Under the command of Lin Kexin, the fearless fleet gathered together like an ancient circular gun array with the flagship Luo Shen as the center.
Speaking of which, this formation is still used by many civilizations up to the fifth level civilization.
After all, below the sixth-level civilization, shields are stronger than spears. However, when the civilization is promoted to the sixth-level civilization, space technology begins to rise, or after the seventh-level civilization and various interstellar era killer weapons are developed,
The shield is no longer as useful as it once was.
In this case, if you gather the fleet together in a super dense posture, it is no different from seeking death.
Therefore, starting from the sixth level civilization, no one will deploy fleet arrays like this anymore.
Looking at the array of the Dreadnought Fleet on the tactical board in front of her, Thatcher's expression was indescribably weird.
What are you doing?
I would say that the federal commander is too stupid, but in the past year, I have encountered stupid federal commanders in any battle. It is as if all the fleet commanders in the entire federation are elite commanders.
In such a civilization, could such a stupid commander really appear?
However, it was impossible. Thatcher shook her head and gave up on this unrealistic idea.
But if this is not the case, then what is the reason?
Is it true, as the members of the Council said, that this is not a battle fleet, and its commander is not proficient in command and wants to use such a formation to resist to the death?
It seems... only this speculation is relatively reasonable, otherwise, there is really no way to explain the current situation.
In short, no matter what the situation is, it is better to follow your own plan and let the Seventh Combined Fleet test it out first!
After making the decision, Thatcher no longer thought too much and continued to advance according to the established tactics.
In the void, three huge combined fleets are approaching Lin Kexin's position. It can be seen from the tactical images that the advancement speed of one of them is much faster than that of the other two. It has already approached the Dreadnought Fleet 2au.
The remaining two are trailed by a distance of 0.5au.
In fact, at this distance, no matter which joint fleet it is, it is already within the strike range of the Dreadnought Fleet.
However, Lin Kexin still did not issue an attack order, but continued to let it get closer.
The main weapon of the battleships of the Italo Alliance is still the gravity cannon. However, unlike the Langton Empire, the gravity cannon technology of the Italo Alliance has been developed to the limit, especially in terms of range, which has reached astonishing
1.5au!
You must know that gravity cannon is just the predecessor of space tearing, and it is not a real space strike method.
However, it is quite amazing that the Italo Alliance has been able to develop this transitional gravity cannon to this point.
Italo joined forces and watched the Seventh Combined Fleet break into the 2au range, but Thatcher, who still had no response, showed a rare expression of excitement.
2au, this indicator is really important.
You know, in the previous one-year war, the Union and the Federation also fought many times in various systems. According to the data of those battles, the maximum range of the Federation's warships was 2au.
However, now, the Seventh Combined Fleet has broken into the death range of 2au, but the opponent still has not attacked.
what does that mean?
This means that the opponent's warships cannot attack so far.
Think about it, after all, it is only the size of a destroyer, so it is impossible to install such a powerful weapon.
If this is the case, then he is absolutely sure to win this battle, and may even be able to suppress the opponent with his range advantage!
Well, as I said before, intelligence is the prerequisite for everything.
In the absence of intelligence, no matter how carefully you plan, you may overturn!
Now, Thatcher fell into the trap of lack of intelligence. When he was sure that he could succeed, it was also a precursor to his failure.
One minute...
Two minutes...
Three minutes!
"Admiral, the Seventh Combined Fleet has penetrated to a distance of 1.5au, and the target is already within its strike range!"
"Order them to open fire immediately!"
"It's the general!"
Three minutes passed, and under Lin Kexin's indulgence, the combined Seventh Fleet finally entered the exciting distance of 1.5au.
In the year-long war, Italo's combined fleet brought the Federation's fleet within its attack range for the first time, instead of being suppressed by the Federation at range and unable to resist as before.
This made Thatcher so excited that she temporarily forgot about the rising uneasiness in her heart.
In the Seventh Combined Fleet, all warships had already completed charging their guns. After Thatcher's order was issued, they immediately launched a terrifying attack!
A total of 10 billion warships, countless gravity cannon attacks directly acted on various places in the federal fleet array, forming gravity tides through space compression, causing uneven gravity distribution in the target area, thus affecting all the people in the area.
Objects produce a tearing effect!
After seeing the gravity cannon's attack hitting the target position without any hindrance, Thatcher clenched his right fist and was extremely excited.
Once such a dense gravity cannon attack is successfully released, even the space shield will never be able to withstand it.
Thatcher seemed to have seen the dawn of victory.
"Quickly, evaluate the impact of the strike!"
"Yes, General... Due to the intensive attacks, large-scale spatial anomalies are occurring in the target area. It will take at least a minute to learn the specific situation!"
"It doesn't matter, as long as..."
Thatcher was about to say something, but suddenly nothing came out.
The peripheral vision of his eyes flashed past the tactical board. The blue color representing the Seventh Fleet was constantly missing. In the blink of an eye, it had lost at least 10%!
And what does this mean?
This means that if it were not for equipment failure, then at least 10% of the battleships of the Seventh Combined Fleet were suddenly destroyed just now!
Could it be that this strange fleet was actually a decoy, and the real Federation fleet was hidden somewhere, until this moment... suddenly launched a fatal blow to us?
"Quickly, find the source of the attack and report the losses of the Seventh Combined Fleet!"
"Yes, General!"
Thatcher stared intently at the tactical board in front of him.
The blue area representing the Seventh Combined Fleet has not stopped missing because of this, and is still decreasing at a very fast rate.
Soon... just by visual inspection, the loss had reached 20%!
"General, the attack comes from..."
"Where are you from?"
"From the target fleet that should have been destroyed by us..."