In the conference room, almost all the commanders stared at Jiang Xingchen with strange expressions on their faces.
In fact, what Jiang Xingchen said just now...
"Everyone, with 200 worm mounds and an invisible worm mound, even if our entire fleet is dispatched, it will be difficult to defeat them."
"And once the fleet is gone, everyone should understand what will happen to the Canglan system, right?"
"So, before the final battle, I think the strength of the Starry Sky Zerg should be weakened to the greatest extent."
Thinking about Jiang Xingchen's words, although they were not very willing to admit it, they all knew that what he said was correct.
Excluding those that are performing missions outside and not within the Death Nebula, there are currently a dozen warships in the Canglan system. Even if four ships including the Xiong Kun are added, there are still less than twenty.
You must know that currently, except for the Hou Yi, no warship has the power to directly destroy the insect mound. It can only do this by relying on the mecha troops to carry out internal blasting.
This trick is indeed very effective, but when you face millions of war bugs and even a large number of tail scorpions, this method becomes impossible.
Therefore, with less than twenty battleships, the possibility of defeating 200 worm mounds is very slim, almost impossible.
"It seems you already have an idea, please tell me in detail!"
In the main seat, Mu Zhengfeng said to Jiang Xingchen.
"My idea is to gather all the warships at the 38th node to deploy a defense line, and at the same time, destroy all the 300-500 meter level worm mounds before the worm mound group reaches the 38th node!"
"Destroy all level 300-500 insect mounds before the starry sky zerg reaches the thirty-eighth node? How are you going to do this?"
"It's very simple. Let the single ship Descendant deal with those bugs for several months and destroy several bug mounds at each node!"
Hearing this, Mu Zhengfeng showed a look of doubt at first, but soon, he seemed to have figured it out, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Okay, let's follow your method. How long will it take for the Hou Yi to set off?"
"Terminal maintenance work and completion of supplies, approximately..."
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Nebula Channel, the seventh node.
One destroyer and three frigates formed a battle array.
While retreating, he kept attacking.
What was chasing them were millions of war bugs, almost filling the entire passage.
"Captain, if we continue to retreat, we are expected to miss the jump point in one minute. Once we miss it, we will never have the chance to go to the eighth node!"
Looking at the sea of insects that almost filled the passage, the first mate reminded.
As mentioned before, entering from outside the Death Nebula to the position of the Canglan System is not a straight path. During this period, it has to undergo a total of thirty-eight route changes.
It does not mean that if you want to go to the eighth node, you can go directly, but you must first reach the passage leading to the next node.
I'm sorry if you missed the entrance...
There is no other way but to go back and do it all over again!
However, can this situation be reversed now?
impossible!
Unexpectedly, the millions of war bugs almost filled the entire passage.
Therefore, if you pass by the entrance of the passage but do not enter, but continue to move forward and miss the entrance...
Under the current situation, there is no chance of turning back unless you kill all the millions of war bugs blocking the way.
"I know, but as long as the fleet command does not give an order that we can withdraw, we absolutely cannot withdraw!"
Lu Feng understood what the first mate meant.
But is this because he doesn’t want to withdraw?
It was the fleet command that did not allow the withdrawal. If he had withdrawn, he would be a deserter.
And just then...
"Captain, the latest order from the fleet command requires us to immediately withdraw from the seventh node and join the main fleet at the thirty-eighth node!"
After hearing the report, Lu Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He almost had to deal with himself here forever.
After all, if he missed the jump point, he would have no choice but to continue forward, and continuing forward would be a dead end. In the end, there would be no other option except rushing into the space turbulence zone.
"Helmsman, sail to the jump point!"
"Yes, Captain."
"Communications officer, tell the other three ships to follow us!"
"clear!"
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Five days later.
Because the Xiong Kun and other four ships almost made the jump in front of the Starry Sky Zerg.
Naturally, the entrance to the passage leading to the eighth node was also discovered by Zabier.
But as Jiang Xingchen said, just finding the entrance to the passage is useless. You only have two choices here.
One is to advance slowly at sub-light speed, but the distance between the seventh node and the eighth node is a full 0.5 light-years away. At the speed of the Worm Mound, it may take thousands of years to reach it.
Of course, there is also a faster way, which is to jump directly.
The premise is...
You have to know how long this passage is!
Otherwise, your jump distance is too short and meaningless. If it is too long...
That's even possible...
Jumped directly into the space turbulence area.
Therefore, Zabier could only use the most primitive method, which was to let one worm mound jump forward 0.005 light-years alone. If there was no problem, he would tell the remaining worm mounds through spiritual sharing and jump over again.
Although the efficiency is very low, it is better than safety. Even if there is an accident, only one worm mound will be lost.
So, it took five days for the worm mound group to finally pass through the passage and reach the eighth node.
However, just as they arrived through the jump, a terrifying beam of light was already coming towards them, leaving them with no chance to dodge.
One of the worm mounds with a diameter of 360 meters was directly penetrated and then shattered.
Only then did Zabier notice that there was a huge human warship in front of the worm mound group.
However, he was not worried at all about this, and was even a little happy.
No, the person who can tell us how to get to the next node has arrived at our door...
Without saying a word, just like at the seventh node, he directly ordered all the insect mounds to release war insects, forming a sea of insects and sweeping over them.
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"Captain, the positron star-breaking cannon is in full power mode and has been fired. It is confirmed that one 300-meter-level insect mound has been destroyed!"
"The battleship began to retreat, keeping a relative distance from the sea of insects."
"It's the captain!"
"Weapon Officer, the main gun is recharged and the secondary battery begins to attack."
"Yes, Captain...the main guns are being charged. The estimated charging time is 3 minutes. All secondary guns have been calibrated and the attack begins!"
The next moment, 24 particle beam cannons opened fire.
A series of blue beams are continuously shot out of the sea of worms, and almost every level can take away dozens or hundreds of war insects.
Coupled with the speed of the Descendant, neither the Worm Mound nor the War Insects could catch up.
Of course, Jiang Xingchen did not let Chen Xiaoguang drive at maximum combat speed, but instead lowered his speed and kept a safe distance from the sea of insects.
Three minutes later.
"Captain, the main gun is fully charged!"
"In the 300-meter-level worm mound, you choose your own target and fire."
"Yes, Captain, the target has been locked and the positron star-breaking cannon is launched!"
Another worm mound was destroyed.
The Hou Yi's main gun is used to attack these 3,400-meter-level insect mounds, which is simply easy and enjoyable.
Until more than ten minutes later.
The Hou Yi had already destroyed five worm graves, and even brought with it more than 20,000 war worms.
"Captain, we have reached the limit. If we delay any longer, we will miss the jump point!"
After looking at the star map, Fu Wanting reminded me.
"Weapons Officer, stop attacking!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"Helmsman, take us into the passage, and then jump to the ninth node."