Chapter 374: Confrontation

"The First Fleet reports that the enemy is attacking fiercely, the fleet's defense is very difficult, and it has lost an entire expulsion formation, and it is requested to use weapons that are not standardized" In the command center of the Huashan, the flagship of the 55th Fleet, Deng Ying, the confidential secretary of the 55th Fleet, hurriedly walked up to Zheng Minghe, the commander of the fleet, and pointed to the position of the 1st and 2nd Fleets on the star map to report. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Yes, let them stay away from the brood when they fire, don't affect the stability of the space near the brood" Zheng Minghe was expressionless, standing in front of the star map like a zombie, and responded without looking back. Regarding the commander's maverick command style, Deng Ying, as an old partner, has long been surprised.

Every time he fights, Zheng Minghe is like an artificial intelligence with the emotional module turned off, nothing can affect his state of mind, and all combat plans are planned in the most logical and most effective way. Although sometimes very impersonal, this does not affect the respect that the soldiers have for this cold-blooded robot. Many times, it was precisely because of Zheng Minghe's cold-blooded orders that more soldiers' lives were saved.

"In addition, Major General Cheng Aiguo, commander of the 1st Regiment, reported to us that the landing force had encountered great difficulties. At present, most of the soldiers of the Pioneer Regiment have been dragged around the passage to resist the attack of a large number of Zerg combatants, and the infiltration operation is almost unsustainable. Passage No. 3, which is the responsibility of the 3rd and 5th Combat Battalions, has changed hands, and the other four passages are currently in jeopardy.

General Cheng Aiguo asked us to immediately send frigates to provide air support to them, otherwise, the vanguard regiment would be in danger of being encircled" Zheng Ying looked at the operational information flowing in front of him and reported to the robot in front of him.

In Zheng Ying's view, Cheng Aiguo's requirements are a bit difficult for strong people. At present, the 55th Fleet has been split into five combat formations, and after being dispersed, it will face much more difficulties than Cheng Aiguo. From the beginning of the operation to the present, the 55th Fleet has been attacked by numerous artillery fires, and no less than 20 destroyers and frigates have been lost in the escort formation alone.

Although these small destroyers and frigates are all cannon fodder ships with thin skin and little stuffing, it is impossible to avoid the fact that they are seventh-class warships. Not to mention that the length of these so-called cannon fodder ships is about five kilometers to fifteen kilometers, although it is a little smaller than the capital ships of the fleet, but if you put it on the planet, each one is comparable to a city.

The current situation is that the 55th Fleet simply does not have the spare strength to provide fire support to Cheng Aiguo's ground forces. Now the entire fleet is going all out to guard against the onslaught of those giant chrysalis-shaped Zerg warships and the incomparable power of fortress cannons fired from the Zerg War Fortress with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers.

There are also those pyramid-shaped Zerg flying machines, which are simply direct suicide attacks, and they can't be prevented at all. Now that the 55th Fleet is already in danger for defense alone, it is simply difficult to dispatch the fleet to support Cheng Aiguo.

"How many porcupine-class frigates were damaged in the course of the battle just now?" A cold voice came.

"And ...... Judging by the available data, a total of more than five hundred porcupine-class frigates are currently damaged. Most of them are small frigates with collapsed shields, but there are two hundred of them with little loss of combat power, and they have completed the formation of battle formations and are going to the battlefield to make up for the loopholes in the defense line" Deng Ying quickly checked the command link, and quickly found out the specific situation.

"Send all these 500 porcupine-class corvettes down to support Cheng Aiguo and them, don't let the battleships dock in low-altitude orbits, go directly into the atmosphere, and slowly land to block them. Tell the captains not to worry about the wear and tear of the battleship, and if it is damaged, it will directly land on the edge of the passage and continue to use it as a fixed fortress. Let them firmly guard the safety of the passage during the time when the pioneer group invaded the brood" almost without pause, Zheng Minghe's order blurted out, obviously this plan had been brewing in Zheng Minghe's mind for a long time.

The existence of the atmosphere makes the fleet's direct fire support from outside the planet an empty talk, and in the face of the Zerg's coordinated attack by land and air, the only effective way to deal with it is to gain air supremacy with more powerful force, and then directly cover the enemy from the air. In the war of the Star Age, controlling the sky means lifting the skirt of the goddess of victory, which Zheng Minghe knows very well.

Large warships are quite inconvenient to move in the atmosphere, and corvettes like the porcupine-class are more suitable. In addition, with the use of space weapons, which are non-standard lethal weapons, the role of porcupine-class defense ships with small space cannons and large-scale energy cannons has been greatly reduced, and it is just right to put them into the battlefield on the planet at this time. Not to mention that the main force of this operation was the elite infantry of the Pioneer Regiment, and the Fifth Squadron was only responsible for supporting and containing the mission.

"Boom, boom, boom ......" another wave of cannonballs rained down, and the violent explosion set off a terrifying shock wave that blew the battlefield out of large craters more than ten meters in diameter, and hard sand and gravel flew all over the sky, occasionally mixed with pieces of hard alloy blocks, knocking on the charged armor of the mecha to spill a knocking sound. Occasionally, a huge figure is lifted, which is a mech that is lifted from the ground by a shockwave and rolls towards the edge.

There is no one to hide and nowhere to hide, and the imaginary naïve idea of relying on bunkers to resist enemy attacks is simply not possible. The terrifying energy cannonballs spread almost every inch of the battlefield, and all everyone could do was to raise the charged armor energy level of the Xingtian Mecha to the maximum, and then rely on each other to control each energy cannon equipped on the rack to attack the oncoming Zerg desperately.

At this time, if the offensive of the Zerg Marines cannot be effectively contained five kilometers away, it will not be long before the forward of the Zerg will push everyone into the pit and bury them all alive. This is definitely not alarmist, and the sea of corpses and blood piled up like a hill five kilometers away is the best witness.

“…… I know, after 300 seconds, we will shrink the defensive line, and at the same time, I will leave a brigade to assist you in the defense" Cheng Aiguo closed the communication with the Huashan Hao command center and started the timer.

"No. 2, No. 6, pay attention, after two hundred and fifty seconds they all enter the passage, and the second combat battalion leaves a brigade to assist the follow-up troops in the defense, and now ...... Start Timing"

"Understood!"

The sky burned, and the airspace of more than ten kilometers was like a burning flame, mixed with white smoke constantly tumbling and boiling. The strange situation caught the attention of the Flying Zerg combatants, and the black clouds began to climb, and torrents of green energy rushed towards the burning clouds from the bottom up.

"Boom ......" thunder resounded in the sky, and the violent wind swept away the scorching white mist, revealing patches of dark green hulls more than ten kilometers long. The battleship fluttered slowly like willow leaves, and the unique humming sound of the anti-gravity engine could be heard clearly through the mech's built-in audio and video capture system, even from a distance of several kilometers.

"Whoosh......" Rows of blue energy cannon beams intertwined in the sky into an impenetrable giant net, heading towards the dark clouds.

"Whoa! ......" The tragic explosion was accompanied by a green rainstorm falling from the sky, and as the rainstorm fell, the dark clouds suddenly faded a lot, and the sky suddenly brightened. The huge net of energy intertwined pierced through the dark clouds without stopping, and continued to pounce towards the ground.

"Boom! ......The earth shook violently, and many places collapsed violently. The surface of the earth slowly collapsed into countless fragments, and after the billowing smoke, a huge underground canyon of unknown depth was revealed. Countless Zerg marines roared at the bottom of the canyon, and many tiger insects flexibly stepped on the falling rocks and bounced vigorously, trying to climb to the surface with their strength, but most of them fell desperately and quickly down with the boulders, and soon disappeared without a trace......

"Look, look! Obedient...... That's the difference between a battleship and a mech! When I joined the army, I thought the mecha was very handsome, but now I think the battleship is more domineering" Some soldiers of the pioneer regiment rubbed their teeth with envy.

"If you envy it, stay and defend with them, hurry up, get down the tunnel! The two brigades that set off in advance have already cleared the obstacles for us, don't stop along the way, keep rushing! (To be continued.) )