From the submarine, at the coastline, the Jiaolong Deep Sea Battleship fleet, which had long been prepared, advanced swiftly underwater. When their missiles or lasers hit the exploding pests, an explosion occurred underwater. Only then did everyone realize that these bugs not only contained flammable and explosive gases inside but also hid various small "iron-eating Insects."
These insects possessed a hard "cocoon." Though small in size, they could devour steel. During an explosion, due to their small size, they would be carried away with the blast and attach to the bottom of a ship, quickly gnawing a hole in it. Only with electricity could they be driven away.
"Underwater weapons too?" Da’ao observed and commanded the advanced Zerg to eliminate these Deep Sea Battleships.
At the same time, it emitted infrasound waves, attempting to disrupt the electronic equipment of the warships.
"Detected a special frequency infrasound wave, suspected advanced Zerg!" The Xuanwu System quickly deciphered a suspicious target from various interferences.
"Finally, it appeared!" He Xingzhou had been searching for the commander of the Zerg because there were simply too many Zerg, and they all looked different.
*No one knew which bug was the commander, but now that this infrasound wave appeared, it was at least a high-level commander!*
"Thunder Shark Mecha Corps, move out!" He Xingzhou ordered.
"Thunder Shark team received!" Thunder Shark Mecha Corps had long been lurking in the sea, and if the Zerg could hide in the silt, so could they!
The average depth of this sea area was only sixty meters, and the maximum depth was just over a hundred meters, not as exaggerated as the average depth of the Pacific Ocean at 3,957 meters.
So even at the deepest point, the water pressure wasn’t high, allowing the Thunder Shark Mechas to move freely!
Dozens of Thunder Shark Mechas launched together from their hiding spots, quickly moving toward the area of the infrasound waves.
"Hmm? Movement?" Da’ao sensed the shift, as a Reconnaissance Insect reported the mecha information to it.
"These humans sure have a lot of hiding tricks!" Da’ao immediately summoned the advanced Zerg to protect itself. Its abilities were much stronger than those bugs, but it didn’t want to face danger directly. Who knew what other tricks humans had?
"Target found!" Below the deep sea, the Thunder Shark Mecha Corps had already locked onto Da’ao’s position.
"Take it down!" shouted He Xingzhou.
The Mecha Corps had begun their attack, firing the torpedoes they carried to bombard the Zerg that came to obstruct them.
"Watch the underwater, help them block the rest of the Zerg!" At this moment, the fleet was also coordinating with the Deep Sea Mecha Corps’ actions.
Torpedo after torpedo, along with underwater cruise missiles, intercepted the swarm trying to guard Da’ao.
"Quick, come and guard me!" Da’ao issued an urgent order, and some of the swarms attacking the ships began to retreat to support Da’ao.
"Charge through, support the island!" Xue Yang shouted, as the pressure on their fleet eased, they immediately broke through the swarm’s blockade, heading toward the island’s edge to support the land defense with missiles.
Other fleets were also approaching.
"What is Da’ao doing?" Jaegersa and Black Whale were furious, *If the humans managed to get support here, all their efforts would be in vain!*
Those mechas, fighter jets, and arc and laser arrays were all nearly out of energy. The human nuclear-powered warships would definitely replenish their energy and ammunition!
"Humans have an underwater army, stealthily attacking me. Quickly come to support!" Da’ao hurriedly sent a distress signal to its "allies."
"That guy, it’s best if it dies. The South Pacific Zerg Nest came to infringe on our territory too?" Jaegersa and Black Whale didn’t want to rescue, but they still sent troops to support.
Because they knew very well that if Da’ao was taken down by humans, the operation would end in failure!
Underwater, the Thunder Shark Mecha Corps had already killed a large number of Zerg, yet the swarm continued to converge here.
That gigantic carapace creature cherished its life immensely, utterly refusing to engage in direct combat with them.
"As long as the swarm arrives, you’ll be dead for sure!" Da’ao moved rapidly underwater. It wasn’t a combat type, but a command type Zerg, most sensitive to emitting and sensing ultrasound, infrasound, and brain waves.
"Thud!" A muffled sound came from underwater as a torpedo hit Da’ao.
But the explosion’s power was completely blocked by its hard carapace, leaving it unscathed!
Several laser beams shot at Da’ao. Lasers had limited attack range underwater and their power was weakened by water obstruction. Even if the laser temperature instantly surpassed ten thousand degrees Celsius, it could only leave small marks on its carapace.
"Totally can’t smash its shell!"
"This thing is so tough, with its size, even if we pierced its body with a laser, it would just be a scratch to it!"
*Time was running out, the supporting swarm would arrive any moment!* The Thunder Shark Mecha Corps members felt a real headache, *How could this be fought?*
He Xingzhou observed the map, finding that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Peace, was approaching nearby.
"The water depth in this area is less than sixty meters! The shore laser cannon could also be effective!" He Xingzhou thought, immediately shouting, "Peace, get close to the Thunder Shark Mecha Corps, prepare the shipborne large laser cannon!"
"Peace received!" The aircraft carrier, originally headed to the island, immediately turned around and pursued Da’ao.
"Thunder Shark Mecha Corps, form an underwater arc array to slow its movement speed!"
"Received!" Dozens of Thunder Shark Mechas spread out, forming a circle, only following Da’ao. The external mechas attacked the surrounding supportive Zerg, and the inner mechas adjusted the power of their nuclear batteries to the maximum.
"Arc array about to activate, please be mindful of discharge interference." The Xuanwu System warned each mecha, while simultaneously sending their position coordinates in real-time to the Peace nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
"Targeting Zerg, target moving too fast, shipborne laser cannon unable to lock!" Peace reported.
This was one of the drawbacks of laser weapons. Unlike missiles, they couldn’t change attack direction. The emission of light was in a straight line, and underwater, refraction factors also had to be considered. So either the target was locked at the fastest speed for attack or predicted in advance.