As soon as Yang Ming's projection was connected to the virtual combat command center, he felt the tense and depressing atmosphere.
He has received news that the first disaster-stricken planet has appeared, and 32 million people in the empire have been massacred by the Zerg.
The location of the disaster was a planet on the inner side of the empire's border. Two small administrative stars 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. The empire's fleet is currently actively mobilizing, but it is unable to launch a direct attack in the direction of the Zerg invasion.
In this virtual hall, there are figures running around everywhere.
When Yang Ming found Thomas, the lieutenant general was standing in front of a large screen, with a little thought in his eyes and no emotion or anger on his expression.
"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. This is on behalf of the imperial soldiers."
Yang Ming didn't say much and asked directly: "How is the current situation?"
"It's almost the same as what we calculated."
Thomas raised his hand and swiped across it, and a simplified scale map of the empire's territory appeared on the big screen in front of him, with two huge red arrows appearing on it.
"Just two galaxies ago, most areas of the galaxy were invaded by Zerg, and fierce battles broke out in many areas.
"Although the Zerg's main attack direction is our area, we are not the ones suffering the most serious disasters now... Alas, humans always have to fight against natural disasters.
"The military department has begun to implement the R3 plan. In these two areas, the first sniper attack on the two insect swarms will be carried out. The main combat purpose is to deplete the number of insect swarms. The appointment given to you by the military department is to follow the two combat troops.
You can choose one of them to go to war.
"In addition, this battle to snipe against the Zerg will be fully commanded by the Imperial Guard system, and you also need to obey the command and dispatch of the Imperial Guard system."
Thomas drew two circles on the map.
Yang Ming nodded slowly, with some thoughts 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 studied and judged by the Imperial Guard system itself," Thomas said. "Don't worry, the Imperial Guard 2.0 system is on standby at any time. There is currently nothing unusual in the Imperial Guard system."
Yang Ming:……
Of course there is nothing wrong with her, there is nothing wrong with her to begin with.
"Okay general," Yang Ming said, "I will obey orders and fulfill my duties as an imperial soldier."
Thomas laughed and the projection patted Yang Ming on the shoulder.
"Hanton, I actually know that you have some heavy missions and a certain rejection of 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 losses, after the insect tide recedes, we will be greeted by encirclement and suppression from all directions.
"The empire needs a hero to stand up, and you have the ability to stand up... The empire has officially prepared a live broadcast room for you. The footage of you killing insects can be seen by every empire member."
Yang Ming said: "It was only seen by the protected people of the empire."
"Same as Hanton," Lieutenant General Thomas said solemnly, "The first battle is crucial to morale. The whole army will be watching your figure. Choose a sure opponent and kill it. It is best to be a sixth-order pseudomother.
Or those fifth-order female insects mixed in the swarm must be under your control."
"Has the assault regiment I want assembled?"
Thomas said: "They are already waiting for your call, Captain Gris, right? The Skywrath Fortress special force has assembled the most elite force, plus fifty-two super-changers, led by the asexual angel Bligh."
Yang Ming nodded and suddenly laughed: "General."
"Um?"
“Can you help me sort out the subsequent political fallout?”
"I can only promise you on my own behalf," Lieutenant General Thomas stretched out his right hand, "I will advance and retreat with the heroes of the empire."
Yang Ming thought for a few seconds and shook hands with Lieutenant General Thomas.
"Let my commando team go to the area marked No. 2 to prepare for combat. The military command system excludes me. I will choose the opportunity to dispatch and conduct a live broadcast of the war throughout the empire."
"Victory."
call out!
Yang Ming's projection disappeared in front of Lieutenant General Thomas.
The lieutenant general sighed softly and clicked the exit button in the field of vision. The light and shadow in front of his eyes flowed, and the screen returned to the command ship command center.
Outside the portholes, countless ships were sailing simultaneously.
He will lead the empire's three major battle groups to fight against the vanguard of the strongest insect swarm in the designated area ahead.
What makes Thomas feel a little regretful is that he cannot directly command this battle.
In the middle of the command ship, a beam of light flickered brightly and darkly at the frequency of breathing. In the beam, the figure of the girl floated quietly.
The empire-wide defense system has been activated with full computing power.
…
In the Dongfeng, Yang Ming was making final inspections before the battle.
There are more than a dozen mechanical guards busy on the bridge. 026 and Mimili have rushed back to the vicinity of the Luofeng Empire. They will lead the Dark Star fleet to hunt for the false queen.
The Dongfeng still has half an hour to catch up with the Empire's battle group against the second swarm.
He will attack secretly, use a sneak attack, and with full fire support from his own side, kill a sixth-level pseudo queen to boost the morale of the empire's three armies.
I feel a little upset for no reason.
This should have been affected by the threat of the Queen.
Yang Ming sat in the captain's chair, raised his head and sighed softly.
There were footsteps from the side, and Wusha walked up behind him and handed a golden bracelet to Yang Ming.
"What?"
"The weapon Faya gave you," Posha briefly introduced, "puts it on your wrist, and it will be linked to me. I can provide you with biological energy, remote supply, and some other assistance."
She was a little unhappy.
Yang Ming laughed, held the bracelet in his palm, and felt a kind and familiar biological energy coming from it.
"You were miserable for a long time and then you did this?"
"Well," Bosuo sat aside and stared at the big screen in front of him, "Our natural enemy is here."
Yang Ming tried to put the bracelet on his hand. The bracelet seemed to come to life, expanding and shrinking on its own, nesting on Yang Ming's wrist, and then slowly spread out, transforming from a bracelet into a gauntlet.
Yang Ming suddenly felt a wave of warmth spreading throughout his body.
A whirling voice sounded directly in his mind: "How do you feel?"
"It's amazing, it's like the two of us are one person."
"Battle synchronization, energy coordination," whirling said, "with you as the leader."
"Thanks."
Yang Ming whispered: "Besides, Bosuo, we have no natural enemies, only enemies."
"Why?"
"The term natural enemy is like a fatalism, as if we exist just to defeat another creature, but we are not," Yang Ming said slowly, "We should have our own goals in life and find them.
The value of one's own existence, whether this value is actively sought or passively accepted. We can distinguish between the two concepts of destiny and mission."
Whistle nodded slowly and looked at the big screen slightly lost in thought.
"Okay, I'm going to prepare for the battle and check the mechas and the like."
Yang Ming patted his thigh, exhaled softly, stood up and walked to the tail cabin.
"Are you afraid?"
Whisper asked suddenly.
"Me?" Yang Ming turned his head slightly, looked at this girl who was full of holy aura, and asked, "Are you afraid?"
"Well," Whisper responded, "I'm a little afraid of that queen. The biological power she masters is really terrifying."
"I'm okay," Yang Ming waved his hand and continued to walk towards the tail cabin, "Those who have died twice will only be afraid of not being able to achieve their wishes, not of death and survival."
Whisper nodded slowly, stood up slowly, walked to the spot where Yang Ming had been sitting just now, and sat down slowly holding on to the chair.
The robot behind the console turned its head and glanced here, and Kolev's voice came from inside:
"Little girl, not everyone can sit on that chair."
Whispering puzzled: "Why?"
"That's the captain's position."
Kolev laughed and said nothing more.
Tapping her toes, she turned twice in the chair, stood up, walked to the sofa in the corner, and hummed the pop song she had just listened to.
…
Half a galactic hour later.
Dongfeng sailed secretly in a meteorite belt.
Outside the meteorite belt, pitch-black warships were flying through the airspace one after another; in front of these pitch-black warships, a metal Great Wall made of alloy as the main material was rapidly changing its formation back and forth.
On the bridge of the Dongfeng, the robot controlled by Old Kolev sat quietly behind the console, his fingers only a few centimeters away from the two buttons.
He was staring intently at the passive biological detection radar in front of him. There were already thousands of Zerg warships marked on it, many of which were giant 30,000-meter-long Zerg warships. Each warship was made of fifth- and sixth-order adult insects unfolding their bodies.
It forms a hard shell, with a large number of low-level adults or special insects hidden inside.
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, waiting for Yang Ming's order. The two buttons in his hand were for connecting to the imperial command system, and for releasing the tail mecha.
As long as they are connected to the command system, there is a high probability that their traces will be exposed through communication.
——The Zerg have this detection ability.
Therefore, the ghost attack and access to the command system can only be done simultaneously.
Kolev thought for a while and decided to use his role as first officer to encourage the lost young man.
"Oh, Hanton."
Kolev said slowly: "Are you nervous now?"
In the dark and cramped mecha control room, Yang Ming, who was staring at the small screens in front of him, came to his senses slightly after hearing this: "Why are you nervous? I am a veteran soldier. I have experienced this kind of scene countless times."
Kolev reminded: "This time it is the queen of the fifth and sixth levels, not the third and fourth levels you killed before."
"Now I am an ancient god's life form, not the simple quasi-ancient god's life form before," Yang Ming tutted a smile, "Moreover, the mecha I am using now has adopted some black technologies that are not even available in the empire.
, the combat power has more than doubled than before."
"Don't show all your cards," Kolev muttered. "The insect tide will recede. Will you be able to survive in the future?"
Yang Ming:……
This old guy likes to lecture people whenever he has nothing to do.
Yang Ming reminded: "Pay attention to the situation on the front line. Our target is the command center of the bugs. When the false queen appears, if she does not enter the state of being wrapped and protected, this is our best chance."
"Be careful and don't rush ahead because of greed for credit."
"Okay first mate," Yang Ming said with a smile, "help me keep an eye on my ship when I attack."
Kolev paused for a few seconds and suddenly said: "The fighting has begun on the front line."
"Well," Yang Ming took a deep breath, "keep an eye over there...don't worry, Lu is also watching over here."
"Understood," Kolev suddenly became serious.
Although he is just a pirate leader, he does not dare to be careless at this moment.
front.
Thousands of imperial warships formed an iron-walled battle formation and began to release high-energy beams of light.
The hundreds of Zerg warships at the front exploded like fireworks, and the bugs quickly spread out a thick layer in the vertical dimension, quickly approaching the empire.
The huge shield beetles moved forward slowly, their heads emitting a gentle light, which had the same effect as the shields of human battleships, forming the first battle formation.
Further back, batch after batch of Zerg warships slowed down and began to deploy simultaneously.
It seems that hundreds of thousands of magnificent flowers of life are blooming in the universe.
The group of bugs at the front seemed to be just to test the firepower of the human fleet.
High-level shield beetles and battleship bugs rushed toward the front, and the bugs gathered into "rivers", closely following these rough-skinned and thick-skinned shield bugs, and then these dozens of rivers began to spread in all directions.
If you zoom in far enough, you can see that the bugs seem to be imitating a piranha flower. They open their huge calyx and try to completely engulf the human fleet in front.
This kind of deployment also prevents the human fleet's firepower from being effectively concentrated, and the effectiveness of the main guns of the dreadnoughts and heavy battleships is greatly reduced.
Full firepower shooting!
According to the battle plan, the empire's iron wall battle formation burst out with powerful firepower and began to retreat simultaneously.
The light of the ion beam keeps shining.
The insect swarm battle formation suddenly began to accelerate forward.
Regardless of casualties, they went forward one after another, maintaining a basic spiral battle formation. It seemed that as long as they could approach the human fleet, they would be able to achieve substantial victory.
The human fleet increased its retreat speed and retained countless deep space mines in the retreating airspace.
When the insect swarm is about to contact the minefield, each insect suddenly moves up and down, simulating a sudden increase in the gravity field in both directions.
The sixth-order special insects mixed in the ordinary adults suddenly became powerful, and a dark hole appeared in the space. In the hole, countless insects flew out.
A large number of insect swarms began to jump up and down the iron wall!
Due to the influence of the powerful simulated gravity field, the actions of the Imperial Iron Wall Fleet were somewhat slow.
The commander of the human side - the Empire's Total Defense System responded immediately.
The iron walls closed in.
It’s like alloy ‘whales’ appeared in space, and dozens of whales formed a swarm of ship whales!
Human ships are composed of firepower ships and shield ships forming the periphery of the "whale"'s head, and energy supply ships and multi-functional maintenance ships form the core. While outputting outwards, they ensure that their backward speed remains stable and coordinated.
The insect swarms are suppressing them from top to bottom!
In the command ship, Li's right hand that stretched forward slowly pressed down, and then suddenly tightened it.
The hulls of the warships opened their launch systems one after another.
Countless missile groups with high-performance explosive warheads swayed their tail flames and flew towards the insect swarms above and below, and the light of the shaped bombs kept flashing.
The insect swarm burst out with long-range firepower, and the light balls formed a fire barrier.
The firepower of the human ships was upgraded again. Four dreadnoughts opened fire at the same time. The dreadnoughts turned on the swing mode, and the ion beam emitted shifted by six to twelve degrees.
Four huge gaps were torn open between the upper and lower insect swarms!
The human fleet began to deploy precise firepower!
ahead.
Gu——
Many humans heard this whale call.
A dark, distorted light and shadow appeared in the direction where the insect swarm first appeared.
There, a pseudo-mother insect that was more than 600 meters tall and emitted pure white light appeared on the frontal battlefield surrounded by hundreds of giant Zerg warships.
On the frontal battlefield, Gris stood behind the porthole of the assault ship, and the heavily armed reformed warriors behind him looked at this scene with solemn expressions.
This is just the beginning of the insect wave's offensive.
The Zerg have already demonstrated such great strength.
Can they really win this war?
"Ready to fight!"
Gris shouted at the top of his lungs: "That's our goal!"
"The insect swarm begins to accelerate and attack!"
"There is a spatial disturbance behind us!"
Sudden!
The protective shields of many warships outside the human whale fleet flashed to varying degrees.
"Damn! There are invisible bugs rushing in! They started attacking the outer layer of the ship!"
The receivers on the wrists of Gris and others flashed at the same time.