Attack and Defense
On the front, although there will be some losses, as the number of Swarm units lost increases and the firepower density decreases, the Duoqi Fleet can actively adjust its position and change the Reactive Armor on different parts to face the attack, just like before.
However, because he missed some information, the entire fleet now has to take the Swarm's Electromagnetic Cannon head-on, which drives the very narcissistic and arrogant Dialo crazy.
"Huff... huff... huff..." After taking a few deep breaths to calm his frustrated mind, his intelligence returned. "Send out half of the Drone to block our backs! Everyone accelerate and get out of here!"
While Drone are defenseless against highly penetrating Energy Main Cannon, they can still offer some protection against physical collision attacks like Electromagnetic Projectile.
Although they are still as fragile as paper when facing electromagnetic cannons, unlike energy beams, Electromagnetic Projectile can be deflected.
If the trajectory of Electromagnetic Projectile changes even slightly upon impact, even by as little as 0.001 millimeters, it will drift far from its original target after flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
Blue arcs of Electric Arc flashed, and even the void seemed to scorch as the fully charged Electromagnetic Cannon unleashed its first attack.
Although the Duoqi Fleet had been retreating, the forward thrusters were not as powerful as the main thrusters, and they could only operate by opening the protective plates during firing intervals, which was very inefficient. In all this time, they had only retreated less than 100,000 kilometers.
At this distance, even if the Electromagnetic Projectile's flight speed is several times slower than the energy beam, the base speed is too small. Even multiplying ten seconds by ten, it would still be less than two minutes. Such a short time is simply not enough for the Duoqi Fleet to make an effective evasion, especially since they are currently changing direction and have reduced their maneuverability to the extreme.
Fortunately, the Duoqi Drone had been deployed, a dense array of over 500,000 Drone, completely blocking the firing channels between the Swarm and the Duoqi Fleet.
In the pitch-black space, explosions erupted as Drone were torn apart, their trajectories slightly altered, but the Electromagnetic Projectile, with almost no loss of kinetic energy, continued to tear apart other Drone.
The debris from the impact shot out in all directions, causing further damage. In the first salvo from the Swarm, 60% of the massive machine guns were destroyed.
After the bombardment ended, only a dozen or so warships were hit by the Electromagnetic Projectile, indicating that the Drone had completed their mission exceptionally well. Furthermore, the shattered remains of 300,000 Drone formed a barrier in the middle of the battlefield, and they will still be effective in the next round of bombardment by the Swarm.
"Shoot out all the remaining Flaming Red Lips!" Dialo ordered, his serious face and cracked, dark red skin making him look even more ferocious.
The Duoqi Fleet consists of various types of warships. The smallest warships are about 1,600 meters long and are the most numerous, carrying eight "Flaming Red Lips" missiles. However, the larger warships, due to their larger interior space, carry a correspondingly larger number of "Flaming Red Lips" missiles.
For example, Dialo's flagship and two escort ships were equipped with sixteen "Flaming Red Lips" missiles.
At the start of the war, two rounds of these super missiles were launched, with each warship launching four missiles per round. The smaller warships had already used up their stockpiles, but the larger warships still had some left, though not many. The entire fleet had only a little over five hundred missiles remaining.
After Dialo gave the order, the launch silos on the Duoqi warship opened, and the missiles were ejected, flying into the distance amidst white smoke.
Although the shipping lanes were not cleared and the middle of the battlefield was covered with wreckage and debris, "Flaming Red Lips" was equipped with its own target acquisition radar and thrusters. Its artificial intelligence could easily calculate a new shipping lane and make turns.
And as long as it doesn't accelerate too fast, it's not a problem if it gets hit by small particles a few times, given its protective capabilities.
More than 500 "Flaming Red Lips" missiles bypassed the wreckage area in the center of the battlefield and flew towards the Swarm land-based Electromagnetic Cannon on Chuyun Planet.
Dialo issued the firing order immediately after the artillery barrage because the Electromagnetic Cannon has a long charging time. By taking advantage of this gap, even if the missiles are flying at a slower speed, they will have enough time to hit the targets before the Electromagnetic Cannon is fully charged.
Without the interception of Electromagnetic Cannon, if they were to reach their designated locations and detonate, the more than 10,000 Tactical Nuclear Bomb would be enough to severely damage the Swarm's ground facilities.
However, the Swarm would not sit idly by. The moment "Flaming Red Lips" was ejected from the launcher, the Swarm, which was constantly monitoring the movements of the Duoqi Fleet, discovered them.
At the same time, tens of thousands of Laser Overseer took to the air. These insects, which were originally designed to intercept Electromagnetic Projectile, now formed a new line of defense.
They did not immediately attack the "Flaming Red Lips" projectile, firstly because the distance was still too far, and secondly because their power was insufficient to penetrate the projectile in a short time.
After the missile's warhead exploded, the Tactical Nuclear Bomb, aided by its multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV), reselected its target, ignited its tail thrusters, and dispersed in all directions. At the same time, tens of thousands of red streaks pierced the sky.
The number of Laser Overseer must be at least twice that of Tactical Nuclear Bomb, so each Nuclear Bomb will be cared for by at least two Laser Overseer.
The laser quickly burned through the Nuclear Bomb's body. For such precision weapons, if any part—whether it's the fire control system, the Propulsion Engine, or the activation device—is damaged, they lose most of their threat.
"Damn it! Detonate remotely!" Dialo was exasperated at failing to achieve his objective and gave the order. The command was quickly relayed, and the Tactical Nuclear Bomb detonated one after another.
Tiny suns lit up the sky, the brilliant nuclear explosions radiating light and heat. Unfortunately, these were "clean" Nuclear Bomb had been detonated twice and did not produce radiation. Otherwise, leaving behind a radiation zone would have been extremely beneficial for the Swarm.
However, many Nuclear Bomb whose triggering or communication devices were destroyed were not detonated remotely. They were collected by the Swarm after the war and used as "food".
Although the Nuclear Bomb did not destroy the Swarm's ground facilities, they still disabled their Optical Observation devices. Furthermore, each Nuclear Bomb was essentially a large-scale EMP; if the Swarm were a primarily mechanical civilization, such a large-scale nuclear explosion at such close range would likely have disabled even more infrastructure. Even so, the Swarm's radar systems were severely disrupted.
Fortunately, even without radar guidance, the Intellect adjusted the firing angle of the Electromagnetic Cannon based on experience, and the second round of bombardment was launched shortly after the nuclear explosion.
Although the Duoqi Race is primarily mechanical, because they were far from the nuclear explosion and had their own protective mechanisms, they were largely unaffected except for their optical devices, which were also destroyed.
The Drone swarm was repositioned, focusing its blockade on areas where the wreckage was more vulnerable.
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