Steady and Sure

As we can see, the Interstellar Transaction Market does indeed have more than one Strong Artificial Intelligence; there are two, but neither of them created themselves. Instead, they were actually purchased from a certain trading market.

In fact, it was precisely because they encountered a real Interstellar Transaction Market that they obtained information from two Strong Artificial Intelligence and learned that this Interstellar Transaction Market system was relatively safe. This led them to have ulterior motives and come to this star system to engage in shady dealings.

The Great Commander added, "Continue to recruit soldiers, and at the same time, have the people in the third, fourth, and Fifth Base prepare themselves. If the war goes poorly, we must be prepared to leave this place at any time. Our Crimson Flame Civilization cannot perish here."

"Great Commander, please rest assured, our Residential Spaceship Cluster is always ready," a staff member replied.

Currently, in the Interstellar Transaction Market —no, we should now call it the Crimson Flame Civilization —while the Crimson Flame Civilization is discussing its next steps, similar discussions are also taking place within humanity.

Because the Lyra was undergoing maintenance, Yue Yuan and his group had temporarily moved to a warship. A meeting was currently being held there in a fully equipped Conference Room.

"Commander Yue, this is the distribution of planets in our Yellow Dwarf Star System five years from now. According to the star map, the planet closest to us at that time will be the one in the Ninth Orbit, which is the Sixth Planet base of the Interstellar Transaction Market. In my opinion, we should directly send Great Fleet over and destroy this shipbuilding base." A military officer gestured to the group on the star map.

Before he could finish speaking, another person shook his head and said, "In my opinion, there is no need to wait five years to strike their Sixth Planet base. That base is not their core base. We can send out a squadron to strike it during these five years."

Five years from now, I believe we should seek a decisive battle with them directly, instead of slowly conquering planet by planet. Think about it: now that we know the location of their core, why not just attack directly? The Starry Sky Battlefield is different from the ground; we can leap out of the ecliptic plane and attack their core base, forcing them into a decisive battle with us."

As he spoke, the man drew a circle on the star map, then waved his hand to mark an arc, indicating the fleet's route.

Now everyone understood.

In a Star System, things are not quite the same as on Earth, and the key to war is never the fortresses on the planets, but the fleets.

As long as we attack where the enemy must defend, we need not fear that the enemy will not come out for a decisive battle.

At the same time, the route is three-dimensional, with completely open roads, allowing for attacks from any direction. As long as the fleet achieves victory, planetary bases and ground defense turrets will be sitting ducks.

The star chart shows that five years later, the enemy's third, fourth, and Fifth Planet bases will have moved along with the Gaseous Planet in the second orbit and gone around to the other side of the star. However, humanity can completely jump out of the ecliptic screen, go around the Z-axis, Strike at the Yellow Dragon the enemy.

Of course, there is a drawback to doing this: it means that humanity will have to abandon the defense of the Planet Thirteen. If they cannot achieve a decisive victory in one battle, they will have to leave the Star System because they will lose the rapid resupply base.

A more conservative approach, as suggested by military experts at the outset of the meeting, is to use the Planet Thirteen as a supply base and deploy a portion of the fleet to destroy enemy bases one by one.

This was a tactical discussion meeting, and also a meeting that would later be used to formulate war strategies.

After determining the strategy, the next step is to discuss feasible solutions and various contingency plans based on the established route.

It can be said that both sides are making various preparations before the next major war arrives.

Time flies, and a year later, humanity finally settled on a steady and methodical battle strategy.

Meanwhile, both sides' warship maintenance and new ship construction projects are in full swing. During this process, their Probe Spaceship and warship squadrons are constantly battling in space.

In the Interstellar Transaction Market, the supply ships of the Crimson Flame Civilization, which transport resources between planets, are frequently harassed by small squads of human warships.

It was at this time that humanity discovered that the speed at which the Crimson Flame Civilization manufactured new ships seemed to vary in efficiency across different bases, and the same was true for the efficiency of resource extraction.

The most efficient manufacturing bases are naturally located in the third, fourth, and fifth star regions, where resource extraction is fastest. The base on the Sixth Planet, which is closest to humanity, is relatively slower.

This information was obtained by the Probe Spaceship after years of combat with the enemy.

Based on this situation, human experts believe it reflects the presence or absence of Strong Artificial Intelligence. Their guess was remarkably accurate: the Crimson Flame Civilization does indeed possess a Strong Artificial Intelligence serving them, but its role is limited to production and manufacturing.

In terms of combat, the Strong Artificial Intelligence they purchased has already been destroyed by humans.

Of course, humanity is currently unaware of this situation and anticipates encountering scenarios where the enemy's fleet is controlled by Strong Artificial Intelligence in future battles. Therefore, humanity has developed numerous countermeasures, such as observation programs specifically designed to calculate the location of the enemy flagship and Probe Spaceship.

One more point worth mentioning is that during these years of war buffer, humanity not only built New Warship, but also, in accordance with Yue Yuan's previous ideas, produced some Engineering Mothership in a targeted manner.

These Engineering Mothership will be incorporated into the fleet flagship's guard, with the aim of ensuring that critical large components of the flagship can be replaced promptly in the event of damage.

It is equivalent to a battlefield hospital ship.

However, it wasn't for medical personnel, but for warships, hence the name "Engineering Mothership."

The Engineering Mothership, which performs maintenance work, is not equipped with weapons; it serves only as a platform for important components of warships and various Engineering Ship.

The experience gained from the first large-scale battle led humanity to make corresponding adjustments to the fleet structure. The purpose of these adjustments was clear: to do everything possible to eliminate the weaknesses of a fleet controlled by Strong Artificial Intelligence.

Three years later, thanks to the powerful execution capabilities of Strong Artificial Intelligence, the repair work on the human fleet was essentially completed. At this point, the humans at the Planet Thirteen base officially began the construction of new ships.

In terms of warfare, with the completion of fleet repairs, small-scale conflicts have gradually increased, and the frequency of human warships being deployed has also increased.

On one occasion, they even dispatched over a million warships to attack an enemy planetary base, a move also made by the Crimson Flame Civilization.

The war is escalating.

This is a signal that both sides know the next major battle is not far off.

However, to the surprise of the Crimson Flame Civilization, humanity launched a surprise attack on its Sixth Planet base two years earlier than they had anticipated, deploying a fleet of three million warships.

Due to the distance, the Interstellar Transaction Market, which was the Main Battleship of the Crimson Flame Civilization, was unable to provide timely support. As a result, after one battle, its Sixth Planet base was once again paralyzed by rounds of Orbital Bombardment from the human fleet.

This surprise attack also gave the Crimson Flame Civilization insight into humanity's general strategy of steady and methodical advance. Because of this, they felt somewhat reassured. In truth, they were genuinely afraid of a human Strike at the Yellow Dragon would strike directly at their heart, recklessly storming their three core bases.

Time quickly passed to the sixth year after the First World War—a year longer than originally planned. In this year, the Lyra, having completed its maintenance and repairs, reappeared in the starry sky, accompanied by a vast fleet of six million ships.

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