A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 26 The Many Uses of the Planet Destroyer Colossus

This instruction wasn't forced upon them by Lu Shang, but rather requested by the Overlord and the Main Brain, who wanted to learn from Lu Shang how to better use their brains.

After Lu Shang requested to be taught in his own way as a condition, the main brains and the ruler readily agreed.

And so it evolved into what it is today.

The Overlord and the Mastermind were nestled in their cave, holding a small notebook and pen in their tentacles, intently watching Lu Shang's live teaching in the swarm network, and taking notes.

If anyone dares to lose focus during the teaching process, the bees next to them are ordered to swing their bodies like whips and lash them until they are willing to study properly.

After a barrage of criticism, the mainframes were still groaning in pain, but the Overlord, enduring the agony, asked, "Mainframe Lu Shang, the swarm has temporarily halted the Star River Alliance's offensive. What should we do next?"

Lu Shang thought for a moment, then replied, "We cannot just focus on defense. A prolonged defense will inevitably lead to defeat. We must attack while defending and defend while attacking. By continuously destroying stars, we can expand the nebula environment that is favorable to us, allowing the swarm outposts to penetrate deep into the heart of the Star Alliance star field and continuously send swarms to attack the enemy's rear industries."

"Once the industrial base is lost, the enemy's renewable resources will dwindle with each battle. If they can be completely destroyed, it will mean that the enemy's military strength will be worn down in the continuous fighting and will not be able to be replenished."

As he spoke, Lu Shang paused and added, "Oh, right, you just said that you wanted to stop the Star River Alliance's offensive. On this point, I have the exact opposite view. The Nebula Tactics only temporarily forced them to retreat. The enemy will soon come up with other ways to make a comeback."

……

At this moment, the Star Alliance General Staff is in a state of utter chaos.

The main problem was that Lu Shang's star-destroying tactic was simply too insane, and the advisors couldn't think of any way to counter it.

We can't just have the fleet hold out for the star system and then get caught in the crossfire of a supernova, can we?

That's insane!

The swarms of bees hiding in the nebula of star debris are unlikely to exert the same powerful war effectiveness as before when black hole-induced attacks are launched.

The enemy can advance step by step and push back against the Star Alliance!

"No, absolutely not. A full-strength fleet composed of modern warships can hardly pose a threat to a swarm outpost in a one-on-one battle unless two or more fleets attack the same swarm outpost."

Another strategist shook his wings in agreement and said, "Nebula matter is a major obstacle, and the swarm's masterminds are aware of this, so they have the swarm creatures massively destroy the star, scattering stellar matter to create a large area of ​​environment favorable to them."

"Not only are black hole-induced weapons ineffective against swarm outposts, but even the weapons of older ships are ineffective against the enemy. Lasers are weakened by nebulous matter, cannonballs are worn down and slowed down by high-speed motion, and plasma cannons are weakened even more."

"This decision was so brilliant that it was almost unbelievable that a bee colony could make such a strategic decision."

Even as enemies, these alien strategists couldn't help but admire the decision-makers who devised this tactic, which, once launched, directly reversed the Dominator's swarm's decline.

After all, they couldn't possibly send their fleet into the nebula to fight, as the environment there was unsuitable for black hole-induced strikes, and their other strike capabilities would be greatly weakened.

And what about bee colonies?

Their psionic energy is not affected by these nebulous substances.

The military strategists of the Star River Alliance found their opponents increasingly terrifying, and when they thought about how their previous plans to use the Swarm Overlord as bait to lure away the scattered swarms had been successfully implemented, they found it all quite absurd.

"Either the Swarm Overlord was deliberately hiding its strength, or the Overlord's swarm has some unexpected additions. Either way, it's not good news," an alien advisor said, his beard trembling with a grim expression.

After a long discussion that yielded no results, someone suggested, "We can concentrate our efforts on one point and use that point to break through the entire Babel beehive's battle line."

But this was quickly met with opposition from other staff officers.

"No, if we concentrate our forces, the swarms of bees in other directions will be unchecked."

Then someone suggested, "Perhaps we can try the Colossus."

"Colossus? The Colossus is no longer useful."

The staff officer who made the proposal countered, "To be clear, it's the current battlefield environment that makes it difficult to pose an effective threat to the enemy, but it's by no means useless."

"As we all know, the Colossus has a range. Beyond this range, the high-energy particle beams it emits will be significantly scattered, making it difficult to pose a threat to the star. Therefore, whenever a star is destroyed, the Colossus must accompany the fleet to the star system where the target is located."

"If we can use the scattering of these high-energy particles to blast away the nebulous material leading to the target star, we can clear a region in the nebula."

The advisor who made the suggestion paused, then added, "Of course, this gap will only exist temporarily. The swarm of creatures within the nebula will inevitably fill the gap created by the nebula's matter immediately, but this process can never be completed instantly."

"Based on this, we can conclude that the Alliance fleet will have a window of opportunity to directly threaten enemy units after the Colossus shatters the nebula."

"As long as we seize this window of opportunity, the enemy's current strategic deployment will be completely dismantled."

The Colossus's scattering bombardment clears the nebulous matter around the enemy, and then the fleet seizes the opportunity at the same time to launch a large number of black hole-induced strikes to destroy the enemy.

Moreover, the colossi are readily available, many of which have not yet been phased out or destroyed, so there is no need to wait for the war machine corps to manufacture them; it is a strategy that can be implemented immediately.

This is indeed an idea worth discussing.

One of the advisors said, "You've overlooked one point: the enemy can move in space, and the nebula covers a vast area. The swarms of creatures in the nebula can easily hide in areas with dense nebula matter, and the Colossus needs to be recharged every time it is used."

"That is indeed a problem." The proposer nodded, not denying that such a situation existed.

Soon, another advisor added, "We can group the Colossi into an independent support fleet, with multiple Colossi simultaneously charging up to directly clear nebulous matter around enemy units over a large area."

"Under the interference of the gravity-blocking ship, the enemy cannot exceed the speed of light and can only move at a speed lower than the speed of light. This process is the window of opportunity for the fleet to launch a black hole-induced attack."

……

With the Star Alliance's decision, colossi were quickly drawn from the old fleet and assembled into a support fleet composed entirely of colossi.

Just as Lu Shang was attempting to assign planetary creatures to engage the Star River Alliance fleet on a larger scale, this support fleet composed of colossi appeared on the battlefield.

Although the planetary beings noticed something was wrong early on and prioritized using the scouts they had thrown out to induce the formation of microscopic black holes, knocking down many of the colossi, the remaining colossi still managed to blast apart the scout nebula that enveloped them in an instant.

Then came the Star Alliance fleet's fierce black hole-induced attack...

(End of this chapter)