How the Zergs were Made

Chapter 566 Two Hundred Thousand Figures (Part 1)

An inexplicable alarm broke the tranquility of Space City No. 1 residing in Soli orbit. This space city is the space military command center of the Carter civilization, responsible for unifying all military forces in the parent star system and resource allocation tasks.

After learning that the amoeba fleet will arrive in the parent star system in a few years, every space city is armed to the teeth, all kinds of ammunition, food, medical supplies, building materials and other resources are fully stocked, and the weapon system is always at In the online state, once the radar of the space city locks on the enemy, it only takes half a minute to complete the system security unlocking, and fire immediately without warming up after aiming.

The various space cities are in constant contact. Once a certain space city is attacked, a fleet will rush there to provide support. The attacked space city does not need to defeat the enemy, but only needs to support it until the reinforcements arrive.

However, under such full preparations, one of the many space cities suddenly lost contact, which meant the fall of the space city.

No. 8 space city lost contact!

In the command room, the commander-in-chief immediately received reports from his subordinates.

No one will question whether this is a false alarm caused by a problem with the communication system of No. 8 Space City. In the early stage of planning, the decision-makers of the strategy have already considered the possibility of such a false alarm, so they adopted a variety of methods. Communication terminal, and it is always in multi-band communication, a communication terminal may break down, a single channel may be interfered, but all communication terminals, all frequency bands disappear, unable to receive information, then It also means that Space City No. 8 has been destroyed.

Apart from this, there is no second explanation.

What's the final message? asked the Commander-in-Chief.

He stared sternly at the location of Space City No. 8 on the display screen, where there was a red warning icon.

Just some routine reports! The subordinates reported.

Hearing this information, the commander-in-chief was obviously stunned for a moment. In the planned strategy, the major space cities will deliver all the information displayed by the enemy while fighting. This is to obtain information on the amoeba military power. The Carters also understand this truth. In order to defeat the amoeba invaders and win the final victory, they must obtain the information of the amoeba fleet.

But what the subordinates are reporting now is beyond the commander-in-chief's expectation. There is no information about the amoeba, which means that the No. 8 space city has not discovered the arrival of the amoeba fleet and has gone to destruction. The heavy armor of the space city does not provide even a shred of protection, just like paper... No, it is more fragile than paper. Even if the huge space city is going to be destroyed, it will take time. This time is enough for the operator to pass some simple instructions. However, in fact, No. 8 Space City suddenly lost contact, which means that the amoeba killed all the Carters in No. 8 Space City in an instant.

Sudden destruction? murmured the Commander-in-Chief.

The commander-in-chief, who deduced this, couldn't help but feel even heavier. He withdrew his gaze from the warning icon, and strode to the place where the staff gathered. Carry out multiple hypothetical military games.

After seeing the commander-in-chief coming, the staff stopped discussing.

What do you think? the Commander-in-Chief asked.

One of the staff officers stood up and explained to the commander-in-chief the conclusions they reached after many discussions.

The loss of contact with Space City No. 8 is most likely due to the early arrival of the vanguard fleet of the amoeba civilization. That place is the closest to the amoeba parent star system, and it is also the direction where the amoeba fleet invaded us.

Immediately another staff officer stood up and expressed his agreement with this point of view. This staff member is a staunch supporter of Theory of Quality War, I also agree with this speculation. The war between civilizations is basically a competition of quality. Ah, who came from afar The quality of Miba is definitely inferior to ours, so they will find ways to occupy some places and obtain as many resources as possible.”

The imaginary simulation of interstellar combat has been shown very intuitively. To launch a fleet of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to another star against the gravitational force of the star, the energy consumed in this is extremely huge, and the fleet itself Slowing down also consumes a lot of energy, so it is very uneconomical.

If only a small number of the strongest elites are assigned, the energy consumption requirements will be much less. These elites only need to occupy some planets, and then expand their combat power by obtaining the resources of these planets.

In order to be able to understand what kind of means and attack methods the amoeba would use when invading, the military elites of the Carter civilization assumed that their own civilization was the invader’s side and carried out military deduction, which was also based on this thought experiment. They discovered the military theory of Quality Warfare.

It is obviously unrealistic to maintain a supply line at the interstellar level. If you do this forcibly, it will not only be as simple as accelerating the fleet, but the quality of military supplies will also accelerate the transstellar voyage. As time goes by, such military costs It will get higher and higher, which is a very anti-intellectual behavior.

Therefore, some people suggested that instead of speeding up the military supply, it is better to speed up the arsenal, move the entire arsenal to another star system, and use local materials for the production of military supplies.

It is not even necessary to move the arsenal, what is needed is to move a simple production line that can manufacture the arsenal. After arriving in another star system, use the material resources in that star system to manufacture a large number of arsenals to meet the war needs of the front line.

These are the reasons why the military strategists in the Carter civilization attach so much importance to Theory of War on Quality, because in their view, amoebas are very likely to invade in this way.

This is to consider the problem from our perspective. We cannot ask the amoeba what to do according to our own standards.

The commander-in-chief did not agree with the judgment of the staff officers. After synthesizing all intelligence information, he expressed his decision.

I decided to attack the whole ship, and 200,000 warships went to the twelfth orbit to meet the amoeba's fleet.

You think it's the amoeba's main fleet? the staff officer asked.

The commander-in-chief shook his head, and he explained the reason for his decision.

It doesn't matter whether it is or not. We urgently need a victory to prove our strength. It can not only boost morale, but also let the amoeba invaders see our current strength.

In order to ensure that this first victory is foolproof, an all-ship attack is a necessary choice. Do you have any objections?