Chapter 748 I have never played the subsequent plot.
This war has been going on for a full eighty hours, but the intensity has not shown any sign of abating. Billions of lives are angrily moving towards self-destruction, while their creator is sneering darkly.
Against the background of a planet plated with a blue arc, this was neither romantic nor beautiful. Two destined enemies, the largest protoss fleet in history and the largest insect swarm in history, met.
On this side of the protoss, there are countless magnificent battleships the size of cities. The large fleet is connected to the large fleet. The molten wakes like torches are like rows of comets sweeping over Aiur. They are orderly and beautiful.
These majestic and elegant, breathtaking battleships swept across deep space with beam weapons, photon weapons and kinetic energy weapons, creating countless huge and mottled bright spots. No battleship or creature could break through the dense beam fire net of the protoss fleet.
The zerg were on the other side, a living dust cloud made of metallic carapace and pulsating sinew. Its size was appallingly huge, with the zerg swarming all over five hundred and fifty astronomical units above and below the ecliptic plane, even though
It can be observed even from several light-years away, and can be described as some mysterious natural phenomenon in the universe.
Swarms of insects, fanaticism, irritability and anger, symbolize the most extreme law of destruction in nature. They are invincible and irresistible.
This epic battle is unprecedented and worthy of historians' praise, but it is far from over.
When the protoss and the zerg grappled together like two mad giants, humans appeared again.
After facing the Golden Fleet and the Insect Swarm at the same time and suffering such a tragic blow, humans could have withdrawn from the battlefield without being criticized by their allies, because they had also paid a respectable sacrifice and showed what
human courage.
But these humans didn't do that.
The human combined fleet just sailed out of the sun-facing side of El. Without dodging or avoiding, they were rushing towards the area where the battle was most intense. The sunlight outlined the outlines of these giant battleships and plated them with
A layer of gold rim.
Led by Imperial Admiral Matt Horner's flagship Wing Commanders, the Gorgon-class battlecruisers Last Stand, Destruction Engine, Deathmark, Space Voyager, Mass Effect and
The Harvest Wail walked at the forefront, firing a precise salvo of Yamato cannons to announce that the Imperial fleet had once again joined the battlefield.
On a vast battlefield that can be measured in light years and parsecs, even weapons such as lasers are as slow as crawling towards their targets. The largest and best steel giants of the Tyranids fire forward while firing.
Charge, the shining red-orange laser beam rushes through the dark space, bombarding everything in its path into dissipated plasma.
More than half of the battleships in this fleet are in poor condition, and some can even be called quite bad, and can only be escorted in the middle of the navigation formation.
Take the Valor of Vardona as an example. This giant battleship with laser turrets, Gatling cannons and stainless steel armor looks like a shaved hedgehog. There are countless weapons on the sides and decks.
Clear holes and charred black traces left by the flames, and every turret that was lifted like a fingernail was left with only a pitch-black cavity.
Most of the hull between the lower deck and the outer bulwarks of the Valdona Courage was wiped away by some terrible force, leaving many shocking and huge wounds. The originally straight curve of the ship's side became
The wounds were criss-crossed, and the internal pipes and cables were clearly visible. The trauma came directly from a salvo fired by multiple storm warships. In a few seconds, most of the cabins on the lower deck and more than a thousand people were in high-energy fire.
The particles evaporated, and those who did not suffer the misfortune were also knocked unconscious. When they woke up, they saw a world of purgatory.
The situation of the other battlecruiser Cyrus was even more miserable. The entire battleship was burned black, and every armor plate was re-melted by the terrible heat like the center of the sun, like a sad and ugly black fish.
. Its personnel losses were as high as 3/4. Her captain Georg Darabont and his navigator, communications officer and other staff on the bridge were all killed in battle. Such casualties
It is also unimaginable in this era.
According to Aethon's captain Hogarth, the Cyrus was under fire from seven void glow ships, and the focused prism rays turned the battleship into a giant grill.
Furnace. Although the materials of the star battleship can isolate radiation and high temperature, the temperature inside the battleship still rises to a level that is unbearable for humans in a short period of time.
Hogarth described it: "It's not much better than popcorn in a drum."
When the prism ray penetrated Cyrus' armor, the battleship burst into flames and plunged into a sea of fire. Everyone thought she was doomed.
A gunnery sergeant on the Victory also recalled that it was a miracle that his battleship and another ship that inherited the glorious name of the Brood War era, Theodore G. Bilbo, had
They tried their best to rescue the Cyrus, but luckily the Gorgon Annihilation Messenger was also nearby, and immediately used powerful firepower to destroy or severely damage three of the seven Void Glow ships, and other warships also arrived one after another.
More battleships were severely damaged by zerg, so the wounds looked more like they had been bitten and torn by some kind of terrifying giant creature, like pieces of hard biscuits that had been gnawed by dogs.
The actual situation is that before rejoining the Imperial United Fleet, many battleships were either still on fire, or were still spraying parts continuously, and the damage extended to the interior. The damage control personnel on the ship were constantly trying to stop those warships.
There is a gap dozens of feet wide, and you can't wait to get your underwear and soda water stuck in it.
When the Zerg swarmed into the battleship, it was almost impossible to use the Marines to drive them out again. It was equivalent to trying to block a big river rushing towards the ocean, and a small group of Saints rushed into the bridge.
It's possible for a don samurai to kill all the high-ranking commanders of the empire.
Sometimes, the situation will become more serious. Continuous explosions will cut people into pieces and grind them into meat, turning a deck into a slaughterhouse ground into "meat paste". If you want to block the gap on the battleship,
People can only work in such terrible conditions.
On the battleship, steel is connected to steel, and the hatch is facing the hatch. Even the largest Gorgon battleships still have internal ramps for the crew to climb up and down. But when the explosion occurs, this
The space is also fatal.
As for those battleships that have sunk, most of them were not directly destroyed by the enemy, but were forced to continue fighting because they were not repaired and rested for a long time. The engineers and crew members inside had to repair the battleships while facing the enemy.
And a battleship that has been severely damaged will naturally become the enemy's priority target of fire during the battle.
"Jim, give me your whiskey." Augustus stood on the bridge of the Backwater Marshal and suddenly said to Renault.
Renault always carries a bottle of whiskey, just like Matt Horner occasionally puts something to replenish sugar in his pocket.
As a rule, Renault is not allowed to drink on the bridge. Matt only tastes cocktails with tonic water when he is not working, and rarely eats desserts. As for Renault, he has no such concerns.
"No, you can't drink." Renault refused immediately.
"Don't be so stingy," said Augustus.
"One emperor, one courtier." Renault said.
"Haha" Augustus smiled, he really had no temper now.
Now, basically all the warships that can return to the fleet have returned.
However, they lost not only battleships, but also morale, and sometimes even people's hearts, which is to be expected. However, during the battle, no one from the officers to the soldiers had time to think about anything other than fighting.
Human beings' fighting will can be very strong or very fragile.
During the most chaotic moments of this battle, there were incidents in the human fleet where the captain of a battleship suddenly collapsed and abandoned the battleship or led the entire battleship to flee the battlefield. It was just that the incident happened suddenly and was not planned for a long time. Most of them were
He was held down and stopped by his subordinates, and the entire fleet did not suddenly leave the battlefield.
Ironically, this also saved the empire several battleships and tens of thousands of lives. Now the captains of two battleships in the fleet reassembled by Augustus admitted that they had left the battle line without permission. After all, sailing
The logs can be tampered with, and thousands of crew members know exactly what happened.
But after realizing their "stupid madness" and "unforgivable sin", they once again responded to Augustus's assembly order. Another captain claimed that he was defeated by the spirit in his soul at the moment of giving the order.
He was such a devil that he couldn't even remember what kind of order he had given.
However, Augustus still thanked them for their contribution and imprisoned them on the spot. Only after finding out what the impact of their escape was, could they decide on the final method of death.
This is what has come back, and what is gone will never come back.
Just the imperial battleships that have been reported, not counting other auxiliary fleet ships, there are seventeen battlecruisers alone, half of which are from one fleet. This may not be a mutiny that has been planned for a long time, but panic
It will spread.
In addition, none of these captains are "still young" or "too junior".
This may be understandable. After all, if even Augustus felt that the end was lost, it was reasonable for someone to flee the battlefield with the excuse of "saving the fire for the empire."
While in the temple, Augustus had been anxiously waiting for the artifact to be activated, and he was not sure whether they could persist until then. Several times he felt that he had made a big mistake.
This is understandable, but not excusable.
There have been defections in the empire in the past, and this is the most serious one.
Augustus has given orders that every defecting warship will return to its original position.
At this moment, on the main screen of the Deadwater Marshal, sullen flames were raging in the protoss fleet, some coming from their destructive weapons, and some coming from the burning battleships or zerg. Tal'darin
The mothership is firing, and the scarlet beam of destruction occupies the entire field of view on the bridge, like a trickle of blood from a wound in the universe.
Augustus saw millions of zerg frozen in time and space at the same time, like lifelike sculptures, which may be the work of the Spear of Adon or another Ark. In short, these terrifying weapons were all used
Now, the Dawu teachings of the Protoss Empire have been thrown aside, and no one will want to bring them back.
Like bats knocked out of a tree with a stick, a swarm of zerg descended from the Deadwater Marshal, fleeing from the laser weapons chasing them and attacking anything that moved.
This is the zerg. The fangs and teeth of the zerg are as sharp as obsidian blades and harder than diamond. When dealing with battleships, the acid or corrosive spores stored in their stomachs are more effective than cannonballs.
Huge, thrilling rays of light spurted out from the Deadwater Marshal's laser cannons. The warm flames illuminated the bridge and the giant snake-like body of the Allosaurus, killing everyone who tried to get close to the bridge.
Burned to ashes.
Although like every warship in the fleet, it lacks supplies and many of its weapon systems have malfunctioned, the Deadwater Marshal's nuclear-powered laser weapons are still able to fire, otherwise they would not be able to make even the slightest movement.
Returning to the fleet again, Augustus found that he felt much more at ease on the battleship than usual. Although there was still a burst of gunfire outside, it was different from the ground. Here he could fall asleep as soon as he fell.
At this time, Augustus could also calm down and think about the current situation.
In the original plot line, as long as the artifact is activated and the golden fleet is separated from Kara, the battle will be basically over, and it will become like this. It is entirely because the little master is not dead, and Amon can still control the insect swarm.
Moreover, because Amon's consciousness still resides in the Overlord, the Xel'Naga artifact was not destroyed by being expelled back to the void, so it can still be used. Augustus did not expect this at the beginning, and just acted accordingly.
Act according to circumstances.
However, what they have to do now is still very simple, that is, guard the temple again and persist until the artifact activates Nova Impact and destroys the incoming zerg. Augustus handed over the task of guarding the temple to Tassadar.
There may be mistakes.
After this, although humans and protoss have suffered heavy losses, the zerg have also suffered equally.
In this way, the Koprulu sector still has several years of development. During this period, Augustus can accumulate another wave of military power and enter the void to completely eliminate Amon.
"With the golden fleet, Eamon won't be able to take down Al again for a while."
On the bridge of the Deadwater Marshal, Renault stared at the main screen of the tactical panel while complaining about the God of Darkness: "Hasn't he learned to give up yet?"
"Eamon will not stop." Augustus felt that he must be sneering now, but no one except him felt so: "Only when life is involved and you know that your life may be at risk,
He only knows how to advance and retreat."
The Xel'Naga inject their consciousness into the incarnation, and then enter the real universe. To them, death is just the loss of a body.
"But I don't think Eamonn is that stupid." Tychus had finished smoking a cigar: "He knows that Nova Impact can kill all the zerg in Ayr, and the zerg will be the ones who suffer the most."
As he spoke, the alien dragon swarm outside the Deadwater Marshal was driven away by several Liberators that jumped in at high speed, but further ahead of the battleship was a large group of corrupted flying insects. The swarms of corruptors could easily deal with human and protoss battleships.
, they already have super space behemoths like Leviathan and Behemoth, and they don’t seem to need equivalent biological battleships.
"That's not right." Augustus began to think about what he would do now if he were Eamon.
Excluding hybrids, Zerg is the only card in Eamon's hand that can be played. He came to destroy the world, so how could he be willing to just inflict heavy damage and weaken the power of the three races.
Then he must have something else he wants.
"Contact Tassadar immediately." Augustus suddenly ordered: "Amon's ultimate goal may be the artifact, and the enemy on the front is just a cover." ()