"Does she have other intentions?"
After listening to Liang Xingchen's analysis, Lin Fan nodded slightly. This analysis was very close to what he thought.
But …
What was Aliya's hidden trump card?
"Where is Lin Yu now?"
"The Underworld Fleet is currently hiding at the end of the second main spiral arm of the Newman Galaxy!"
"Hmm, have Lin Yu personally lead a legion to the front of the spiral arm where the fifth attack group is located. If the situation changes, immediately provide support!"
"Understood!"
After performing a Federation military salute, Liang Xue turned around to deal with this matter.
"Marshal, did you see something?"
"No, I'm just adding a layer of insurance for Elio. Even if Aliya takes out something strange, we can still deal with it calmly."
"That's right. After all, the current Lin Yu is invincible to the Insectoids!"
Although it might expose Lin Yu and the Underworld Fleet that had arrived in advance and were hiding in the Newman Galaxy, Liang Xingchen still supported Lin Fan's point of view. In a war, it was important to have enough backup plans prepared in advance!
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Newman Galaxy, the front of the second main spiral arm.
"Commander, the Marshal sent an urgent message."
"Hmm!"
Elio skillfully turned on the command terminal. After verifying his identity, he received a message.
The main content was that Lin Yu would lead the First Legion of the Netherworld Fleet to arrive in seventeen minutes. At the same time, in order to prevent uncontrollable changes in the battle, Lin Fan ordered Elio to delay the enemy before the Netherworld Fleet arrived. He must not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly! "
"Seventeen minutes?"
"Moreover, the marshal actually sent General Lin Yu out!"
This made Elio very surprised.
The seven Underworld Legions that were hiding in the Newman Galaxy were originally prepared to be exposed at the end of the war to deal a heavy blow to Aliya.
However, the battle had only begun a few hours ago, and the Marshal had already sent Lin Yu and a full Underworld Legion?
It seemed that the Marshal must have thought that the royal Insectoids were not the main attack method of the Insectoids this time.
"Inform the 28th Fleet to abandon the plan of special attack and re-stabilize the defense circle!"
"At the same time, shrink the formation of the defense circle. Ask all fleets to adjust the firepower mode immediately and change it to wave shooting. Maintain the rapid and continuous firepower!"
After understanding the meaning of Lin Fan's order, Ellio also gave up on the plan to hunt the imperial insects that he had prepared and reorganized the deployment.
Originally, the fifth attack group maintained a spherical defensive circle with a diameter of about 10 AU, which could simultaneously deal with any Zerg that came from the defensive line. However, at this moment, the cautious Elio immediately made the most stable adjustments after seeing Lin Fan's order.
Shrinking the defensive circle, the original diameter of 10 AU quickly shrunk to 5 AU. A smaller defensive circle and the same number of warships meant more concentrated firepower deployment.
In addition, the entire fleet's attacking method had been changed to wave attacks, which meant that under the condition that they maintained the same firepower as before, the fleet could continuously launch waves of attacks. In the same amount of time, the damage output could even be five times higher than before.
In these seventeen minutes, Ellio was not prepared to give the Insectoids any chance at all.
Of course, such a deployment would not have any problems dealing with the royal Insectoids or other combat insects. However, Aliya's trump card this time was not so simple. Before Ellio knew it, the high-grade Hidden Blade Insect was only 3 AU away from the fifth attack group's formation.
A distance of 3 AU … This was already within the attack range of the Federation's warships. Moreover, relying on this omnidirectional attack that had no blind spots, many of the attacks directly blasted into the three super insect swarms of the Hidden Blade Insect.
However, whether it was visible to the naked eye or through scanning, the area was empty. There were no combat insects!
In fact, the Hidden Blade Insect had already appeared decades ago and had fought with the Federation's first generation Fearless Fleet on the Vyta Line of Defense in the Myers Star System.
However, at that time, the Hidden Blade Insect's weakness was too great and did not cause any damage to the Fearless Fleet.
After all, the first version of the Hidden Blade Insect was just like the Netherworld Fleet's stealth mode. It could only hide its body and integrate the energy it emitted with the universe's background energy, making it difficult to be discovered.
However, it was limited to that. Being able to hide did not mean that attacks could not hit it. Therefore, as long as the approximate location of the Hidden Blade Insect swarm was known, a few waves of dense firepower could basically wipe them out.
At that moment, the situation on the battlefield was not like that!
Maintaining the omnidirectional firepower was in itself because the Federation had information on the Hidden Blade Insect. Ellio also did it deliberately to prevent this special combat insect.
Therefore, even if the Insectoids were not discovered in these areas, Ellio would still release firepower to ensure the absolute safety of his own defense circle.
Hmm, it could also be considered the interstellar version of firepower reconnaissance!
However, these attacks directly passed through the three Hidden Blade Insect swarms without causing any ripples. It was as if the Hidden Blade Insect swarms really did not exist …
Behind the Insectoids more than ten AUs away, Akkat was extremely excited.
Although he was very confident in the Hidden Blade Insect he was commanding, he also knew that the Federation did not lack technology and weapons that could target the alien phase.
Therefore, during the Hidden Blade Insect's journey, what Akkat was most worried about was whether the weapons used by the Federation fleet would affect the Hidden Blade Insect hidden in the alien phase.
Now, Akkat was finally relieved. The Federation did not discover the existence of the Hidden Blade Insect, and the conventional weapons used by the Federation fleet also did not cause any damage to the Hidden Blade Insect.
Yes, the so-called high-level Hidden Blade Insect was the advanced form of the first version of the Hidden Blade Insect after combining the Phase Ability. Not only could it perfectly hide itself, but it could also switch to a different phase to achieve the effect of avoiding attacks. It could be said that it made up for its biggest shortcoming.
Although this high-level Hidden Blade Insect could still only engage in close combat, the Phase Ability raised its close combat ability to a relatively high level.
It could be first modified to only return to the original phase at the moment of an attack. What kind of experience would it be to let these high-level Hidden Blade Insects sneak into the fleet formation on a large scale …
What kind of experience would it be?
And it was such a threat that was slowly approaching the fifth attack group …