In early 2499, the largest naval battle since the founding of the Tyranid Empire began in the Bracken system on the southwestern frontier. The number of warships and troops deployed by the Imperial fleet in Bracken was so large that even the largest counterattack by the remaining federal parties was
The Battle of Andage is incomparable.
Commanding the Empire's First Fleet is the famous Admiral Edmund Duke, who is known as the Emperor's Sword, the Hero of Tarsonis, and Mad Dog Duke.
(Rabid dog, refers to the affectionate name of Marshal Jim Raynor, which is an affirmation of his excellent strategy and tactics)
The First Fleet is the ace fleet of the Tyranid Empire Navy, its predecessors are Alpha Squadron, Delta Squadron, Crimson Squadron and Beta Squadron.
After the large-scale launch of the larger Minotaur-class battlecruisers with thicker armor and stronger firepower, the size of the First Fleet expanded several times.
The fleet has absorbed a large number of outstanding officers from the old Federation Navy, and officers who have just graduated from the Imperial Navy Academy have also undergone a new round of blood transfusion. The experienced, skilled, and enthusiastic officer system is the core of the Imperial Army. They must both
He must be competent at his job, understand and carry out orders clearly, motivate his subordinates when necessary, and maintain loyalty to the emperor.
There are a large number of Imperial Navy bases, ship bases, and mobile fortresses to provide support. The supply system of support ships such as tugs, barges, oil ships, and supply ships is enough for the First Fleet to launch a war of national annihilation alone.
The opponent of the Empire's First Fleet is the primitive zerg that appeared for the first time. Although the two sides have never had a record of fighting, the latter is menacing and its strength cannot be underestimated.
The primitive zerg subspecies are quite different in morphology from their distant relatives. They were originally closer to highly evolved large theropod dinosaurs and had a variety of distinctive traits, such as unusually developed combustion glands and specialized
It has a huge skull and unusually developed masticatory muscles, pressurized glands capable of ejecting bony spears, and huge membrane wings with a wingspan of up to forty feet.
In the universe, the primitive zerg advance with a variety of extremely large single creatures as motherships, the largest of which are the primitive main nest and the primitive war nest. These ancient and lonely giant creatures originally lurked in the volcanoes and mountains of Zerus.
Underground in the jungle, they feed on various primitive insects.
After the Overlord led the Broken Swarm back to Zerus, an endless war broke out with the primitive zerg on the planet. Those ancient primitive zerg that finally survived absorbed a large number of genes from the enemy and their own side,
As a result, it became extremely large and gained the ability to travel in deep space.
The largest individual among them is even comparable to the insect swarm Behemoth.
Other unparalleled super primitive zerg are the best among the leaders of the wildly evolving primitive zerg tribe. They stand at the top of Zerus's food chain in the endless death and survival of the fittest.
For example, the eternal worm mother Slivan is the most terrifying primitive zerg ruler besides Zulwen. It has now evolved into a terrifying behemoth. When it passed by the lunar base of the Tyranid Empire,
Kolykov, its shadow even covered half of the satellite.
The Eternal Insect Mother of the original insect swarm is an extremely weird patriarch even among her own people.
Srivan is the great mother of the swarm. The tens of millions of incubators in his body are endlessly hatching new primitive zerg every minute and every second. Most of the primitive zerg swarms today are
The descendant of Srivan. It is never tired and will never stop multiplying.
It was a primitive zerg swarm affiliated with the Slivan swarm that broke into the Bracken system, consisting of multiple primitive main nests and a large number of primitive zerg flying creatures capable of flying in the universe.
When the first original main hive jumps through the wormhole to the Bracken system, war is about to break out.
Duke's flagship Norad III was in front. In just a few minutes, it poured out two rounds of firepower on the giant creature floating in the deep space. A total of 24 groups of laser cannons continued to fire without interruption until they hit the target.
Black blood flowed through the green enamel armor covering the surface of the giant beast.
The primitive zerg immediately launched a counterattack, and a large number of unprecedented flying creatures accelerated towards the Imperial fleet.
There are similar varieties of mutant dragons in the original insect swarm, but they are also obviously larger, have more wings or more minions, and are far more powerful than ordinary mutant dragons. Others have never been seen by the empire.
This strain appears in the Bracken galaxy for the first time.
These primitive zerg are shaped like giant floating octopus or blunt-headed king squid. They have huge heads and ferocious and ferocious beaks. They use floating sacs filled with special mineral liquid and powerful tentacles to move forward quickly.
Such weird biological forms are the product of the convergent evolution of the primitive insect swarm and the dominant insect swarm. These ferocious and cunning primitive corrupt flying insects are the kings who dominate the sky of Zerus. Their strong acid can even kill the ferocious Leviathan.
Despite possessing these highly evolved and efficient killing organs, no two corrupt flying insects are the same, just as there are no two leaves with the same veins, and their body shapes are also very different.
Some primitive corrupted flying insects can be called the kings of their species. They must have devoured too many of their own kind or enemies to have such a huge size and such a ferocious character. The largest corrupted flying insect among them is undoubtedly the evolution of
The ultimate creatures, they can penetrate armor with only their beaks and claws, which are harder than diamond.
As for other extremely cunning and vicious primitive zerg, they are a bit like the mythical couatl, like scorpions with wings. The primitive flying snakes are so ferocious and cruel that they will pounce on food even in flight.
Similar to gain lost energy.
In addition, the bizarre appearance of primitive zerg has infinite evolutionary possibilities. Except for rare species such as primitive king worm and primitive blast mosquito, other primitive zerg are simply a hodgepodge, as if they are a tree of biological evolution.
The diagram is spread out in front of human beings.
But in any case, the functions of each organ in its body are similar, and they are all born for the most efficient killing, so the differences are not unimaginable. The original zerg is a natural selection, survival of the fittest, the weak eats the strong, and wins.
The ultimate embodiment of who is king.
Facing the menacing primitive zerg army, the Empire's First Fleet did not flinch. More than a hundred Minotaur-class battlecruisers and more frigate-class medium-sized ships formed an attack formation to face the swarm. Tens of millions of them faced the zerg swarm.
Turrets and millions of bright flames immediately formed a firepower network like a jungle of death in front of the fleet.
In an instant, thousands of primitive zerg were crushed to powder by the fierce gunfire, and a bloody storm swept across the starry sky of Bracken. Facts have proved that even creatures as cruel as the zerg are still made of flesh and blood.
General Duke on the Norad III was very satisfied with the effect of the first salvo, but he was not going to let it go to his head.
You know, Duke thinks that the feats he wants to achieve are not as simple as killing a few primitive zerg. Only by defeating all the zerg can he show his great talent.
While Duke increased the deployment of reconnaissance ships and radars, he ordered the fleet to form a defensive front to resist the imminent impact of the primitive swarm. Even with his arrogance, he was not so arrogant as to think that he could go head-to-head with the zerg by installing bayonets on his warships.
The primitive zerg did not flinch from such horrific casualties. As if they did not know what fear was, they actually advanced in the dense firepower network of the Imperial fleet.
All Imperial ships captured an extremely eerie sight, that is, even in the middle of a war, the primitive zerg were still ferociously feasting on the corpses of their kin that had been blasted to pieces by human cannon fire.
Such a sight may not be frightening to the well-trained Imperial Navy soldiers, but commanders with keen eyesight and careful observation soon discovered that these primitive zerg that devoured the corpses of their own kind were growing larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and
It was as if the special organs and characteristics of the primitive zerg they had eaten suddenly sprouted on their bodies.
Those smaller primitive zerg individuals may not pose much of a threat to the Minotaur-class battlecruiser, but the largest individual among them is not only close to the size of a human battleship, but even the armor covered on its body is not weak at all.
Several of the whale-like giant primitive bugs quickly attracted the attention of the Norad III tactical analysis system. According to the comparison of the database, it was shown that they were highly similar to the whale bird. These elegant space creatures are not the only ones in the world.
Scheer is distributed, and no matter what, the primitive zerg must have hunted these poor creatures somewhere in the galaxy.
However, these primitive zerg are completely different creatures than the docile whalebirds. They are more like space mosasaur with a huge mouth, and also have rows of colorful sword plates on their broad backs. It seems that
It is a kind of sail that can absorb the energy of the star, and can also use the turbulent solar wind to accelerate forward when crossing the edge of the star.
The whale-like creatures were covered with deadly scales. They were swaying behemoths with giant fin-shaped claws and were extremely flexible. They avoided the firepower of the imperial capital ships and moved forward at an extremely fast speed, approaching the First Fleet for battle.
The flanks of the group.
Another part of the giant primitive zerg looks quite funny, and some even look like a tyrannosaurus or giant lizard that has just sprouted a nozzle and a levitation sac. This kind of weird form may be difficult to fly beautifully on the planet.
, but it’s just right for use in space.
There is a primitive zerg that looks like a cross between a boar and a porcupine, but its hind limbs have countless squid-like tentacles similar to corrupt flies. Its tentacles are composed of slender organic muscles covered with cancer cells, as if scattered on its
The bristles of the brush behind it.
These cancer cells can continuously proliferate or grow reversely, and in the process of engulfing surrounding tissues, they can release a powerful electromagnetic force to distort the surrounding gravity, allowing them to fly.
The genes of corrupt flying insects are extremely magical. Even if their brains are cut off, they can still grow new ones.
In this way, this monster looks like the leader of the steel-backed pig who is advancing rapidly in the universe.
All in all, even beyond the limits of human imagination for strange species, there is nothing that these primitive zerg cannot look like.
"They're coming for us!"
"Shield full!"
"Main gun fire!"
Facing these space behemoths are the USS Ranger, USS Constitution, and USS Korhal's Ambition, with about twenty Minnow-class battlecruisers deployed about 150 miles away in each direction.
To deal with these huge monsters, the upgraded Y-type Yamato cannon of the Minotaur-class battlecruiser can come in handy.
After about ten years of upgrades, the current Yamato cannon has been greatly improved in terms of power and range. The Minotaur-class battlecruiser can destroy the Behemoth-class battlecruiser with one Yamato cannon in a one-on-one duel.
, and at the same time can withstand the opponent's Yamato cannon without any harm, this is the generation difference.
In just ten seconds, thousands of communications were conducted in the tactical command network of dozens of Yamato cannons to ensure that the target of attack was consistent and to avoid wasting too much ammunition on the same target.
A series of problems such as insufficient successors.
When activating the Yamato Cannon, almost all Tyranid captains had a sense of control over life and death, especially when they saw the Yamato Cannon turning the Zerg main hive into a pool of blood.
Even in a space environment, the Yamato Cannon can destroy large numbers of dense zerg, but battlecruiser captains usually use it on Leviathan or enemies that pose a greater threat.
After a flash of supernova, many giant primitive zerg were smashed to pieces by Yamato cannons, and the smallest ones had their skin and flesh torn apart.
But then, bathing in its blood and thirsting for its blood, the primitive zerg became even bigger, and the mutation and evolution that took millions of years to complete could be completed in these terrifying monsters in an instant.
Finally, a giant beast broke through the firepower network of the Imperial fleet, pounced on the Hope, and damaged the flat deck under the bridge of the battleship.
It is shaped like a huge multi-legged dragon, as big as a Minotaur-class battlecruiser.
But then, the Gothic and Babylon, which had occupied powerful positions, shattered the monster's back armor, exposing its flesh and bones.
"What kind of monster is this?" On the Norad III, Duke's adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Scott, could not conceal his shock.
Before the war began, Duke's staff officers and tactical analysis consultants believed that the primitive zerg were far less united than the dominant zerg swarm. Because they valued individuals rather than the entire group, this seemingly powerful primitive zerg swarm army was actually not well-trained in advancing and retreating.
The unified army also lacks the spirit of sacrifice for the ethnic group.
But they still underestimated the fighting will of the primitive swarm. Every primitive zerg has been fighting to the death since its birth. They may lack the spirit of unity and cooperation to a certain extent, but once they start attacking
That is until death.
It can be said that to be able to force such primitive zerg out of their homeland, no one knows what kind of evil deeds the Overlord's swarm did in Zerus. In other words, the primitive zerg swarm is afraid of the Overlord.
"Studying these monsters is the business of the imperial scientists, and our duty is only to win this war for Emperor Augustus." Duke's brave spirit is his excellent quality as a soldier, even if gods and ghosts stand in front of him,
Give the other party as many slaps as possible.
Although he is not very popular among his colleagues, Duke is indeed a qualified general. He is well aware of the strength of his own fleet, and at the same time, he extremely despises his enemies both strategically and tactically.
What is most famous about this person is that he always takes the lead, and his flagship must be at the forefront of the fleet.
"Even if they evolve plasma cannons and energy shields, the result will be the same."
The genes of the flying snake are from the scorpion + the original mutant dragon, so there is no problem in appearing here/