Coupled with the nearly ten-hour interception battle that followed.
The final statistics of the two-stage battle showed that a total of 21 princes, 628 swarm leaders, and 48,779 swarm leaders were killed.
Of course, although this number seems to be a lot, in fact, the number of kills by the prince only accounts for less than 20% of the total.
And the swarm leaders and swarm leaders account for less than 5% of the total number.
Therefore, the Starry Sky Zerg's strength has not suffered too serious a loss.
However, Aisha may not care about the death of the insect swarm and the leader of the insect group, but the death of the 21 princes...
But it still hurt her.
At the same time, after Jiang Xingchen's wave of battles, Ayesha, who had been preparing to order a general attack, had to stop.
After all, she has more important things to solve now, and that is...
Redeploy troops to prevent another sneak attack.
Until ten days later...
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"What's the situation like on the front lines?"
"Commander, all 600,000 joint warships have been deployed. At the same time, the newly arrived 150,000 joint warships are also available as a reserve to support any defense zone at any time."
"Where is Duan Xingke's location?"
"Arrived at the designated location in one hour, just..."
After Ling Xiao reported, he suddenly showed a hint of worry.
"Are you worried about whether the mercenary fleet of the affiliated civilization alone can stop the Starry Sky Zerg?"
"Yes, after all, the United Battleship Type I does not have a space shield, and its attack power is much weaker than that of the Pangu-class. Once the Zerg launches an all-out offensive, there is really no guarantee that it can be blocked."
"Don't worry, they don't need to last long, just a few hours is enough!"
Jiang Xingchen said after patting Ling Xiao on the shoulder.
That's right, except for the direct fleet of the pioneering fleet and the elven fleet that stayed here to protect the Kaitian, the other four legions were no longer here, but quietly left according to their respective assigned tasks.
The combined combat power of 120,000 Pangu-class battleships is at least equivalent to 1.2 million United I-type battleships, which is not an exaggeration at all.
After all, as Ling Xiao said, the United I-type battleship is not equipped with a space shield, let alone a zero-point energy module, and even those space weapons are castrated versions.
Therefore, the departure of the four legions also means that the combat strength in the federal-controlled area has dropped by at least 60%.
Obviously, it is not a big problem to fight against the lower third level Zerg with these combined battleships alone, but if you want to fight against the upper third level...
It must have been almost meaningless.
"Report, the Zerg have begun to march!"
At this moment, a report suddenly sounded from the bridge.
This made everyone nervous.
Ten days...
The Zerg finally started to take action, and the decisive battle between humans and insects was about to begin.
"Give me a real-time model of the global battlefield!"
"Yes, Commander!"
The next moment, a huge three-dimensional star map appeared in the bridge in the form of virtual projection.
Among them, there is a small area in blue, which represents the area currently controlled by the federation.
And more than 90% of the remaining places are all red.
Not only is the control much larger than that of the Federation, the most important thing is that the blue area is very empty, and there are lines of defense on the edge, as well as internal reserves, as well as the Kaitian Battle Star and two
A fleet.
The red part is completely filled with almost no gaps.
The difference in military strength between the two sides directly reached more than a million times.
This is calculated based on the number of federal soldiers. If calculated based on the number of battleships, this multiple would probably be measured in units of "100 million".
At this moment, the countless red dots in the Zerg-controlled area have entered the one hundred light-year-wide buffer zone between the two sides.
Of course, although the Zerg have begun to advance, the war has not started yet.
Because the width of the buffer zone is 100 light years, and the Zerg's marching speed is only ten light years per jump, and they have to stop and recover for a period of time after each jump.
According to estimates, the two sides started contact after 197 minutes.
"How is the morale at the frontline affiliated civilization?"
"Well...in some ways, the morale is stronger than that of our federal soldiers, right?"
"What?"
He asked casually, but got an unexpected answer, and Jiang Xingchen was slightly stunned.
After all, during this period of time, he has also figured out Ling Xiao's character. This guy will never lie.
In fact, Jiang Xingchen did not need the strong morale of these affiliated civilizations, and their task was only to withstand the Zerg offensive for 2 or 3 hours.
That's it...
But Ling Xiao said that in some aspects, their morale is stronger than that of the Federation.
This is a little weird.
"Commander, I have gone out of my way to understand this situation."
"Oh? What do you say?"
"In fact, for our federation, even if there is an accident in the battle in the Small Magellanic Galaxy, it will not endanger the entire federation. After all, the bugs cannot cross the galaxy. The worst thing is to wait until they are stronger and then come back to deal with these bugs."
Hearing this, Jiang Xingchen also nodded.
Although Ling Xiao's statement is not very good, it is indeed true.
Moreover, the military's original plan was that once the war situation experienced uncontrollable changes, all fleets would immediately withdraw from the Small Magellanic System...
Leave it to be resolved later.
"But Commander, the meaning of this battle is completely different for those affiliated civilizations."
"I kind of understand what you mean. For their respective civilizations, this battle will be the key to determining the future strength of these civilizations!"
"That's right, there is an old saying among us humans that a quick step leads to a faster step. Therefore, these affiliated civilization fleets only think about one thing now, and that is to gain more military exploits for the future of their own civilization, even if it is
They all die here, no matter what!"
Jiang Xingchen also understood this meaning.
Even if the Federation were put in their place, they would probably make the same choice.
After all, the more battle merits obtained, the more affiliated civilization points its civilization will receive.
The more points you have, you can exchange for more technology, more living space, or more warships, etc.
If you take advantage of it, you will most likely end up with far less military merit than other civilizations.
So, the next time the Federation expands externally, if it brings with it these affiliated civilization fleets...
At that time, you will only have 10,000 battleships, but other civilizations will have tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of battleships.
By that time, even if you wake up and try your best to earn military merit, can the military merit you can obtain with ten thousand warships be comparable to the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of warships of other civilizations?
So, the first time is the most important.
Ling Xiao is right, one step is faster and each step is faster!
At this moment, on this battlefield...
All the soldiers from various affiliated civilizations had red eyes and gritted their teeth, waiting for the war to begin.
In their eyes, the Zerg are no longer that terrifying creature, but a meritorious sect that can move, and whoever captures it belongs to them.
Therefore, from some perspectives, at this moment, they are more fearless and more eager for war than most soldiers in the Federation.
everything...
All for the glory of our own civilization and the future!
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Three hours later.
When the Zerg groups at the front completed their last jump...