Before the Tyranid swarm entered the shooting area, the Storm Falcon and Thunder fighter formations had already taken off and began to hunt the remaining gargoyles and sky demons. The sky was quickly cleared - for ground defense, Bahram sent all Thunder fighter aircraft
They were all transferred to Westeros IV. Although this old fighter's space performance is indeed far inferior to that of the Fury fighter, it is still useful enough in the atmosphere.
At the same time, the soldiers behind the defense line also raised their weapons uniformly, because the enemy was already very close, and the mountain-like insects were twisting and squeezing each other, as if they were an organic and complete individual charging fiercely on the scorched earth.
In a moment, a flaming spear pierced the chest of a samurai insect. It was an armor-piercing rocket, and the subsequent explosion completely tore its body apart.
"Fire! Fire!"
Texhar stood under the company flag, raised his war hammer and shouted.
"For glory! For death! For this land that belongs to the eternal throne!"
The next second, the defense line boiled, and all light and heavy firepower were activated, sweeping away a large number of Tyranids in an instant.
The hunting combination of Storm Claw and Thunder Eagle also began to patrol, finding key targets such as Executioners to hunt.
At the same time, the artillery in the far rear began to roar, throwing super-large-caliber artillery shells farther away. With the help of aerial reconnaissance, the position of the Tyranid artillery had been locked, and the human artillery chose to strike first before the enemy opened fire.
In addition, formations of Marauder bombers also took off one after another. These huge bombers cast a shadow of death on the battlefield, followed by raindrops of thunderous gliding bombs. These gliding bombs have undergone certain improvements, mainly increasing their size and equipment.
The amount of medicine reached an astonishing 3 tons! (I really can’t stand the fact that the British are already in the space age and still use space bombers to drop 500-pound bombs)
After the gliding bomb detached from the abdomen of the marauder, it opened its short wings, gradually reduced its altitude and speed, and slid towards the largest Tyranids under the laser guidance of the low-altitude Vulture pilots.
The din of the battlefield was quickly covered by the roar of a volcanic eruption. The 3-ton thunder glide bomb was composed of two parts: a shaped explosive and a hot melt core. When the external shaped explosive detonated, the powerful impact and power instantly shattered the impact radius.
Small Tyranid creatures within a range of 500 meters, and then the molten core that erupts will annihilate everything within a 50-meter radius of the impact point again. Even the huge Holy Prostitute Insect will turn into a pile of ashes after eating it.
Although the preparations were rushed, fortunately, the Eleventh Army Corps did have a relatively strong financial background. In addition, a lot of ammunition and equipment were replenished during the repair period, so it was still relatively comfortable for temporary deployment.
Seeing such powerful firepower, even the frightened militiamen seemed to have gained confidence and began to cheer on the defense line. Some people did not have guns, so they simply took out their hunting bows and shot at enemies who did not know how far away they were.
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During the fierce battle, Texhar glanced at the sky. More wreckage of Tyranid biological ships were falling, but there were also new sporangia leaving fiery red traces in the air.
"I don't know what the situation is like in the naval battle. Didn't Tyrann's fleet stop..."
"The situation...is not good."
On the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, bells and alarms kept ringing, and various loudspeakers kept beeping and shouting.
Although the Tyranids' weapons were not as powerful as those of the Empire, there were simply too many of them. The void shields were distorted or penetrated by the impact of living torpedoes and bio-plasma. Those small bio-ships were blasted by the green flames and acid liquid crystals sprayed by their larger counterparts.
It rushed through the body, spitting out thorns from the dripping holes.
The larger Tyranids spit out huge spiny biological cysts through the peristalsis of their muscles. Once these cysts come into contact with the hull, they will tightly adhere to and penetrate the armor, and then release swarms of Tyranids.
ethical biology.
Bahram was not on the command throne. In fact, he had not been on it for a second. He had been standing next to the tactical instrument.
Although he looked calm, only he knew that his gloves holding the railing were full of sweat.
Commanding a fleet was far more difficult than he imagined. He even complained for a moment about why Talos had to shoulder this responsibility that he was not capable of. However, these emotions were quickly overshadowed by the severe situation and his high concentration.
dispersed.
According to the previous plan, a batch of Tyranids were released into orbit, and then another batch was released after they were eliminated. During this process, the central fleet was required to use all its strength to intercept the Tyranids fleets that were constantly heading towards the planet.
The plan went smoothly at the beginning. The first batch of Tyranid fleets that invaded the planet were quickly wiped out. The central fleet relied on powerful battleships and indeed stopped the Tyranid progress for a time. However, waiting for the second wave to be put in
When the Tyranid fleet was criticized, the situation changed.
Tyron seemed to have seen through Bahram's thoughts. Although the tentacles still extended to Westeros IV, this time they came from three directions. This time, the pressure on the central fleet became extremely huge. They had to face ten
besieged by about twice as many enemies.
Talos stretched out his hand and drew a line on the star map.
"We must move our position. There are too many enemy ships on an interception route, and the fleet cannot bear the pressure."
Then, he drew a new circle.
"Shrinking the formation, the enemy's numerical advantage is too great. We need to reduce the attack surface. Obviously, the Tyranids have two targets, one is the planet and the other is us, so there is no need to work hard to intercept them, they will take the initiative to entangle them
us."
Bahram thought for a moment and nodded.
"Convey my orders, shrink the formation, and maintain the defensive fleet."
"Sir, a giant biological warship is attacking in our direction!"
After hearing the detection officer's words, Bahram opened the video interface and saw a huge beast leading the "fish school" away from the large force and speeding towards the Eternal Loyalty. Its measured length exceeded 25 kilometers.
, but it does not belong to any of the marked Hive Motherships. In other words, this is the sixteenth Hive Mothership!
And it is very different from other Hive Motherships. It is very fast, three times the speed of normal Hive Motherships, and its head accounts for nearly half of the body. It has a huge three-flap mouthpart.
Tentacles comparable to those of a small ship stretched out, and when light spears and macro cannons exploded on its outer shell, only some old fragments were peeled off.
Obviously, this is a specialized assault hive ship.
Its target is the Eternal Loyalty, which means that Tyron knows which ship the human flagship is. This is an astonishing discovery.
"Could it be...that it will analyze our communication waves?"
Bahram looked at the huge mouth that was constantly opening and closing, and realized that it only needed one move to tear the Eternal Loyalty into pieces, and its strengthened head was even the most powerful light spear and macro weapon of the imperial ship.