Chapter 339: Stepping on Monterey

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Zhao Zhe, who was dressed in Shura battle armor, carried his hands behind his back, quietly floating in the star system after the fierce battle, and the wreckage of countless spaceships floated aimlessly in the starry sky. Although I couldn't see his face under the mask clearly, I could guess how gloomy he was at this time. The bodies of the two hundred and thirteen Shura soldiers, along with the primordial gods, all turned into nothingness. Death, that's real death.

Although it has long been estimated that the strength of the Monterey Federation is strong, even if it is an ambush battle, it is almost impossible to have no losses. However, when the real thing comes to an end, it still makes people feel so distressed.

Zhao Wushuang, Cheng Yanling, Wang Dynasty, Qin Yun, Qian Minghui. and the densely packed Shura legion behind him, numbering tens of thousands. They all floated behind Zhao Zhe. I couldn't see the expressions clearly, but I could feel the deep sadness from their aura. The dead are all brothers and sisters who have been getting along day and night in Pingli, plus in the years in the small world, everyone has been together for at least thousands of years. As a result, even the Shura soldiers stationed in the Heavenly Hidden Star rushed back to offer condolences under the order.

After a long time, the silence ended.

"Flatten Monterey." Zhao Zhe's hideous Shura mask was raised slightly, and he looked at the countless starry sky in the distance. The voice was as cold as if it came out of the Nine Shadows.

"Yes!"

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Almost at the same time, a violent quarrel broke out in the Supreme Council of the Monterey Federation. The encounter that was attacked by the Earth Empire was naturally irrepressibly passed back. The sheer volume of video and audio recordings, as well as transcript descriptions, made Monterey's council like it had exploded.

Although the betrayal of the Yuye Empire made everyone indignant, the combat power displayed by the earthlings was enough to make anyone gasp. Especially for those few black-armored warriors, each of them was at least level nineteen. The strongest one destroyed the mothership's power system with a wave of his hand, and instantly caught up with his own level 23 mecha and forcibly destroyed it within three minutes. With such a terrifying combat power, there must be no doubt that it is level twenty-four.

Twenty-four, that's a chilling progression. Among Monterrey's highest scientific research institutions, the Tier 24 Warframe was nothing more than a half-finished product. But they knew that even if they were made, no one would be able to exert their full power. Because of such a thing as a mecha, quality and material are the same thing. But the ability of the stancer to control himself is extremely important. For example, Monterey's standard mecha is designed to be level thirteen, and for this kind of mecha, according to Monterey's productivity and economic strength, it can be manufactured in almost unlimited quantities.

But the question arises, why is the Monterey Federation, level thirteen and above mecha warriors, why is the total number only one hundred thousand? Instead of endless? The reason is also very simple, not everyone can give full play to the strength of the mecha. Every mecha warrior in Monterey is selected from a small cup, and then undergoes elite intensive training until adulthood. However, even the mecha warriors cultivated in this way can fully exert the combat power of the thirteenth-level mecha is very rare. The vast majority of people can only maintain the combat effectiveness of this mecha at about level nine, which still relies on the intelligent assistance system of the mecha.

There are only a few people who are very talented. With continuous training and experience accumulation, you can slowly give full play to the power of the mecha. However, this group of people is often called to pilot better mechs.

Level 13 mecha can be mass-produced, but level 14, level 15, and even level 23 mecha are becoming more and more difficult to obtain. Especially for the level 23 mecha, whether it is the materials, technology, manpower and material resources consumed, and the success rate of manufacturing, it is far from ideal. The Monterey Federation is strong enough, but according to their economic capacity and industrial production capacity, there are only twenty-five level 23 mechs that have been successfully manufactured and put into use so far. Externally, there are only thirteen.

This kind of twenty-third level mecha, just one one, is enough to fight an entire ordinary aircraft carrier fleet. But if you don't succeed in building one, it will hurt Monterey's vitality a lot. Because the vast majority of them are made of rare materials, they are invaluable. Some materials the size of a fingernail appear in the market, and people will fight for them.

As a result, the level 23 mecha in Monterey basically exists to deter other countries. Except for the first time, almost all of them were involved in the war. The reason why two planes were sent in one go this time was also because the Earth Empire was too arrogant and wanted to teach them a hard lesson. Also, by the way, you can deter the Yuye Empire and lay the groundwork for swallowing it in one bite in the future.

But what I never expected was that the two level 23 mecha were gone, and there were five other 22-level mecha that were also extremely precious and expensive to build, thirteen 21-level mechas, and thirty level 20 mechas, as well as nearly a thousand level 19 mechas. Normally, even the loss of a level nineteen mecha would make the members of the Federal Council quarrel for a long time and attack each other. Not to mention, the loss of so many troops at once.

Parliamentary quarrels are nothing more than factional fights. The hawks jumped up and down and demanded that the military headquarters immediately mobilize the maximum force and directly wipe out the Earth Empire. The doves, on the other hand, saw that the Earth Empire already had twenty-four level warriors, and they were cowardly and wanted to try to resolve the peace through negotiation.

But no matter how much the Monterey Council quarrels, it will not affect the military operations of the Earth Empire. Soon, thousands of starships, large and small, were carrying millions of military power of the Earth Empire. Traveled through the entire Yuye Empire and reached the border between the two countries. The Yuye Empire, as well as the two first-level countries that borrowed from the Earth Empire, took advantage of the great victory in the Earth Empire, not only began to blatantly serve the Earth Empire as a logistical supply, but also took the initiative to send 500,000 elite troops to the Earth Empire to command.

Politicians are extremely sharp, and from that battle, it can be analyzed that the rise of the Earth Empire has become unstoppable. It is impossible for any civilized country with twenty-four combat strength to be subservient to a first-class empire for a long time. In the past, the reason why the Earth Empire hid its true strength must have been a big plan. Now their plans have been truly revealed. That is to swallow the extremely vast star field of the Monterey Federation in one gulp.

And the few small countries sandwiched between the two big countries, they are very soberly aware that the grass on the wall is absolutely impossible. If you still want to wait and see, it is impossible to say that the Earth Empire will first clear the surrounding development obstacles. As a result, after analyzing the results, they arrived at Earth, the capital of the Earth Empire, as soon as possible. As a dependent, he donated a lot of resources and money to pray for asylum.

I have to admit that this is an extremely wise choice. Under the general trend, if you want to be a wall grass, you will only be crushed. Only by fully assisting one party can we obtain the greatest benefits.

The actions of those small countries naturally provoked unanimous condemnation from public opinion in the Monterey Federation. However, condemnation to condemnation, the Earth Empire army has broken through the border line and occupied a resource star system as fast as possible. The logistics staff of the Earth Empire, as well as the logistics fleets of other countries, are rapidly building all kinds of defenses, preparing to build this star system into an iron bucket fortress, and anyone who dares to kill it will only be dead.

Such a domineering act of the Earth Empire suddenly silenced the doves in Monterey. The meeting almost unanimously passed that against the terrifying imperial state of the Earth Empire, only by carrying out a blow of destruction can this arrogant empire be stopped. A large number of troops began to pour out. Like a tidal wave, it sprinted fiercely towards the occupied territory.

The Shura Legion was almost also dispatched, with the four major commanders and Zhao Wushuang each leading two thousand. Using the top-level spaceship in the galaxy that Zhao Zhe had just brought back from the Succubus Empire as a transport ship, the ambush battle began. The starships that those Succubus Empresses contributed were not big goods. Rather, it is a starship that represents the most advanced technological power of the galaxy obtained from a top technological civilization that is friendly with it. And the starship itself is not a leisurely spaceship like the White Kite, let alone a transport ship of the Gunagon Empire, but a real top-level warship. Even in that top-level civilization, this starship called the Black Evil is by no means a mass-produced thing.

With the combat power of the starship itself, it was enough to resist a twenty-two level star beast. This shows how valuable this starship is. Because of the different means of warfare, the higher the level of civilization, any type of civilization depends on the individual combat strength. Huge starships, on the other hand, usually only exist as facilities for bombing, or to transport personnel.

The reason is very simple, especially those who have reached the nineteenth level of strength, and have already mastered the wormhole teleportation skill. Compared to the entire galaxy, there is no protection against wormhole teleportation. It is also because of this that the strong can easily enter the interior of the starship through teleportation and carry out landing operations, and in the end, no matter how strong the attack power of the starship is, it will still evolve into a contest of strength between individuals.

In addition, there is the issue of materials. The better the material, the more expensive it is. It is undoubtedly extravagant and wasteful to use those materials that are high enough to withstand the bombardment of high-level powerhouses on starships. The point is that it's not useful yet. As a result, even those civilizations that are mainly based on science and technology will not develop their main combat forces towards large starships. Almost invariably, the stronger the race, the more profound it is in individual strength.

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Chapter 340: The Stellar System Defensive Fortress

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As a result, most of the starships of advanced civilizations consider speed, stealth, and carrying capacity, as well as various auxiliary systems, etc. There are very few top-level civilizations that can make starships into powerful weapons that can directly compete with the twenty-second level powerhouses. The reason why the Succubus Empire needs these starships that can directly resist the strong is also completely helpless.

According to the Yinmeng Arms Circulation Law, the kind of individual mecha with combat power of level 18 or above, or others, is placed in the first place to monitor.

Such a provision is not unusual, and there is sufficient logical basis. For example, the mighty Gunagon Empire has the strongest combat power unit, which is a full twenty-seven levels. If it weren't forbidden for this thing to circulate to other civilized countries, and there would be a war between two first-class civilized countries, and such a thing could be called a big killing weapon. It is enough to cause the complete destruction of another first-level civilization.

After experiencing decline, the Succubus Empire felt that its own strength was weak. had to spend a lot of resources and favors, and secretly ordered ten starships with the strength of twenty-two or twenty-three levels to the top technology countries. The starships that are hundreds of meters long are so powerful, which shows the power of that top-level technological civilization. But the cost must be astronomical. This is much more expensive than making ten twenty-three level individual mechas. However, only in this way can we avoid the sanctions of the Banchard Alliance. For the export of some starships, the law of the Union is much more lax. After all, no civilization can use starships as their main battle weapon.

Of course, this kind of loophole can only be done by the Succubus Empire. If other countries try to do the same, they will receive a summons from the Bangram court the next day.

It was precisely because of this that when Zhao Zhe received these five twenty-two level black starships from the Succubus Empress, he immediately drew up a guerrilla plan. First, with a domineering attitude, he occupied a resource star system in Monterey. However, the Monterey army was dispatched one after another, using the Black Star Ship to send reinforcements everywhere on the Shura Legion.

Although when the country designed the Black Ship, most of the attention was paid to the starship to reflect the strength of individual combat. However, even so, the stealth ability, the ability to jump, and the ability to jump in wormholes displayed by the Black Scorn Starship. None of them are far from being comparable to a fourth-tier country like Monterey. A black-strapped spaceship, seemingly with only twenty-two levels of individual combat ability. However, the twenty-second level powerhouse fights against it, and although it will not necessarily fail, it will definitely be difficult to win. Because of this black ship, the escape speed is too fast.

In addition, when designed as an actual individual weapon, the Black Sage Ship is also aimed at the wormhole teleportation technology commonly used by the enemy in individual combat. Starships in a state of individual combat will instantly fold and shrink, leaving no space in the body to teleport. But then there can be no one else inside except the driver. In fact, this is also a kind of individual mecha in disguise.

Led by five extremely fast, stealthy Black Ships. The five combat teams attacked several enemy army groups that had not yet been assembled in an instant, not seeking to hit with a single blow, but to run after a stab. Although the Earth Empire's Asura armor has almost become a signboard, with Monterey's technological power, it can't fully grasp the coming and going of the Black Slayer Starship.

And when the Black Shatter spaceship was designed, it had completely taken this into account, erasing all traces of that top-level technological civilization. It's unrecognizable as a product of that top-level civilization.

After being attacked again and again, the enraged Monterey Federation had nothing to do. The members of the Shura Legion carried by the five Black Slayer Star Ships belong to the top combat power. Now it's a one-hit runaway, which is simply helpless. The only thing that can be done is to strengthen the precautions, and try to turn the scattered fleet into a whole, so large that the other side does not dare to attack easily.

After being harassed for more than two Earth months, the army assembled by Monterey arrived at the periphery of the occupied galaxy. Tens of thousands of warships, large and small, surrounded the lonely galaxy from afar. All sorts of stealth probes, jump jammers, as if they didn't want money, were thrown indiscriminately into that galaxy.

This large army of the Monterey Federation brings together about half of all the remaining military forces at present. The top-level twenty-three mecha is enough for thirteen. The rest, either stationed in key locations for defense, or have been destroyed in the harassment battle. This also made Montrey extremely angry, in just two Earth months, four more top-level mechs were destroyed by the sneak attack, and the rest of the mechs suffered countless losses. Never since Monterey became a fourth-level civilization has there been such a great loss.

But even so, the Monterey Federation still has a total of twenty-seven top-tier mechs. Even if only thirteen of them participated in the battle, it would be enough for them to completely destroy the Earth army that was cowering in the resource star system.

In that resource star system, in just a few months, countless starry sky buildings have been built, like an impregnable fortress. The other three first-level civilizations, in this war, have also brought out the best things. The dense starry sky cannon, the starry sky thunder. There are also defensive weapons that are unique to each civilization, destroying all those invading probes and jammers.

Of course, it's not without its own that fish have slipped through the net. After all, Monterey's scientific and technological power is still very strong, and when the news from those surviving stealth detectors came back, it made the commander of Monterey's army gasp. Don't you need money for resources? All sorts of weapons, facilities, are almost densely packed in that star system.

In the face of this kind of desperate defense, if they want to attack it, the Monterey army has only one way to go. That is to launch a large army, with 10,000 starships as mobile batteries, and high-level mechs as auxiliaries. Choose a direction, step by step, layer by layer. But the attacker, especially when breaking into the defensive fortress that others are running with all their might, will definitely suffer losses.

The dense mobile starry sky cannon, the starry sky thunder almost makes people's scalp tingle. No one dares to teleport through the wormhole, otherwise it will not be called an attack, it will be suicide. Under that dense artillery array, even those twenty-three level mechs teleported in, they would shed a layer of skin if they didn't die.

As a purely defensive weapon, the only thing to consider when designing is range and power. Thus, although Monterey's spaceship is advanced. But those starry sky defense batteries in the Earth Empire are not simple. Especially those defenders are extremely disgusting, and there are a lot of star cannons loaded on a dozen or so planets. Although the planets rotate, the starry sky batteries may not be useful. But the problem is that in the face of those batteries on the planet, Monterey's starships don't dare to fight back indiscriminately. According to the laws of the Alliance, Guy is not allowed to destroy any planet. Once Monterey's counterattack is overfired, and the planet explodes, Monterey will be unable to eat and walk away.

Therefore, to deal with the batteries on those planets, the only way to deal with them is to fly up through individual mechas, and directly kill those starry sky batteries.

Almost as soon as the resource star arrived, the battle between the Monterey forward fleet and the defensive fortress showed signs of white-hot heat. Pillars of light, orbital artillery shells, and even antimatter missiles, etc., bombarded those starry sky batteries, and starry sky mines continued to explode. But at the same time, those dense starry sky batteries were also at full power, desperately bombarding those starships. Each shot hit can cause the starship's energy shield value to plummet. Or there is a starry sky mine that is hidden but not cleared, and after the opponent approaches a certain range, it suddenly flies rapidly and sticks forward, and explodes.

Soon, the energy shields of starships continued to run out and be blown up. Although the fighters had already been evacuated, it was not necessarily a pleasant thing to have a spaceship killed by some of the necessary pilots.

Starships are large in size, and they are not designed to be flexible and flickering. It's hard to dodge the fast-moving lasers and all sorts of weird attacks. Most of the time, it can only be carried hard. And the end of the hard shoulder is to be blown up by the consumption of the shield. However, Commander Monterey was not right. Although according to the consumption ratio of the two sides, one spaceship is enough to replace dozens of artillery batteries and dozens of starry sky mines on the other side. But the problem is that all the ships are no more than 10,000, and they will continue to be consumed at this rate. I haven't attacked the center yet, and I'm afraid that there will be no one left.

In desperation, I had to change my tactics. Let some of the mechfighters move forward and attract the opponent's firepower. It would be better to get rid of the messy turrets. It's not entirely unreasonable. After all, the mecha warrior is developed as a main battle weapon, it is a pure war weapon, with powerful firepower, strong defense, and most importantly, it is agile and free, and it is commonplace to dodge attacks, even if it is a few hard strokes. When you can't stand it, you can quickly retreat and let the newcomer fill it.

Monterrey's offensive strategy is also extremely beautiful. Imagine that around the entire star system, 10,000 warships do multi-directional attacks, but instead reduce the pressure on the enemy. Just like a pinprick balloon, you have to look for a point, and a straight line breakthrough is king. As a result, the width of Monterey's attack was no more than a passage two or three million kilometers wide. The target is the one in the middle of the star system, which can be called the general base of earthlings the size of half a planet.

This kind of tactical technique made Zhao Zhe shake his head. This Monterey Federation, sure enough, hasn't fought a big battle for a long time. Zhao Zhe naturally studied the Monterey Federation well before, and found that the only war worthy of being recorded in history was more than 100,000 years ago.

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(To be continued)