The explosion on the planet signified the official start of this inevitable battle.
The A Squadron had their own arrangements, and the squads had their own responsibilities.
The A Squadron's formation had changed, and the B Squadron was not allowed to go to that area as they pleased. If they did, they might ruin the A Squadron's formation and plan, and they might even be mistaken for an enemy and be killed. If that happened, they could only blame it on their own luck if they were accidentally killed.
Every B Squadron had their own squad leaders.
Although the Third B Squadron wanted to protect the Eleventh Squad, it was incredibly difficult to locate Silin's spaceship in a battlefield full of small spaceplanes and all kinds of space fighters. Moreover, the Third B Squadron had just received an order to protect the Eleventh Squad's starship.
Other than the squad leader and a few people, no one in the Third B Squadron knew that the Eleventh Squad's starship had been replaced. They naturally carried out the order without any questions. What they didn't know, however, was that the person they wanted to help had been forced out of that small starship.
Silin had spoken to the Third B Squadron's squad leader and told him to ignore them and protect the Eleventh Squad's starship.
Since Silin had said so, the Third B Squadron's squad leader no longer insisted. The Third B Squadron had to pay attention to their own squad's movements, the enemy's movements, and the A Squadron's new orders so that they could respond at the first sign of trouble. They couldn't even take care of themselves right now.
The large starships and spacecrafts had already raised their energy shields the moment the alarm went off. The dark red energy shields told the people piloting the spacecrafts that the energy shields were currently activated — don't collide with them, or you'll be digging your own grave.
"Ah, isn't that energy shield made from the energy ore we discovered before?" Huimao patted Silin excitedly after he saw the image on the screen.
"Yes, that's the one."
The dark red energy shields on Vanguard's starships and spaceplanes were made from the energy ore Silin discovered back when he was still in the Sixth Division. After that, the mining of the energy ore on that planet was directly handed over to the A Squadron, and the Sixth Squadron's ranking in the Vanguard Fleet soared.
However, that was all in the past. The credit belonged to the Sixth Division, not the Eleventh Squad.
"How infuriating!" Huimao was now full of resentment. When it thought about how the fruits of its hard work had all gone to others and how little it had gained, it was very angry, very, very angry!
The result of Huimao's anger was that he had scratched a couple of holes in the metal table beside him, and that was after Czedow had comforted him.
Inside the aircraft, Eudy sat in the main command seat and gave commands. A team of robots stayed on the aircraft to assist in piloting, so the others could free up their hands to do other things.
Sha Rou and Tico, Udoze and Tang Qiuqiu, Dias and his wife, Shusag and Tesoro, Kari and Chifeng, and Xiao Shang and Ba Dao were all flying out to meet the navigators.
Shusag had always thought that the Eleventh Squad had some influence even though it was a little small in number. Now, however, Shusag and his son were in the same fighter. As they watched the dense array of spaceships, starships, and fighters surrounding the planet, Shusag finally understood why the A Squadron's members reacted the way they did when they arrived at the Eleventh Squadron's starship for the handover of command.
They didn't care.
Yes, the Eleventh Squad's dozen or so people were practically negligible when compared to the entire Vanguard.
Back on the starship, although the Eleventh Squadron's starship was small, it was still a starship. It was still different from other spaceships. Even if it didn't have much of a presence, it still had a presence. But now?
The spaceplane Cillin was on right now was hidden in this enormous battlefield. No one would know that it was actually a flying tool used by a squad leader of one of the four great squadrons on the main battlefield. Compared to the other ten squadrons, Silin's current situation could only be described as shabby.
Shusag recalled that the people who had followed Stanley to the Eleventh Squad's starship might have looked at Silin with sympathy and mockery.
Fighter jets flashed by, flames from explosions, all kinds of sound waves, electromagnetic interference, energy-absorbing weapons, and cannons bombarded and counterattacked one after another. White cold beam cryogenic cannons and scorching particle cannons intersected in this seemingly chaotic battlefield.
Fighter aircrafts were constantly being destroyed, and smaller aircrafts were also being destroyed. Some were from Vanguard's side, and some were from Navigator's side. The surrounding space environment was already filled with debris of various sizes.
Aircraft that had been hovering in front of Shusag a moment ago were blown to smithereens in the next. Not even a groan could be heard from them.
Life and death were decided in the blink of an eye.
Silin thinks of a phrase he had read in Chamounidin's diary: A battlefield that burns with one's life.
The atmosphere of the battlefield was always able to make the Hunters immerse themselves in it. Even the usually timid Hunters would ignore the fear in their hearts at this moment and rush into the battlefield that was filled with sparks and sparks.
Silin stood inside the control room of the spaceplane. There were eight light screens in front of him, and they were displaying the movements in six different directions. The remaining two screens were displaying the situation on the planet. A normal person would be dazzled if they had to pay attention to two or three screens at the same time, but Silin could easily pay attention to eight screens at the same time.
While paying attention to the activity on the light screen, Cillin told Czedow some information that he needed to record and analyze. Wheeze was the only one who was bored enough to walk around the metal platform and scratch its claws twice. Judging from the frequency at which its whiskers were trembling, Cillin knew that the fellow was very impatient and holding back its anger.
Silin frowned as he stared at the screen. He couldn't shake the feeling that he had overlooked something.
After carefully analyzing the images displayed on the screens, Silin's attention was focused on the debris floating in space that was growing in number. These debris were affecting the fighter aircrafts quite a bit, and it was obvious that many of the aircrafts at the center of the battlefield had slowed down a bit.
Hmm?
Silin zoomed in on one of the screens.
There were some things that looked like floating rocks among the debris of various sizes.
What on earth are they?
Silin zoomed in on the details on the other seven screens.
"Can you analyze these further?" Silin asked Czedow.
Czedow stared at the floating pebbles Cillin was pointing at and tried to analyze them. Unfortunately, he couldn't come into direct contact with them, and there were all kinds of disturbances in the battlefield, so his ability to analyze them was limited.
"I can't. I'm not sure what they are, but they're different from the debris. I sense some special signals," Czedow replied.
The communicator in Silin's hand flashed a few times while he was thinking.
Is it Invisible Wushe?
It wasn't a video this time. It was a message: Beware of bugs.
Bugs?
Bugs!
Silin immediately connected the communicators on the six fighter aircrafts and communicated with them.
"Be careful not to touch those floating debris. Avoid them as much as you can and don't come into contact with them!"
Since the outer material of the aircrafts was a little tough, it wasn't a big deal to bump into small debris from time to time.
Although they were a little puzzled by Silin's words, they did as they were told. At worst, they would just slow down a bit. Everyone's speed had decreased quite a bit anyway, so they could take care of themselves as long as they were careful. After all, this wasn't the A Squadron's central battlefield, and the fighter aircrafts at the center of the battlefield were moving around in a hurry. Even if they slowed down, they would still be much faster than the fighter aircrafts at the periphery. This was the difference in technology.
Udoze didn't think that he was any weaker than the A Squadron. In fact, he was confident that he could charge into the central battlefield at his original speed, take out a couple of Navigators and return safely after that. Originally, Udoze wanted to give it a try, but Silin had warned them before the battle began, so Udoze gave up on the idea. At worst, he would just try somewhere close to the central battlefield. Silin's words reached his ears before he could act.
What's there to avoid debris? Some of the wreckage was classified as wreckage within the safety line, which was the wreckage and other obstacles that the warship could withstand, according to the warship's functional coefficients and defensive capabilities, etc. Sometimes, avoiding debris on purpose would actually make everyone's hands and feet tied.
It didn't take long for everyone to understand why Silin gave such an order.
Kari accidentally ran into an obstacle while making a sharp turn after avoiding a shot from a Navigator.
"You've hit a debris," Chifeng said. It hadn't even been two minutes since Silin said that, and Kari had already run into one, so Chifeng reminded him.
"Got it, little friend!" Kari looked at the display on the fighter's instrument. It was just an obstacle within the safety line, and it didn't seem to affect the fighter's functions.
Just as he finished thinking this, he realized that the "debris" was stuck to the fighter.
After trying to shake it off a few times, Kari decided to ignore it. However, very quickly, the fighter's safety system sounded a warning.
"What's going on?" Kari was puzzled.
Chifeng followed the system's warning and pulled up the image taken by the external camera.
"What's this?" Chifeng was shocked.
After Kari fired and blasted away the enemy fighter, he turned his head to look.
"F * ck!"
On the tail of Kari's fighter, there was something about a meter long stuck there. It looked like the stone debris floating in space, but the problem was that this thing was alive!
The originally somewhat bumpy oval thing gradually stretched out, revealing a head and sickle-like claws. The other abdomens were like suction cups sucking tightly on the fuselage, and the liquid that sprayed out of this thing's mouth began to corrode the fuselage.
Fortunately, this fighter was made of some special materials, so its resistance was a little stronger. After a long time, only a shallow mark was left on it. At the same time, Cary discovered that one of the Navigator's battleships also had the same thing. The guys over there were not as lucky as Cary. Their battleship was quickly corroded, and in the space environment, any small hole on a flying tool could be fatal.
Although he didn't know what exactly happened on the other side, Cary only knew that the warship was destroyed by another Vanguard warship not long after it brushed past them unhurriedly. There was no telling if the thing stuck to the fighter plane had been destroyed along with it or not.
Kari quickly contacted Silin and reported the situation to him. Meanwhile, Silin was already analyzing the thing. He ordered all six fighters to fly to where the spaceplane was. Fortunately, the material used to make the aircrafts were pretty resistant to corrosion, so there was no danger for now.
After Silin had sorted out the information he had on the thing and sent it to the B Squadron commanders, he summoned Czedow and Huimao.
"Get ready to leave."
Huimao's spirits lifted. We can finally leave this place!
Silin brought up the star map of this war zone and drew a circle on it. Then, he said to Eudy, "Circle around this area. Don't stray too far away."
"Alright, don't worry." Eudy looked at the area Silin circled. It was where their starship was located, and the Eleventh Squad's starships were flying around this area all this time. More and more fighter aircrafts were gathering in this area. Some were navigators, and some were vanguards.
"Fuck, electrocution is useless against them!" Kari cursed while staring at the image captured by the external camera on the system screen. Right now, two of those strange things were stuck to their spaceplane.
He hadn't noticed it at first, but now he realized that there were more and more of them around them. When did these things appear?!
"I'll go take care of them," Chifeng said.
"Don't. We're almost at the place Silin said. You should take care of the three enemy fighters first."
There were two weapon systems on a fighter. One was for the pilot, and the other could be used by the co-pilot. Right now, Chifeng was sitting in the co-pilot's seat. Although he didn't really pilot a fighter, he was helping Kari deal with the enemy fighters. Compared to shooting, Chifeng preferred the most primitive way of combat — hand-to-hand combat, no, claw combat.
Kari was worried about leaving Chifeng alone. The little guy wasn't good at space, and it would be terrible if he lost control of his armor and got flung out of the spaceplane.
When the fighter finally arrived at the range Silin said, Silin's voice entered Kari's communicator. "Adjust the pilot speed to medium third gear, and don't attack for half a minute. Czedow and I will help you take care of the things on the spaceplane."
Kari did as Silin said and started the countdown. Their time limit had always been very strict. Half a minute later, Kari and Chifeng would enter attack mode again.
When Kari's countdown reached the thirteenth second, a figure flew toward their fighter. The figure's feet were tightly attached to the fuselage, and one of his hands was pressed against the fuselage to stabilize himself in a triangular formation with his feet. After he stabilized himself, the figure swiftly punched the insect that was spraying corrosive liquid on the fuselage.
No sound could be heard, but when Kari saw the thing's head get punched through, he thought it should've been a crisp crack. Because the thing looked very hard on the outside, the person's fist must be really hard to punch through.
Although the insect's head was already dead, its legs were still tightly attached to the fuselage, so Kari could only pull it off directly. Even after the whole thing was pulled off, the suction cups on its legs were still tightly attached to the fuselage.
Kari felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the strange things that were forcibly "torn" off the fuselage and the broken limbs. What the hell is this!?
After the first insect was taken care of, the second one was quickly torn off the fuselage in the same way. By the time Kari's countdown reached the thirteenth second, both of them had been taken care of.
"Thanks, Czedow!" Kari said to the figure flying into the distance.
"Is that Czedow?" Chifeng was puzzled.
"Who else could it be if not Czedow? That's how Czedow does things. He likes to solve his problems with his bare fists because it's more direct and less troublesome. However, I'm afraid that Czedow is the only one who has such hard fists, "Cary said.
Chifeng frowned and scratched his red hair, "I still think that person is Silin."
"Silin? Doesn't our captain always use swords and guns? " Kari retorted, but Kari quickly fell silent. Now that he thought about it, the man's movements were so smooth when he took care of the two strange things. It was so smooth that it didn't look like he was on a spaceship, but a stone bench in a normal environment.
It was too natural, too smooth, and he punched a hole through the strange thing's head. No matter how he looked at it, it should be Czedow's doing.
Kari hesitated when he saw Chifeng's determined gaze. Then who was the person who flew past just now?
"What are you doing, idiot! You're spacing out at a time like this! "Xiao Shang's angry curses came from Kari's communicator.
Just now, an enemy navigator had locked onto Kari's aircraft and almost opened fire while Kari was spacing out. If Xiao Shang hadn't taken care of the enemy first, Kari's aircraft would've been hit already.
"Ahem, I spaced out," Kari quickly adjusted himself and answered.
"Is your brain full of shit? How can you get distracted on a battlefield like this? You joined the squad before me! "Xiao Shang mocked.
"Thanks, brother!" Kari came back to his senses and stopped thinking about whether the man was Silin or Czedow. Kari knew that their captain had never revealed his true combat strength, but he couldn't help but overlook Silin's strength. It was because Silin mostly used swords and guns in front of them.
On the other side, Silin helped Kari and the others get rid of the bugs stuck to their aircraft after he had taken care of the two bugs on it.
"How is it, Czedow?" Silin asked.
"We've sent them the sample analysis data already," Czedow said as he tore a bug off Shusag's body. He had sent the bug analysis and sample analysis to Xi Kai and the others so that they could analyze it for him. Right now, neither he nor Silin had the time to do so.
Huimao was crouching outside Udoze's aircraft and chewing the bug he had just bitten off. He spat it out after chewing twice.
"This is disgusting!"
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