Chapter 679: Superior Fleet

Chapter 679: Superior Fleet

The reason why the Zerg fleet on Dan Taoxing withdrew could not be that they were repelled 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 was, a large number of ships did not appear.

The Zerg are not stupid, they are actually very smart. As time goes by, they naturally become more and more suspicious that something is wrong.

They have clearly stepped up their reconnaissance and expanded their scope.

At the beginning, perhaps they thought that humans had some kind of back-up plan and were worried that the fleet would directly cross the war zone and attack Readuches, so the main reconnaissance and exploration were concentrated on the line from the human-controlled area to Readuches.

Afterwards, when no trace of the human main fleet was found, the search range was expanded, and finally Gu Hang and his troops were discovered in the northern part of the Princess Star Region.

At this time, Gu Hang's troops were not far from the Zerg reinforcements heading south.

When the Queen of Zerg discovered Gu Hang's main fleet at this location, she immediately understood what Gu Hang was planning to do. The Zerg fleet drawn from Dan Tao was to protect the Zerg's support forces heading south.

When Gu Hang saw the Zerg reconnaissance ships appearing next to his fleet, he was basically certain that he had been discovered.

He no longer hesitated, nor did he deliberately conceal the fleet's movements, nor did he carefully bypass every place where the Zerg might exist. All ships were running at full speed.

The Hive Fleet heading south had received the information. Although they were large in size, they did not want to fight a decisive battle with Gu Hang's main fleet while carrying transport ships fully loaded with a large amount of biomass.

They began to change their routes, trying to avoid running into Gu Hang.

However, 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 are not very fast.

They know it themselves, but they always have to do something to delay time.

The fleet withdrawn from the Shantao Campaign has already moved north to join the group.

The best result is that the Zerg Fleet heading south can circle around the northern part of the Princess Star Region with the main force of the Alliance and circle each other for a month, which is enough time for the two forces to reunite.

Although that doesn't necessarily guarantee victory, it's better than fighting against the main fleet of the alliance separately.

However, the Hive's southward fleet was ultimately unable to join up with the northward support force. On the fifty-third day after the outbreak of the Shantao Battle, they were still captured by Gu Hang on Mud Dragon Star.

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Fighting a large-scale naval battle with the Void Zerg gave Ye Licia a very special experience.

The Zerg ships are divided into three categories according to their size: large, medium, and small. They certainly wouldn't classify them in the way of "battleships", "cruisers", and "frigates", but that doesn't stop humans from naming their enemies in the way they are familiar with.

From this perspective, the most threatening components of this southbound Zerg fleet are the nine "biological battleships".

These nine big things can be likened to nine ships between the level of human battleships and battlecruisers. They are a very terrifying force.

Earlier, the Alliance Fleet had to assemble fully to be able to fight back. If they were divided, it would be difficult to win.

Moreover, Gu Hang has to use his spiritual power.

But now, it's not very useful.

There were already three battleships under Ye Lishia's command. The Iron Horse of the Retribution class was captured, while the Mengyang was the first Retribution class battleship produced by the Alliance. After years of construction, it finally arrived at the front line.

The name was also taken from 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 Jinguan, an Emperor-class battleship - also a captured trophy.

In addition, there are two Zhuge-class aircraft carriers, namely the Eagle Horse and the Proud Fang. The former is also an old ship, and the latter is the second aircraft carrier built by the alliance and was sent to the front line along with the Meng Yang.

These are the five huge ships.

In addition, there are two Holy Grail-class battlecruisers and five Serpent-class battlecruisers.

Among these seven battlecruisers, four were sent to the front line immediately after their completion, arriving together with the Meng Yang.

Adding up the twelve giant ships, the fleet force at Ye Licia's disposal is already more than enough to gain an advantage over the Zerg fleet in front of her.

The battle scenes are also quite special.

By now, Ye Licia has been through many battles - all of them were fought with the Alliance fleet.

From the Iron Tooth War to the fight against the greenskins, to the later confrontation with the Fury, to the later fights against the Ironclad Rebels and Alfonzo the Mechanicus... Whether it is human or green-skinned orc ships, they are all made of "iron" and hollow. In addition to the armor and hull strength, energy shields or void shields are also very important.

But the insect biological ships have no void shields or energy shields.

But it doesn't mean it's easy to fight.

The chitin armor on their outer surface is much thicker, harder, and tougher than steel. The interior of the biological ship is more like solid than the "hollow" state of human, greenskin, or most alien ships. Several heavy artillery fired down, and it looked like they hit the target, but the heavy artillery that can often cause fatal damage to human ships, but the holes they opened in the biological ship's armor are quite small. Under the flying blood and flesh, a closer look at the observation panel shows that the wound is wriggling and shrinking, and the bleeding will soon stop.

It would look less like a ship and more like a powerful creature the size of a starship—and that was indeed the case.

However, relatively speaking, Ye Licia still feels that it is easier for ships of the same level to fight Zerg biological ships.

It’s not that the opponent is weak, but that it’s not brain-burning.

There is no need to rack your brains to figure out how to break through the void shield, just punch it hard and it will be done.

Especially when your fleet is stronger than the enemy's, you should maintain a good fleet formation, deal with the insects that swarm in and try to board the ship, and then destroy all these biological ships one by one.

It’s that simple to fight. If you have enough strength, you will win. There’s no need for any fancy moves.

However, Ye Licia also had some concerns.

"Commander Gu, haven't given any explanation yet?" she asked the adjutant.

"not yet."

Ye Lixia bit her lip lightly, but could only say: “Tell me as soon as there is news.”

"clear."

She turned her attention back to the battlefield where the situation was still going relatively well, but she knew that the key to victory or defeat actually lay with Gu Hang.

Her husband, her commander, was fighting hard in the psychic realm.

There seemed to be four neurozoa called "brain worm tyrants" in the enemy's ship, which had alpha-level psychic power equivalent to that of humans.

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Make up for the update I promised last night...

(End of this chapter)