The Outbreak of War

This behavior is utterly arrogant, but for the Allied Forces Command, the more arrogant the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness is, the better, because the more arrogant it is, the greater the chance of the plan succeeding.

As they drew ever closer, the distance between the two fleets' foremost positions soon reached an Astronomical Unit.

By this time, the Artificial Intelligence fleet, which had previously slowed down, had already completed its deceleration maneuver and was now pointing its warships forward again. The fleet of 50,000 warships formed a three-dimensional square formation and advanced rapidly, like a stampede of horses.

Meanwhile, the three fleets at the forefront increased their speed again and began to charge towards the Artificial Intelligence fleet according to their planned tactics.

In terms of numbers, this encounter was destined to be extremely unequal, with one side having 50,000 warships and the other side having only 3,750 warships.

What's even more troublesome is that, in order to maintain control of the entire fleet, the Artificial Intelligence's fleet is very compact, with no more than 10 light-seconds between two warships.

This means that as long as the Allied Fourth Fleet, Fifth Fleet, or Sixth Fleet engages in combat with any of its warships, the entire Artificial Intelligence fleet will be within firing range.

The good news is that only two types of naval guns can achieve such a range: Positron Cannon and laser Energy Weapon. The former is difficult to threaten warships because of its Magnetic Shield, while the latter requires continuous burning.

Even though these three fleets did not use No. 1 Alloy Material as their armor, they could not be destroyed in an instant, because the main guns of the Artificial Intelligence fleet still used the triple-mounted design of the Nair Civilization.

The rate of fire is fast enough, but the caliber is too small, resulting in insufficient lethality.

These are all advantages for the Allied Forces. In other words, if the Allied Forces had half the size of an Artificial Intelligence fleet, they wouldn't need to resort to so many schemes and tricks in this war; they could simply crush the enemy.

Of course, from a human perspective, two human fleets might be able to win the war, but that would definitely cause a lot of casualties, which is something that Yue Yuan and all the human leaders do not want to see. Therefore, the Nair People have to go.

A distance of one Astronomical Unit is not far for two sides that are accelerating toward each other.

When the first warship fired its first shot at the enemy, it marked the official start of a war that had been planned for hundreds of years.

The Fourth Fleet, Fifth Fleet, and Sixth Fleet advanced towards the outer edge of the Artificial Intelligence fleet in a wedge formation. This formation is similar to that of ancient surprise attacks, except that it is three-dimensional, so perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it Cone Formation.

This Artificial Intelligence is different from the Silver Mist Consciousness that humans have encountered before. It doesn't waste any words or send any messages to the Allied Forces. It simply kills everything it encounters without hesitation, then collects the computer storage systems of the defeated side to seize their technological data and scientific knowledge. It's that simple.

It did the same thing to the Nair Civilization before, and this behavior is quite in line with humanity's inherent image of an Artificial Intelligence fleet.

Fifteen light-seconds later, a Nair People warship at the forefront of the fleet opened fire on the enemy. The warship's main gun was Laser Energy Cannon, and almost simultaneously, a dozen other warships equipped with Positron Cannon opened fire as well.

Twenty invisible beams of light traversed a distance of 15 light-seconds, passing precisely through the densely packed Artificial Intelligence fleet analysis.

Although scientists collected a massive amount of data before the war, the first shot fired by these Nair People still missed when the actual battle began.

The distance was too great, and the first shot was another factor.

"Idiot, you can't even hit it!"

A furious curse rang out from a Nielsen Lake-Class Warship, and the voice continued without stopping, "First echelon, turn port 18 with this ship! The firepower of that damned Artificial Intelligence fleet is about to arrive!"

Before he could finish speaking, and before his orders could be converted into specific parameters by the technicians and sent to the other warships in the first echelon, the warships' detection systems detected hundreds of faint beams of light whistling through the gaps in their own fleet.

At the same time, many trails of light suddenly appeared in the darkness, forming a large bend.

Positron Cannon! Magnetic Shield! Upon seeing this, the Nair People captain on the warship understood what was happening.

That was a sweeping counterattack from the Artificial Intelligence fleet. One of their warships was hit, but the warship's Magnetic Shield applied a force that changed the direction of the positron beam.

Without the Magnetic Shield, their warship would have been destroyed by now.

It's important to note that the Magnetic Shield isn't the kind of visible shield seen in science fiction movies. Its activation doesn't involve a bright, honeycomb-like Light Screen light; rather, nothing is visible. The only visible effect is that the enemy's Positron Cannon beam deviates from its intended path upon impact.

Furthermore, the Magnetic Shield is not a shield attached to the surface of the warship's armor, but a magnetic field located in space outside the warship. Its magnetic field range is very wide, which is also the guarantee that it can distort the beam of charged particles.

To some extent, it can be imagined as attaching a bunch of powerful magnets to the front and back of a warship.

"Change speed! Change speed! Lead time! Lead time! Fire hard! Take them down!" The Commander on the Nair People warship vigorously vibrated his abdominal vocal cords.

His shouts excited the Fire Control Officer, who then fired another salvo, only to be met with angry curses from several warships.

But before his cursing could finish, the Damage Control Team shouted anxiously, "Captain, our ship has been hit hard on the starboard side by a laser Energy Weapon. The burn lasted for 4 seconds. The outer armor of our starboard side has been burned through. Electrical lines 6657 and 6695 have malfunctioned. The coil of the fourth Magnetic Field Generator has malfunctioned. The Magnetic Shield strength has decreased by 8 percentage points!"

"Hard to starboard! Hard to starboard! Let the warships float! Those who don't want to be destroyed, get moving, fight back, and retaliate!" The captain was also startled and couldn't continue cursing.

Humans once helped the Nair Civilization upgrade its warships, but that mainly involved upgrading the main guns; their armor remained the same.

The Niel civilization fleet equipped with armor made of No. 1 alloy material is the third fleet where the Niel Grand Governor is located. The other fourth, fifth, and sixth fleets still use the original armor materials of the Niel civilization. Therefore, even if the AI fleet still has triple-mounted main guns, it can still easily penetrate its armor if the burning time is sufficient.

However, the Lake-Class Warship were large enough that they could not be destroyed with a single shot.