Chapter 168 Capture the Reef Lair
Since having this, Li Qing gave up the idea of stationing alien troops and mechanical armored troops, and focused on creating this kind of clone troops that would serve as the main force of the army and cannon fodder.
At least that's it for now, but Qingluan is obsessed with genetic technology at this time. When she can develop extremely powerful genetic warriors or genetic warfare bodies in the future, the main force will become genetic warriors and genetic warfare bodies. This kind of octopus robot will be They will be turned into cannon fodder, and the clone troops will be discontinued directly, or used as guards.
The individual Shatar people are physically stronger than humans, but their weapons and equipment are not as good as human clones, let alone octopus robots. When the ground troops enter Star City, they move forward with overwhelming force.
Star City has a large population, with hundreds of millions of people in total, but most of them are staff. There are actually not many troops stationed there, and they are mainly used to maintain law and order rather than fight.
The main reason is that there is no point in having too many ground troops. Maybe Star City has been captured and the ground troops can still counterattack.
Moreover, it is not convenient to use powerful and heavy weapons inside Star City, and the use of ground troops is greatly restricted.
On the contrary, it is different inside the planet, where the main battlefield of the ground troops is.
A provincial capital like Reef Lair has a population of nearly 20 billion. The ground army will be very large, and there will definitely be a lot of resistance. Once Star City is captured, he will have to spend a long time clearing out the resistance on the planet. .
The ground troops did not pay real-time attention to the attack on Star City. Li Qing could only tell that the battle inside Star City was going very smoothly from the constant feeling of psychic energy erupting from time to time in Star City, and the constant stoppage of attacks by regional weapons.
Every time a large area is conquered, the network and some automatic weapon command systems in that area are immediately interrupted, which will reduce the pressure on the fleets and fighters outside Star City.
The area on the attack side of the fleet was the first to be liberated and the attack stopped. The fleet, which had been fighting for several hours, could finally take a breather.
Then this truce gradually spread to other areas of Star City as time went by, and the firepower became weaker and weaker. Until at a certain moment, the weapons in the three directions that were still fighting suddenly stopped, and the entire Star City suddenly dimmed and became extremely quiet. , Li Qing knew that the ground troops should have captured the command core of Star City.
"Your Majesty, we have captured the Star City Command Center and captured a large number of Star City Command members."
"Very good! Well done!"
With excitement, Li Qing received information from several ground force commanders inside Star City about attacking the command center of Star City.
The fall of Star City means that the Reef Nest System has been completely captured.
The next step is to finish the work, repair Star City, send a messenger to the expeditionary force, prepare to move the headquarters, and re-defense to prevent the Shatta people from retaking it, etc. A series of tasks must be put first.
On the contrary, there is no need to rush to conquer the planet Reef Lair. Without air supremacy, the army and civilians on the planet cannot escape at all.
“Not enough time!”
Now that the clearing of nests in Star City has not been completed, Li Qing thought about it, returned to the universe in his hand, stopped all construction in the dock, and gathered all shipbuilding engineers in hundreds of industrial ships, preparing to wait for Star City to be completely captured and resist internally. Completely clean up, pull out all these shipbuilding engineers, and repair Star City on site.
It's not very difficult. After breaking the shield before, the attack was slowed down. Only one of the ten directions in Star City has some damage, so only this side needs to be repaired.
Two hours later, Li Qing received a report that the last recalcitrant area in Star City had been cleared. He was about to pull out the industrial fleet to repair the Star Castle when suddenly one of the admirals in charge of the Star City strategy, Deng Wende, sent a message:
"Your Majesty, several dignitaries from the Shatta people said they have something very important to see you."
"Yeah!"
Li Qing was silent for a moment and said:
"Bring him here."
"Shatta dignitaries? Is this surrender?"
He didn't take it to heart. He opened the universe in his palm and summoned the industrial fleet and maintenance fleet to prepare for the repair of the star fort.
Soon the communication was opened again, and several gorgeously dressed sea spiders appeared in the projection. One of them, whose limbs were all black, made a strange courtesy to Li Qing and said loudly:
"Dear human commander, we are the Senate of the Nobles of the Sea Spider Tribe of the Sand Tower United Civilization. I am Noel."
What they spoke was Shatta language, not a common human language. Li Qing could understand it only because he had a translator.
Humans and Shatar people have been fighting for five years. Their languages have long been parsed and translated, so there is no barrier to communication.
Facing the opponent's aristocratic class, Li Qing still maintained some etiquette, stretched out his hand to cover his chest and returned the salute, but said in a calm tone:
"I am Li Qing, the military commander of the Jialan Legion of the United Empire of Mankind and the commander-in-chief of this fleet."
The sea spider noble returned the salute and said in a deep voice:
"Your Excellency General Li Qing, in fact, I have been advocating in the tribal Senate to withdraw from the Shata United Empire and form an alliance with humanity. However, the military elders in the capital disagreed, which led to today's battle."
"Hmm"
Li Qing smiled and said:
"It's a pity, but it seems meaningless to say this at this moment."
"No, it still makes sense. Although the Reef Nest was captured by Commander Li Qing, there is still a division on the Quilta Fortress. Marshal Quilta is the best commander in the history of our tribe. It is difficult for you to Capture of Quelta Fortress ”
After a short pause, he continued:
"Of course, we are defeated at this time, and Marshal Quelta cannot withstand your siege. It will be a matter of time before we are defeated without support, but I think we still have a certain role for you."
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Li Qing shook his head and said calmly:
"No, it doesn't work anymore."
Noel, the Black Sea Spider, trembled when he saw Li Qing's indifferent expression. He suppressed the abnormal emotions in his heart and said in a deep voice:
"I admit that this defeat has far-reaching consequences. We are not strong enough to be on an equal footing with humans, but we still have tens of billions of people who can serve you, and we still have a powerful fleet that is willing to fight with you."
"You may not know that a very powerful psyker was born among our Shatta tribe. He had extraordinary skills to unify all the tribes of the entire civilization, established a powerful empire headed by him, and at the same time... The Shar civilization is at war with the Sivis Council and you humans.”
"His strength is very powerful, and the integrated Sand Tower United Empire is also very powerful. We have learned about human beings. Although your headquarters in another star field is strong, it is definitely not as good as the integrated Sand Tower United Empire."< br>
Li Qing tilted his head slightly, with a strange look on his face. Shao Qing smiled slightly and said:
"First of all, we don't need your fleet, we don't like it."
After a pause, he felt a hint of evil in his heart and said:
"In addition, maybe you have some misunderstandings about the strength of our United Human Empire. The headquarters you know is not actually the headquarters of our civilization. Our headquarters is in a distant star field. The headquarters you know is just a small flying piece of our civilization. Land, a province like your southern province.”
As he pointed this out directly, Sea Spiderman Noel's pupils opened involuntarily, his eyes full of horror and disbelief.
Li Qing smiled slightly and said:
"I don't need to lie to you. Our United Empire of Mankind is a powerful civilization far beyond your imagination. We have hundreds of such provinces, and each of them can easily sweep across your so-called United Empire. What you are facing now It is just an expeditionary force hosted by Jinmen Province and has just been established for five years.”
Noel's pupils opened sharply and his mouth opened slightly involuntarily. The news was so shocking that he couldn't react for a moment.
Li Qing put his hands behind his back and smiled slightly, saying:
"So, your cooperation is of little significance to us, and you are not qualified to form an alliance with our human United Empire. Even becoming our vassal depends on whether we are interested."
After saying this, Li Qing had no interest in continuing the conversation.
What he just said was not showmanship, he really had no interest. Why would he want a weak vassal?
Mining is not needed, they have enough ordinary players and full-time miners.
There is no need for farming. As long as there is a planet, a fully automated farm does not require many manpower. Even if you want to be a slave owner, you can use clones who are willing to do anything.
Soldiers are not needed and look down upon. Although the Sea Spiders are slightly stronger than humans, who in the interstellar era can fight hand to hand? They are all high-tech weapons, and there are also alien troops for real hand to hand combat. This is better than the Sea Spiders. Much more.
Looking back, I feel that it is of no use and is still so ugly.
Li Qing waved his hand and was about to cut off the communication. Suddenly Noel looked up and shouted as if he had woken up:
"General Li Qing, we can serve you, and you alone. In addition, I also want to tell you an important news. The commander-in-chief of the previously defeated provincial guard fleet contacted Locke Fortress for support before the war. There has been a An imperial division is on the way and will arrive in less than eight hours!”
"Yeah!"
Li Qing paused and asked:
"Are you sure?"
Noel nodded vigorously:
"I'm sure we were put under house arrest just for arguing with him."
At this time, the other sea spiders beside him who had never had a chance to speak also nodded in affirmation.
Li Qing was silent for a moment with a solemn expression, then raised his head and said:
"Please wait for a day. If the reinforcements come as you said, I will give you a chance to serve me."
After disconnecting, Li Qing immediately opened the command channel and announced the news calmly, and then the command channel became quiet.
A bunch of people in the channel were discussing how to wipe out the defenders on this planet and how to deal with the two to three billion sea spiders on the planet. They were chatting happily when they suddenly heard the news and everyone was dumbfounded. .
"Everyone regrouped and helped transport some supplies and collect debris when they could. I will restart Star City and try to get into the battle before the battle begins."
If Star City can be restarted, with the geographical advantages brought by Star City and the existing fleet, it will not be unstoppable.
There is only one division, and it is not that they have not fought before, but they have come all the way from Star City and have no home base in Star City. In terms of strength, they are not as strong as the defenders of the reef nest that they just dealt with.
Thinking of this, Li Qing felt relieved and immediately gave an order to the maintenance team, asking them to restart Star City's shield first.
As for other damage, the key is to turn on the shield first. Without a shield, you need to rely directly on the armor to resist it. It will be very troublesome to repair in the future.
Time continued to pass, and at the fourth hour Star City's shield finally restarted. Li Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief and waited with peace of mind.
At the sixth hour, the reconnaissance ship discovered that there was a sudden fleet jump fluctuation in the void five million kilometers away from Star City. The reconnaissance ship moved over and discovered a strange Shatar people fleet jumping over.
But the size is very small, consisting of only five destroyers and twenty frigates.
This was a reconnaissance fleet. After entering the galaxy, it approached Star City, but suddenly stopped when it was about a million kilometers away from Star City, then turned around and ran away.
Li Qing, who was about to mobilize the cruise fleet to go back, was stunned for a moment, and then received a message from his subordinates from Star City. Just now, he received a strange signal inside Star City, and the signal disappeared before he could respond.
A minute later, the same strange signal appeared again and disappeared again.
Another minute passed, and the same strange signal appeared for the third time and disappeared for the third time.
Engineers checked back and forth but could not find the source of the signal.
After the third time, the signal did not appear again.
Combined with the fleet's changes just now, Li Qing had some understanding.
Time continued to pass, and soon it exceeded eight hours, and there was nothing abnormal in the void.
Twelve hours have passed, but there is still no abnormality in the void, and a large number of reconnaissance ships dispatched have not found anything abnormal.
"I guess I found out that Star City had been captured and left immediately."
But Li Qing still did not relax his vigilance. He just ordered Star City to close the shield and continue repairs.
It takes at least half an hour for Star City's shield to open and close, but with the fleet here, it can last for half an hour while waiting for restart, so there won't be much of a problem.
Next, Li Qing stayed awake and sat in front of the Titan super flagship bridge to wait.
Although he guessed that they would probably not come, he did not dare to be careless.
It wasn't until a full twenty hours passed that he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the fleet to take turns to guard near Star City. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and went to take a rest first.
It was twelve hours later when he woke up again, and everything was fine in Star City.
Obviously, it was discovered that Star City had been captured and the reinforcements sent by Locke Fortress had not arrived.
If you think about it carefully, this is normal. Locke Fortress is the most important fortress in the Shata United Empire. The security there is more important than the entire southern province. Even if the entire southern province falls, nothing will happen there. The priority is not at the same level at all.
If there is a chance, just fall. Now it is obvious that a division is not sure to capture it, so it is natural to give up decisively.
"So, we succeeded!"
In the command channel, everyone jumped up excitedly after hearing Li Qing officially announce the news.
“Awesome.”
"We really took over a living planet, it's so cool!"
"I'm going to get rich!"
"I got rich too." (End of Chapter)