Chapter 198: Caught in a Bitter Battle
In a star field about 500,000 kilometers away from the planet Lobito, a tragic and abnormal space war is being staged.
Huge laser cannon beams flew sideways in pieces, space torpedoes and over-range missiles collided everywhere in the starry sky, and ghostly escort fighters like locusts flew up and down in a row around their respective motherships. From time to time, huge fireballs exploded, devouring the figures of giant insects. There are also thick patches of highly corrosive solution, converging into a kind of purple-red treacherous "nebula", indiscriminately projecting towards the battleship cluster, and a nest worm with only powerful destructive power is projected in pieces, burrowing into or attaching to the surface of the battleship, and self-detonating to complete the heavy damage to the human warship.
The entire star field has been scorched with blood and fire, and the roar of the giant cannon of the human warship is mixed with the angry roar of the large insect, as if it is about to tear through time and space. The metal wreckage of warships and warplanes was scattered and floated in all directions, and the flesh and blood fragments of alien insects were also all over the starry sky. Every second, countless warships and warplanes will be hit by the Corruptor and the strong acid solution sprayed by the Hive Insect Lord to explode the Hive Bugs, or be seriously injured and set on fire, or directly destroyed and killed. Every moment, hundreds of insects are torn into countless bloody pieces by powerful large-caliber shipborne laser cannons or missile torpedoes.
Since the invasion of the human race by the alien insects, due to the degree of evolution of the insect swarms in each star region, there has been no high-level giant insect such as the Corruptor Hive Insect Lord who can fly directly in space. Therefore, the great war between humans and insects often breaks out in the atmosphere or in the near-Earth area, and it is rare to see such a spectacular and tragic space war.
This earth-shattering scene was clearly captured by the long-range radars of various strongholds on the Lobito planet's outer space defense network, and transmitted to the Ricktown Military Supreme Shogunate.
Inside the Supreme Shogunate, Xue Yue and his gang of veteran generals in Ricktown were engrossed in staring at the image played on an old holographic projector. Looking at these tragic and abnormal real-time battle video images, these veteran generals who once sneered at the modern weapon warfare mode were all stunned and disbelievable.
"General, it's calculated!" At this time, a young shogunate staff officer walked over quickly with a document and reported to Xue Yue with a solemn face: "In less than half an hour, a total of more than 100 battleships of the Wehrmacht contingent were severely damaged, of which nearly 30 were completely incapacitated and directly abandoned by the Wehrmacht, and countless ghost escort fighters of the battleships were damaged. In terms of insect swarms, according to preliminary estimates, at least more than 30,000 large insects have been killed, and countless serious and minor injuries have also been impossible. ”
"Old guys, take a look!" After listening to the staff officer's report, Xue Yue subconsciously took the statistical data in his hand, first stunned, and then handed the information to the other old generals beside him with a wry smile, and said with a light sigh: "It seems that we are really old, and the current battlefield is no longer the territory of our old bones!" ”
"Yes, yes, just looking at those, it makes Lao Tzu's old eyes dazzled! Hey......" Another old general sighed, causing the other old generals to point their heads in agreement.
"General, shouldn't we contact our allies to see if we need some support, or let our space fleet take the initiative to attack, how much can we contain the strength of the swarm and relieve the pressure on the friendly forces?" The young shogunate staff officer seemed to disagree with the emotion of these old antiques, frowned slightly, and suggested in a deep voice.
"Our space fleet? Hmph, first of all, ask them if those guys have the guts to go up? Hearing this staff officer's suggestion, Xue Yue was slightly stunned, and then snorted coldly and said, "Besides, can the few broken battleships they have left compare with the well-trained elite fleet of St. Prory?" Even if they dare to rush forward, it is estimated that they will be directly torn apart by those dense alien beasts in less than three or two! ”
"Forget it! Or as previously agreed with the friendly forces haodejihua! Prepare the outer space defense network and the low-Earth orbital artillery groups, and once the friendly forces break through the siege of the swarm and rush to the cover range of my Lobito's anti-orbital cannon fire, they will immediately provide fire support to the friendly forces at all costs! Seeing that the young shogunate staff officer's face was blue and white, Xue Yue suddenly smiled and commanded with a slight apology.
"Yes, General!" The staff officer agreed humbly, turned around and hurried away.
"Haoyi, Haoyi, you shouldn't have more than that, right?" After the staff officer left, Xue Yue turned around and frowned again and stared at the hologram carefully. Judging by his lifelong experience, Xue Yue knew that the Wehrmacht contingent had obviously been bitten by the swarm. Although, at the moment, there are casualties on both sides, and in general, the losses of the swarm are still relatively large. But the old and spicy Xue Yue could see at a glance that as long as it continued to drag on, the situation would slowly become unfavorable to the Wehrmacht contingent.
However, even so, there was an unusually firm thought in Xue Yue's heart. That is, with Haoyi's previous style, he will definitely not stand still. Even if the person in charge of command now is just a confidant of Hao Yi, Xue Yue knows that as long as it is critical, Hao Yi will definitely take action to turn the tide.
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"Report, the flagship of the vanguard fleet has been hit hard and the power system is completely damaged! The commander of the detachment requested to break away from the fleet formation and block the enemy forces in place! In the flagship command center of the Wehrmacht contingent, a staff officer reported sharply to Chen Yun, who was covered in cold sweat.
"Sir, three more ships of the rearguard detachment have been completely destroyed! At least a hundred Corruptors are breaking through the rearguard detachment lines in an attempt to attack our logistical support fleet! Before the staff officer could finish speaking, another staff officer hurriedly reported: "The commander of the rearguard detachment requests immediate reinforcements!" ”
"The left flank detachment reported that the battleship squads on the periphery of our army's diamond-shaped formation suffered heavy casualties, and nearly sixty percent of the battleships were destroyed or heavily damaged! The main force of the insects is launching the eleventh wave of onslaught against our left flank detachment......"
One emergency report after another made the corners of Chen Yun's mouth twitch, and Dou Da couldn't stop cold sweat from his forehead. A heart that was originally resolute and resolute became more and more flustered at this moment.
It was envisaged that the swarm would fall into a certain amount of chaos after being attacked by a cluster of battleships with strong firepower. The task force is fully capable of taking advantage of this opportunity to directly break through the layers of interception of the main force of the swarm in one fell swoop, and rush to Lobito to round with friendly forces.
However, the ability of the insects to fight back was still much beyond Chen Yun's expectations!
Although the first wave of the task force attacked at least tens of thousands of alien insects were killed and wounded. However, the ferocious and bloodthirsty insects did not fall into chaos because of this. Instead, the reactioned swarms quickly adjusted their formations, launching waves of desperate counterattacks from all directions against the task forces that had broken into their formations. Even if the same kind that rushed ahead were torn to shreds by the powerful firepower of the task force one by one, the subsequent Corruptors and Hivebug Lords would still roar and rush forward in desperation, until they finally rushed into their own attack range, and they frantically spewed a rain of strong acid and self-detonating nest worms towards the battleship cluster.
At the height of the battle, even those eyeworms and king worms that had no ability to attack at all would go crazy and charge into battle with the corrupters. Their attack is crazy, which is to risk being torn apart by artillery fire, rush to a close enough distance from the battleship, and then use their long-range delivery capabilities to send swarms of jumping insects, cockroaches, stinging snakes, and even thunderbeasts to the surface of the battleship's hull.
The madness of these alien ground attack units that should not have appeared on the space battlefield made the officers and soldiers of the task force even more speechless. They tend to tear at the battleship's thick, sturdy steel armor with their claws wide open before they suffocate completely.
Although their attacks may seem futile, occasionally lucky insects find weak points in the battleship's hull armor and tear open even a centimeter of the rift before dying. The insects that pounced on them would continue to tear open these tiny rifts little by little with their lives, until the rifts were damaged enough to threaten the safety of the battleship.
As the temporary commander of the fleet, Chen Yun saw with his own eyes that a giant beast modified battleship of the vanguard detachment was torn open by locust-like insects. Zuihou, the entire battleship was destroyed from the inside by the swarming insects to the point of shattering the explosion.
It was with this kamikaze-like death squad-style counterattack that the Alien Insect Army, after paying at least 50,000 casualties, firmly trapped the Wehrmacht contingent in the boundless sea of blood-red insects, unable to advance or retreat!
"Sir, sir!" Chen Yun, whose whole head was in disarray, came to his senses amid the continuous shouts of the staff officers.
"Sir, what now? If this continues, the brethren of the fleets will not be able to hold on! Seeing that Chen Yun, who was the commander, had a blank look on his face, the senior staff officer on the side couldn't help but frown and reminded in a deep voice.
"Keep attacking!" Chen Yun's slightly pale face twitched, and he slammed his fist on the edge of the command platform, almost gritting his teeth and ordering: "Order all the battleships to be fully powered, and we must kill them before those brutes tear us all to pieces!" ”
"But sir, we've already ......" The staff officer's eyelids jumped, and he subconsciously wanted to remind Chen Yun of something, and then he was rudely interrupted by Chen Yun as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Nothing! Execute the command! Chen Yun's face at this moment was a little hideous: "All the officers and soldiers of our National Defense Force can only fall on the way to charge, turn their butts at the enemy and flee with their heads covered, and they will never allow this to happen to us!" The word retreat has never been in the dictionary of our Wehrmacht! Tell all the officers and men of the task force that you are afraid of death and fight the alien beasts of the dog day! The soldiers are all dead, and the officers! The officers are all gone, and even if there are only a few bare-pole commanders left, they must rush forward and tell those brutes with their teeth and fists that our Wehrmacht is not afraid of death! ”
Chen Yun's repeated roars made all the staff officers beside him tremble, and they all looked at each other and froze in place.
"Why are you still stunned? Wait for death! Don't be quick to ......" Seeing that these staff officers were a little slow to react, Chen Yun, who was about to lose his mind, had bruises on his face, and his thunderous roar actually shook the entire command center as if they were faintly trembling.
"Enough!" At this moment, a calm voice suddenly sounded behind everyone. The staff officers turned around after the sound, and they saw that Hao Yi, who was disappointed, had stepped into the command center at some point......