The people at the scene were silent, no one could speak, Wang Ben looked at the archbishop-Abshe, and added word by word, "If we blindly hope that the God Emperor will save us, then when will human beings be able to truly move forward independently, and when will human civilization not let him worry so much." He loves us all, and we must prove ourselves worthy of that love and not be a spoiled child. ”

Abshe opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak for a long time, he was refuted by Wang Ben and said a word, and finally could only sit in his position with a red face and not speak.

Wang Ben did not continue to refute Abshe with the posture of pursuing victory, because that would make no sense, and the archbishop was absolutely loyal like himself, just a difference of opinion.

He looked at all the military commanders present, as well as the heads of various departments, "I hope you can think about this matter clearly, the most important thing in this war has never been honor and wealth, but our sense of responsibility." We have to stop the biters so that the Empire has enough time to react. And in order to do this, we must all be prepared to sacrifice, and the cost of losing this battle is the complete fall of the Tyrannic Sector, and the fact that large swaths of the empire will be targeted by the swarms, and those systems that do not have enough power will be completely swallowed up. ”

The air became quiet, only the humming of machinery echoed, and everyone was silent, even though they were ready to sacrifice, but when it was revealed, everyone still felt hesitant and uneasy.

No one can truly defeat death, and it is their duty and mission to make them not afraid of death. They have sworn to protect humanity, and now is the time to live up to that vow.

Wang Ben didn't go any further, he walked to the position of the main projection table, and the captain of the fleet, Ersa, was also there, she straightened her body and did not show any unusual emotions.

Wang Ben stretched out his hand to open some projection interfaces, which showed the defense base under construction on the planet Marantai 02, and after confirming the news of the attack of the swarm, the engineering team built a fortress and energy pile on the ground, built a temporary position, and at the same time hollowed out the ground to prepare to contain the swarm.

"Most of the clashes with the swarm will break out in the Void, but Director Morton has said that the swarm doesn't have any powerful weapons that directly destroy the world, so some battles will break out in the hulls of Celestial-class warships and some important planets. Your job is to take charge of the Void Battle, delaying as long as possible. My job is to clear out the enemy who tries to land on the surface or enter the ship. ”

Wang Ben didn't go to see Ersa, he just talked to himself, but everyone knew that he was talking to Elsa.

The swarm does not have an extinction weapon like the Holy Judgment, preferring to keep the planet intact and thus constantly raise more warriors by drawing on geothermal heat and solar energy.

After all, the core of the destroyed planet will soon cool down and become an icy meteorite, and there will be no geothermal heat for the swarm to absorb, if it is parasitic on those meteorites, it will cost more to establish an ecosystem suitable for them, and it is not cost-effective, they will avoid doing so as much as possible.

Swarms are not exhaustive, they know much more about sustainability than humans, which is why they are so large.

Each occupied galaxy becomes their barracks, creating a steady stream of powerful war individuals, and in addition to recovering the dead individuals, breaking them down and turning them back into nutrients to breed new warriors.

Even the Empire's scrapped tanks and warplanes will be dragged away and absorbed, dismantling and absorbing the precious metals in them, and turning them into armor or weapons for Zerg warriors.

The Swarm can really be said to be a race born purely for war, and it is precisely because of the special habits of the Swarm that it is feasible to establish a defense line on the planet Marantai 02, and it can also make the army work.

In the Void, the army is useless and can only be buried with warships, but on the ground, they can be extremely useful, slowing down the progress of the swarms and holding them back.

Elsa did not have any objections to Wang Ben's arrangement, and it was originally her duty to command the Void Battle.

"You don't need to stop all the swarm warships, on the premise of saving yourself, destroy their living force as much as possible, and let some of the swarm enter the planet Marantai 02 and be blocked by ground forces, understand?"

Elsa nodded, "I understand. ”

“.”

At the meeting, Wang Ben made detailed arrangements for the First Expeditionary Force, and the battleship group would be dominated by the Shengju to destroy the enemy's living forces in the void.

The ground forces were divided into two parts, one part was led by Wang Ben, and was stationed on the Holy Judge to prevent the swarm from using gang jumping, invasion and other means to sabotage.

This tactic was used once in the first battle of the First Expeditionary Force into the Marante system, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be repeated this time, so it is necessary to arrange troops to garrison it to avoid being stolen.

Liu Xia and a group of Storm Warriors are stationed on the desolate planet of Marantai 02, where a magnificent fortress complex has been established, with a large number of firepower units and shield generators to ensure that it can become a brutal meat grinder.

When the Void War is lost, Wang Ben and the others will also retreat to the fortress group, defend on the ground, contain the insect swarm, and wait for the Empire's assistance.

According to Morton's guess, the swarm will not deliver a devastating blow to the ground forces, but will only kill them, and then recover the corpses and various discarded weapons and equipment to act as nourishment and train new swarm warriors.

The three days passed in a flash, and the units were deployed to stay where they were supposed to be.

The bridge of the Divine Judgment was plunged into an eerie silence, with more than a dozen separate command posts sitting around the giant holosphere in the tactical center, each monitoring the entire Maranthai system.

Everyone watched the data transmitted by the scanning array, and when the first red dot appeared on the holosphere, there was a sense of relief in everyone's hearts, and once the feared things showed entities, people's inner fears were often weakened.

"Sound the alarm and enter a state of all-out war." Elsa shouted, "For the sake of the God-Emperor, for the sake of the Empire, for the sake of humanity, we will stick to this and never back down." ”

Loud sirens rang through the entire First Expeditionary Fleet, as well as to the makeshift fort on MLT02.

"Here they are."

These words were passed down from the mouths of countless sons and daughters of the Empire, who looked to the heavens and prayed to the God-Emperor for the battle that would end their fiery fate.

(End of chapter)