thefictionvixens Chapter 1460 The First Battle
Chapter 1460 The First Battle
Chapter 1460 The First Battle
From the military's deployment, it can be seen that the entire war zone has moved forward a lot.
The military command center is only a day's flight away from the passage ahead.
Qu Jianlei and his team took a short rest for a day, and then entered the channel accompanied by a regimental-level ship.
At the other end of the passage, there are also a large number of imperial warships and several space fortresses.
Further ahead, many engineering ships were laying space mines.
As for the movements of the Chiroptera, they cannot be observed at the moment.
As soon as the regimental-level ships arrived, the front-line military contacted them.
Because Qu Jianlei and others refused to allow the military to board the ship, the two sides only communicated through the intercom channel.
The military said that it has sent many teams out to explore the overall situation of this world.
Then they suggested that if you want to join the alliance, it would be best to change a starship.
Qu Jianlei also thought of this problem. The regiment-level ship is not only standard, but also has a large digital Phantom logo on it.
What’s rare is that the military has also provided a solution - they can provide starships that are similar in appearance to those of the Alliance’s civilian counterparts.
There are obvious differences in appearance between the Alliance warships and the Imperial warships, and the differences in internal structure are even greater.
The military was able to copy Alliance warships, but they were only similar in appearance.
The key is that there are too many certificates to prepare to drive an alliance warship.
However, the differences between the two countries' civilian starships are not particularly large, and their internal structures are also similar.
Therefore, the military provides a variety of civilian starships for Digital Phantom to choose from, as well as counterfeit passes.
Of course, only they have the right to choose, while other exploration teams basically use whatever they are given.
Qu Jianlei chose a heavy-loaded cargo starship that looked relatively large and had decent firepower.
The military again applied to send personnel on board the ship but was rejected, so they expressed the hope that they could keep relevant records.
Under the attention of many soldiers, the regimental-level ship grabbed the heavily loaded merchant ship and moved forward, disappearing into the depths of space.
The starship had been flying for less than a day when a large area of trees appeared ahead.
When they first discovered it, they could have gone around it.
But everyone wants to give it a try to see how strong the opponent's defense is.
According to Yi He, these trees have basically gone beyond the category of wood and are closer to alloys.
In the world of locusts, any weaker tree would have long been eaten to extinction.
These trees that have survived are almost indestructible to locusts.
That’s right, the Chiroptera in the military’s words are called locusts in the world of immortal cultivation.
The only difference is that compared to real locusts, they are larger in size and have a pair of human hands.
As for the locusts being able to cast spells? Yi He said that was nothing, as there were all kinds of things in the world of cultivating immortals.
However, the locust world is not exactly the same. Just like the human world, some focus on technology, while others focus on cultivating immortals.
From this aspect alone, Yi He's evaluation of the Empire, Alliance, or Federation is not too low.
At least while paying attention to technology, it also has its own extraordinary system.
If we only focus on technology, the human body will degenerate. The world of immortal cultivation has also encountered a similar human world.
Of course, the awakener system was established with the help of immortal cultivators, so we can only say that these humans are just lucky.
These are quite far-fetched, but Yi He can basically be sure of one thing.
No matter how different the different locust worlds are, trees and locusts have a symbiotic relationship.
Now, these trees, which are basically made of alloy, are not actually dead, but are looking for a suitable planet to take root.
Once such a planet is found, trees will quickly come back to life and locusts will be able to reproduce more offspring.
When the planet can no longer support more trees and locusts, some trees will retract their roots and wander in space again.
The purpose of the existence of locusts is to help trees kill and conquer the planet.
Trees can fly at a relatively fast speed in space, and locusts are responsible for controlling the direction.
Yi He can only make this general judgment, and the rest depends on everyone's exploration.
The regimental-level ship stored the heavily loaded merchant ship into the cabin and released three small attack ships, which rushed straight towards the vast sea of trees.
At a distance of about 300,000 kilometers, the small ships in the front began to open fire.
The regimental-level ships also began to fire with various shipborne weapons to test the hardness of the trees on the opposite side.
The trunk thickness of these trees ranges from forty to fifty meters to one to two hundred meters.
After several attacks, everyone roughly determined that the main guns of the company-class ships could break through the defense.
If the secondary guns of a company-level ship aim at one position and launch multiple attacks, they can also break through the defense.
It doesn't look very difficult to hit, but the problem is that only a certain part of a tree is broken, and the damage is not too serious.
If you want to make trees explode, you need at least the specifications of a battalion-class ship's main gun.
To completely blow up a tree, the main gun of a battalion-class ship would have to fire at least ten times!
In theory, the cost of firing ten or so cannons would not be too high, but there were too many trees.
Just the sea of forest in front of us, it is so dense and overwhelming, there are at least hundreds of trees, maybe even over a thousand.
The good news is that although trees move fast, they are still slower than starships.
It was the mobility of the trees that caused the artillery fire to hit less accurately.
You can imagine that if you want to completely destroy this large area of trees, the price you have to pay is definitely very high.
And these are just trees. If you want to kill the locusts inside, you still need to use a lot of firepower.
By this calculation, the cost of war to eliminate such a group of alien races is definitely not low.
If the space is filled with too many trees like this, a country’s finances will not be able to cope with it!
This is just an economic account. Apart from that, everyone is also observing the fighting methods of the alien races.
What surprised everyone was that these alien races did not give in at all in the face of the powerful attack from the starship.
The trees continued to stand firm under the artillery fire, and even if they were blown up, it would not affect other trees.
Some trees dispersed, but it didn't seem like they were trying to escape. It looked more like they were trying to make a detour and encircle the enemy.
Fortunately, the trees couldn't move as fast as the starships, so these tactics were basically futile.
But from this we can also see that the other party is really fearless and unafraid of death. For an intelligent race, this reaction is not normal.
However, Yi He said, "Their intelligence may not be that high. Don't think that they are smart just because they can use magic."
"Isn't that the case with gold diggers? Without long-term learning, one's knowledge is very limited."
But the ruler shook twice in the air, "Elves are born knowing how to seek benefits and avoid harm. There is something wrong with what you said."
Yi He replied nonchalantly, "If they can't find a planet to take root on, they will die. Does it matter how they die?"
Trees can not only fly, but also attack.
Black threads spurted out at an extremely fast speed, and it felt like they could tear apart space.
The starship observed this abnormal energy, the fluctuations were very weak and the distance was short, and it disappeared after hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
But even so, Xiaohu still controlled the four starships to avoid the black line and didn't want to touch it at all.
As the trees were blown up one after another, shuttles rushed out, their targets still being the small ships and regimental-level ships ahead.
What surprised everyone was that the flying speed of locusts was actually faster than that of trees.
The good thing is that their speed still can't catch up with starships.
However, these locusts were extremely persistent and would not rush to other trees to live, but instead rushed towards the distant starship in vain.
"Try to attack these locusts," Qu Jianlei gave the order.
The wings of these locusts are not spread, so it is unknown how strong their defense is.
Soon, the test results came out, and it was found that the wing shells were not only hard, but also had a certain toughness.
Ordinary artillery poses basically no threat to it, and even some rays are bounced back.
The only weapon that can cause effective damage is laser weapons, but they also have to hit the target head-on.
The two small attack ships responded differently, one heading towards the black line and the other heading towards the locust.
The attacking ship that touches the black line will be directly broken through, and the protective shield will play a minimal role.
The good thing is that this attack ship was actively probing, and it doesn't matter where the black line is touched.
But even so, the small ship began to retreat, showing the intention of withdrawing from the battle.
The other small ship was going to engage in close combat with the locust to test the opponent's aggressiveness.
It turns out that even if these locusts open their wings, the defense inside is not too bad.
According to the analysis of the attack results, an ordinary Gauss gun can only cause minor injuries when hitting the opponent's chest or abdomen.
The chest and abdomen of the migratory locust have a very tough membrane, which allows it to resist physical attacks quite well.
However, it has little resistance to attacks such as radiation and lasers.
Attacks such as stone cones and ice balls launched by the opponent can basically pose a certain threat to the protective shield.
Small ships are notoriously fragile, but even if they are fragile, it depends on what they are compared with.
Judging from its individual combat power, the locust is only a little over two meters in size, but it can cause such damage, which is really terrifying.
The most troublesome thing is that these alien races are really determined to fight to the death.
Because there was only one small ship involved in the fight, many locusts found that they could not catch up with the other starships, so they turned around and besieged them.
After a few minutes of fighting, the small ship began to sound the alarm. Not only was its energy running low, but its protective shield was also broken.
The small ship began to speed up and flee, but another small ship that was injured and was about to retreat suddenly rushed over.
After rushing over, the small ship's mechanical arm stretched out, grabbed seven or eight locust corpses, and put them into the ship one by one.
Seeing that the locusts were about to turn around and attack again, the small ship grabbed two pieces of wood and sped away from the scene.
At this point in the battle, the three small ships launched by the regimental-level ship had basically run out of ammunition and food.
So Qu Jianlei released three small ships to support the retreat of the three starships.
The three ships that were retreated were not put into the cabin, but were caught by the mechanical arms of the regimental-level ship.
——Unknown alien races, no one knows what impact they may cause, so it is better to handle them with caution.
Even Yi He agreed with this, "Although the Xiuxian world has come into contact with many worlds, it is always very careful every time."
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