Chapter 626, Headwind
Gu Hang stood in the center of the Storm God Kingdom, his consciousness spread throughout the Storm God Kingdom.
In this nearly eternal battle of attrition, who will be the final winner?
Your swarm of insects is endless, and my heroic spirit is endlessly resurrected.
But in reality, nothing is truly infinite. What about Warp Shadows? Did it really vacuum up the subspace? To put it bluntly, isn’t it a force that belongs to the insect swarm and is mapped into the subspace?
If we really fight according to this mutual consumption, the invading insect swarms are constantly killed and eliminated, which actually means that the shadow of subspace is constantly weakened.
When this weakening reaches a certain level, the subspace shadow may not be able to continue.
But the same thing applies to Gu Hang.
Those invading insect swarms were wiped out by the thunder from the sky, and the thunder was also consuming the power of the Kingdom of Storms; if the insect swarm wiped out the heroic spirits, then when the heroic spirits were resurrected, it would also be a kind of power to the Kingdom of God. consumption.
If too much is spent, the Kingdom of Storm God may collapse.
But no matter what the outcome is, this kind of consumption will be a very long process. I don’t know that it will take forever to achieve a result.
Who will win and who will lose in the end?
Gu Hang didn't know, at least he didn't have a clear answer at the moment.
But Gu Hang has not forgotten how this 'eternal' battle in the subspace happened: it was for the confrontation between the fleets of the two sides in the real universe.
According to the current trend, no matter who will win in the end, at least the naval battle in the real universe must be over.
So what is the current situation of naval battles in the real universe?
It seems that the alliance is at a disadvantage.
In the absence of psychic intervention from both sides, the Alliance fleet is indeed inferior to its opponent in terms of strength and scale.
Judging from the situation of conventional naval battles, there is a problem in the alliance's current operation. There was originally a gap in the strength level of the fleet. When the opponent crossed the transition point, the alliance did not have a good grasp of the opportunity to take the lead. It was curbed by the successive silky small combos arranged by Varuk.
The most dangerous moment of passing through the astral tunnel and reaching the jump point has been passed by Varuk's fleet. Now, the two sides are in a battle formation, relying solely on the fleet's own firepower to fight. So what does the mechanical fleet have to fear?
Although there is an Emperor-class ship on the Alliance side, are the other two Mechanical Arks vegetarian?
A few years ago, Alfonzo II, the most war-oriented of the three Mechanical Arks of the Alfonzo Sect, was destroyed. The two remaining ships are conventional Mechanical Arks.
An ordinary Mechanical Ark will certainly not be inferior to a War Ark in terms of ship specifications, but an ordinary Mechanical Ark will have more production and scientific research functions. After all, conventionally speaking, a Mechanical Ark is not just for war.
But despite this, their combat effectiveness is still impressive. It is a whole level larger than ordinary battleships and can accommodate ten times the size of a regular crew. After all, it is here. Although it seems a bit burdened by other non-war equipment, the number of heavy artillery packed in is just here.
Maybe one Mechanical Ark is not as good as one Emperor class, but two ships are definitely better than one Emperor class.
Not to mention, there are also Retribution-class battleships and battle cruisers nearby, both of which are more numerous than those of the Alliance.
In the array battle of the decisive fleet battle, the Alliance's firepower was inferior, and its armor and shields were inferior.
If we fight like this, the Alliance fleet will lose in the end.
In fact, the alliance is also aware of the problem.
After asking Gu Hang and learning that they might not be able to count on psychic support in a short period of time, the alliance also adjusted its strategy in a timely manner.
They no longer continue to concentrate their firepower on the enemy's main ships. Directly focusing on the giant ships without the cooperation of psychic powers is not what a weak party should do.
A mechanical ark was set on fire, but so what? This kind of core giant ship always stays at the core of one's own fleet array, surrounded by many other ships as a barrier.
What do frigates eat? Not only the short-range firepower of the giant ship itself will intercept the opponent's artillery fire, but these frigates will also do the same thing.
Under the layers of interception, there is already very little firepower that can hit the giant ship itself. Mechanical Ark is large enough, with strong void shield and armor, so it is not easy to be destroyed. It was said to be concentrated fire, but the actual firepower that leaked out was so small that it was not enough to do anything to them.
Even if it was bad luck, the interception efficiency could not be improved for a while, and the void shield even showed signs of overload, but as long as more frigates, or even cruisers, moved directly in front of the giant ship to form a shield, it would be enough. It can prevent one's own giant ship from being destroyed and eliminated.
When the weak side adopts this tactic, it's a bit of a gamble. Unless they are really lucky and some unexpected situation occurs on the battlefield, their firepower can really penetrate all kinds of protection and quickly wipe out one of the enemy's giant ships, turning the battlefield upside down. The balance of strength comparison, otherwise, after fighting for a long time, no results can be obtained, which is a big loss!
Might as well go hit a boat. Destroying a frigate will reduce the opponent's barrier; destroying a cruiser will reduce the opponent's firepower.
Such changes are indeed effective.
The mechanical fleet began to suffer losses.
Even if some boats are destroyed, it is still a loss.
But under the same conditions, the alliance lost more boats.
Because the other party also fought like this.
In addition, the Alliance has other attempts: Space Marines.
Although, without the help of psychic power for teleportation, it is impossible to reach the enemy ship quickly, smoothly and with a high success rate. However, psychic teleportation has never been the only way to conduct alliance operations.
It’s not that without psychic powers, you can’t join gangs. In fact, for a considerable number of battle groups, their think tanks do not have the ability to carry out large-scale teleportation with their teams, but when everyone is fighting, isn't this how they come?
Landing spaceships, boarding torpedoes, jumping into crew cabins... these more traditional methods are not impossible to use.
What's more, the alliance also has a Zhuge-class aircraft carrier present. This giant ship can also play a big role during landing operations.
That's what the Alliance does.
The New Age Torch is taking the initiative to ask for help. Even though they lost more than 200 people in the attack on Alamita, at this time, they are still willing to take on the main attack, even if they know that in the current inferior naval battle, they will engage in gang-hopping operations. There will be great sacrifices, no matter what.
Wang Mengsong's previous actions have eased the relationship between the Atonement Battalion and the new war group, and also made some of the old torch's ideas and culture acceptable, and their tactics are no longer so reckless. However, the ideological trend of 'washing away sins through sacrifice' derived from the entire battle group has not changed.
Raging Flames had a similar idea, but not as strong as Torch. They are also asking for help.
Yelicia approved their attack, but did not let them actually come out in full force.
Give it a try first. Most of Gu Hang's energy now is devoted to the confrontation in the subspace. It's good that he can occasionally spare the energy to take a look at the situation of the naval battle, but he can't spare the time to make decisions. Otherwise, the current balance of confrontation in the Kingdom of Storm God may be broken, and we will suffer a big loss.
Stripping away Gu Hang's psychic powers is just a matter of naval battle command. Gu Hang is not a professional and should be left to Ye Lixia to handle it.
The two war groups, New World Torch and Raging Flame, each invested 200 warriors to join the gang.
At the same time, she also activated her high authority and used another hidden force: the shadow group created with phoenix seeds.
Of course she didn't know what the Shadow Fight was about. No matter how much Gu Hang trusted her, it was still impossible to say such a thing.
But that didn't stop Gu Hang from telling her that it was just a powerful force, its average quality was much better than the other two groups, and it could be used when necessary.
And indeed it is.
The potential limitation brought by gene seeds means that the two battle groups created by the "inferior infinite warrior seeds", the Raging Flame and the New Age Torch, only train 2% to 3% of the company champions; the Phoenix Seeds have this The proportion can fluctuate up to 10% to 15%.
In this shadow group, the number of company champions has reached more than one hundred, and they can form a champion company.
Yelicia didn't really smash it down. It would be really painful for this kind of troops to lose some in the process of joining gangs. She just sent out 200 people, and put 20 champions in them in a normal proportion.
Six hundred space warriors gathered in batches on various battleships, boarded landing ships and boarding torpedoes, and were launched.
In the initial stages of flying in space, the risks are relatively low. It is far away, small, and does not make as much noise as light spears, missiles, and macro cannons, so it is not easy to be discovered and intercepted at long distances.
And when they had flown approximately half the distance of the battlefield and were about to enter the enemy's key short-range fire interception area, the Hippogriff launched its force.
Before that, its presence was a bit low. Basically, it released Kirin fighter jets to coordinate with its own fleet firepower target, and grabbed some cruisers and destroyers to fight, which played a role in harassment. Dragon-Elephant fighter jets and even suicidal patrol ships must be effective when released, otherwise they will be at a loss. But in fact, it was relatively difficult to have such an opportunity in previous battles.
But now it’s time for it to come into play.
The target is directly at the two Dragon Serpent-class battle cruisers among the Mechanicus battleships.
These two battleships are also the targets of the Space Marines to join gangs.
The Hippogriff ejected a patrol ship and more than twenty fighters of all levels to the two targets.
After the firepower was put in place, it was full of firepower, ignoring the threat of the frigate and the threat of the battle cruiser itself, and trying its best to pour out its own firepower.
The damage caused is relatively clear.
Especially after being thrown in the face, some firepower can pass through the void shield and directly hit the ship.
The two Dragon Snake-class battle cruisers each suffered a lot of real blows.
However, it was a pity that the ship could not be destroyed, and it would not have a clear impact on the battle situation.
At this time, the boarding torpedoes of the Space Marines arrived one after another.
The damage done to the ships and fighter planes delivered by the aircraft carrier is secondary. The most important thing is to disrupt the deployment of enemy ships and attract attention through sudden attacks.
They still accomplished their goal.
When the boarding torpedoes and landing spaceships arrived, the enemy's interception firepower was not fully utilized. It was attracted by the ships previously launched by the aircraft carrier. Then it temporarily switched its firepower to intercept these boarding torpedoes and spaceships. No more strength.
The number of boarding vehicles that were launched was very large. Quite a few of them have no people inside, or only a small number of Army and Marine Corps personnel. To put it harshly, they are indeed positioned as cannon fodder.
If they successfully land, they will act together with the Space Marines to provide help. But their greatest role is to act as a distraction during the flight of the boarding vehicle.
At most, only one-tenth of the boarding ships contained Space Marines; the rest were either empty or filled with cannon fodder.
Even if the enemy's short-range firepower was drawn away, in fact, one-third of the boarding vehicles were destroyed. Because the flight trajectories and queues of the boarding vehicles were specially arranged, most of those destroyed were actually cannon fodder.
All in all, no more than a hundred Space Marines died during the boarding process, about seventy or eighty.
The remaining ones have basically completed boarding the ship.
The boarding torpedoes and spaceships smashed into the ship. The Space Marines, as well as some of the "cannon fodder" Marines who were still alive, rushed into the ship and fought with the two Dragon Snake-class ships. The skitarii patrolling inside started fighting.
As I continued to fight, I began to feel that something was wrong.
The enemy is not just a skitarii. The units that coexist with biological modification and mechanical modification mentioned in the previous battle report all exist.
These monsters were still no match for the Space Marines and were eventually defeated.
However, not all Space Marines were able to accomplish their combat goals.
Of course they are not here to seize the ship. There is no condition to seize the ship now.
They came to destroy the ship.
Whether it is destroying the bridge part, which is the brain of the ship, causing the entire ship to lose its command center, or destroying the engine part, causing the ship to lose power, or even detonating in the ammunition depot or fuel depot, directly destroying the ship from the inside... ...In short, it is to make the ship lose its combat effectiveness.
And it has to be done quickly. If it takes a day or two to get it done slowly, what’s the point? I am afraid that the naval battle has reached its end or even ended.
(End of chapter)