These ferocious self-destructing drones are like a swarm of killer bees that have just exploded their nest, attacking the nearest enemy ship in groups!
Before the poor giant octopuses could wake up from the impact, they were burned black by the electromagnetic storms of countless self-destructing drones!
This time, the Protoss' Judge-class assault fleet seized the opportunity well, and the Kraken fleet with the insect swarm in front helped them attract most of the Xel'Naga fleet's attention, so it caused a lot of damage to the Xel'Naga fleet.
The losses were much greater than those caused by the Kraken fleet just now.
According to statistics from battlefield detectors and monitoring king bugs, this wave of raids by the protoss assault fleet caused serious battle damage to the Xel'Naga fleet, with at least forty giant octopus battleships destroyed and more than three hundred seriously injured.
Coupled with the number that had just been destroyed by the Kraken assault fleet, it means that the Xel'Naga fleet's giant octopus fleet had already lost nearly one-tenth of its combat effectiveness before it even had time to launch!
At least half of the seriously injured giant octopus battleships have temporarily lost their combat capabilities, and the remaining half's combat effectiveness has been reduced at least in half. After such brilliant results, the assault fleets of the two races themselves
The loss is very small, almost negligible.
Especially the later Protoss Fleet, which relied on the advantage of the surprise attack, did not suffer any losses!
A great start!
This dazzling result made the worries and fear of the battle in the hearts of the soldiers of the combined fleet suddenly drop to the bottom. It turned out that the Xel'Naga fleet opposite, which looked very large, had only such a real combat power!
Almost everyone in the combined fleet, especially the Protoss fleet, was rejoicing over the recent victory. Only the two fleet commanders, Stukov and Harens, had expressions on their faces that were contrary to the seriousness of the atmosphere at this time.
Got up.
"Have the Kraken detachment break out immediately! Harens! I need your cover!"
Stukov gave orders to the insect mother responsible for commanding the Kraken detachment in an even nervous tone, and at the same time, in a very rare move, he took the initiative to ask Harens' protoss assault fleet to cover the evacuation.
Harens on the other side agreed to this request without hesitation, and under the extremely puzzled eyes of the fleet navigator, he gave the order to the Judge assault fleet to stop the attack immediately and do his best to cover the breakout of the insect swarm allies.
"Stukov! Speed up and break through! The opponent's counterattack will definitely begin soon!"
Hearing Harens's warning, Stukov's face twitched and did not reply immediately. He was looking nervously at the tactical star chart in front of him. The small triangle on the star chart represented the Kraken fleet. At this time
At this moment, it has almost completely penetrated into the heart of the Xel'Naga fleet!
However, the problem is that the huge fleet of the entire Xel'Naga fleet is shrinking rapidly. This makes the Kraken fleet, which is alone and deep, like a knife stuck in the enemy's bones. Although it has caused inconvenience to the enemy,
Although the damage is small, it is also facing a dangerous situation that is difficult to escape!
Both Stukov and Harens saw the danger the assault fleet was facing now, so instead of cheering along with the others, they became nervous!
"Order the fleet to strengthen its firepower and put more defensive pressure on the opponent. We cannot let them easily focus on the assault fleet!"
Stukov issued another order.
Under its command, the intensity of the artillery fire of the swarm fleet quickly increased to another level. Violent explosions continued to flash among the Xel'Naga fleet. The suddenly strengthened artillery fire increased the pressure on the front line defense of the Xel'Naga fleet.
!
But soon, the Xel'Naga fleet immediately retaliated. Thousands of twisted beams and negative energy rays cut through the dark void between the two fleets like a storm, blasting hard at the front line of the insect fleet.
Come!
The remaining Kraken in the swarm fleet had already moved to the front of the fleet. They swung their bodies sideways and used their huge bodies as bunkers for the ships in the rear row of the fleet, helping them block 80% of the artillery fire.
For a moment, both fleets poured out huge amounts of artillery fire towards each other. Colorful lights continued to shine in the void, and countless explosions unfolded on the front lines of both sides like a carpet paved with flowers of death!
Supported by the fierce firepower superiority of the combined fleet, the Kraken fleet that broke into the enemy's position began to take this opportunity to retreat backwards. At the same time, the Protoss' Inquisitor assault fleet also continued to use the bombing of self-destructing drones to open up retreat channels for them.
But of course the commander of the Xel'Naga fleet would not let go of this big fish that had caused heavy losses to his side so easily. He ordered the two wings of the fleet to continuously close to the center, and to attack the combined fleet from the top and bottom of the battlefield.
The assault team carries out the encirclement!
Suppressed by the Xel'Naga fleet's massive numerical advantage, the Kraken fleet's retreat was repeatedly slowed down, and at the same time, the battle losses of the entire assault fleet began to further increase.
Stukov observed the encirclement progress of the opponent's fleet from the battlefield star map, and then he quickly realized that according to the current retreat speed of the Kraken assault fleet, they would have no time to break out of the local blocking circle before the opponent formed an encirclement!
"...Order the Leviathan ships to prepare to start charging their main guns. The energy intensity is 80%. Target the side of our assault fleet. After charging is completed, wait for my salvo command!"
With no other choice, Stukov had no choice but to order his own flagship group to recharge its main guns, preparing to use the flagship's main guns to forcibly blast a retreat path for the Kraken fleet when it was at its most dangerous.
However, this means that the main gun of one's flagship will be the first to enter the salvo cooling period. During this cooling period, if the enemy's flagship chooses to use the main gun to straf the main battery of one's own fleet, they will have no choice but to wait to be beaten without being able to fight back.
Got it!
This is a very difficult and very dangerous tactical decision. If it is not handled well, the combined fleet may be at a complete disadvantage in this fleet battle because of this decision!
But even so, it had to make this decision, because these more than 400 Kraken are too important, and they simply cannot afford to lose such a huge main force of a branch fleet now!
Xue Hua, who had been standing on the sidelines watching Stukov command the battle, couldn't help but twitch his eyes after hearing his order. After experiencing so many fleet battles, he was still a little rough on fleet command.
Understanding, of course, he knows what kind of risk Stukov is taking now.
But he did not interfere with its command, because now the commander-in-chief of the entire swarm fleet is Stukov, and its orders represent the will of the master Xue Hua.
Xue Hua chose to continue to watch silently from the side. He wanted to see what Stukov could do to restore the situation after issuing this order.
