On the flanking channels, the progress of Chloe and Stars was not very smooth either.
Stars led his fleet to easily occupy the fortress planet left by Stellaris Council. There were only some old, weak, sick and disabled people here, so victory was a given.
However, we ran into trouble when we went deep into the core area of Zagara. The hyperspace channel here was too complicated, with five or six forked roads. Unless we continued to divide our forces, it would be difficult to explore the route.
Within this month, they tried to divide their forces once, but they were attacked and lost one hundred thousand Swarm fleet.
According to existing intelligence analysis, Zagara here has at least a fleet of Swarm that is no less than theirs, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack.
As long as the Swarm fleet has less than 500,000 troops, it will be attacked. This is what Chloe discovered when she emergency rescued a 300,000-strong squadron. Fortunately, she came quickly, otherwise this fleet would also have been eaten.
In one month, the two men, with a fleet of two million Swarms, only captured five Zagara Hatchery systems, and only two were completely occupied. The remaining three combat bugs from both sides were still fighting back and forth in the underground tunnels.
In order to delay time, even if Zagara's Hatchery has no defensive fleet, hundreds of millions to more than a billion fighting bugs will be stationed. They rely on planet fortifications and underground passages to resist, and it is impossible to eat them in a short time.
Stars jumped into a new Hatchery galaxy with a fleet of 500,000 people. This time her progress was slightly out of touch with the rear.
Overmind's order was for her and Chloe to find an outflanking route, instead of wasting time one by one Hatchery. The recent situation made her very dissatisfied with the advancement progress, so this time she was extra aggressive.
This Hatchery galaxy also seems to be empty. The space hatchery and Dyson membrane are floating quietly in the universe, and there are Hatchery reactions on the three planets.
With a helpless sigh, Stars knew that this was going to be another long strangled battle. She divided the fleet into three and rushed to the three planets respectively. She led a squadron to destroy the transport system of the Dyson membrane and cut off its energy supply to Hatchery.
These are all routine operations for occupying a galaxy. The next step is to orbital bombard first, then plant Hatchery, gradually wearing down the power to defend Hatchery.
Cerebrate, who assisted Stars in commanding the Swarm fleet in the three wars, simultaneously issued a warning that there was a risk of being ambushed. Soon the reconnaissance Overlord passed a series of intelligence into Stars's brain.
First, a large number of green mist spores dispersed on the three Hatchery planets, and countless Swarm fleets flew out from them and entered space. Then, the hyperspace vibration reached its peak, and at the other end of the galaxy, a fleet of three hundred thousand Swarm fleets jumped in.
This is a trap!
There are more than 100,000 Swarm fleets on each planet, and with the main force that just jumped in, the enemy has an advantage in numbers. Stars's 500,000 fleets are scattered in three locations in the galaxy due to her division of troops, which is very dangerous!
On her Swarm Leviathan, Moras was very excited. She finally caught a pretty good fighter opportunity.
She was also unhappy with the recent battle. Chloe and Stars were very cautious. She arranged several ambushes and made so many plans, but few of them worked. The biggest result was only the destruction of a hundred thousand enemy fleet, and her own losses were not small.
Such a record is not good, and it is difficult to stand out in front of the mistress. What's more, Gurt's results are very good, firmly blocking the enemy's main force, which makes her ability even more mediocre.
She had been setting up this galaxy's trap for a long time, just to prepare for a big one. On each planet, she arranged a fleet of 150,000 Swarm to entangle the enemy. She led a main force of 300,000 to outflank them from the sides and defeat them one by one.
As long as the enemy's half-million Swarm fleet is eaten up within seven days, she, Moras, will be the node with the greatest military exploits. Moreover, this ambush location was carefully selected. Even if the enemy sends reinforcements now, it will take seven days to sail in hyperspace to reach it.
Everything is going according to her plan.
Stars felt tremendous pressure. Under the calculations of war Cerebrate, her probability of failure was rapidly increasing, as was the probability of being annihilated.
The fleets she separated were all entangled, and she thought it would be difficult to gather the scattered forces in a short period of time. The battle situation was even worse. She sent 150,000 Swarm fleets to each of the three planets, and she only had a mobile fleet of 50,000.
If the enemy's main force of 300,000 jumps in and starts to defeat her fleet one by one, she will face three times the pressure of the enemy in each battlefield.
Stars immediately increases the communication Cerebrate by Swarm Network to get in touch with the outside world.
The first person contacted was Chloe. The ambush of Stars was beyond Chloe's expectations. She immediately came to support with a nearby fleet of 500,000 Swarm. The fleet behind was regrouped by war Cerebrate.
The second person to receive the message was Overmind of Zhang Han. He was commanding the Swarm fleet on the front line and fighting fiercely with the enemy. When he heard Stars When was ambushed, Overmind's first thought was that he might lose half a million Swarm's fleet and one node, but he was not worried about Stars's safety.
"The disadvantage is too great. You can choose to retreat to preserve your strength first. Of course, you are the command node of the fleet, and the specific situation is up to you to judge."
Thinking of the special Cerebrate who died in the battle before, the orders given by Zhang Han were very conservative and did not interfere with the command authority of Stars. It spanned light years and carried out real-time command. The cost-effectiveness was too low, and the nodes could only rely on the nodes themselves to adapt to changes.
Stars, who had obtained full command power, felt heavy pressure. This pressure was not given by Overmind, but by herself.
Since joining Swarm, she felt that she had not made much contribution to Swarm. This time she finally had the opportunity to lead the army alone.
Her proud self-esteem couldn't accept such a simple retreat.
She and Chloe reconciled, but she still felt in her heart that she was stronger than Chloe. Chloe wiped out all the enemies in the last battle, and she felt that she could do similar things.
The hyperspace channel is relatively close to the 50,000 Swarm fleet she brings, so she can retreat in time.
Self-preservation is not Stars's style. She plans to take risks. Under her orders, Cerebrate begins to calculate a counterattack plan.
Three minutes later, Stars chose the most radical counterattack plan from the five plans, which was to use attack against attack to steal time from the opponent.
The distances of the three planets from Stars are respectively far, medium and near, and the distances from the main enemy force of 300,000 are near, medium and far.
The position of Stars is slightly closer, while the enemy ambush on the diagonal is farther away. Based on the calculation of Cerebrate, Stars is likely to create a time difference.
First rescue the nearest ones, then join up with the fleets in the middle distance, and finally have a decisive battle with the enemy on the third planet.