At this time, Rao no longer had the calmness of the past. Energy beams of various colors were flashing everywhere in the void. Accompanying the beams here were fireballs that were constantly burning all around.
In addition to the 45,000 warships of the Federation's First, Second, and Fourth Fleets, there are also 20,000 warships from the Third Fleet.
No tactics were used, and the 100,000 defenders were defeated in just over ten minutes by overwhelming strength.
After all, this is just a patchwork of local defenders from various star systems, not the main fleet. It can only be regarded as a second-tier local fleet with very average strength.
Therefore, the federal fleet fought very easily. I don’t know if the commander on the opposite side was too stupid or something else. All counterattacks were covering fire, and there was no concentrated fire attack from the beginning to the end!
You know, the human battleship shield can withstand at least 15 rounds of main guns from the Oaks Empire battleship. Who can you kill with coverage shooting?
Even if they didn't know about the Oaks Empire commander that Lin Fan and others encountered before, after discovering the energy shield, they would change it to concentrated fire attacks in order to achieve success.
This was the first time we encountered a commander like this who did not react to a concentrated fire attack until the end of the war. Everyone who had been prepared to lose dozens or hundreds of warships couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Well, in such a big empire, there are always a few losers!
In fact, Lin Fan really misunderstood this time. Rao's commander is the most miserable one so far.
When the battle began, he was patrolling the fleet on a shuttle ship, and then the human fleet suddenly appeared.
Just after the order was given to return to the flagship, a sudden burst of covering fire came, so someone suffered a tragedy. He was directly hit by a main gun-level ion beam, and was killed in the first wave of strikes, not even ashes.
Leave a little.
Also killed on the shuttle ship were his adjutant and a group of staff officers. It was considered that the entire senior command staff of the garrison was thrown into the dump!
When the war suddenly came, no one was under unified command. Therefore, the entire fleet became miserable and just counterattacked blindly.
Moreover, the fleets from various star systems are still fighting on their own, and the results can be imagined.
After clearing all the planets of Rao, the four fleets started the warp engine and made a jump, targeting the capital area of the Oaks Empire. The operation officially entered the third and final stage.
Now there is only one opponent left for the Federation fleet, and that is the Guards Fleet stationed in the capital area of the Oaks Empire.
The Guards Fleet is a fleet directly under the Emperor of the Ox Empire, with a number of approximately 200,000, and an additional 5,000 quasi-fourth-level battleships purchased from the Babavi Empire!
Why do we need to add the word "quasi"? Because the warships sold by the Babavi Empire do not have curvature engines.
But don't underestimate these 5,000 battleships. Apart from the curvature engines, the battleships' speed, attack power, and defense are all stronger than human battleships.
After all, the weapons on human battleships still belong to the category of Level 3 civilization. Even the energy sources and shields are only of the first generation, which is equivalent to the level of the early stage of Level 4 civilization.
And these 5,000 battleships are all battleship-level. Overall, these 5,000 battleships are equivalent to more than 10,000 human battleships.
Let’s talk about the 200,000-strong Guards fleet warships. These are all built using the empire’s most advanced technology regardless of cost, and their combat effectiveness is much higher than the average main fleet.
Therefore, Lin Fan and others did not underestimate this last resistance force. Although it would not be a problem to win, if one is not careful, he may pay huge casualties. This is not what the Federation wants to see!
Inside the Ouranos, Lin Fan was holding a virtual combat meeting with the other three commanders.
"In order to ensure that our losses are within control, we must find a way to get rid of those 5,000 quasi-level 4 warships first!"
"Lin Fan, you are the one who made the battle plan. You must have already drafted it, so just tell me!"
Liang Xingchen smiled and pointed out directly that he didn't believe that Lin Fan hadn't thought of a solution until now.
"Okay, here's what I think...Commanders, what do you think?"
"This is a way, but the key still depends on whether the opponent is fooled."
Liang Xingchen thought for a while and then said.
Lin Fan's battle plan is indeed very interesting. If the enemy is fooled, then one's own side can concentrate its superior forces to encircle and destroy the 5,000 warships that pose the greatest threat.
As long as these battleships are taken care of, the remaining 200,000 guard battleships will not be a big problem.
But the biggest question here is whether the opponent will do what Lin Fan wants.
"Commander Liang, it doesn't matter even if the other party doesn't take the bait. We can use this method to clean up all their planets except Oaks. Then they will only have one planet left in the end! Then we will fight them.
That’s fine, how long do you think they can maintain 200,000 battleships when they only have one living planet left?”
"You are quite shameless, but I agree with this plan. In a war, the only thing that matters is who is more shameless!"
After listening to Lin Fan's words, Liang Xingchen immediately realized that Lin Fan didn't care whether the other party was fooled or not.
Of course it is best to be fooled, just follow the plan. Even if you are not fooled, it doesn't matter. It will evolve directly from an isolated capital area to an isolated planet.
What will you do when you only have one planet left? Can you use the resources of one planet to raise 200,000 warships? Let’s see how long you can raise them. At worst, it will only take a few more months!
Even Jiang Hai laughed when he understood. The key point was that Lin Fan was so shameless and was simply bullying others.
Only the commander of the Third Fleet, Kuite, frowned. As he said before, Kuite was a very rigid person. Not only was his tactics rigid, he was also very rigid as a person. The tactics Lin Fan mentioned just now made him subconsciously
It’s so disgusting!
Lin Fan naturally noticed Lieutenant General Quite's expression.
"Does Commander Quite have any different opinions?"
"In a war that can definitely be won, the only difference is the size of the casualties. Why use such a despicable tactic? This kind of tactics is simply an insult to federal soldiers."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Fan and the other three people's expressions were extremely ugly.
Is it nothing more than a difference in the size of casualties? What kind of statement is this?
In addition, it is simply insulting the federal soldiers. What nonsense is this? Do we have to line up with each other, play a game of queuing and shooting, and then destroy 1,000 enemies at 800 self-loss? Does that mean we are not insulting the soldiers?
Seeing that Lin Fan's face was getting more and more ugly, and there were some signs of an explosion. Although Liang Xingchen was also disgusted with what Kuite said, he had to come out to smooth things over at this time, otherwise there would be internal strife within the federal fleet before the war.
That’s big!
"Okay, you two, I think it's better to send the minutes of today's meeting to the higher-ups and let them decide whether to use Lin Fan's tactics!"
As soon as Liang Xingchen's words came out, others naturally had nothing to refute.
Anyway, now using quantum communication, sending meeting minutes to the federation can be done in minutes!
Liang Xingchen's idea is also very simple. It is impossible for the president and vice president not to support Lin Fan. In addition, Sanders, the commander-in-chief of the federal fleet, also understands that he will definitely not agree with Quite's idea.
So, to put it nicely, it means letting the higher-ups decide; to put it worse, it means using the higher-ups to shut up Quite!