Voyage of the Stars

After receiving the order, the Second Fleet quickly found an opportunity to break away from the pulling queue. Under the strong thrust of heavy nuclear fusion and the pulse propulsion of cold nuclear fusion, the 1,250 warships made a U-turn in space. Heading towards the second planet.

The artificial intelligence consciousness obviously noticed the departure of the second fleet, but it didn't seem to care. Its large fleet was still pulling against the coalition's first and third fleets.

Presumably, it believes that the Second Fleet is the same as the previous Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Fleets. Although the combat effectiveness of a single ship is stronger than its own, it can only achieve a battle loss of one to four at most.

The Second Fleet only has 1,250 warships, and it can only kill more than 5,000 warships in its own squadron with all its strength.

Now his own squadron still has almost 9,000 warships, 5,000 warships are divided to deal with the second fleet, and 4,000 warships attack the second planet, which is completely manageable.

When the second fleet is eliminated or defeated, the 32,000 warships of the main fleet can be divided into two parts, one part will be used for supply, and the other part will continue to be involved. When the supply rotation is completed, we can use our numerical advantage to attack and pursue the two loach-like fleets.

In short, according to its calculations, it has the advantage in this war and it is completely impossible to fail.

In fact, the best action reflected in the consciousness of artificial intelligence is to lead your own large fleet to chase the second fleet so that it cannot safely harass your own landing combat fleet.

However, the calculated results from the data obtained from the database did not support it, so it missed an opportunity to reduce losses.

Of course, in order to hide their strength, the second fleet led by Man Yuemei did not conduct a surprise attack after arriving near the artificial intelligence squadron. Instead, they followed Yue Yuan's instructions and attacked the enemy at a distance of about 15 light seconds. It conducts remote harassment.

The purpose is very simple, that is, this fleet controlled by the combat AI program cannot devote all the warships to the orbital bombardment of the planet's surface turrets.

Containment and war are easy to say, but not easy when actually done.

First of all, it is reflected in maintaining distance. Since the difference in maneuverability between the two warships is not that big, under normal circumstances, if you want to maintain a distance to strike, as long as the other party wants to rush over, it will be because of the maneuverability. The relationship became closer and closer, and finally entered the efficient strike range of the electromagnetic rail gun, thus triggering a fierce battle.

However, the coalition obviously knows the weakness of the artificial intelligence fleet, that is, its battleship cluster cannot be too far away from its command ship, because being too far away will inevitably cause a large communication delay. , those warships that cannot be controlled in time will become fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered by others.

The combat AI program created by the artificial intelligence consciousness is obviously responsible for the task of capturing the second planet, so its command ship must be in low-Earth orbit.

This gives Manyuemei a good opportunity. She can unscrupulously let the fleet harass the landing fleet from a distance. If the opponent has a large number of warships chasing after them, then they can keep a little distance. If they follow again, they can counterattack. beated.

The fish on the chopping board is not cut until it is white.

However, the combat AI program of the artificial intelligence consciousness obviously did not give her this opportunity. It only allowed some warships to turn their guns in low-Earth orbit and conduct long-range firefights with the second fleet.

Anyone who knows something about military affairs knows that the behavior of fighting AI is completely wrong, because what it has to face in doing so is equivalent to fighting on two sides.

But in its calculation, it is a matter of course.

Because from the data obtained from the current situation, it judged that it was firing at the Second Fleet on one side and continuing to conduct orbital bombing on the surface of the planet on the other side. There was more than a 90% chance that the final result would be that it would successfully eliminate the defenses on the ground. power, and then complete the tasks set by the artificial intelligence consciousness.

As for its own losses, it is nothing to the combat AI program, and it is nothing to the calculations of the artificial intelligence consciousness. After all, as long as it occupies the second planet, it can continuously create more products through the resources above. Many battleships.

Its reaction plays into the Second Fleet's plan, because as long as there is no close combat, the Second Fleet is not afraid to reveal its true strength.

And the most important thing is that at a distance of 10 to 15 light seconds, it is completely impossible for a laser energy cannon with the caliber of the artificial intelligence fleet to burn through the armor of the second fleet.

The positron cannon that can cause direct damage to the armor of the Second Fleet can be completely ignored due to the existence of the magnetic field shield. Therefore, it can be said that Man Yuemei believes that this harassment operation is completely like target practice.

Ever since, a space bombardment battle began.

Judging from the battle between the Second Fleet and the artificial intelligence landing combat fleet, this fighting method seems to have returned to the time of first-level civilization.

Both sides fired pre-judged shots at their opponents from a distance.

The combat AI modules of both sides have obviously become the busiest part of this battle. The busiest part of the human fleet is also the fire controllers.

They are the loudest people on the bridge of every battleship. Whenever the laser energy cannon hits the opponent's warship, it will trigger a burst of show-off laughter.

The atmosphere is quite cheerful.

As for the other warships in the second fleet that are not equipped with laser energy main guns, they are even more idle. The only thing these warships have to do is follow the entire fleet in formation circles, and they don't need to shoot anyway.

Therefore, after the harassment battle began, the two warships in the Second Fleet whose main guns were electromagnetic rail guns and positron cannons were in trouble. The warships equipped with positron cannons are okay, and they will occasionally fire a few token shots. The warships equipped with electromagnetic rail guns are really soy sauce. The captains and crew members above them are so bored that they start video communication with friendly warships. , observed the battle process of the laser energy main gun battleship.

Whenever they see a shot miss the target, they still have the leisure to jokingly mock the fire controllers on the battleships.

Generally speaking, since the warships of the coalition fleet are divided into three types, the intensity of this harassment operation is not high, which is far from the landing operation on the other side.

However, the artificial intelligence fleet had to dedicate a part of its warships to deal with them, otherwise it would not be a long-range shooting, but a real target.

The harassment war lasted for more than ten days.

After more than ten days, the result of the battle was as calculated by the artificial intelligence consciousness. Its squadron successfully destroyed all ground defense turrets and successfully landed.

However, the squadron also paid a heavy price. From 10,000 warships, only more than 4,000 are left.

Nearly half of the battleships were destroyed in this battle. Among them, more than 4,000 were destroyed by various ground defense weapons in low-Earth orbit. The Second Fleet did not fight many harassment battles, only a few hundred. ship.

However, they themselves suffered zero casualties.

Not a single warship of the Second Fleet was destroyed. The coalition command had predicted it when they set off. After all, it was a harassment battle. With the strong defense of human warships, any loss would be an accident.

As for such a result, the coalition command believes that the true combat effectiveness of the Second Fleet should not be exposed. The reason is that at such a distance, it is theoretically possible for the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Fleets to maintain casualties of less than a hundred warships.

Therefore, in the event of zero casualties, the artificial intelligence consciousness will most likely think that the second fleet is more elite, and the main attack direction of the landing fleet is landing operations.

The existence form of this artificial intelligence consciousness has great flaws. Although it has the powerful explosive ability of mechanical civilization and the strong tactical coordination ability of mechanical civilization, it only has one main consciousness and cannot replicate like those who can. Artificial intelligence that enslaves its own clones can also unscrupulously dispatch countless squadrons for ultra-long-range pursuit.

And this flaw allowed the coalition headquarters to take full advantage of it, so they came up with various attrition tactics.

After receiving the news of the fall of the second planet, Yue Yuan, as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, pondered for a while and then asked the correspondent to send the order to the second fleet and the third fleet to start the next plan.

The fall of the second planet means that the artificial intelligence consciousness will soon have sufficient supplies. With supplies, it means that it will be able to explode troops here.

Therefore, what the coalition forces have to do next is not to fight a protracted war, but to deal with the artificial intelligence consciousness body as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if it drags on, the fleet of artificial intelligence consciousness bodies will only fight more and more.

However, there are quite a lot of warships in the fleet of artificial intelligence consciousness. From the battle damage data, the coalition command has roughly calculated that there are about 32,000 ships in the main fleet, and they are currently parked in the orbit of the second planet. There are almost 4,000 warships that have landed.

That adds up to thirty-six thousand ships.

Compared with the nearly 50,000 ships when it was first launched, it is already much less.

However, compared to the current three complete fleets of the coalition, it is still ten times more.

Faced with the huge numerical gap, Yue Yuan did not want to take risks, nor did he want humanity to suffer too much loss, so even if he was sure to win by concentrating the power of the three fleets, he did not want to fight in this starry sky.

Therefore, the second battlefield plan continues. The problem is how to lure the current artificial intelligence fleet to the second battlefield.

The previous plan was to have the returning 4th, 5th, and 6th fleets charge again, then pretend to fail, and then run to the second battlefield with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fleets together.

However, there were some changes in the first phase of the battle. The Fourth Fleet was gone, and the Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet suffered heavy losses. Now they have gone to the planetary base on the other side of the red dwarf to make corrections. It is obviously not suitable to be pulled out for missions anymore. .