Chapter 560: Playing Tactics
“Enter without jumping?”
As soon as these words came out, Benelli, Muller, and Barak were all startled, as if time had passed. The moment suddenly stopped, their confused gazes met. For a moment, it was really difficult to understand the deep meaning behind Major General Stoner's words.
Fleet battles are brutal and there is no way out, especially large-scale fleet battles. Every decision made by the fleet commander may affect the fate of countless lives.
The three of them looked at each other, their minds running through various possible scenarios as fast as lightning.
"Do you mean that the opponent's fleet will float over directly using the 'covert action' mode?"
The outspoken Major General Benelli was the first to break the brief silence. His words were like pebbles thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing ripples. There was a hint of joking in his tone, as if the idea was ridiculous.
However, Major General Stoner did not pay attention to the joking in this junior's tone at all. Instead, he nodded slightly, his eyes deep and resolute:
"If the other party has this plan, in this case It is not completely impossible to happen. Instead of allowing us to detect the large-scale space fluctuations generated when the fleet jumps collectively, thereby giving us time to take the "first mover" in this battle, perhaps maintaining the "covert action mode close" It’s more feasible.”
Major General Stoner’s words immediately plunged everyone into deeper thinking, because what he said was not unreasonable.
"You are right, but the problem is that our four fleets can form all-round detection, including the massive early warning terminals that we have deployed along the ecliptic plane in advance. If the opponent conducts a 'stealth mode' maneuver on the scale of an entire fleet, It will still be noticed by us, not to mention that there is such a huge super flagship."
The commander of the 23rd Fleet, Barak, who spoke relatively little, spoke slowly, his voice calm. And being powerful was immediately recognized by others.
In their view, the "super flagship" of the Atlas Combat Fleet is undoubtedly a high-risk unit that is difficult to deal with, but it is not without flaws - the too-large hull and the large number of internal Sophisticated and complex electronic equipment, fusion furnaces and other facilities, while giving full play to the advantages of powerful power and excellent performance, also significantly reduce the stealth ability of this giant ship.
Especially with the detection network composed of nearly a thousand warships from four federal fleets, as well as the presence of a large number of early warning terminals, it is difficult to approach this warship through conventional concealment methods.
In other words, apart from jumping into the field, it is actually difficult for the endless super flagship to attack suddenly.
However, Major General Stoner ignored the doubts of others. His tall and straight figure looked particularly firm under the lights in the command room.
He continued calmly: "What if the other party uses some kind of celestial body activity as a cover?"
Major General Benelli, who had not reacted for a while, was full of doubts: "This is What to say? "
"This is the recent astronomical activity report of the Rubin Galaxy," Major General Stoner said while showing a report from the astronomical observation team, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.
"Comet C/517B2 Hyakutake. This is the largest periodic comet in the Rubber Galaxy. It will pass near the Rubberon along its elliptical orbit during this period. "Major General Stoner's voice echoed in the command room.
After seeing the report, Major General Mueller's eyes flashed with a flash of enlightenment. He immediately understood the intention of the commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet:
"You mean, Atlas's fleet will use the cover of this comet to approach?"
Major General Stoner nodded slightly:
"Yes, according to the astronomical observation group's observation of the comet's orbit, it can be determined that the largest comet in the galaxy, with a tail close to 120,000 kilometers long, will hit exactly On the orbit of Rubian 5, debris blown off by the solar wind may even fall into the atmosphere of Rubian 5. By then, the meteor shower can even be directly observed with the naked eye from the ground.
The comet’s tour The orbit also happens to coincide with the ecliptic plane of Rubian 5, and the 120,000-kilometer long tail is enough to hide the Atlas fleet. If the opponent hides in the tail and only relies on attitude control to adjust the angle of the nozzle, Even the early warning terminals we deployed cannot detect their traces!”
As Major General Stoner recounted his guesses and explanations, the other three fleet commanders suddenly broke into a cold sweat and asked themselves why such mistakes had occurred.
Perhaps due to inertial thinking, most fleet commanders in this era, including Major General Benelli, have begun to become somewhat rigid in their tactical thinking.
In other words, the "tactical creativity" of naval fleet generals is far lower than that of army commanders on the surface of the planet.
Because on the surface of the planet, army commanders can use the influence of weather, terrain, planet curvature, and other factors, plus a little bit of luck, to create an attack that will "leave history" fighting.
But when it comes to the navy, especially after humans enter space, the universe is cleaner and broader than the surface of the planet, making the implementation of tactics extremely difficult.
In addition, the activities of battleships in space are actually strictly limited by physical laws. Therefore, as humans fight more space battles, the corresponding tactics and theories become more and more cold and rigid.
After all, in the dangerous space, the reliability and stability of tactics and doctrine are far more important than the so-called 'divine stroke'.
But occasionally, the infinite universe will throw out some interesting scenes and celestial bodies to make the battle less boring.
Just like the 'wholesale areas' of various famous battles - asteroid belts, nebulae, and planetary rings.
Just like the comets that Major General Stoner just mentioned.
Soon, the other three people immediately started to verify the feasibility of this sneak attack tactic.
According to the description of the observation report, when Comet Hyakutake approached Rubion 5, its relative speed was about 40 kilometers per second, and this speed was not enough for the warships of the human navy to keep up. Disaster.
Especially after jumping to the comet's orbit in advance and starting to accelerate, the fleet can completely use the attitude control nozzle to maintain a state of relative stillness with the comet after the acceleration is completed.
The only difficulty is actually the calculation of the orbit and the attitude control of the entire fleet, and this is also when the 'stealth action mode' is turned on.
But in the eyes of everyone, with the strength currently displayed by Atlas Group in artificial intelligence and information technology, it does not seem impossible to achieve this.
"If this is the case, then our early warning is actually completely ineffective."
Major General Barak said:
"The detection capability of the early warning terminal is limited and cannot be penetrated at all. To carry out reconnaissance, not to mention that the comet and the large amount of debris in the comet will destroy all the early warning terminals on the path. "
The combat conference room fell into silence again.
Because everyone knows that they have just come up with a guess, which has not been verified and cannot be verified.
The only way to verify is to wait for Atlas's fleet to jump out of the tail, and then fire at itself.
It's just that the fleets on both sides have completely completed the battle and entered early electronic warfare attacks. Still at a disadvantage, there was not much time left for the four of them to make a decision.
Barak: "The opponent's fleet commander is a tactical person." Muller: "I have already seen this when A. Bawa Ku has a dirty heart."
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Bernelly: “No, is now the time to talk about this?”
Before Benelli could continue, Major General Stoner interrupted the three of them:
"Okay, stop talking. Since I am now the commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet, then I will Dare to use this status to give orders."
As soon as these words came out, the other three people immediately became serious and sat upright. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they would not hesitate to obey the fleet after entering the battle. Orders from the Commander-in-Chief.
“The next fleet’s key detection direction will be concentrated on the ‘Hyakutake Comet’. After all, there is no better detection direction, and the possibility that the opponent will use the comet to hide is indeed very high. .
And when the distance is reduced, we can also detect the internal situation of Huiwei by relying on the high-performance composite detection unit of the battleship.
In addition, the entire fleet enters a combat search state. After capturing the traces of the enemy on the front, it awaits orders from the flagship and is ready to launch a preemptive attack at any time! "
"Yes, General! ” The other party's traces were reached.
Because in the long-term 'stealth action mode', the working capabilities of all battleships' active cooling systems and black body cladding have begun to decline.
After all, even Without turning on the main propulsion array, simply maintaining the warship operating in a 'quasi-combat state' will generate heat - 'heat control' and 'infrared signature control' are also required courses for warship captains and fleet commanders.
However, what these "compulsory courses" can do is to try to extend the time during which the warship does not expose its infrared signature. It cannot prevent the battleship from ever exposing its infrared signature.
Not to mention, the light and thermal radiation emitted by the star of this galaxy, 'Great Rubion', will be spread across the space where both parties are located without any hindrance.
So in addition to controlling the heat generated by the warship itself, each warship must also find ways to reduce the temperature rise that occurs when the surface of the ship is illuminated by stars, which further shortens the time for both parties to remain invisible.
When the two large fleets locked each other's position, Randall and Stoner almost simultaneously ordered the entire fleet to remove the camouflage of optical camouflage, radar wave cancellation and black body coating.
Because both sides know very well that at this stage of such a large-scale fleet battle, the role of camouflage has been infinitely close to zero.
"Warning! It has been detected that the enemy fleet has begun to accelerate, and it is expected to enter combat range in forty minutes!"
The words of the shipboard controller of the 'Infinity', Ge Selina, sounded, and at the same time, the harsh words The sirens suddenly pierced the silence of the bridge like sharp arrows.
The shrill sound seemed like a desperate cry from the abyss of the universe, and the sudden change to a red warning light instantly pushed the tense atmosphere to a suffocating boiling point.
Randall, the fleet commander who encountered many high-intensity battles when he took office, after passing the test of 'blood and fire', his eyes have changed from half a month ago. The uneasiness, entanglement, and timidity became as hot and firm as the bright stars.
He stared closely at the holographic projection platform in front of him. On the huge three-dimensional battlefield situation map displayed above the platform, the dense spots of light of the four federal fleets were like a surging tide, unstoppable. The momentum quickly approached the position of the Atlas combat fleet.
At this moment, the part of the combat fleet he is leading is arranged in a 'guerrilla' formation with two unmanned fleets as the core of the battle and the third task force surrounding it.
Randall, Cliffs, even Guterres, who is thousands of light years away, and Dr. Mephisto, the creator of the unmanned fleet, have no objections to Amber's arrangement. .
Although the unmanned fleet was still in the battle sequence of the Federation Navy, it existed more as an 'auxiliary fleet'. In battle, it basically relied on flawless maneuvering and precise maneuvers. Long-range bombardment serves as 'supplementary output'.
But in Amber's view, the biggest advantage of the unmanned fleet is not the perfect coordination or precise long-distance attacks.
It is that they do not have the influencing factor of 'morale bar' .
Unlike the human fleet, which will begin to experience a decline in morale when it suffers 10% losses, morale will drop significantly after 30% losses, and the fleet may even collapse after more than 50% losses.
The unmanned fleet can directly stay in the combat position after receiving the order until it sinks the last battleship
This feature was also in the game in the previous life, Amber and others Players discovered it after a fierce battle with the unmanned army led by Lilith.
To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that players in the game have a chance to be resurrected after death, so they endured casualties and fought against Lilith’s unmanned army, Amber felt that she could defeat Lilith simply by relying on the humans of this world. Silk is basically impossible
After all, you can't expect flesh and blood soldiers to fight for their lives against fighting machines that have no fear, no pain, and no emotions.
Perhaps human elite troops can indeed do this, but such troops account for less than 10% of the entire human battle sequence.
Amber has seen too many NPC troops on the battlefield, which were quickly defeated after encountering the unmanned army. Even if the supervising team used up all their ammunition, they could not prevent the collapse - let alone the massive collapse. Part of the supervising team actually collapsed at the first opportunity.
So when Amber proposed the plan of using two unmanned fleets as the backbone to 'resist the line' at the pre-war meeting, It didn't take much effort to get everyone's approval.
After all, Randall's combat fleet will definitely have a head-on firefight with the federal fleet. In this case, the two unmanned fleets are indeed more suitable to attract firepower.
Although Dr. Mephisto felt at first that this might still be a bit cruel to the commanding artificial intelligence and high-level shipboard control personalities in the unmanned fleet.
However, after learning that Amber and Lilith had already backed up the 'sisters' of the three unmanned fleets and stored them in A. Bawa Ku's data center, the doctor no longer had any objections.
"Commander Randall, the second and third unmanned fleets have been deployed according to the preset instructions. If there are no other instructions, we will start attacking according to the plan after entering the attack distance."
< br>The voice of Selene, commander of the Second Unmanned Fleet, sounded in Randall’s ears. The latter did not issue any other instructions at this moment, but nodded and said:
“No other instructions have been issued. , the unmanned fleet is fighting according to the combat plan, and the third task force and the 'Infinity' will assist you."
Having said this, look at the federal navy fleet rushing forward, Randall also sighed and then raised his head, his gaze seemed to penetrate the top deck of the Infinity.
"Amber, you have to arrive on time!"
(End of Chapter)