Chapter 234: The Despair of the Star Alliance (Subscription Requested)
The commander of the first company, Julius, the commander of the second company, Licaon, the commander of the third company, Zhao Shang, and the head of the guard company, Arcade, and others soon came to Zhang Han's study.
The study, which had been fairly spacious, was crowded with a few tall Storm Troopers.
They stood around the projection table in the study, the light of the projection reflected on their faces full of scars and vicissitudes.
This time, Zhang Han did not summon William and other fleet commanders to discuss the rest of the matter.
Because he knew very well that if he wanted to completely annihilate the remnants of the Star Alliance, he could only start from the Storm Troopers.
Void wars are very similar to ancient human ocean wars, but there are still essential differences.
In ancient maritime warfare, even if the enemy's ship was out of the battlefield, as long as it could lock the opponent's position, it could always pursue.
Because the enemy always needs to act at the level of the ocean, its speed and the direction of its escape are predictable.
In the Void War, as long as the other party can open the distance, it can enter the subspace and escape, once it enters the subspace, even if there is a means to reach the sky, the victor cannot help the defeated side.
"We're about to reach the Calapus system." Zhang Han swept over his company commanders and said something that everyone present knew, "The reason why I summoned you here, I think you can already guess that we need to completely annihilate the remnants of the Star Alliance. Once they leave the Calapus system, we will lose our chance completely. ”
The projection suspended in front of several company commanders changed with Zhang Han's words, outlining the whole picture of the Calapus galaxy.
A standard single-star system, in which the stars are in their prime, is projected into a fireball, which is blazing.
The six planets follow their respective orbits, slowly rotating around the Great Fireball.
The projections of galaxies also mark the presence of man-made objects, some of which are larger than planets.
They line the outer reaches of the galaxy like icy sentinels.
These creations are all giants left over from the Human Alliance to control the subspace lanes.
"Maybe we can use the fortress left behind by the Human Alliance." Zhao Shang was the first of the company commanders to speak, "I have consulted the design drawings and data of those fortresses, and the fortresses are made of a special spiritual material that can block the subspace shipping lane. If a starship wants to use the subspace channel to leave the galaxy, it must jump out of the subspace when it reaches the Carpuse system, and then enter the subspace after leaving the range of the Carpuse system. ”
"Tell me more about your plan." Zhang Han looked at Zhao Shang, and there was a hint of encouragement in his eyes.
Zhao Shang stretched out his hand and slid up on the projection, and the armor sensor built into the hand was captured by the projection instrument, changing with the movement.
He clicked on a man-made structure and enlarged it to show the details of it, as did a schematic diagram of the subspace shipping lane.
"There are two modes of these fortresses, the first is passive defense, that is, when the internal mechanical devices, energy reactors, reactors and artillery are not in operation, they can still rely on special structures and materials to exert influence on the subspace, blocking the route, forcing the starship to jump out of the subspace and only fly in the real world. The other mode is the active mode, which simply activates them to form a black hole vortex in subspace, forcing all ships in the nearby shipping lanes to change direction and be pulled here. Once pulled near Calapus, these starships are left with only two options, one is to be pulled into the depths of subspace by the vortex, where the gods lurk, and once inside, the probability of coming out alive is infinitely close to zero. Another option is to break away from subspace and enter the physical universe. ”
"As long as these fortresses can be activated, they can block the possibility of the remnants of the Star Alliance escaping. When the time comes, we can have the fleet enter the Calapus system from different directions, and we will be able to form a circle around the enemy, so that they have nowhere to escape. ”
With Zhao Shang's words, the projection formed by countless beams of light changed again.
A whirlpool appears on a projection diagram of the subspace shipping lane, pulling ships from other shipping lanes, forcing them to fall into the vortex.
Julius looked at the diagram, his brows furrowed slightly, and he raised his own question.
"There's a big flaw in this plan, what if these structures are destroyed? Then we're going to have to be blind. My suggestion is to capture the enemy leaders, lure them in, and then execute them all. ”
With Julius' words, the projection interface of the original subspace and fortress was reduced, and instead the image of a Sangeri appeared in the middle of the projection.
"From the information interrogated by the captives, it was learned that this guy's name was Vadami, the representative of the Sanghri people of the Star Covenant race. He was the supreme commander who took sole power after the death of the Three Great Prophets and other high-ranking members of the Star Alliance. As long as you can control him and promise them a chance to live, you may be able to bring them together and annihilate them all, even if you can't deceive them. As long as they are delayed and given a chance to enclose them in the galaxy, the remnants of the Covenant will surely die. We can easily destroy them with our superiority in numbers and firepower. ”
Zhao Shang glanced at Julius, then looked down at the projection, he shook his head, and also questioned Julius's plan.
"They are already lost dogs, and the prestige of the commander and the morale of the Covenant army are just afraid that they have long been outrageously low. Once the leader is caught, they will never stop, they will only run faster. The best thing to do is to activate the stronghold and stop their starships so that they can't leave. I also extracted information from the minds of several high-ranking captives, and when entering the galaxy, the Covenant did not destroy the fortress that the Human Alliance had built there. ”
"Because they feel that the human alliance has fallen, and that the fortresses are no longer a threat. If you stay, you can find an opportunity to rewrite the architectural code in it in the future, and maybe you can use these fortresses to fight against the civilizations beyond the river. ”
"Now, even if those routs react and want to destroy the fortress, I'm afraid they won't be able to do it. The fortresses built in the Carapus system are not made of purely physical matter, but also contain some supreme properties. To destroy it completely, you have to use a saturation strike, and I don't think those guys would dare to waste their time on this. ”
The Covenant had been beaten to the point that it was too eager to add two more legs to the back of the engine, and how could it be possible to stop and waste time and effort to destroy those magnificent monuments.
"The decapitation tactic is a tactic that we use regularly, we have accumulated a lot of experience, it is highly operable, and the most important factor depends on us, it is controllable. Relying on the giant structures left behind by the Human Alliance, who knows what accidents have happened over the years, or whether the forerunners behind the Star Alliance have tampered with the basic code of those buildings during this time, there are too many uncontrollable factors. The success of your plan depends on luck, which is the most intolerable thing. ”
"It's not lucky, I've studied the designs of those fortresses, and I've verified the information I've gotten from the captives, and my plan is the most feasible."
“.”
Julius and Zhao Shang soon quarreled.
The two went toe-to-toe, unyielding, and stuck to their plans.
Each of them has its own ideas and decisions, and the proposals they put forward are based on their own combat style, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Other company commanders soon joined the debate, either agreeing or disagreeing, and some put forward their own opinions.
This scene made Zhang Han feel a little relieved, and a smile appeared on his face.
Their arguing made him realize that he was not alone in facing these things, but had many solid backings.
Humanity has never been an individualistic race.
Solidarity, cooperation and sacrifice are important means for the progress of human civilization.
"Okay, stop." Zhang Han stopped the quarrel between the two company commanders.
Everyone looked at Zhang Han and stopped arguing.
As the commander of the corps, Zhang Han is still very respected, and his prestige is enough to suppress these unruly company commanders.
"You two have a point, and you can see that you are confident in your plans." Zhang Han stretched out his hand to turn on the projection of the two plans, "But you guys are thinking wrong, that is, why do we have to choose one of the two?" The Third Expeditionary Force has a large enough army to carry out both of your plans at the same time. Grab with both hands, one hand to try to activate the fortress, and the other hand to carry out the decapitation plan. As long as one plan succeeds, the remnants of the Covenant will collapse completely. ”
"I'm in charge of raiding the enemy's flagship and capturing the last commander of the remnants of the Covenant, and you'll each choose a different fortress to try to activate and create a subspace vortex. At the same time, I'll scatter the fleet and enter around the Calapus system. ”
“.。”
With everyone's brainstorming, Zhang Han quickly formulated an encirclement and suppression plan against the remnants of the Star Alliance.
If it goes well, even if it can't be completely annihilated, it can still leave more than 80% of the Covenant's military strength.
The remaining remnants, even if they really escaped into deep space, would not be able to stir up any storms.
Even if they were given two hundred years, three hundred years, they would not be able to recover much strength in that barren deep space region.
For hundreds of years, Zhang Han believed that the Empire must have accomplished its goal of unifying the galaxy.
At that time, gathering troops and going out again, it will inevitably be able to sweep through the deep space area, sweep away all the remaining alien races, and make the galaxy free of foreign disasters.
While the Legion's top brass was discussing the details of the encirclement tactics, the Third Expeditionary Fleet was heading for the Calapuse system as planned.
At the same time, in the Calapus system, many strange-shaped ships are detaching from subspace, propelled by physical engines, and flying through the void.
They must leave the sphere of influence of those human giants before they can re-enter the subspace, or they will be swept into the subspace vortex.
That ghost place is so terrifying that even the forerunners are afraid that they will capsize.
The Covenant's ships are numerous and chaotic, coming from all races, all of whom are fleeing with the seeds of their races.
Each race is terrified, frightened, and prays to the gods they believe in, for their protection, for good to triumph over evil, for the gods to triumph over demons.
The terrible race of humanity, which has been scented with killing, destruction, and cruelty from beginning to end, has returned to the stars, and this galactic catastrophe is destined to affect every race.
They had no choice but to flee in order to leave a glimmer of life for the race.
And those who have not been able to leave will be greeted by the most terrible fate.
Those human demons are far more brutal than the mythical monsters, and everywhere they pass, there are rivers of blood and homes destroyed.
I don't know how many creatures have died under their weapons, reduced to ashes.
Those creatures rose to destroy and kill, and their atrocities outraged even the gods, making the subspace storms in the galaxy even more ferocious.
As the Covenant's military commander and supreme leader, Vadami stood on the platform of the flagship, looking out at the silence of the magnificent fortress and the countless ships, and the defeated Covenant fleet was fleeing beyond the fortress built here by the humans into the vast void, just as their ancestors had done.
Thinking of the glory of the past and the downfall of the past, Vadami's gaze revealed a hint of bitterness.
So many of their races came together to form an alliance like never before.
When they set sail, the leaders of each race vowed to completely exterminate humanity in the Otanius sector.
At that time, everyone was full of confidence, believing that this time they would win the victory, complete the tasks assigned by the forerunners, and avenge the ancestors of the past.
Originally, everything was fine, the expedition went very well, and it was only close to completely taking the Otanius star sector and completely exterminating those damned humans.
The good things continued until the humans with the flags of fire appeared.
Those humans came from another sector, more brutal and bloody than their ancestors, with the breath of destroyers, and the only way to conquer was destruction and killing.
The Covenant was crushed by those humans all the way, suffered countless defeats, was defeated all the way, and retreated all the way.
Three prophets died in battle, many of the high-ranking members of the ghost-faced beasts died tragically, I don't know how many races' home planets were destroyed, and countless creatures died.
The many races that have finally returned to the galaxy have also been forced to flee to deep space again.
After the defeat of the Hydra system, the Covenant even lost the City of Benevolence and was detonated by the Precursors, and the humans ran fast, basically without any damage, and all the damage was the warships on the Covenant's side.
So far, the only race in the Covenant that still has some strength is the Sangheri, but it is also a serious injury and needs a long time to recuperate.
What's even worse is the barrenness of deep space resources, and the technology of the Forerunners allows them to absorb zero point energy, or absorb the energy of subspace, and thus convert it into matter.
Compared to the direct exploitation of existing resources, this is too cost-effective and inefficient to collect.
If you want to recover, I'm afraid it will take a long time.
Vadami shook his head, shaking off those chaotic thoughts, now was not the time to think about it.
It's a blessing to be able to escape into deep space safely, and the future development will be talked about later.
Humans are still biting their tails!!
It is estimated that a lot of sacrifices will have to be made to ensure the evacuation of so many Covenant ships
When he wondered when humanity would come.
Sudden alarms sounded, and mechanical prompts rang in Vadami's ears.
[Abnormal supreme celestial fluctuations have been detected, multiple subspace trajectories, extremely large in scale, suspected to be humans.] 】
After the alarm sounded, the frightened voices of many Covenant members rang out in Vaadami's communicator.
Their tone was panicked to the extreme, as if they had encountered the most terrible thing in the universe, and they shouted loudly from the debt communicator.
"Humans are coming."
"Humans are coming."
"Run, those monsters are coming."
“.。”
Hear the panicked, desperate voices in the communicator.
Helplessness and grief surged in Vadami's heart, what has become of the once glorious Star Alliance!!
Just the alarm of the arrival of the demons of the human race had frightened the guys and made them not have the courage to resist.
The evacuation procession, which had been fairly neat, fell into chaos in an instant.
Some ships sped up just to get out of the galaxy faster, into subspace.
Some of the ships accelerated too fast, and even collided with other ships, causing a large explosion, which made the fugitives even more frightened and uneasy, and some of the creatures even screamed, shouting that the Empire had launched an attack, and if they didn't flee quickly, they would all die here.
"Be ready for battle." Vadami issued an order, "Let the escorting warships shout to those ships that are causing chaos, and if the other side does not listen, they will open fire directly, and the chaos must be suppressed." If we continue to make such a mess, none of us will be able to leave. ”
Four thousand six, barely mixed with full attendance, I don't dare to ask for votes.
Wait for the male to get up and then ask for votes
(End of chapter)