Chapter 356 Reinforcements
Within the mechanical race's stargate galaxy, the stargate named No. 7 by the empire is being activated.
The mirror mask is slowly covering the circular area inside the stargate frame.
Near the star gate, there is a mechanical fleet waiting in full formation.
When Chen Ming's Zerg gathered to attack the mechanical colony, they were already preparing here, apparently guessing Chen Ming's next move.
This does not affect Chen Ming's continued execution of his plan.
Just looking at the fleet composed of at least four motherships, 130,000 cruisers and more destroyer escorts.
He suddenly discovered that he had some misunderstandings about the mechanical race, or the power of industry.
Chen Ming's previous estimation of the number of battleships owned by the Machine Tribe was based on the data he usually knew, and was estimated through the combat readiness of different star regions.
He originally thought that after the battle of the Black Mist Zerg just now, there would be very little cruiser-level power left in the Mechanical Race star field.
But the fact is obviously not what he thought.
But those numbers would obviously continue to increase in a real war.
The war between the machine race and the empire has lasted for several months since the earliest days.
They must have analyzed the empire's intentions long ago and started the industrial transformation within their borders.
Not to mention capital ships, at least cruisers will definitely be mass-produced.
Chen Ming's previous guess of 40,000 ships was just the norm.
In a true war that leads to destruction, it is most likely that all productive forces will be used to produce instruments of war.
No matter who it is for.
However, the number of these 130,000 cruisers is quite large for the mechanical race in this star field.
They may not have arranged all the cruisers produced in recent times here.
Logically speaking, after the previous few battles, the mechanical race should have understood that in front of the Zerg, all non-capital ships are just cannon fodder and slightly more resistant cannon fodder. Why are they preparing so many cruisers?
Isn't it better to use these cruisers in the war with the Empire, or even to raid the Empire's colonies, than to put them here?
There are two possibilities for the mechanical tribe to do this.
One is to act as a human shield for those motherships and the star gate itself, so that the mothership will not at least face the concentrated fire of millions of Zerg fleets at the same time in the early stages of the attack, thereby creating a way for the mothership to quickly clean up the Zerg fleet. opportunity.
The likelihood of doing so is very high.
The firepower of the mothership, especially when facing a dense front line, is quite terrifying. Dozens or even hundreds of warships can be affected by a casual strafing attack.
The power of main-level weapons is such that if you touch them, you will basically die.
This is still a completely unavoidable situation when the Zerg fleet attacks.
Just like before.
Although the Black Mist Zerg fleet drove away the three mechanical motherships, its own losses were also quite huge.
If the number of cruisers of the Mechanical Tribe could be greater, it would really be possible for the Mechanical Tribe to rely on cannon fodder to drag them to the mothership and create sufficient results.
Of course, the premise is that the mothership really has so much combat readiness materials that it can kill so many Zerg warships.
Another possibility is that they have some subsequent arrangements for doing so.
But no matter which one has a big impact,
It is impossible for Chen Ming to give up the plan just because of some speculation.
And to him, all the mechanical destroyers and frigates are just cannon fodder.
All cruisers are just like a mantis in front of the Zerg fleet.
The only thing that needs attention is the mothership of the mechanical family.
The emergence of these four motherships suddenly increased the total number of battleships of the Mechanical Race to twelve.
What's even more troublesome is that this time, two of the motherships guarding the Stargate Galaxy are each equipped with a psychic spine cannon.
Moreover, there are four or five motherships behind Chen Ming's Zerg fleet that may follow at any time.
Three motherships can already destroy hundreds of thousands of Zerg warships in just ten minutes with tens of thousands of cruisers as human shields.
If the mechanical race is allowed to gather seven or eight or even more motherships in a galaxy, then the number of its Zerg warships lost will definitely not be calculated by simply multiplying by two.
The Machine Race deliberately released so many cruisers in this galaxy, and it may be because of this.
Chen Ming knew clearly that he could not delay it any longer.
Especially the star gate inside the galaxy is still activated.
He knew of eleven motherships that the Machine Tribe could use, and there were probably more behind the Star Gate.
The Zerg fleet immediately began to attack the stargate itself from a long distance under Chen Ming's order.
The Star Gate is a huge building, but in Chen Ming's opinion it is also very fragile.
In order to maintain the basic functions of the star gate, the star gate itself must have a large number of high-precision equipment, which means that its own protection ability is definitely not strong. Directly destroying it is definitely the best way to prevent the mechanical race from continuing here. means of sending reinforcements.
Moreover, even if the star gate is damaged, it won't be a big problem. At worst, it can just be repaired.
Even if Chen Ming doesn't understand the operating principle of the Star Gate, his ability can still be used on it.
However, Chen Ming's idea did not come true.
Because at the moment when the Zerg warship fired countless acid plasma balls towards the star gate, and these bright green light balls approached the star gate.
A force from an unknown source suddenly acted on all the plasma balls, deflecting all of them. None of them successfully hit the target.
That's the power of the Singularity at work.
Ranged weapons are completely ineffective.
If you want to destroy the Star Gate, you can only get close enough.
However, the mechanical fleet near the star gate is closely arranged near the star gate.
Although they didn't know that Chen Ming could send extra afterglow cores for control, they knew that if the Zerg encountered the star gate, it would be the end. There must be an ending between the star gate being controlled and being destroyed.
The Zerg race cannot be killed, even if the Destroyer comes, without the support of the Star Gate, it is equivalent to completely abandoning this star area.
They have to stop here.
Relying on the mothership and the upcoming reinforcements, the Zerg fleet will be wiped out here.
The firepower of the four motherships is extremely terrifying.
They are distributed in different positions of the star gate, protecting the star gate behind them.
However, the Zerg are even more terrifying.
The Zerg fleet in space can attack the star gate from any angle. The twelve spine cannons of the mechanical race cannot block attacks from a 360-degree circular surface even in two-dimensional space, let alone A spherical one struck.
When the Black Mist Zerg attacked the Machine Tribe before, the Machine Tribe could escape and fight guerrillas with the Zerg Tribe in the galaxy, but now the Machine Tribe must stand firmly in front of the Star Gate.
This is simply using their greatest disadvantage to fight against the Zerg's greatest advantage.
Even if the mechanical race has two psychic spine cannons, it doesn't make any sense.
One of these two psychic spine cannons is a soul killer that Chen Ming knows.
It cannot play an effective role at all when facing the hive consciousness of the Zerg swarm.
It can only be said that the Soul Killers are defeated by hive-mind creatures like the Zerg. Of course, it may also be that the Zerg are defeated by this weapon.
There is restraint between each other, who wins and who loses depends only on whose strength is higher.
If the strength of the Soul Killer is higher, then the entire Zerg race will be directly killed by the Soul Killer.
But if the consciousness of the Zerg is higher, then the Soul Killer will obviously not play any role, as it is now.
The other psychic spine cannon can tear apart the structure of the Zerg cruiser out of thin air, and the visual effect is terrifying.
But the actual effect is only slightly stronger than the normal spine cannon.
There is no such suppressive power as the Destroyer.
The outcome is obvious.
The Zerg's acid cannon almost formed a wall of acid that sealed all the machines inside.
The Zerg's biological fighters can completely destroy any warship that fails to set up full-width shields.
The war within the Stargate Galaxy can no longer be said to be a battlefield.
It is a combination of a meat grinder and a grinder.
What was minced was the flesh and blood of the Zerg race, and what was shattered was the structure of the Machine race.
The mechanical race is already trying its best to stop the Zerg fleet.
But the Zerg are still gradually crushing the mechanical fleet.
The time that hundreds of thousands of mechanical cruisers can sustain in a battle with the Zerg is simply not enough for the mothership to defeat the Zerg fleet.
The weaving of the mechanical fleet was quickly shattered by the seemingly endless Zerg. The four motherships could barely maintain their shields to block the Zerg outside the shield.
They still have the ability to protect themselves and destroy the Zerg, but they no longer have the ability to protect the Star Gate.
After the Zerg tore apart the defense line formed by the mechanical cruisers.
The four motherships suddenly stopped in place, all weapons stopped firing, and all running systems came to a standstill in an instant.
The mothership didn't stop, it was... stagnant.
All the acid cannons fired at the mothership, all the biological fighters and biological missiles that rushed towards the mothership's shield, all suddenly stopped in place after approaching
Even the surrounding Zerg warships close to the mothership's shield fell into stasis like the mothership.
But Chen Ming did not disconnect the locked Zerg units.
The consciousness of those Zerg units still remains active.
And what they feel is that the space around the mothership seems to be locked, making them unable to move.
If that's all, it's nothing.
But at the same time, the mirror of the star gate that was about to open suddenly flickered for a moment.
A twisted force started from the base of the star gate and swept towards the surrounding space.
This is a force that distorts space.
While distorting the space, it is also tearing apart the Zerg in the surrounding space.
Only a small number of machines and zerg who were in the stasis position of the mothership survived.
All other Zerg fleets that dared to approach were crushed to pieces by this unstoppable force.
And the scope of this force is still increasing rapidly.
Only the Zerg fleet, which was close to the periphery and could not launch a direct attack on the star gate due to the problem of shooting range, survived the attack of the star gate using the space distortion caused by the singularity. Just one Stargate counterattack destroyed more than half of the Zerg fleet.
The Zerg fleet of four million before it came out now only has more than one million left.
This attack almost completely cleared the area around the star gate.
The remaining Zerg who have survived by relying on the stasis released by the mothership indiscriminately will find it difficult to continue fighting between the mothership and the remaining mechanical warships
The Zerg fleet just outside Chen Ming has not yet filled the gap in the past.
The mechanical clan's star gate... was activated successfully.
Ripples appeared on the magnificent mirror film, and complete mechanical warships were entering the galaxy that the Zerg were invading through the star gate.
In just a blink of an eye, four new motherships were stationed around the star gate, protecting the star gate itself together with the motherships originally in the galaxy.
Within the mirror of the Star Gate, more and more mechanical battleships are flying out at high speed to join this battle.
The combat effectiveness of the mechanical tribe's reinforcements looks very intimidating.
It seems that the mechanical tribe has really arranged all their main forces here.
But Chen Ming was not afraid.
The number of its Zerg fleet still crushes the mechanical race, and the attack just released by the Star Gate is absolutely impossible to use a second time in a short time
This is not only the conclusion Chen Ming drew based on the power and influence of this attack and the energy consumed.
What's more, he could sense that the surrounding space could no longer withstand another disturbance after the previous disturbance.
To be precise, it is no longer possible to disrupt it again.
The machine race wants to recreate the space distortion just now, unless they can forcefully smooth out the disturbed space.
This is ten thousand times more difficult than disrupting space.
Therefore, Chen Ming did not panic at all and continued to let the Zerg flock to the star gate.
The Zerg's behavior became more extreme from this moment on.
Many of them have given up attacking and survival, just to let themselves or others around them come into contact with the star gate and the mirror of the star gate.
Not only the star gate itself, but also because behind the star gate, there must be another important star area of the mechanical tribe.
If the Zerg can spread there, then Chen Ming will have more power, and the Machine Tribe will lose more opportunities.
And the most important thing.
As long as the Zerg corpse fragments or blood can contaminate the star gate, then Chen Ming's goal has actually been achieved.
The Zerg fleet still charged towards the star gate fearlessly, crushing all the middle and lower-level warships of the mechanical race that emerged from the star gate like a meat grinder.
Then Chen Ming suddenly discovered a problem.
The warships were made of the wrong materials.
When Chen Ming attacks the mechanical clan, he often collects some materials from the mechanical clan.
After all, he has been fighting large-scale battles with the Machine Tribe until now, and every time, a large number of Machine Tribe and Machine Tribe warships were damaged.
The main structure of the mechanical family is usually dolomite steel alloy.
And due to the problem of lost technology, the proportion of dolomite steel in the dolomite steel alloys of the mechanical family is usually more than ten percent.
Therefore, collecting the remains of the mechanical clan is still valuable, and may supplement some household supplies.
Even if it is not easy to collect these materials in some cases, just letting the Zerg warships eat them and digest them during the battle can also become part of the endurance of the Zerg warships.
In this battle, Chen Ming did the same thing as usual.
Then he found out.
There is a problem with the material ratio of the battleships that appear in these star gates, and something is missing from them.
In this mechanical star field bordering the empire's Gallo star field.
Most of the mechanical units, whether ground units or battleships, use materials mostly produced in the galaxies in the nebula area that Chen Ming is attacking at this time.
There is a kind of dust-like material in this nebula environment that is unique to this nebula. It is suspended in this area and forms the basis of this nebula, filling every corner.
So, everything in this nebula has this special material mixed in it, and it's mixed in with everything.
And this special substance has an effect similar to that of dolomite steel, making the quality of the resources mined in this nebula better than other places.
Therefore, the mechanical family usually does not take the initiative to precipitate this substance. At most, some precision components need to ensure the purity.
And most things manufactured will carry this material.
Therefore, Chen Ming can tell which individuals of the mechanical race are original to this star field and which ones are foreign.
That's why he kept wondering where the reinforcements from the mechanical tribe were.
Those external reinforcements will not be mixed with the unique materials of this nebula.
But now Chen Ming can be sure.
These fleets that emerged from the star gate were the external reinforcements of the mechanical race.
However, this is just an ordinary fleet. Although there are four motherships in the fleet, more than 40,000 cruisers have come out from the star gate, as well as more destroyers and escorts.
Putting it in the empire is equivalent to a star field with a medium level of development that has used all its military power.
It can be said that this is a fleet with considerable comprehensive combat effectiveness.
But in Chen Ming's opinion, it was completely meaningless, and there was no reason for him to be so defensive.
Chen Ming has been looking for reinforcements from the mechanical tribe, and has been worried about whether the reinforcements from the mechanical tribe will be stronger than expected.
If there is another Destroyer or a slightly weaker Spinal Cannon, the combat effectiveness may become one-sided.
He had also been worried about whether reinforcements would suddenly appear when it was fighting the mechanical race, leading to the failure of some important battles.
So he has been preparing a lot of back-ups.
But the result... is this?
Chen Ming felt like he was battling with the air.
There was still some pressure on his mind before. After all, he did not know the intensity, quantity and location of reinforcements.
But since the reinforcements from the mechanical tribe have now appeared, there is nothing more to say.
But he still had doubts in his mind.
Is it really that simple?
The several traps set by the Machine Tribe against him were almost impossible for him to avoid without special abilities.
Some of them are even aimed at his abilities, but the hidden part of his abilities is more understood than the mechanical clan, so the mechanical clan has been unable to achieve their goals.
And now the backup means arranged by the Machinery Clan seems to have lost the same feeling as before. Is it possible that this is also a trap for the Machinery Clan to let him relax his vigilance?
Hard to say.
Chen Ming's eyes glanced at the fleet of external reinforcements from the mechanical tribe.
He wasn't even sure whether this powerful-looking fleet was all the mechanical tribe's external reinforcements.
If there are other reinforcements, and the ones that appear now are just bait, then he may still encounter trouble.
Chen Ming always believed that when fighting against the relics of a shining civilization like the Machine Race, one must be extremely vigilant until the last Machine Race is killed or controlled.
To put it simply, it means paying attention to it tactically and despising it strategically.
His tactical emphasis on the mechanical race is evident.
Those millions of cruisers are not so easy to come up with in the empire.
It's okay to force it out, but it's absolutely impossible to do it within a week and in a very relaxed situation.
At least we need to change the production line and use the whole country to produce.
But there is no need for the empire to do this.
Because the empire can produce capital ships.
It has the ability to produce millions of cruisers, and it can also produce tens of thousands of battleships.
Chen Ming has personally experienced the suppressive power of capital ships on lower-level ships several times.
That huge loss is enough to show the true power of the mothership.
If it weren't for the limited size of the mechanical race star field itself, and the fact that the Zerg race was strengthened to an absurd degree by Chen Ming, the battleship itself would be invincible unless it encountered an opponent of the same level.
So Chen Ming will not be arrogant.
Even if millions of cruisers appear to be extremely powerful, even the Empire cannot easily take them out.
He also has absolute reverence for the truly powerful, the battleship.
After all, cruisers are just lower-level ships, and he must have a capital ship.
Chen Ming's eyes were fixed on the new reinforcement fleet of the mechanical tribe and the eight motherships surrounding the star gate.
But immediately his eyes turned to the star gate that was still open next to him.
As well as those Zerg that move towards the star gate, every time they advance a little distance, countless corpses of the same kind will be crushed.
Compared to the battleship, the star gate is indeed more important.
And as long as Chen Ming's spiritual energy exists, as long as a little bit of flesh and blood covers the battleships of the mechanical race, then sooner or later these battleships will be his.
So he didn't hesitate at all, he knew what he really needed.
The Zerg continue to fight.
Still continuing to advance towards the star gate, gradually approaching the mirror of the star gate.
And reinforcements from the mechanical tribe are still flying out of the mirror in a steady stream.
Even if these reinforcements may be destroyed the moment they leave the Star Gate, and even if the damaged wreckage is immediately bounced back to the Star Gate, the Machine Tribe is still hedging against the Zerg Tribe.
As long as Chen Ming is given another three minutes and the Zerg are given three minutes, the Zerg can withstand the attacks of eight motherships and counterattacks from reinforcements that continuously appear in the star gate, contact the star gate, and enter the star gate.
However, the machine race is a "species" with clear considerations after all.
At the moment when the Zerg were about to come into contact with the star gate, even though there were still a large number of spaceships sailing in the mirror of the star gate, there were still a large number of ships that only showed half of their bodies.
The mechanical tribe also forcibly closed the star gate.
While using the star gate to destroy his own spaceship, it also stopped Chen Ming's greedy ambition to go directly to the other side of the star gate.
At the same time, there was a sudden fluctuation of the hyperspace channel engine starting at the edge of the galaxy.
A warship that cannot be observed by the naked eye entered the galaxy.
That's the destroyer.
(End of chapter)