Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 262 Take the initiative
Under the well-prepared blockade of the United Kingdom's Fourth Fleet, the insect swarm was inevitably at a disadvantage.Renault did not even use the main combat power of the fleet, but had eliminated the invading insect swarm bit by bit, and finally surrounded its remnants in a vacuum zone inside the star system.

The last main force of the Hive Fleet is making its final resistance, but this is destined to be in vain. Without follow-up support, they will inevitably be wiped out here.

However, seeing that the situation was looking great, Renault, who was sitting at the back, was not happy at all.As the war progressed, his understanding of the Zerg became much more real and profound from paper data and limited video data.

Just from the ability of the Zerg to reproduce in situ during this war, it is enough to see their powerful potential, the kind of Zerg that can directly swallow an entire asteroid or even a larger celestial body into its belly for digestion and reproduction. Kind of, its production speed is really terrifying.

In smart civilization, there are only many fully-opened production lines that may be able to compare with it. However, the establishment of a production line requires precise calculations and a lot of construction preparations. In any case, it is impossible to compare with the other party in terms of speed.

Nowadays, the Zerg have occupied at least two complete star systems in the star field where the Federation exists. It is simply unimaginable to what extent their number will expand after this!
Although victory was close at hand, Renault looked worried.However, Ruhr didn't care how he felt. Although the first attack was frustrated, it also truly felt the strength of the opponent's main fleet, and it was not all without gains.

It is not that the Zerg will never fail. In fact, during the war with Mira, the Zerg was once unable to do anything to it and was almost wiped out from within the galaxy. However, no matter how far the war progresses, they will soon come back, and it will definitely be On an even larger scale!
This time, they could have used the same old tricks of microscopic insect species to develop again inside the galaxy just like they did with Mira, but this is not Ruhr's style, it is too slow, and it has better options.

Visser has been gathering the Zerg combat power in the star field on a large scale, and a steady stream of Zerg swarms are pouring into the wormhole.Since ordinary insect species do not have the ability to independently locate the exit inside the wormhole, Ruhr has returned to the Zerg base camp near the Colossei territory, personally entered the wormhole, resumed his old business, and began to guide the real main force of the Zerg. Come.

At the same time, the insect swarms that developed in nearby star systems also began to send blood here, and the insect swarms from Yabo were also gathering.

Worried about the unknown dangers caused by the long-term opening of the wormhole, Ruhr set the cycle of this gathering at 30 years. Based on past experience, exceeding this number is likely to face uncontrollable risks.

But that's enough.

In the star field under his control, Visser frantically gathered more than 1000 million Zerg medium-sized space units, and even extracted a terrifying amount of stellar energy, forcibly expanding the entrance to the wormhole, and the Hive Fleet even covered the entire planet. Like a migrating beehive, it surrounded a huge spherical wormhole area.

Ruhr's plan is very simple. Since they have already met each other and have the most intuitive understanding between the two sides, there is no need to do some nonsense, gather the opponent's combat power that is difficult to resist, and crush them all the way. That’s it!

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Of course, the Colossians were also paying attention to this war. In fact, during the battle, they were already collecting the biological structures of the Zerg in the hope of finding more information.

It was almost the same as the other party's reaction during the war with the Velvets led by Visser, but this time, the Zerg had no cover at all.There is no standard appearance, just a variety of insect species, each one different.

Therefore, soon after the Colossians captured the remains of the Zerg, they had roughly obtained a lot of information directly related to the Zerg.

The cells that seemed to divide infinitely, the ultimate utilization of energy, and the self-synthesis of various advanced biological alloys all told them how terrifying this enemy was!
Of course, Renault was right to worry. He didn't even need to remind the top management. The main force of the Third Fleet had already rushed here quickly.

At the same time, they also brought the highest order of the United Kingdom - to take the initiative to find Zerg strongholds and destroy them as much as possible!

In addition, even after only one war, the Colossians immediately began mobilizing for war!

At the same time, they took the initiative to contact all members of the alliance, intending to reach a military alliance as soon as possible and use the strength of the entire alliance to fight against the Zerg invasion!
They are not like the Velvites who have not experienced war for thousands of years. Over the years, the entire alliance has been in constant friction with several xenophobic forces around it, and there have been many large-scale wars. They are sufficiently sensitive to war and have a long history. It also allows this race to have enough historical background to learn from, so they are confident that they will not make a wrong judgment!
To this end, we have not hesitated to extend invitations to several xenophobic civilizations that have not yet been integrated into the Federation and have been constantly fighting in the past.

Don't give the Zerg too much time!
This is the first consensus reached by the entire think tank.Only by taking the initiative, seeking out the opponent's strongholds and pulling them out, and constantly consuming the opponent's numbers, can we buy enough time.

For such a race, passive waiting can only lead to slow death!
But then again, although they attach great importance to this war, the Colossians are not afraid. Now they have just experienced a war, and it ended with their own victory. Although There are some worries about the future, but there is no reason for them to be pessimistic about the prospects at this time.

At this moment, the United Kingdom of Colossae is the civilization that attaches most importance to the Zerg in the entire union, but even they have a lot of optimists who believe that two main fleets are enough to defend against the enemy. Outside.

They believe that since war mobilization has begun and they have recognized the characteristics of the other side, as long as they implement targeted defenses, such as intensive monitoring, a strategy of constant resistance, and the harassment of the main fleet, it will be enough to defeat Colossae. A brand new chariot started.

They have always been unafraid of consumption, especially after the technology that combined consciousness with machinery was illuminated, the casualties caused by war have been reduced to a minimum.

Every soldier participating in the war has an adaptation record in the civilization database. Based on their past training results and achievements, a large number of war machines are reserved in the direction that is most suitable for them, for when war comes one day , they can pull out a huge amount of combat power in the shortest time!

Of course, this was not originally used to fight against the Zerg. The entire alliance was just a loose structure. Although the cooperation had become increasingly close in recent years, it was obvious that they were not completely honest with each other and each had their own defenses.

These strategic reserves are one of the Colossians' heritage, and due to the surrounding forces, war deduction has always been a key project of the United Kingdom military. In the database, there are at least thousands of sets to deal with various situations. Among the plans for war situations, there are also deduction results for dealing with unknown alien imaginary enemies.

Although the Zerg are different, the Colossians are definitely not unprepared. Similarly, all civilizations in the entire alliance have such strategic power. This is also one of the theoretical foundations and confidence of some optimists. .

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The two main fleets have a total of more than 30 main battleships. Among the transport ships following them, the number of small battleships cooperating with them is close to one million.

Such a deployment, no matter where it is placed, can be regarded as a force that cannot be ignored, and can even easily destroy the current Velvet Federation!
But it is still difficult for them to find the Zerg base and conduct sweeps.

The first is the problem of finding the exact location of the Zerg. Their research on the Zerg's hyperdrive has just begun, so it is very difficult to track them in reverse. Not to mention that not a single one of the Zerg swarms that came here has retreated. Naturally, there is no way to talk about it. Not tracking.

They can only make a rough identification of the star field where the Zerg may exist based on the previous monitoring results when the Zerg swarm came on the way, and match their final location. The time consumed is used to calculate a distance range to delineate where the insect swarm may come from.

Of course, they don't actually have to be so troublesome, because within the range they finally delineated, four of the six stars are now occupied by the Zerg, and are currently undergoing crazy development and violence.

In addition, the issue of whether to divide the troops also needs to be discussed, but they are running out of time.

Ruhr is rapidly extraditing the main force of the Zerg from the territory ruled by Visser, and the number of the Zerg swarms that are constantly gathering from various galaxies is also growing crazily. Although it is still unable to compete head-on with these two fleets, as the As time goes by, even if they find the location of the insect swarm, they may not be able to truly achieve their goals.

In 1602 of the Zerg, the United Kingdom of Colossae integrated resources and formed the sixth main fleet. More warships were also being produced. Of course, the more important thing was manpower training.

In the same year, the Third Fleet discovered traces of the Zerg in a galaxy.

Then, the second galaxy occupied by the Zerg was discovered by another team.

They finally chose to divide their forces, and the main forces of the two fleets jointly arrived near the entire star field, and sent an advance team to take the lead in exploring the six star systems in the target star field.

Now, their goal has been achieved. Four of the six galaxies have discovered traces of Zerg activities.

The planet surrounded by the swarm of insects is so conspicuous that it can be seen even by optical observation from a long distance.

However, problems also emerged at the same time.

Among the four galaxies, the remaining three were just that. There was basically no trace of the Hive Fleet, and there were only huge insect hives that were breeding and hatching like crazy.

But most of the Zerg units they hatched have disappeared.Due to the lack of protection, even a small squadron of the main fleet succeeded in destroying them on a macro scale after a hard battle.

But the matter did not end there. It is obvious that these disappeared Zerg space species are now gathered together in a star system with a wormhole passage!

According to the observation results, there are at least one million Zerg medium-sized space units there, and the number is increasing every moment.

Of course, these bugs are not the support fleet sent by Visser. They are now heading here through the wormhole passage under the guidance of Ruel.These bugs are the result of the Zerg's incubation in the six star systems it has occupied for eight years.

If the Zerg base opened in the new star system was not for a short period of time and the nearby star systems were too barren, and the Zerg swarm failed to fully demonstrate its production capacity, this number should be even higher!
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When the Colossians arrived to observe and discover the Zerg, the observation bug species that had been scattered around the galaxy had already confirmed the news of their arrival, but Gore, who had temporarily taken over the development of the Zerg here, had no intention of taking action.

Although it controls a total of millions of Zerg warships, judging from the results of the last war, they should not be a match for the two main battleships of the Colossians. Taking the initiative to attack is very detrimental to the Zerg.

But it doesn't matter, today is different from the past.As a result, the Zerg had the home field advantage. Unlike the last hasty attack, this time, the only rocky planet in the galaxy was in their hands, and they could continuously replenish the number of the Zerg swarm.

Secondly, they don't need to defeat each other, as long as they guard the wormhole exit, it is enough.

Support from various galaxies can continue to replenish the combat power of the insect swarm, so it is not the one that should be anxious.

There has been a lot of research on the insect swarm. Of course, Renault was also aware of the insect swarm's plan. Without much hesitation, the battleship group, controlled by millions of warriors from far away, directly broke into the galaxy, with an extremely clear goal!
War is imminent.

The first thing they encountered were numerous Zerg blasters carrying one-time powerful weapons that were set up at the edge of the galaxy to hinder the opponent's progress. As expected, these self-destruction bugs did not cause them many casualties.

After actually entering the galaxy, the many transport ships protected in the center of the fleet quickly opened up, like a hornet's nest under attack, and quickly ejected a large number of small warships outwards.

At the same time, long-distance exchanges of fire between the two sides have occurred.

With more powerful shields and armor, Renault took a lot of damage from the Zerg and allowed the fleet to penetrate into the core of the galaxy despite the overwhelming energy cannons.

There is a rocky planet with a severely reduced mass that is completely occupied by the Zerg, and a wormhole that has been expanded to a diameter of more than two thousand kilometers, which is comparable to the size of a small planet!

Until this time, there were still a steady stream of Zerg units pouring out of it. Renault realized that if this place was not destroyed as soon as possible or the wormhole was closed, this war would never happen before his two fleets were exhausted. The end!

The most intense fighting began quickly as the distance between the fleets of both sides approached.With the same number, the insect swarm was no match for this combined fleet. The death and injury ratio far exceeded the opponent's. The battle damage ratio had already climbed to one to fifteen in the moment of close combat!
This takes into account the opponent's small battleships. If only those main battleships are counted, it will reach an astonishing ratio of 62:[-]!

In other words, for every main battleship destroyed, 62 Zerg medium-sized space units will die.

With such a battle loss ratio, if compared to an ordinary intelligent civilization, even those who "remotely control" battleships like the Velvets would be quickly killed.

But the Zerg obviously don't care. Replenishments from the planetary Zerg Hive Base are constantly flowing in, and the number of Zerg groups pouring out of the wormholes is also increasing.

Although their numbers have been declining, the downward trend has quietly slowed down over time.

There was no sound in the silent universe, but the exploding sparks and collapsed battleships proved everything. Renault had no intention of entangled with the Zerg, nor did he intend to seize the planet that continued to provide blood transfusion to the Zerg.

But when the number of battleships he led dropped faster and faster in a very unobvious trend, he knew that he could not continue like this.

Compared with the Zerg, which has continuous replenishment, they go deep alone without any support. At least for a few years, there is no support from the mainland. It is absolutely impossible to fight against them on this opponent's carefully prepared defense line. Not a wise choice!

At this moment, Renault remembered a batch of "secret weapons" brought to him by the Equipment Department before departure.Even if the other party didn't say it explicitly, he knew what it was.

An extremely unstable space bomb!
Since it is just a semi-finished product that has just been studied, even saying it is a semi-finished product is a compliment, but its power is obvious to all, but its flaws are also serious.

As the military's leading boss, Renault clearly knows how it was born and what kind of power it possesses.

This kind of uncontrollable thing, according to his previous war philosophy, is absolutely impossible to use until the end of the road.

But in the current situation, with each small warship being destroyed after causing damage several times to the opponent, the battle line is still stable at its original position, and has only advanced 1 kilometers. There's no way to close or destroy that damn wormhole.

At this moment, if you don't use it, you will definitely be the one who fails in the end!

The people on the battlefield are just mechanical creations. There is no living life on our side to enter the war. At the expense of part of the main force of the two fleets, in exchange for enough time, this is also allowed based on the precious strategy.

Battleships are lost and can be produced quickly, given enough time.

Thinking of this, Renault no longer hesitated. After saying hello to the commander of the Third Fleet, a unique transport ship began to move forward, and then he brazenly detonated the hard-to-make "bomb"!
The next moment, violent space chaos covering the entire battlefield, including the planet occupied by the Zerg, suddenly appeared, as if something had picked up the entire space and time and shook it. An unimaginable disaster centered on the location of the battlefield. , quickly spread to the surroundings!

Immediately, within a surrounding area of ​​220 million kilometers, a large number of invisible space fragmentations appeared at the same time!

Within this range, whether it was the Zerg creatures or the Colossian warships, they all suffered indiscriminate attacks!
The planet that was originally occupied by the Zerg and was frantically extracting resources seemed to have come to life again at this moment. Extremely violent geological activities occurred within the continuously cooling core. It seemed to have a second spring and erupted forcefully!
Because unimaginable changes occurred inside it, its originally balanced mass became disordered in an instant, and it was no longer able to maintain its stability, so it became "angry".

The nearly dead core was actually able to eject a torrent of magma that reached orbit. From the surface to the core, drastic changes occurred everywhere, forcing the Zerg's original collection operations to be terminated.

Of course, at this moment, the insect swarm has no spare energy to collect resources to hatch more units, because even the insect nest base lying on the track has been torn apart.

It was torn apart in the physical sense. Under the full protection of the insect swarm, it was not attacked in the war, but at that moment, it became a pile of biological garbage and died quietly.

At the same time, the energy supply system of the wormhole was also forced to be interrupted, and the bugs that maintained the existence of the wormhole had died in the cracks of space due to the mutation of the wormhole.

With the violent release of energy, the exit of the huge channel with a diameter of thousands of kilometers quickly disappeared into the universe.

This is the power of this "semi-finished product", which is enough to turn the entire battle situation around in this situation!

Although countless own warships were destroyed without fighting, Renault obviously achieved his goal. These sacrifices were worth it. After all, if they did not fight against the Zerg, the "bomb" would not be able to reach the center of the battlefield. Naturally, it would There is no chance of directly affecting the existence of wormholes.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the swarm, Renault ordered the remaining fleet to continue to break forward. Although the wormhole has been closed and the planet's production base has been basically destroyed, the existing zerg cannot be their opponent, but as the space calms down, The Zerg may open the wormhole again at any time!

Renault needs to occupy a favorable position as soon as possible, release the space stabilizer that has been prepared long ago, and at the same time eliminate the swarm of insects entrenched here, and completely occupy this galaxy. Only in this way can it be said that it has done its best!

Without replenishment, the swarm was unable to stop each other, and the final attempt to open the wormhole ended in failure.The opponent is close enough to directly attack the wormhole, and Gore has no chance to re-propagate the exit of the wormhole.

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Obviously, due to the decisive actions of the Colossians and the intervention of this mysterious space weapon, Ruhr's plan once again went bankrupt.

Although it does not know what is happening in the real universe at this moment, the sudden closure of the wormhole is enough to arouse its vigilance.

The war is not over.

(End of this chapter)