A few minutes later, except for Sikaro who needed to command the defense force outside, all of our Xiling high-level leaders had gathered in the transformed Bubble Tower, which is now the Xiling Command Tower. The ordinary circular conference hall we prepared for meetings has been transformed into a busy tactical center. The flashy and huge conference table has been replaced by a large holographic projector. Around the projector is a circle of wide seats, which have now been replaced by us. occupied, more Xiling commanders were nervously and orderly issuing orders at posts throughout the hall, directing the battle outside.
"How is the situation now?" Sandora finally entered the serious mode, and asked aloud while observing the firing scene of her own fleet on the projector in front of her.
A commander in the corner of the hall glanced at the data on the holographic screen in front of him, and quickly reported: "The enemy is still approaching at a constant speed, and has not yet formed an effective threat to our army. The Eternal-class enemy ship has no signs of firing. rate is still zero."
Although I don't know anything about commanding battles and military terms, I also know that we are in an absolute advantage on the surface. The gargoyles in the enemy array have suffered heavy losses under the powerful fire suppression, while the Frost Dragon or the flying Although a stronger guy like a demon can rely on his agility or physique to resist a few shots from the laser cannon, it is a pity that their magic attack is too close, and they are also in a passive position.
Of course, you must have noticed that I used the word "apparently" just now - on the surface, we have an overwhelming advantage, but in fact, the balance of victory has not yet fully tilted to our side.
The enemy's military establishment includes undead units like gargoyles, members of the Burning Legion like mutant demons, and even a large Eternal-class battleship that hasn't fired for some reason. This conveys a lot of information to us. First of all, , the betrayal that Cirvanas encountered is already sure that the fallen apostles are behind the scenes, otherwise the figures of mutant demons will not appear in the army of gargoyles and frost dragons. Secondly, we have also confirmed that the enemy has already Regaining the ability to send troops on a large scale using hyperspace technology, a big killer like the eternal class is not just one or two individual fighter planes. To send it over, it must definitely be a legion-level space teleporter, and if there is no space teleportation With the help of technology, it is impossible for a low-level flying unit like a gargoyle to cross half of the endless sea to come to us. Finally, and most importantly, the enemy must be in control of our movements, otherwise in this vast endless sea Kong, how did the other party meet us in our direction
Each of the three pieces of information is extremely troublesome, and has seriously affected the direction of the battle situation.
Although cannon fodder like gargoyles can't even stop a single laser beam, the purpose of the enemy's sending them over is definitely not to make these mobile experience packs... Ahem, what brilliant results are created by miscellaneous soldiers, and small soldiers coincidentally become combat heroes Such plots only appear in the hot-blooded YY. In reality, a gargoyle whose armor is not as good as two broken iron plates is absolutely unable to stop a Mach 5 Saab bomb. The only function is to act as cannon fodder, using their successive suicide charges to block the deadly laser or psionic energy for subsequent powerful units, so that they can get close enough to attack the Xiling spaceship. The alien monsters under the technological energy weapon have completed their mission very well. Although countless gargoyle fragments are sprinkled on the waves of the endless sea like snow every second, the main combat power of the enemy is still They have not suffered substantial damage, and they are still approaching the Xiling battle group at a high speed. Once they enter their effective range, the current situation where we are pressing down on the enemy will be reversed immediately.
In addition to the shortcomings of insufficient range and slow rate of fire, the Frost Dragon's freezing magic attack power is not much weaker than that of ordinary Xiling naval guns. It is true that the first two are already fatal shortcomings, but the range problem they It has been solved by the gargoyle's suicide cannon fodder shield, and as for the rate of fire, looking at the densely packed little red dots on the radar, I know what method they use to make up for it.
In addition, those mutant demons and bone griffins that are not too weak in air melee are enough to threaten our small flying units. After the two sides come into contact, a big melee will definitely be inevitable.
However, although the actual situation is not as optimistic as it seems on the surface, we still have a considerable advantage. The Xiling army is best at air combat. The enemy's sea tactics and suicide attacks can only give us a headache, but it is not enough It poses too much threat to us.
What really made us frown was the Eternal-class battleship that hadn't launched an attack until now, like a devil's island floating in the clouds of the night sky.
I remembered the Eternal class information I just downloaded from Pandora, and knew that this is a large warship that looks like a coffin. The Eternal class not only has a majestic figure tens of kilometers long, but also has a heinous combat configuration. It is a typical embodiment of the cannonism of the Xiling giant ship, with absolute ship strength, and because of the advanced core thinking terminal, most of the operations of the eternal class can be completed by the consciousness of the battleship itself, so this giant ship The least configuration staff turned out to be -0! Of course, this is a limit situation. In order to ensure the maximum efficiency of the Eternal-class terrorist combat power, the minimum crew configuration of the battleship is 300 people. The space is occupied by those heinous weapon systems, and the rest is a large number of different-space energy reactor output ports set up to drive these weapon systems, so as to continuously collect energy from the different-space reactors. Those purple The crystal array occupies a quarter of the volume of the battleship! The eternal-level armor system is thick and complex. Various energy shields and solid armor are nested with each other. The gaps between these armors are full of automatic defensive counterattack weapons to defend against short-range landings and long-range strikes, making this big killer a The only way to deal with the hedgehog that has no way to bite is estimated to be sparrow harassment tactics combined with attrition warfare. After all, such a big guy must not be flexible enough, and no matter how advanced its energy system is, it is not enough to drive so many super weapons for a long time. run. Of course, this is a tactic in conventional combat. It is also a good idea to rely on the abnormal strength of the leader-level Xiling apostle to fight against this kind of war meat grinder. Although the eternal-level armor is thick, it will definitely not be able to withstand Pandora's attack. Helium flash, but that's not the measure I'm going to take. Although Pandora is also called a war machine, but a person is fighting a giant battleship head-on. If the huge group of small and medium-sized battleships around me can handle this heinous big guy, I still don't intend to let these people around me take risks.
It’s just that such a large combat power has not shown any signs of attack until now, which really puzzles me. Does the other party not care about those "friendly troops" who are falling into the endless night sky like dumplings
"Apostles of Xiling are actually a rather cold-blooded race," Sandora saw my doubts and explained, "A standard apostle of Xiling never has any feelings for people other than friends, but The fallen apostles are definitely more serious than this. Those mutant demons and undead air forces are not even friendly forces to them. I am afraid they are not even tools. They have their own plans, after all, our main fleet is under the protection of energy shields, even with the firepower of the Eternal class, it is very difficult to break the joint shield of a fleet in a short time."
At this time, the enemy army, which had suffered heavy losses in the long suicide charge, finally rushed to our vicinity, and I also saw for the first time the legendary frost dragon and several other monsters that were only names to me.
"It's so ugly..." The few of us sighed in unison while watching the holographic projection.
Pale skeleton, deformed body, rag-like wings, dandruff falling down while flying... Oh, it's ice slag, this is the most powerful aerial unit in the undead race, the frost dragon, and their life. Compared with the original appearance, the current appearance is really shabby and shabby, thanks to the fact that I was full of expectations for these skeleton dragons that have absolutely no original authenticity.
Even the most photogenic frost dragon has this virtue. Of course, other gargoyles, bone griffins, ghosts and giant winged owls are not much better, especially gargoyles. I saw it in the dark city back then. However, Cirvanas let these unlucky guys keep the shape of stone statues 24 hours a day and stand in the corridors of the royal area as decorations, which added a strong gothic horror aesthetic to the already gloomy Undercity. , This is also the reason why I have been complaining about Cirvanas's aesthetics for a long time.
Compared with the undead air force jumping up and down in the night sky and playing the leading roles in horror movies, those flying demons are equally ugly, but at least they have not reached the level where they have to be dragged out and shot without mosaicing their faces. These flying demons have huge bat wings The violent naked men with muscles like the governor of California all have altitudes that far exceed the average height of demons. The weird and complicated black magic lines almost cover 80% of their exposed skin, and the faint black mist flows from Rising up from these magic lines, they showed their identities as mutant demons.
I didn't expect the technicians of those Fallen Apostles to be so crazy that they actually put this biochemical technology into practical use in such a short period of time.
As the first frost giant spit out a violent freezing storm towards an oncoming Zealot-class attack plane, the scuffle finally started.