Temple Calculation

"We will deploy our forces within the Hill Sphere of the Giant Gas Planet." Yue Yuan stood up, took two steps toward the large screen, and gestured to the map of the Aldebaran Star System on the screen. "With the Kunlun-Class Warship as the second Command Center, supported by the Mount Tai-Class Warship, Mount Hua-Class Warship, Mount Song-Class Warship, Mount Huang-Class Warship, plus thirty Callisto-Class Warship, two hundred Small Escort Ship, and two Space Carrier, we will form the first echelon to deploy in the Asteroid Belt."

"Order!" Yue Yuan turned to look at Man Yuemei: "Man Yuemei!"

Man Yuemei stood up, saluted, and said, "Present!"

"You are hereby appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the first echelon. After the meeting, you will go to the Kunlun-Class Warship to oversee the deployment of the first echelon. The deployment principle is to prioritize concealment and prepare for an ambush. Before the orders from the Command Department arrive, you must not let the enemy discover any trace of the warship. You will be responsible for formulating the specific deployment tactics based on the terrain."

Yue Yuan nodded, staring at Man Yuemei, and continued, "Terrain is an aid to the army. To assess the enemy and achieve victory, and to calculate the dangers and obstacles near and far, is the way of a great general. Those who know this and use it in battle will surely win; those who do not know this and use it in battle will surely lose."

"Yes, sir!" Man Yuemei sat down again.

Yue Yuan turned to his assistant Long Xiaolin: "Here, the Resources Department will concentrate all its energy collection resources to prioritize energy replenishment for the first echelon, and must complete the energy refueling within one year."

The remaining departments will enter wartime status, focusing on arms production. Once the first echelon completes energy replenishment, the two Space Dock will be ready for full-capacity construction.

"Chief, I've noted it down," Long Xiaolin replied.

"Alright," Yue Yuan turned back to his seat, then looked at the military again and said, "I will use the Lyra, along with the Mount Huang-Class Warship and Mount Lu-Class Warship ships, plus one hundred Escort Ship and ten Callisto-Class Warships, to provide central support from the back of the orbit of Aldebaran-Zhongda Star."

"In addition, after making contact with the Unknown Civilization, the Mount Wudang-Class Warship, the Mount Emei-Class Warship, along with twenty Callisto-Class Warship, one hundred Escort Ship, and one Space Carrier, will serve as the visible combat force patrolling the outer edge of the Asteroid Belt."

"Clear!"

"Yes!"

"Receive!"

After making general arrangements for the fleet, Yue Yuan turned his gaze to Zhu Pete and said again, "After obtaining further information about the Unknown Civilization's fleet, await my instructions. At that time, your unit will be responsible for internal security within the civilization and will cooperate with the Propaganda Department in preparations for war and war mobilization."

"Yes!" Zhu Pete replied.

Next, Yue Yuan looked around at the scientific team on the bridge, which included not only physicists, but also mathematicians and experts from various fields.

"The so-called victorious army is one that wins first and then seeks battle, while the defeated army is one that fights first and then seeks victory. Therefore, it is said: 'He who wins in the Temple Calculation before the battle has many calculations. He who loses in the Temple Calculation before the battle has few calculations. Many calculations lead to victory, few calculations lead to defeat, and what about those who have no calculations at all! From this perspective, victory or defeat is evident.'"

Yue Yuan paused for a moment, then continued, "Therefore, in the coming period, you must refine and integrate all war-related parameters. Your task is to do everything in your power within four years to simplify the operation of the warship's fire control system and systematize the environmental data, so that the warship can exert greater combat power."

Seeing everyone remain silent, Yue Yuan smiled and said, "I didn't say we absolutely had to fight this Unknown Civilization, but since we've chosen to stay and negotiate, we must prepare for the worst. The best strategy is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Before engaging in Supreme Strategy is to Subjugate the Enemy's Plans, we must do our utmost to fully utilize our 'self-knowledge.' This is what military strategists call 'first making yourself invincible, then Awaiting the Enemy's Defeat.' Invincibility lies in oneself, vulnerability lies in the enemy."

"We understand, Commander Yue!" Everyone nodded.

Indeed, the wisdom of ancient military strategy remains relevant even in the interstellar age.

When there is a significant difference in technological levels, various strategies are of course useless. However, when there is a similar level of civilization, such wisdom can undoubtedly increase one's own combat power to a certain extent.

Although he still did not know the exact number of enemy warships, Yue Yuan already had a general idea of the situation.

"Well, next, we need to focus on 'knowing the enemy.' Have the observation telescopes and various detectors made any new discoveries?" Yue Yuan looked up again at the scientific teams connected to the complex array of detectors on the big screen.

When we initially determined the dust cloud track to be 413, we had already analyzed several images from different angles, so this number should be correct.

Then we need to see what type of spacecraft those 120 large tracks are.

Once this is determined, humans can make more detailed arrangements based on specific information.

However, due to the distance and the fact that the fleet had its main engines shut down, humans had not been able to photograph the spaceship itself before.

To address this issue, the scientific team deployed the Large-Caliber Telescope currently in use by humankind to search for it, but it remains to be seen whether they can capture images of the other spacecraft at that distance.

"Chief, we've captured a blurry image. At this distance, we can't determine the specific type of warship," a representative from the scientific team replied. "Based on this image, we'll have to wait at least two more years to see the enemy ship clearly through the telescope."

Two years later, the unknown fleet was once again within 0.3 light-years.

"There's no way to overcome the technological limitations, so let's wait two years." Yue Yuan pondered for a moment, then asked, "Have you detected any signs of the other side's detectors?"

Logically speaking, when a fleet travels to a star system, it should send out advance probes first, just like humans. Yue Yuan had considered this issue beforehand, so when the scientific team was using Large-Caliber Telescope to search for the Unknown Civilization's fleet, he specifically instructed them to pay attention to whether there were any traces of probes in the surrounding area.

Of course, the Probe Spaceship that had shut down its main engines and was in standby mode was also conducting scans in this area.

"Chief, we have not yet detected any trace of the enemy's detectors."

Hearing this answer, Yue Yuan had no choice but to say to continue observing and instruct the optical telescope to pay close attention to that direction.

If no detector was detected, there are two possibilities.

First, the possibility that the enemy did not launch any advance probes is the least likely. Second, the enemy's probes may have already flown ahead of the fleet towards Aldebaran, but have not yet reached the deceleration position, so they are still in a constant-speed navigation phase, and like the main fleet, their main engines are shut down, making them unobservable to humans.

If it's the second scenario, then a bright spot indicating the probe's deceleration will definitely appear first in that direction. As long as humans can detect the timing of the probe's exhaust flame, they will know how far away the probe launched by the enemy is from their fleet.

With this parameter, humanity can determine the vigilance range for this Unknown Civilization.

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