"Are you talking about the formation of mechanical civilization?"
"Yes, look at this formation, it is very unreasonable!"
Ling Xiao nodded and said.
Three days have passed since the general offensive began.
Except for the first day, the mechanical civilization used the more than 7,000 hyperspace killers in its hands to try various counterattacks.
The next two days were quite peaceful.
Jingjing only dispatched a part of the Annihilators, and then they were gradually consumed by the pioneering fleet through echelon battles, and then part of them was dispatched.
This goes on and on.
Originally, this seemed to be no problem to most people.
After all, after the Slayer fleet failed to achieve success, passive defense was inevitable.
But if you look at the layout of mechanical civilization, something is very wrong.
Three holes were drilled through the thick array, which were caused by repeated attacks by the three fleets.
But the problem is that the remaining Annihilators on the side have no intention of moving closer to the middle from both sides to fill these three gaps.
Therefore, under the repeated attacks of the three fleets, these three gaps have extended into the formation for 50 light seconds, which is almost 20% of its overall thickness.
"They are stalling for time."
"Delaying time, what do you say?"
"Look, if we want to continue to advance and expand our results, the only way is to let the three fleets go deep into these three gaps and then attack."
"It turns out that once our fleet goes deep here, we will no longer be able to control the range advantage, because although the enemies directly in front cannot attack, the enemies around... can attack."
After being reminded by Jiang Xingchen, Ling Xiaofan suddenly woke up.
It's like a hollow cylinder. After you enter from one end of the cylinder, the range of the other end cannot threaten you, but...
Enemies clinging to the inner wall of the cylinder can definitely hit you.
Not only does it have sufficient range, it can even form a perfect 360-degree crossfire.
"Then let the fleet change its direction and attack again?"
After pondering for a moment, Ling Xiao asked.
"It is indeed possible to attack in other directions, but this is exactly what mechanical civilization expects."
Hearing this, Ling Xiao was stunned immediately.
However, he soon reacted.
That's right, attacking from other directions would mean starting from scratch, and the three days of fighting would be in vain.
According to the original preparations of the pioneering fleet, they planned to break through all the way and then focus on annihilating the Slayer warships inside the array, as well as the more than two hundred mechanical planets.
As long as these are all destroyed, the annihilator will have nothing to fear.
Even if you ignore them, they will quickly run out of energy and become paralyzed.
But it was obvious that the mechanical civilization's almost flat response made the gap that the pioneering fleet spent three days opening instantly lose its meaning.
It's like that.
I dug a hole in the ground according to the treasure map. After digging for several hours, I suddenly discovered that I was digging in the wrong place.
It's okay to dig in another place, but you have to wait until you start digging again.
The most critical thing is that the treasure map itself has the wrong location. Even if you dig somewhere else, it will probably be in vain.
This is a bit embarrassing.
Although I understand, this behavior of mechanical civilization is delaying time.
But why delay?
Ling Xiao still couldn't understand.
However, Jiang Xingchen told him the answer the next moment.
"here!
"
Pointing to somewhere in the three-dimensional model of the battlefield, Jiang Xingchen said.
"This is...Commander, hasn't this thing been confirmed to have been destroyed?"
"Really? I remember Ouyang Qing just said that it was 99% likely to be destroyed?"
...
...
"At first, I wasn't sure, but now I can confirm it!"
"Look here, if this thing is really completely destroyed, why do these mechanical civilizations still use it as the center to arrange their formations?"
"Leaving this place and giving up this useless thing, can't they use more tactics?"
"After all, our current style of play is based on the premise that they will not give up their current position."
While Ling Xiao was stunned, Jiang Xingchen explained again.
"So that's it. It seems that this giant mechanical body was not completely destroyed."
"That's right, and mechanical civilization is a civilization that is very good at calculations. When they make this choice, there is a high probability that they have calculated it accurately and can use this thing to reverse the situation."
Hearing this, Ling Xiao nodded.
Therefore, even if they are teased unilaterally by us, they will never leave.
"Commander, since they want to delay time, that means this thing can't be used yet, right?"
"It should be that either it has not been completed yet, or the previous time did cause a lot of damage to its interior and it will take time to repair."
"Then I must find a way to prevent the fleet from being dragged along outside the array."
Ling Xiao suddenly became anxious and said quickly.
"Ling Xiao, why did I use the edge of the hyperspace window to achieve the purpose of destroying that thing?"
"Because they are deployed too densely, after the warships are sent over, let alone starting the detonation process, they cannot even completely exit hyperspace."
"That's right, what about now?"
"Now?"
Involuntarily, Ling Xiao looked at the three-dimensional model of the battlefield ahead.
Within the mechanical civilization array, there are three cylinders 40-50 light seconds long and 20 light seconds in diameter.
"I understand, with enough width, even if the mechanical civilization can attack the warship entering it, it will take at least 10 seconds from firing to hitting."
"And these 10 seconds are enough for the warship to exit hyperspace and start the detonation process of the tactical weapon!"
After a moment, Ling Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.
Understood the meaning of Jiang Xingchen's words.
20 light seconds in diameter?
If a zero-point bomb is sent in, the diameter will probably be expanded by more than three times.
After all, one strategic-level zero-point bomb can blast a diameter of 10 million kilometers, which is a range of more than 30 light seconds.
"That's it, use a zero-point bomb to open the way, and then mobilize six legions to launch an offensive at the same time."
"Now, the entire battlefield has been disturbed by our jump. If the combat forces in the rest of the array want to return to rescue this place, they can only rely on sub-light speed engines, which will take a lot of time to arrive."
"Then, whether we want to continue attacking in this gap, or switch to other gaps where our troops have been weakened, we can make a fuss."
So, after taking advantage of the range advantage, now...
Have you started taking advantage of short-range mobility?
"Let the six army commanders enter the virtual war room. I want to deploy new combat missions!"