All kinds of temptations, all kinds of predictions, all kinds of ambushes.
The pioneering fleet fought several battles with mechanical civilization.
The number of Slayer warships destroyed alone has exceeded 30,000.
Judging from the troops sent by the mechanical civilization each time, except for the first three times, the following times are getting smaller and smaller.
Even the last time, only a thousand Slayer warships appeared.
Although, judging from the overall number of annihilations, it was only 10% of the mechanical civilization's military strength.
But it is obvious that on the mechanical civilization side, there are fewer and fewer warships that have been equipped with hyperspace engines.
This is the main goal of Jiang Xingchen's action.
Since it has been difficult to tap into more potential, under Jiang Xingchen's order, the pioneering fleet entered the second phase of operations.
What is the content of the second phase of the battle?
Very direct and brutal.
Destroy most of the energy sources of mechanical civilization in the Balt galaxy.
Even in pursuit of efficiency, Jiang Xingchen directly ordered the battle to be carried out as a single ship.
What, are you afraid that a single-ship operation will be discovered by mechanical civilization and that it will be defeated?
What are you talking about? Who asked you to fight?
Arrive at the mission target, exit hyperspace, fire a round with powerful naval guns along the track, destroy all the energy factories, and then leave hyperspace directly.
The whole process didn't even take ten minutes.
Unless the mechanical civilization has a warship with a hyperspace engine and is very close to you, it will not be able to catch you at all.
To put it another way, if there is really a mechanical civilization nearby and is trying to catch you through hyperspace navigation, then when you discover the hyperspace reaction, wouldn't you just escape through hyperspace as well?
Contactless combat...
As long as I don't stand there stupidly waiting for you, you will never be able to catch me.
Two legions and a total of 60,000 warships participated in the second phase of the battle.
On average, each battleship can attack as few as ten planets and as many as twenty or thirty planets every day.
With this efficiency, it only takes three days.
Except for the area around where mechanical civilization gathers, all living planets in the entire galaxy have been plowed by the pioneering fleet.
The efficiency is so high that it is astonishing.
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In the first stage, the goal is achieved!
In the second stage, the goal is achieved!
Next, is the third stage!
In fact, Jiang Xingchen's entire plan has four stages.
Therefore, it is obvious that the third stage is still not a decisive battle.
So, what is the third stage?
If the first stage is an ambush, the second stage is a non-contact logistical attack.
So, the third stage is...
Infinite short war of attrition!
Are they consuming each other's forces?
Obviously not, the Federation doesn't have the strength to fight mechanical civilization by attrition.
Since it is not military strength, then what is consumed in this war of attrition?
energy!
Nearly three hundred mechanical planets and more than two hundred thousand Slayer warships are gathered together.
If at this time, a fleet appears on its periphery and launches attacks continuously outside your range.
How would you choose?
For mechanical civilization, there are undoubtedly two choices.
One is to send troops to rush forward at full speed, shorten the distance until they are within your own range, and then destroy the enemy.
The other one sends out the remaining fleet with hyperspace engines, directly goes up to ride on them, and finally destroys the enemy.
Of course, if mechanical civilization does not choose these two options, but can fight on the spot without fighting back...
Jiang Xingchen doesn't mind either...
No matter which method mechanical civilization adopts, it is a huge energy consumption.
Dozens, hundreds, or even tens of millions of Annihilators were dispatched.
Or, a large fleet conducts hyperspace navigation.
Which one of them does not have a huge demand for energy?
Of course, Jiang Xingchen does not expect that mechanical civilization will fall into an energy shortage stage in just a few times.
This is unrealistic!
Therefore, the term "infinite short-term war of attrition" emerged.
What is this concept?
Let the six legions under his command take turns to attack, each time attacking from a safe distance.
Force you to mobilize large forces to encircle and suppress, or let a large number of fleets use hyperspace to attack.
And once you can threaten me, you will become a force of mechanical civilization, and you will be within ten light seconds.
Or a super-large fleet begins to sail through hyperspace.
I just left the battlefield.
Then the second fleet will continue to repeat this operation from other directions.
It doesn't stop for even a second, forcing you to repeatedly mobilize huge forces, or some fleets to repeatedly use hyperspace engines.
This depletes your energy reserves bit by bit.
Although, in this process, the pioneering fleet will consume more energy, even more than ten times that of mechanical civilization.
but...
As long as it does not withstand a large number of attacks through the space shield, the star core energy carried on the Pangu II battleship is enough to support this consumption.
You know, Star Nuclear Energy is known as...
The existence of perpetual energy.
Theoretically, as long as the universe does not collapse and dark energy is still the basic component of the universe, star core energy will never be exhausted.
So, it consumes ten times more energy than mechanical civilization?
Sorry, Jiang Xingchen really doesn't care.
Even if it consumes a hundred times more, as long as it does not exceed the output of the star core energy, the zero-point energy module is not used.
Then...
It’s nothing!
At the same time, during this repeated and never-ending harassment process, Jiang Xingchen will also send some troops to take advantage of the mechanical civilization's inability to carry out a comprehensive attack on the energy factories in the surrounding star systems.
This further reduces the energy supply channels for mechanical civilization.
In terms of grand strategy, this is what happens.
However, there are also some things in the mechanical civilization that make Jiang Xingchen very concerned and wary.
For example...
Surrounded by those mechanical planets, it is about the size of a mechanical planet and is obviously under construction...
I don’t know why, but after seeing this information sent back by the strategic reconnaissance ship.
Jiang Xingchen then remembered...
More than ten days ago, Ouyang Qing reported...
Punisher!
However, since it is under construction, and depending on the situation, there will still be a lot of time before completion.
Then, Jiang Xingchen will not stop the third phase of the battle plan because of this factor.
"The third phase begins!"
"Yes, Commander!"
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The leader is still the First Fleet.
With the formation of tens of thousands of hyperspace windows, the 30,000 battleships of the First Legion have arrived on the battlefield.
It is less than 50 light seconds away from where those mechanical planets gather.
And the large number of Slayer warships on its periphery are less than 30 light seconds away.
"Command all fleets to begin the attack!"
"Yes, legion commander!"
"In addition, always pay attention to the killers of mechanical civilization. Once you discover hyperspace reactions, report them immediately!"
"clear!"
The next moment, 30,000 warships and hundreds of thousands of space-type strikes were all blasting towards the mechanical civilization.
At the same time, the mechanical civilization also immediately ordered the outermost Slayer warships to release their Annihilators and press towards the First Legion in the distance at Duan Xingji.
And deep in the array of mechanical civilization.
There are about 5,000 Slayer warships, waiting there quietly without any reaction.
It wasn't until a period of time later that countless Annihilators, facing the firepower net of the First Legion, finally approached ten light seconds.
The 5,000 Slayer warships began to take action.
Hyperspace windows were constructed one after another...