173. Supplies

When the spindle-shaped battleship was annihilated in the universe, the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group still did not lift the red alert.

When the battleship was hit by several attacking torpedoes, the long-range probe released by the Lanzhou and the early warning aircraft on alert simultaneously discovered a large number of unknown fleets sailing in the direction of the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group.

The number was very large and the speed was very fast, and after a few short seconds, the Lanzhou completely confirmed that these unidentified ships were the third attack wave of the Confederacy.

The scan data of these combat ships was uploaded to the Lanzhou and the front-line command headquarters for the first time, and through comparison with the database, it was found that their main force was indeed an attack group composed of several interstellar zergs.

The surviving interstellar zergs are all extremely terrifying races, and they may be the only civilization in the entire universe capable of "spreading" the surrounding area of the hyperspace radar screen.

In the virtual images given by the hyperspace detection devices of all human ships, dense red enemies are rushing towards the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group from "all directions" at a speed visible to the naked eye - the unknown fleet detected by the Lanzhou at the beginning is just one of these interstellar zergs.

"Crazy, crazy! Are these bugs sending all the people at the bottom of the box to be cannon fodder? ”

The captain of an interstarcruiser couldn't help but jump out of his seat, Rao is actually quite rich in combat experience, and he still has never seen such a huge number of zerg. Now the number counter on the ship has automatically switched modes and has begun to change to another way of identifying "1 AU block" as a base unit.

The UN starcruiser, which had already fired at a rapid fire, did not hesitate to start firing at the enemy, and the jump missiles launched at the same high speed as before filled the hyperspace.

These Zerg, who were jumping towards the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group at a very fast speed, were attacked by the starcruiser's large jump missiles in the next moment.

Compared to the previous warships, each jump missile can cause greater casualties to these Zerg, which are not very large in size and are relatively close together, and a jump missile may cause casualties to a unit of Zerg.

However, these losses still did not seem to be enough for the Zerg, and the jump missiles made a splash as if they were thrown into the water, but after a few seconds they calmed down again - a steady stream of Zerg units were killed in the jump tunnel. But the next moment, more swarms will be created.

In the transition channel, the Zerg's high-level units are still constantly creating subordinate units, and at the same time, they are constantly splitting themselves to form more high-level units. These low-level units were supported by the Zerg's relatively advanced collective jumping technology, and followed the large force towards the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group at high speed.

Zerg don't build a lot of low-level units in their normal state, because although they are very easy to build, or produce, if they are built normally, there is still this constant supply pressure. Therefore, in general, emergency manufacturing is a common method used by the Zerg during the battle.

Therefore, from a tactical level, the Zerg can be called an existence that can consume the enemy.

Same as the starcruiser. The Lanzhou supercarrier, which launches carrier-based aircraft at high speed through more than 40 launch channels throughout the body, is like a white hole that keeps spitting out substances.

And in this kind of emergency, there is no time for the attack planes to form a formation, so more than ten minutes ago, the drones that were waiting for the formation to jump around the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group and the drones that were launched from more than 40 launch tracks will jump in one direction within five seconds after launch.

A series of ripples appeared in an open position within a light second of the Lanzhou aircraft carrier battle group, and then a huge number of planes appeared in the detection range of the optical camera.

Jumping out of the jump were the two attack waves before the Lanzhou, and it could be seen that these two attack waves were many, much less than before they had just set off, and there were many other attack waves in the group with varying degrees of damage. And the ammunition they carry on them is probably not any weapon except for the small shells of the self-defense cannon.

When the group of attack aircraft returning to the home was confirmed by optical cameras, a module with a length of 10 kilometers and a width of 10 kilometers on both sides of the supercarrier Lanzhou began to split into ten small modules with a length and width of 1 kilometer, and then these modules quickly broke away from the main body of the Lanzhou and dispersed towards the attacking aircraft group that was flying under the gravitational traction and manipulation of the main body of the Lanzhou.

In space combat, a supercarrier is not only a platform for the release of carrier-based aircraft and a comprehensive information platform, but also an important comprehensive support platform. These modules are supply depots that provide supplies and repairs.

After just a few minutes, twenty squares were evenly scattered in front of the attack aircraft group that was also lined up. As their shells opened, hundreds of launch ports on top of the supply station were aimed at the attack aircraft that had been marked for repair, firing nanobeams containing nanobots. The blocks then began to release "ammo packs" made up of several simple attitude adjustment devices.

Each ammunition pack contains ten neatly arranged ammunition, which fly towards the attack aircraft by inertia and fly accurately under the belly of the attack aircraft under the attitude adjustment device and the attack aircraft itself. Then the ammunition pack automatically unfolds into a shape similar to "---mouth-", with two missiles hanging under the wings on either side, and the middle "mouth" part is the ammunition pack of the attack plane's built-in missile compartment, and these six missiles are divided into two zigzag shapes.

At the same time, this "ammunition package" with a built-in missile compartment also includes the jet working fluid based on this "box" as a supplement.

At the same time, the aircraft carrier Lanzhou began to transmit energy wirelessly to these supply stations. And through the same wireless transmission technology, these depots are also replenishing the attack aircraft fleet with ammunition and refueling their battery packs.

At the same time as the replenishment of the attack aircraft fleet. The Lanzhou and the surrounding frigates also sent standard jump missile supply crates to the cruiser that was firing missiles non-stop, these oversized boxes with short-range jump devices jumped next to the cruiser in need of replenishment five seconds after leaving the supply matrix, and then the cruiser's side armor began to move and threw out the empty ammunition bay, and then the cruiser would drag the standard supply crate into the ship within a minute under the effect of the towing beam, and then close the side armor belt again. (To be continued.) )