Overlord Koret, under the heavy protection of the Swarm fleet, carefully observed the planet bombarded by meteorites. His strategic purpose was not fully achieved, and he needed to recalculate the winning rate and attack plan.
Two of the five meteorites were destroyed and one was blown to pieces. This result did not satisfy Koret, so he silently modified the combat power calculation logic of Cerebrate, raising the difficulty of the confrontation with Antilians to a higher level.
The first meteorite fell on Cadian's equator, and a huge mushroom cloud and smoke rushed directly into space. The explosion caused by the impact completely annihilated five kilograms of antimatter.
This impact not only destroyed the laser matrix on the equator, but its smoke and dust will enter the atmospheric circulation and destroy the ecological environment of the entire planet.
Immediately afterwards, the second meteorite fell to the ground, hitting part of Thor's hammer defense matrix, and the shock wave caused by the impact covered hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
The ground fortifications that were directly hit were completely melted, and the huge crater will become a landmark directly visible from space in the future.
It was a pity that the third meteorite was blown to pieces. From the moment Swarm Network saw the Antilians soldier detonating the anti-matter bomb, Koret was already reflecting on his carelessness.
Because it was exploded by an antimatter bomb, the meteorite lost a lot of mass and its planned trajectory deviated a lot. It was originally intended to hit the core fortress of Cadian, but ended up hitting the North Pole.
The Arctic glaciers and seawater were completely melted, causing tsunamis that could reach up to thousands or tens of thousands of meters. A large amount of water was vaporized by high temperatures and turned into thick white mist. The huge white mist seemed to put a white hat on the planet Cadian.
Other scattered meteorite fragments that were not burned by the atmosphere also turned into meteor showers covering millions of square kilometers of land, just like an evil wizard unleashing the magic of Doomsday.
It seems that the Arctic is a good place to land. The temperature there is very high and there are not many defense facilities. Hatchery can adapt to such a harsh environment.
As long as Hatchery is built first, with the resources and water on the planet, combat bugs will be hatched continuously. Coupled with the recycling ability of Creep, even the strongest fortress will be pierced by water drops.
In order to better complete the plan to land and establish Hatchery, Koret planned to attack east and west first. Not attacking at such a good opportunity would only make the defenders on Cadian more prepared.
Koret invested 100,000 of the remaining 150,000 Swarm fleet into this attack, and the remaining 50,000 were used as reserves.
The one hundred thousand Swarm fleet was divided into three square formations, entered low-Earth orbit, and began continuous orbital bombing. Not to be outdone, Cadian's defense facilities quickly began to counterattack under the command of Feng Huo.
The atmosphere that had just been broken by the meteorite was 'ignited' by the weapons of both warring parties, and the entire Cadian seemed to be burning in flames.
If the battlefield is compared to a canvas, the colorful ones that sizzle and sizzle when touching any object are the acid bombs that can burn through the canvas; the ones that not only burn through the canvas, but also electrify the surrounding canvas and roll up are the plasma bombs; the ones that can penetrate the canvas with just one shot and roar like thunder are the gigabit electromagnetic guns.
Fusion weapons, high-energy lasers, and tachyon light spears also often appear, either burning the canvas or cutting it into pieces.
Kadian's counterattack was very tenacious. Koret assessed that the effect of his meteorite strike was really not good. He would definitely prepare two more meteorites next time.
The two feint landing operations failed. Millions of combat bugs failed to establish a stable position on the ground. The combat effectiveness of Cadian's super soldiers was too strong.
The advantage is that the feint has attracted most of Cadian's ground troops to the southern hemisphere, close to the equator, so they will encounter much less resistance when they land in the vast white North Pole.
Three days later, Koret established a stable Hatchery in the Arctic. Millions of combat bugs were hatched every day to engage in meat-crushing battles with Cadian's Antill warriors.
He also discovered that even for Cadian, which had a large part of its defense facilities destroyed, using the Swarm fleet to shoot at the defense facilities was too much of a loss. The only remaining heavy tachyon light lance could destroy a Leviathan in one blow.
Even if the orbital bombardment in the past few days destroyed many Cadian defense facilities, the losses to the Swarm fleet were also huge.
In the subsequent battles, it would be more cost-effective to carefully use landing troops to chip away at Cadian's strong fortress bit by bit.
War Cerebrate speculates that this cannibalizing attack method is slower, but Cadian can only persist for a month at most, a month of sleepless fighting. Even if these mortals use drugs to support their spirits, they will always reach their limit.
The fruits of victory must belong to Swarm.
However, accidents like this happen once, and they will always happen again and again. Ten days later, a fleet of 30,000 Sapphire Civilization appeared in the Cadian Galaxy.
This is the Sapphire Civilization Expeditionary Force where Chen Hui belongs.
"On behalf of the Antill civilization, I am very grateful to the Sapphire Civilization for its assistance. The news of your assistance helped Cadian stabilize the gradually collapsing morale. Your early arrival saved a billion surviving Antilians..."
Feng Huo quickly got in touch with the flagship of Sapphire Civilization, and he expressed his gratitude excitedly.
It can be seen from the communication screen that he has been having a hard time during this time. He has big black eye bags, his eyeballs are deeply sunken, and his cheeks have no flesh. Apart from a pair of bright eyes, he looks more like a zombie.
"In order to fight against the natural disaster Swarm, civilizations between Stellaris Council should help each other." Zhang Zihao, the commander-in-chief of the Sapphire Civilization Fleet, replied with a smile.
"I'll say thank you later. Please send Marshal Fenghuo the information on Swarm's combat effectiveness and share the sensors. We need to work together to defeat the natural disaster Swarm."
Zhang Zihao's gentle words sounded like a joint operation, but in fact he was asking for the command of Feng Huo. He is the commander-in-chief of the Sapphire Civilization Fleet. He is responsible for every battleship. Naturally, he cannot rescue Antilians regardless of the cost.
After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Fenghuo agreed. The combat effectiveness and deployment of the Swarm fleet, as well as the radar sensors on Cadian, were all shared.
On the Sapphire Man's flagship Peacemaker, the main control computer quickly virtualized the battlefield. Cadian was marked in blue, the Swarm fleet was marked in red, and the Sapphire fleet was marked in green.
Putting on his auxiliary command gloves, Zhang Zihao was just about to show off his skills when he was shocked by the combat power analysis in the corner of his eye.
According to Zhang Zihao's common sense, a 30,000-standard steel fleet with field shields can surely defeat the 100,000-thousand-thousand Swarm fleet. What's more, the Peace Messenger is a Titan-class battleship of the Sapphire Civilization. Such a configuration can crush it no matter what.
As a result, computer calculations showed that the Sapphire Civilization would have to lose at least 5,000 to 10,000 fleets in order to win.