Before the new spore fortification was established, Zhang Han lost an additional three thousand Swarm fleet under Gurt's firepower. Gurt then repeated his old trick and prepared to airdrop combat insects onto the spore fortification.
This time Zhang Han was on guard. He used the worm to strengthen Psionics Corruptor, overloading its white light breath.
The white light swept across Gurt's Swarm fleet like a sword of divine punishment, severely damaging Gurt's landing fleet in advance.
Gurt, who saw the powerful Psionics combat power of Zhang Han for the first time, did not force a landing, but withdrew the fleet.
Zhang Han had the upper hand and was naturally unyielding. The Swarm fleet inside the spore fortification continued to output firepower, using plasma bombs, acid bombs, and giga-cannons to eliminate about 5,000 Gurt Swarm fleets.
In the first round of fighting, in terms of battle losses, it was a 50-50 split. From a strategic perspective, Zhang Han suffered a slight loss. After all, he was the attacker grabbing time.
I don't know if I play too many strategic games, but occasionally I have the mentality that once I suffer a loss, I will get more and more angry.
Relying on the Swarm fleet's large scale, high numbers, and proficiency Psionics, Zhang Han is ready to use its own advantages to make a fierce attack.
In the galaxy where the attack started, 2.9 million Swarm fleets were densely packed throughout the galaxy, almost surrounding the stars. After all, the Swarm fleets were alive and needed energy replenishment.
Therefore, when there is no battle, in order to reduce consumption, they will float near the stars to bask in the sun, which can be regarded as a way to maintain the maintenance cost of the huge Swarm fleet.
The fleet of one hundred thousand Swarm slowly left the orbit of the star and jumped into hyperspace.
The onslaught began soon. The one hundred thousand Swarm fleet was specially hatched by Zhang Han. Both the carapace strength and the firepower intensity were higher than the ordinary Swarm fleet. In terms of quality and cost-effectiveness, it was on the quality side.
The first one to speak was the Thousand Swarm Leviathan. These Thousand Leviathans are also specialized. The main weapons are no longer plasma cannons and gigacannons, but tachyon light spears.
No unit in Gurt's defense fleet could block the tachyon light spear's fire. On the meteorite fortress, a large number of giant spore towers were also cut into several sections by the blue light and suffered heavy damage.
The previous Swarm fleet did not use weapons such as tachyon spears. The reason is also very simple: excessive firepower.
Tachyon light spears are ineffective if they are not very powerful, so Antilians is also installed on battleships or planetary fortresses.
When the tachyon light spear hits Mutalisk and Corruptor, it is a real loss. So what if it kills instantly? Swarm has more. But after Zhang Han fought Stellaris Council several times, it was discovered that the tachyon light spear is still very useful in tough battles.
Blocking the exit of the hyperspace channel, the two meteorite fortresses were at the front. After Swarm Leviathan used a tachyon light spear to clear out part of the spore towers, Zhang Han first ordered a fleet of 20,000 tusk battleships, Corruptor, and Devourer to launch an attack.
Seeing a large number of Swarm warships rushing out of the green spore fortifications, Gurt also understood that this was also a fierce attack, and he immediately sent a fleet of thirty thousand Swarm to stop it.
As soon as the Swarm fleets of both sides entered each other's weapon range, they began a fierce exchange of fire. In this round of mutual charging and shooting, the qualitative advantage of the Zhang Han fleet was reflected.
Zhang Han's side only lost a lot of tusk warships that were used as human shields, but Gurt's side not only lost a lot of Devourer, but also Corruptor who were doing output from the rear.
Gurth was a very keen Swarm Node. He immediately accelerated his thinking and began to analyze the reasons for his own side's greater battle losses by investigating the pictures sent back by Cerebrate.
Fifty or sixty attack pictures began to rotate around him, showing the depth of damage caused by one's own acid bombs, plasma bombs, and high-temperature acid on the carapace of different types of Zhang Han.
Except for the high-temperature acid sprayed by Devourer, the power of other attack methods dropped by 30 to 40% when facing the Swarm fleet of Zhang Han.
So he immediately judged that his 30,000 Swarm fleet would be penetrated by Zhang Han's 20,000 fleet. Immediately afterwards, he ordered his fleet to retreat, and then let a 10,000-sized tusk warship and 40,000 Mutalisk plus 100,000 self-destructing mosquitoes attack the Zhang Han fleet from the flanks.
He believed that after this round of troops was dispatched, Zhang Han would choose to retreat to the spore fortification, otherwise he would be outflanked and covered with firepower from the defensive firepower on the meteorite fortress.
The Meteorite Fortress is so big, it will take a lot of time for the tachyon light spear to clear out the defense tower group bit by bit.
This time it was Zhang Han's turn to surprise him. A thousand Nether Worms located in the middle of the twenty thousand Swarm fleet took action.
Because their appearance was so similar to that of Brood Lord, Gurt did not recognize it. He thought that Zhang Han was reluctant to invest the precious ghost worms in such an attack that would surely cause huge losses.
The white hell caused by Psionic Storm immediately enveloped the Swarm fleet sent by Gurth to outflank it. Because of Shroud's deeper relationship, the power of Psionics's spell was further enhanced. Mutalisk and the self-destructing mosquitoes were all instantly killed, just like a pot of boiling water poured on the white snow.
The tusk battleship with its thick carapace also suffered a lot of losses. It looked very embarrassed in the pitch black color, and its maneuverability was also damaged.
The moment the white Psionic Storm appeared, Gurt's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ordered his Swarm fleet to retreat immediately. It was a retreat rather than a retreat.
Obviously, it was too late. The Netherworm provided Psionics Enchantment for the Swarm fleet of Zhang Han, increasing the defense and flight speed of the entire fleet.
Soon, Zhang Han's fang battleship rushed into Gurt's Swarm fleet, and the fleets of both sides were fighting together. The firepower on the meteorite fortress did not dare to fire at will, because it would not only hurt the enemy, but also hurt one's own people.
If you include the stronger defense of the Zhang Han fleet, the fire coverage will have a greater impact on your own people.
Gurth hesitated, but Zhang Han would not hesitate. His remaining 80,000 Swarm fleet immediately pressed forward. Using Gurth's entangled fleet as a cover, they rushed towards the Meteor Fortress from another direction.
When Gurt considered the stakes clearly and started to let the spore towers on the meteorite fortress provide fire coverage, Zhang Han's 80,000 Swarm fleet had already occupied a favorable position and cleared the spore towers near the landing site.
The first batch of 10 million combat bugs was dropped on the Meteor Fortress. This was Zhang Han's revenge operation for Gurt's landing just now.
In order to quickly defeat Zhang Han's Swarm fleet, Gurth first mobilized 150,000 Swarm fleets to attack his fleet from the side and rear. Then he mobilized all the fighting bugs he left on the meteorite fortress and began a ground battle with Zhang Han.
This falls into the area of advantage of Zhang Han. The combat bugs strengthened by Psionics Enchantment can generally defend the landing site with one against two, and begin to hatch Hatchery.