In the void, the two sides were getting closer and closer.
Although the vanguard fleet had a million warships, when these warships were evenly distributed on a sphere with a diameter of a few AU, it immediately became very sparse.
On average, the distance between two warships was about 100,000 kilometers.
And the Zergs on the opposite side?
It was as if the sea was surging. There was almost no distance between the insects. Basically, all of them were rushing forward together.
In comparison, the vanguard fleet was really not enough.
Of course, when the civilization level reached a certain level, the significance of quantity was far less than before.
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Vanguard fleet, Porthole F012-ST27890-3312.
A warship that was only a level 3 civilization frigate was speeding forward.
"Captain, the distance to the target is 30 million kilometers!"
"After the warship decelerates to the second cruising speed, start releasing all the assault ships!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Relying on the powerful subspace engine, the warship only needed ten seconds to decelerate from the third cruising speed to the second cruising speed. Its braking ability was very strong.
When the warship slowed down and reached the captain's requirements, its completely meaningless abdomen … suddenly opened.
The huge hidden warehouse was almost a third of the length of the entire warship.
An object the size of an assault ship slowly emerged from within.
Its appearance was cigar-shaped, and the overall surface was abnormally smooth. There was nothing extra, and even the thrusters could not be found on its body.
Just from the appearance, it was impossible to tell that this thing was a warship. It gave people the feeling that it was a huge solid metal body.
The second ship …
The third ship …
It was not until the 24th ship that it finally stopped.
However, no matter who looked at it, the size of the 24 assault ships was far larger than the size of the dreadnought warship in front of them.
This situation was completely due to the use of space storage.
Although the dreadnought warship was only the size of a level 3 civilization frigate, due to the use of space storage technology, its internal space was definitely not smaller than a heavy battleship.
"Captain, all the assault ships have been released. Starting to establish connection … Command has been obtained!"
"Start the first wave of assault!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The 24 assault ships were like escort ships, surrounding the warship.
However, it would be a huge mistake to think that these cigar-shaped assault ships were escorts.
In the next second, as the space around the battleships trembled slightly, all 24 assault ships were elongated.
That's right, it was elongated!
At least … Visually, that was the case!
Just like the Golden Cudgel, it kept growing longer and longer until a few seconds later, the impact ships around the warship gradually dissipated.
Of course, the impact ship wasn't actually elongated. It only accelerated to 0.99 times the speed of light in an instant, which created this visual effect.
"All data is normal. Estimated contact with the swarm in 79 seconds!"
"Aim all your attacks at the edge of the impact path. Try your best to squeeze the surrounding insects into the path of the impact ship!"
"Yes, Captain!"
At a distance of more than 20 million kilometers, a large amount of Space Collapse directly affected the swarm, constantly reaping the lives of the combat insects.
Although the combat bugs were not afraid of death, they would still instinctively move away from a powerful attack, trying to stay out of the attack range.
It was this kind of behavior, coupled with the deliberate actions of the attacking warship.
Many combat insects were pushed into the path of the impact ship, causing the number of insects on the path to increase by at least 30%.
"Ten seconds left before contact!"
"9..."
"8..."
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"1...0..."
"Contact!"
At this moment, the 24 assault ships all plunged into the swarm of Zergs.
"1.92 million kilometers into the swarm, speed loss of 0.02%!"
"8.4 million kilometers into the swarm, speed loss of 0.03%!"
"Successfully penetrated the swarm!"
In less than a minute, the 24 assault ships had penetrated the swarm that was tens of millions of kilometers thick.
This penetration was not calculated by the size of the assault ships. Otherwise, even if there were thousands of assault ships, it wouldn't cause much damage to the Zergs.
Most importantly, although these shock ships were not solid, their entire outer shell was made of degenerate state materials, especially the head that took up 20% of the entire shock ship, which was made of degenerate state materials.
Therefore, although the assault ships were not as strong as the neutron battle stars, due to their huge mass and the fact that they could travel at 0.99 times the speed of light, they could generate a large gravitational force that could cause fatal damage to the Zergs within tens of thousands of kilometers of the assault ship.
If an analogy were to be made, the assault ships would be the neutron battle stars that were tens of thousands of times weaker.
Everywhere they passed, it was as if there was a rain of blood. The insects that were directly hit by the assault ships were instantly vaporized.
The insects that were not directly hit by the assault ships avoided the worst outcome, but they could not escape the fate of death. They were completely shredded to pieces by the powerful gravitational force.
Perhaps it was not that big in terms of killing radius, only tens of thousands of kilometers, but the problem was the depth. The assault ships had penetrated the entire swarm!
Therefore, in terms of lethality, against a race that emphasized numbers like the Zergs, the assault ships were more effective than ordinary space weapons.
"All assault ships, readjust the angle and prepare for the next wave of impact!"
"Yes, Captain!"
It was clear that the captain was preparing to maneuver the assault ship into the Zerg swarm to put on a show of seven attacks and seven exits.
However, it was not just the captain who was doing this. All the battleships in the vanguard fleet were doing the same.
Due to the entrance of the assault ships, the firepower of the entire vanguard fleet was more than doubled. They once again pushed the Zergs back!
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In hyperspace, on the bridge of the United.
"Commander, according to this progress, we should be able to control the area enough for the entire fleet to descend within the specified time!"
Vieruodis reported while also being shocked by the effectiveness of the assault ships' attack.
Originally, before the assault ships had been used in actual combat, she had always regarded them as a single-point attack that could forcefully destroy the enemy's important targets.
However, after this battle with the vanguard fleet, her thinking had completely changed.
Maybe …
Compared to a single-point attack, it seemed more effective against enemies like the Zergs that relied on numbers.