“Fire.”
Twelve Carrier Bugs equipped with 480mm main guns vented their fury.
Because the displacement of the insect hulls was a mere 10,000 tons, the terrifying force of the absurdly massive cannons' fire caused the Carrier Bugs to shake violently.
Waves rippled across the water's surface.
The terrifying shells instantly left the muzzles, flying toward the enemy dozens of kilometers away.
No matter how one looked at it, the accuracy of cannons was inferior to missiles.
At least, that was the case in the early stages of naval development.
But the power of these cannons meant that any hit on an enemy vessel would be a devastating blow.
A pilot in a magic fighter stared blankly at the sight of the Swarm's giant ships firing their cannons.
This was definitely the first time in his life he had seen such a scene.
Such small ships were equipped with such fierce firepower; if they were the Dawn Empire's ships, they wouldn't be able to withstand it at all.
Moreover, having only one main gun per ship was somewhat lacking in terms of accuracy.
The Empire's current ships all used multi-barrel main guns. For example, on the largest battleships, there were two positions with three 400mm main guns coupled together, for a total of six large cannons.
When firing, the muzzles aimed sideways. Each volley was a test of the hull's stability.
And the crew on board could feel the world-shaking power of that moment.
Puff, puff, puff!
Several pillars of water shot into the sky.
Flames suddenly erupted from the side of one ship.
It didn't hit the main vessel, but this cannon was very lucky to hit a 20,000-ton large escort ship.
Following that, consecutive shots hit a 10,000-ton ship and a 6,000-ton ship.
Being able to achieve such a hit rate at a distance of nearly 40 kilometers was largely due to the Swarm's shell bugs.
After being fired, they could eject gas from their sides to adjust their direction, greatly increasing the hit rate.
In this era, there were no destroyers. There were only main battleships, main carriers, small carriers, escort gunships, and escort anti-aircraft ships.
Other small hulls were developed based on these types.
On Earth, the greatest threat would naturally be aircraft carriers.
But in this world, naval guns had more or less of an accuracy bonus, so which was stronger depended on the specific situation of the battlefield.
This wave of shelling from the Swarm made the Dawn Empire's naval soldiers even more nervous.
Escort ships moved directly in front of the main warships, attempting to protect their carriers.
Meanwhile, the battleships began to turn their turrets, aiming at the Swarm.
But in this moment, the Zerg's second round of shelling was fired.
And another wave of missile bugs flew into the sky.
The Imperial Navy responded more decisively than last time with a missile saturation.
A full 500 missiles.
“...”
Seeing the sky full of small dots trailing light as they approached, Xia Jin couldn't help but feel speechless.
She could only let the bugs block them with their lives.
In this wave, long-range anti-aircraft missile bugs were fired in two consecutive batches, totaling 100.
The elf bugs also hurriedly loaded new missile bugs into the short-range tubes.
Soon after a wave of explosions, the remaining missiles continued to close in.
The Swarm's fleet began to scatter, while tens of thousands of scourges rushed forward from all directions, trying to intercept the enemy halfway.
After a series of continuous explosions, eventually, more than 50 missiles slammed into the scourge net in front of the ships.
The terrifying explosions and shockwaves directly broke through the defense line. Expanding fireballs covered the bows of more than ten ships, and several of them were directly hit by the missiles that had broken through.
Amidst the soaring explosions, four Escort Carrier Bugs had more than half of their bodies blown away.
The large number of bugs inside perished in the blast.
Two Carrier Bugs suffered devastating blows. One was directly hit by a missile, with a third of it blown to pieces on the spot.
Xia Jin hissed in pain.
Fortunately, most of the air force had already taken off, and the number of bugs responsible for operating the cannons wasn't too large; otherwise, the losses would have been even greater.
With so many ships, the power of a saturation strike was terrifying.
Facing a sky full of missiles, the anti-aircraft missile bugs here could only fire a few waves in a short time. Intercepting most of them was already quite good.
“If there are two more rounds of attacks, won't I be wiped out?”
Seeing that her side's anti-aircraft weapons were insufficient, Xia Jin simply ordered everyone to stop holding back and throw all the missile bugs out at once.
The 480mm main guns were still reloading, firing shot after shot.
From the perspective of the scourges in the sky, several enemy warships were already exploding and catching fire one after another.
The previous wave of long-range missile attacks had also hit several ships.
“Fire!”
Swoosh—
Swoosh, swoosh—
The Zerg side no longer considered the cost. They loaded batch after batch, letting the missile bugs spray tail flames and fly out at high speeds.
Like comets approaching the enemy's hulls, they caused the enemy's ships to be hit repeatedly.
The main guns of the front-line Dawn Empire warships also quickly retaliated.
Of course, most of the shells fell into the nearby water or grazed past the Zerg ships.
Until a certain moment...
With a thunderous boom, the hull beneath her feet shook violently. Xia Jin was directly blown away by the shockwave, nearly falling into the sea.
“Phew, the physical fitness of an elf bug's body is still a bit lacking.”
She nimbly climbed back up from the side of the ship and stood firm. Seeing the large hole blown into the Carrier Bug, she guessed... it was going to sink.
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