Five Months

Although the two Swarm forces that broke through were quickly wiped out at the cost of friendly warships, the overall situation on the battlefield is still far from optimistic for the Yuntu Clan.

In the northwest, the area that served as the breakthrough point for the Yuntu Clan has been breached, and they have turned back to encircle the Swarm, giving them a slight advantage.

However, the front and middle sections of the battlefield had become disconnected, and fewer troops had broken away, resulting in a lack of reinforcements at the front lines, making it impossible to expand the advantage and leading to a stalemate.

From the middle to the rear of the battlefield, this long front has seen over a billion Unmanned Fighter perish due to Unmanned Fighter unique combat methods.

However, the number of Unmanned Fighter is simply too large. With 50 million warships and each warship carrying 3,000 Unmanned Fighter, their numbers reach as high as 15 billion. Therefore, even now, there are still tens of billions of them.

Despite their desperate resistance, the Yuntu Fleet was still able to hold its own against the Swarm forces. However, in some localized areas, the situation had deteriorated beyond repair.

More than a thousand Desolate Class Mothership were supplying Ancient Class ships to the Yuntu Fleet at a steady frequency. These melee masters caused the Yuntu Clan a great deal of trouble.

Fortunately, with the encirclement of the Swarm in the northwest being wiped out and broken through, the various units of Yuntu finally gained the autonomy to attack. The main guns, which had been aimed at the front, turned around and pushed back the approaching Swarm forces slightly.

With the pressure greatly reduced, the secondary guns of each ship were finally able to defend against those wretched Ancient Class Projectile. Without the restraint of other units, the few Ancient Class Projectile on their own were simply unable to break through the crushing fire of the secondary guns of the Yuntu Fleet, which numbered in the tens of millions.

A fleet of this caliber might only be able to break through on its own when the number of Electromagnetic Launch Platform -equipped Desolate Class Mothership reaches millions or tens of millions. But at that point, they are still far from being able to do so.

Although the Swarm's attack was repelled, a large number of the Ancient Class that had previously broken in remained in the fleet. There were more than 20,000 of them. Although some of the Mature Form and Larval Form forms they released were destroyed by the Close-In Weapon System, a considerable number still survived.

Perhaps their numbers are insignificant compared to Yuntu Fleet of tens of millions, but the destruction caused by these melee specialists is beyond imagination. Even a Swarm of ranged units a hundred or a thousand times larger cannot compare.

The Mature Form and Larval Form are relatively easy to deal with; although the Biological Armor is powerful, it can still be damaged by dense artillery fire. Thanks to an unimaginable number of Close-In Weapon System, their numbers are constantly decreasing.

But those Ancient Class really gave the Yuntu Clan a headache. With a complete power supply system, the Ancient Class creatures could bear heavier armor. Their Biological Armor had undergone a qualitative change. Not only could Close-In Weapon System only polish them, but even secondary weapons could not cause much damage if they could not hit continuously.

Their destructive speed, through continuous practice, has become extremely efficient. The Rowan's Combat Technique has reappeared: first a left and right sweep, then a large pendulum, then a Willow-Pulling Strength, and finally a final blow to the Face Smash the turret to completely destroy a warship.

Then he jumped onto another warship, fired the two main guns at close range, and took down another one. After that, while the main guns were charging, he used the Rowan's Combat Technique, repeating the cycle repeatedly, which was extremely efficient.

"We must eliminate them!" These 20,000 Ancient Class creatures are not many, not even as many as the Swarm that previously exploited the weakness, but they are several times more troublesome.

They have become one with the fleet and are very adept at using the cover of the Yuntu Warship, employing various angle-blocking techniques to make the Yuntu Clan to attack. Moreover, they are quick to react, agile, and extremely difficult to lock onto; eliminating them is virtually impossible without causing some friendly fire.

Once the bottom line is crossed, it can no longer be called the bottom line. The commander-in-chief of the Yuntu Clan fleet had previously ordered attacks indiscriminately, the most serious of which resulted in the simultaneous destruction of two Swarm infiltration forces and two warship formations.

Therefore, launching another indiscriminate attack at this point would no longer be a burden for him.

With the main cannons roaring, in order to ensure the annihilation of all the Ancient Class that had entered the battle formation, the Yuntu Clan even cleared a large area. In the all-encompassing attack that did not distinguish between friend and foe, the number of their own warships destroyed even exceeded that of the Ancient Class.

Fortunately, those annoying melee masters were all eliminated.

The war seemed to have returned to square one, falling into a stalemate once again.

In space warfare, there is no sun or moon, and three months quickly passed. During this time, more and more of the Yuntu Clan's warships broke free of the encirclement, and their forces in the northwest had already reached a considerable size. They turned back to harass the encirclement and gradually eroded the Swarm's forces.

The Swarm repeatedly took advantage of the Yuntu Clan movements to forcefully penetrate their battle lines. However, the Yuntu Clan seemed to have become accustomed to firing on their own people, and with swift and decisive action, each penetration was successfully thwarted. Nevertheless, in terms of casualties, the Swarm was always the one gaining.

After all, at the start of the war, the troop strength of the two sides was 200 million to 50 million.

Meanwhile, the Swarm made several attempts to break through the blockade of Unmanned Fighter in a certain area and send the Ancient Class Projectile into the Yuntu Clan's battle formation. However, the Yuntu Clan's main cannons were now being used for defense, resulting in a surge in firepower. The Swarm's repeated attempts were unsuccessful, but they still gave the Yuntu Clan a jolt of fear.

After sacrificing several waves of troops, the Swarm quickly changed tactics and began to completely encircle and annihilate the Unmanned Fighter force. Up to tens of billions of Unmanned Fighter, some of which were equipped with Dark Energy mines to enhance their attack power, could also serve as meat shields, with each aircraft capable of withstanding at least one bombardment from an Ancient Class main cannon.

If the defensive line formed by them is not cleared out, it will indeed be difficult to attack the main body of the Yuntu fleet. The Ancient Class artillery fire shifted, Mature Form, Larval Form, space-based Spider War-Bug, and even EMP Bug all appeared. Under the all-out encirclement and suppression of the Swarm, the number of Unmanned Fighter has been reduced to less than five billion in three months.

The loss of more than half of their Unmanned Fighter significantly weakened their defenses. Two months later, the number of Unmanned Fighter had dwindled to less than one billion, and most of the remaining ones were versions without Dark Energy mines. Such Unmanned Fighter could play a negligible role.

The five-month space war saw neither side cease fire for a moment. Such a high-intensity and prolonged conflict was a test for both sides. Although the Yuntu Clan possessed advanced technology, their creations did not have the property of being indestructible, especially some high-precision equipment, whose wear and tear was exacerbated by high-intensity use.

Fortunately, they had prepared for this and had spare parts, but after five months, most of the replaceable parts had been used up.

At this intensity of warfare, if the fighting continues for another three months, a significant portion of the weapons will be rendered inoperable. If it continues for another five months, most of the warships will likely be reduced to massive, ineffective metal blocks.