Discussion

"According to intelligence, the Coalition Army have deployed 93 civilizations and 3 billion warships, divided into 90 routes by race and allied forces, to attack us," a Blade reported the intelligence he had gathered.

"Ninety routes? On average, each route would have a fleet of just over thirty million men, which leaves a lot of room for maneuver."

"They didn't even join forces; they're quite confident."

"Didn't I just say that they want to organize themselves by ethnic group, with the ninety-three civilizations divided into 90 groups? That's to be expected, isn't it?"

"They probably never imagined we would decide to take the initiative."

"We cannot be careless. 90 teams are attacking 9 star systems, which is exactly 10 teams attacking one star system. If their starting points are close, their flight paths will basically overlap, which is almost the same as a combined attack. Perhaps they are just waiting for us to take the initiative to attack them."

"Currently, we have basically grasped all the shipping lane information of the 90 Coalition Army forces, but we can only monitor half of them in real time. Our forces have not yet penetrated those Mid-Ring Civilizations."

"This is a bit troublesome. If they change course midway and set up some traps without our knowledge, we'll be at a disadvantage."

"There's no need to worry about that. Although the fleets of those Mid-Ring Civilizations have been hiding in the Warp Bubble for decades and have only just emerged, the Swarm's Seed have already been planted while they were resting. I will ask the Overlord to hatch these Seed as soon as possible," Sarah said. This problem was beyond the capabilities of the Blade; only the Overlord himself could solve it.

"If that's the case, then things will be much easier. This star system is already covered with Node Unit, covering the Swarm Network. As long as there's even one of our own in those fleets, we can pinpoint their location on the map."

"Once we have a grasp of their movements, we can take advantage of information and time differences to carry out certain actions."

"Indeed, according to previous intelligence, most of the Mid-Ring Civilizations that came to support us are concentrated at both ends of the battle line. Some of them have been assigned to the central route, but it will take them a long time to get there. Perhaps we can concentrate our forces and defeat the Outer-Ring Civilizations forces there first."

The Coalition Army forces originated from eleven star systems. If they were numbered 1-11 and lined up in a row, they would form the entire confrontation line.

These eleven star systems are all the territory of members of the Koya Alliance and the Locke Mutual Aid Society. If this place is designated as a support point, then the Star Sea Alliance's reinforcements will be continuously arriving here in a fan shape.

While some civilizations sent reinforcements directly across the entire territory of the Koya Alliance and the Locke Mutual Aid Society to reach their support points, most civilizations arrived from the flanks, at which point they would settle in nearby star systems 1-3 and 9-11.

The forces in star systems 4-8 consisted mostly of troops from the two allied forces, plus a small number of foreign support troops.

Therefore, it appears that the garrison forces in star systems 4-8 are significantly weaker than those in the star systems on either side, both in terms of quality and quantity.

However, the Swarm has nine star systems facing off on the border. Since the Swarm are the only ones on this side, the quality of their forces is exactly the same, and there won't be a significant difference in numbers.

This means that if the Alliance wants to maintain the overall advance of the entire front, it needs to replenish the quality of the troops coming out of star systems 4-8. To do this, it can only transfer some troops from the star systems stationed on both sides.

However, the battle line is only about five light-years wide, but nearly fifty light-years long. Even if reinforcements from both sides take a compromise, they would still need to travel about twenty light-years. Even if these forces were all fleets from the Mid-Ring Civilizations and were faster, it would still take at least five years.

Even if the fleets of these Outer-Ring Civilizations in the central region only have a rudimentary level of warp drive, they could certainly have covered a distance of five light-years in just over two years.

Fortunately, this great battle is bound to be a protracted war of attrition, and it won't be over in a short time; otherwise, the reinforcements would be of little use.

The Intellect that just spoke meant that they should take advantage of this huge time difference to send out troops ahead of time and first wipe out the Outer-Ring Civilizations fleets from star systems 4-8.

Based on intelligence and data from all sides, the plan had a very high feasibility and success rate, but it immediately met with opposition.

"That's not a good idea. Although your plan does offer a high chance of destroying the fleets of those Outer-Ring Civilizations, their role within the Alliance is essentially that of cannon fodder. Even if we eliminate them, it won't have a significant impact on the overall battle."

"The Outer-Ring Civilizations's technology is backward, and their warships are slow. If we want to intercept them, we will have to travel a great distance. Once we are tied down, the Coalition Army forces on both sides can turn around and encircle us, and we will essentially be running into an ambush."

"That's right, the warships of those Mid-Ring Civilizations are quite fast. If we give them a little time, they can cut off our retreat. Perhaps their central force is a trap to lure us into attacking."

"To quickly annihilate the central Coalition Army forces, we'll probably need to gather all our troops at the front."

"Impossible, there simply isn't enough time."

"That's right. Even if they don't encircle us, but instead proceed according to their established plan, a distance of five light-years would only take them a little over a year. Perhaps before we've even finished assembling, they'll have already reached our territory from both sides."

As some of the Blade argued heatedly, Sarah looked displeased. She clapped her hands and said, "Gentlemen, perhaps you've forgotten what the real problem we're facing is!"

Upon hearing Sarah's reminder, some Blade quickly snapped out of their daze, while others fell into deep thought. At this moment, one Blade who hadn't participated in the discussion spoke up, "His Majesty means that our current problem is insufficient manpower; we must buy time for more reinforcements to arrive."

"That's right. Eliminating the enemy's manpower is not our main task right now. Tying them down is the top priority. You've got things backwards."

Those Blade who were still pondering where things went wrong now realized how far off-topic their discussion had been, and they all lowered their heads in shame.

Seeing this, Sarah didn't say anything more, but simply nodded in acknowledgment, and the discussion continued.

Once the problems the Swarm was facing were understood, the discussion began.

"Since the Coalition Army forces are slowest in the central region, we can appropriately redeploy some of the garrison troops from the corresponding star systems to reinforce the flanks. The defenses there can be temporarily handled by the Fixed Defense System and subsequent reinforcements, which will make our flanks more readily available."

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