Chapter 939: Swarm of Insects
"The first wave of Zerg fleet has reached the warning range of our main position, and its number is estimated to be around 500,000 Zerg fleets."
This included over fifty T4 Zerg motherships, but no T5 Leviathan-class Zerg motherships were found.
"Report: The Zerg fleet's forward units are expected to enter the firing range of our forward positions in ten minutes."
"Report, our interplanetary stealth reconnaissance ship has detected that the Zerg mothership has begun releasing Zerg units."
One piece of battlefield intelligence after another was transmitted to Zhao Chen.
In front of Zhao Chen were those images and videos.
As you can see, the already dark Zerg mothership now unleashes even larger waves of black energy.
These black waves are Zerg units deployed by the Zerg mothership.
From the lowest tier: T1 Flying Insects, T2 Hydralisks, T3 Exploding Beetles, and T3 Corrupted Xenomorphs.
And the T4 Guardian Leviathan, T4 Hunter Leviathan, and T4 Colossus Leviathan, whose strength is no less than that of a starship.
“This scale is something we’ve never encountered in any of our previous battles against the Zerg.” Lilith looked at the data constantly being scanned by the radar.
That contains precise data on this Zerg fleet.
The starship's battlefield radar detects enemy fleet combat units.
However, if this scale were applied to other battlefields...
It is estimated that dozens of T4-class interstellar warships would be needed to obtain the final data.
Here, the T5 Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship can complete the scanning and data analysis of the entire battlefield all by itself.
Don't think that the T5 Dragon Emperor Starship only has extremely strong communication and system computing capabilities; it also has the most powerful starship battlefield radar currently available from the JF-17 Thunder!
It even surpasses the second-ranked radar by at least thirty times in capability.
The numbers, which were initially rising rapidly, have gradually begun to slow down.
This means that the battlefield calculations are about to end.
"Commander, this is the latest combat strength data of the enemy fleet on our main battlefield. It is estimated that the final result will not fluctuate by more than 10% if no other Zerg fleet reinforcements appear." Little Dragon Girl floated in front of Zhao Chen.
They submitted a detailed report on the enemy fleet.
【A total of 537,281 Zerg fleets;】
This includes 57 T4 Zerg motherships; 2011 T3 Zerg motherships; 43621 T2 Zerg motherships; and 491592 T1 Zerg motherships.
This data shows that while the Zerg fleet is large in number, the number of advanced Zerg motherships is relatively small, representing a low percentage.
However, the combat effectiveness of a Zerg fleet cannot be evaluated simply by looking at its numbers.
A large part of the Zerg mothership's combat power comes from the Zerg combat units it carries.
For example, the lowest-level Zerg combat unit.
Zhao Chen's eyes were blurry from looking at that string of last digits.
Fortunately, Xiaolongnu was considerate and provided an approximate figure.
【T1 flying insects: approximately 30 billion】
This isn't measured in tens of thousands anymore, it's in hundreds of millions!
Three hundred T1 flying insects, although their combat strength is only at the T1 level, are still a formidable force due to their sheer number.
Even if they don't resist, simply firing the machine guns from the main position, even with an unlimited supply of ammunition, until all the gun barrels are worn out, would probably not be enough to wipe them out completely.
【T2 Hydralisks: Approximately 70 million】
【T3 Corrupted Alien: Approximately 2.6 million】
【T3 Self-Destructing Beetles: Approximately 600,000】
As the main combat units on the battlefield, the number of T2 Hydralisks, T3 Corrupted Wyverns, and T3 Exploding Beetles is also quite astonishing.
However, what's even more terrifying is the T4 level, currently the strongest Zerg combat unit on this battlefield.
【T4 Guardian Leviathan: Approximately 30,000】
【T4 Hunter Leviathan: Approximately 6000】
【T4 Colossus Leviathan: Approximately 1700】
The Leviathan creatures released by these three types of T4 Hive Motherships are individually as powerful as some of the same level of Starfrigates, Star Destroyers, and Star Battleships!
These T4 Leviathan creatures appeared immediately.
It had already been designated as a top priority target by the T5 Dragon Emperor Starship.
"That's quite a lot. I wonder if our ammunition will be enough to feed these bastards," Zhao Chen said with a light laugh.
"According to my calculations, the current stockpile of combat supplies at our main position No. 1 is more than enough to destroy these 500,000 Zerg motherships."
"It all depends on how we fight and how we control the attrition on the battlefield." Little Dragon Girl stroked her chin, looking thoughtful.
Zhao Chen looked at the interstellar war sand table at the No. 1 main position.
In addition to the T5 Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship, Charlotte's First Dragon Legion and the Dragon Tiger Legion's 20,000 interstellar warships were responsible for guarding the No. 1 main position.
A total of 30,000 combat-type interstellar warships.
In this light, it might seem like a futile effort to stop this terrifying swarm of insects with just 30,000 interstellar warships.
But if you take a closer look at the combat power of these 30,000 interstellar warships, then you'll have a completely different idea.
The 30,000 interstellar warships here include the Dragon Legion and the Dragon Tiger Legion.
However, the Dragon Tiger Legion uses only the Dragon-type interstellar warships, and Charlotte herself is the supreme commander of the Dragon Tiger Legion, so there shouldn't be any major problems with the two sides cooperating.
Detailed starship combat data was also presented to Zhao Chen.
T4-class interstellar warships: 910;
T3-class interstellar warships: 11,271;
T2-class interstellar warships: 18,010.
Apart from the T5 Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship, there are no other T5-class interstellar warships.
As for those T5 interstellar warships, Zhao Chen naturally had other plans for them.
It will appear naturally when needed.
The current 500,000 Zerg fleet is not enough to deploy Zhao Chen's T5 interstellar warships!
"The Zerg combat units will enter the firing range of our forward positions in 60 seconds!" Little Dragon Girl muttered to herself.
Zhao Chen rested his chin on one hand, silently staring at the interstellar war sandbox.
Charlotte was the overall commander of this main battlefield position, and Zhao Chen only needed to keep an eye on things.
He looked at a picture of a front-line battlefield next to him.
The first line of defense consisted of rows of interstellar escorts and interstellar destroyers.
In addition, hundreds of interstellar defense fortresses were built in just a few days, each equipped with a multi-barreled laser cannon.
The reason for choosing laser cannons instead of large-caliber turrets is that they were specifically designed for the massive numbers of Zerg combat units.
In this battle, Charlotte's First Legion of the Falcon changed its previous tactic of first providing cover with interstellar missile fire. Instead, it adopted a defensive position with machine guns and interstellar escort ships and destroyers, only opening fire after the enemy swarm had approached to medium to close range.
The surging barrage of comments seemed to light up this starry sky for a moment.
At the same time, it was also tearing apart those Zerg combat units.