Flaming Red Lips
What does this mean?
The distance between the Earth and the Moon is over 300,000 kilometers. If other factors are not taken into account, the missile would only need four seconds to travel that distance. The Duoqi Fleet is currently over 10 million kilometers away from Chuyun Planet. Even with acceleration time, the missile would only need a little over two minutes to reach it.
This speed is already incredibly fast. Keep in mind that this is a missile, not Electromagnetic Cannon or an energy beam, which is a one-shot deal once it's fired. These missiles can carry Fire Control System and engine units, and can automatically search for targets.
At this speed, the Zerg technology has no way to intercept them, and once they get close, the Swarm units that are locked on have no way to escape their attack.
It can be said that, at this stage, this weapon is almost guaranteed to hit!
However, even such a powerful weapon has its flaws; in a sense, its advantages are also its disadvantages.
The engine system, capable of propelling the missile to such speeds, naturally consumes a massive amount of energy. The Duoqi Race powers the engine system with a nuclear battery, but because the engine's energy consumption is so high, the battery has never been miniaturized. Therefore, the missile hull must maintain a huge size, which has kept the missile's payload capacity limited.
Meanwhile, there is also an upgraded version of this missile. If the missile's power supply system is directly replaced with a Controlled Fusion device, although the missile body will be enlarged to a length of 100 meters and a diameter of 20 meters, it will already have the capability to strike targets at extremely long distances. And this extremely long distance is measured in light-years.
Of course, this type of missile is currently only suitable for the void environment between star systems, so its strategic value is very low. The reason it has become so useless is due to its second drawback.
Lacking intelligence, the Zerg were caught somewhat off guard when faced with this missile, named "Flaming Red Lips".
These missiles were incredibly fast; after the initial acceleration, their flight speed climbed to a terrifying level. If the Duoqi Race hadn't launched so many "Flaming Red Lips" at once, causing such obvious energy fluctuations, this exaggerated speed would have even caused the Swarm's observation devices to lose track of the target.
"It seems our radar system needs an upgrade!" Sarah's expression was grave. This newcomer was so arrogant; he must have some skills after all.
"Everyone, get moving!" Due to a lack of intelligence and preparation, the only option in the face of this attack was to relocate in an attempt to reduce the chance of being hit by enemy missiles.
Three minutes is enough time for the Space Octopus to move a considerable distance from their original positions.
However, such a high-tech weapon could not be targeted so easily. When it approached within 300,000 kilometers of the Swarm, the warhead at the front of the Flaming Red Lips suddenly exploded, revealing the actual warhead inside.
These are thirty-six Tactical Nuclear Bomb equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs). While Nuclear Bomb have some minor flaws, they are undeniably cost-effective weapons in space warfare. Although their yields are not as dramatic as Riken's Radiance Tactical Nuclear Bomb, each one is still enough to severely damage a warship.
If the three major fleets of the Riken Race were unprepared, this salvo from the Duoqi Race would have been enough to annihilate them. The Riken Race clearly realized this as well, and looking at the situation on Chuyun Planet, they broke out in a cold sweat.
Due to the enormous size of the "Flaming Red Lips" missile and some of its limitations, most of the Duoqi warships carried fewer than ten. However, in the salvo just now, each warship fired at least four missiles, equivalent to tilting half of its inventory.
It wasn't that the Duoqi Race didn't want to launch more, but according to calculations, launching half was already more than enough.
Indeed, this was the case. More than two thousand Duoqi warships, each launching at least four missiles, each missile having thirty-six warheads, totaling more than three hundred thousand Tactical Nuclear Bomb, accurately hit Zerg units under precision guidance.
"Damn it!" Sarah gritted her teeth. Since becoming a member of the Zerg, she had never suffered such a great loss. The Swarm combat units facing the Duoqi Race fleet, whether the Ancient Class destroyers lying in orbit or the land-based Ground-Based Artillery on the satellite surface, had been holding back for so long, and were almost completely wiped out in this attack.
The Swarm Blade have too little experience in space warfare, and their experience is clearly insufficient. In the previous battles against the Riken Race, with the help of an almost cheating intelligence system, they were always able to foresee everything, and the battles were just easy wins, so the experience gained was really limited.
With such a lack of intelligence, the Blade, led by Sarah, are starting to lose their composure.
Fortunately, with the protection of planets and satellites, the Swarm still had the strength to fight again. From the back of Chuyun Planet, a large number of Space Octopus emerged, gradually filling the area that had just been cleared back in. However, the land cannons on the surface of the satellites could not be replenished in the short term.
"Give them another round!" Dialo gave the order, and a new launch bay was opened. Tens of thousands of "Flaming Red Lips" missiles flew toward the Zerg lines. If they succeeded again, the Zerg defenses on Chuyun Planet would become a thing of the past.
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"Hmph! The same old trick again, do they really think we're idiots?" Sarah cursed angrily, still reeling from the earlier loss.
While the Ancient Class beings were filling in, the Electromagnetic Cannon cannons had already adjusted their angles and were now operating at overload, forcibly firing three rounds of cannon fire in a short period of time.
After three rounds of bombardment, the Electromagnetic Cannon misfired, and the cannon body was severely damaged. If it were Electromagnetic Cannon like the one used by the Riken Race, the only option would be to replace the barrel. However, the Swarm's advantage became apparent at this moment. The Space Octopus's metabolism accelerated, rapidly metabolizing the dead cells, and new replacement cells grew quickly with the energy supply. After only a short while, the Electromagnetic Cannon could be repaired.
But the focus at this moment was clearly not on that. Three rounds of full-force bombardment had fired over a million shells. It would take them at least several hours to reach the Duoqi Fleet, making a hit almost impossible.
But their purpose at this point was not to retaliate, but to fill the airspace between the two sides.
This is the second drawback of the "Flaming Red Lips" missile. Because of its extremely high speed, even the slightest obstacle would result in its destruction. Therefore, before detecting the missile, the Duoqi Fleet fired three rounds of main gun fire to clear the airspace between the two sides and clear the missile's path.
These details were keenly observed by the Blade. Since that's the case, I can simply do the opposite. You want to purge, then I'll fill in!
Although the two sides were far apart, the firing channel was only a small area, which was now filled with Electromagnetic Projectile...
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