"Big brother, why didn't the remote-detonation mines used in Zhenyuan War Star's earlier mine warfare tactics work?
Ninety percent of the mines close to the Oda Shogunate warships would be affected by the blessing of Three Chi Qiong Gou Yu and wouldn't detonate automatically.
Could we use the Shipborne Optical Computer's processing power
to detonate them manually and get around that blessing?
Wouldn't that let us make better use of the mines?"
Salty Fish Girl asked.
Wang Dong laughed.
Before he could answer,
Shi Zunhou spoke up first.
"On the battlefield, when it's blanketed by high concentrations of Mie Particles,
the Sky-Scanning Radar has a hard time pinpointing targets accurately.
If Mie Particles didn't interfere with the Sky-Scanning Radar,
what purpose would gunners serve?
Likewise,
within the area obscured by Mie Particles,
getting the detonation signal to reach its intended target accurately is also a challenge.
Without precise targeting and detonation,
the so-called remote-controlled mine warfare tactic is complete nonsense!
Besides,
weapons like remote-controlled mines
were obsolete long ago,
even before anyone invented Mie Particle battlefield concealment."
"Why?"
Salty Fish Girl asked, never afraid to ask when she didn't understand.
She wasn't particularly gifted when it came to fleet combat.
But she wouldn't pass up any chance to improve herself.
Since she was going to be stationed aboard Sky Peng Horizontal for the long term,
she needed to build up her tactical knowledge.
Shi Zunhou rarely got to play the teacher, and seemed quite patient—mostly because he had nothing better to do. For now, Sky Peng Horizontal was merely an observer.
"Remote-controlled mines need a specific electromagnetic signal to detonate.
Although the enemy wouldn't know the exact frequency of that signal,
they could easily blanket the full electromagnetic spectrum, triggering all the mines indiscriminately or preventing them from detonating.
Mines