Chapter 5: Behemoth
Soon, 300 battlecruisers appeared in the distant space of space. In fact, this distance is still far from here, the so-called distance of 10 minutes is calculated by the speed of light, after all, the general attack on ships in the universe is the use of beam weapons.
Now at this distance, there is no way to even see those battlecruisers with the naked eye. However, after they left the warp space, the fleet quickly assembled and formed a defensive formation.
The difference in the number of warships on both sides was too great, and 300 warships could not even make a splash in front of Li Nan's fleet. Therefore, they are waiting for the assembly of follow-up troops, and after waiting for the assembly of large forces, they will attack Li Nan and them.
This distance is considered a very safe distance, and no matter what Li Nan's fleet moves, they can also detect it immediately and react quickly.
"Leave those ships alone, each squad will send 10 warships for defense, and the rest of the fleet will continue to build the starport." For the arrival of the enemy, Dingyuan had expected it early on, so those fleets that built starports, in fact, each squad had 10 warships for defense, and they were not loaded with the module components of the starport.
The construction time of Xinggang is about 5 hours, and now it is about an hour, and it is even at the level of sending out the construction.
However, the enemy was already gathering troops, and the second group of troops soon followed. However, this time it was not the Terran battlecruisers, but the transport ships Behemoth, which were the first-generation interstellar biological ships of the Insect, but only as transport ships.
As one by one Behemoths flew out of warp space, a total of 10 Behemoths gathered behind the battlecruisers.
And Dingyuan in the base had already called up their information from the database when these Behemoths appeared. After all, he has a long time of combat experience with the insects, and the various units of the insects are very complete in the archives of the Tyranid Empire.
These giant beasts, which are more than ten kilometers long, have a large number of abdominal cavities in their bodies, which can store a large number of larvae, and these larvae can also be converted into various types of alien units in their abdominal cavity according to the needs of the situation.
These transformed Insect units are able to fly out of its mouth, and Behemoth's body surface is abundant, and the Insect units can also be launched by Behemoth through the airdrop bag launched here.
Each of these Behemoths is capable of storing hundreds of millions of larvae, and as long as they have a sufficient supply of energy, they are able to produce more larvae all the time. These Behemoths, they themselves are a giant main nest of insects.
And if you want to say that they have any shortcomings, they don't have attack power themselves. But if you think it's easy to bully without offensive power, you're wrong. If you dare to approach it, a large number of insects flying out of its body will teach you how to behave.
Obviously, these 10 Behemoths were the main force of Aemon, and the 300 battlecruisers were just escorting this Behemoth force.
The next moment, after Behemoth appeared, they quickly began to press towards Li Nan's side quickly with the battlecruisers in front of them.
Faced with the enemy's approach, Dingyuan quickly ordered to send some warships from the construction team of Starport to form a fleet of 1,000 battlecruisers and meet the enemy fleet.
And those battlecruisers that are still continuing to operate are not without action, the hatches on both sides of these battlecruisers are opened, and then one after another planes are quickly ejected from inside. The planes then quickly caught up with the battlecruiser fleet ahead, and the warplanes launched along with them formed an escort for these ships.
Each battlecruiser launched a hundred aircraft, and a total of 300,000 aircraft protected the fleet in the middle.
And as the two sides approached, a large number of airdrop sacs were ejected from Behemoth's body. The ejected airdrop bags flew at a very fast speed, and after a few seconds of acceleration, the speed was close to sub-light speed.
This is what Behemoth does, and the outer walls of these airdrop sacs are very sturdy, and they are too fast to hit. With these airdrop bags, the insect units inside can quickly get close to the enemy.
And each of these Behemoths can fire about 3,000 airdrop sacs at a time, and the number of alien insects that can be loaded in it is about hundreds to thousands depending on the volume, after all, the size of the thunder beast and the dog is very different.
10 Behemoths can shoot 30,000 airdrop sacs in a single salvo, and if the average number of insects per airdrop sac is 1,000, then this wave of sprays can shoot 30 million insects. And the frequency of these Behemoth's airdrop sacs is about two minutes or so, after all, it takes time to load the insects.
On Li Nan's fleet's side, the escort planes also reacted quickly, and when the airdrop bag was just ejected, the on-board laser gun quickly aimed at the airdrop bag and fired. With the help of AI, most of these beams are able to hit those airdrop sacs.
After all, they are already old opponents, and the information and means of dealing with the alien insect units are stored in the database, as long as the alien insect has not undergone a comprehensive upgrade, these materials are still very useful to the alien insect.
Under the continuous hit of a large number of dense beams, these airdrop sacs were quickly torn open by these beams. The insects inside had no choice but to come out of the airdrop bag, and the speed of the already tattered airdrop bag had slowed down, and there was no way to quickly approach the enemy with them.
As a biological unit, the attack range of the insect is generally relatively short, especially in this cosmic space where the beams are flying wildly. They generally use acid and biothorns as their means of attack, and their attack range and attack speed are at a disadvantage.
Therefore, the best way to deal with these airdrop bags is to blow them up while they are still at a certain distance, so that the insects inside will not be able to quickly approach you. And through the difference in range between the two sides, when they got closer, they had already received several waves of artillery fire, and the number was greatly reduced. Without the numerical superiority of the insects, then what is there to be afraid of.
The Corruptor, the Dragon, the Mosquito. These airdrop bags are all loaded with all three types of alien units. The large Corruptor has powerful biological armor that can attract a lot of firepower, while the Lesser Reminder, but fast, and highly mobile Allosaurus, can be a good harassment to enemies.
And in the end, the mosquitoes are small, each only a few meters in size, which is no different from dust in this universe. However, these little things are very fast, and as self-detonating creatures, their attack power is very terrifying, and the power of their self-explosion is comparable to the existence of miniature nuclear bombs.
10,000 Corrupters, 500,000 Alien Dragons, and then about 100 million Mosquito Blasters. The number of insects loaded in this wave of airdrop bags frightened everyone in the AI's scan statistics.
Corruptors and dragons are not really anything to fear, count a little more, and rely on the shield to kill them without harm. But the most terrifying thing is the mosquito explosion, 100 million mosquito explosions, if they are allowed to self-detonate hit, let alone annihilate this fleet and escort aircraft, it is estimated that even the planet fortress can be destroyed. These things need to be small, but the power of their self-detonation is terrifying, and the acid from those self-detonation has a strong depleting effect on the shield.
One of the tactics used by the Alien is that the Corruptor and the Xosaurus attract fire and harassment, and then the Mosquito Explode at a high speed to approach the enemy when they get closer, and then self-detonate and attack.
"Fighters step forward and intercept the Corruptor and the Abilities. The fleet vertical launch system is prepared, loaded with No. 5 missiles, targeting enemy mosquito swarms. "And after knowing the enemy's tactics, the warships began to formulate a response plan.
The escorting fighters stepped forward one after another, locking on to the fast-moving insects and firing. The power of the laser gun, as long as it hits the vital point, can easily kill the dragon. The Corruptors, on the other hand, are heavily armored units, but they are not so easy to kill. However, their purpose is to wear down the enemy, and these Corruptors and other warships will destroy the Mosquito blasters and then deal with them through naval guns.
As the most threatening mosquito blaster to the fleet, it is also very easy to deal with them. As self-explosive creatures with high attack, high speed and high explosion, their weak point is low health, and as self-explosive creatures, their bodies are very unstable, as long as a little impact can make their bodies explode.
And the so-called No. 5 missile is the one used when cleaning up the planet to show the insects. This missile is capable of generating a wide range of shock waves, and it is difficult to inflict great damage on heavily armored units. And small unstable creatures like the Mosquito, this missile happens to be their nemesis.
The volume of these mosquitoes is not large, and the large number of 100 million mosquitoes gathered together still fills a large space. While loading the missiles, the intelligent AI began to analyze the number of missiles needed to destroy these mosquitoes, and at the same time calculated the range of responsibility of each warship, and then shared it with the system of each warship.
About ten seconds later, the vertical silos on the hulls of the battlecruisers opened one after another, and then missiles ejected from the silos. And with the small engines loaded on the missiles themselves, the speed of these missiles was soon propelled to sub-light speeds. After reaching sub-light speeds, the propulsion engines in the tail of these missiles are detached and recycled. After all, there is no resistance in space, so even if the engine is off, with the jet engine of the missile itself, it can be allowed to maintain this speed and attack the enemy.
And because of the distance between the two sides, even if these missiles were flying at sub-light speeds, it would take several minutes to hit the mosquitoes. In this process, the mosquitoes will also adjust their positions to dodge the missiles, so the intelligent AI in the warship needs to monitor the actions of the mosquitoes in real time, and at the same time adjust the flight of those missiles for fine-tuning.
In about three minutes or so, the first thing to collide with was the plane and the allosaurus group in front of me. As the plane moved forward, the four small laser guns mounted on the outside of the plane were in the process of firing all the time, and they did not stop for a moment. A large number of beams of light met the flying allosaurus, and a large number of allosaurs were sifted into a sieve by these beams.
However, the distance between the two sides is too far, and this kind of attack trajectory is a straight beam attack, and it is very easy to dodge. In fact, if it weren't for the dense beam, it would have been impossible to hit the alien dragon group.
After a few minutes of consumption, the energy of these beams was almost gone, so they failed to cause damage to the allosaurus. Only a small percentage of the pierced allosaurs died, and most of them were only slightly injured. Then, with its own recovery speed, it recovered in a few seconds.
As the two sides approached, the plane also entered the range of the allosaurus, and the power of the beam gun increased to normal level due to the approach.
300,000 fighters against 500,000 allosaurus, the number of allosaurus is almost twice as large as the fighter. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, the fighter has a relatively large advantage, although both sides have entered the range, but when the blade worm sprayed by the allosaurus hits the plane, it is easily blocked by the aircraft's shield.
After all, the mature shield technology has been popularized, and even infantry armor such as marines can be applied, and even if Li Nan wishes, even engineering robots like SCV can equip it with energy shields.
The Spectral Shield not only has powerful defensive energy, but is also able to absorb the enemy's attack power to counterattack the enemy. Therefore, the blade insects launched by the alien dragon were torn apart by the force reflected by the shield the moment they hit it.
In the face of a dense herd of allosaurs, the assisted intelligent AI can easily lock on to the key points of the allosaurus, and then as long as the driver is responsible for firing the gun, he can basically easily hit the key points of the allosaurus.
Because the degree of assisted intelligent AI assistance is very high, even the flight of the plane is autopilot, and the pilot inside is responsible for firing weapons, basically a few weapon buttons, and press that one when it is on. As a result, even fish-men with little intelligence can be trained to fly these aircraft.
That's right, most of these planes are piloted by indigenous creatures recruited from the world of Azeroth, such as fishmen, minotaurs, centaurs, and even orcs. After all, if you rely on the ship mother alone, the number of battle goblins they can have is limited. The role of intelligent AI is to assist, and they do not have the authority to launch weapons, so the only task of the current aircraft pilots is to cover the weapon button when it is lit.
As for why the intelligent AI can only aim and not shoot, does this question need to be explained?