Giant shields, a frigate, and a light carrier-the Twin Stars' three-hit combo had suddenly left Earth's wormhole defenses looking dangerously precarious!
To avoid being picked off one by one, Earth's forces had formed a defensive line, with two warships guarding the Floating Fortress.
This was much like naval warfare, where a fleet defending against enemy air raids would usually adopt a relatively tight formation, coordinating to build a dense net of antiaircraft fire.
Thus, apart from the minefield, most of Earth's attacks currently came from a single direction, making the enemy's shield-defense tactic viable.
On the other hand, according to the original calculations, the damage dealt by suppressive fire had nothing to do with where the attacks originated. Whether they attacked together or spread out across three positions, the damage inflicted on the enemy per unit of time would remain constant, so there was no reason to attack from multiple directions and risk having the enemy single out one of them for a pounding.
Yet they had never expected the Twin Stars to use this shielded assault tactic to put them on the back foot.
In fact, Gustav had devised this targeted arrangement precisely to exploit the Solar System's lack of troops and reluctance to split its forces.
Despite the surprise, however, Earth still held the advantage in firepower!
The shields could only defend, while the light mothership had virtually no combat capability and could only play a supporting role for now. The mecha and fighters had yet to enter their respective attack ranges, and the lone frigate was barely managing to defend itself, leaving it unable to launch much of an attack.
So, for now, it was still essentially a gang beating!
Although the dispersal of the shields had sent Earth's hit rate plummeting, it had also exposed the