Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones

Over a hundred thousand Strong Nuclear-level battleships formed a neat array, advancing rapidly.

Tom clearly saw that among these more than a hundred thousand battleships, the largest ones were only equivalent to his own "Venus"-class battleship.

Not even a single Earth-class battleship had been deployed, let alone a Mars-class battleship, which only existed in his future plans and had not yet been truly manufactured.

However, these mere hundred thousand medium and small battleships brought an unprecedented immense pressure upon Tom.

Back in the solar system, the Bluetoth Fleet, facing an assault from Tom, who was only at the early electroweak stage, couldn't create such a formidable presence.

Because Tom saw that even before entering his own attack range, a faint yellow, light-shield-like substance appeared on the outer shells of those hundred thousand battleships.

Tom had seen this kind of thing through the clone he had left in the solar system.

Energy shield!

One of the hallmark technologies of a third-level Strong Nuclear Civilization!

The Strong Nuclear Civilization's interstellar fleet's speed could reach seventy to eighty percent of the speed of light, and it was precisely by relying on this technology!

Tom's heart was unprecedentedly heavy.

When the Mechanical Disaster Fleet was only a few million kilometers from Tom's defensive line, close enough for existing weaponry to achieve critical hits, Tom's attack began.

In an instant, countless unmanned battleships, manned battleships, ground-based and sky-based anti-air bases, interstellar turrets, and more, all began to roar simultaneously.

The electromagnetic cannon projectiles, which had undergone round after round of technical optimization and now boasted an exit velocity of over 150 kilometers per second, whistled forth.

With a mass of merely two grams, carrying over ten thousand kilojoules of energy, they charged forward like a torrential downpour, with an impetus capable of piercing steel and rock.

Beams of laser light, carrying unimaginable super-high energy, advanced at the speed of light, reaching the enemy battleships in just a few seconds.

Pre-prepared information jamming bombs detonated with a boom, making the electromagnetic environment in this starfield incredibly harsh.

Tom knew that Strong Nuclear Civilization-level civilizations had already mastered Stellar Communication Technology.

But in Tom's understanding, Stellar Communication Technology equipment should be extremely advanced and extremely large, only capable of being installed on large spacecraft.

Small spacecraft probably still used electromagnetic wave communication technology for short-distance communication.

If that's the case, electromagnetic bombs should also have an effect on them.

In an instant, all kinds of attack methods were unleashed.

At this moment, the faint yellow light shield enveloping the Mechanical Disaster spacecraft became even brighter, even completely obscuring the entire battleship.

The electromagnetic cannon projectiles, powerful enough to cleave mountains and shatter rocks, struck it, yet could only create a small indentation in those light shields.

The next moment, it rebounded as if elastic, restoring itself.

In Tom's estimation, this kind of energy shield should only defend against kinetic weapons.

Its defensive effect against light-wave weapons should not be very good.

This was also corroborated by the trap in the Altair System: the heat and radiation from hydrogen bombs could also be considered light-wave weapons, and in the hydrogen bomb trap back then, a large number of their spacecraft were destroyed.

Judging by this, laser beam weapons should achieve good results.

However, Tom saw that a battleship was clearly being simultaneously illuminated by dozens of high-energy lasers, yet it seemed completely unfazed, still maneuvering nimbly.

Clearly, this was another defensive method Tom hadn't known about before.

Perhaps… the defense against light-wave weapons truly was a weakness of Strong Nuclear Civilization battleships, but even their weakness wasn't something his current attack methods could break through?

Tom's heart grew heavier.

Facing his fierce offensive, the Mechanical Disaster battleships also responded accordingly.

Tom's high-speed scanning radar detected large groups of tiny objects similar to electromagnetic cannon projectiles flying toward his combat forces.

Their speed even reached over 300 kilometers per second!

Such high speed even exceeded the defensive limits of his own battleships' high-speed scanning radar, high-speed turning gears, and defensive electromagnetic cannons.

Their speed was too high, which would greatly reduce the interception defense capability.

But there was no choice; even if they couldn't be stopped, they had to be!

Tom's mind stirred, and the clones dispersed among the supercomputer bases and Mercury-class battleships immediately issued orders to their own battleships or automated combat systems for full interception.

In an instant, the defensive electromagnetic cannons fired with full power, and countless interceptor projectiles flew out rapidly.

But this only intercepted a small portion; the remaining high-speed projectiles directly broke through their defenses and hit their own combat weapons or battleships.

At this moment, countless explosions and fire lights rapidly appeared.

Tom clearly saw that his own battleships, which could originally withstand a considerable number of projectiles, now, after being hit by just one projectile, had their hull armor directly blasted open, creating a large hole!

Internal gases furiously leaked out, and even a clone was blown out, immediately dying a tragic death.

This battleship instantly lost its combat capability.

"Is even the attack power of a Strong Nuclear Civilization's electromagnetic cannon so powerful?"

Tom's brain rapidly churned: "What principle is this based on?"

After all, simply from speed and mass, these projectiles could not possess such high power.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides was still several million kilometers, and it was only the first round of engagement.

However, the battle had only just begun for a few hours, and hundreds of his manned battleships had already been destroyed, while the number of unmanned combat weapons destroyed was countless.

In contrast, he hadn't even managed to annihilate a single manned battleship of the enemy!

What he had destroyed were only some obviously unmanned small battleships, as well as facilities like satellites, turrets, and unmanned bases.

The exchange ratio reached an astonishing zero to several hundred.

Tom gritted his teeth; facing such heavy casualties, he did not retreat in the slightest, directly mobilizing more battleships and more unmanned combat forces from the surrounding areas to converge here.

At the same time, some hydrogen bombs concealed in the asteroid belt, disguised as asteroids, were also mobilized by Tom, but they were not detonated for now.

Tens of thousands of Mercury-class battleships, over ten million unmanned battleships, countless anti-air bases, countless missile bases, and so on—at this moment, facing the previous heavy casualties, not only did they not retreat a single step, but their fighting spirit grew even stronger.

For a time, the artillery fire unleashed upon the Mechanical Disaster battleships was truly as fierce as a torrential downpour.

Although large numbers of his own battleships or facilities were destroyed every moment.

But…

Replace as many as are destroyed!

Water can wear through stone; no matter how strong your energy shields are, how long can they withstand electromagnetic cannon projectile bombardment? How long can they withstand laser beam irradiation?