot of trouble, but there is no need to worry.

The light particle cannon that the Raven is now equipped with - the light particle cannon obtained from Monica, can be used against the E-class gathering zerg in one shot; Against the E-class comprehensive Zerg, you have to hit more than ten hits to pierce its carapace; The carapace defense of the D-class combat Zerg is very high, and the photon cannon of this model on the Raven has to fight for a long time before it can penetrate its protection.

Luckily, the Raven is now equipped with two mechs.

The weapon is less powerful and can only be topped by manpower. As long as you find a weak point, even a D-class zerg can kill you with one sword. Bird's mecha piloting skills are excellent, not to mention Xiao Yi. Although it is risky to deal with D-class combat zerg in close quarters, it is assisted by the Raven. It really can't be done with the speed of the mech and the cover of the Raven, they can still withdraw.

Shang thought about the photon cannon on the Raven and was worried, although it had been replaced with a new one, but the power was still not enough, but thinking about the funds on hand, he could only make do with this first.

When he was studying at the Curran Military Academy, Shang Si was very opposed to the use of mechs against the Zerg on the battlefield. Although the mecha is efficient in dealing with the Zerg and is very energy-efficient (finding the right weak point and killing the Zerg will save much ammunition than the indiscriminate bombing of the battleship), the risk of the mecha fighting the Zerg in close combat is quite high, after all, how can the defense of the mecha be comparable to that of a battleship. If the driver makes one mistake, it will be a dessert delivered to the mouth of the Zerg.

The reason why mecha tactics appeared in the anti-invasion war was because the weapons of the warships at that time really couldn't penetrate the defensive carapace of the Zerg, so they could only let the mecha get close to find the Zerg's weaknesses. At that time, the defense of the mecha was not as good as it is now, and fighting the Zerg was simply piling up the life of the mecha pilot.

But now that the weapon has developed to this stage, it is completely possible to crush the Zerg with the power of the weapon. Fighting with a strong defensive ship against the Zerg can avoid many risks, at least it is much safer than fighting the Zerg in close quarters.

But Shang Si also knew that at least at this stage, the mecha still had to be on the front line of the battle against the Zerg.

Take the eighth detachment as an example, they just don't have the money to buy high-powered weapons to install on the Raven, and they can only run if they encounter D-level combat zergs without relying on mechas. Because they ran out of energy on the Raven, they might not be able to penetrate the D-class Zerg's carapace defenses, so they could only rely on the mecha pilot to take risks and fight the Zerg in close combat.

Similarly, after the anti-invasion war, the economies of all countries of mankind were severely damaged. Taking Shengyue as an example, after decades of reconstruction, Shengyue has not yet recovered to its previous level. In this case, Sheng Yue continued to reduce military spending, and high-power weapons could not be equipped, so mechas, which were weapons that save money and generate energy, were naturally still put on the front line.

I know that the mecha is risky, but I have to use it, this is the status quo.

Shang Si didn't think about getting a high-power light particle cannon, the reality is that he just bought a high-power light particle cannon, and he can't afford the energy needed for a high-power light particle cannon. The kind of weapon that can penetrate the SSS-level zerg defense with one cannon has been developed a long time ago, but except for the symbolic lifting out during the military parade for people to see, who dares to burn the entire Shengyue's financial income for a year with one cannon.

If you want to bomb indiscriminately with all kinds of high-power weapons and be invincible, you have to see if the rear can afford to supply ammunition......

Shang Si sighed in his heart, thinking that those powerful weapons were useless, anyway, they would not be equipped on them, and the eighth detachment could not afford them now. What he had to make sure now was that while the small hive was destroyed, there would be no casualties among their squad.

This time, the primary goal of eliminating this small hive is to eliminate the female worm, followed by the comprehensive Zerg. One of the characteristics of the Gathering Zerg is that it has to return to its nest no matter how far away it is, so it does not have to worry about the Gathering Zerg scattering after destroying other Zerg. Combat Zerg, on the other hand, generally live and die with the mother, and they will defend the mother until the last moment.

But the integrated Zerg is different, once the nest collapses, they will wander all over the universe, and because they can both gather and fight, they will live quite a long time, maybe they will encounter an unsuspecting human ship like the Dodo, and then it will be another disaster.

Based on his observations over the past few days, Shang Si ordered Bird to report if he found a comprehensive Zerg leaving the nest, and then Xiao Yi and the Raven followed the Integrated Zerg to a certain distance from the nest, and then wiped out the Zerg.

Since the comprehensive Zerg are all E-rank, this task is easy to complete, just be careful not to let the other Zerg in the hive find out.

But if you are careful, after killing the four comprehensive zergs, something is wrong inside the hive.

The hive no longer has a gathering zerg flying out, and two E-class combat zergs and two E-class comprehensive zergs are waiting outside the hive.

Seeing the video from Bird, who was ambushed outside the hive, Shang Si knew that he couldn't secretly destroy a single Zerg anymore. He flew directly to the Worm Hive on the Raven, and Xiao Yi, who received his order, also drove the Polaris to converge on the Worm Hive.

There are now two combat Zerg and two comprehensive Zerg outside the hive, Shang Si ordered Xiao Yi and Bird to deal with the two comprehensive Zerg, and then slowly sailed the spaceship in the direction of the hive.

Shang Si stared at the screen, observing the distance between the Raven and the Hive, and then spoke, "Is the Raven's Light Particle Cannon ready?" ”

Yan Kou: "Ready. ”

The Raven's central control system: "The target has thirty seconds left to enter range...... Twenty seconds left...... Ten seconds...... Five-second ...... Four seconds...... Three-second ...... 2 seconds ......"

Shang Si: "The Light Particle Cannon fires." ”

Yan Kou: "Yes. ”

……

At the same time as the Raven fired the light particle cannon, Xiao Yi's Polaris and Bird's Flame also rushed out.

White light bloomed in the universe, and the light particle cannon hit two E-class combat zergs, but because these two zergs had high carapace defense, the Raven needed to keep hitting them to destroy them.

Shang Si piloted the Raven, and while pursuing and dodging the Zerg attack, he tried his best to cooperate with Yan Kou to launch a light particle cannon.

Yan Kou nervously adjusted the direction of the light particle cannon on the Raven. As a veteran weapon tuner, he not only has to hit the stationary Zerg, but also adjusts the firing direction of the light particle cannon by prejudging the flight direction of the Zerg. This requires a lot of experience and sharp intuition, and without one of them, the agile Zerg may be able to escape.

The screen constantly showed hit prompts, Yan Kou's level was the same as when he was in his heyday, and even more experience bonuses than back then, and the light particle cannon he fired rarely missed, and the 90% hit rate was enough to make him stand out from the crowd.

Xiao Yi and Bird single-handedly picked up an E-class comprehensive zerg and brought it to a distance away from the Raven's battle center, and began to fight with it with all their might and look for weaknesses.

After all, the E-level Zerg is E-level, even if it has a certain combat power, it is not the opponent of the Crow and the two mechas, and it will soon be unable to support it, Xiao Yi's one was killed first, and then the Crow will also wipe out the two combat-type Zerg. After all, it was the first time for Bird to fight with the Zerg, and he was inexperienced and almost out of danger, but fortunately, Xiao Yi solved the opponent in time and joined Bird.

The above is described so much, in fact, it was completed in tens of seconds, when Bird eliminated his Zerg with the help of Xiao Yi, there was a small vibration in the worm nest, and then two Zerg flew out of the hole.

At first glance, Shang Si recognized these two Zerg as D-level combat-type Zergs.

The one flying in front of it was oval, dressed in a black carapace, with few tentacles on its abdomen, replaced by four sharp claws.

The other one, with a slender body, two pairs of wings on its back, and no sharp claws on its feet, but the head of this zerg has exaggerated mouthparts.

Although I know that the Zerg does not rely on its mouth to eat, but absorbs it by its abdominal tentacles and hands, seeing the terrifying mouth full of sharp teeth of this Zerg will make people feel that once they are bitten, it will definitely become two pieces.

These two Zergs, one is a high-defense armor-like Zerg, and the other is an agile Zerg that focuses on attack. The moment they appeared, Shang Si made a plan in his heart.

The author has something to say: what has been done for a long time, without success, has to start all over again...... Yali was in a gloomy mood......

However, the text will not be pitted, and it must be written......