Warfare of Low-level Civilizations
According to human observation, the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet, which was originally at the forefront of the umbrella formation, emitted bright exhaust flames, and more than a hundred Mountain-Class Warship slowly detached from the umbrella handle and gradually accelerated towards the Asteroid Belt.
The Kun-Tai Civilization possessed 120 Mountain-Class Warship, but did not send them all out; instead, ten were left behind. These ten warships immediately reorganized their formation after separating from the Great Fleet.
They can be seen unfolding like a cloth, forming a defensive network of Main Battleship, blocking the 293 Cylindrical Residential Spaceship behind them.
Meanwhile, the 110 warships advancing towards the Asteroid Belt battlefield began to change formation as they sailed away from their original positions.
Sixty warships rushed forward with a significantly faster acceleration, then split into three groups, forming three squadrons of twenty ships each at the forefront.
After the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet completed its formation change, humans observed that if the positions of the three formations were connected by lines, they would form a triangle. In the center of this triangle, there was another formation consisting of fifty warships.
It is divided into four parts, three in the front and one in the back.
Each formation has its own independent array, steadily advancing from space. From a human perspective, they resemble four twinkling stars embedded in the night sky.
"It seems that the Kun-Tai Civilization is concentrating its forces to advance!" Yue Yuan concluded as he watched the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet change formation on the screen.
This is what he most wants to see, because the Kun-Tai Civilization can advance in a large formation, so humanity will not need to spread out too much power to intercept possible probes, and the firepower can be more concentrated.
Concentrated firepower means a higher probability of hitting the target.
Of course, the defensive firepower will also be very concentrated, making it more difficult for humans to eliminate it in one fell swoop.
Therefore, although Yue Yuan was willing to see the Kun-Tai Civilization conduct large-scale battles, he was also afraid that such a large formation would rush recklessly towards a single target.
If they do this, even with the Asteroid Belt as cover for an ambush, humanity will not have superior numbers. In that case, the war will proceed against humanity.
Because there are simply too few human-made Mountain-Class Warship, and small warships like Escort Ship are incapable of inflicting any real damage on them, not even sixty Mountain-Class Warship Callisto-Class Warship.
If the Kun-Tai Civilization's Mountain-Class Warship had the same performance as the human Mountain-Class Warship, it would take destroying about 80 out of 100 Callisto-Class Warship to sink them.
Moreover, this process is very lengthy.
Therefore, even here, the Callisto-Class Warship are only used for harassment, using their Electromagnetic Railgun or nuclear missiles to harass enemy Main Battleship, thus assisting the main guns of the Mountain-Class Warship in hitting enemy ships.
"Then let's see if you have the guts to charge into the Asteroid Belt all at once!" Yue Yuan muttered to himself as he nervously watched the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet reach the outer edge of the Asteroid Belt.
After seeing that some of the Kun-Tai Civilization Exploration's detectors had entered the effective firing range of the Wudang Mountain fleet and been destroyed, Yue Yuan immediately gave a final pre-battle mobilization to all the ships in his fleet.
As the flagship of Human Civilization, the Lyra was also to participate in the battle. Moreover, Yue Yuan had already made the plan. As soon as the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet entered the Asteroid Belt, the Lyra fleet and the Kunlun-Class Warship fleet would attack from different positions to try to concentrate their forces to destroy the Kun-Tai Civilization warships that had entered the Asteroid Belt.
At the same time, the previously prepared Self-Detonating Shuttle, Space Carrier, and other equipment will launch the first wave of probing self-destructing attacks on the location of the Kun-Tai Civilization's Residential Spaceship.
Then we'll see whether the Kun-Tai Civilization's Mountain-Class Warship fleet chooses to continue its advance or retreat. If they choose to continue, then we'll send in the entire assault force and make sure the Kun-Tai Civilization feels that their Residential Spaceship is in danger.
Only in this way can we maximize our efforts to disrupt the morale of his troops at the front.
Yue Yuan and the Staff Department have formulated many plans; it all depends on how Kun-Tai Civilization chooses to proceed.
While Yue Yuan waited anxiously, the Kun-Tai Civilization made its next move.
A batch of approximately one thousand Probe Spaceship were launched from their Main Battleship and advanced toward various parts of the Asteroid Belt.
The war began with the Probe Spaceship's advance and the Escort Ship's interception.
"Communicator, tell the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship formations! Their mission is to intercept the Kun-Tai Civilization Probe Spaceship. Before the main Kun-Tai Civilization formation makes its next decision, it is imperative to maintain the fog over the Asteroid Belt."
Neutrino Communication, carrying Yue Yuan's instructions, traveled through asteroids and landed on the battlefield.
At the same time, the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship formations took corresponding actions based on the battlefield situation.
The two Main Battleship first withdrew a distance towards the Asteroid Belt, then separated vertically to maintain the effective range and orientation of their Laser Weapon with the enemy's main formation. Then, the twenty Callisto-Class Warship and one hundred Escort Ship in the formation dispersed freely and began to destroy the Probe Spaceship that were passing by.
Meanwhile, the Space Carrier in the formation, which carried Self-Detonating Drone, retracted behind a larger asteroid and then released 10,000 drones to form a second line of defense along the edge of the Asteroid Belt.
If any detectors missed by the Escort Ship enter this range, these drones will use their advantages of small size, high acceleration, and high speed to finish them off.
In an instant, streaks of death crisscrossed the battlefield, and Nuclear Missile engines, spewing exhaust plumes like fireflies, chased after their targets.
A Probe Spaceship that had been locked onto by Nuclear Missile had just used electronic jamming to make the missile lose its target when a bright spot appeared on its body the next moment.
The light spot changed from red to white within a second, and then, before the second had passed, burned a hole in the Probe Spaceship, which was then engulfed in even greater flames.
That was an explosion caused by its own actions.
Laser Weapon, or Energy Beam Weapon, are undetectable because they travel at the speed of light; detection is equivalent to being hit.
The Probe Spaceship was an Escort Ship located 20 light-seconds away.
Before launching its Energy Weapon, the Escort Ship had already targeted the Probe Spaceship, firing several Nuclear Missile at it, plus a few Electromagnetic Railgun shots at seemingly random locations. After these physical weapons were unleashed, the Escort Ship's numerous Energy Beam Weapon began preemptive strikes against the target.
This kind of predictive strike not only needs to consider the next turning action of the enemy's probe, but also needs to take into account environmental factors and parameters, just like the experiments that human scientists have done before.