At 22:05 on January 7, when the dense group of light spots on the wide-area monitor obscured the background of the starry sky, and layers of ship shadows appeared on the detector, I really understood the meaning of Maxim's statement that the Branders rely on numbers to win.

There was silence on the bridge, and in addition to the rustling of electronic noise, the sound of people swallowing saliva could be heard in the communication loop.

"That is...... Coming soon to ...... Enemy chemical and biological ship group, expected to ....... The battle is expected to start at 22:17, all personnel are requested to enter combat positions, and all tactical units are on standby according to the plan. ”

The communications non-commissioned officer seemed to bite his tongue, and the intermittent report broke the silence.

The bridge immediately resounded with the clamor of people rushing to their posts and speeding up the rapid injection of liquid.

I, Verelli, Maxim, and Zach sat in fixed chairs around the electronic sandbox.

With the very regular questions and answers on the bridge, and the intelligence non-commissioned officer constantly reporting the data of the distance between friend and foe, I felt that the pace of war was approaching, and it was expected that this battle would mainly lie in the starship duel, so I did not leave the bridge as soon as possible, but watched the battle in front of the electronic sand table.

As the countless parallel lines of fire that bleached their sight stretched towards the rapidly approaching group of biochemical ships, various colors of light flickered, enveloping the enemy's massive ship group in a dazzling array of colors.

Most of our ship groups are in the shadow of defensive guns, meteorites or space stations, and the previous round of salvos, not only naval guns but also defensive guns are also firing, with the first round of firing, the colorful colors gradually fade, and the biochemical ship group, which is dominated by crustacean armor, seems to have no effect, and continues to press over. With a large number of Branded starships entering the range of 500,000 kilometers, it is already possible to observe the enemy ships after all through optical observation and methods.

These 'living' behemoths, like large beetles with bodies like mountains, are braving the dense line of fire under the impetus of unknown power. The powerful line of fire left only minor burns on their carapaces, not even a single scratch. As the distance approached, the formation of the biochemical battleships no longer seemed so dense, and the distance between each battleship was more than 200 kilometers, which caused the huge group of ships to rush in, giving the impression that the entire universe was filled with them.

Some small, fast biochemical combat ships are detaching from the giant ships, and the overall feeling is as if they are surrounded by countless large and small bugs, and just looking at it makes people's scalps tingle.

"Cruise missiles and railguns are about to be launched, and it is hoped that the aggregate warhead and kinetic warhead will be more effective than energy weapons."

Wei Leili shook his head helplessly as he looked at the appearance of the enemy ship bathed in a rain of fire on the electronic wide-area monitor.

The real horror of the Berland fleet is a bit three, one is the large number, the other is the strong defense, but the most terrifying thing is the last one. Broadside combat is where they exert their true strength, once they are approached by a certain Brande biochemical combat ship, even if there is only one combat subhuman successful waiting ship, if a smaller combat ship, such as a destroyer, may be directly killed by the subhuman crew and lose combat effectiveness, even a larger type of combat ship will be subject to a lot of homeopathy.

In all the battles, we have had enough of the Combat Submarines, although we have not taken it lightly, every combat ship, even a small destroyer, is equipped with professional marines for defense, but in the face of such a large group of ships, and the inevitable number of Combat Asians, no one can really block the attack of the Branders.

With a blue patch of eyes, it was the biochemical ship group that launched a counterattack. Biochemical combat ships are accustomed to firing plasma cannons with high energy and high permeability, which are pure energy weapons that can burn unarmored materials such as human bodies and hulls, and also have strong penetration and corrosion capabilities for shield force fields and battle ship armor plates. Some time ago, the armor plates of most of the starships were repaired and participated in the war, and the armor plates of most of the starships were not strong enough and the stress was out of balance, and this large-scale damage to the armor plates made the combat ship maintenance department of the provisional government miserable. This kind of large-scale offensive weapon may not immediately destroy a large combat ship with strong armor, but it can easily make the armor plate of the battleship gradually lose its due function for a long time to come.

It is no wonder that soon after the formation of the Provisional Government, the head of the armament department, Colonel Trunk, would lament at the regular meeting of the military department that a war with the Bellands would lead to the bankruptcy of the fleet.

With a large area, the plasma attack wave that almost hit like a fast-moving cloud, whether it was a facility or a battleship, there was no way to dodge, and could only use the defensive force field and armor to carry it. Artificial supernova did not appear, and flashes of small, successive explosions came from reconnaissance satellites and some hapless shuttles that did not have time to evacuate. However, I knew in my heart that this wave of attacks would inevitably lead to a deficit in military spending on the part of the Provisional Government. Trunk's metaphor of bankruptcy may actually become a reality.

As the enemy ship group approached, countless cruise missiles, as well as railguns with one-third of the speed of light, began to launch a continuous strike. From my direction, I saw railgun fire flowing forward like a waterfall of light and a dense swarm of cruise missiles pouring out like swarms of attacking swarms.

It only took a few seconds for the railgun to cross a distance of nearly 10,000 kilometers, setting off a storm of extremely lethal kinetic energy among the leading 'beetles' swarm. The biochemical ship group, which had maintained a near-unscathed posture, finally suffered casualties. The bio-chemical battleship tumbled under the railgun fire, its thick carapace cracking and spewing out bunkers, gases, and even internal organs.

Unlike normal Star Wars, there were no explosions or fireballs, only the stumps and carapace, and the garbage ribbon nebula made of unknown material ejected from the body of the biochemical combat ship.

With a blue patch of wide-area monitors, the biochemical group once again retaliated with a salvo of plasma cannons. Seconds later, our defenses were bathed in waves of plasma energy.

"Warning! The massive meteorite swarm is rapidly approaching, and there are still 30 seconds to enter the warning range of 4,000 kilometers. ”

The intelligence non-commissioned officer's report sent a stunned response from the bridge.

How is it possible, this is out of a stable shipping lane, and the defense artillery and the channel cleaning ship will regularly sweep away all kinds of space debris that may affect the navigation of large meteorites.

"Could it be a mistake in detection? Keep probing intensifying! ”

"There will be no mistake, the mass sensor has found a large group of meteorites in this direction that matches the mass of the fleet, and it has been verified several times. The meteorite swarm passed the 2000 km red alert zone! ”

The intelligence officer's tone changed as the bridge crew looked at us, seeking the commander's final decision. Meteorites themselves are harmless, and it is easy for starships to avoid the impact of meteorite swarms, but how do they deal with large-scale meteorite swarms with stationary space stations, slow-moving fortress satellite guns, and small spacecraft with accelerated orbits?

As the impact data was released to the wide-area monitor, meteorites of irregular shapes, small ones resembling scooters, and large meteorites the size of battleships formed a huge brown meteorite stream that thought of the space station group impacting.

"I remember, this is not a natural meteorite group, this is the attack method of the Branders, they are good at dragging meteorites with battleships, and release meteorites before the battle!"

Maxim's hindsight did not provoke a strong reaction, and no one had time to accuse him.

In the face of a kill that relies purely on mass and momentum, how should we deal with falling to the ground?

Behind them are 20 million people, the space station is impossible to block the impact of these meteorites, and the space station is impossible to escape, and now the evacuees are definitely too late, the distance of 2000 kilometers is only a few minutes away for meteorites.

We are the only ones who can save the lives of 20 million people, but can we really do it?