A Reminder
The new wave of Ancient Class Space Octopus arriving on the battlefield has undergone a new configuration, with a total of two hundred equipped with Electromagnetic Cannon. Together with the thirty-odd Ancient Class that survived the previous wave, they are responsible for long-range fire suppression.
In an instant, the Swarm's long-range firepower became much fiercer. On the other hand, considering the damage caused by the earlier artillery bombardment and the destruction caused by blocking the gun ports, the Riken Race's long-range firepower was much weaker than at the beginning.
Moreover, the location of the Ancient Class turret could only be threatened by the main guns of the Riken Race warships. As a result, the long-range firepower of the two sides gradually became equal.
But this only applies to sniper duels in the mid lane.
The second line of secondary artillery fire of the Riken Race, although its firepower had been greatly reduced, was still being maintained. However, their third and fourth lines of defense had been riddled with holes and were almost useless due to the close-range Mature Form and Larval Form.
While the secondary artillery firepower network appeared to be performing well on the surface, its firepower no longer posed a lethal threat to the Ancient Class.
In terms of data, a single shot from the main gun can penetrate the armor of Ancient Class vessel, and three or four shots can render it incapacitated in space. However, with the secondary guns, it would take five or six hits in the same spot to barely penetrate the armor, and even more to incapacitate it.
However, the Ancient Class targets are not stationary targets, and it is extremely difficult to hit them in the same spot repeatedly with so many shots.
However, the main guns must now be used to suppress long-range attacks from the Ancient Class, with only a few main guns available to help defend against these penetrating transport-type Ancient Class.
Ultimately, out of more than 300 transport-type Ancient Class, only a dozen or so were lost before they broke through the secondary gun fire network.
The situation is extremely critical.
This applies not only to the Riken Race, but also to the Swarm.
Rowan was surprised that the Riken Race's warships, which looked so imposing, were so useless; they broke through their defenses in just the second wave of troop deployment.
They have almost no good ways to deal with close-range Space Octopus.
Although many of the Larval Form that attempted to break through the defenses in the second wave have been destroyed by the Close-In Weapon System), there are still thousands of Larval Form active around the Riken Race fleet, and those Close-In Weapon System are also severely damaged.
Once 17 Larval Form enter the warship, they can destroy the entire ship from the inside. As a result, the Riken Race are now even afraid to accept their escape pods.
Even so, the situation for the Riken Race continued to deteriorate. Many warships were hit by long-range Electromagnetic Cannon from the Ancient Class, resulting in damage to their hulls. Many Larval Form had already squeezed into these gaps, and some warships had begun to fly outwards in their escape pods.
Although only two of the Riken Race's more than 300 main warships have been completely destroyed so far, over 100 warships have sustained varying degrees of damage, and more than 300 transport-type Ancient Class have already breached the second line of defense.
Keep in mind that they were carrying at least several thousand Mature Form and tens of thousands of Larval Form...
Furthermore, the Riken Race warships are only a little over a kilometer long, while the Ancient Class are over five hundred meters long. This size difference means that even if the transport-type Ancient Class warships are not equipped with Electromagnetic Cannon, their tentacles alone can cause great damage to the warships.
Once they get close, it's only a matter of time before the remaining 300-plus warships are dealt with, without even needing a fourth or fifth wave of reinforcements.
However, the Swarm has already launched 15 waves of Ancient Class fleets, all of which are on their way to the battlefield. Even if the Swarm stops sending more troops to the battlefield now, the forces already deployed are more than enough to completely eliminate the Riken Race fleet.
But Rowan's real goal wasn't to completely annihilate the Riken Race fleet...
It's a shame he was so prepared back then, going all out from the very beginning of the war. If it weren't for the limited number of electromagnetic catapults, perhaps even more troops would have arrived on the battlefield by now.
Before he could even exert his strength, the Riken Race fleet was already nearly overwhelmed.
He began to pray that if the Riken Race had any other trump cards up their sleeves, they should use them quickly and stop holding back, because if they kept holding back any longer, it wouldn't look good for anyone.
Perhaps they heard Rowan's prayer, or perhaps the Riken Race realized the seriousness of the approaching transport-type Ancient Class, they really unleashed their ultimate attack.
At General Masai's command, hundreds of strategic Nuclear Bomb were launched from the warship formation. These were not the individual tactical Nuclear Bomb, but super nuclear weapons with a yield of over 200 million tons each.
The Nuclear Bomb exploded as it approached the Ancient Class formation. Originally, these Ancient Class had a chance to avoid a direct impact, but Rowan would not give up such a convenient opportunity. He pretended that the Ancient Class ships were a beat too slow in dodging.
In fact, this point is no longer relevant to the battle. The power of a nuclear explosion is beyond imagination. Even if the Ancient Class beings had dodged in advance, the outcome probably wouldn't have changed much.
The intense light illuminated the starry sky and lingered for a long time, as if hundreds of suns had appeared. Some of the Swarm's Optical Observation units suffered severe damage to their organs.
The Ancient Class fleet, which faced the nuclear explosion head-on, was directly vaporized.
A radiation belt stretching thousands of kilometers was erected in space, separating the Riken Race warships from the Swarm's follow-up forces.
Massive amounts of light and heat radiation and charged particles crashed outwards, with the Riken Race fleet bearing the brunt.
The explosion of hundreds of high-yield Nuclear Bomb generated a large number of highly charged and fast-moving electrons, which produced an extremely powerful magnetic field, like a super EMP, instantly paralyzing a large number of electronic devices in the Riken Race fleet.
Fortunately, they were the ones who launched the Nuclear Bomb, and they had some calculations about the chain reaction it would cause. They activated their emergency plan early on, shutting down some equipment to prevent it from being burned.
But smaller fighter jets, escape pods, and Drone weren't so lucky; their bulkheads weren't strong enough to withstand this level of EMP, and they were quickly reduced to bricks.
If they don't receive timely rescue, they'll likely run out of air and supplies soon and suffocate in space. Unfortunately, the Riken Race fleet is currently unable to attend to them.
The violent explosion also affected Big Origin Star. A fierce storm impacted the atmosphere, and some areas absorbed a large amount of heat radiation in a short period of time. The rapid air movement triggered tidal storms. In addition, the large EMP caused the planet's magnetic field to become disordered, resulting in a chain reaction that Big Origin Star's internal world to split apart, with tsunamis sweeping across, earthquakes roaring, and volcanic eruptions.
Once these natural disasters subside, it's uncertain how many creatures will remain on those lands.
The Riken Race were initially confident of defeating the hidden forces on T855, given that they had received external assistance and their development speed far exceeded that of normal stellar-class civilizations.
But they never expected the enemy to be so powerful. The first wave of attacks stunned them, and the second wave of attacks crushed their arrogance and confidence.
Therefore, at that time, someone suggested retreating. And while the commanders were still discussing it, the detection instruments detected the number of waves of follow-up forces from the Swarm.
This was a flaw that Rowan deliberately exposed by having the Swarm suddenly halt their deployment. If there were any Chess Player, they would certainly be surprised.
So he chose to warn his opponents, meaning that they hadn't even started to exert their full strength yet, and if they knew what was good for them, they should run away quickly.
The Riken Race felt blessed by heaven, as they unexpectedly discovered the size of the enemy's forces. This terrified them, but fortunately, they discovered it in advance; otherwise, they wouldn't have had time to escape.
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