Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 295 The Sudden Beetle Attack

"call--"

Platinum slowed his breathing and gently pulled the trigger.

"Buzz~"

The plasma cluster scorched the air and flew towards the beetle that had just crawled out, accompanied by a slight buzzing sound, and accurately coated its carapace.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp insect chirping sound rang out, so sharp that it even activated the power armor's passive sound protection function.

"She's really good at yelling; she might be a commander. That'll be troublesome."

As Lorraine muttered to himself, he used the control panel on his power armor to command the transport aircraft to launch an attack.

"Click"

The sound of switching ammunition belts rang out, followed by the roar of the twin-barreled electromagnetic cannon under the nose of the transport ship and the rocket pods under the wings.

One after another, specially made steel nails and high-explosive rockets flew towards the large beetle that was moving rapidly below.

"Unknown beetle, with a main color of yellowish-brown, suspected to be a ground beetle, 4.2 meters long and 1.8 meters high, with a short-term walking speed of about 34 meters per second, possessing a certain energy resistance, and emitting a sharp chirping sound, suspected to be a command beetle."

After uploading the information, Lorraine picked up the electromagnetic grenade launcher that was on the ground and began firing in a barrage of shots in the direction the beetle might be trying to evade.

At the same time, upon receiving the uploaded information, the assault ship, which was waiting at the base, started up. The eight take-off and landing nozzles under the hull began to work, spewing out azure plasma flames that propelled the assault ship to climb rapidly.

This modified assault ship is equipped with only three mechs, one of which is Platinum's exclusive mech.

Watching the beetles rushing rapidly up the mountainside, Lorraine stopped pulling the trigger. While switching the ammunition type of the grenade launcher, he took the plasma sniper cannon that Platinum handed him.

"Click"

Lorraine removed the extended barrel from the front of the electromagnetic grenade launcher and attached a high-frequency gun tip below the original barrel, activating the grenade launcher's close-combat mode.

The beetle darted through the jungle on the hillside at a speed of 20 meters per second, constantly dodging the firepower coming from above.

When the squad was within the maximum kill radius of the air-to-ground rocket, the two shield bearers dropped their weapons, unfolded the folding shields mounted on their left arms, and charged at the beetle while brandishing a concussion hammer.

As Lorraine used shrapnel to suppress its trajectory, two shield guards quickly moved forward, blocking the beetle's path as it lunged forward to avoid the projectiles.

The shield guard on the right raised his hand and slammed the folding shield onto the beetle's mouthparts. Taking advantage of the brief pause, the concussion hammer appeared from the beetle's right side and slammed into one of its tibias with a whooshing sound.

In an instant, the beetle's hard elytra unfolded and deliberately collided with the whistling vibrating hammer, sacrificing a slight deformation of its elytra to preserve its tibiae.

Immediately afterwards, another shield guard rushed out from the right and crashed into the beetle like a small dump truck.

Then, the hammer fell, whistling as it smashed into the shinbone.

At the moment of contact, the mechanism inside the hammerhead is triggered, and the hammerhead begins to vibrate at high speed, transmitting force into the beetle's body.

*A sharp, piercing insect chirp!*

Immediately afterwards, Lorraine saw the elite beetle force swarming out from the transport plane's perspective.

Damn!

Looking at the beetle force led by only two shield beetles and composed entirely of small and medium-sized scarabs, Lorraine looked helplessly at the display screen of the power armor.

As he watched the approaching reinforcements, Lorraine's shoulder laser pointer popped up.

An invisible pulse laser was directed at the beetle forces below, indicating the target to the fighter jets in the sky.

[Receiving a laser signal, the laser-guided glide bomb is being deployed.]

The MQ-01 drone opened its belly bomb bay and dropped two low-yield bombs.

The aircraft then climbed, regrouped, and prepared to strafe with pulse laser cannons.

Guided by lasers, the eight bombs quickly locked onto their targets and formed a formation according to their built-in programs.

Ahead of the squad, the beetle that was most likely the commander had stopped attacking and instead began circling the squad to avoid threats from the air.

However, the eight bombs landed successfully, and the flames from the explosions engulfed the entire beetle force.

The sight of such a terrible sight made the beetle pause for a moment and let out a mournful cry.

Taking this opportunity, Lorraine and Platinum led their squad in a swift charge.

Platinum, wielding two high-frequency military knives, was the first to cut in, swinging the knives to slash at the beetle's back.

Immediately afterwards, Lorraine, holding the grenade launcher in melee mode, thrust it into the beetle's abdomen.

The beetle hissed as it spread its elytra, scattering Platinum and Lorraine nearby.

However, two heavy hammers, trailing azure flames, slammed down, striking the beetle's retained soft abdomen with pinpoint accuracy.

The powerful kinetic energy was converted by the mechanism inside the hammer, becoming a violently vibrating force that erupted within the beetle's body.

"hiss--"

The beetle hissed in pain and its movements became sluggish, but its offensive did not diminish at all; on the contrary, it showed signs of fighting to the death.

Lorraine stepped back, giving up the main attacking position, and glanced quickly at the footage transmitted back by the transport plane.

The fire had already died down, and only two shield beetles and seven medium-sized scarabs remained alive on the field. The remaining small scarabs and two medium-sized scarabs had all turned into a pile of charred remains, and the remaining nine insects were scattering and fleeing under the intense pulse lasers.

Lorraine then turned his attention back to the battlefield before him, activated the electromagnetic grenade launcher in his hand, loaded it with a special type of ammunition, and silently searched for the right moment to attack.

Faced with the yellowish-brown beetle that had begun a desperate attack and whose movements were gradually showing flaws, the main melee force had changed from Platinum to two shield guard robots. Platinum, on the other hand, used its superior mobility to roam around the perimeter, occasionally swinging a few slashes to disrupt the beetle's movements.

Seeing the beetle gradually revealing its weaknesses, Lorraine was very cautious and did not rush forward. Instead, he used the armor-piercing projectile launcher loaded on his right side to attack.

A rocket-propelled armor-piercing projectile flew out from below the right hand and struck the beetle's suddenly unfolded elytra, causing a violent explosion.

"Chance!"

Taking advantage of the beetle losing its balance due to the brief explosion, Lorraine grabbed the grenade launcher with both hands, one in front and one behind, and the flight backpack on his back was running at full power, propelling him quickly toward his home.

"click"

A switch on the grenade launcher was turned on.

"Click"

As the high-frequency gun tip pierced through the elytra and lodged in its soft belly, a crisp click rang out. Lorraine then grinned maliciously, pulled the trigger, and quickly retreated.

"Bang! Bang! Bang—Boom—Boom—"

Five explosions rang out in succession inside the beetle's body, and finally, flames emerged from the gaps in its elytra.

Seeing the kill notification pop up on the power armor, Lorraine remained vigilant, quickly retreating and raising the plasma sniper rifle that Platinum had laid down, aiming at the beetle that was emitting smoke.