After integrating the landing points of each wave of crystal spaceships, Bai Yi discovered that none of the landing points of so many spaceships overlapped, and even the absolute killing ranges caused by their self-detonations rarely overlapped.
This is how they cleared the buried air mines.
At this moment, Bai Yi felt extremely shocked. This method of sacrificing one's own kind to clear mines was unimaginable for humans.
It's a new round of invasion.
This time, the defensive turrets that had been prepared in advance immediately opened fire on some of the crystals. However, after being attacked, these crystals also exploded violently.
The explosion once again destroyed the surrounding hidden air mines. So far, they have cleared a large isolation zone within the impact area drawn by Bai Yi.
Within the isolation zone is an absolutely safe area without minefields.
"Warning, a crack in the reality barrier has been detected."
"Warning, subspace leak detected."
"Warning, massive gravitational source detected."
"Fifteen minutes left until target arrival."
The formal invasion began.
After the last batch of crystals exploded, the scene fell into a brief silence.
Then, the space outside the isolation zone began to fluctuate like water ripples, and the hidden air mines closed their own space warpers and were exposed from the curled space.
Bai Yi was doing his best to mobilize the surrounding air mines, allowing them to enter the isolation zone artificially created by the crystal spacecraft. Concealment was no longer important, so it was better to turn off the warp drive to maximize deployment speed.
But the air mines weren't aircraft after all, and they didn't use engines to propel themselves, but rather small space sails. Even with their maximum speed, they had only filled 30% of the vacuum area before the 15-minute countdown ended.
Another batch of crystal spaceships arrived in this universe, and this time they were the real main force of the crystal storm.
The first to arrive was a large group of guard and destroyer-class crystals. They were located at the outermost layer of the entire fleet, so they came into direct contact with the shrinking air minefield the moment they landed.
Hundreds of brilliant fireworks suddenly bloomed in the dark starry sky. The huge fireball expanded in all directions in the vacuum and gradually cooled down in the cold universe.
However, this explosion didn't completely destroy the entire escort fleet. The remaining crystal ships began using their laser beams to precisely attack the exposed mines. They often gathered in small groups, each of which would individually target the surrounding mines and sentry guns.
While these small crystal spaceships were clearing the surrounding defense facilities, the galactic defense firepower that had been waiting for a long time immediately launched an attack on them.
The defensive platforms clustered at both ends of the battlefield opened fire. Because these platforms primarily engaged in short- to medium-range attacks, they weren't equipped with expensive tachyon turrets, but rather conventional heavy lasers.
Although this will bring some hit delay, this price is acceptable considering the huge increase in firepower density.
Under the dense and interwoven firepower network, the number of guard-class crystal spaceships on the field was rapidly decreasing, but just when their number was about to fall below five digits, the second batch of crystals entered the field.
The main force of this arrival was cruiser-class crystal ships. This type of ship made up the largest proportion of the entire Crystal Storm Fleet, and their arrival instantly expanded the width of the battlefield several times. At the same time, at this tonnage, the configuration of these crystal ships also began to change.
Some of them have thicker armor protection like heavy cruisers, some have higher maneuverability like light cruisers, and some are thin on the outside but have very violent output capabilities.
This type was later classified as a battlecruiser.
In short, this is a very diverse type of ship, with appropriate tonnage and sufficient hull space allowing them to carry a variety of equipment for different missions.
Compared to the Crystal Storm, the Galactic Alliance boasted an even greater variety of cruisers. Bai Yi alone could currently construct five or six different types. Unfortunately, he didn't have a single usable cruiser.
Relying solely on the firepower of the defense platforms and the remaining automatic sentry guns was more than enough to suppress the first batch of crystal spacecraft, but when faced with a cruiser-level crystal fleet with stronger firepower and additional armor protection, these weapons seemed a little powerless.
So the Luofan Star Orbital Tachyon Cannon, which had not been fired since the war began, began to join the battle.
A massive salvo of tachyon cannon fire, no matter where it is placed in the galaxy, is a sight that can be called a spectacle.
This was a unique attack method that defied common sense. Due to the peculiar property of tachyons traveling faster than the speed of light, from the perspective of observers near the battlefield, it looked as if a cluster of spaceships had exploded out of thin air, followed by countless beams of white light that streamed through the wreckage of these disintegrated spaceships like a torrent.
The concentrated firepower of hundreds of tachyon cannons created a vacuum zone within the crystal storm array. Then the second round of tachyon firepower projected onto the battlefield.
The interval between the two waves of attacks was very short, and the second round of artillery fire hit the target right after the first round of artillery fire.
This wave of attacks was launched from the New Mars Planetary Fortress. The caliber of the artillery batteries anchored in low-Earth orbit at the planet's poles was larger than that of the ones in Lofan's orbit. So, although there was a slight shortage in numbers, the effectiveness of the two was almost the same.
Just then, the third batch of the Crystal Storm Fleet arrived.
The main force of this batch is the battleship-class crystal spacecraft. Compared with the cruiser-class, this type of crystal has a more complex and thicker armor structure. Its surface refraction layer is already able to effectively counter particle weapons, and its own structural strength can also play a good blocking role when facing live ammunition.
After this wave of enemies arrived, the large-caliber tachyon cannons could no longer rip the Crystal Storm's formation apart like fallen leaves swept by an autumn wind. When the blazing white torrent collided with the battleships, which were several times larger than the cruiser crystals, it was like a raging flood hitting a dam, scattering dazzling streams of light along the tangent line of the collision.
The tachyon cannons were effectively blocked by these crystals. Of course, after taking this heavy hit, most of these battleships lost their combat capability. However, their remains could still serve as a shield for the surrounding troops, blocking the subsequent lethal beams.
Ever since the formation of these battleship-class crystals that sacrificed themselves to form a shelter, the Crystal Storm began to launch an organized counterattack.
Their primary targets were still the approaching air mines, followed by the remaining sentry guns. Only after these nearest enemy units were cleared would the crystals turn their attention to the defense platforms deployed at the top and bottom.
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