No Positron Cannons?
What he could think of, Yue Yuan naturally thought of as well.
After the news reached the Lyra, Yue Yuan began to ponder this question.
"Commander Yue, in my opinion, this is unlikely." An expert from the Command Department approached Yue Yuan and continued his analysis, "Logically speaking, if we can build Positron Cannon, the Kun-Tai Civilization shouldn't be unable to. But Commander Yue, think about it: the Kun-Tai Civilization possesses Cold Nuclear Fusion technology, which we don't have either. I think this might be due to differences in technological development. Perhaps they were too focused on Nuclear Fusion technology, investing all their research resources there, which is why they developed Cold Nuclear Fusion, a technology that should only appear at the Level 2 Civilization."
"Secondly, we can be certain that the Kun-Tai Civilization is short of resources and energy. Under such circumstances, they have no reason to hide anything, because doing so would not benefit them at all. If the Mount Emei-Class Warship had been hit by a Positron Cannon, we would have already lost a Mountain-Class Warship."
Yue Yuan nodded. Although Mountain-Class Warship like the Mount Emei-Class Warship might not be directly sunk by a single positron, in a battlefield where the enemy outnumbers them, the Mount Emei-Class Warship would certainly not be able to avoid the follow-up attacks after the initial damage.
As the saying goes, it's better to break one finger than to injure all ten; Kun-Tai Civilization couldn't possibly be unaware of this principle.
Seeing Yue Yuan nod, the experts from the Command Department continued, "Moreover, the Kun-Tai Civilization outside the Asteroid Belt has already revealed their intentions. They know they are short of fuel, so they have made a move to advance on four fronts simultaneously to quickly defeat us. Therefore, the Mount Emei-Class Warship's judgment that the Kun-Tai Civilization does not have Positron Cannon is most likely true. Moreover, just a few seconds ago, the Mount Wudang-Class Warship also transmitted the same message."
After the expert finished his analysis, other people joined the discussion.
Listening to the discussion among these experts and scholars, Yue Yuan stroked his chin, turned around, and sat down to ponder.
He also tends to believe that this is true.
After all, Yue Yuan wasn't a leader who was completely clueless about the various facilities, equipment, and weaponry of warships. Compared to the conclusive report from the Mount Emei-Class Warship, he focused his attention on the report from the Mount Wudang-Class Warship.
Indeed, the Mount Emei-Class Warship confirmed that the Energy Weapon that hit it was a conventional Energy Weapon, but the Mount Wudang-Class Warship's message mentioned that the forty-five beams fired simultaneously were also conventional Energy Weapon.
If that's the case, then the Kun-Tai Civilization might not actually have Positron Cannon.
Because humans can analyze the gun caliber of the Kun-Tai Civilization -Mountain-Class Warship by observing the data obtained from the Mount Emei-Class Warship that was hit by a shell.
To be able to blast a hole in the Mount Emei-Class Warship with a single shot at a range of 18 light-seconds, it would be impossible without a large-caliber cannon. And a Mountain-Class Warship of that power could only accommodate one cannon at most, namely the main gun of the warship.
This is why human warships do not mount both Electromagnetic Railgun and Positron Cannon, the two main guns, on a single warship.
The efficiency of long-range engagements reveals that the hit rate is actually very low. In such situations, if the caliber is small and cannot sink an enemy ship in one or two shots, it becomes a mere skirmish. Large-caliber warships can risk being hit multiple times by smaller-caliber warships, continue to approach, and then deliver a single shot to take it out.
These are all data obtained by humans through actual experiments when building ships.
Without a doubt, the Kun-Tai Civilization's warship was able to blast a hole in the Mount Emei-Class Warship from such a great distance with a single shot, and this shot was not Positron Cannon.
"This is good news!" Yue Yuan said, looking up, clearly accepting the explanation.
After everyone quieted down, Yue Yuan continued, "But we can't let our guard down. We should order each fleet to proceed according to the original plan. Now that we have obtained the important parameters of the Kun-Tai Civilization's naval guns, we should order the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship to withdraw to the Asteroid Belt and let the Self-Detonating Drone intercept the enemy probes there."
"They have already withdrawn Commander Yue." Upon hearing Yue Yuan say this, the communications officer replied without sending out the order.
"Good!"
Just as Yue Yuan shouted "Good!", the staff officer beside him frowned, looking worried. "Commander Yue, I observed that the Kun-Tai Civilization fleet has split into four and is coming with great force. Their determination doesn't seem fake. Given that the Asteroid Belt is still shrouded in War Fog for them, if they're not reckless, they probably already know where our Residential Spaceship is. Only in this way can we explain why they've taken such a Burn the Boats gamble."
"Um?"
Yue Yuan was taken aback and muttered, "That shouldn't be the case. We never showed that we were an entire civilization here. Moreover, before the Kun-Tai Civilization entered Aldebaran, our Residential Spaceship had already hidden behind the Giant Gas Planet. How could they know that we had Residential Spaceship? And even know its location?"
Since this was the first contact between humans and the Kuntai People, espionage can be ruled out.
Besides, if the Kun-Tai Civilization really knew, then the only thing Yue Yuan could think of was that the detectors had slipped in, and they shouldn't have detected it so quickly. Moreover, the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and Mount Emei-Class Warship did a very good job; no detectors slipped in at all.
"Could it be the back?"
Thinking this, Yue Yuan asked the Science Officer, "Where was Aldebaran B located six months ago?"
The Science Officer's response was a star map displayed on a large screen—a star map from six months ago.
Yue Yuan looked up at the star map, saw the relative positions of Aldebaran B and the giant gas planet, and then pressed the button to fast forward, allowing the star map to travel through half a year in just a dozen seconds.
Over the course of six months, the position of Aldebaran B, Red Dwarf Star, did not change significantly due to its extremely long semi-axis; the main change was in the Giant Gas Planet. However, even after observing the entire planet, Yue Yuan did not see the back of the Giant Gas Planet Red Dwarf Star humanity reside rotate to face directly towards Aldebaran B.
Prior to this, humans had already observed the Kun-Tai Civilization probe Red Dwarf Star towards Aldebaran B, so since it hadn't turned into a facing direction, it shouldn't have been exposed.
Moreover, given the intensity of the Solar Wind from Aldebaran A, an Orange Giant Star, and its relative distance from Giant Gas Planet, the location of a human -Residential Spaceship should be within the influence of its powerful Solar Wind. Such an environment would significantly affect observations from the outside.
Therefore, even if it turns to Aldebaran B directly, the Kun-Tai Civilization probe there should not be able to see it.
The staff officer looked at the star map along with Yue Yuan, and naturally knew the purpose of Yue Yuan bringing up the star map. It was precisely because of this that he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Regardless, this Kun-Tai Civilization seems to truly have a clear purpose, just as you said." Seeing this, Yue Yuan didn't press further, but instead pondered and said, "Could it be that they're just guessing?!"
Even Yue Yuan found this statement somewhat absurd; using speculation to guide war operations sounded incredibly unrealistic.
"Perhaps the Kun-Tai Civilization possesses some information that we don't know," the staff officer said, feeling that relying solely on speculation to guide war operations was unreliable.
At this point, another expert analyzed. "There is another possibility, that is, the Kun-Tai Civilization has distributed the warships with Positron Cannon to the other three squadrons. If so, then the squadrons with Positron Cannon will be the main attack route of the Kun-Tai Civilization."
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone! Hey, let's grab some tickets, it's almost the end of the month!