At this time, Rao was no longer as peaceful as before. Energy beams of various colors were flashing everywhere in the void. Along with the beams here were fireballs that were constantly igniting all around.
In addition to the 45,000 warships from the Federation's first, second, and Fourth Fleet, there are also 20,000 warships from Third Fleet.
No tactics were used, and the 100,000 defenders were crushed in just over ten minutes by overwhelming strength.
After all, this is just a patchwork of local defenders from various Star System, not the main fleet. It can only be regarded as a second-tier local fleet with very average strength.
So Federal Fleet fought very easily. I don't know if the opposing commander was too stupid or something else. All counterattacks were covering fire, and there was no concentrated fire attack from the beginning to the end!
You know, the human battleship shield can at least withstand 15 main guns of the Oakes Empire battleship. Who can you kill with covering fire?
Even if Lin Fan and others encountered Commander Oakes Empire before, even if they didn't know it at the beginning, after discovering Energy Shield, they would change it to a concentrated fire attack in order to achieve success.
This was the first time we encountered a commander like this who did not react to a concentrated fire attack until the end of the war. Everyone who had been prepared to lose dozens or hundreds of warships couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Well, in such a big empire, there are always a few losers!
In fact, Lin Fan really misunderstood this time. Speaking of which, Rao's commander is the most miserable one so far.
When the battle began, he was on board the Shuttlecraft patrol fleet, and then the human fleet suddenly appeared.
Just after the order was given to return to the flagship, a sudden burst of covering fire came, so someone suffered a tragedy. He was directly hit by a main gun-level Ion Beam, and was killed in the first wave of strikes, without even leaving a trace of ash.
Also killed on Shuttlecraft were his adjutant and a group of staff officers, which meant that the entire senior command staff of the garrison was killed!
In the sudden war, no one was under unified command. Therefore, the entire fleet became miserable and just counterattacked blindly.
Moreover, the fleets from various Star Systems are still fighting on their own, and the results can be imagined.
After clearing all Rao planets, the four fleets launched Warp Drive Engine to jump to the target Oakes Empire Capital Sphere. The operation officially entered the third and final stage.
Now there is only one opponent left for Federal Fleet, and that is Guard Fleet stationed at the Oakes Empire Capital Sphere.
Guard Fleet is the fleet directly under Emperor Oakes Empire, with a number of about 200,000, and there are also 5,000 quasi-fourth-level battleships purchased from the Babawi Empire!
Why add the word "quasi"? Because the warships sold by the Babawi Empire are not Warp Drive Engine.
But don't underestimate these 5,000 warships. Except for Warp Drive Engine, the warships are stronger than human warships in terms of speed, attack power, and defense.
After all, the weapons on human battleships still belong to the category of Level 3 Civilization. Even the energy sources and shields are only of the first generation, equivalent to the early level of Level 4 Civilization.
And these 5,000 battleships are all battleship-level. Overall, these 5,000 battleships are equivalent to more than 10,000 human battleships.
Let's talk about the 200,000 Guard Fleet battleships. These are all built using the empire's most advanced technology regardless of cost, and their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the average main fleet.
Therefore, Lin Fan and others did not underestimate this last resistance force. Although it is not a problem to win, if one is not careful, he may pay a huge price of casualties. This is not what the Federation wants to see!
Inside Uranus, Lin Fan is holding a virtual combat meeting with the other three commanders.
"In order to ensure that our losses are within control, we must find a way to get rid of those 5,000 quasi-level 4 warships first!"
"Lin Fan, you are the one who made the battle plan. You must have already drafted it, so just tell me!"
Liang Xingchen smiled and pointed it out directly. He didn't believe that Lin Fan hadn't thought of a solution until now.
"Okay, here's what I think. Commanders, what do you think?"
"This is a way, but the key still depends on whether the opponent is fooled."
Liang Xingchen said after thinking for a while.
Lin Fan's combat plan is indeed very interesting. If the enemy is fooled, then one's own side can concentrate its superior forces to encircle and destroy the 5,000 warships that pose the greatest threat.
As long as these battleships are taken care of, the remaining 200,000 guard battleships will not be a big problem.
But the biggest question here is whether the opponent will do what Lin Fan wants.
"Commander Liang, it doesn't matter even if the opponent doesn't take the bait. We can use this method to clean up all the other planets except Oakes Planet. Then they will only have one planet left in the end! Then we will just waste it with them. How long do you think they can maintain 200,000 battleships with only one Life Planet left?"
"You are quite shameless, but I agree with this plan. In a war, the only thing that matters is who is more shameless!"
After Liang Xingchen heard what Lin Fan said, he immediately realized that Lin Fan didn't care whether the other party was fooled or not.
Of course it is best to be fooled, just follow the plan. Even if you are not fooled, it doesn't matter. It will evolve directly from an isolated Capital Sphere to an isolated planet.
What do you do when you only have one planet left? Can you use the resources of one planet to raise 200,000 warships? Let me see how long you can keep it. The worst case scenario is that it will only take a few more months!
Even Jiang Hai laughed when he understood. The key is that Lin Fan is so shameless and is simply bullying.
Only Commander Third Fleet, Quite, frowned. As he said before, Quite was a very rigid person. Not only was his tactics rigid, he was also very rigid as a person. The tactics Lin Fan just mentioned made him subconsciously despise him!
Lin Fan naturally noticed Lieutenant General Quait's expression.
"Does Commander Quite have any different opinions?"
"In a war that can definitely be won, the only difference is the size of the casualties. Why use such despicable tactics? This kind of tactics is simply insulting to federal soldiers."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Fan and the other three people's expressions were extremely ugly.
Is it just a difference in casualties? What kind of words are these?
In addition, it is simply insulting the federal soldiers. What nonsense is this? Does it mean that everyone has to line up with each other, play a game of queuing and shooting, and then destroy 1,000 enemies at 800 self-loss, then it is not insulting the soldiers?
Seeing Lin Fan's face getting more and more ugly, there were signs of an explosion. Although Liang Xingchen was also disgusted with what Quite said, he had to come out to smooth things over at this time, otherwise Federal Fleet would have a big internal conflict before the internal war!
"Okay, you two, I think it's better to send today's meeting minutes to the above and let them decide whether to use Lin Fan's tactics!"
As soon as Liang Xingchen's words came out, others naturally had nothing to refute.
Anyway, now using Quantum Communication, it only takes a matter of minutes to send the meeting minutes to the federation!
Liang Xingchen's idea is also very simple. It is impossible for the president and Vice President not to support Lin Fan. In addition, Federal Fleet's commander-in-chief Saunders also understands it and will definitely not agree with Quite's idea.
So, to put it nicely, it means letting the higher-ups decide; to put it worse, it means using the higher-ups to shut up Quite!