Chapter 405: Solo Ambush
As soon as Yang Ming's projection was connected to the virtual combat command center, he felt the tense and depressing atmosphere.
He had received news that the first disaster-stricken planet had appeared and 32 million people in the empire were being massacred by the Zerg.
The disaster occurred on a planet on the inner side of the empire's border, but two small administrative planets with shelters nearby were safe and sound.
According to the data sent back by the shelter system, the Zerg have carried out a comprehensive excavation in order to find the humans hiding underground, and while the Empire's fleet is actively mobilizing at this moment, it is unable to launch a direct attack in the direction of the Zerg invasion.
In this virtual hall, people are running around hurriedly everywhere.
When Yang Ming found Thomas, the lieutenant general was standing in front of a large screen with a hint of thought in his eyes, and his expression showed no joy or anger.
"General."
"Well," Thomas nodded and whispered, "The shielding device technology has withstood the test and has saved billions of lives so far. Thank you, Hanton, on behalf of the Imperial soldiers."
Yang Ming didn't say much, and asked directly: "What is the current situation?"
“It’s about the same as what we calculated.”
Thomas raised his hand and swiped it. A rough proportional map of the empire's territory appeared on the large screen in front of him, with two huge red arrows on it.
“Just two galactic hours ago, most of the Milky Way was invaded by the Zerg, and fierce battles broke out in many areas.
"Although the Zerg's main attack direction is here, we are not the worst hit right now... Alas, humans always have to fight against the Scourge.
"The military has already started to implement the R3 plan. In these two areas, the first sniping attack will be carried out on the two Zerg swarms. The main combat goal is to reduce the number of Zerg swarms. The military has assigned you to follow one of the two combat forces. You can choose for yourself.
"In addition, this sniper attack on the Zerg will be commanded by the Imperial Guard System. You also need to follow the command and dispatch of the Imperial Guard System."
Thomas drew two circles on the map.
Yang Ming nodded slowly, with some thought in his eyes.
"Do I need to attack head-on?" Yang Ming asked.
"The military has considered the information you reported. The specific situation needs to be determined by the Imperial Guard system," Thomas said. "Please rest assured that the Imperial Guard 2.0 system is on standby at all times. There is nothing unusual with the Imperial Guard system at the moment."
Yang Ming: …
Of course there was nothing wrong with her, there was nothing wrong with her.
"Okay, General," Yang Ming said, "I will obey your orders and fulfill my duties as a soldier of the empire."
Thomas laughed and patted Yang Ming on the shoulder.
“Hanton, I actually know that you are carrying some heavy missions and have a certain aversion to the empire, but you have to accept the shackles of the Sherman family.
"But Hanton, we must win this battle, and we must win it beautifully.
“If the empire suffers too heavy a loss, after the insect tide retreats, we will be met with encirclement and suppression from all directions.
"The Empire needs a hero to stand up, and you have the ability to do so... The Empire has prepared a live broadcast room for you. The footage of you killing insects can be seen by everyone in the Empire."
Yang Ming said: "It was only seen by the protected citizens of the empire."
"Same, Hanton," Lieutenant General Thomas said solemnly, "The first battle is crucial to morale. The entire army will be watching you. Choose an opponent you are sure of defeating. It is best to kill a sixth-order pseudo-queen or one of the fifth-order queens mixed in with the swarm. You must be sure of defeating it."
"Has the assault corps I want been assembled?"
Thomas said, "They are already waiting for your call, Captain Gris, right? The Skywrath Fortress Special Forces has gathered the most elite forces, plus 52 super-changers, led by the asexual angel Bray."
Yang Ming nodded, and he suddenly laughed: "General."
"Um?"
“Can you help me deal with the subsequent political fallout?”
"I can only promise you on my own behalf," Lieutenant General Thomas extended his right hand, "I will stand with the heroes of the Empire."
Yang Ming thought for a few seconds and shook hands vigorously with Lieutenant General Thomas.
"Let my commandos go to the No. 2 marked area to prepare for battle. The military's command system excludes me. I will go out when the opportunity arises and broadcast the war live to the entire empire."
"Congratulations on your victory."
call out!
Yang Ming's projection disappeared in front of Lieutenant General Thomas.
The lieutenant admiral sighed softly and clicked the exit button in his vision. The light and shadows in front of his eyes flowed and the scene returned to the command center of the command ship.
Outside the porthole, countless ships are sailing synchronously.
He will lead the Empire's three major battle groups to fight against the vanguard of the Zerg's strongest swarm in the designated area ahead.
What made Thomas a little regretful was that he could not directly command this battle.
In the center of the command ship, a beam of light flickered at the frequency of breathing. In the beam, the figure of the girl was quietly suspended.
The empire's entire defense system has been fully activated.
…
On the Dongfeng, Yang Ming was conducting the final inspection before the battle.
There are more than a dozen mechanical guards busy in the bridge . 026 and Mimili have rushed back to the vicinity of the Luofeng Empire. They will lead the Dark Star Fleet to carry out the mission of hunting down the fake queen.
The Dongfeng will have half an hour to catch up with the Empire's battle group fighting the second Zerg swarm.
He will attack secretly, by surprise, with the full firepower support of his own side, to kill a sixth-level pseudo-queen and boost the morale of the three armies of the empire.
I feel inexplicably upset.
This should be affected by the threat from the Queen.
Yang Ming sat in the captain's chair, looked up and sighed softly.
There were footsteps coming from the side, Posa came behind him and handed a golden bracelet to Yang Ming.
"What?"
"This is the weapon given to you by Faya," Posha introduced briefly. "When you wear it on your wrist, you can establish a connection with me. I can provide you with long-range bio-energy supply and some other assistance."
She was a little depressed.
Yang Ming smiled, held the bracelet in his palm, and felt a kind and familiar biological energy coming from it.
"You've been feeling bad for a long time, and this is what you came up with?"
"Well," Posa sat aside and stared at the big screen in front of her, "our natural enemy is here."
Yang Ming tried to wear the bracelet on his hand. The bracelet seemed to come alive, expanding and shrinking on its own, nestling on Yang Ming's wrist, and then slowly flattening out, turning from a bracelet into a hand guard.
Yang Ming suddenly felt a stream of warmth spreading throughout his body.
A graceful voice sounded directly in his mind: "How do you feel?"
"It's amazing, it's as if we are one person."
"Synchronize the battles, coordinate the energies," Po Suo said, "with you in the lead."
"Thanks."
Yang Ming whispered, “Besides, Posa, we don’t have natural enemies, we only have enemies.”
"Why?"
"The idea of natural enemies sounds like a kind of fatalism, as if we exist to defeat another creature, but we are not," Yang Ming said slowly, "We should have our own life goals and find the value of our existence, whether we actively seek this value or passively accept it. We can distinguish between destiny and mission."
Posa nodded slowly, slightly lost in thought at the big screen.
"Okay, I'm going to go prepare for battle, and check the mechas and stuff."
Yang Ming patted his thigh, took a deep breath, stood up and walked towards the tail cabin.
"Will you be afraid?"
Posa suddenly asked.
"Me?" Yang Ming turned his head slightly, looked at the girl who was full of holy aura, and asked, "Are you afraid?"
"Yeah," Posa responded, "I'm a little afraid of the queen. The creatures she controls are too terrifying."
"I'm fine," Yang Ming waved his hand and continued to walk towards the tail cabin. "As someone who has died twice, the only thing I fear is that my wish cannot be fulfilled, not death or survival."
Posa nodded slowly, stood up slowly, walked to the seat where Yang Ming had just sat, and slowly sat down while holding the chair.
The robot behind the console turned its head and glanced over here. Kolev's voice came out from inside:
"Little girl, that chair isn't for everyone to sit on."
Po Su was puzzled: "Why?"
"That's the captain's position."
Kolev laughed and said nothing more.
Po Suo tiptoed, turned around twice in her chair, stood up and walked to the sofa in the corner, humming the pop song she had just heard.
…
Half a galaxy later.
The Dongfeng was secretly sailing in a meteorite belt.
Outside the asteroid belt, pitch-black warships were rapidly passing through the airspace; in front of these pitch-black warships, a great metal wall made mainly of alloy was rapidly changing its formation forwards and backwards.
On the bridge of the Dongfeng, the robot controlled by old Kolev sat quietly behind the operating table, his fingers only a few centimeters away from the two buttons.
He was staring at the passive biological detection radar in front of him. There were already thousands of Zerg warships marked on it, including some giant Zerg warships that were 30,000 meters long. Each warship was made up of a hard shell formed by the fifth- and sixth-order adults of the insects that unfolded their bodies, and inside were a large number of low-level adults or special insects.
Many warships also have long-range strike capabilities.
And this is just the vanguard of this swarm of insects.
Kolev was looking for their target and waiting for Yang Ming's order. There were two buttons in his hands, one for connecting to the Imperial command system and the other for releasing the mecha in the tail cabin.
As long as they access the command system, there is a high probability that their tracks will be exposed due to communication.
——The Zerg have this detection ability.
Therefore, the ghost attack and access to the command system can only be carried out simultaneously.
After thinking it over, Kolev decided to use his role as first mate to encourage the lost young man.
"Oh, Hamton."
Kolev asked slowly, "Are you nervous now?"
In the dim and cramped mecha control room, Yang Ming, who was staring at the small screen in front of him, came back to his senses after hearing this: "Why are you so nervous? I'm an old soldier. I've been through this kind of situation countless times."
Kolev reminded him, "This time, it's the fifth and sixth level queens, not the third and fourth level ones you killed before."
"I am now an ancient god life form, not a simple quasi-ancient god life form before," Yang Ming said with a chuckle, "Also, the mecha I am using now has adopted some black technology that even the empire does not have, and my combat power has increased by more than double compared to before."
"Don't show your cards," Kolev muttered, "The insect tide will retreat. Can we still live in the future?"
Yang Ming: …
This old guy always likes to lecture people for no reason.
Yang Ming reminded: "Pay attention to the situation on the front line. Our target is the command center of the bugs. If the false queen is not wrapped and protected when she appears, this will be our best chance."
"Be careful and don't rush into anything."
"Okay, first mate," Yang Ming said with a smile, "help me keep an eye on my ship while I attack."
Kolev paused for a few seconds and suddenly said, "Fighting has begun on the front line."
"Well," Yang Ming took a deep breath, "Keep your eyes on that side... Don't worry, Lu is also watching here now."
"I understand," Kolev suddenly became serious.
Although he was just a pirate leader, he dared not be careless at this moment.
front.
The empire's thousands of warships formed an iron wall battle formation and began to release high-energy beams.
Hundreds of Zerg warships in the front exploded like fireworks, and the Zergs quickly spread out a thick layer in the vertical dimension, rapidly approaching the Empire.
One after another, the huge shield beetles slowly moved forward, releasing a gentle light from their heads, which had the same effect as the shield ships of human warships, forming the first battle formation.
And further behind, batch after batch of Zerg warships slowed down and began to deploy synchronously.
It seems as if hundreds or thousands of gorgeous flowers of life are blooming in the universe.
The group of bugs in the front seemed to be testing the firepower of the human fleet.
High-level shield beetles and battleship beetles rushed to the front. The bugs gathered into "rivers" and followed closely behind these thick-skinned shield beetles. Then, dozens of rivers began to spread in all directions.
If you zoom out far enough, you can see that the insects seem to be simulating a carnivorous plant. They open their huge calyx and try to completely engulf the human fleet in front of them.
This deployment method also prevented the human fleet's firepower from being effectively concentrated, and the effectiveness of the main guns of the dreadnoughts and heavy battleships was greatly reduced.
Full fire shooting!
In accordance with the battle plan, the Empire's iron wall battle formation unleashed powerful firepower and began to retreat synchronously.
The light of the ion beam continues to shine.
The Zerg battle formation suddenly began to accelerate forward.
They ignored casualties and continued to advance, maintaining a basic spiral battle formation, as if they could achieve a substantial victory as long as they could get close to the human fleet.
The human fleet increased its retreat speed and left countless deep space mines in the airspace it was retreating from.
As the swarm of insects is about to touch the minefield, each insect suddenly moves up and down, simulating the gravity field suddenly becoming heavier in the upper and lower directions.
The sixth-order special insects mixed in with the ordinary adult insects suddenly showed their power, and a dark hole appeared in the space. Countless insects flew out of the hole.
Large swarms of insects began to jump up and down the iron wall!
Due to the influence of the powerful simulated gravity field, the movement of the Imperial Iron Wall Fleet was somewhat slowed down.
The commander of the human side - the Empire's entire defense system immediately responded.
The iron wall closed in.
It was as if a number of alloy "whales" appeared in the space, and dozens of whales formed a ship whale group!
Human ships are composed of firepower ships and shield ships forming the outer part of the head of the "whale", while energy supply ships and multi-functional maintenance ships form the inner core. While outputting to the outside, they ensure that their own backward speed remains stable and synchronized.
The swarm of insects came to suppress from top to bottom!
In the command ship, Li's right hand, which was stretched forward, slowly pressed down, and then suddenly clenched.
The launch systems on the hulls of the warships were turned on.
Countless missile groups with high-performance explosive warheads swayed with tail flames and swooped down towards the swarms of insects above and below, and the lights of the shaped charge shells flashed continuously.
The swarm of insects burst out with long-range firepower, and the light balls formed a fire barrier.
The firepower of human ships was upgraded again. Four dreadnoughts opened fire at the same time. The dreadnoughts started the swing mode, and the ion beams they emitted were offset by six to twelve degrees.
Four huge gaps were torn between the upper and lower insect swarms!
The human fleet began to deploy precise firepower!
Ahead.
Gu——
Many humans heard the whale's cry.
A dark, distorted light appeared in the direction where the swarm first appeared.
There, a pseudo-queen over 600 meters tall, emitting pure white light all over its body, appeared on the front battlefield, surrounded by hundreds of giant Zerg warships.
On the front battlefield, Gris, standing behind the porthole of the assault ship, and the fully armed transformed warriors behind him, watched the scene with serious expressions.
This was just the beginning of the insect swarm's attack.
The Zerg have already demonstrated such powerful strength.
Can they really win this war?
“Prepare for battle!”
Grace shouted at the top of his voice: "That's our goal!"
"The swarm is beginning to accelerate its attack!"
" There is a space disturbance behind us!"
Sudden!
The protective shields of many warships outside the human whale fleet began to flicker to varying degrees.
"Damn it! There are some hidden bugs rushing in! They start attacking the outer layer of the ship!"
The receivers on the wrists of Grace and others flashed at the same time.
The order to attack has been issued.
