The So-Called Landing Operation

When this Artificial Intelligence Consciousness fails to land, the three fleets simply engage in a protracted standoff, avoiding direct combat.

The pursuit lasts a long time, especially at Low-level Civilization.

A simple turn and deceleration takes more than half an hour, so the two fleets spent several days in this back-and-forth tug-of-war.

At this moment, the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness Great Fleet turned back to chase the First Fleet where Yue Yuan was. However, just like before, no major conflict occurred. At the closest point, the distance between them was only thirty-four light-seconds, so the only battles they could have had were firing Laser Energy Cannon from a distance.

Electromagnetic Railgun and Positron Cannon did not fire a single shot. The former was too far away to hit, and the latter was deflected by the Magnetic Shield field if it hit.

This situation continued for six days until the Artificial Intelligence fleet finally lost patience and began to use the same trick again, handing over a portion of its fleet, about 10,000 warships, to the AI it had written to control.

However, the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness seemed to know that the fleet controlled by ordinary AI was not very powerful, so this detached fleet did not rush towards any of the first, second, or Third Fleet, but instead made a turn in the starry sky and headed towards the second planet of the Red Dwarf Star.

Its remaining main force continued to engage in a tug-of-war with the three allied fleets.

Seeing the actions of the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness, Yue Yuan couldn't help but nod and mutter, "Not bad. This Artificial Intelligence doesn't seem too stupid. It knows that the divided fleet is not strong enough, so it sent them to carry out the landing operation."

Although the voice was soft, it was heard by the first First Mate then said, "Commander Yue, it seems that the Artificial Intelligence fleet's fuel won't last much longer, otherwise it wouldn't have spun off a squadron to the Second Planet. Should we go and stop it from launching a landing operation?"

"No need. The Second Planet is not really able to defend against its attack. And didn't you notice that the entire fleet didn't rush into the Second Planet's Low Earth Orbit? Instead, it was divided into three echelons. It seems that the innermost echelon is going to land."

Our Second Planet defense line was originally designed to wear them down. The fact that it's now scrambling a fleet for a landing isn't necessarily a bad thing. If the anti-tank guns on the Second Planet can destroy a few thousand Artificial Intelligence warships, our chances of victory will be even greater.

"So we're just going to watch like this?" The First Mate was getting anxious. He felt that if a fleet were sent to interfere with the Artificial Intelligence's landing operation, it would definitely yield great results.

"Of course not, we're just tug-of-war with the Artificial Intelligence Great Fleet," Yue Yuan laughed. "And it's not us who's in a hurry. After a while, when the Artificial Intelligence fleet realizes that this planet is tough to conquer and that resource extraction and fuel replenishment can't be done in a short time, then it will be in a hurry."

Yue Yuan certainly didn't know how much fuel the Artificial Intelligence Great Fleet had left, but it was definitely less than the Allied fleet. Moreover, the two fleets were currently chasing each other in space, constantly accelerating, decelerating, and making various turns.

This maneuver is unlike Star System travel. Star System travel generally only requires one acceleration and one deceleration, along with some turning maneuvers. Its main resource consumption is actually in various maintenance and survival. However, during combat, the engine needs to keep running, and the fuel consumption is much higher than that of long-distance travel.

Warships are not planets. Even if they use Heavy Nuclear Fusion to burn rocks, the amount of rocks in their storage is limited. This is because the more fuel they carry, the heavier the warship becomes, making it even harder to push.

Moreover, there's another point: the fuel for Level 2 Civilization warship might only be Heavy Nuclear Fusion fuel, but there's also Cold Nuclear Fusion fuel, which is the real high-consumption item. And unlike Heavy Nuclear Fusion fuel, this stuff isn't a natural substance; it requires industrial manufacturing.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the fuel that is consumed first is always Cold Nuclear Fusion fuel.

Once a warship runs out of Cold Nuclear Fusion fuel, its acceleration, deceleration, speed changes, and steering will become extremely sluggish, making it practically a sitting duck.

As time passed, while the allied fleet and the Artificial Intelligence fleet were still locked in a tug-of-war in space, the Artificial Intelligence- splittered fleet finally reached the orbit of the Second Planet.

Based on its need for resources, the AI-controlled fleet assessed the planet as soon as it arrived in planetary orbit, following its pre-programmed procedures, and then began its landing operation.

Of the 10,000 warships, about 4,000 were in Low Earth Orbit, while the others patrolled synchronously in more distant orbits.

Then, these more than four thousand warships began to take the next step.

It's unrealistic to say that warships can directly land on the ground.

Because the Artificial Intelligence's warships were originally warships of the Nair Civilization, and were also Lake-Class Warship, the entire warships were 3 kilometers long and about 1 to 2 kilometers wide and high. Such massive warships could easily get stuck in the planet's Gravity wells if they were to land directly on a planet, leading to various accidents.

For example, structures may break or deform due to complex Gravity environments.

Of course, landing is not impossible if one insists on doing so, but the warships would need a more powerful structure, like human warships and the warships built by the Nair People after obtaining the Human No. 1 Alloy Material. These ships can land directly on planets with relatively reasonable Gravity.

However, the Artificial Intelligence fleet cannot do this, because their fleet consists of old warships from the Nair Civilization, and their Materials Technology is already at its limit to support such a massive warship structure.

Furthermore, the environment of this Binary Star System is harsh, with a magnetic field strength far exceeding that of typical space environments. Under such conditions, it becomes even more difficult for Artificial Intelligence spacecraft to directly conduct warship landings.

Clearly, the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness had calculated these parameters, so its fleet did not land immediately after arriving in Low Earth Orbit. Instead, it opened the ship hatches and dispatched secondary warships and various types of spacecraft to land.

It was at this point that the Allied Forces Command discovered that the more than four thousand warships were not actual combat warships, but rather small spaceships and secondary warships with other functions packed inside.

It makes sense. Although the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness is Artificial Intelligence, it cannot violate the laws of physics and directly use magic to extract planetary resources, right? Therefore, its mining methods still rely on the original mining technology of the Nair Civilization.

Of course, it is much more efficient than the Nair Civilization.

At that moment, more than four thousand warships opened their belly hatches as if giving birth, and released one secondary warship after another, along with all kinds of landing ships.

The Lake-Class Warship are very large, and once they no longer need life support equipment and resources, they have even more space to utilize. As a result, not long after the more than 4,000 Lake-Class Warship used as semi-transport ships opened their belly hatches, tens of thousands of various landing ships appeared in Low Earth Orbit.

Each of them shimmered with silver light. After slightly adjusting their attitude in Low Earth Orbit, they began to descend, drawing graceful arcs in space as they fell toward the ground.

At the same time, the more than four thousand warships that had released their various landing ships adjusted their attitudes in Low Earth Orbit and began to use their main guns to Orbital Bombardment the ground.

The Second Planet of this Red Dwarf Star is much smaller than Earth, and its geosynchronous orbit is only about 15,000 kilometers high. At this altitude, the main guns of the Lake-Class Warship can directly bombard the ground.

Of course, ground -Base Cannon can also hit warships in orbit.

So when these more than four thousand warships began to deploy Landing Ship, the battle between the ground and the air began.

Electromagnetic Railgun were fired from the triple-mounted main guns of the Lake-Class Warship, and then, under the influence of Planetary Gravity and the initial velocity of their own railguns, they fell to the ground like rain.

The other two cannons of the triple-mounted main gun also roared at the ground at this time. The Laser Energy Cannon shone down from the track like a flashlight in the dark, and the positron beam emitted by the Positron Cannon was not to be outdone, joining the ranks of those striking ground targets.

Ground-based Base Cannon was not to be outdone; guided by detection and Fire Control Radar, it launched the same attack on targets in orbit.

Positron Cannon, laser Energy Weapon, and Electromagnetic Railgun projectiles equipped with rocket-assisted Propulsion System. The latter weaved through the intersecting beams of light from the former, soaring directly into the sky towards their target.

Electromagnetic Railgun target large targets, while laser Energy Weapon and Positron Cannon primarily target landing ships.

Since those landing ships don't have Magnetic Shield, it would be perfect to use Positron Cannon against them.

Judging from the situation of this battle, the Combat AI set up by humans has a decent judgment ability; at least it knows to treat the enemy differently.

Yes, the entire planetary ground defense system is devoid of Sentient Life, so this landing and defense operation is essentially a battle between the two sides' AI.

One side is Combat AI program written by Artificial Intelligence Consciousness, and the other side is a human Combat AI program. Therefore, it is less a battle of offense and defense between the two sides, and more a contest between computing power and intelligent judgment.

If Artificial Intelligence Consciousness replicate itself, then human Combat AI certainly won't be as intelligent as it, but the Combat AI programs it writes might be different.

For a moment, weapons from both sides clashed in the dark sky, creating a dazzling display of beams of light. If someone could set up a God's-eye view camera in space, the sight of the beams flying during the battle would truly resemble Star Wars.