To put it simply, it is a high-density insect swarm composed of a large number of war insects crowded together, and even the starlight can be obscured.
At this moment, the Hou Yi is in this sea of insects. Even with more than 800 mechas, plus nearly two hundred particle rapid-fire cannons and twenty-four ion beam cannons, it is still unable to completely defeat the impact of the Zerg war insects.
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Fighting insects kept breaking through the fire net and directly smashed Hou Yi's ship with its terrifying front legs.
Fortunately, the energy shield's defense against physical attacks is very high, and coupled with its powerful close fire defense, the situation is not too bad.
"Captain, the shield has been reduced to 72%!"
"Captain, there are too many warbugs and corpses in front of the battleship. Although there is a shield, it is not a big problem, but the constant collision has also caused the battleship to slow down, and it is still impossible to lift it up."
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In the bridge, reports continued to sound.
At this time, the captain's ability will be tested. Jiang Xingchen must quickly read every report and make the correct response quickly. Any wrong decision during this period may lead to unpredictable serious consequences.
"Wang Feng, adjust all ion beam cannons and focus on attacking the bugs in front of the battleship!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"Chen Xiaoguang, after Wang Feng took action, set the sublight engine to operate at 120% power."
"Understood, but Captain, it can only be maintained at 120% power for half a minute at most, otherwise there is a risk of complete damage to the engine."
"It doesn't matter, half a minute is enough!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The next moment, twenty-four ion beam cannons were aimed at the front of the battleship and began to fire a salvo.
Although the power of each of its guns is not as good as the main gun of the Wuluo-class destroyer, it definitely exceeds the power of the main gun of the Qingluan-class frigate.
Twenty-four volleys of fire cleared a large area ahead in an instant.
Even the bodies of many war insects, except for their overly hard front legs, were directly transformed into the dust of the universe in this attack.
Seeing the right opportunity, Chen Xiaoguang immediately adjusted the output power of the sublight engine to overload operation.
This is a very dangerous thing. Once the critical point is exceeded, the engine will be damaged due to being unable to withstand it. In severe cases, it may even cause a big explosion.
This is why Chen Xiaoguang said that it can only last for half a minute at most.
In fact, even if the critical point is not reached, overload operation will leave some hidden damage to the engine. After the war, the Houyi will inevitably undergo overhaul.
However, this is not what Jiang Xingchen is concerned about now.
"The speed of the battleship begins to increase!"
"Wang Feng, how long until the positron star-breaking cannon can be used?"
"The regular mode with 30% power can be used after 15 seconds, and the full power mode will take another two minutes!"
"Just use the normal mode. Once the charge is complete, shoot in front of the forward battleship to further open the way forward!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The entire bridge is like a precision instrument, operating rapidly under Jiang Xingchen's command, accurately and efficiently.
The 15 seconds passed quickly, and shortly after the second salvo of the ion beam cannon, the positron star-shattering cannon fired again.
Although the power in normal mode is much worse than in full power mode, when used to fight these war bugs, there is actually no difference in the effect. At most, the range that can be affected by the attack will be smaller.
But this is not important, as long as a hole is opened so that the battleship can accelerate further.
Taking advantage of the acceleration of this wave, Jiang Xingchen judged that the Houyi should be able to break out of the insect swarm.
"Shield reduced to 55%."
"It is expected to break through the insect swarm in 3 seconds!"
As if rushing out of the water, the densely packed insects in front suddenly disappeared, and an empty universe appeared again.
"Captain, we broke out of the insect swarm!"
"Don't celebrate yet, it's not over yet, the real test begins now!"
Jiang Xingchen shouted loudly.
"Wang Feng, are the Storm missiles (the mass-produced version of the Death Storm test bomb) ready?"
"All 64 are ready for launch."
"Chen Xiaoguang, use maximum combat speed and move toward the five 800-meter-level insect mounds."
"clear!"
"Is there any movement in the insect sea?"
"No, maybe it's because we're too fast and they can't catch up, so they don't bother to chase us?"
Radar officer Li Yao said with some uncertainty.
"Then put some pressure on them and prepare the mecha group. Once we approach within 300 meters, all members will immediately dispatch to destroy those five worm mounds as quickly as possible."
"Yes, Captain!"
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The Hou Yi sailed through the insect graves unscrupulously.
Nowadays, these insect mounds have put most of their troops on the front line to attack the human fleet defense line.
Therefore, even though the Insect Mound Group is their base camp, there are not many fighting insects here at the moment.
All added up, it won't even exceed 30,000.
With nearly two hundred particle rapid-fire cannons and the defense of more than 800 mechas, these numbers cannot pose a threat to the Hou Yi at all.
Even because of their siege and the obstruction of many insect mounds around them, the tail scorpions were unable to attack wantonly.
Half a minute later, the Hou Yi easily reached the end of the worm mound group, where the five 800-meter-level worm mounds were located.
"All the mecha troops are dispatched. The main attack will be carried out by the Hou Yi carrier-based mecha brigade commanded by Lu Li. The rest of the mecha troops will be responsible for covering and preventing the enemy from approaching!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Thousands of raider mechas flew out of the Houyi at this moment.
This gave Jiang Xingchen the feeling that the Hou Yi had turned into a worm grave. This dense group of mechas...
Under the command of Lu Li, Qian Duoduo and four other squadron leaders each led a squadron and were responsible for an 800-meter-level insect swarm.
But Lu Li just led a small team towards the fifth worm mound.
As for the remaining 800 mechas, they built a defense line together with the Houyi to prevent those war bugs from interfering with the operation.
"Captain, the sea of insects has changed. About half of the war insects are retreating and coming towards us!"
“Just tell me your arrival time!”
"Arrived in 168 seconds!"
"That's enough. How are Lu Li and the others progressing?"
"Commander Lu Li and the four squadron leaders have already entered the worm mound. It will take half a minute to complete everything!"
"Wang Feng, after Lu Li and the others return to the ship, immediately launch 32 storm missiles according to the previously planned coordinates."
"Yes, Captain."
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The five-way mecha unit is progressing very smoothly.
Half a minute later, they all broke away from the insect mound and quickly headed towards the Houyi.
Also acting at the same time, the more than 800 mechas that formed the defense line once again came to the outer shell of the Hou Yi and firmly fixed the fuselage.
When everything was finished, one minute passed again.
"Chen Xiaoguang, start the sublight engine and escape from the worm mound!"