The constant pressure exerted by the protoss on the other side of the abyss finally forced the fallen apostles to transfer more troops to the far frontier. No matter what happened to the latter internally, it seems that their general army mobilization and external defense mechanism Seems to be functioning normally: there may have been some loss of efficiency, but at least they still responded effectively enough to the Protoss invasion.
But none of these have much impact. Even if the defense mechanism of the Fallen Apostles is still in operation, it is impossible for them to block the double attack of the New Empire and the Protoss at the same time.
The protoss are good at continuous combat and steady advancement. Although their speed of action is not as fast as that of the Xiling apostles, they have a strong ability to demobilize the battlefield and resist pressure. The deeper the sinking, the fewer counterattacks the Imperial Army may face after it starts to move. The enemy commanders must have known this, but they had to keep their fleets on top of the Protoss attack: if they didn't do this, the Far Abyss would soon be overrun by the Protoss.
Under enough pressure, the fallen apostles will also make mistakes in judgment, and they will relatively underestimate the threat of the new empire: this is the time for the imperial army to act.
Following Sandora's order, the huge imperial fleet slowly broke away from the star port's locking force field, jumped into the void in batches, and rushed towards the abyss barrier that had been blocking the imperial army for several years.
"The First Legion is approaching the abyss identification area. The vanguard and the main fleet have separated from the order field... The disengagement is complete. The information offset between the vanguard and the main fleet is 35%, and they will contact the enemy outpost in advance."
"The Fourth Legion releases the void disruptor, and the disruptor is deployed!"
"There is an abyssal reaction in the identification area... It is determined to be the frontline outpost of the fallen apostles! The order field is being expanded, and a quick culling is being carried out!"
The reports from each fleet were aggregated to the general headquarters, and the commanders of each fleet decided on their own local battle plans, while Sivis and Sandora personally sat in the general headquarters to coordinate all the fleets. As it approached the abyss area, the information to be processed by the command hall of the Admiral Empire began to surge at a speed visible to the naked eye, but here gathered the best frontline commanders and military commanders of the empire, and this massive amount of frontline information was collected here. Processed in an orderly manner, without any confusion.
I know that it is best not to meddle in things I don't understand at this time, so I waited quietly by the side for the time being, but kept my eyes on the holographic projection in front of me: the shipboard main engine translated the abstract void route into an easy-to-understand schematic diagram , I was able to roughly grasp the current situation of the fleet and how the firefighting area was progressing.
The abyss area is like a large mess of cotton wool on this schematic diagram. Large shadows gather on one side of the picture, representing a twisted area completely unknown to the imperial army, and the edges of these shadows are chaotic. Ragged wavy lines, these wavy lines are not actual "defense lines", but interference zones composed of a large number of void outposts and void fortresses. These interference zones composed of void facilities stretch endlessly, covering the entire abyss area in In the fog, it was the garbled information they released that made the empire unable to accurately scan the situation in the abyss area, nor could it accurately locate 99% of the material world there. As long as these void outposts are still operating, They're able to keep disrupting the void engines of the Imperial fleet, preventing us from rushing into the interior of the Fallen Apostles - so now the Imperials are gradually destroying these outposts.
Void outposts are things set outside the world. There is a constant order field around them, so they can be permanently deployed in the void. Void outposts are often small in size, usually only equivalent to a small star port. These The main function of the outpost is surveillance and early warning, as well as a jamming tower. Its combat capability can deal with a small group of invading troops, but it is obviously insufficient in the face of a large army: the way the imperial fleet deals with these small outposts is violent and simple. It is to expand the order field of the fleet and rush directly there.
The small order field of the outpost will be annexed in an instant, and then the outpost itself will be strafed by the fleet's secondary guns at very close range. Usually, it only takes one round of strafing to wipe them out.
The order field is the only reliance for the spacecraft to survive in the void environment, and it is also the prerequisite for all kinds of conventional equipment and observation methods to work normally. Because of the special nature of the void, the concept of "observation" does not exist in places without the order field. Therefore, unless we use void radar, we cannot "see" anything outside the order field, even if it "closes" to the order field: within the scope of the void, "close to" and "infinity" are one and the same. concept. That's why the Imperial Fleet's raid on the Fallen Apostle's Void Outpost was like this: an abyss facility suddenly appeared in the chaos far away from the fleet, and then all the battleships at shooting angles opened up their secondary guns with overwhelming firepower That little outpost will be destroyed in an instant.
Simple, violent and direct—but this does not mean that we are invincible. Void outposts are only the most basic early warning units on the border, just like the automatic machine guns installed outside the fortress. It should be easy for a fleet to destroy them. A truly large-scale The counterattack has not yet appeared.
The Imperial fleet is not swarming into the Abyss: to do so is like a deadly fool. In fact, several major fleets have different combat missions. Even in a special environment like Void where guns cannot be fired, each fleet has various tactical actions.
The First Fleet is responsible for the direct assault, and they are divided into three echelons: the vanguard force, the main force, and the rear force. The information offset between the three echelons is 35%, to ensure that the order field of the front team will not interfere or blend with the rear team, and it can also prevent the enemy's void disruptor (a type that can reduce Dangerous weapons for the stability of the order field) pose too much threat to the entire fleet. Void disruptors are the most commonly equipped defensive weapons on frontier outposts. Although most enemy outposts have not had time to use them, once they are deployed, they will pose a fatal threat to the imperial fleet. At the same time as the outpost, they are also cleaning these things. The main force and the rear army of the First Fleet are constantly rotating warships with the vanguard: they have built battlefield facilities similar to the World Gate in the field of order for fast passage between the field of order—if the field of order As a simplified version of the universe, jumping from one order field to another of course requires the principle of the gate of the world.
The spaceships of the First Fleet are constantly rotating between the three order fields, replacing the damaged spaceships of the vanguard, so as to ensure that this sharp spear is always sharp and invincible.
Dividing the fleet into several small order fields also has other purposes: the smaller the order field, the less information it contains, and the faster it "moves" in the void. The fleet is regarded as a file, and the moving process in the void is regarded as cutting and copying, so obviously the smaller the file, the faster the movement speed. What we need now is speed: before the Fallen Apostle's counterattack escalates, we must find a material world that can be occupied as a bridgehead. Otherwise, the fleet would not be able to exert its combat effectiveness in the void.
Divide a fleet into several order fields, and ensure that one of the squadrons has sufficient combat power by constantly jumping between these order fields. While taking advantage of the speed advantage of the small order field, it ensures the advancement speed and Cutting-edge combat power, this tactic is Pandora's favorite, and it was also invented by her—it was created 1.26 million years ago, and it still has excellent effects. Amplify the fleet's propulsion speed to almost the limit.
Of course, this tactic also has disadvantages, that is, it is very risky: if the rear does not have enough reinforcements to arrive in a short time, or the enemy's combat power is too strong, this sharp spear that emphasizes speed and sharpness will be easily broken: After all, it needs to split the entire fleet into several parts. As the fleet speeds up, its ability to resist strikes also decreases.
In any case, it really fits Pandora's aggressive personality.
While the First Fleet was clearing the outpost barriers outside the Abyss, the Fourth Fleet was responsible for continuously releasing void disruptors. These temporarily deployed disruptors were weaker than the fixed equipment equipped by the void outposts, but still poses a considerable threat. They themselves are actually small order field devices, but unlike normal order fields, the order field generated by void disruptors "oscillates" rapidly. It has sixteen different order groups, and each order field Each group can be regarded as a "worldview" (regarding the order field as a simulated self-consistent mathematical system, then it is actually no different from a small world in essence, it is just a self-explanatory formula group), void Disruptors will quickly switch the expression form of their own order field according to a certain code. When they come into contact with other order fields, these small things will be like a hexadecimal program that breaks into the binary system and is forcibly read Crazy destruction of the surrounding laws, we know that the order field can keep one party safe in the void, mainly because it is a self-circulating and self-interpreting "rule book". If there is something that cannot be explained in this rule book, then Naturally, the whole system will be stuck.
Void disruptors are such things. They locally destroy the order field and reduce the stability of the system. After the number reaches a certain level, the latter can be stuck: for a fleet sailing in the void, this is deadly. The void disruptor is therefore considered the only effective "weapon" in the void environment. But although this thing is very useful, it can only be used for defense. "Launching" weapons are not allowed in the void. You can't shoot such a jamming device at the enemy like a cannonball, because you can't make it that can damage other enemies. The order field is a fire control device for precise locking and tracking, so the biggest function of these disruptors is to deploy them by their side to create a safe zone for themselves.
The Sixth and Seventh Fleets have no combat missions for the time being. What they have to do now is to join the Royal Fleet, follow behind the pioneering First Fleet and the escorting Fourth Fleet, preserve their strength, and open their concealment until we contact the Fallen Apostles So far as the physical universe: these two fleets will serve as our main force to capture the bridgehead.
Other second-line troops (such as the reserve echelon) maintain a 35% to 75% information offset with the Central Army in their respective order fields. Their combat missions must be adaptable. If When the enemy's large army appears, they are responsible for meeting the enemy. If we reach the enemy's physical world before that, they are responsible for bombing—in short, we must preserve the combat effectiveness of the ace army as much as possible.
The figure of the Commander-in-Chief of the First Fleet appeared on the communicator: "It has been confirmed that it has actually touched the abyss area. The number of enemy void outposts has increased sharply. A large number of void fortresses have been detected ahead, and the vanguard has encountered strong resistance."
The holographic image next to it shows the situation of the First Fleet. It can be seen that they are fighting an "indescribable" thing. There are a series of sudden explosions on the spacecraft, or disappearing into the order field out of thin air: This is the result of colliding with the enemy's void disruptor. The power of the disruptor caused the order field to partially collapse. Those spaceships that were unfortunately hit were either severely damaged or thrown into the void.
And as the enemy's counterattack strength further strengthened, black and red self-destruct drones and suicide warships also began to frequently break into the order field of the First Fleet. Spaceship, this kind of attack regardless of cost is very effective: the cleaning speed of the First Fleet is slowing down, if this continues, Pandora's "three-team rotation" tactic may not be able to keep up with the speed of fleet consumption.
"The Fourth Fleet has already gone to support you," Sandora said calmly, "Continue to maintain the sweeping speed, and hand over the Void Fortress to the attacking team of the reserve echelon. We must land on the material world immediately."
"The void environment is really troublesome," Hueska muttered a little anxiously, "the main guns can't even be used."
As Sandora said before, the Fallen Apostles did not relax their vigilance against the New Empire because of the Protoss attack on the other side of the border. Most of their inland troops may have been enriched on the battlefield against the Protoss, but in this The inherent strength on the side defense line has not decreased much. As the imperial army continued to advance towards the abyss, we began to encounter more and more powerful counterattacks.
The advance speed of the First Fleet is not as fast as it was at the beginning, and the "three-team rotation" tactic will greatly enhance the advance speed and attack efficiency of the large army (because it always uses the best third of the entire fleet to vanguard combat), but its ability to resist pressure is not strong. When the army of fallen apostles assembled and began to counterattack, the vanguard began to suffer a lot of battle damage. Sandora has ordered the Fourth Fleet to go to support, but it seems impossible for us to maintain the momentum that was so smooth at the beginning.
But at least there is one piece of good news: Although the enemy's counterattack is fierce, we haven't scanned them for signs of large-scale deployment of troops from the inland to this side - it seems that the Protoss has indeed dragged the attention of the fallen apostles to the other front on.
However, Sandora's brows were always furrowed. Even though the current situation was all planned, she didn't show any signs of relaxing. I couldn't help but look at her curiously: "What? What's wrong?"
"The enemy's strength should not be so small," Sandora pointed to the map of the war zone. The imperial army was approaching the abyss area like a swarm of bees divided into several strands, and the black and red logo representing the fallen apostle was emerging from the abyss area. When I came out, I saw that everything was normal, but Sandora found something wrong, "Even if the Protoss can attract most of the enemy's attention, the fallen apostles will never be left without troops in the interior. Now we are facing counterattack The enemy's frontier forces are all strength, so let's talk about active defense, if you say no troops have been sent inland in the abyss area, let's say give up this front... The intensity of the counterattack encountered by the First Fleet is not just for fun."
"Who knows, maybe they really lost their family fortune in civil war." I shrugged.
I understand what Sandora means, that is, the strength of the Fallen Apostles is still far less than expected—even if their civil war attrition and the factors of the Protoss are taken into account, their strength is still not enough, and they are used to everything. Her Majesty the Queen was a little uneasy at this moment.
"The family is ruined?" Sandora smiled slightly, "I really hope so, but unfortunately, I always feel that the fallen apostles are not so stupid, and no matter how big their internal conflicts are, they won't even want to give up their foundation. "
At this time, a report suddenly came from the command hall below: "Your Majesty! A material universe has been detected within the jumping range! Slight pollution from the abyss, and the stability meets the landing requirements!"
Sandora stood up immediately: "The First Fleet reorganized the order field to prepare for the second batch of landings. The Fourth Fleet went to set up interference zones on the world barrier. The Sixth Fleet and Seventh Fleet are ready to rush in. Xiaoxue—"
Sandora turned her head to look at our army prophet. Xiaoxue was still sleeping with her eyes closed a second ago, but now she has opened her eyes, and a little white light in her eyes slowly dissipated: "There are a lot of dark mines in space around the landing point, first send a A batch of self-explosive drones will go down to detonate those things. After landing, there will be a round of the strongest counterattack firepower to attack the flanks of the Sixth Fleet. Fully open, that's all."
- This is the power of the prophet.
After Xiaoxue explained all the precautions clearly, I nodded to Sandora and waved to the command hall below: "Fleets take action!"
The Sixth Fleet and the Seventh Fleet represent the two most powerful fleets of the New Empire on the technology side and the mysterious side respectively (the latter has to be represented, because the mysterious side is currently only an established unit), and they will not hesitate after receiving the order Adjusting their own order field carefully, rushing towards the nearest material universe, the fallen apostles of course deployed a large number of interference and locking systems on the world barrier of this universe, but under the concentrated impact of the entire fleet of the imperial army, these defenses soon collapsed .
After less than half an hour of fierce competition on the world barrier, the Sixth and Seventh Fleets successfully landed.
However, the real battle has only just begun. RS