The aliens fought repeatedly and failed, and finally captured the artillery array. However, the artillery array was sent into the sky by nuclear bombs in an instant, and all the giant insects and servants near the artillery array followed them. It was a heavy loss.
Normally, the aliens should calm down for a while, but they didn't. They immediately organized another ground force and set off for another artillery array.
"You just don't know how to live or die!" Ye Han, who was far away on the Leishan, commented.
Although the aliens succeeded once, it was the result of the Yuzhou's refusal to fight hard. Now two full days have passed, and the Nanzhou will return to Ceres in two days. However, no matter how small Ceres is, its diameter is only one
More than a thousand kilometers, from the No. 1 artillery array to the No. 2 artillery array, the straight-line distance is no less than a thousand kilometers, and the actual distance is only 1,400 kilometers.
No matter how fast the giant insects crawled, they would not be able to reach anywhere in two days, not to mention that the Yuzhou battle group could not allow them to crawl so comfortably. They had already been prepared on the road, just waiting for the enemy to get into the trap.
Aliens are not stupid, they just don't understand human methods, but after fighting so many battles, they should know something even if they don't understand. As long as their IQs are normal, they should not continue to attack.
However, the aliens' desire to monopolize Ceres is very strong, and they are willing to suffer huge losses for this purpose.
The aliens knew very well that the human fleet was about to return. In order to buy time for the ground forces, the alien fleet was divided into two. One half stayed on Ceres to continue supporting the ground forces, and the other half left Ceres. All the warships split up and took the initiative to attack the returning troops.
Human battleship.
The battle developed from space to the ground, and from the ground to space. The military operations launched by both sides around Ceres became increasingly complex.
Also in order to buy time, the aliens left all the insect machines to the ground troops to speed up the transition of the ground troops.
The remaining aliens did not dare to neglect, and immediately organized their troops to attack. Thousands of insect aircraft were covered with enemy soldiers, while the vehicle bugs and armored bugs huddled together and hung under the insect aircraft.
Perhaps the giant insect is too heavy, or perhaps to reduce the burden, the insect aircraft does not hang the giant insect one-on-one, but three or more insect aircraft cooperate. I don’t know what to use to net the giant insect and then fly at low altitude. The speed
It's not very fast either. Even if something unexpected happens along the way, it won't kill the giant insect.
Ye Han originally thought that the enemy did this to prevent the attack of the Yuzhou battle group, but before the Yuzhou took action, the transitioning insect aircraft had an accident first. One of the insect aircraft suddenly lost control and fell, and the enemy soldiers on its back dropped dumplings.
Falling down the same way.
The other two insect drones immediately tightened the insect net, and several nearby insect drones rushed up to hold the insect net.
This situation is a bit weird. Why is it still equipped with self-destruction? And as soon as there is a problem here, the other side immediately fills in the position. This must be well prepared!
The fallen bug machine bounced on the ground a few times, but it didn't seem to have any problems, but it just couldn't fly again. I don't know what the problem was.
At first, Ye Han thought it was a recurrence of an old injury, but he soon discovered that this was not the case, because other insect machines also had similar problems. They fell down one after another. After falling to the ground, they only moved a few times at most, and none of them moved.
Can fly again.
This is really interesting. Ye Han immediately found out the information about the insect machine, not to mention asking him to find out some clues.
Things have to start with the flying principle of the insect aircraft. This thing flies by throwing away gas molecules through vibration. In other words, the gas molecules are the fuel of the insect aircraft.
No one knows whether the fuel was added by aliens or accumulated by the insect machine itself.
According to Bei Yuezhou's research, the flying method of insect aircraft is relatively primitive, and its efficiency is far inferior to that of jet engines using chemical fuel. It can only fly in weightless or microgravity environments.
Seeing this, Ye Han understood. Even though the gravity of Ceres was so low, it was still a big burden for the insect machine. Moreover, the insect machine did not fly by itself and had to bring so many enemy soldiers and giant insects with it.
This further increases the burden on the insect machine.
This is like carrying a few dozen kilograms on flat ground, which means the burden is heavier at most, but if you do this on a plateau, it is no different than seeking death.
In other words, those fallen bug machines either ran out of fuel, or were overloaded and their backs were crushed.
Rather than exhausting the insect planes, he would send ground troops to the front line. Ye Han gained a new understanding of the determination of the aliens.
It is said that there is a problem with the insect machine, which is the best time to deal with this enemy, but the Yuzhou still does not move and remains silent.
Ye Han knew that the Yuzhou must be waiting for the best time.
As the enemy troops continued to advance, more and more bug aircraft fell down, and more and more enemy soldiers remained on the road. The Yuzhou finally felt that the time was right, and raised its altitude to fire at the enemy troops.
The enemy's ground troops ignored them and did not fight back or stop. Their only response was to accelerate forward.
However, the fleet left behind by the aliens made some movement, quickly flew over the ground troops, and engaged the Yuzhou battle group from a distance.
The distance is still far away, beyond the range of both sides' naval guns. It's no problem to hit enemy soldiers, giant insects, etc., but that's not the case with battleships. Even if they hit the enemy ships, they won't cause much damage. It's not like fighting to the death.
The battleship confrontation is a bit like a crappy performance in a third-rate science fiction movie.
The Yuzhou simply ignored the alien fleet and focused on firing on the ground, giving priority to destroying the enemy's effective forces.
The alien fleet was also unambiguous. All firepower was directed at the Yuzhou battle group, trying its best to contain the Yuzhou battle group.
Under such circumstances, the alien ground forces still did not give up and continued to advance despite huge losses.
The aliens soon discovered that this was not possible. If they persisted like this, the ground troops would be dead before they could advance to the designated position.
In desperation, the aliens ordered the ground troops to stop advancing and rely on the favorable terrain to resist human attacks. Then the giant insects dug burrows on the spot, intending to dig all the way under the artillery array, then rush out of the ground in one fell swoop to completely occupy the artillery array.
This move is indeed very effective. At least you don't have to face human air strikes. The only drawback is that the speed is too slow. The straight-line distance is six to seven hundred kilometers. It can't be dug out in even ten days and a half, not to mention three days or two.
Soon after, all the alien ground troops went underground, and the follow-up troops also got into the holes. Only the alien fleet remained in low-altitude orbit.
Two days later, the first returning human warship returned to Ceres, but a few hours later, the Nanzhou returned, and other warships returned one after another in the next few days.
For the sake of safety, the alien fleet that originally wanted to hold on a little longer had to evacuate Ceres, leaving behind all the ground troops who had drilled into the cave.
Fortunately, all the ground troops are hidden underground, so there is no need to worry about air strikes from the human fleet.
