Chapter 679, Superior Fleet
The reason why the Zerg fleet on Shantao Star evacuated could not be because it was repulsed by Xi Rui's troops.
It must be because Gu Hang's main force was discovered.
Gu Hang was not surprised by this.
In the Battle of Shantao, his main fleet only showed up at the beginning of the battle. No matter how fierce the battle became, a large number of ships did not appear.
The swarms are not stupid, they are actually very smart. As time went by, it was natural to become more and more suspicious that something was wrong.
They have obviously strengthened their investigation and expanded their investigation scope.
At first, they may have felt that humans had some back-up conspiracy, and were worried that the fleet would directly cross the war zone and attack Leyaduchese. Therefore, the main reconnaissance and detection were concentrated on the line from the human-controlled area to Leyaduchese. superior.
Then, without finding any trace of the main human fleet, the search scope was expanded, and Gu Hang and his troops were finally discovered in the northern part of the Queen's Star Territory.
At this time, Gu Hang's troops were not far away from the Zerg reinforcements heading south.
After discovering Gu Hang's main fleet at this location, the Insect Queen immediately understood what Gu Hang was planning to do. The insect swarm fleet mobilized from Shan Tao is to protect the support troops of the insect swarm moving south.
As for Gu Hang, after seeing the insect swarm's reconnaissance ship appearing next to his fleet, he was basically sure that it had been discovered.
He no longer hesitated, no longer went out of his way to cover the fleet's movements, and no longer carefully circumvented every place where the Zerg might be present. All ships are operating at full speed and moving forward at full speed.
The Hive Fleet heading south has received the message. Although they were not small in size, they did not want to fight a decisive battle with Gu Hang's main fleet while carrying transport ships loaded with massive amounts of biomass.
They began to change their route, trying to avoid running into Gu Hang.
However, by this time it was too late.
The Hive Fleet is not invincible. Although they are huge in number, those transport biological ships loaded with massive amounts of biomass cannot run very fast.
They know it themselves, but they always do something to delay time.
The fleet drawn from the Shantao Battle has already come north to join together.
The best result is that the Hive Fleet heading south can circle with the main force of the Alliance in the northern part of the Queen's Starfield, circling each other for a month, which is enough for the two forces to reunite.
Although that may not necessarily guarantee victory, it is still better than confronting the alliance's main fleet separately.
However, the fleet heading south from the Insect Hive ultimately failed to join up with the supporting troops heading north. On the fifty-third day after the Shantao Battle broke out, they were still on Mulong Planet and were caught by Gu Hang.
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The large-scale naval battle with the Void Zerg made Yelicia's experience quite special.
Among the Zerg ships, there are three types of ships: large, medium and small according to their size. They will definitely not use the terms "battleship", "cruiser" and "frigate" to classify them, but this does not prevent humans from naming their enemies in the way they are familiar with.
From this point of view, the most threatening thing about this southbound Hive Fleet is the nine 'biological battleships'.
These nine big things can be compared to nine ships ranging from human battleships to battlecruisers. They are a terrifying force.
Earlier, the Alliance fleet had to be fully assembled before it could compete. If we divide our forces, it may be difficult to defeat.
Moreover, Gu Hang had to use his spiritual power to help.
But now, it is of little use.
There are already three battleships under the command of Licia Mitsuba. Among them, the Retribution-class Iron Horse was captured at the time; the Mengyang was the first Retribution-class battleship produced by the alliance. After many years of construction, it finally reached the front line.
The name was also chosen after the capital of the Menghe Star Region to highlight the united front. In addition to the two Retribution-class ships, there is another battleship, the Golden Pass, an Emperor-class battleship—also a captured trophy.
In addition, there are two Zhuge-class aircraft carriers, namely the Eagle Horse and the Proud Ya. The former is also an old ship, while the latter is the second aircraft carrier built by the alliance and was sent to the front line along with the Mengyang.
These are five giant ships.
In addition, there are two Holy Grail-class battlecruisers and five Dragon-Snake-class battlecruisers.
Among these seven battle cruisers, four were immediately sent to the front line as soon as they were completed and arrived with the Mengyang.
Adding up to twelve giant ships, the fleet power Yelicia has on hand is completely enough to gain an advantage over the Hive Fleet in front of her.
The battle scene is also quite special.
By now, Yelicia has experienced hundreds of battles - all fought with the alliance fleet.
From fighting the greenskins at the beginning of the Iron Teeth War, to confronting the Raging Flames, and then fighting the iron-armored rebels, and fighting the Alfonzo Mechanicum... no matter whether they are humans or green-skinned orc ships, they are all 'iron' , hollow, in addition to the armor and hull strength, the energy shield or void shield is also very important.
But the insect's biological ship does not have void shields or energy shields.
But it doesn't mean it's easy to fight.
The chitin armor outside them far exceeds steel in terms of thickness, hardness, and toughness. The interior of the biological ship is more solid than the 'hollow' state of humans, greenskins, or most alien ships. Several heavy cannons fired down, and it seemed that they had hit, but the holes that the heavy cannons that could often cause fatal damage to human ships in the armor of the biological ships were quite small. With flesh and blood flying everywhere, when he looked carefully at the observation panel, he saw that the wound was squirming and shrinking, and the blood loss was quickly stopped.
It didn't look like a ship, but more like a powerful creature the size of a starship - and that was exactly what it was.
However, relatively speaking, Yelicia still feels that it is easier for ships of the same level to defeat Zerg biological ships.
It's not that the opponent is weak, but that it doesn't burn your brain.
There is no need to think of ways to break through the void shield, just a 'punch to the flesh' blow will be enough.
Especially when one's own fleet is stronger than the opponent's, maintain a good fleet formation, deal with the swarms of insects trying to board the ship, and then destroy all these biological ships one by one.
It's so simple to fight. If you have enough strength, you will win. There aren't too many bells and whistles.
However, Yelicia is also worried.
"Commander Gu hasn't said anything yet?" she asked the adjutant.
"Not yet."
Yelicia bit her lip lightly, but she could only say: "Tell me the news as soon as possible."
"Understood."
She returned her gaze to the battlefield where things were going well, but she knew that the key to victory was actually Gu Hang.
Her husband, her commander-in-chief, was struggling in the psychic realm.
Among the opponent's ships, there seemed to be four neuroprotozoans known as the 'Cerebral Tyrants', which had psychic power equivalent to Alpha level in humans.
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Supplementing the update promised last night...
(End of chapter)