Spore Story

Chapter 768 Assault on Meteorites: Plan

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When the time spanned several hours and arrived at 45:7 a.m. on July 14, 2 A.D. in the Pengzu calendar, the sky was naturally pitch black.

But for the temporary station of the United Fleet, there is no such worry, after all, they have lights.

After cleaning up the surrounding Zergs, due to the large number of damage to the warships and the serious logistical consumption, the United Fleet finally chose to 'stop in the middle of the Yuantian River and wait for news from the Marine Corps' after a disagreement on 'return to L11' or 'attack immediately' .

The troops did not take this opportunity to rest, but took the opportunity to urgently maintain their precious warships.

"If you want me to say, this thing can be directly returned to the furnace."

On the hull of a capital ship that was clanging and noisy temporarily, the maintenance soldier who was holding the support with one hand and knocking on the protruding armor plate, intending to flatten it, looked at the battleship below him with resentment, a moment later Another sigh.

Who doesn't want to participate in the upcoming battle, but the degree of damage to the capital ship right now makes him uncertain.

"What are you talking about, just try to ensure combat effectiveness as much as possible. At least the skeleton and power system are fine, so you don't have to worry about fighting."

"That's what I said, but I always feel that after fighting for so long now, you have seen the previous battles. The bugs must know the situation of our battleships. If we do it again, there may be some moths."

"What are you afraid of? Aren't there elders and energy body attendants? The situation of the wilderness is just a special case."

"Okay, okay, that's the way it is anyway. Calling and calling, when the bugs are wiped out, we can live comfortably."

With a ding-dong sound, the hammer was hit heavily on the warp of the armor plate, which was only a few millimeters high, and finally smashed the stubborn guy down, fitting it with the surrounding armor plate, and thereby blocking the lines below it.

At the same time, in the temporary tent not far from the capital ship, the commanders were discussing the report they had just received.

"The Marine Corps has already killed all the outer Zerg bases, and has been confirmed by Mr. Kong Ling. Now it is clear that the next target is the meteorite base, and the Nanling and Canglong have rushed there."

"So we have to act quickly here? How is the maintenance of the battleship? Can it be moved?"

"21 warships, including eight Thunder-class capital ships, and the rest are Barracuda-class assault ships. Only three Thunder-class ships and eleven Barracuda-class ships can fight. The others..."

Shaking his head, although he was unwilling to do so, the commanders of these warships who were declared unable to fight shook their heads in person, and had already explained the damage of these warships.

"In order to ensure that more warships can participate in the battle in the short term, we have integrated the progress of the maintenance engineers according to the damage situation, and prioritized repairing the less damaged ones. This is how the fourteen warships can fight. As for the others, most of them are engines. , turret, and even the skeleton are seriously damaged, so it is good to be able to fly back, but if there is some bad weather in the middle, it may have to be dragged back to the shipyard for reheating."

"It's so serious! There are only fourteen warships, what a mess." Lieutenant General Xing Tian was indignant.

"It's better than not having any hair at all."

"..."

"Okay, let's get down to business!"

Seeing the staff officers arguing with each other, Lieutenant General Haotian suddenly had a headache.I really don't know why the Military Academy designed such a position. It seems that a group of staff officers has never appeared useful except for quarrels and chaos.This made Haotian have some malicious speculations about Elder Dark Blood, the framer of the Military Academy. Could it be that Elder Dark Blood, a woman who had no commanding skills at that time, had to use a bunch of staff to make suggestions to achieve such results?
Of course, even if he was stupid, he wouldn't say this kind of speculation, so the first fire would be his backyard, because his wife fanatically worships Dark Blood, especially after Haotian became the commander of the second group as a lieutenant general , even more so, self-inflicted.

"Cough, let's get down to business."

"The current situation is that the Marine Corps has ended the peripheral battle and is now rushing to the meteorite base, and we can't sit here drinking tea and chatting and listening to the sound of hammers. So I propose that the existing fourteen battleships that have been successfully repaired The new joint fleet will form a temporary headquarters with the most experienced Lieutenant General Dia at the core, and will take full command of the upcoming battle, what do you think?"

As the commander of the third group, Dia is high enough in level and rich in experience. No one here dares to surpass Lieutenant General Dia who has been fighting for several days.

But the problem is, the opponent has failed several times after all.

Seeing the eyes of the staff around him, Haotian knew what they were thinking.Didn't he have this kind of thought before, but the problem is that even if he is unwilling, he has to admit that among himself, Xing Tian and Dia, the person who can really reach the level of commanding a group of four squadrons with twelve warships , and only Dia.

As it happens, only fourteen warships can participate in the battle now, which is almost the size of a cluster.

If it wasn't for not wanting to give up such a good fighting opportunity to gain experience, Haotian might even let Xingtian follow him to lead the damaged warship back to L11 instead of following the direction of the meteorite base in the past, which would have some negative effects on Dia's command.

"I know what everyone is thinking, but who hasn't failed? And Lieutenant General Dia's ability must be recognized by everyone. I won't say this. The decisive battle with the Zerg Sky Troops was originally commanded by him. To be able to win with the loss of two warships, I don’t think I have that ability, Xing Tian, ​​do you have it?”

"I, um, no, I don't. I'm not the kind of person who pretends to understand. The people here were all members of the Army Corps a few years ago, and it's only been a year or two since we started commanding warships. Having participated in actual combat, no one can say who surpasses anyone. But after this war, the third group has indeed fought more and has a lot of experience, so I agree with Lieutenant General Dia in charge."

Since the two lieutenant generals agreed, the staff around them would not object.

"However, I think it's best to consult the Marine Corps about this situation and see what Major General Lian Yanyun thinks." A staff officer suggested.

"Okay then, it's up to you to contact me."

Haotian clapped his hands, and nodded to Lieutenant General Dia who didn't express his opinion from the beginning to the end.

"Thank you very much for your trust, so hurry up, let's not waste the time waiting for the Marine Corps to reply. Captains, order the troops to prepare first, and the battleship will be cleared and set off immediately."

"Yes!"

The captains in the tent got up and walked towards their respective warships, while the orderlies on the side began to clean up the documents on the table and carried them to the flagship.

As a thunder-class capital ship that lacked rapid-fire guns and had to hide behind the assault ship, but was still regarded as the main target by the Zerg, Xinyun could be said to be one of the least damaged warships because of the care of Youshen. one.As for the remaining battleships, although they didn't crash, only three of the eight battleships can participate in the battle now, so you can imagine the pressure that the main fleet is under.

The temporary station on the river bank, because only half of the warships left, the maintenance personnel directly removed the scaffolding and other things and threw them on the ground, and then pushed them away for a certain distance.

Since the rest of the battleships would not participate in the battle, they could only reluctantly transfer the remaining ammunition to the participating battleships.

It is not known how many soldiers watched this scene and regretted not firing all the ammunition before. At least Lieutenant General Dia led the two lieutenant generals along the way, and they have heard it no less than three times on the way.

"The floating power system starts, the hull self-inspection! The magnetic field engine system self-inspection!"

The battleship shook slightly, and slowly floated up to a low altitude of ten meters. With the levitation effect provided by the power of the pumice, the battleship began to balance its internal structure.At the same time, the technical soldiers in the battleship began to move in groups around the corridor inside the ship, scanning the entire metal structure of the ship to ensure that there would be no dangerous situations such as breaking during flight.

This is not alarmist. When the second-generation warship was built, the effect of alloy steel was not very good. Most of the time it was supported by the suspension provided by the pumice engine. Otherwise, the hull of about 200 meters would have broken in the air.

Of course, due to the emergence of brand-new composite materials, the [-]-ton mothership under construction and the third-generation atmospheric warship under design will not have these troubles.

Ten minutes later, each ship successively announced the completion of the overhaul of the hull.

"Ascend to 2000 meters, cruise speed 200, direction northwest, target outside the No. 05 meteorite base, start moving!"

Although the fourteen battleships are much smaller than the combined fleet before, they are all five to six thousand tons of large steel behemoths.The deterrent effect of flying in the air, especially at low altitudes, still makes the soldiers who stay on the ground cheer.

It's just that the remaining battleship soldiers are of course not as happy as the soldiers who are purely maintenance troops.

But these can be ignored.

Because there were no enemies around, the ships started the magnetic field engines one after another after the fleet reached a height of 2000 meters.

In an instant, a brilliant flash of light appeared under the starry sky, overshadowing the reflection of sunlight from the three moons, and illuminating the entire middle of the Yuan Tianhe.

But what was exposed was not the beautiful world, but the bare earth and the muddy river.

"Let's go."

Withdrawing his gaze from the ground, Dia sighed and waved his hand to start moving.

——— Fleet flashed———

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the United Fleet, the Marine Corps and the cargo fleet met outside the valley where the Zerg meteorite base was located, and soon based on the Marine Corps, the three armies scattered and surrounded the area where the meteorite base was located, and then began to use self-propelled guns and Long-range heavy artillery bombarded the surrounding Zerg Valley continuously.

As for the Bone Mountain Pass, it has long been bombarded by long-range heavy artillery into a plain.

During the entire process from the arrival of the friends' troops to the encirclement of the Zerg Meteorite Base, the Zerg continued to harass the peripheral troops in addition to using projectiles, so that the troops had to maintain the defense line at a distance of five kilometers to ensure safety before the official attack. Besides, there are no more actions.

"Do you think that the valley here is different from the Skeleton Pass, and you can't even smash a split bomb into it, so it's safe and secure? Or is there some conspiracy?"

"Of course there is a conspiracy."

A group of people gathered around the sand table piled up based on the reports from Canglong and Nanling. Staff Lin Xi directly expressed his thoughts in the face of his colleagues' guesses.

Taking the baton from the side, he looked at the three lieutenant generals on the side, then regained consciousness and pointed the tip of the stick at several high grounds in the valley where the Sandpan Zerg meteorite base was located.

"According to Canglong's information, there are a large number of semi-buried anti-air and ground buildings on these three highlands. There are not a few projectile weapons, and the shelling capability of a single highland is not weaker than the Zerg base that the Marine Corps cleared before. This is also Nothing, since those bases can be cleaned up, of course they can be cleaned up too.”

"But the problem is that the defenses of these three highlands echo each other, so that no matter which highland we attack, we will be attacked by several other highlands."

"Not to mention the air force, the sky is unobstructed, facing a large number of anti-air defense buildings with an attack distance of more than ten kilometers, if we attack, we have to face a collective attack on several high grounds!"

"As for the land..."

Moving the tip of the commander's stick along the marchable road marked on the sand table, everyone saw only a lonely road sandwiched between the Zerg meteorite base and three highlands.

"This is clearly an ambush position. The Zerg will not drive this road!" A staff officer exclaimed.

"That's it. According to the original intelligence of Elder Lingyun, there are three good passages in this valley, but now we see the situation, it is very clear on the sand table, it is obvious that Chongzixian's egg pain has modified the valley, and the result is This kind of natural danger is a ray of sky."

"Whether he is dangerous or not, just hit him!"

"..." Everyone decided to ignore this guy.

Staff Officer Lin Xi looked at the lieutenant generals, but realized that they were indeed the bosses. They didn't even give a clear response, and they seemed to have everything in their hands, but God knows if they really have a solution.

Lin Xi, who has a deep understanding of this, will not be deceived, but the other party's reaction is obviously to give herself a chance.

He didn't immediately explain how to deal with the three highlands, but suddenly changed the subject.

"Everyone knows that one or several types of Zerg have powerful digging capabilities. Although they were defeated by our side in the Battle of Dongshan, it was not that the Zerg was incompetent, but because we had prepared in advance and the third group worked hard. result."

Lieutenant General Dia raised his eyebrows when he heard this, obviously happy with this recognition.

"And this created a problem. Both Canglong and Nanling are warships flying in the air, and they can only rely on the fog provided by Elder Kongling to hide. They can neither lower their altitude, let alone approach them, so we know that They are all arranged on the surface of the bug, but...what about the inside?"

The baton was inserted into the sand table mountain range like no one else, but the surrounding staff officers did not reprimand Lin Xi for such illegal actions, but all meditated.

"There are definitely preparations in the cave. Maybe it's hiding bugs, maybe it's hiding buildings or something. It's impossible for the Zerg to give up this advantage."

"Yes," Lin Xi nodded. "Especially since we have been at war with the Zerg for a long time, whether it is on land or in the sky, while we are getting to know the Zerg gradually, the other side is also gradually getting to know us. This is an inevitable result."

"But no matter how you look at it, this kind of equivalent exchange is also the creation of inequality, because our hole cards are not as many as the Zerg's."

The surrounding staff members nodded in agreement.

"Of course, as long as both sides' hole cards are not completely revealed, both sides still have a chance of winning."

Smiling and retracting the baton, ignoring the orderly who was starting to repair the sand table, Lin Xi looked at the three lieutenant generals with a little pride on his face.

"In fact, our family still has a lot of cards. The three generals should all know that the main attitude of our family is to take this Zerg invasion as an exercise, not to really deal with it with all our strength, because the moon in the sky That's the real enemy."

The three of them didn't make a statement, and some of the staff around them were surprised, some didn't think so, and some nodded.

But no matter how others react, Lin Xi will not stop her narration.

"Since it is an exercise, we have now isolated the external link of the Zerg Meteorite Base. The opponent cannot obtain enough energy. Most of the reaction of the Meteorite Base under limited energy has been verified in our previous battles. Then we It should be dominant."

"So, I think we should pull out those experimental troops who haven't yet participated in key battles."

Are you walking your dog?A certain energy body officer standing outside the command room couldn't help curling his lips.

Although he complained to his friend that the experimental unit he was in didn't have many battles, and he was a little excited when he heard what the other party said, but now he heard his friend's analogy, but he couldn't help but complain.

Coincidentally, Lin Xi also talked about the issue of the test team, and he immediately stood up.

"Report! Temporary special mission operations force request to join the battle!"

For a moment, everyone's eyes were on the officer with the colonel on his shoulders, but he basically didn't speak much at ordinary times, giving people an energy body officer with no sense of presence.

"Special Mission Operations Force?"

Lieutenant General Dia was a little curious. He didn't remember that there was such a constant force?
"It was transferred from Xinpeng Island not long ago," Hao Tian, ​​who understood Lieutenant General Dia's doubts, patted him on the shoulder, and at the same time passed on the information about this unit.

"Special mission operations forces are usually called special forces. The original plan was to use energy bodies to perform important tasks such as latent assassinations, key raids, and beheadings. However, this troop has since been adjusted, and the racial talent is latent The assassinated Shadow Clan's elite reconnaissance unit has been integrated."

"Since then, this troop has been responsible for some special tasks that the shadow system, which lacks physical contact capabilities, cannot carry out. It has gradually become an independent troop second only to the shadow system among the friends."

"However, due to the fact that the Shadow Clan joined very late, the Friends of the Clan have recently transferred a part of this troop. They want to use energy bodies to lead the team on the real battlefield and train these Shadow Clan soldiers so that they can fight in the future. It can play a greater role in the battle, so as to make up for the shortcomings of the insufficient population of the friends."

"Then did they participate in the battle before?" Lieutenant General Dia asked curiously.

"Yes, but they are all ordinary investigation tasks. Although I don't say it, these guys are definitely dissatisfied. After all, their division of duties is beyond the investigation team."

When Haotian said this, he also looked at the spiritual communication between the colonel and Lin Xi's staff with some amusement. Obviously, the other party chose to take a detour in order to participate in the war.

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