When it was confirmed that the enemy had released a large number of satellites, formed a dragnet, and caused many spacecraft to leave their berths and begin cruising around the space carrier, the method of fighting changed once again.
It is obvious that it is unwise and absolutely undesirable to directly engage in a conflict with the enemy's fleet - even a small squadron, with a fleet having only a few dozen combat spacecraft at most.
Apart from being crushed and destroyed, there is no second possibility for the combat spacecraft of human civilization.
However, for alien civilizations that use "subhuman legions" as the main force of combat, a fleet composed of more than a dozen or dozens of combat spacecraft is almost the smallest combat unit, and it cannot be smaller.
"So, next, our target will turn to the enemy's communication network, reconnaissance network and other strategic auxiliary units. Kill their satellites, make them unable to communicate, unable to search for us, and turn them blind and deaf!"
This was a strategy that the staff had formulated from the very beginning. In order to implement this strategy, all the soldiers at the time conducted drills in as much detail as possible.
However, only now that they have actually entered the battlefield and faced the possibility of being attacked by the enemy at any time, have the soldiers truly realized how difficult it is to implement this set of tactics.
At this moment, the comet-class spacecraft that destroyed the exposed communication satellite once again entered a random maneuvering orbit.
In the cabin, including the two captains Li Heng and Zhang Ruofei, a total of twelve soldiers looked solemn, and their spirits were extremely tense.
There are at least five screens and more than twenty indicator lights flashing in front of everyone. There is also a large amount of data sliding past quickly on the screen - some of which represent the status, trajectory, speed, etc. of the spacecraft at the moment.
Some represent data about the environment the spacecraft is in at the moment, such as various radiation intensities, and others represent the status of the enemy.
Every soldier must pay attention to these data at all times and make appropriate responses immediately if any changes occur.
In the past, this kind of quality requirement could not be achieved even if it exhausted people to death. Even if it was divided among ten people, it would still be very difficult.
But the genetic modification and optimization that has continued uninterrupted for a long time and covered every human being has made every warrior at this moment possess such abilities. But they are still very tired.
At this moment, the spacecraft was slowly moving closer to the space carrier. However, everyone knew that the closer it got, the more dangerous it was.
At any time, there may be a satellite hidden in the dark that observes itself through technology far superior to our own, and then reports our own coordinates, and the enemy fleet at a closer distance will immediately launch an attack.
But this risk must be taken.
"Range 10,000 kilometers, speed 5.6, direction 32.4!"
"Start reconnaissance! Prepare for random maneuvers!"
Li Heng suddenly gave a low drink.
"yes!"
At this moment, the soldiers of the reconnaissance team immediately controlled the sky survey and detection equipment that embodies the most advanced technology of human civilization, and performed a 360-degree sky survey in this seemingly empty space, which took 3 minutes.
After that, without enough time to analyze the data, the soldiers of the spacecraft control team immediately started a new round of random maneuvers, pushing the spacecraft away from the current coordinate point with lower propulsion power.
There are two ways to detect. This is probably true no matter what level of civilization.
One is passive detection, which is to confirm enemy intelligence by receiving the radiation released by the target. Confirming enemy coordinates by detecting the interaction between the spacecraft tail flame and the interstellar molecular cloud is a typical passive detection. The rest is detection.
Gravitational waves, infrared radiation, radio communications, etc. are all in this category.
The key point of this type of detection is that one's own side does not send out any movement, but only receives the signal sent by the target.
The other is active detection. The main type is that one's own side actively emits various types of radiation and confirms target information through the reflection of the target. The typical method is survey radar. The rest is that one's own side emits visible light to illuminate the other side, and the light reflected by the other side is used.
To find each other is also an active detection.
In the process of searching for enemy communication satellites, spy satellites, armed reconnaissance satellites, etc., it is not feasible to rely solely on passive detection. Because such small targets will hardly release signs that can be noticed by the outside world. Only coordination
Only with active detection can we hope to locate them.
But this carries great risks. Because the basic logic of active detection is that one's own side first releases some radiation. And this is very likely to be used by the enemy to locate one's own side.
In particular, the enemy's technology is more advanced than our own, which further increases this possibility.
Based on this, after conducting this active detection, Li Heng had to order the spacecraft to leave the current coordinates immediately to prevent the possibility of being discovered by the enemy.
Every active detection carries huge risks, is very troublesome, and consumes the energy of the soldiers. But there is no way.
This time the detection generated some data, and the soldiers in the analysis and data team immediately threw themselves into intense analysis.
"No target found!"
This risk was wasted. This effort was wasted.
Li Heng shook his head slightly, but his voice was still firm: "Continue to maneuver and continue searching!"
But before the next exploration started, the soldiers of the observation team suddenly reported a piece of information: "Captain, we have observed that the enemy fleet numbered C-15 is approaching us!"
C-15, this is a numbering system compiled by Li Heng and more than a dozen people. Among them, C means that this is a third-level fleet. It is composed of about 30 combat spacecraft, including one
A supply ship, a flagship, and an early warning ship.
Because this fleet was relatively close to his side, Li Heng had been paying close attention to its movements.
"Damn it!" Li Heng cursed in his heart.
Obviously, perhaps because of our previous active detection, an enemy satellite hidden in the dark that had not been discovered by our own discovered us instead. The signal was reported, and the C-15 fleet responded immediately,
Trying to rush over and kill himself.
"Propulsion power 6%!"
"yes!"
With the increase in propulsion power, the spacecraft randomly maneuvered faster and quickly escaped from its original coordinates.
The C-15 fleet finally arrived at a place about 1 million kilometers away from the original coordinates, and stayed there for a while. It seemed that they could not find themselves after a search, and finally there was no movement.
The flagship of the C-15 fleet, a captain of the Blood Pirates who was temporarily the commander of this fleet angrily slapped the table in front of him with his tentacles.
"Damn it, how can you run away like this!"
At this moment, he was extremely depressed and angry.
Since the enemy has escaped from our search range, it means that the enemy's propulsion power during this period of time is obviously higher than before. Generally speaking, the propulsion power of this kind of power is incompatible with the interstellar molecular cloud.
The interaction is enough to be discovered and positioned by one's own side.
but……
It just so happens that the star field we are in at this moment is a lower-density area of the huge interstellar molecular cloud that covers the entire Iron-Blooded Star Cluster!
The lower the density of matter, the smaller the interaction, making it easier for the enemy to hide their traces.
On the contrary, because we fight as a fleet unit, the total propulsion power is dozens or hundreds of times that of the enemy. No matter how low the material density is here, the enemy can always find and locate itself.
You can't see the enemy, but the enemy can always see you.
The enemy chose this star field to carry out this kind of tactics, and it must have been planned in advance!
Angry to anger, depressed to depressed, the captain still had no choice but to maintain the current speed and course and drift in this space, hoping that the coordinates reported next would happen to be closer to him, so that he could go faster.
Launch a counterattack and kill the enemy.
"Out of danger!"
"Okay. Get ready for the next sky survey in ten minutes!"
Tens of thousands of spaceships on both sides of the enemy and at least millions of satellites of various types are moving chaotically in this star field, like hide and seek, you chase me and escape, you seek and I hide.
After failing ten times in a row, Li Heng finally located a satellite.
"Kill it!"
"yes!"
The soldiers each became excited. One electromagnetic gun bombardment successfully killed the satellite.
No matter how low the power of the electromagnetic gun made by humans, it is still not difficult to kill satellites.
After that, Li Heng made arrangements again.
"Group A, eat and rest immediately, and replace Group B in eight hours!"
"yes!"
The six soldiers in Group A immediately left their posts, finished their meal quickly, and after solving their personal problems, they tied six elastic ropes to themselves to ensure that no matter how they maneuvered, they would not hit the wall in this weightless cabin.
, immediately closed his eyes and fell into sleep.
Although we are on a battlefield, although it is dangerous, and although we are shaking every moment, when it is time to sleep, we must fall asleep within just a few minutes. This is just the most basic quality of a human warrior.
The process of hiding and searching, fighting and escaping is still going on.
Li Heng knew that it was not just his own spaceship. In this star field, there were thousands of spaceships and hundreds of thousands of comrades doing the same thing as him.
I don't know how long he had been "drifting", but another satellite came into Li Heng's sight. So Li Heng once again reaped the results.
But the consequences this time were beyond Li Heng's imagination.
Hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, a bright flash of light suddenly appeared in an area that should have been empty. It seemed that a fleet was ambushing there, and it was rushing towards us at this moment.
Li Heng knew that at this moment, there were even electromagnetic gun projectiles in flight.
But... the distance between the two sides is too close now, and it may be too late to rely on random maneuvers to escape the enemy's search range.