Chapter 289: Energy Shield
The scan wave once again covered the entire galaxy, reducing the number of bioships by 1,200 compared to the previous scan.
However, the size of the hive fleet does not seem to be much smaller, and after paying huge losses, the hive fleet still surrounds the human side.
No matter where the battleship is located in the fleet, no matter which person is on the battleship, you will see the scene of countless insects sweeping all over the sky.
Bugs still have a terrible number in space, just like they do on the ground.
And what's even more terrifying is that more quantity does not mean poor quality, just as any samurai bug can slaughter mortal warriors without encountering a space marine, those large number of biological ships also have strong individual strength.
Quaron stood in the bridge and watched the overwhelming bioship, and at the very edge of the fleet, a Tempest-class frigate called Heavy Artillery was engaged with the Peak Strangler frigate of its class, and although the Empire defined the Peak as a frigate, it was far larger than any Imperial frigate.
The Heroic Peak frigate sped forward with the heavy gun's fire, and the giant tentacles extended forward.
When the distance between the two battleships was reduced to five hundred meters, the artillery could form an effective kill on the Xiongfeng frigate, and in another salvo, the back of the Xiongfeng frigate was penetrated.
But at this time, the heavy artillery horn was also caught in the tentacles.
The Void Shield had no effect at this point, and the Heavy Artillery's hull was in a state of direct impact, and the Adamantite shell twisted and let out a mournful roar under the tentacles.
Soon the Heavy Artillery was crushed by the tentacles, the upper layers of the hull cracked, and thousands of crew members were sucked into a vacuum.
The damage to the hull was close to where the Void Shield device was located, and the collateral damage spread to that side, closing the Void Shield, which protected the ship from massive biomunitions or corrosive fluids.
A corrosive frigate emerges from beneath the Heavy Artillery, its giant mouthparts spewing corrosive liquid.
Then Quaron couldn't see what was going on, and more creatures stood between his gaze and the Heavy Artillery.
The case with heavy artillery is not an isolated case, such cases abound in the fleet.
Soon, however, the Heavy Artillery Horn reappeared in Qualun's field of vision.
A Tyrone cruiser headed straight for the Heavy Artillery, ramming every creature ship in its path and finally slamming into the Strangler frigate that bound the Heavy Artillery.
The energy shield at the point of impact emitted a dazzling light, knocking the creature ship into a shapeshift.
But soon the Tyrone cruiser was targeted by the devourers who came after him, and this giant insect was classified as a cruiser of the same class, but far larger than the cruiser, and opened its mouth to bite the cruiser like a predator.
The energy shield held on, but the cruiser was also controlled and unable to move, and was gradually dragged backwards by the Devourer.
Just as it was about to disappear from Qualon's sight, the heavy cruiser Qualun was riding on was just above the Devourer, its hull tilting downward, and the port side cannon and light spear array all opened fire.
A ferocious salvo opened several large holes in the Devourer, and the Tyrone Cruiser, which was bitten by it, saw the moment to start firing a salvo, and the particle light spear adjusted to maximize firepower directly pierced the Devourer's body, and the cruiser successfully escaped.
"Have your frigate go to the orbital dockyard for repairs." Adam on the screen spoke.
Quarren immediately gave the order for all badly damaged ships to go to the dockyard for repairs at once.
The Heavy Artillery's position was filled by another Tempest, which arrived later, and it traveled three kilometers from the Orbital Dockyard, where it was dragged into one of the yards by the towing beam from the Orbital Dock.
In the eyes of the captain of the Heavy Artillery, the Tyrone were using their technological sorcery to quickly repair the hull, and the seven hundred meters above the hull were being filled with layers of adamantite gold.
"Can you replace the energy shields for these frigates?" Quarlun asked Adam.
Adam was stunned for a moment, he thought that Quaron was an extremely conservative person, and he was very resistant to everything in the Tyrone Star Zone...... At least in his previous collaboration with the Hazy Field, Quaron had said without being questioned that he would never allow the fleet to use the Dimensional Engine.
Quarren knew what Adam was thinking, and he looked helpless: "I am an admiral, the master of a fleet, but there are some things that I can't decide. ”
"Change the energy shield for them." Adam ordered.
The Heavy Artillery's previously damaged Void Shield was removed, and an Energy Shield Generator was placed inside the ship's hull.
The heavy artillery horn, which had been repaired in half an hour, quickly left the factory and headed for the place where the battle was most intense.
Qualun had previously analyzed the weaponry of Tyrone's fleet, and he thought that he might one day use the Dimension Engine against all odds, but definitely not the Energy Shield.
The energy shield is a physical shield that will even collide with some larger stones in space, and the energy consumption must be amazing, and the long-lasting damage bearing effect may not be comparable to the Void Shield.
But at this moment, when facing the fleet of the Tyranid Zerg, Quaron felt that the energy shield was perfect, it was really impermeable, and the Zerg's biological munitions and biological carrier-based aircraft could not cross the shield and cause damage to the hull at all.
The Heavy Cannon Horn equipped with the Energy Shield is once again targeted by the Strangler, but the tentacles can only be attached to the Energy Shield, and the Heavy Cannon has plenty of time to shatter the Strangler's tentacles one by one.
But the Heavy Cannon wasn't invincible anymore, as it was once again tied up in tentacles and trying to get out of its trap when a Devourer swooped in from behind it.
The jaw opens widely, then bites rapidly.
The energy shield didn't last long before it was bitten apart, and the energy that formed the shield turned into blue specks scattered in space, and the hull shattered.
But before sinking, the Heavy Artillery firing was in full swing feeding a large number of shells and torpedoes into the mouth of the Devourer, who didn't last long before he lost his balance and turned upwards with his belly turned.
Having an energy shield can still last a little longer, and without an energy shield is like having no clothes in the cold winter.
A cruiser was targeted by several Devourers and subsequently devoured.
Qualun listened to every battle report from his subordinates, standing by the porthole and watching everything, he could already guess what kind of tactics the hive fleet used.
The Hive Fleet is not trying to crush its own side in numbers, their biological ships are actually storming the center of the fleet with all their might, intending to disrupt the fleet formation and divide the fleet.
However, the situation soon changed, and the front of the fleet was attacked more violently.
Just when Quarren thought he had made a mistake in his calculations, the left and right sides of the middle of the fleet were torpedoed at the same time.
The torpedoes fired by the bioship look strange, and instead of flying straight ahead, they lock onto the ship like living creatures.
Those torpedoes also looked like living creatures.
But fortunately, five Tempest-class and seven standard-type Tyrone frigates stepped forward, navigated through the bioship and blocked the torpedoes, quickly eliminating the flying torpedoes with close defense weapons.
(End of chapter)