War Rekindled
The fleet bypassed the destroyed Sixth Planet base and advanced step by step toward the Second Planet base.
The location of the Second Planet base on the Interstellar Transaction Market side at this time is exactly at a 97-degree angle to the Main Sequence Star and the Sixth Planet base. Therefore, the course of humanity's First Fleet is not straight towards the Main Sequence Star, but rather follows an arc-shaped path in space, like a planet's orbit.
The relative positions of planets change over time. If it were a few years later, this Second Planet base would be on the far side of the star. Of course, the far side refers to the Planet Thirteen where humans are located.
"Commander Yue, we have discovered a reinforcement fleet from the Interstellar Transaction Market, numbering approximately three million ships. They are currently accelerating towards their Second Planet base from the back of the Yellow Dwarf Star. Including the fleet stationed at their Second Planet base, the enemy's Main Battleship in this battle number at least fourteen million." During the voyage, the personnel in charge of the probe discovered this new situation.
Humanity is currently unaware that the Interstellar Transaction Market is actually part of the Crimson Flame Civilization, and therefore continues to refer to it as the Interstellar Transaction Market in everyday interactions with its adversaries.
"Hmm, six million to fourteen million, the advantage is on my side." Not yet truly in battle mode, Yue Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the star map information on the large screen. After a pause, he asked, "Have you checked the moons of that Gaseous Planet in the orbit of the Seventh Planet?"
"We've checked. There's no hidden fleet or resource development base. There were some enemy Probe Spaceship, but they were all cleared out by our own Probe Spaceship," an intelligence officer replied.
Humans don't simply abandon planetary bases after they've been attacked. Instead, they continue to send out Probe Spaceship. If they discover any signs of enemy redevelopment of those planetary bases, they will activate warship squadrons to continue bombing them or directly attack and destroy resource transport routes.
The objective is clear: to compress the opponent's resource extraction areas as much as possible.
"Report! Another Great Fleet has been detected at coordinates 0125, 26, z5687. Judging from its size, it consists of at least nine million Main Battleship. Based on its course, if it does not change course midway, its target should be our rear area." At this moment, the person who had been in charge of the detectors spoke up again.
At the same time, the large screen in front of Yue Yuan refreshed the star map. On the star map, he could clearly see the location where the new fleet had appeared.
At this moment, on the star map, the Planet Thirteen, where humanity resides, and the Twelfth Planet are on the same side of the star, while the planets in the tenth, ninth, and sixth orbits are on the right side of humanity's view of the star.
The left and right directions here are determined by the left-hand rule. The direction of a planet's rotation is clockwise, with the four fingers of the left hand pointing in the same direction. The thumb points towards the Main Sequence Star.
The universe is not divided into up and down, front and back, but it is divided into left and right.
The Crimson Flame Civilization's Second Planet base is on the sixth orbital planet. The first, second, and third orbital planets are currently on the far side of the star, while the fleet reported now emerged from the left side of the star.
Although this fleet is heading towards humanity's rear, the possibility that it is coming to attack humanity's First Fleet from both sides cannot be ruled out.
Seeing this, Yue Yuan immediately instructed the communications officer to notify the Planet Thirteen Base, instructing the Second Fleet to prepare for an attack at any time.
Over the years, humanity has not only completed the maintenance and repair of the fleet, but also added approximately one million warships. Excluding the six million ships brought by the First Fleet, there are still three million one hundred and eighty thousand at the base. In addition, the base also houses three flagships equipped with Strong Artificial Intelligence: the Deep Sea, the Han Hai, and the South Sea. Defending against a fleet three times their size should not be a problem.
Yue Yuan was not worried.
"Keep advancing, how much time do we have left to engage the enemy?"
"50 minutes, Commander Yue."
"Um"
Yue Yuan nodded, turned around and returned to his seat, preparing to enter battle mode. He understood that, judging from the defensive strength of the enemy's Second Planet base, the Interstellar Transaction Market side did indeed still have some hidden strength left from that battle.
It's important to understand that after World War I, the number of warships that left the Interstellar Transaction Market was only about 11.33 million, while now more than 23 million have emerged. In just a few years, humanity has only built one million new warships. Even if the Interstellar Transaction Market acquires more resources, it only has three warship manufacturing bases, making it impossible for it to produce ten times more warships than humanity in a short period of time.
If that's the case, humanity will absolutely not be able to outlast the enemy in this war.
However, Yue Yuan also had a question in his mind: since they still had so much resources, why didn't they launch a full-scale attack on humanity back then? You know, if another ten million warships had come, it's hard to say whether humanity could have held out.
"I guess they're also worried about whether humanity has other fleets going to attack their core area," Yue Yuan thought to himself.
When humanity first arrived in this star system and declared war on the Interstellar Transaction Market, they appeared well-prepared and had ample pretexts. This inevitably led the Interstellar Transaction Market to believe that humanity had come prepared, and that deploying a Great Fleet to defend the core area was a reasonable course of action.
But they may not have known that this very decision cost them the chance to crush humanity in one fell swoop.
If we miss this opportunity, the situation could be reversed.
Just like now, they have fallen into a passive position. Or rather, since the end of the first battle, they have gradually shifted from being on the offensive to being on the defensive. Of course, that was just a turning point; the shift in initiative actually occurred gradually during the period when both sides were competing with each other in small fleets and Probe Spaceship.
Only after its Sixth Planet base was completely destroyed by humans through Orbital Bombardment did the roles of offense and defense truly shift.
"Commander Yue, the enemy's Great Fleet is approaching!"
A report was issued, signaling the start of the battle.
"Alright, maintain the spherical formation for now. Tell the Donghai (East Sea) Warship and West Sea to proceed according to plan," Yue Yuan replied. At the same time, he turned and sat down, pressing the physical silence button on the chair handle. His brain also sent a command to the chip, instructing it to enter combat mode.
The same applies to other personnel.
Then, a familiar scene unfolded in the Lyra Command Center. The locations of each person were quickly enveloped by one-way transparent domes, and various Mechanical Arm, life support equipment, and buffer facilities extended from the ground to secure each person.