Orion Arm, Minor Arm portal Shanhai Pass.
"Commander, according to the last information we monitored from the other side, all the exploring warships have jumped away, and after calculation, the direction of their jumps is all towards Taylor."
In the bridge of Uranus, Liang Xue is reporting the latest information to Lin Fan.
"Well, the other party has probably decided to leave Star Path, so we have to step up our preparations!"
According to the information fed back by the Great Interstellar Monitoring Network, Lin Fan easily determined that the other party had given up searching for the jumpable area and instead used Star Path to travel through Starless Belt.
This is not surprising to Lin Fan. Rather, the biggest purpose of building the Interstellar Great Wall is to restrict Babawi Empire so that it can only advance through Star Path, thus giving the defenders of Shanhai Pass a greater defensive advantage.
"Help me convene all fleet-level and above commanders for a remote virtual meeting!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Ten minutes later, Lin Fan and Liang Xue came to an empty conference room. However, as Liang Xue operated the portable terminal on his arm, the scenery of the entire conference room suddenly changed.
What was originally a small conference room that could accommodate only a few people suddenly turned into a large conference room that could accommodate hundreds of people. Of course, this is a scene created by virtual projection.
3 Legion Commander, 22 human commanders and 18 angel commanders are all seated.
"Everyone has arrived, let's officially start!"
Lin Fan, who came to the main seat, scanned the crowd and said immediately.
"First of all, I want to report a piece of news to everyone. The Babawi Empire fleet that has been searching for a breakthrough along the Great Interstellar Wall during this period has now all gathered towards Taylor. According to my analysis, the other party should have chosen to cross Starless Belt through the Star Path between Taylor and Shanhai Pass when they were unable to find a breakthrough."
"I believe everyone understands what this means. It means that our first head-to-head confrontation with the Babawi Empire is about to begin! And the time will be three years later. The specific time will depend on when the other party starts to enter Star Path!"
"At the same time, according to the intelligence returned by the Great Interstellar Monitoring Network during this period, the number of the opponent's first wave of offensive should be around 3 million battleships, all of which are Babawi Empire's main battleships. Their performance is not much worse than the main battleships of our Federation!"
"Except for the 100,000 warships guarding the border between Or Republic, we currently have only 980,000 warships at our disposal."
"Everyone can share their thoughts on how to win this battle!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Fan stopped talking, but looked at the commanders below.
Although Lin Fan already had an idea of how to fight this battle, he also wanted to see what his legions and commanders had in mind.
For Lin Fan, he does not want his people to be a group of commanders who will only obey his orders and fight without thinking at all. After all, as the territory of the Federation becomes larger and larger, many of these commanders will one day need to take charge of their own affairs.
"Report!"
Lin Fan followed the voice and looked over. The first person to speak was Boris, the commander of the Fifth Legion Seventh Fleet.
"Boris, if you have any ideas, it's okay to just tell me!"
"Yes, Commander! I suggest using a large-scale mine group to block the exit of Star Path."
Before Lin Fan could speak, many people saw Chris Rhodes, who was sitting at the top of the Fifth Legion's position, covering his face with his hands.
"Okay Chris, stop covering your face and tell him why he can't do this!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Bei Lin Fan called his name, and Chris could only stand up, then looked at Boris and spoke.
"First of all, machine mines have limited damage to battleships. Especially the battleship Level 4 Civilization, which can withstand the simultaneous bombardment of dozens or hundreds of mines. The other party can use the battleship alive in the mine group to create a large safe area without paying much loss."
"Secondly, when the enemy opens up a safe zone in the mine group at the cost of losing thousands of warships, do you attack or not?"
"If you attack, you are cleaning up your own mine group. After all, the warships at this time are protected by countless mines!"
"If you don't attack, you can only watch the opponent clean up the mines in the mine group while gradually expanding the safe zone and gathering more warships! Not only that, the opponent can also fire at you without any worries. After all, this group of mines is not theirs, right?"
After listening to Chris's words, Boris finally understood that arranging a group of mines to block the opponent would not only fail to cause enough damage to the opponent, but would also tie up one's own hands. It was indeed a bit stupid.
"I'm sorry, Commander, I thought too one-sidedly!"
"Okay, you two, sit down. Does anyone else have any ideas?"
Lin Fan doesn't really care. After all, Fifth Legion people don't have much practical experience, so it's normal for them not to think of many details.
After all, this is not taught in military academies. Others, including Chris, only gradually understood it through their years of war experience!
When Chris and Boris sat down, another person raised his hand. Lin Fan looked over and found that it was Fifth Legion again. This time it was Victor, the commander of Third Fleet!
It seems that everyone in the Fifth Legion is rushing to perform, but think about it, after all, Fifth Legion people have not had any chance to perform since they arrived at Shanhai Pass.
Even when Lin Fan attacked before, he was led by several commanders from the First Legion.
"Victor, say it!"
Then Lin Fan nodded to Victor and asked him to start.
"Commander, I don't think we can completely hang on Star Path's defense line. Although we do have an advantage in blocking Star Path, the opponent is Level 4 Civilization and owns Energy Shield. Therefore, this advantage will not be as great as Level 3 Civilization!"
"If we stick to the Star Path defense line, due to the disparity in numbers in the initial period, we can indeed exchange small losses for the opponent's large battle losses, but this time will not be very long. According to my estimate, it will be up to an hour. As the opponent's number gradually increases, our advantage will become a disadvantage!"
"Therefore, my idea is to hold on to Star Path first, but for up to half an hour. Once the opponent's number exceeds 300,000, we should take the initiative to abandon the Star Path defense line and evacuate to the second line of defense. Cooperate with the Starry Sky Defense Network we have built over the years to block enemy ships layer by layer."
Victor kept talking about his thoughts, and Lin Fan also listened with interest.
The strategy he mentioned was somewhat similar to what Lin Fan planned, but many details were not considered well.
But as a commander who has never participated in a large-scale interstellar war, the thought of this step is enough to illustrate his military talent.
This Victor is a good seedling, worth cultivating, Lin Fan couldn't help but think in his heart.