The task of the counterattack fleet at this time is to delay the attack of the bugs and buy as much time as possible, instead of opening a breach in the defensive circle before to cover the withdrawal of civilians. Therefore, the combat pressure of the fleet at this time was much lower than that of the previous operation, which is why Fang Jingquan dared to launch an attack before the reinforcements of the ZJ fleet arrived.

The three battleships changed from the previous triangular arrangement to a straight line, and lined up the hull horizontally in front of the insects, Fang Jingquan thought very clearly, since the insects, whether they were bacteriophage mantis or purple Eritan, all of them enhanced their carapace defense, then we would use the method of increasing firepower to offset some of the advantages of the insects' defense.

Not only the battleships, but all the cruisers were divided into two columns, lined up above and below the battleships, and attacked the bugs with the most powerful flanks.

The only ones who gave up defense were the destroyer fleet and the reconnaissance fleet, which had to launch a counterattack on the bugs, otherwise the bugs would be able to ignore most of the firepower as long as they retreated a certain distance from the shelling with firepower.

"Gou Jian, how many planes do we have left?" Fang Jingquan put down the telescope with a heavy heart, and just used the battleship to counterattack, the loss was too great, but now there was no good way.

"There are not many of my generals, even if the three fleets are combined, there are only a dozen of them, and I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out in less than five minutes if this point is sent to the battlefield." Gou Jian's blue eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together.

"Let them go, it's a little pressure to be able to share a little pressure." Fang Jingquan buried his face in the palm of his hand, he was already deeply exhausted physically and mentally when the battle reached this point, if it weren't for the eyes of the soldiers still focused on him, he would rather give up resistance and let the insects rush up and eat.

"Yes!"

Gou Jian also conveyed this order to the various fighter pilots with a heavy heart, and the pilots glanced at each other, and no one complained about this order.

The cooking team made the last meal for those who were about to die, and by Fang Jingquan's order, all the most luxurious delicacies on the battleship were opened to the pilots.

"The last meal of the condemned prisoner."

During the meal, one of the pilots said with a wry smile. This sentence made many people pause the chopsticks and knives and forks in their hands, even if it was a good delicacy, it was the same taste as chewing wax in the mouths of these pilots at the moment.

When everyone was full of food and drink, everyone stood up, shook hands and hugged their comrades-in-arms heavily, and this battle was their curtain call.

Fang Jingquan stood on the bridge of the ship, watching without saying a word as a family of vulture fighters was catapulted into the air, and after completing their transformation in the air, they drew an arc and flew towards the dense army of insects with the beam.

"My general, reinforcements from the ZJ fleet have arrived." Gou Jian reminded him in a whisper behind him.

"Let them follow our formation, just provide firepower, and don't go up to make do with the attack." Fang Jingquan's eyes were still looking at the back of the fighter team, he did not have any surprises for the arrival of the ZJ fleet, as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Theater of Operations, he knew very well that the ZJ fleet had suffered considerable losses in the previous offensive process, and the degree of combat attrition was the most among the eight provincial fleets under his command.

Now he needs more destroyers and more reconnaissance ships, not large battleships above cruisers, otherwise what is the use of only large battleships, and he can't be like a certain World War II country to launch a death-type counterattack with battleships.

The destruction of the fighter team was even faster than that simulated by Gou Jian, and these battle-hardened pilots were beaten to death by a group of scorpions in front of the endless sea of insects, before they even had time to use their skills.

The same damage was seen on the destroyers and reconnaissance ships, and the battleships and cruisers had used their firepower superiority to cover them as much as possible, but the heavy attacks still took a heavy toll on these small battleships.

This was only the damage caused by the attack of the phage mantis, and Purple Eritan had no intention of making any move against these swift fleets, and was still concentrating on destroying the shield of the defensive circle in front of him.

By the time the fleet managed to hold out for half an hour, the losses of the destroyer and reconnaissance fleets had already exceeded 70 percent, and the number of remaining destroyers was not even as large as that of the cruisers.

"Old Fang, come back, your mission is over, let your soldiers rest, go back and I'll let the SD fleet make a final replenishment for you, and the next wave will open a gap in the enemy's encirclement." After Kangxi Liang sent a message to Fang Jingquan, he walked out of the bridge alone.

The defensive circle was in a rather bad state at this time, just when the counterattack fleet was making a feint, the second line of defense of the defensive circle almost collapsed, and if he hadn't let the North Carolina fleet desperately resist the gap, the fleet would have had to retreat to the third and final line of defense.

But the cost of blocking the defense line is also quite large, the North Carolina fleet, as one of the four complete provincial fleets brought by Kangxi Liang, was completely destroyed by the purple Eritan, and the battleship North Carolina, as the flagship of the fleet, was pierced into the armor by countless bone spurs, and in a huge explosion, the armor of the entire battleship was lifted like a corn roll, and countless Marine soldiers and crews died on the spot, and the battleship was also incapacitated and became a steel grave floating in space.

Cruisers and destroyers also suffered heavy casualties, due to the weakness of the armor, the explosion of bone spurs can directly cause fatal damage to these two types of battleships, so under the wave attack of Eritan, the casualty rate of the cruiser reached 70%, and only two destroyers remained.

As a provincial fleet, the North Carolina Fleet now has about the same combat strength as the two municipal fleets.

"Chief, please don't give up hope, we still have ......"

"Okay, don't comfort me, even if we still have so many warships, if there are no reinforcements, it will be a matter of time before they are wiped out by bugs." Kangxi Liang buried his head deep in his arm, he had been in the army for more than 40 years, and it was the first time he felt such a heavy sense of oppression.

"Chief, you...... I have done my best. Ying Zheng was speechless for a while, even as an incomparably intelligent microbrain, he couldn't find any words to comfort the injured commander in front of him. You know, Kangxi Liang has used the North Carolina fleet as carefully as possible, but he didn't expect the result to be so disappointing. "When it comes to this, there won't be anything to blame you about."

"It's not a question of complaining, it's ...... But I really can't bear to let countless civilians and soldiers die in the hands of bugs. Kangxi Liang's hands suddenly clenched into fists, but then let go.

"Necessary casualties are certain, and you can't avoid them."

"But I have to keep that number as low as possible." Kangxi Liang took a deep breath and stood up tiredly, "Have all the electromagnetic railguns been installed?" ”

"It was all installed five minutes ago, and I've ordered all levels of commanders to use this weapon."

"Very well, how many shells are there and how long will we be able to hold out?"

"Rest assured, the Sengerman system has a large number of antimatter shells in its arsenal, and I don't think there's any problem with using it for a week."

"Okay, we'll use this cannonball to consume some of the bacteriophage mantis, and then it's our turn to spit out of the encirclement." Kangxi Liang nodded, and his frowning brows finally eased a little.

The antimatter shell that Kangxi Liang thought of was actually a situation where the antimatter warhead could be automatically turned on at a fixed time. Because the warhead that hits the antimatter has a magnetic field that maintains the antimatter suspended in the middle of the warhead, when the magnetic field disappears and the shell actively slows down, these antimatter can fly forward on their own, and the contact with the bacteriophage mantis annihilation, thus directly destroying the shell of the mantis, and peeling the mantis from the shell completely like a lobster.

Although even the 2,000-millimeter electromagnetic railgun fires a shell, the mass of antimatter is only about one kilogram, but this kilogram of antimatter can make all insects nearly 100 kilometers ineffective, and all the bugs can do is to keep retreating and counteract these free antimatter molecules by running back.

Coupled with the powerful beam of light from the fortress weapon, the bugs couldn't get a step into the second line of defense for a while, let alone break the second line of defense.

However, the cost of using the fortress weapon is also quite large, because the star has absorbed a considerable amount of energy, its color has been much dimmer than at the beginning, and if it is used a few more times, I am afraid that the stars of the Sengerman system will "die" early. At that time, the entire galaxy will be completely plunged into darkness or even destroyed.

"Tell Fang Jingquan that I will hand over the Kursk Oblast fleet to him, and let him launch a final round of counterattack immediately, and be sure to open a passage for me to get out, even if the fleet is completely destroyed, I will not hesitate to do it!" Kangxi Liang saw through the telescope the predicament that the insect was facing now, he looked at his watch, two hours had passed since the last round of attacks, presumably the soldiers of the counterattacking fleet had finished resting, and it was time to start the next round of attacks, and the last round of attacks, if it was not successful this time, it would be completely hopeless.

"Chief, wait a minute, it looks like another wormhole has opened."

Before Kangxi Liang's words were finished, the unknown wormhole alarm sounded a terrible alarm again, and the scale of the wormhole this time far exceeded all the wormholes that humans had seen before.

"Quick, order the fortress weapons to destroy this wormhole immediately!" Kangxi Liang felt a beating in his right temple, and always felt that the ominous aura emitted by this wormhole was quite terrifying, if it was not destroyed in time, I am afraid that the guy who came out of it would be quite terrifying.

The two fortress weapons closest to the wormhole immediately began to charge, and the blinding light indicated that the power of this wave of attacks should not be underestimated.

"Fortress weapons, fire!"