If the Federation's current strength were compared with that of the Four Great Super Civilizations,
then the Federation was likely stronger in localized conflicts. But if an all-out war broke out, the Federation would still be somewhat inadequate.
Even though the Federation's top-tier strength was no weaker than that of the Four Great Super Civilizations, its numbers were simply too small.
The disparity in the number of mid-tier forces was even more incalculable.
Take the Federation's latest Black Armor Fleet, for example. Its power was undeniably formidable, but the problem was that it only had one hundred million warships.
It was fine for launching surprise attacks, but if it had to confront the Four Great Super Civilizations head-on, the enemy could simply throw one hundred billion warships at it. No matter how powerful the Black Armor Fleet was, it had not reached the point where it could ignore such a numerical gap.
Therefore, Lin Fan's dispatch of two Eleventh Order Dark Energy Manipulators in the first wave of the offensive had been a safeguard.
At this moment, more than half of the Lothar Republic's defensive line at the Current Node had been crippled. Its warship losses had even exceeded two hundred billion. If it had not possessed sufficient reserve forces, the Federal Fleet would have smashed its entire line long ago.
By now, no matter how unwilling Speight was, he had no choice but to employ Reinforcement Tactics.
The Lothar Republic's fleet here was not limited to the 1.5 trillion warships at the Current Mouth. Its total forces across the Jultus Star Cluster numbered a full ten trillion.
It felt exactly like fighting the Zerg back then. No matter how many they killed, just as many would immediately rush in to fill the gaps, as though they could never be