Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 347

First clash

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In terms of combat potential, the total combat power of Zagara is a fleet of eight million Swarm. This total number is really not much for the Zagara Hatchery fleet with a daily output of 300,000 Swarm.

It was only after Kundera stopped attacking recently that Zagara had the opportunity to start expanding its sphere of influence and production capacity, and only then accumulated these fleets.

Of the eight million Swarm fleet, Zagara took away five million of them to fight Kundera from the front, while the remaining three million were placed in the rear to fight against the fragments of consciousness.

Two million of these three million were given to Gurt, whose task was to defend the core area on the front; one million was given to Moraes, so that she could find opportunities on the side.

After Zagara made the final decision, no one said anything more, and they all expressed that they would do their best to complete their tasks.

After leaving the venue, Moras felt very unhappy. In her mind, she was the most capable and most valued node by the Mistress. It was only right for the Mistress to lead an army, and she could only cooperate.

As for Gurt, Moraes thinks that he is just a guy who can play stupid tactics. It is just good luck that he can be recorded into the gene and become the Zerg hero unit, and he does not respect the mistress enough.

Now, Moraes feels that Gourt is a stumbling block in his path.

Gurt's mind is not at all about fighting for power. His own memory is long enough. Zagara's Swarm Network's ideological trend cannot change his essence in a short period of time.

For him, winning the war for the core of the network is what he should do, and the task he faces now is very difficult, and he must devote himself to the battlefield wholeheartedly.

After marching from the second hyperspace channel, Zhang Han was able to conquer all odds and occupy four galaxies of Zagara in succession.

Although the ground battles in these galaxies continued, just as he was disgusted by Zaire, he was also disgusted by Swarm's tunnel defense. It would take time to completely occupy it, but the galaxy space belonged to Zhang Han.

Now he faced the biggest obstacle on the offensive line, a twin star system. The two defensive star systems on the defender's side were connected by a hyperspace channel, forming a horn that could support each other.

After a trial attack, Zhang Han understood that this should be the breakthrough. There are not only the main force of Zagara, but also four war Hatchery, two in one galaxy.

Through the magic of Psionics, Zhang Han recognized the defensive logic and also recognized Gurt.

This guy is also called Little Kundera because he has the same logic consciousness as Kundera. He does not have Kundera's personal combat ability, but his playing style is very similar, which highlights his stability.

Seeing the exit of each galaxy's hyperspace channel, Gurth had piled up eight meteorite fortresses in front and back. Zhang Han felt that Swarm Node's heart must be very 'sunshine'.

The strength advantage of Zhang Han is huge. He has a fleet of three million Swarm in his hands, but trying to attack such an impregnable defense will not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also cause huge losses.

In the past, Zhang Han could only fight hard, but this time he also has his own war Hatchery. Although there are only two, he can still learn the fighting style of Zagara and wear down the defenders bit by bit.

The attack method of using Mutalisk and self-exploding mosquito consumption, and green fog spore cover is more effective in most situations.

Because there are only two war Hatchery, Zhang Han chose to attack the defensive galaxy No. 1 first, and he also placed a fleet of 500,000 Swarm at the gate of the No. 2 galaxy, mainly for containment.

In the early stages of the battle, there was really no difference. Zhang Han successfully used the green mist spores to establish a relatively stable front at the exit of the hyperspace channel.

The fortifications built by the green mist spores were used as the core to advance, which mainly consumed Mutalisk and self-destructing mosquitoes. Even the tusk warships and Zhang Han, which were originally considered as units of consumption, were rarely dispatched.

He planned to wait to observe the weak points of Gurt's defense before mobilizing troops to launch an attack. Unexpectedly, he attracted Gurt's counterattack.

Facing the increasingly thick green mist spores, Gurt did not have the method of Zhang Han that could remove the spores on a large scale like Psionic Storm, but he also had his own way of dealing with it.

The way to destroy the green mist spores is the skill Fungal Growth from Infestor. This is originally a skill that slows down the enemy and continuously reduces the enemy's blood volume. It should not be very effective on a cosmic scale.

When Gurt counterattacked, Zhang Han's eyes were opened.

Facing the fortifications formed by green mist spores that were more than ten kilometers thick and hundreds of kilometers wide, like a honeycomb, Gurt first used the spore towers and plasma towers on his meteorite fortress to bombard them.

After attracting Zhang Han's frontal attention, they dispatched a fully-equipped fleet of thirty thousand Swarm from the side, using intensive firepower to clear the way and kill the outer wall formed by the green mist spores in one breath.

Then millions of combat bugs were dropped on a large number of Overlord, including Infestor that could destroy the structure of green mist spores and use Fungal Growth. The space battle between fleets and bombardments turned into a ground attrition war relying on the creation of green mist spores.

Gurt even used Drone to start hatching the spore tower directly on it!

In the final analysis, this is not Creep, nor is it a living creation of Swarm. The green mist spores are just a covert auxiliary tool that changes the terrain to take damage.

Fungal Growth destroys the terrain that is not conducive to one's own side, deploys troops in areas that are conducive to one's own terrain, and uses a large number of Hydralisk, plasma bugs, and fire Roach to attack the inside of the fortifications.

After a while, Gurt's combat bugs occupied the ten-kilometer-long green mist spore fortification. Zhang Han's Swarm fleet hidden inside was more or less hit.

Combat bugs are inherently small and flexible, and the firepower of the huge Swarm fleet is blocked by spore fortifications. Mutalisk and self-exploding mosquitoes cannot effectively destroy Hydralisk and other specialized anti-air combat bugs.

As if he realized that his raid was advantageous, Gurt increased the number of combat bugs that landed to ten million in one go.

Zhang Han The Swarm fleet that was initially sent to attack the galaxy was only one hundred thousand, and Hatchery did not have any to fight, because the exit of the hyperspace channel was not wide enough to expand.

The one hundred thousand Swarm fleet was already very crowded in the spore fortifications. Now Infestor can drill holes in the spore fortifications very quickly and send combat bugs to suitable places to attack Zhang Han's Swarm fleet.

After all, the firepower of the battle bugs is very light, and the damage caused is only a few hundred Swarm battleships, but it is extremely insulting.

It was obviously a fortification built by oneself, but it was used by the enemy.

After thinking about it, Zhang Han himself would be at a disadvantage if he sent combat bugs to compete with Gurt inside the spore fortification. Not only would it waste time, but he might not be able to win quickly.

So he had to use the worms to use Psionic Storm to clear out all the spore fortifications occupied by Gurt. In this way, Gurt's combat bugs were easily eliminated, but the Swarm fleet of Zhang Han was under the firepower of the meteorite fortress.

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