"Commander, according to the last information we monitored from the other side, all the exploring warships have jumped away, and after calculation, the direction of their jumps is all towards Taylor."
In the bridge of the Uranus, Liang Xue was reporting the latest information to Lin Fan.
"Well, the other party must have decided to take the path of stardom, and we have to step up our preparations!"
Based on the information fed back by the Interstellar Great Wall monitoring network, Lin Fan could easily judge that the other party had given up searching for jumpable areas and instead used the Star Way to cross the starless zone.
Lin Fan was not surprised by this. It would be better to say that the biggest purpose of building the Great Interstellar Wall was to restrict the Babavi Empire so that it could only advance through the Star Road, thus giving the defenders of Shanhaiguan a greater defensive advantage.
"Help me convene all fleet-level and above commanders for a remote virtual meeting!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Ten minutes later, Lin Fan and Liang Xue came to an empty conference room. However, as Liang Xue operated the portable terminal on her arm, the scenery of the entire conference room suddenly changed.
A small conference room that could only accommodate a few people suddenly turned into a large conference room that could accommodate hundreds of people. Of course, this was a scene created by virtual projection.
3 legion commanders, 22 human commanders and 18 angel commanders were all seated.
"Everyone has arrived, let's officially start!"
Lin Fan came to the main seat, glanced around the crowd and then said.
"First of all, I want to report a piece of news to everyone. The Babavi Empire fleet, which has been searching for a breakthrough along the Great Wall of Stars during this period, has now all assembled towards Taylor. According to my analysis, the opponent should be unable to find a breakthrough.
Next, choose to travel through the Starless Zone through the Star Road between Taylor and Shanhaiguan."
"I believe everyone understands what this means. It means that the first head-to-head confrontation between us and the Babavi Empire is about to begin! And the time will be three years later. The specific time will depend on when the other party starts to enter the Way of Stars!"
"At the same time, according to the intelligence returned by the Great Interstellar Monitoring Network during this period, the number of the opponent's first wave of offensive should be around 3 million battleships, all of which are the main battleships of the Babavi Empire, and their performance is no worse than the main battleships of our Federation.
How many!"
"Currently, apart from the 100,000 warships guarding the border with the Orr Republic, we currently have only 980,000 warships at our disposal."
"Everyone can share their thoughts on how to fight this battle successfully!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Fan stopped talking and looked at the commanders below.
Although Lin Fan already had an idea in mind on how to fight this battle, he also wanted to see what his legions and commanders had in mind.
For Lin Fan, he did not want his subordinates to be a group of commanders who would only obey his orders and fight without thinking at all. After all, as the territory of the Federation grew larger and larger, many of these commanders
There will come a time when a young person needs to stand alone.
"Report!"
Lin Fan followed the voice and looked over. The first person to speak was Boris, the commander of the Fifth Legion's Seventh Fleet.
“Boris, it’s okay to just say what you think!”
"Yes, Commander! I suggest using a large-scale mine group to block the exit of the Star Road."
Before Lin Fan could say anything, many people saw Chris Rhodes, who was at the head of the Fifth Legion, covering his face with his hands.
"Okay Chris, stop covering your face and tell him why he can't do this!"
"Yes, Commander!"
Belinfan called his name, and Chris could only stand up, then looked at Boris and spoke.
"First of all, machine mines have limited damage to warships, especially battleships of the fourth level civilization. They can almost withstand the simultaneous bombardment of dozens or hundreds of machine mines. The opponent can use the warships to kill them alive without paying much loss.
A large safe area was created among the thunderstorms."
"Secondly, when the enemy opens up a safe zone in the mine group at the cost of losing thousands of warships, do you attack or not?"
"If you attack, you are cleaning up your own mine group. After all, the warships at this time are protected by countless mines!"
"If you don't attack, you can only watch the opponent clean up the mines in the mine group while gradually expanding the safe zone and gathering more warships! Not only that, the opponent can also attack you without any worries.
Fire, after all, this mine group is not theirs, right?"
After listening to Chris's words, Boris finally understood that arranging a group of mines to block the opponent would not only fail to cause enough damage to the opponent, but would also tie up his own hands. It was indeed a bit stupid.
"I'm sorry, Commander, I thought too one-sidedly!"
"Okay, you two, sit down. Does anyone else have any ideas?"
Lin Fan didn't really care. After all, the people in the Fifth Legion didn't have much actual combat experience, so it was normal for them not to think of many details.
After all, this is not taught in military academies. Others, including Chris, only gradually understood it through their years of war experience!
When Chris and Boris sat down, another person raised his hand. Lin Fan looked over and found that it was another person from the Fifth Army, this time Victor, the commander of its Third Fleet!
It seems that the people of the Fifth Army are rushing to perform, but think about it, after all, the people of the Fifth Army have not had any chance to perform since they arrived at Shanhaiguan.
Even when Lin Fan attacked before, he only brought several commanders from the First Legion.
"Victor, tell me!"
Lin Fan then nodded to Victor and asked him to start.
"Commander, I don't think we can completely hang ourselves on the defense line of the Star Path. Although we do have an advantage in blocking the Star Path, the opponent is a fourth-level civilization and has an energy shield. Therefore, this advantage is not as good as that of a third-level civilization.
So big!"
"If we stick to the Star Way defense line, due to the difference in numbers in the initial period, we can indeed exchange small losses for the opponent's large battle losses, but this time will not be very long. According to my estimate, it will be up to an hour.
As the number of opponents gradually increases, our advantage will turn into a disadvantage!"
"Therefore, my idea is to stick to the Star Way first, but only for half an hour at most. Once the opponent's number exceeds 300,000, we should take the initiative to abandon the Star Way's defense line and evacuate to the second line of defense. Cooperate with these years.
The starry sky defense network we have built blocks enemy ships layer by layer."
"In addition, I think the mine group tactic mentioned by Boris just now can still be used, but it needs to be used in a different way!"
Victor kept talking about his thoughts, and Lin Fan also listened with interest.
The strategy he mentioned was somewhat similar to what Lin Fan had planned, but many details were not taken into consideration.
But as a commander who has never participated in a large-scale interstellar war, the thought of this step is enough to illustrate his military talent.
This Victor is a good seedling and deserves to be carefully cultivated, Lin Fan couldn't help but think in his heart.