The predator mothership of mechanical civilization, although it uses jump technology.
But this technology does have something to offer.
After each jump, it took less than a minute to jump again.
Although it does not break the ten-light-second limit for a single jump, it does...
There is only a 40-second interval between these two jumps, and even the Federation cannot achieve this.
From some perspectives, if it is just movement within the galaxy, the jump technology of mechanical civilization is no longer much weaker than the Federation's first-generation hyperspace technology.
Less than ten minutes.
Five huge mechanical planets have appeared fifty light seconds away from the pioneering fleet.
Still scattered in five different directions.
It is obvious that mechanical civilization has been prepared to launch attacks from five directions at the same time from the beginning.
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Although, each predator mothership only carries a fleet of mechanical civilization.
And each Slayer warship only carries a thousand autonomous Annihilator combat weapons.
However, the combat power on the Predator mothership is far more than a million autonomous Annihilator combat weapons.
because...
Except for ship-based ones.
There are millions of Annihilators on board the Predator Mothership itself.
In other words, it is said that there are at least two hundred Annihilators on each Predator mothership.
And five Predator motherships are 10 million Annihilators.
This amount is a bit scary.
After all, even before, when the pioneering fleet first arrived in the Sid system, they only faced 120,000 Annihilators.
This resulted in the loss of some battleships.
Therefore, ten million Annihilators are not that easy to deal with.
One after another, the Slayer warships are continuously sailing out from the five mechanical planets.
And these Slayer warships also quickly released Annihilator combat weapons after leaving the mechanical planet.
At the same time, inside the Iron Planet itself, a large number of Annihilators were like locusts, swarming out along several passages.
"Commander, how do I feel about this mechanical civilization..."
"With a hint of the starry sky Zerg clan back then?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xingchen also smiled bitterly.
If we really want to say it, mechanical civilization and the Zerg really have a lot of similarities.
The Zerg's strength is reproduction, and quantity is king.
The strength of mechanical civilization is production. If it is not restricted, it will also form a terrifying amount.
If we put aside species and prejudices, in fact, the reproduction of Zerg and the production of mechanical civilization are both the same concept.
That is...
Quick and extremely unreasonable...
Expand your own tribe.
"Commander, do you want the fleet to go up first and strike a few waves while the predator motherships are releasing their forces?"
On the side, Lieutenant Ling Xiao asked.
After all, those predator motherships are large and slow.
And it is still in the process of releasing troops.
The most critical thing is that the distance chosen by the mechanical civilization is exactly fifty light seconds away from the pioneering fleet.
In other words, as long as the pioneering fleet moves forward slightly, it is enough to bring it within range.
In fact, Jiang Xingchen had not considered this method, but ultimately rejected it.
It doesn't make much sense.
Even the Slaughterers can withstand a few space attacks. Jiang Xingchen does not believe that the defense of these predator motherships will be even weaker.
Besides, if you take the initiative to attack, if you fail to do so, your original battle plan will be ruined.
Even if it won't cause damage, there is still a high probability that it will arouse the vigilance of mechanical civilization.
This one is not what Jiang Xingchen wants.
Therefore, it is better to follow the original plan and first deal with their main combat power, which is the Aerial Annihilator combat weapon.
Then we'll deal with those toothless tigers, which are the main map battleships and the predator mothership.
This is enough insurance.
"No, continue to monitor the target's movements and report immediately as soon as it begins to advance!"
"Yes, Commander!"
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After more than ten minutes.
All the Slayer battleships and the Predator mothership have released all the Annihilators.
This calculation shows that there are as many as 10.98 million.
The next moment, without any rest, tens of millions of Annihilators were like locusts from five directions, heading towards the position of the pioneering fleet...
Come in droves!
In response, Jiang Xingchen directly gave the order to fire.
Of course, at this distance, the only things that can fire are space cutting or space penetrating attacks.
This kind of single-point attack has almost no gains.
But facing such a result, Jiang Xingchen was very calm and not anxious at all.
Li Yao, on the other hand, reported the distance every once in a while.
42 light seconds...
41 light seconds...
...
36 light seconds!
"Report, the target has begun to enter the traction reduction network, do you want to activate it now?"
"Don't worry, stay calm!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Soon, another few minutes passed.
Li Yao is still reporting continuously, but now what he reports is no longer about distance, but...
99%...
100%...
"Commander, all targets have entered the towing and deceleration net."
"Now, activate the traction speed reduction network!"
"Yes, Commander, the traction speed reduction net is activated!"
It is composed of countless nodes and an even greater number of emerald green beams.
A large net was formed in an instant, with a thickness of more than 30 light seconds.
And at the moment when the traction speed reduction net was focused on fire, all the Annihilator combat weapons that were charging at high speed seemed to have been kicked hard on the truck, and they collectively paused.
Then, they were still accelerating, but now they started to slow down.
Although the speed is decreasing slowly, it is indeed continuing to decrease.
"Instruct all fleets to turn on all firepower and destroy the enemy!"
"clear!"
Before, both the attack interval and attack density were instantly enhanced.
Not only was the acceleration affected by the image, but also the Annihilator's maneuverability was also affected, and many of them were immediately blown up by the volley.
Then, as its speed became slower and slower, its maneuvers became more and more sluggish.
Almost every wave of attacks by the pioneer fleet can increase the hit rate.
Of course, according to pre-war simulations, at this distance, no matter how much the hit rate is improved, 10% is already the limit.
After all, the distance is too far, and the traction speed reduction net cannot directly reduce the Annihilator's speed to zero.
The hit rate is destined to be limited.
The most important thing is...
Mechanical civilization will naturally calculate that if it continues to advance like this, it will only be slowly eliminated by the pioneering fleet bit by bit.
According to the calculation-based method of mechanical civilization, most will...
After a while, sure enough...
"Commander, all Annihilators have begun to retreat and are expected to exit the range of the towing speed reduction net in three minutes."
"Is it true... Order all fleets to follow Precaution No. 7!"