Chapter 1408: Flesh and Blood Staircase (Four More Thanks, [Alliance Leader] Sidneyliu)
PS: Thank you [Alliance Leader] Brother sidneyliu, this is the Alliance Leader who rewarded a long time ago, and I have always wanted to express my gratitude. However, due to various reasons, the speed of code words has not been able to get up recently.
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"On the other side, it seems that the dog jumped off the wall in a hurry?"
Q Feitian looked ahead and said thoughtfully: "These people are preparing to directly attack your military fortress?"
"Not so fast. β
Zhang Xin shook his head and said: "The idea on the other side is probably just to interfere with our army a little, without enough artillery support, they will only suffer heavy losses if they storm the fortress, so ask Brother You still underestimate the coldness of these Gaoting people." Our opponents are not going to let their opponents out early because of this damage to their subordinates. β
"I see!"
Ask Feitian's judgment of Zhang Xin, naturally trusting it: "If that's the case, then I really underestimated your opponent this time." β
"They're going to do it,"
Zhang Xin's expression was confident: "If I had to use any creature to describe our opponent, then I would think of bee colonies and marching ants." In their group, all the warriors below the S-rank are just consumables and not worth pity. β
The next situation turned out to be as Zhang Xin expected. Those XCOM armors, despite their extreme speed, far outpaced the fleets in the rear, and in just ten minutes at the speed of a near light, they had already slammed into within 0.05 astronomical units in front of the fortress.
But after that, these people did not go any further, but continued to make tactical maneuvers, harassing the front of the federal side. Especially in the direction of the two military fortresses of Shenhai and Shentian, those UFO armors continued to launch tentative impacts. Tried to disrupt the salvo of those fortress guns
But Zhang Xin didn't pay attention to it, as long as the other party did not enter within 0.02 astronomical units, it was still within the safe range. The two military fortresses of Shenhai and Shentian are still venting their artillery fire on the Gaoting People's Fleet in the distance, and they are not disturbed by any external factors.
And after several shocks had no effect, the opposite side also decisively shifted the target. Those UFO armors, in the form of long-range snipers, began to attack the floating turrets around them. This move finally interfered with the firepower of the Union Army's side.
Despite the intensive interdiction fire of Zhang Xin's fleets, he still had 10 to 20 batteries destroyed in just 10 minutes. This also forced the rest of the floating batteries to take a more cautious approach in the next shots.
The strength of these XCOM Warframes is extremely powerful, and the particle beam sniper cannons they shoot are not only powerful, but also extremely accurate. They often penetrate weaknesses in the defense system.
Although all the floating batteries here have better defensive capabilities than battleships, they can't withstand the successive bombardment of dozens of particle beam cannons.
Two and a half hours after the exchange of fire began, the Grand Fleet of the High Court finally crossed the distance of up to 11 astronomical units and reached a distance of 0.05 units in front of the Union Front.
The former also paid a huge price for this, and the number of warships destroyed by the salvo of fortress artillery along the way was as high as 39,000!
But the fleet of the High Court people did not waver in any way, and kept moving forward in silence. Especially after approaching 0.08 astronomical units, the battleship group of the Gaoting people began to turn from scattered to dense, under the bombardment of more than 1,800 fortress guns and tens of thousands of battleships of the Federation Army, the casualties gradually increased sharply, but this still failed to shake them.
The entire array on the opposite side was still strict and orderly, and there was not the slightest confusion due to the increasing casualty rate. Almost under the fire of the federal military, it gives people a cold feeling like ice, like a machine.
It seems that they are not flesh and blood, but cold machines! This huge fleet, which is still as high as 300,000 ships, has increased in momentum. It was as if it was a huge wave destined to drown them, surging like mountains and seas, making people shudder and shudder.
And at this time, in the bridge of the Sun and Moon, even if he had seen a lot of knowledge for thousands of years, he couldn't help but change his face slightly.
He had never seen such a strong army. This is not possible even in a cult with countless fanatical believers.
Those members of the Divine Army, although they were also not afraid of death and never cared about their own lives, could not be like these Gaoting people, while suffering huge casualties, the entire formation was still precision spun and moved forward like a machine.
But Zhang Xin's eyes had a hint of anticipation, he knew that the most critical moment had come, and the next few hours would be the time to decide who would win or lose.
Will these people of the High Court bury him, or will he climb to the top of the fourth order and sweep away all the stubborn enemies in front of him.
The two sides of the front quickly approached, and at this time not only all the fortress guns, but also frantically poured fire on the opposite side. All the ships on the Union side also joined in the shooting. In an instant, millions of beams of light shone in this void, and the afterglow that overflowed made it difficult for even some people in the bridge to open their eyes.
The enemy on the opposite side is also returning the color, and the performance of these high-court warships generally exceeds that of the Federation warships by at least 15 or even 20 percent! Even in the process of high-speed travel, their power system still has surging energy to supply their naval guns, firing at full speed, and in just the first firefight, thousands of warships on both sides were sunk.
Zhang Xin's face condensed, and he watched this scene quietly. Casualties in today's battle are inevitable, and even according to the best calculations before the war, the number of warships damaged in today's battle will reach 60,000 to 80,000.
He knew that behind the cold figures, there were millions of deaths and the corresponding family shattering, but Zhang Xin had no distractions, and his heart was as cold as ice.
ββThe so-called one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and today he will step on the four steps, and he will be forged with the blood of thousands of living beings. Among them were enemies, as well as his men.
Although he Zhang Xin is compassionate and can be regarded as caring for his subordinates, he knows that today, if he can't get what he wants, then he, Zhang Xin, his soldiers under his command, and the federal citizens of the Guangying area, will definitely pay a greater price in the future to make up for today's mistakes. War is always brutal, and backing down will not solve the problem.
The white knight Al Weilun breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body relaxed slightly.
The exchange between the two sides seemed to be quite good - the number of warships sunk by the Federation reached 1,100, but the losses of the High Court on the opposite side were as high as 1,900.
This figure is not the most ideal they expected, but it is far from the worst.
In addition, after the data on paper, it was the Gao Tingren who destroyed nearly three hundred large warships. In terms of actual combat losses, the other side is far above their side.
And the reason why they were able to inflict such a heavy blow on the enemy, in addition to the role of those fortress guns, was completely dependent on the 60,000 rune warships in the Federation array. The latter's shooting is accurate and effective, and the firepower is ferocious, and the ability in all aspects is completely inferior to the opponent, or even surpasses.