Chapter 161 Attacking the Reef Lair
Next came the extremely long time of harvesting the trophies. The preliminary reconnaissance took more than a week, and the actual battle only took a day or two. After the war, it was estimated that it would take nearly two months to collect the trophies.
It took Li Qing half a month to collect the 30 million Shar people before. Now there are tens of billions of people here, and he doesn't know how long it will take.
But they were not in a hurry. While they were collecting trophies, Li Qing sent Li Lie, Li Qi and Wang Yanqing to clear out some Shatar outposts near the reef nest system, and to dismantle some jump interception devices, as well as his own Install interference fields and interception systems at some important locations to minimize possible enemy support and delay possible reinforcements.
This battle is too important to allow for any mistakes, and we must be fully prepared.
It is worth mentioning that on the third day of the plunder, Li Qing directly opened the door of the black hole and took away his share of the settlement and population income into the palm of the universe, which made them all envious.
There are about three billion people. I haven’t calculated the exact number, and I don’t have the time to worry about it so much. Let’s just forget it’s about the same.
The three billion Shatta people are worth 9,000 billion based on the calculation of three thousand one.
Most of them are Sea Spiders from the eight tribes of Shata. There are also a large number of Lobstermen and other tribes. However, the Sea Spiders have an absolute numerical advantage, accounting for more than 96%.
Obviously, the entire southern province actually belongs to the eight tribes of sea spiders.
There were many high-ranking Shatar people here. After taking the universe into his hands, he asked his subordinates to interrogate them in batches, just in time to learn some information about the Shatar people.
Within a week, a large amount of news that was generally confirmed to be true after back-and-forth interrogation appeared in front of Li Qing.
He spent several hours reading it carefully, and suddenly felt enlightened and understood a little more about the Shatta civilization.
As he guessed, the internal structure of the Shatta civilization was indeed in the form of an alliance. Eight tribes born at the same time on the same mother planet united to form a world government.
Just as he guessed, the southern province is indeed owned by the Sea Spider Clan, and the central relationship between the southern province and the Sand Tower World Government is not very good. There is a high probability that there will be no reinforcements at the reef lair.
In addition, although the Shatta civilization is known as the eight tribes to the outside world, the intrigues and internal fights have never stopped for thousands of years. Even after leaving the home planet and entering the space age, the internal fights between tribes still exist.
Several hundred years after entering the space age, several of the eight tribes have already been defeated in infighting. There are no living planets and no fleets. The name of the tribe exists in name only.
The rebellion in the Western Province is one of the once-defeated tribes that was unwilling to let the tribe die and decided to join forces with humans to rebel.
Yes, this is the big event that the Red Moon team is working on, and it is not a secret among the top Shatar people.
Currently, the southern province of the Shatta Civilization is at war, the western province is in rebellion, the eastern province is fighting against the Sivis Civilization alone, and the northern province and the central province are attacking the Shar Civilization.
On the surface, it seems that the Sand Tower civilization is on fire everywhere, and it looks like it will collapse at any time.
But in Li Qing's view, the fire of civilization of Shata Civilization is in a state of raging fire at this moment. Many events are concentrated at this moment. It seems that it is about to be destroyed at any time, but in fact it is an extremely important level of Shata Civilization. stage.
These four major events have dragged down all the energy of the entire Sand Tower civilization. If any side collapses, the entire civilization is in danger of overturning.
But if we think differently, if any one of these four major events can break the situation in a direction superior to them, the Sand Tower civilization can be reborn in the fire and become more powerful.
It’s just that the southern province fell. It’s too difficult to defeat the expeditionary force with one province. As long as it can be defended, it doesn’t matter. In other words, it doesn’t matter even if the southern province is breached, as long as the fortress system connecting the southern province to the center is not breached.
Once the rebellion in the western provinces is suppressed, they can deploy more troops to support other battlefields.
The Eastern Province is fighting against the Hivis civilization alone. It is on the defensive at this time, as long as it can hold on.
The main forces in the northern provinces and the central province are at war with the main forces of the Shar civilization. If the Shar civilization can be defeated, a large number of troops will be immediately available to support other parties. It can be said that the entire deadlock will be resolved immediately.
In the final analysis, it all depends on luck. As long as one aspect can break the situation, the whole situation will be solved.
However, even though he understood the current situation of Shata Civilization, Li Qing could not do much.
Locke Fortress, which connects the Southern Province and the Central Province, firmly blocks their way north. If they want to pass, they must break through Locke Fortress, but the defense of this fortress is too strong, even if the current expeditionary force and Jialan Army join forces, it will not be possible. It can be broken.
Just the fleets of two divisions failed, the key is the internal defense of that galaxy.
They actually fixed a planet that was supposed to move around the sun. It no longer kept circling the sun as before, but was fixed in an orbit not far from the hyperspace channel. The entire planet was completely transformed. into a fixed super war fortress.
There are huge cannons on the surface, and countless space fighters are parked on the surface of the planet. Coupled with the fleet stationed there, the defense capability is indescribably strong.
Of course, this battle star is not that battle star, and it has only transformed one layer of the planet's surface. In addition, the technological level of the Sand Tower civilization is insufficient, so the combat effectiveness of this battle star is not as strong as imagined.
It is roughly estimated that it is equivalent to a conventional mobile war fortress, but it is still very powerful.
Yes, there are two types of mobile fortresses, one is a conventional mobile war fortress with a specification of less than 500 kilometers, and the other is an advanced mobile war fortress with a specification of more than 1,000 kilometers. The two mobile fortresses located in the isolated star field The fortresses are all high-end models of mobile fortresses.
As for larger models, it is not impossible, but those with a diameter of more than 3,000 kilometers are generally called war moons.
No matter how large it is, if it has a diameter of more than 5,000 kilometers, it is a legendary battle star.
In addition, the specifications are just specifications, and the specific combat effectiveness depends on the technology level. A Battle Star with three levels of technology will definitely not be able to beat a War Moon with five levels of technology, but the basic shield and armor are too thick to withstand it.
The subordinates continued to interrogate, and information from the Shatta Civilization continued to be collected and compiled. There was even a lot of information about Sivis and the Shar people.
It's just the Shar people. This civilization is the weakest among the three major civilizations. Although its race is magical, its home planet is not magical. It is just a very ordinary continental planet, but the planet is full of forests.
The Shar civilization is the weakest among the three major civilizations. It allied with Sivis to fight against the Shatar people, but they were still losing ground and were no match for them.
Although Sivis is stronger than the Shar people, their strength is limited, and they are also no match for the Shatta civilization.
It is worth mentioning that the information Li Qing received before was that there are eight living planets in this star field, three from Shatar, three from Sivis, and two from Shar. Now the information is out of date. The latest news It is the Shatar people who have captured one living planet from the Shar people and the Sivis civilization respectively. There are five planets in total. The Shar people have only one planet left, and the Sivis civilization has only two left.
And this information is expected to be out of date soon, because at this time, the main force of the Shatar people has already attacked near the capital of the Shar people. The latest news is that the two civilizations have begun the final decisive battle half a year ago.
Half a year has passed and the war has probably already started, and I don’t know how the war will turn out.
"I don't have much time left."
Li Qing had a strong premonition that the Shar people might not be able to withstand it for long.
If you can hold it, you won't be taken off a planet and be attacked by the enemy near the capital star. No matter what era, being attacked by the enemy near the capital star is almost GG.
Once the Shatta civilization takes down the Shar people, annexing a civilization can restore a lot of blood. Whether the main force freed up is to suppress the rebellion, go north to destroy the Sivis civilization, or resist the expeditionary force south, all the problems of the Shatta civilization will be solved. Another question.
“Last week to prepare!”
This is Li Qing's speech in the command channel. Anyway, the looting here is almost complete, and only the final finishing touches are left.
On the other side, the combined fleets of Crimson and Liberty Horn have plundered the Shatta III system to pieces, and the first batch of transport ships have already set off.
Li Qing found Gu Shenzhou and said straight to the point:
"I am about to launch the final attack on the reef lair. When will you go back?"
Gu Chenzhou was stunned for a moment and said:
"You can leave at any time, but I have never seen a battle of this scale. Can I watch it from the sidelines?"
Li Qing shook his head and refused:
"Sorry, it's not very convenient."
Gu Shenzhou immediately said:
"I can move the fleet back to the outpost. I only need to sit on a frigate and watch the battle. This will not affect you."
"This"
Li Qing thought for a moment, looked up at Gu Shenzhou, and said with deep meaning in his eyes:
"I hope you are really just watching!"
Gu Chenzhou's expression changed slightly and he said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I'm just taking a look."
After disconnecting the communication, Gu Chenzhou's face darkened.
Two hours later, the combined fleet began to launch. As waves of hyperspace fluctuations exploded, the fleet jumped away one by one.
After confirming that they were leaving, Li Qing withdrew his gaze, and the squadron returned to the MK-471 system to join the main force.
If he could, of course he would like Gu Shenzhou to leave too, but since his feet were on someone else's body, there was nothing he could do if he didn't want to leave. The key point was that after his fleet left, there would only be one frigate left here. It would be too overbearing for him to forcefully expel them.
Just like what he said, I hope he is really just watching the battle.
Two days later, the main force of the Jialan Army, which had been parked in the MK-471 galaxy for two months, began to take action again and slowly set sail towards the Reef Nest Galaxy.
The usually very busy waterway was extremely quiet at this time. No spaceships were seen except for the ghostly Shatar reconnaissance ship. The civilian spaceships had disappeared as early as the beginning of the war.
The fleet soon arrived at the nearest system to the Reef Nest System. The last reconnaissance frigate entered the wormhole and disappeared. There was silence at the entrance of the wormhole.
The fleet paused here, rested, and then without hesitation began to jump into the wormhole under the order of the original source.
There will be no defenders on the opposite side of the wormhole. We have seen frigates forcefully rush into it before. In the Reef Nest Galaxy, its core is near the living planet. There is a total of one star city and four star forts connected together. A division was stationed in front of Star City.
If they want to intercept, they will all come out to fight with his main force at the beginning.
Since he didn't do this, he would just stay there and not take such unnecessary actions as ambush the wormhole.
The best way to ambush the entrance of the wormhole is to take advantage of them when they have just jumped in and cannot fire cannons for a short period of time. However, this advantage is not enough for them to secure victory. Instead, they will be entangled by them and force the battle to lose the advantage of Star City.
It is better to stay in Star City and rely on Star City's power to fight. This advantage will be greater and longer-lasting.
The facts were as he expected. The fleet headed by Titan Super Flag jumped over first and did not receive any news of being attacked. The subsequent fleet also jumped over.
In the end, there were only a few frigates left. Feng Lixiu of the ancient sunken ship, as well as the leaders of the three small teams of Bing Feng, Dao Feng and Tianji were all there. They were all very curious to watch this scene that might give birth to the first child in the Zutar Star Territory. A battle between planet masters.
After all the Jialan Army fleets jumped in, it was about half an hour before Gu Shenzhou said in the channel:
"It's almost done, let's go there too."
Several frigates that had been impatient for a long time quickly sailed towards the wormhole.
The five frigates passed through the wormhole and found no traces of battle. The huge fleet of the Jialan Army anchored 10,000 kilometers away from the wormhole has been fully deployed and looks ready to go into battle at any time.
“It’s so exciting!”
Bing Feng rubbed his hands excitedly and said in the channel:
"When can I get a Titan super flag and such a huge fleet? It's so cool!"
Dao Feng also said with hope:
"Commanding the flagship and galloping across the sea of stars is our ambition. I hope to have the opportunity."
Gu Chenzhou and Feng Lixiu exchanged looks but said nothing.
The fleet was parked in place without moving, waiting for a response from the reconnaissance fleet.
After entering the wormhole just now, they had already sent hundreds of frigates to disperse and sail in different directions of the galaxy.
Although we had conducted reconnaissance before, the main force had not moved at that time, so there would inevitably be an interception on the opposite side. In addition, it was some time ago and the information was out of date, so it was not accurate and had to be reconnoitred.
This is the enemy's lair. If they still have an ambush here, if the Sea Spider tribe persuades the central government and transfers a division from Locke Fortress to ambush deep in the galaxy, waiting for them to suddenly appear during the battle, it will be over. .
This possibility is not impossible. Soldiers never tire of deceit. It is completely normal to bow to the central government for the survival of the tribe.
Or, another division located in Quelta Fortress suddenly splits its troops. Even if there is only one brigade, its sudden appearance at a critical moment in the battle can break the balance.
This possibility is greater than the previous one.
Therefore, the necessary caution cannot be less. (End of chapter)