Chapter 680: Rounds of Defense
However, this does not happen to the assault fleet.
Although in terms of firepower, the assault array is indeed inferior to the previous heavy fleet, but at a very close distance, the excellent close-in fire resistance on these warships has fully met the requirements of the operation.
As for speed or assault capabilities, these fleets, which are already in the assault role in the legion, are naturally much more suitable and handy for heavy fleets.
Fighting between the two sides soon began.
At first, the Zerg also wanted to copy the previous method of dealing with the coalition heavy fleet to deal with the coalition's assault group, but the bloody facts replied to them, and it was very unreliable to do this kind of thing without changing the tactics at all.
For this reason, the Zerg only came to their senses when they knew that more than half of the first expulsion troops were killed, and then they began to use a new method of warfare.
However, judging from the current casualties, there is no hope for this first batch of Zerg, and the Zerg commander can only pin his hopes on the second batch of expulsion troops that are about to arrive.
As for this first batch of troops, under the spiritual control of the Zerg command, they directly launched a decisive attack on the nearby coalition fleet.
Of course, this kind of unplanned attack naturally had no effect in the face of the coalition fleet that had completed the formation, and it didn't take long for these remnants of the troops to turn into cosmic dust in the dense and layered attack of the assault formation.
After a short victory, the assault formation did not dare to be careless, after all, seeing that the second batch of Zerg troops was about to arrive at the front, they were very nervous about the time to even recover the formation, not to mention that they had time to think about other boring things.
Soon, the second group of expulsion troops of the Zerg arrived on the battlefield, and what awaited them was still the coalition assault fleet that was ready to attack.
This time, the Zerg no longer did the same as before, but launched a surprise attack directly against these coalition fleets, wanting to completely wipe out these weak defenses with the fastest and simplest close combat.
The formulation of the Zerg's operation this time can be regarded as hitting the key point of the battlefield.
The Zerg knew very well that although the speed of these coalition fleets in front of them was amazing, and their close-range fire resistance was also very strong, they also had so-called weaknesses.
On the one hand, these assault fleets cannot be loaded with large-caliber naval guns, so their long-range attack capabilities and interception capabilities are very weak; On the other hand, in order to maintain speed, the warships deployed by the assault fleet have been reduced in defense capabilities, so the ability to resist strikes is also very poor.
Combining the above two reasons, the Zerg finally chose this method of warfare, with long-range troops covering and the Zerg, who are good at close combat, advancing quickly, directly at the cost of a large number of casualties and the coalition forces to fight first.
Don't say it's one for one, it's three for one, four for one, and the Zerg are all sure to make a profit.
Moreover, the most threatening thing about this method of warfare is not the second group of attacking troops that have just arrived, but the third and even fourth groups of expulsion troops that have been formed in conjunction with this method of operation.
However, this is also all wishful thinking on the part of the Zerg, because this kind of trade, which will obviously lose money, will definitely not be agreed to by the coalition forces.
So, while the Zerg had not yet appeared, Zhang Yunfan had already begun to make corresponding arrangements, but this arrangement was not for the second batch of Zerg troops, but was intended to be a gift for the next batch of expelling troops.
As for this second batch of troops, Zhang Yunfan only made some adjustments in the formation, and did not pay too much attention to it.
And the outcome of the battle between the two sides is also very reasonable.
The configuration of this second batch of Zerg troops did not match the tactics used, so they did not play their due effect, so they did not cause much damage to the coalition forces, but were found by the coalition forces to find several loopholes, causing heavy casualties.
And for this defeat, the Zerg commander didn't care too much, because in their eyes, the second batch of troops themselves was used to experiment with tactics, and the tactics were successful and gave some casualties to the coalition forces, which can be regarded as a well-deserved death.
Not long after the second group of Zerg was completely wiped out, the third group of expulsion troops reorganized by the Zerg had also fully arrived and immediately began to attack the coalition fleet.
In the interval between this attack, Zhang Yunfan successfully placed the "gift" he had prepared in advance, and then the entire fleet fell silent again, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Zerg troops.
It didn't take long for the third batch of Zerg troops to appear in the field of view of the coalition fleet.
And this time, the coalition forces did not shoot in advance to reduce the combat status of the Zerg in advance, but waited quietly.
When this force unknowingly entered the range prepared by the coalition forces, a violent energy fluctuation broke out in an instant.
As this burst of energy exploded in this area, a chain reaction immediately appeared in the entire area, and almost instantly, the entire third group of troops was swept away by a huge energy storm.
Don't talk about any offense, it's hard to do even the most basic self-explosion.
After a long time, when the energy storm of the entire area disappeared, the remaining Zerg troops slowly showed their figures.
The originally full and high-spirited Zerg troops now have no shadow of what they used to be, only some defeated troops with wounds and mutilated limbs remain, and less than a third of the troops left in the entire camp.
It was obvious that there was no point in continuing the attack with such troops, so the Zerg simply stopped their attack and began to gather the fourth batch of Zerg expulsion troops.
As for the remnants of these defeated troops, they were simply left in place, on the one hand, to detect the movements of the coalition fleet in case this situation happened again, and on the other hand, to play the last bit of the role of these troops, and when the fourth group of troops attacked, this force was the best mobile meat shield.
The battle is still going on, the Zerg's offensive has been repeatedly frustrated but there is no intention of giving up, and in an instant, the fourth batch of fleets has been assembled.
Soon, this new expulsion force also reached the attack position, and with the remaining remnants of the third group, the defeated troops launched another attack on the coalition assault group.
In this attack, the Zerg fleet is unprecedented in terms of the size of its troops, the operational framework, and the energy invested at the command level, and the Zerg are determined to completely solve all the problems in this theater through this battle.
And the seriousness with which the coalition forces responded was also unprecedented. All the participants know very well that if they resist this attack, this battle will still be fought, but if they can't withstand it, not only them, but also the heavy fleet that is still under siege, I am afraid they will have to say goodbye to this world.