Although Kabart successfully defeated Reo, Hamid also looked very unhappy after losing a statistic in this battle.
Oakes Empire Reo defenders: The total number of battleships is 1.6 million, and the loss is 1.6 million.
Kabart Empire Vite Front Army: The total number of battleships is 1 million, and the loss is 550,000.
Kabart Sicil Front Army: The total number of battleships is 2 million, and the loss is 1 million.
Kabart Vanguard Fleet: The total number of battleships is 8,200, and 7,800 were lost.
It can be said that although Kabart Empire won Reo, its loss was almost the same as that of the Oakes Empire.
The key thing is that if Vanguard Fleet is included, the loss is simply greater than Oakes Empire.
The comparison of the current military strength in the fighting areas between the two sides is as follows.
Kabart Empire:
Vite Star System: 200,000
Reo Star System: 1.45 million
Felton Star System (Star System confronting Russell): 1.5 million
Others: 300,000, heading towards the hinterland of the Oakes Empire.
Oakes Empire:
Russell Star System: 1.2 million
Oakes Star System: 200,000
Others: Fourth Imperial Guard Legion 300,000, heading to Horton.
If you just look at the power comparison, the combat strength of the two sides has reached 3.45 million vs. 1.7 million, and Oakes Empire is completely at a disadvantage.
In fact, in the previous battles of Vite and Horton, compared with the Kabart Empire, the battle losses of the Oakes Empire were only hundreds of thousands more, which was not the main reason for such a difference in combat power.
The key is that Oakes Empire is bordered by two Level 3 Civilization, so a large number of troops must be stationed on the border of Io Federation, which makes it impossible to fight Kabart Empire with all its strength.
By the way, if we include humans, we are bordering three Level 3 Civilizations at the same time. Although humans have just entered Level 3 Civilization for a few decades, they are still very weak.
But in any case, it also contained two Imperial Guard Legion, with a military strength of more than 700,000, although Fourth Imperial Guard Legion turned back halfway.
There is only one Level 3 Civilization like Oakes Empire around the Kabart Empire. The other Level 1-2 Civilization are basically his affiliated civilizations and do not pose any threat. Therefore, most of the empire's forces can be mobilized to participate in the war.
Originally, with Vite, Reo and Russell being the three main points blocking Kabart Empire, even if there was a gap in strength, it would not be a big problem.
It's a pity that Lin Fan stepped in and gave Kabart Empire a batch of Energy Shield devices, which eventually led to the balance being broken, and two of the three strategic locations were directly captured.
The current situation is extremely unfavorable for the Oakes Empire, unless they directly abandon Russell, push the defenders to join Horton and Fourth Imperial Guard Legion, and block Kabart Empire's army from Horton.
But if you do this, it means giving up the peripheral 17 Star System.
You know, Oakes Empire only has 38 Star System in total. If you give up 17, even if you hold on to Horton, it will become weaker and weaker.
On the contrary, Kabart with 17 more Star System will inevitably become stronger and stronger. As time goes by, the strength gap between the two sides will completely widen.
This is also the main reason why Ramiro and Ross have not dared to retreat the defenders of Reo and Russell to Horton.
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Just when Kabart Empire successfully captured Reo, Human Federation also completed the reconstruction of the four major fleets ahead of schedule.
It is now Federation Year 64, and more than three years have passed since humans recaptured Proxima, Barnard's Star, and Epsilon Eridani.
During this period, mankind vigorously developed these three Star Systems. While acquiring a large amount of resources, they expanded the Warship Production Lines. Finally, in the year Federation Year 64, the four major fleets were restored.
Among them, Second Fleet was fully staffed in early Federation Year 63. Liang Xingchen's adjutant Major General Jiang Hai served as commander and was awarded the title of lieutenant general.
Third Fleet is served by Lieutenant General Quint Klein from the headquarters of Federal Fleet. As for Quinn, he has a close relationship with Liang Xingchen. The two were classmates and graduated from the Interstellar Military Academy together, one ranked first and the other ranked second.
The difference is that after graduation, Liang Xingchen left the fleet, while Quinn went to work at the Lunar Headquarters. Lin Fan once asked Liang Xingchen for his evaluation of Quinn. According to Liang Xingchen, his level was good, but his command was rigid. He was good at defense, but not good at offense!
Currently, the first, second and Fourth Fleet of the four major fleets have been assembled at Epsilon Eridani. As for Third Fleet, they have just received the last batch of warships and personnel and are expected to arrive at Epsilon Eridani in a week.
Inside Uranus, Lin Fan is currently having a virtual combat meeting with Liang Xingchen and Jiang Hai.
At this moment, the combat plan submitted by Lin Fan has been approved and sent to the commanders of the four fleets.
"Lin Fan, I have read the combat plan. Generally speaking, there are no problems. I just need to confirm with you about the follow-up processing."
"Well, Commander Liang, you say!"
"Although the geographical location of Horton is good. Externally, there is only one Star Path connection. Internally, it is really connected in all directions. There are four Star Paths. It is definitely a battleground for military strategists, and it is very important for us to win here. It's not a big problem. But how to deal with the millions of the Kabart Empire battleships? They must know that their target is definitely Horton. This is the only way for them to conquer Oakes Empire Capital Sphere."
Liang Xingchen looked at the battle plan given by Lin Fan. To be honest, this plan is very bold.
First, capture Fourth Imperial Guard Legion directly before it reaches Horton, then wait and wait, and use the favorable terrain and technical advantages on the Star Path defense line to directly annihilate its 300,000-strong fleet.
Then we took down Liers and Coelio. These two are located in the hinterland of Oakes, but are connected to Star System by Star Path, cutting off all the outward pathways of the 12 Star System inside the Oakes Empire.
In the end, 12 Star Systems inside were captured in one fell swoop, including Capital Sphere of Oakes.
After the entire plan is completed, Human Federation will obtain Oakes Empire, a total of 15 Star System, and at the same time, 3 nodes Star System with Star Path will be generated.
Although the Federation has restored the establishment of the four major fleets, it only has 80,000 warships after all, and most of the second Third Fleet are freshly graduated soldiers, so there is a big gap in combat effectiveness compared with the first Fourth Fleet.
No matter in terms of the number of warships or the quality of the soldiers, they cannot face an army of millions. At this time, if Kabart's army directly attacks Horton, Liang Xingchen really has no confidence that it can defend it.
Even with Energy Shield, this is still the case. After all, this shield is not invincible.
"Commander, don't worry about this problem, it's been solved!"
"What?"
Lin Fan smiled confidently and said to the two of them.
But Liang Xingchen and Jiang Hai looked at Lin Fan with expressions like "You're kidding me."