When the Enemy Advances, We Retreat
The Kun-Tai Civilization's choice to charge forward regardless of the cost undoubtedly gambled the fate of its entire civilization on that charge. For humanity, such a charge was extremely dangerous.
Because that means that the tactic of holding the line has become ineffective to some extent.
Admittedly, humanity possesses numerous warships, but only the Mountain-Class Warship can truly sink the Kun-Tai Civilization's fleet. However, the current force deployed in the central region consists of only two ships: the Mount Wudang-Class Warship and the Mount Emei-Class Warship, while the Kun-Tai Civilization boasts sixty-nine. Even though the human warships have superior main guns, armor, and maneuverability, they cannot withstand overwhelming numbers. After all, these two warships are not like the Lyra, which would sink after taking a few or even a dozen shots.
Therefore, upon receiving news that the Kun-Tai Civilization's central fleet and another formation had moved again, and deducing from their change in formation that they might be charging, Yue Yuan, aboard the Lyra, understood the urgency of the situation.
Immersed in the Acceleration Buffer Fluid, Yue Yuan stared at the star map, lost in thought. The star map, already equipped with his requirements, displayed various data, such as the time it would take for the Kun-Tai Civilization to reach the Giant Gaseous Planet and its two moons at its highest speed, and the time it would take for the Lyra to travel from this location.
After comparing the two, Yue Yuan realized that if the Kun-Tai Civilization really continued to rush into the star system regardless of the consequences, then the Lyra would only have nine hours left.
Nine hours later, if the Lyra does not turn back towards the Gaseous Planet, there will be no way to intercept the Kunwen civilization before they arrive at the Gaseous Planet.
"It seems that the Kun-Tai Civilization did indeed guess that we have Residential Spaceship, and they even guessed the right place," Yue Yuan muttered.
"Commander Yue, in that case, we must take the initiative and annihilate the remaining twelve enemy warships within nine hours!" the Mount Huang-Class Warship Captain said worriedly in the communications. "But our ship is still okay, while the Mount Lu-Class Warship is severely damaged. If we rashly go out and confront the enemy fleet head-on, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand many shots."
"What are you thinking? Who said we only have nine hours?" Yue Yuan looked curiously at the Mount Huang-Class Warship Captain on the screen.
"General Commander Yue, on the star map."
"Stupid!" Yue Yuan spat out a single word at the Mount Huang-Class Warship Captain, then asked with a hint of exasperation, "Tell me, where are there Giant Gaseous Planet?"
"Our human Residential Spaceship Cluster!" the Mount Huang-Class Warship Captain replied blankly.
"You know it's Residential Spaceship Cluster, so how can you be so stupid?" Yue Yuan said bluntly.
"Uh, Commander Yue. That's precisely why we need to quickly destroy this fleet, isn't it? Military strategy dictates attacking where the enemy must defend, right? Now that the Kun-Tai Civilization is attacking our Residential Spaceship, they've hit us squarely in the heart of the enemy's defenses. How can we not come to their aid?"
Seeing that the Mount Huang-Class Warship Captain still looked confused, Yue Yuan shook his head and said helplessly, "Is there a home planet of humankind behind the Giant Gaseous Planet? Or is there an Earth there?"
Upon hearing this, the Mount Huang-Class Warship Captain finally lit up. "Commander Yue, you mean..."
"Yes, the tactics remain the same. Your ship will continue to lead the remaining Callisto-Class Warship and Escort Ship to intercept the remaining warships of the Kun-Tai Civilization's small squadron. They are the ones facing fuel shortages now, not us, so we are not in a hurry," Yue Yuan nodded and said.
After speaking, he immediately instructed the communications officer to relay his orders to the Residential Spaceship Cluster.
Yue Yuan's order was simple: change the strategy and get the Residential Spaceship Cluster moving.
Although the initial strategy was to remain hidden, now that the Kun-Tai Civilization has somehow figured it out, there's no need to keep it a secret any longer.
The Kun-Tai Civilization is short of fuel, isn't it? Well then, I'll get moving. So what if you're in the right place? I'll just go.
Humans here don't live on a planet, Residential Spaceship doesn't mean they can't move. Not only can they move, but they can move very nimbly, because humanity has completely transformed into a Wandering Civilization that can carry everything in a big bag.
When the enemy advances, we retreat.
Anyway, the Residential Spaceship Cluster has already replenished its fuel and has now ascertained the situation of the Kun-Tai Civilization. As long as they move forward, they can simply drive to the outside of the Aldebaran Star System, circle around a few times, and then come back.
Everyone has the same maximum speed, so as long as they run away in advance, the Kun-Tai Civilization will have no chance of catching up.
Yue Yuan didn't believe that the Kun-Tai Civilization would keep pursuing them relentlessly. Well, it didn't matter if they kept pursuing them; human Residential Spaceship could make several turns in space. At worst, they could just wander around for two and a half years. He didn't believe that the Kun-Tai Civilization's fuel could last until then.
This change wasn't something Yue Yuan made on a whim; it was a decision he made after learning about the surprise attack on the Kun-Tai Civilization's Residential Spaceship.
He discovered that after being attacked by human-made Self-Detonating Drone and Self-Detonating Shuttle, the Kun-Tai Civilization's Residential Spaceship Cluster did not turn around and run away in advance, but instead stood still, protected by the ten Mountain-Class Warships.
This indicates that the Kun-Tai Civilization's shortage of resources and fuel is even more severe than what humans perceive. Yue Yuan has reason to suspect that the Kun-Tai Civilization's Residential Spaceship are no longer capable of maneuvering.
It would be foolish for humanity not to take advantage of such a severe fuel shortage.
After relaying the orders, Yue Yuan continued to command the Lyra in battle, still relying on the asteroid to maneuver and block, firing a few shots, then hiding for a while, and then changing positions to fire a few more shots.
The remaining twelve warships of the Kun-Tai Civilization suffered greatly under this tactic.
Just as I adjusted my attitude and aimed in one direction, another Mount Huang-Class Warship appeared from another direction and fired a few shots. I adjusted my attitude again, and then the Mount Lu-Class Warship appeared from the other direction and fired a few more shots.
The information delay caused by the great distance meant that the Kun-Tai Civilization only realized it had just been bombarded and hadn't even finished Attitude Adjustment to retaliate when the enemy had already retreated to the back of the asteroid.
However, if several warships are to be deployed separately and aimed at different directions, the hit rate will be too low. If they do it this way, they probably won't be able to sink the human warships even if they run out of fuel, and the probes they send out will basically be destroyed by the human Escort Ship.
This put the remaining twelve warships in an extremely passive situation, almost to the point that they had "waiting for death" etched on their hulls.
In fact, it wasn't just the Fourth Fleet the Kun-Tai Civilization that encountered such a passive situation; the Third Fleet of the Kuntai Wenyou, which was fighting against the Kunlun-Class Warship, was in the same situation, since the tactics were the same.
But it was precisely this tactic that left the Kun-Tai Civilization feeling helpless.
When Yue Yuan ordered the human Residential Spaceship Cluster to make a tactical retreat, the two waves of human fleets that launched a surprise attack on the Kun-Tai Civilization clashed with the Kun-Tai Civilization's remaining fleet.
Of course, what is called an exchange of fire is actually a one-sided interception.
The Kun-Tai Civilization's ten Quake-Class Warship intercepted humanity's first wave of Self-Detonating Drone and shuttles.