Advantages and Disadvantages, Decided in an Instant
"It's only a possibility, Lord Pierce,"
The Kuntai People who had just raised the question clearly disagreed with Pierce's analysis. Shaking her head, she continued, "If it were me, even with superior forces, I wouldn't go out and engage in a direct, Great Fleet battle with a resource-poor civilization. Instead, I would rely on the Asteroid Belt for combat! That way, losses would be minimized. No Sentient Life in the Cosmic Civilizations is truly stupid. Although we don't understand the Human Civilization's way of thinking, we've gleaned some clues from previous negotiations. They're definitely not foolish. Therefore, I believe they shouldn't be outnumbered by us, Your Lord Pierce. Think about it, if they truly came here as a civilization, they must have been developing here for many years. A civilization with a Star System shouldn't have a smaller fleet than us, right?"
Pierce was momentarily speechless. She suddenly realized that she had been taking things for granted and that such a possibility did exist. However, she did not give up her opinion. So she said in a resolute tone, "That's why I said we should gamble. We have no way out. We can only move forward. When two armies meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. For the Civilization's Future, I believe that our warriors will be ready to die for our cause."
"Lord Pierce, I do not deny that."
Just as the Kuntai People was about to say a few more words, Mo Tuotuo impatiently interrupted him, "You guys, come up with a plan! If you don't decide soon, we'll be entering the effective range of Human Civilization's laser Energy Weapon!"
Mo Tuotuo was truly anxious because the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet couldn't afford to slow down, as doing so would inevitably consume more fuel. However, he also understood that it wasn't that these people, including the Kun-Tai Civilization's supreme leader Pierce, didn't want to discuss plans beforehand; rather, such discussions had to be based on the battlefield situation and available information, otherwise they would be nothing but empty talk.
"Let me finish speaking, First Mate Mo Tuotuo." The Kuntai People who had been interrupted earlier was quite patient, perhaps because she knew that Mo Tuotuo was this kind of Kuntai People.
Seeing that Pierce and the others were listening attentively, Kuntai People continued, "I don't deny Lord Pierce's guess, but in war, one must always consider the opponent as stronger, not based on the assumption that the enemy is very weak."
"So let's assume that Human Civilization has more or roughly the same number of Quake-Class Warship than us. In that case, I don't think we should launch a full-scale attack simultaneously, but neither should we send a detachment to probe first while the other fleets wait to see the results. Since we've decided on a strategy of attacking Giant Gas Planet, all subsequent actions must serve this strategy, including the main fleet with our flagship. Therefore, I think we can still follow Pierce's suggestion: four detachments will advance along four routes, but not all at once. Instead, they will advance in sequence, forming two echelons. The detachments furthest away on the left and right sides will advance into the Asteroid Belt first, followed by our main fleet and another detachment advancing simultaneously. The time interval between our two echelons' attacks should be calculated based on the speed of the human fleet, ensuring that they don't finish off one of our detachments before turning around to attack our other detachment."
"As we are Tier 1 Civilization, this speed, calculated with our Quake-Class Warship as a reference, shouldn't be too far off. Of course, advancing in two echelons doesn't mean we should have the other two attacking echelons slow down and wait. Our tactical intentions cannot be revealed immediately, otherwise the enemy will definitely be on guard and can still concentrate their superior forces to defeat our first echelon fleet. So what we need to do now is to maintain this direction and continue to accelerate. When the three squadrons and our main fleet are all approaching the Asteroid Belt, our second echelon will then slow down to the extreme and let the first echelon go first, thereby disrupting their deployment."
If they attack us while our second wave is slowing down, even better; we can simply turn our ships around and confront them outside the Asteroid Belt.
As Pierce listened to the Kuntai People speak eloquently, his mind cleared.
She realized that if Human Civilization broke out, it would lose the terrain advantage of the Asteroid Belt, and the turrets and other defensive structures deployed on the asteroids would inevitably become useless.
The tactic of advancing and then suddenly braking can accommodate both large and small fleets of Human Civilization, turning a passive situation into an active one. This should be considered the best tactic.
"Alright, notify the rest of the squadrons to implement this tactic." Seeing that no one else had any objections, Pierce immediately made a decision. "Order the other three squadrons to continue to widen the distance. Mo Tuotuo, summarize our conversation into a tactical plan and send it to the other three squadrons immediately. Order the left and right squadrons to be the first echelon and execute it immediately."
Friends, the fate of the Kun-Tai Civilization hinges on this battle. May the Kun-Tai God bless us!
The Kuntai People echoed, "May the Kun-Tai God bless us!"
On the battlefield, every decision made by each side influences the course of the entire war.
Humans were unaware that the Kun-Tai Civilization was already gambling; they only saw that the Kun-Tai Civilization's fleet was divided into four sub-fleets and advancing together.
It is precisely this situation that has plunged humanity into distress.
"Grass!"
Seeing this, Yue Yuan couldn't help but utter a vulgar curse in his heart.
"What I feared most has come to pass! How could the Kun-Tai Civilization be so reckless when we're clearly in a state of War Fog?" Yue Yuan paced back and forth on the bridge of the Lyra, his mind racing as he considered countermeasures.
He felt that if the four fleets of the Kun-Tai Civilization entered the Asteroid Belt from four different directions, it would be worse than if they entered as a single group.
Because the Kun-Tai Civilization's fleet is so spread out, humans simply cannot defeat them one by one. If they manage to defend one side while losing control of another, some warships might slip through, which would put their Residential Spaceship in danger.
"What to do."
As Yue Yuan was deep in thought, the voice of the communicator rang out from the bridge. "Commander Yue, the Kun-Tai Civilization Fleet has entered the effective firing range of the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship formations. The two Mountain-Class Warships are conducting probing attacks as originally planned. In addition, the Callisto-Class Warship and Small Escort Ship are still scattered in various locations to guard against the enemy's second wave of probes penetrating deeper."
Yue Yuan looked at the star map and thought for two seconds before saying, "Order the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and the Mount Emei-Class Warship not to linger in battle. Maintain long-range maneuvering, but if they manage to hit an enemy warship and obtain the corresponding data parameters, they may retreat into the Asteroid Belt as appropriate."
"In addition, order the Kunlun-Class Warship formation to release its Space Carrier, which, together with my formation's Space Carrier and Self-Detonating Shuttle, will launch the first wave of self-destructing attacks on the Kun-Tai Civilization's Residential Spaceship cluster!"
Furthermore, a second long-range strike force will be formed by drawing 10 Callisto-Class Warship and 100 Escort Ship from the Kunlun-Class Warship, awaiting further orders.