Chapter 535 Simple Mathematical Problems
When he was at the Federal Naval Academy, Randall always remembered what his teacher, General Guterres, who has now joined the Atlas Group, once said , no matter what strange tricks are used in humanity's current space fleet battle, no matter how the tactics are arranged, it is still essentially a simple mathematical problem.
Randall also heard this sentence from Amber, but Amber also added his own understanding when he said this 'classic definition' recognized by many naval commanders.
In his opinion, the essence of fleet battle is indeed a simple mathematical problem.
And it is very simple, so simple that a primary school student can do the four arithmetic operations in a short time. Through this mathematical problem, we can calculate the total power of the fighting fleets of both sides, and calculate the difference between the total power of the two sides. .
In more than 90% of fleet battles, the fleet with higher total power will undoubtedly win the battle.
As for the remaining 10%, they have become the classic battle of ‘victory with less’ in the textbooks of various naval academies.
However, Amber’s understanding of the ‘four arithmetic’ has some insights that make Randall admit that this magical man is indeed unimaginative to the extreme.
During a certain communication between Amber and the command team of the Atlas combat fleet, they mentioned the 'formula' to measure the power and strength gap between the two fleets. In fact, it was not what everyone imagined. So rigid.
Instead, the 'total power' parameters of both sides can be flexibly adjusted according to the real-time progress of the battle, and from the moment the two sides start fighting, the results of this formula are actually constantly changing.
Especially when the gap between the two fleets is not large enough to ignore all external conditions, a fleet commander should actually find the optimal solution to this 'four arithmetic' formula
Randall admitted that when he first heard the theory, he did not understand what Amber meant.
Because in the eyes of purely academic officers like him and Cliffs, and old-school commanders like Guterres, the total power of both sides of the war fleet is a fixed value after both sides enter the battle.
Unless a certain side receives a steady stream of friendly fleet support during the battle and is constantly doing ‘addition’, this problem will have been solved from the beginning.
But when he was currently commanding the third task force to attack the Rubian system garrison fleet, Randall suddenly found that he seemed to understand what Amber meant.
Because according to Amber's 'wrong theory', this will be regarded as an attack target enemy fleet, and its total power is not the sum of the combat power of all ships
but 0.
The reason is also very simple. The axis of the opponent's fleet is not pointing towards our own fleet, and the sides with the weakest defense are all exposed.
Judging from the current development of the "Spear and Shield" of the human fleet, it is difficult for the battleship's side to withstand the main gun fire of a ship of the same class, even when the deflection field is fully opened.
Even if it is not sunk on the spot, it is more than enough to inflict a wound that penetrates the outer armor plate and blasts the internal structure to pieces.
Of course, super flagships such as Infinity and Dawn will not participate in the discussion for the time being.
So the situation Randall faced at this time, if Amber’s original words when describing a similar situation were used:
“The enemy’s gun and shield were pointing in the other direction. At this time, you are holding a spear and stabbing the opponent from the side or back. Do you still have to calculate the thickness of the opponent's shield and the sharpness of the spear? "
"Amber, you are really a fucking idiot? What a genius."
Seeing the 'fat and juicy' sides of the target fleet getting closer, Randall couldn't help but admired in a low voice.
If Amber, who was racing along the 'Hyperspace Highway' at this moment, heard Randall's praise, she would probably feel a little embarrassed.
After all, his 'wrong theory' was not developed by himself, but a 'game mechanism' for fleet battles in the previous life "Star Sky Online".
Just like some immersive ground vehicle driving games that take place on, for example, 'Anton Star' and 'Minsk Star', in addition to conventional firepower and armor thickness, the settings for combat units also include It involves the difference in attack effects at different positions and angles.
Friends who often drive tanks know that there is a natural advantage in fighting "frontally" and "sidewise" in armored duels.
The same is true in "Starry Sky OL" or the world Amber is in now. Since the main guns of human warships are shaft guns, the position with the strongest deflection field effect is also at the bow of the ship. This means As a result, the front of the battleship became the facing surface, and the sides became a complete weakness.
Therefore, the traditional navy's "grabbing the T head" has been completely reversed and turned into "grabbing the T tail."
After all, the players in "Starry Sky OL" are not serious fleet commanders. Even if they are really naval officers in the real world, they have a lot of experience in the 'blue water navy' and cannot use it. Therefore, the game official is very considerate and has opened an "official MOD" for players who play the role of "Fleet Commander". In fleet battles, according to the current formation of both sides, the number of main guns pointed at each other, the strength of the armor and deflection field, To calculate a value called 'combat power' in real time.
This setting and the 'official plug-in' allow the players of "Star Sky OL" to change the fleet battle from the simple and crude shooting between the two sides in the early stages of the game to a constant maneuver to find opportunities. , grabbing the side, trying to make the 'combat power' of one's fleet exceed the opponent's at a certain moment, and launching an attack at this moment.
However, this set of 'wrong theories' brought by Amber have always been used before. They have only been verified in Atlas's internal fleet exercises. The battle commanded by Randall today was the first time this 'false theory' was tested in actual combat.
For everyone in the Third Task Force, the more than ten minutes of the invasion process was undoubtedly very painful.
Because the entire fleet has entered a state of complete 'silence', especially after turning on radar wave cancellation and activating optical camouflage, the active detection devices of all ships are also turned off.
The third task force formed an extremely dense, compact, and extremely long 'spun cone assault formation', and the distance between each warship was also maintained at a 'safety level' Sail the pitch' on the red line.
So the helmsman of each battleship will use the position data of surrounding ships returned by blue-green laser communication to 'blindly open' it.
As long as there is no deviation in the relative position between itself and the surrounding ships, it means that the battleship still maintains the rhythm of the entire fleet's advance.
The 'leader' leading the entire task force's assault was the fleet flagship Infinity.
There is no other ship but the ‘Spear Tip Shield’.
Because of this, she will also be the first ship in the Third Task Force to launch an attack.
"Report, there are still 3 minutes left before entering the attack range! At the same time, we have entered the enemy fleet's 'outer warning circle' and may be noticed by the opponent at any time!"
Infinity's Although the Tactical Information Coordinator was already the oldest crew member in the Atlas Combat Fleet, he still inevitably became nervous at this moment.
After all, no one has ever done this tactic of such a relatively small fleet approaching the opponent's flank in an almost stealth manner before, and no one knows whether it will be successful - and it was Lan who arranged this tactic. Colonel Del, a commander with little experience in fleet warfare
Whenever the Lubion system’s garrison fleet discovers a clue in the next three minutes, they will have time to react, even at the last second. After the axis is re-adjusted, the difficulty of this battle will rise sharply for the third task force.
"Steady! Steady! Maintain the current assault rhythm!"
Randall also nervously grabbed the armrest of the captain's seat at this moment - this was the case for almost all captains and A fleet commander's 'unified actions across the universe' in tense situations.
At this moment, Randall also knew that he and the fleet had no way to retreat. The only way was to attack the enemy, so he could only pray that 'TF3' could dive into the reconnaissance of the Lubion garrison fleet. blind spot.
Perhaps Randall's prayers played a role. Rear Admiral Kimmel, the commander of the Lubion System Defense Fleet, was about to enter the attack range of the 'V6 Area Atlas Fleet' - at the same time, the flanking second drive escort detachment was about to enter. The moment before the anomaly was discovered, a new order was issued:
"Pass my order, the second escort detachment will lift the alert and follow the main fleet to participate in the assault!"
When the Infinity After the air observation team used optical sensors to capture the destroyers and frigates that were guarding the opponent's flanks, they all pulled out long tails and chased after the main force of the fleet. Randall suddenly felt that he might have " Lady Luck's on.
The rush process of the last three minutes was different from the 'suffering' of the previous dozens of minutes. It was as if the accelerator button had been pressed, almost fleeting.
When Randall felt his heart rate rising rapidly, the navigator loudly said the words he had always wanted to hear:
"Report, the fleet has broken into attack distance!"
The bridge seemed to fall into a moment of silence at this moment, and in the next second, Randall's order resounded throughout the bridge.
"The whole fleet! The fusion furnace increases the combat output, all weapon units are online, the optical camouflage is lifted, and the combat formation is launched!"
"All HCPs, heavy armored combat craft squadrons, all decks Attack! After breaking through the enemy fleet's air defense circle, attack the enemy's capital ship first! "
"Infinity, super heavy purification beam generator, target the enemy battleship formation, prepare to irradiate!"
Randall, restrained by the seat belt, burst out with an unprecedented force, leaned forward and pointed forward with his hand, and let out a classic roar that would later be recorded in the "History of the Atlas Combat Fleet".
"O gods, tremble under this blow!"
(End of this chapter)