Within Levis Star Domain.
Dauntless Fleet, under the command of Lin Kexin, gathered together like an ancient circular gun array with the flagship Luoshen as the center.
Speaking of which, this formation was still used by many civilizations until Level 5 Civilization.
After all, shields were still stronger than spears below Level 6 Civilization, but when civilization advanced to Level 6 Civilization, space technology began to rise, or Level 7 Civilization various Interstellar Era killer weapons were developed, shields were no longer as useful as they once were.
In this case, if you gather the fleet together in a super dense posture, it is no different from seeking death.
Therefore, since Level 6 Civilization, no one will deploy fleet arrays like this anymore.
Looking at the array displayed by Dauntless Fleet on the tactical board in front of her, Thatcher's expression was indescribably weird.
What are you doing?
I would say that the federal commander is too stupid, but in the past year, I have encountered stupid federal commanders in any battle. It is as if all Fleet Commander in the entire federation are elite commanders.
Could such a civilization really have such a stupid commander?
However, it was impossible. Thatcher shook his head and gave up on this unrealistic idea.
But if that's not the case, then what's the reason?
Is it true that, as the members of the Council said, this is not a battle fleet, and its commander is not proficient in command and wants to use such a formation to resist to the death?
It seems that only this speculation is relatively reasonable, otherwise, there is really no way to explain the current situation.
In short, no matter what the situation is, it is better to follow your own plan and let the seventh United Fleet test it out first!
After making the decision, Thatcher no longer thought too much and continued to advance according to the established tactics.
In the void, three huge United Fleet are constantly approaching the position of Lin Kexin. It can be seen from the tactical images that the advancement speed of one of them is much faster than that of the other two. It is already close to Dauntless Fleet 2AU, while the remaining two are lagging behind by 0.5AU.
In fact, at this distance, no matter which United Fleet it is, it is already within the striking range of Dauntless Fleet.
However, Lin Kexin still did not issue an attack command, but continued to let it get closer.
The main weapon of Italo Union's battleship is still Gravity Cannon. However, unlike Landon Empire, Italo Union's Gravity Cannon technology has been developed to the limit, especially in terms of range, which has reached an astonishing 1.5AU!
You know, Gravity Cannon is just the predecessor of Spatial Tear, and it is not a real space attack method.
However, it can be said that Italo Union has developed Gravity Cannon in this transitional stage to this point, which is quite amazing.
Italo Union On the other hand, watching the seventh United Fleet break into the 2AU range, but the opponent still had no reaction, Thatcher showed a rare expression of excitement.
2AU, this indicator is too important.
You know, in the previous one-year war, the Union and the Federation also fought many times in various systems. According to the data of those battles, the maximum range of the Federation's warships was 2AU.
However, now, the seventh United Fleet has broken into the death distance of 2AU, but the opponent still has not attacked.
what does that mean?
This means that the opponent's warships cannot attack so far.
Think about it, after all, it is only the size of a destroyer, and it is impossible to install such a powerful weapon.
If this is the case, then he is absolutely sure to win this battle, and he may even be able to suppress the opponent with his range advantage!
Well, again, intelligence is the prerequisite for everything.
In the absence of intelligence, no matter how carefully you plan, you may overturn!
Now, Thatcher fell into the trap of lack of intelligence. When he was sure that he could succeed, it was also a precursor to his failure.
one minute
Two minutes.
Three minutes!
"General, the seventh United Fleet has penetrated to a distance of 1.5AU, and the target is already within its strike range!"
"Order them to open fire immediately!"
"It's a general!"
Three minutes passed. Under the indulgence of Lin Kexin, the combined Seventh Fleet finally entered an exciting distance of 1.5AU.
In the year-long war, Italo Union's fleet brought the Federation's fleet within its attack range for the first time. Instead of being suppressed by the Federation at range, it was unable to resist.
This made Thatcher so excited that she temporarily forgot about the rising uneasiness in her heart.
In the seventh United Fleet, all battleships had already completed charging their naval guns. After Thatcher's order was issued, they immediately released a terrifying attack!
A total of 10 billion warships, countless Gravity Cannon attacks directly acted on everywhere in the Federal Fleet array, forming gravity tides through space compression, causing uneven gravity distribution in the target area, thus producing a tearing effect on all objects in the area!
After seeing Gravity Cannon's attack hitting the target position without any hindrance, Thatcher clenched his right fist and was extremely excited.
Once such an intensive Gravity Cannon attack is successfully released, even Spatial Shield will never be able to withstand it.
Thatcher seemed to have seen the dawn of victory.
"Quickly, evaluate the impact of the strike!"
"Yes, General. Due to the intensive attacks, large-scale spatial anomalies are occurring in the target area. It is expected that it will take at least another minute to learn the specific situation!"
"It doesn't matter, as long as..."
Thatcher was about to say something, but suddenly nothing came out.
The peripheral vision of his eyes flashed across the tactical board, and the blue piece representing Seventh Fleet was constantly missing. In the blink of an eye, it had lost at least 10%!
And what does this mean?
This means that if it were not for an equipment failure, then at least 10% of the seventh United Fleet battleships were suddenly destroyed just now!
Could it be that this strange fleet was actually a decoy, and the real Federal Fleet was hiding somewhere, until this moment it suddenly launched a fatal blow to us?
"Quickly, find the source of the attack and report the loss of the seventh United Fleet!"
"Yes, General!"
Thatcher stared intently at the tactical board in front of him.
The blue area representing the seventh United Fleet has not stopped missing because of this, and is still decreasing at a very fast speed.
Soon, just by visual inspection, the loss had reached 20%!
"General, the attack is coming from."
"Where are you from?"
"From the target fleet that should have been destroyed by us."