Chapter 87: Chestnut in the Fire (2)

After the first round of attacks, Qi Yiming was suddenly relieved.

The swarm army they faced was not the main force of the swarm, otherwise the Snow Peak's super-heavy main gun would not have been able to sweep away a large area.

Moreover, the missiles launched by the Snow Peak have achieved perfect results.

Directly between the swarms, a large cavity was created, and the swarm that was hit was instantly vaporized by the high temperature caused by the explosion of hundreds of missiles.

The insect swarm that was originally attacking forward was attacked intensively by the Snow Peak, and the forward trend actually came to a slight halt.

Seeing the hope of defeating the insect swarm in front of them, Qiao Shan and the others also cheered up, and they all shouted loudly to fight to the death against the insect swarm in front of them.

Qi Yiming didn't forget the reason why they came here at the risk of total annihilation.

"Johnson took two frigates into the atmosphere of the barren planet to find the two arc generators that splashed on the ground." Qi Yiming clearly knew that the swarm in front of him only looked weaker for the time being.

But when the mother worm of this swarm has accumulated enough battlefield experience, the swarm under her command will have a qualitative leap.

In other words, the longer this battle goes on, the more difficult the swarm will be to deal with, and the more dangerous Qi Yiming's situation will be.

After receiving Qi Yiming's order, Qiao Shan led the two frigates in the fleet to slowly enter the atmosphere of the barren planet.

The three warships quickly separated after entering the atmosphere and launched a search in three different directions.

Of course, the swarm mother has not forgotten her mission here.

At the same time as Qi Yiming was fighting, the mother worm flew a large number of airdrop bags into the ground on a Leviathan warship with a length of more than 20 KM.

The landed airdrop sac burst open, and a large number of Zerg ground troops were drilled out of it.

They also scattered in all directions, looking for arc generators that had splattered on the ground.

In order to buy more time for the ground personnel, Qi Yiming had to command the fleet to press forward, trying to attack the Leviathan warship to interfere with its projection of more troops to the ground.

However, as soon as you get a little closer to the swarm, a large number of wyverns will pounce on the fleet, and the wyverns will be followed by a large number of corrupted wyverns.

Leviathan didn't stop dropping airdrop bags on the ground because of Qi Yiming's approach.

"Qiao Shan, did you find what we wanted?" Qi Yiming was a little anxious, Qiao Shan and they had been down for more than an hour.

Qi Yiming had already clearly sensed that the swarm was changing.

Just now, he actually saw a corrupted wyvern that only burned its outer skin after being hit by a burst laser, which indicated that a high-level class had appeared in the swarm.

This is because the mother worm has strengthened the energy supply when hatching a single worm after finding Qi Yiming more difficult to deal with, and only in this way can the swarm hatch more powerful swarm individuals.

"Not yet, it's desert everywhere here, I suspect that thing is buried in sand......" Qiao Shan was reporting the progress of the search to Qi Yiming, and suddenly found a spot in the direction of 3 o'clock in the bow of the Azure ship: "Wait...... We seem to have discovered it. ”

The Azure came to the sky above the suspected arc generator and circled, and transmitted the captured pictures to the Xuefeng for Qi Yiming to compare.

Soon the results came out: "It's him!" Dig now! That's a big thing...... It would take at least two frigates to be able to lift it. ”

Qi Yiming glanced at the swarm that was fighting with them and said, "Also, a large number of swarm ground troops have been parachuted on the planet, and you may be attacked soon. ”

"I'm grass, didn't you say it earlier...... I don't have many Marines with me!! Qiao Shan also panicked when he heard that he would be attacked by the ground forces of the swarm!

"I've located you, and I'll send someone to support you right away."

Ten minutes later, dozens of transport boats landed at the excavation site with hundreds of marines, and quickly organized a defensive line with the hundreds of marines who had arrived on the ground in advance.

A 100MM ELECTROMAGNETIC CANNON ON TOP OF THE TRANSPORT BOAT WAS PLACED AROUND THE EXCAVATION CAMP AS SUPPLEMENTARY FIRE.

At this time, Qi Yiming was facing the huge pressure of the insect swarm attack.

Although the individual combat power of the swarm is not as strong as expected, their number is too large.

The high concentration of corrupt liquid sprayed from the tail of the wyvern has already sunk three destroyers on the battle line, making the already somewhat underpowered battle line even more dangerous, and it may be broken through at any time.

Even if the Snow Peak's two super-heavy guns swept through all the bugs in the path of the muzzle after firing, it would only be a few seconds later that more Wyverns and Corrupted Wyverns would take up that position and continue to attack them.

And the new bugs that fill the battle line have significantly improved their individual combat power.

The swarm individuals who had just been able to hit a burst laser beam had already appeared in large numbers at the forefront of the swarm battle line at this time.

Qi Yiming realized that the real battle had only begun at this time.

"Attention ships, increase the charging strength of the main guns, and don't let the swarm get close to us."

Qi Yiming clearly knew how terrifying the swarm was in close combat.

Their nimble bodies can easily evade the lock-on of a battleship's secondary guns, and their sharp claws can easily tear through a battleship's armor.

Just now, more than a dozen wyverns passed through the dense network of firepower and broke into the densely packed group of warships.

If it weren't for the Snow Peak's ability to quickly repair the armor of friendly ships, maybe there would be even greater losses waiting for Qi Yiming to face.

While the fleet was struggling to hold on, the ground crew came back with bad news.

There was a swarm of ground troops rapidly approaching them.

The excavation was less than halfway through.

In desperation, Qi Yiming had no choice but to draw a destroyer from the already unstable battle line, and ordered the destroyer to lower the orbital altitude, ready to provide cover for the ground forces at any time.

The Marines, who had been prepared for a long time, felt a tremor in the ground after a long wait.

Wearing exoskeleton armor, Johnson stood on the top of the transport boat and looked into the distance.

Smoke and dust rose in the distance, and through the thermal imaging system, Qiao Shan saw through the smoke and dust that the dense swarm of ground troops was rapidly approaching them.

Qiao Shan swallowed his saliva and shouted to the marines: "Northwest direction, a large number of insect swarms, everyone is ready to ......"

Tens of seconds later, the swarm that was still several kilometers away had already appeared in front of the Marines.

Qiao Shan gave the order, and the Marines pulled the trigger of the electromagnetic rifle in their hands.

For a while, there was a burst of gunfire, and a makeshift front of thousands of Marines rained countless projectiles into the swarm in just a few seconds.

The struck hoppers rolled to the ground, while their companions stepped over their corpses, continuing to charge the Marines without the slightest fear.

The stinging snake, nestled in the midst of the swarm, stood on the high ground not far from the battle line, frantically spraying corrosive bone spurs at the marines.

Dozens of Marines have been shot through the armor of their exoskeletons by the bone spurs, and their bodies have been disfigured beyond recognition by the strong corrosive liquid on the bone spurs, accompanied by bursts of foul odors, which seriously affected the morale of the Marines.