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"Two options. First, plan 17 is launched. We must immediately mobilize the nearest mobile force to destroy this enemy ship named 'Eudora' and avoid information leakage as much as possible."

"Second, start plan 43, take a risk, and not enter the tiger's den and get a tiger's cub?"

PS: Today's mere 2K is the fault of the horn.Apologies to everyone, to be honest, the horn has written this card.Maybe there was a better idea or something else, but it all means that the plot will change.It's hard to decide whether this is a butterfly's wings, will blow up the whole table or rise a step, I have to think about it.

【48】Chapter: This is a trap!

Lieutenant General Jenot took no risks, nor did he dare to take the dangerous plan No. 43.

People can always remember those great battles, and great battles are always adventurous, such as Wei Qinghuo Qubing, Nahuang Austerlitz, Nelson at Trafalgar, and their stories are widely praised.Maybe some people always dream of using almost miraculous micro-management to win. If they must defeat the strong with the weak, and stimulate the tension with a small gain, if they think that an epic victory is what the commander should do, then Jenot will tell him.

"Stop dreaming, kid, and just get the job done."

Commanders are not qualified to be willful, let alone turn the battlefield into a so-called personal stage.Because every order of his is based on the survival of the entire army, the safety of civilization, the lives of soldiers, and the consumption of resources. Risky actions are often a last resort. As long as it is not a last resort, be steady Is it not good?

In the heart of Lieutenant General Janot, generals are divided into three classes.The third-class generals can let the troops follow orders, be disciplined, and then complete the tasks according to the requirements; the second-class generals can capture every change in the battlefield well, and use all the resources at hand to create opportunities for victory; and the first-class generals He is not a general, he does not even need to be proficient in battle formation techniques, but can keep his side always under the superiority of troops and equipment, so that he will be invincible!

But a good fighter has no great achievements and is not remembered by the world, but if possible, we hope that the People's Federation does not need to rely on that kind of famous general who turned the tide - Jernot does not want to be such a famous general, he just wants to complete the task safely, since The enemy has resorted to reconnaissance, so don't let it be reconnaissance!

"Commander, there is a 90.00% probability that the enemy is deliberately attracting our attention. It is not wise to send a fleet to intervene."

The image of Interferon appeared again, and it said: "According to the characteristics of the impact point engine, the enemy has a high probability of starting the impact point engine according to the coordinates provided by the scout ship, and the intercepting ship sent by our army is likely to fall into a trap being surrounded."

"If we don't do anything, then the enemy ships will happily collect information on Sira, and if we take the initiative, then we will be in our hands. This is the benefit of taking the initiative."

This is a conspiracy... Mr. Lieutenant General lightly tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers, his brain was running at high speed-"The traps laid on the only way to delay us, but the mouse traps, yes Elephants are useless."

The value of the trap lies in the unknown, but does the People's Federation really rush to the unknown for everything about the United Earth?

The People's Federation can think about it in another way. The social model of the United Earth Government analyzed from the [-] captives can be used by their decision makers to think about what the other party will do?

We can confirm two points - first, after the last battle, they must have sent a military force stronger than the Zeus fleet. In less than two years, the opponent's dispatch cannot gather all the military forces." In terms of time, the decision-making wrangling time is excluded for more than half a year, and the military force that the logistics organization can mobilize will not exceed the main fleet of a galaxy.

And according to Lieutenant General Douglas's "honest" confession, the fleet most likely to be mobilized by the Allied Defense Forces is the "investigation fleet" organized because of space sinking!The purpose of these ships is to find new resources and colonies, which just come in handy, and the United Earth Government will never easily use their fleets stationed in major near-Earth galaxies. Will be around the corner.

"According to the prisoners' information, apart from the Zeus fleet we annihilated, there are a total of 8 survey fleets, each of which is almost the same size as the Zeus fleet. Let's count them as a total of nearly 96 ships."

96 warships... This number is enough to make the coalition soldiers breathless.But Douglas confessed that each survey fleet has its own mission, and the direction of exploration is by no means the same.It is absolutely impossible for all the survey fleets to return immediately in such a short period of time (referring to half a year), assemble, and then jump to Sira to fight.

"That is to say, our advantage lies in local operations, while the enemy's expeditionary expeditions. In Douglas' memory, the three survey fleets that best meet the enemy's operational needs are about forty warships in total."

Why must there be so many?The analysis of the staff of the People's Federation depends on the key information that the People's Federation interrogated from Lieutenant General Douglas-that is, how much information about the People's Federation did Douglas pass on during the Battle of Storms?

The answer is that this guy who is a general of the Allied Defense Forces and also works as a senior priest of the Guiyi Sect regards Sira's information as his foundation, and is going to get the reward of the United Earth Government and the gift of the Guiyi Sect at the same time. Sent back some basic information!It didn't include all the information about the fighting power of the People's Federation. It never occurred to me that the People's Federation would benefit from a greedy and despicable villain. This is simply a gift of fate!

Such important information will naturally be considered by the staff group led by General Longling.What Douglas conveyed to the United Earth Government was a message that "the population is small, the space power is limited to the vicinity of planetary orbits, and our own side is at war with the enemy's main fleet". The failure was not due to a disadvantage in the battle, it was entirely because of the disintegration of the fighting spirit of the first officer and others, open disobedience and so on... A typical ugly bureaucrat, but this is what we like.

"If the enemy army continues to use the information reported by Douglas, then in their view, we should have lost more than half, and even half a year should not fully recover. Therefore, keeping the enemy's view will be a major factor in victory."

The Sira Guard Fleet has not yet acted, using the moon and the planet Sira itself as a cover in order not to expose the main forces——"Order the Fountain of Sorrows, the electronic support ship of the Fountain of Sighs is ready to detect and countermeasures, and conduct full-frequency electromagnetic waves to the enemy's direction interference!"

The main fleet does not move for the time being—"Order the Gamma Squadron to set sail immediately, the action plan is Article 117 of No. [-], destroy the enemy!"

"Commander, squadron leader, Colonel Ratolova reports - the entire army of the Gamma Squadron is leading the [-] Twilight-class ships, and the fleet is starting the mass effect flight."

Interferon lights up: "Throwing stones to ask for directions? Are you deliberately stepping into the trap according to the enemy's expectations, so that the enemy can continue to maintain its point of view, and draw the enemy's next move to expose it?"

The star map in front of Jenot began to shrink, or enlarge, and soon an armillary sphere-shaped galaxy map with the ecliptic coordinates as the coefficient appeared in front of the lieutenant general, and nine ship-shaped soldiers appeared on the map, representing the guards of Sira. Nine squadrons of the fleet.

But the lieutenant general was not in a hurry to mobilize so many troops.

"Delta, Ypsilon, and the Juta (456) squadron are assembled on the dark side of the moon. Follow my orders and prepare to support the Gamma fleet. The action plan is Article 63 of No. 9."

"Order all the solar power plants around Sira to adjust the angle of the photovoltaic panels, deflect sunlight towards the enemy, and optically shield Sira."

"It is possible for the enemy army to break through the outer star system and directly attack Sira, activate the orbital defense force of the silver and white ring, and spread the Hammer of Dawn satellites."

"The rest of the fleet continues to stand by. The fog of war has not yet lifted. The enemy commander is fighting with us psychologically. We must hold our breath!"

At the beginning of 12, at two o'clock in the morning Sira time, on this night when most people were sleeping, we welcomed a long-awaited visitor, even though it was just a small enemy Eudora-class destroyer.

Right now, although this "small" battleship is actually about the same length as the Twilight class, it starts its engine and circles around the outer periphery of the Syra galaxy. It doesn't look like it's here to fight—I take that back In other words, it showed all the barrels of the main gun and auxiliary guns, clearly being highly vigilant about everything around it.

"Call, this is Captain John Cavour, we have arrived at the target galaxy and have not encountered enemy resistance."

On the bridge of the battleship, Captain John, wearing RIG military armor, bent over the quantum communicator, looking at the insignificant bright spot in the distance of 8 astronomical units.The void is empty, dark and dead, but the bright spot is different. Although the naked eye is powerless, the most advanced telescope carried by the battleship shows a planet with blue oceans, yellow-green land, and the lights of a civilized society.

"Gift of fate, Admiral Matthew Bunker, there is indeed a world with a perfect ecosystem since the earth!"

The voice from the other end of the communication was much more indifferent: "We will have countless hours to appreciate this planet and continue to pass on your information. What I care about is the information about the enemy's combat effectiveness!"

"Follow your orders, Admiral. No enemy facilities have been found outside the galaxy, and no signs of activity have been sensed by other planets in this galaxy. They don't seem to be colonizing and transforming the surrounding planets. The only one that transmits a large number of radio wave signals is the unidentified star." Planet Earth, the information is correct, the enemy’s activities are limited to the planet and its satellites, infrared observations show a large amount of thermal energy radiation between the stars, it seems to be a cargo ship with a fixed round-trip route.”

"Where's the enemy fleet?"

"Unknown, general, so far no signs of enemy armed ships have been found...Admiral, the enemy tried to interfere with our observations, and they found us!"

"Very well, then keep it up and attract their attention. The first squad has already started to move, and the second squad is waiting for your signal. It doesn't matter if the enemy doesn't move, we have plenty of time to wait."

"Yes, Admiral."

Captain John Carwall straightened up, the communication was turned off, but the adjutant next to the captain complained: "Admiral Matthew Bunker is wasting his time! The enemy's information is already very clear, we this time The fleet brought here can completely blast the rebels on this sad planet into an atomic state, but what is the admiral doing? He actually sent our special forces as an ordinary unmanned reconnaissance ship!"

"I'd love to say you're right, Admiral, it's a waste of time."

The captain interrupted the latter more impatiently than the adjutant, who had the same apprehension as the admiral.

"Have you ever thought that the enemy is really that weak? Lieutenant General Douglas has fought against interstellar pirates many times and is also a veteran with actual combat experience. The Zeus fleet has three battleships and is the only one in the investigation fleet. It is an indisputable fact that one battleship can equal five destroyers, but is it true that the Zeus fleet was completely wiped out because of internal strife?"

"The big people above have never experienced war at all. They just listened to the reports of sycophants and made decisions, but Admiral Matthew is not a fool. He is right. We have plenty of time to play with the rebels here..."

Before the words were finished, a blue flash suddenly burst out from the side of the destroyer—the blue shift phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation instantly lit up the dark world, and also attracted the attention of the scout ship. .

What's going on here, if it's the impact point engine, then your own detectors will start working?

But there was no time to wonder, because when the blue-shifted flash faded and the destroyer Udora was less than 12 kilometers away, the radar waves returned information on a full [-] contact surfaces.

"Notify the fleet that the enemy has appeared!"

Immediately following the captain's last words, more than a dozen beams of light spanned a distance of [-] kilometers in an instant, drowning everything...

PS: The settings that can be announced now - the format of the chapter name has been revised, mainly because it lacked recognition and was too long in the past.

Chapter [49] The Admiral's Calculation

There are no new battleships in Renlian, but only one after another modification. They are still Twilight-class, but they can add a suffix called Legion type-because the modification does not mean that there is no gap between it and the past ships, On the contrary, sometimes modifying a model may be more difficult than redesigning, but the good news is that the most complicated work is done by Li Li, and all boring engineering problems can be skipped.We only know that with the blue shift phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation, the Gamma fleet escaped from the mass effect and flew into reality. When the simulation screen of the bridge showed the scenery of the universe again, it was left to the commander of the Gamma fleet, There is only one word for Colonel Ratolova's feeling.

So fast... A distance of 22 million kilometers, even at the speed of light, takes 1 minutes, and the Gamma fleet only took about 3 minute to cross 20 astronomical units from lunar orbit?Is this the improved No. [-] element engine of Legion Dusk? It can reach [-] times the speed of light at the start. What is the upper limit?

The lieutenant colonel doesn't know much about engineering, but as a soldier, she knows the value of maneuvering on the battlefield. The question of which is better, mass effect or impact point, is not important. The key now is that the enemy can't jump over the impact point engine. The "acceleration" process of the game releases a wormhole to escape - the enemy ship has not yet taken action, the radar is locked, and the fire control is calculated by the interferon AI.

"Gamma Fleet, the first salvo, let it go!"

The colonel gave an order, and the first Hammer of Dawn on the upper deck of the 12 legions burst into light, that is, the 12 laser beams swept across the enemy ship in an instant, as if they were brushing against the enemy's deck, although they did not directly But it also frightened Captain John's bridge alarm to make a big splash——

"Captain, the outer sensor is malfunctioning, and the optical sight is burned out so we can't see it."

"The hull is heating up, we are in this damn laser diffraction range, hurry up and maneuver for me!"

The brake engines on both sides of the destroyer Udora's hull suddenly turned in a circle, and a hot plasma flow was ejected 180 degrees in the opposite direction, which miraculously stabilized the figure. Not to mention, this 300-meter-long battleship must have adopted an inertial damper. This is the first time the People’s Federation has seen the maneuverability of a warship of the Ground Guards and Allied Forces. It only saw that this warship constantly adjusted the output of the braking engine and the tail engine, and carried out Irregular space maneuvers.All of a sudden, the Hammers of Dawn of the People's League landed a few kilometers away from the enemy ship. Although it was almost close to the face from the scale of the universe, it was so far away that the best opportunity was lost if it failed to hit first.

Maneuvering in a three-dimensional vacuum is a hundred times easier than in a gravitational circle, and it is also a hundred times more difficult to predict. To describe it in one sentence, it is a Brownian motion battle with a speed of hundreds of kilometers per second. From the beginning, there is no nonsense. Chasing and beating the enemy ships like crazy, seems to be full of fear and hatred for the Allied Defense Forces.

"Crazy? Twelve warships chasing one of our ships?"

On the Udora, all kinds of extreme maneuvers made it difficult for many people on the bridge with inertial dampers.Captain John's lieutenant sat in his gunner's position and shouted: "Sir, we should start counterattacking."

"Counterattack? Don't waste time. According to intelligence, these 12 warships are probably the main force of the enemy. Our mission has been completed, and the rest is for Admiral Matthew!"

The light beams round after round, we are very clear that the enemy is constantly transmitting back the analysis data, we are powerless to interfere with this, because of the power of quantum communication, we have nothing to do, and the bombardment has not made any progress under the enemy's constant maneuvering - two distances away Even in the battle of the storm, we can shoot relatively accurately within [-] kilometers.If it is to destroy the enemy army, isn't this too hasty?

"Interferon, you are a quantum computer, can you calculate the accurate advance?"

In Lieutenant Colonel Latolova's sight, the AI ​​image of the chemical bond lights up, the bridge simulation screen is zoomed in, and a series of cursors appear around the enemy ship, each cursor is a potential shooting position: "Commander , There are many accurate advances, and I am summing up the trajectory of the enemy ship and trying to crack its maneuvering algorithm."

"how is the progress?"

"Gamma Fleet plus I have a total of 12 subroutines. Our computing power is less than one-thousandth of Ontology. We have applied for Ontology's computing power assistance. I can't directly tell you how the progress is, because we can't guarantee exhaustive calculations results of the law, and we need more test data."

Test Data?That is, the three Hammers of Dawn on the upper deck of the 12 Twilight-class ships are divided into three groups and fired round after round. Predictive shooting in every possible direction, but the enemy has an almost infinite number of maneuvering directions to choose from.

In the battle of the storm, 90.00% of Qi's firepower is invalid shooting, and the vacuum is too large to implement dense coverage in the atmosphere-covering a ghost, who has the ability to cover a space as large as the entire earth's surface?Therefore, the requirement of accuracy in space is higher than the density of firepower.It is a pity that the United Fleet was not equipped with AI during the Storm Battle, so a lot of precious data was lost.

Unlike Lieutenant General Jenot, Colonel Ratolova seems to like to talk with Interferon, and the two get along much more harmoniously—although this may be Ratolova’s own subjective feeling, we never know whether the AI ​​has Or care about communicating with humans, and how do you think about it, but we can be sure that it is definitely not because Ratolova is a girl that Interferon has become gentle.

Since most of the work is handed over to the AI, the captain doesn't have much to do. The AI ​​doesn't need orders and won't be negligent. Communicating with it will only give it little computing power and won't hinder Work, it obeys and makes no mistakes, so the colonel can only stare at the simulation screen and watch this seemingly endless shelling.command?Not to mention, the plan has already been announced by himself, and then handed over to AI for execution, and the colonel himself doesn't know what he should do.

Contrary to the busyness of the Battle of the Storm, this is of course related to the fact that the real battle has not yet started, but more importantly, with the interferon subroutine AI on board, the warship of the People's League seems to have come to life like.In the past, there were a series of people on the bridge from radar to fire control, staff and political officers, and it was considered lively, but now the bridge has become smaller, and there is only one person alone—how should I put it?Alone, AI, and widowed, always feel that such a combination is too... uncomfortable?

The only good news is that the AI ​​of Interferon is really strong artificial intelligence. The colonel always feels that he is not getting along with a machine but a living person, but he knows in his heart that it is not a person, not even a life, but a human being. A high-tech creation in the quantum black box, and it also controls the ship—by the way, Latolova knows what she is uncomfortable with, that is, the commander herself is not commanding a weapon, she is actually A sojourner in a "life". AI is the host, and itself is the guest.

This feeling between the host and the guest made her restless. She can’t be blamed for this, because it is the first time for human beings to get along with non-human intelligent beings. This requires an adaptation, and Latolova’s ability is very strong. , she is very good at taking the initiative——

"It's more valuable than the first hit, isn't it? It's not a real fight right now, but I want to ask you, can you make the first hit before then?"

Interferon flashed: "As long as my control loop to the hardware isn't obstructed."

Colonel Ratolova breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she had served with Lieutenant General Janot, the situation at that time was different from what it is now. Many things changed after she sat on the command seat.For example, in the past, the intelligence that was handed over to the captain for decision-making, the control of the battleship, and the distribution of firepower still needed to come from the commanding officer, but now a warship only needs one captain to basically control it, and most of the affairs are handed over to the AI.The fighters of the People's Federation can be assigned to more ships, so they can also build more ships. To be honest, if it is a bit extreme——

"Sometimes I wonder, if subroutines like Interferon and yours can command warships, then you can make warships unmanned, isn't it more efficient?" Latolova asked softly, "I saw you in school Beyond your ability, intelligence processing is unmatched, and our best gunner is not as efficient as yours... AI is better than humans in everything, so why do we need human crews?"

And the red interferon flickered again, did not answer this question, just followed the procedure and said:

"Commander, please note that the plan has entered the second stage. The Gamma Fleet will readjust. If the enemy really sets a trap, we will see it soon."

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Not so long ago, it was known as "uncharted territory".

The speed of light barrier is like a blind box, go ahead, who knows what will happen when you pass through the speed of light barrier?Maybe it's an incredible prize, rewarding you with a galaxy in the dark, and a new one, maybe it's hard to say, isn't it?The universe is so vast that it has infinite possibilities, and for Admiral Matthew, this interstellar planetary system without stars is the reward given to him by this universe.

Interstellar planets, also known as wandering planets - note that this is not the wandering planet.Let’s talk about astronomical knowledge. Any star is the dust of nebula condensed under gravity. From stars to asteroids, it is called a galaxy when there are massive stars that bind other planets with gravity, but in fact the universe is filled with no less than galaxies. wandering planet.These stone balls are wandering around in the darkness, like homeless wanderers, these "orphans" are everywhere in the vast void, especially in the void of more than ten light-years between star systems.

(The map of the stars is just a picture, don’t believe it)

Without the light of their stars, these dark worlds are nearly impossible to spot with the naked eye, only gravitational readings.And now there is such an interstellar planet with one third of the mass of the earth quietly staying at a position about 5 light-years away from Sira. Fleet Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Matthew Bunker Kiwi, discovered it two months ago.

Admiral Matthew has already smoked his second pack of cigarettes. This skinny middle-aged man has leopard-like eyes and a wolf-like pointed jaw. His focused appearance is like an eagle searching for prey.This description does not mean that the general is a cruel and hateful person. On the contrary, don’t judge people by their appearance. Mr. General is highly respected by his subordinates in the Earth Defense Alliance. He is one of the few United Earth Governments who really rely on real combat instead of walking Men who secretly deal with the political faction, or talk about military theory in the military academy that is actually more speculation than experience to get the rank of general.So you can easily see that this is a man of action, from the way he prepares for this war.

This sturdy man never believed the nonsense that Douglas sent back. He was not that group of politicians—how could these politicians understand complicated military documents? Good wording, Admiral Matthew understands the foundation of the organization of the Earth Defense Alliance too well: this organization is 200 years older than the current United Earth Government, and they are actually the regular army of the previous hegemony government, except for a certain branch that disappeared mysteriously Most of the troops turned to the colonial power in that rebellion and remain to this day. 400 Years Old Army...Army?No wonder, this is a huge interest group unknown to the world, and the internal decay and festering are too numerous to describe, and Douglas is just a small role in it.

That bald fat man could never have said something like "the enemy is too strong", because the United Earth Government has been promoting the invincibility of the Allied Defense Forces for hundreds of years in order to fear and suppress the colonies.Lies have been told for hundreds of years, but I have believed them all. Whoever dares to say defeat will be regarded as a betrayal of the entire group.

The enemy is too strong?What nonsense, how could the invincible Allied Defense Force lose!

In such an environment, Douglas must want to leave a way out for himself, and it is always better to push his own people to "disobey", so the guys in the coalition government believed-"As long as we send a fleet stronger than the Zeus fleet , make sure that everyone can get it with one mind", they threw the job to General Matthew, and Mr. General regards this self-proclaimed "United Human Powers Council" as the enemy, and he has a feeling , which may be the most powerful enemy the United Earth has ever encountered.

So he is not in a hurry to attack but is constantly preparing. He found this wandering planet, and he built the ground facilities on the planet. Based on this planet as an operational supply base, hundreds of people floated in the orbit of the planet. The warship that was planned was also found by the admiral!

In the dark starry sky, hundreds of huge ships are divided into three groups and orbit the planet. Their tail flames are enough to illuminate this barren planet.And on the planet's ground, in the relatively simple planetary fortress, Mr. Admiral stubbed out the cigarette butt——

"What kind of commander would really step into such an obvious trap, and even dispatch 'full force', so as I wish?"

If it is such an idiot, a commander who is even more idiotic than Douglas, then it is impossible to wipe out the Zeus fleet.The enemy commander is a smart guy, no doubt "because he saw my layout, so he deliberately stepped in to lure me into the next move...their force is definitely more than 12 battleships, there are more in ambush, He's going to turn my trap into his trap."

At this moment, Admiral Matthew and Lieutenant General Jenot felt each other through the air. Mr. Admiral stood up, pressed the button on the console, picked up the radio and said to the fleet prepared above:

"According to the original plan, the bait has been hooked, the coordinates of the 'Hermes' fleet have been uploaded, and after turning on the impact point engine, we will fully annihilate that enemy fleet!"

A trap that has been seen through is no longer a trap, and sometimes it is necessary to be prepared to bear losses for the overall victory, and these losses are for greater victories.

As you wish, Commander of the People's Federation, you and I see through each other and like to play dumb, well, keep pretending and see who can't bear it first in this game!

"This is Admiral Matthew. Call the 'Ares' fleet. The scouts have obtained an interesting coordinate. You made a very close jump to the planet ten years ago. I hope your skills are not unfamiliar!"

PS: The settings that can be announced at present-do you know?The AI ​​mentioned in this book refers to strong artificial intelligence, please do not easily confuse it with virtual intelligence. There is no uniform standard for the structure and construction of AI, so there may be AI in the non-quantum black box mode other than Renlian.But one thing is certain, any form of AI has a "black box" feature, and there is no kind of AI that can be mass-produced without restriction.

(The above settings are only for this book)

Chapter [50] Start the war, the galaxy is far away