Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 263 "Revenge"

"A space weapon?" Zero thought to himself, not caring about another failure of the Zerg in front of him. He was just very interested in the thing that was suddenly released.

As for this local war, He is not worried at all.Renault might have thought that it was over here, at least he had gained some head start, but Zero didn't think so.

In the galaxies that had been cleaned up by the Colossians before, the insect swarms were still active. They thought that everything would be fine after cleaning up the macroscopic insect species. However, as long as the insect race existed, unless they could remove the entire planet from the inside, Clean everything thoroughly whenever you go outside, otherwise the insect swarm will not die out.

Of course, this is just a backup plan.

In addition, even if the wormhole here is closed, Ruhr can still find an exit nearby. The endless swarm of insects is destined to come, which is unstoppable.

Of course, Renault still bought some time. From the time it took to change the outlet to the time spent on the subsequent journey, they were able to gain at least about ten years.

Ten years can indeed allow the Colossians to make a lot of preparations, but it doesn't matter, Zero doesn't care.

While the war in Colossae came to an end with the victory of the United Kingdom fleet, the two Zerg main fleet groups previously sent by Ruhr had arrived in the new territory.

There is the control area of ​​the civilization Oran Kingdom, the main member of the Pan-Galaxy Federation. It took the insect swarm more than ten years to arrive here. This time, they split into two and attacked from two completely different directions!
Different from the extreme attention of the Colossians, although Oran also received the war report from Colossians, he also knew very well that the two fleets sent by the Zerg before were most likely to go to their territory, but they had not really experienced it. , it’s still hard to understand the terror of the swarm.

A civilization, especially a huge intelligent civilization, can never decide to do one thing with all its strength at once. People like the Colossians are already considered to have extremely strong organizational power.

There are always various different voices within civilization. Even if many things are clear, it is not that simple to implement them.The interests of all parties need to be balanced, and the needs of internal forces need to be met. Those criss-crossed interest networks run through a civilization, from the top leadership to the bottom. Everyone has their own needs and interests. Not everyone has a long-term strategic vision.

Moreover, sometimes even having a long-term perspective cannot solve the problem.

For example, if a war comes in 500 years, the entire civilization must go all out during these 500 years, and all activities need to serve the war. As a result, the living standards of the people will be greatly reduced, and they will only be able to meet basic needs. Only in this way can we defeat future enemies. Will this decision be supported?
In the long run, this is absolutely a matter of life and death for the entire civilization, and it is absolutely right to do so.But if you want to actually implement it, it is even more difficult than reaching the sky.

I don’t know how many people would have this idea, “What does the war 500 years from now have to do with me? Can I live for 500 years? Why should I struggle to have enough food and clothing to meet the needs 500 years from now?”

This is a common problem of intelligent civilization. Even a highly centralized civilization cannot avoid such things from happening. This has nothing to do with foresight, but only depends on the human heart.

But fortunately, the swarm did not let them wait for hundreds of years, nor did they let the other side realize the crisis of annihilation. Just a dozen years later, they had arrived at the Oran border star field and captured two defenses in one fell swoop. Not a tight star system.

At this point, I have completely established my footing.

There is no wormhole here, so the swarm chose to develop on the spot. Taking the Colossians' war standards as a reference, this number is indeed not enough to deal with Oran, who is also a major member of the alliance.

The nearby natural wormhole exit is already being searched for, but compared to this, Ruhr obviously hopes to directly occupy the Orans' wormhole galaxy.

Before the fist hits oneself, it is difficult to have a personal experience of pain.

Now, the people of Oran have realized it.

The Zerg had eliminated the two garrisoned fleets without much effort. Although the casualties were extremely limited, it was enough to verify that the Colossians' judgment was absolutely reasonable.

Although they are both members of the alliance, the Colossians obviously do not have the idea of ​​​​making the core technology of combining their own consciousness with machinery public. Therefore, Oran's battleships still use "manpower" on a large scale.

Of course not real citizens of Oran, they are very valuable.

A biological "synthetic human" produced directly by the kingdom replaces human power. It is a method widely used by the entire alliance, but the racial characteristics are different and the details are different.

Its advantages and disadvantages are very obvious, but it is very effective.The advantages are low price, assembly line operation, and certain intelligence, which can replace most labor costs.

The disadvantage is that it is slightly rigid and not flexible enough.

Of course, it is completely sufficient to deal with ordinary wars. It is not "they" that really determine the outcome of the war. There is no essential difference between these mechanical creatures and the warships themselves. They are just war consumables.

Compared with the Colossians, they are naturally far behind, which is why the United Kingdom of Colossians is the leading existence within the entire union.But compared to the Velvets, this was enough to crush them.

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In 1606, in a galaxy 106 light-years away from the frontier of the Colossians, a group of bugs appeared in the real universe when a passage opened.

Subsequently, using the energy crystals they carried, they reopened the channel and immediately stabilized the wormhole exit. As the exit rapidly expanded under the continuous supply of energy, more and more Zerg warships poured out, from In the light of stars shining on the entire galaxy, a group of huge creatures slowly passed by, as if there was no end.

Immediately, Ruhr and its "car" also appeared from inside the wormhole.

This is the closest wormhole to the other party besides the wormhole star system that has been occupied by the Colossians. The angle between it and its original position relative to the exploration and defense line of the Colossians is 62 degrees, and the distance is also Far enough.

Therefore, even after the last war, the federal fleet, which had managed to eliminate the swarm of insects, began to send out exploratory fleets to clean up possible mineral vein channels in the outer star areas of the territory, but it was not able to reach here for a while.

After the previous wormhole exit was violently closed from the outside world, Ruhr had already realized what had happened. It led the fleet assembled by Visser and chose a suitable exit for them.

The raid war failed due to the Colossians' unexpected emphasis on the Zerg. So this time, it does not plan to divide its forces anymore, at least not to attack from multiple directions.

Looking at the huge insect swarm in front of him that instantly eclipsed the stars, Ruel couldn't think of how the Colossians could resist their attack.

Rely on that kind of space weapon?

Judging from the previous wars, it is indeed extremely lethal. The ability to tear apart space is almost instant death upon contact, and it has an extremely wide range.

But for the insect swarm itself, those casualties are actually not too serious. If it did not directly affect the wormhole and cut off the follow-up supply of the insect swarm, the original insect swarm should still be able to hold on, and it would not be defeated quickly. , and became an existence surrounded and suppressed by the opponent.

Unless the opponent is mass-produced and can be placed infinitely, in this case, it is indeed difficult to deal with. After all, the opponent only needs a small fleet to entangle the insect swarm, and then detonate it to achieve maximum results with minimal casualties.

Even if the insect swarm is nearly unlimited, it will be difficult to advance on a large scale in such a situation. If possible, Todd's old method must be used.

However, judging from the situation during the previous battle between the two sides, the Colossians obviously did not have such production capacity. At least this thing should be considered a rare item.The fact is indeed like this. This kind of thing that is not even a semi-finished product is actually an accidental result in the laboratory. Let alone mass production, whether it can be copied in a planned way requires a certain amount of luck. There is still a long way to go before industrialization. long distance.

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Ruhr had no intention of hesitating. After the insect swarm was assembled, they set off immediately. The energy crystals they carried from Visser were enough for them to reach the border of the Colossians. At the same time, the long-term expansion tendency also allowed the insect swarm to begin to expand in this area. The galaxy and its surroundings immediately began expanding activities.

Speaking of which, this should be the first large-scale support operation conducted by the wormhole directly across thousands of light years since the establishment of the wormhole. As long as the wormhole exit is grasped, the worms from various bases can gather here. With the wormhole today In terms of their background, even if the entire consortium were ten times larger, it would be of no avail.The only thing that limits them is the wormhole itself.

Zerg In 1610, the ninth brainworm was hatched from Krichtel. It will directly accept the teachings of Sass and become a qualified scientific research assistant.

In the same year, in order to expel the Zerg swarm, the Oran people took the initiative to launch an attack on two systems occupied by the Zerg that were developing in scale.

The other side assembled two fleets with a total of 30 main warships and forced their way into the galaxy. The war between the two sides that had been dormant for eight years broke out.

The Zerg faced the enemy with superior strength, and with the support of various large celestial bodies for supplies, in addition to the casualties caused at the beginning, the number of enemies increased even more!

In desperation, the Oran people, who had been unable to break through the Zerg defense line and directly attack the planet base for a long time, could only choose to retreat. The war aimed at nipping the Zerg in the bud also ended.

In terms of navigation technology and mobility, the insect swarm on the same level as the Velvets is no match for them. If they want to retreat, there is no way for the insect swarm to stop them, especially in such a completely empty space.

But as long as such an intelligent civilization has not completely gotten rid of its dependence on the planet itself, it will be able to escape the monks but not the temple. Ruhr does not believe that they can push their own planet to escape. Even if they can, it is impossible to make them escape like this. The swarm of insects is beyond reach.

The war was started by the other side, but Ruhr did not want to end it so easily.Come and leave whenever you want, how can it be so easy?

The insect swarm then began to march towards the Oran territory from two completely different directions.Now that the main force of the Zerg that invaded the Colossians has not yet arrived, this is the only main direction of attack for the Zerg.

210 Oridays later, with more and more mechanical creations showing signs, the insect swarm once again clashed with the Oran fleet in the desolate space zone.

The opponent was obviously preparing to regroup here and continue to attack the star system occupied by the swarm in order to weaken the swarm, but Ruhr did not give them such a chance at all.

However, due to the huge gap in technology, even though the insect swarm still had an absolute advantage in numbers, this battle was still very difficult. Even in the face of this fleet that had already suffered a lot of losses before, the insect swarm still had an absolute advantage. Almost with all his strength.

Ruhr had a clear understanding. After leaving the material support inside the galaxy, the insect swarm could no longer confront the enemy head-on in such an environment. Rather than doing this, it would be better to break it into pieces and disperse directly in the vast universe, fully Give full play to its numerical advantage, break through this loophole-filled defense line, and find the weak points of defense within its territory.

Of course, the most important thing is to find ways to contact more truly intelligent individuals!
Only in this way can the insect swarm quickly catch up with each other technologically, thereby smoothing the gap in individual combat power between the two sides.

The two Zerg fleets, with a total of hundreds of thousands of Zerg units after the war, quickly began to disperse, with one to two thousand as a small unit. They gave up the idea of ​​occupying the nearest star and moved forward step by step. Based on the limited intelligence before, Heading towards the hinterland of the entire Oran civilization.

They are like mosquitoes wandering in a dark space. Once they find an opportunity to take advantage of it, they will immediately pounce on it to achieve their goals!

Zerg In 1614, the main force of the Zerg once again arrived in the border star field of Golossae. In front, they may face a fully armed galaxy defense system and a large main fleet.

Just like what Ruhr planned before, the Zerg are inferior to others in terms of technology, but they cannot completely seal off the entire universe. This is impossible to do no matter what.

This time, with Visser's support, the swarm was far ahead in numbers, and Ruhr had more options.

Based on 200 million Zerg medium-sized space units, bypass the opponent's defense line and head directly to its hinterland.

The universe is three-dimensional, and limiting the battlefield to one plane is completely self-defeating. Ruhr is an idiot if he doesn't want to do this.

The remaining insect swarms, with the continuous support from the rear, are attacking these defense lines!
The first one to bear the brunt was naturally the galaxy where Renault led the fleet to defeat the Zerg with space weapons and regain the battlefield of the wormhole passage from them!
Although it is not above the frontal defense line, it can indeed be regarded as a strategic location.

If the swarm occupies this place, it will be much more convenient to replenish it from the rear and the main body of the swarm. On the contrary, if this place continues to be occupied by the Colossians, they can continue to replenish their combat power here through the wormholes within the territory.

It is unrealistic to fight for the right to use it inside a wormhole, at least at this stage.Due to the time difference, it is still difficult to figure out the connection between it and the real universe. The existence of the insect swarm inside it is also of great research value, but there has been no effective observation result, let alone Fighting.

Since it doesn't work internally, it is always right to make breakthroughs from the macrocosm.

In 1614, a Zerg fleet arrived here.Their number has reached an astonishing 500 million, and their opponent is the United Kingdom's Third Fleet that relies on galaxy defense!
It is obviously difficult for a swarm of this size to hide its figure in front of the opponent, but Ruhr does not care. After the last war, this star system has no value for development, which means that the opponent cannot be like the Zerg. It is also replenished directly from the planet.

But this time, the swarm was the attacker, and the ones guarding the wormhole became the Colossians!
The defense force of just one fleet is definitely not able to resist such a huge swarm of insects, even if they may have resource support from the wormhole!
The Colossians did not expect that the insect swarm would come back in such a short period of time, and in such exaggerated numbers!After the last war, although no trace of the Zerg could be found in nearby galaxies, a general conclusion was recognized by most people within the civilization.

That means this battle can buy them at least twenty to thirty years!
20 years, this is not a number that is said casually. After studying the Zerg and analyzing their production capacity in detail, they came to this conclusion based on the model they established. Of course, this includes the time spent on the journey.

They believed that it would take that much time for the insect swarm to produce enough to crush the combined fleet.

But now, only 12 years later, what have they seen?From the statistics of the information system, they clearly knew that this was a super fleet with a total number of more than 500 million!
If they knew that there were still a large number of insect swarms in the rear as reserves, they would not know how they would feel.

But to deal with them, this is enough.

The swarm of insects moved forward, just like the Colossian United Fleet back then, moving forward inexorably.It overcame the opponent's long-range attacks, withstood the opponent's mid-range defense system, and directly relied on unparalleled numbers to forcefully kill in front of the opponent's main fleet. Wherever it passed, it was a mess.All defense systems have been destroyed, and the only thing left before us is a head-on battle.

The close-range fighting soon began. The opponent simply could not limit the Zerg to the mid-range, and thus could not effectively consume the Zerg swarm. The Zerg Sea tactics were fully demonstrated at this moment. Even the opponent's energy cannon was unable to control the Zerg. It was over-fired and stalled due to overload, and it failed to block the insect swarm from the "barrage".

After 26 Oridays, the sea of ​​insects submerged everything.

With the sacrifice of part of the fleet as the premise, the remaining main warships of the Third Fleet completed the evacuation through the wormhole. Ruhr did not stop this. If the opponent wanted to escape, the Zerg could not stop it. It only needed to achieve its own strategy. Just aim.

Two million Zerg medium-sized warships have begun to bypass the opponent's defense line and find ways to break into its territory. What this main force needs to do is put frontal pressure!

The next target is where the insect swarm was wiped out at the beginning.

As the saying goes, where you fall, you have to get up.Now, the wormhole galaxy has returned to the hands of the Zerg.Ruhl believed that it was time for the insect swarm, which had received close support, to once again complete its "revenge" against the Colossians!

(End of this chapter)