War of a Level 2 Civilization

A dozen minutes later, as the three fleets continued to pass by, the warships in the rear echelon of the fleets also entered the effective range of the Laser Energy Cannon and Positron Cannon.

For a moment, sounds rose and fell within the warship: the captain's instructions, the Science Officer's data reports, and the voices of the Fire Control Officer and the communications officer.

Amidst these sounds, the three fleets, in their own ways, unleashed wave after wave of volleys upon their opponents.

In an instant, beams of light crisscrossed the space, one after another either striking the enemy ships or leaving faint traces in the Void.

At a distance of 3 to 15 light-seconds, there are only two types of weapons that dominate the battlefield: conventional Laser Energy Cannon and Positron Cannon.

The reason is that these two weapons travel at the speed of light, and only such weapons can achieve a high hit rate at such a great distance.

As for Electromagnetic Railgun, they need to get even closer, within a range of 1 light-second, or within 300,000 kilometers, before they can truly be used.

In other words, the current contact between the two sides is only just beginning.

Therefore, even though several tens of minutes have passed since the two sides began fighting, not a single warship has been destroyed. The reason is that the Positron Cannon, a powerful weapon, loses its original power after the Magnetic Shield appears. It is still very powerful, but it cannot hit its target.

This is not a power issue, it's a physics issue.

After all, no matter how powerful your Positron Cannon is, it still fires a beam of positrons, which is still the fastest electron can travel in a vacuum. The magnetic field doesn't care how many electron beams you fire. As long as the particles are charged and still within the laws of physics, the warship's magnetic field can deflect them without exception.

Therefore, at this moment, the Positron Cannon seemed to have lost its function.

This applies to both the Nair Civilization's warships, which have been equipped with large-caliber Positron Cannon by humans, and the Artificial Intelligence warships that still use triple-mounted cannons.

Therefore, the most common sight on the battlefield during this phase is beams of light that bend in space and then shoot into the void.

"Captain, we hit it! Our Laser Energy Main Cannon hit the enemy ship's Triple-Mounted Cannons, burning for 3 seconds. We've punched a big hole in the enemy ship's turret, and it's destroyed."

"Well done!"

The battle continued, with both sides exchanging fire at long range. As the three fleets proceeded with their planned cut-off at the outer edge of the Artificial Intelligence fleet, the density of artillery fire on the battlefield increased due to the growing number of warships entering firing range.

Suddenly, the voices of the crew members on each warship became even more concentrated.

"Haha, our ship's Super Large Laser Main Cannon has penetrated the enemy ship's side hull, causing Big Bang! Captain, based on our understanding of the structure of Artificial Intelligence warships, the location of the explosion is definitely the Magnetic Shield generator!"

"Very good. Mark that warship and send it along with this message to the warships in my fleet equipped with Super Large Positron Cannon Main Cannon. Tell them to focus their attention on that enemy ship and try to take it down with one shot!"

"Understood!"

After exchanging what they have and what they lack, and exchanging information.

The warship whose Magnetic Shield System had been damaged by the skill energy cannon was quickly struck by two Positron Cannons and then turned into a pile of scrap metal moving at a constant speed in space in a series of explosions.

Laser Energy Cannon first damage enemy ships, then Positron Cannon finish them off; this is a common way to destroy warships at this stage.

With the destruction of the first Artificial Intelligence warship, the war seemed to enter a new phase.

Once there's the first one, there will be a second, a third, and a fourth.

As the distance closed, the accuracy of the shots also increased, and as a result, the number of destroyed warships also increased rapidly.

One, two, three, thirteen, thirty, one hundred

Before long, more than 300 of the vulnerable Artificial Intelligence warships were sunk, a glorious achievement for the Fourth Fleet.

It is considered a glorious achievement because the Fourth Fleet has achieved this result before even entering the Electromagnetic Railgun's range, and they are the first of the three fleets to break through the Artificial Intelligence fleet's defenses.

Of course, the Fourth Fleet also paid the price of thirty warships in the process.

The Artificial Intelligence fleet had a significant numerical advantage, so in the actual battle, the Fourth Fleet suffered far greater damage than its opponents. The reason it only lost thirty warships was entirely due to the Artificial Intelligence fleet's triple-mounted main guns.

The rate of fire is high, but the caliber is too small. Often, the Laser Energy Main Cannon of the Artificial Intelligence warship needs to hit the Nair Civilization warship dozens of times to seriously damage it or disable its Magnetic Shield before the Positron Cannon can finish it off.

Encouragingly, this situation doesn't only occur in long-range engagements.

As the lead ships of the Fourth Fleet passed through one corner of the Artificial Intelligence fleet, the other ships in the cone formation closed the distance to the enemy ships at that moment.

Many warships positioned on the outer edge of the Cone Formation were within 300,000 kilometers of enemy ships, and some were even within 50,000 to 60,000 kilometers.

At this distance, the warships that were originally on the outer edge of the cone formation and whose main guns were Laser Energy Cannon or Positron Cannon immediately moved towards the inner circle, and then the warships equipped with Electromagnetic Railgun immediately moved up to them.

Thus, the first round of the battle entered its second phase at this moment.

One after another, Electromagnetic Railgun carrying hydrogen Armor-Piercing Shells warheads were propelled by powerful Electromagnetic Force, flying out of their muzzles at extremely high initial velocities and hurtling toward enemy warships tens or hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

One after another, Super Large Electromagnetic Railgun began roaring towards the enemy ships.

This is a silent roar. When the Electromagnetic Railgun leave the barrel, there is no dazzling display of electric light like in the movies. Instead, they simply shoot out silently.

Without light or shadow, Electromagnetic Railgun shells travel through the dark Void like ghosts, only to explode in a beautiful, firework-like explosion when they plunge into the armor of an enemy warship.

The Electromagnetic Railgun projectiles, upgraded by humans, are like sending a hydrogen bomb into the interior of a warship and detonating it once they hit.

The extremely high temperature at the center of the hydrogen bomb explosion melted a large hole in the warship. The remaining high-energy and high-temperature explosion would then spread through this hole, causing secondary explosions and ultimately resulting in a fatal blow.

The hydrogen bomb, a weapon that humans could manufacture during Earth Era, is still not obsolete at the Level 2 Civilization stage. As long as you can send it to detonate close to the enemy's face, its destructive power remains formidable.

The moment the Electromagnetic Railgun roared, the war truly entered a brutal close-quarters combat phase, with each warship making short-range maneuvers more frequent.

One after another, warships exploded under the impact of these kinetic weapons, turning into piles of cosmic scrap metal.

One moment the ship is at full port, the next it might do a 360-degree turn, then ramp up its Main Thruster to the maximum, making the ship adopt different sailing attitudes in the shortest possible time to avoid the various naval guns fired by the enemy.

Of course, when we say close-range combat, we are referring to relative distances. It doesn't mean the traditional close-quarters boarding battle. At this point, the distance between the two warships is still tens of thousands of kilometers or more.

However, compared to distances of 20 light-seconds or 15 light-seconds, it can still be considered close-range combat.

This change in warfare undoubtedly tests the maneuverability of warships. Whoever has better propulsion and greater acceleration will have more agile warships and be better able to evade enemy attacks.

With the advent of Magnetic Shield, kinetic energy weapons like Electromagnetic Railgun finally became the main force in the Level 2 Civilization War. The Main Battlefield of the war was also shortened from a distance of tens of light-seconds to a much closer distance, thus making the pace of war faster and more dangerous.