Chapter 223: The Sleepless Battle 9
"Actually, the answer is still in the fleet to the fleet. Your guns can only hold a few dozen rounds of ammunition due to space. But if it is loaded with a tank, it can be equivalent to a mobile ammunition depot. However, there is space for the tank, but the positioning of the tank makes it not only a bullet, but also a shell. When it comes to firearms, a tank doesn't necessarily have as many shells as your gun. And then to the missile base, if the missile base is fully loaded with bullets and shells, it is simply unlimited ammunition, but the existence and positioning of the missile base determines that it uses a larger missile. β
Sima Tianzhi pushed his glasses, which had slid down a little because he looked up, "Your statement still can't explain my problem." β
Kumerbis sighed, "Don't just think about attacking, you have to think about defense. Whether it's the Great Sword of the Third Civilization or the individual weapon in your hand, it is quite effective against things on the outside. However, the positioning of the starship determines that it cannot be mixed with a big sword, nor will it install individual weapons with a range of only a few kilometers, and the worst is the level of dealing with small aircraft. This leaves enough space for a few thousand individual weapons to be installed in a few dozen small defensive weapons against ships. When encountering high-number, small-sized enemies, it seems a little overwhelming. In fact, in the battle of the universe, there are not many battles that use quantity for quality, but there are not many things that can fly long distances independently and still maintain a high quantity. It's just that our First Civilization is a bit unlucky, this space has a height limit, it can't be distanced, and there are quite a lot of enemies. This led to a terrible situation in which a group of heavily armed soldiers had to fight countless poisonous mosquitoes with murderous weapons in their hands. β
In order not to be detected, the speed of the vehicle was not fast, but after the time just now, it also flew at least several kilometers. But the scene in front of me is still an endless sea of monsters.
Qiu Yu's fingers tapped quickly on the invisible armrest, "The explanation is quite clear, we already have a general idea of the current situation of the First Civilization. And what about the third and fourth civilizations? β
"Now we are constantly testing the position of the leader of the other civilization. Our current strategy is to win by obtaining nuclear weapons, and the specific rules are ......"
Although he had heard about the method of obtaining the nucleus from the bee people, out of caution, neither Qiu Yu nor Su Hao nor Sima Tianzhi interrupted, and quietly heard the rules to the end.
"There are still nine positions given, and it is impossible to determine which one of the leaders of the opposing civilization is actually in. It is important to note here that the opposing civilization is a typical fanatical fighting civilization, and God knows how such a civilization became a defensive civilization...... Far from it. In short, in all civilizations of this type, it is generally the strength of the individual who determines who is the leader. And now this civilization fights by controlling combat creatures, so a large part of the strength is judged by the number of creatures controlled and the technology controlled......"
"So what?" Sima Tianzhi didn't like this kind of explanation of simple questions like a child.
"Do you know how many people are in the other civilization?" Kumerbis didn't wait for the others to speak, and then gave a quick answer, "There are less than a hundred. And when fighting with the third and fourth civilizations, some were killed. In other words, they are now up to a few dozen people. β
Qian Xiao was still nodding on the side just now, but suddenly, as if he thought of something, he said in a trembling voice, "You said control, could it be that these monsters are so smart when they fight, because the other party's civilized people are controlling from behind?" β
Kumerbis nodded, making the equipment on her body tinkle, "According to the Third Civilization, it is. β
"And you say, there are only a few dozen of them!"
Kumerbis continued to nod.
"Are they computers or super schizophrenic? How can one person accurately control tens of thousands of monsters? Qian Xiao trembled even more.
"No, they're not that powerful yet, they can only control dozens to hundreds at a time."
"But it's ...... outside"
"The vast majority of monsters out there only act according to instinct before being controlled, and do not have the ability to use tactics or the like."
Qian Xiao moved his head with his hand and nodded, "Then we are really unlucky, as soon as we appeared, we encountered a monster controlled by the other party." β
Qiu Yu said, "No, it should be that after we appeared, it should be the people of the other civilization who controlled the monsters to attack us. β
"Huh?" Qian Xiao looked at Qiu Yu with a confused expression.
Coumerbis showed considerable interest, "I was just thinking that the following explanation is a bit complicated, how to say it so that you can understand, since you know, you can explain it." β
"Indeed, it is necessary to explain the current situation to us as clearly as possible, and to find a way to reveal the least amount of knowledge about civilization, which will be quite a headache for me." Qiu Yu smiled and looked at Kumerbis, whose face became extremely embarrassed, and continued, "Actually, you don't have to understand the principle, you just need to understand the current situation, and you can solve the problem by giving similar examples. β
Qian Xiao looked at Qiu Yu with flickering little eyes, "Actually, I am a truth party, and I prefer to listen to principles." β
Qiu Yu chuckled, "The example is not only easy to understand, but also more useful than knowing the principle." β
Hearing that Qiu Yu didn't want to take his words and force Kumobis, Qian Xiao immediately cooperated, "Oh...... Then listen to it first. β
"In real-time strategy games, the monsters out there are now soldier units that have been built, with only basic attack or non-attack AI. And the other civilized person is the player who sits in front of the computer. Where the soldier is is in the area of surveillance. As soon as an enemy appears, you'll get a hint, then quickly drag the mouse over the battle location and select the soldiers to fight. β
"Simple and straightforward."
Qian Xiao gave Qiu Yu a thumbs up, but his eyes looked at Kumerbis, whose expression was more unnatural than just now. The latter immediately used words to deflect his embarrassment.
"The purpose of the current battle is twofold, the first is to try to find out the true location of the leader of the other civilization. However, the other party is hiding underground, and every time you want to attack it, you have to pay a huge price, and this price is something we dare not bear, so at present, we can only test the strength of the attack on the ground, but the chance of finding the opponent's civilization leader is really not very good just by this extent. The second point is to analyze the location of the civilization leader based on the powerful computers of the first civilization and the habits, frequencies and characteristics of the opponent's control of combat creatures. β
Qiu Yu continued to use examples to translate Kumerbis's complex statement, "What he means is that every player, in the process of playing the game, has their own distinctive characteristics. As long as you can judge who is the boss of the team by who controls the most soldiers and has the best skill to play. Then, from the strength shown in the battle, you can further lock down whether the clan boss prefers to rescue in a clockwise direction or in the reverse time direction when he finds that several places are attacked at the same time during the game. Whether it's in order, or in a jump. Is it a fixed habit, or does it like to play randomly...... Overall, if you're lucky, you can use the above information to determine a central point. β
Kumerbis couldn't suppress her surprise any longer, and glared at Qiu Yu for a long time before she said with difficulty, "Shouldn't you be a civilization in the Department of Spiritual Science and Technology that can detect my mind?" β
Qian smiled disdainfully, "You only need to say something, and the master can make it all up for you with his eyes closed." β
Coumerbis found that her flexible brain had become a little bit of a problem, and it took several seconds to figure it out, and to be able to analyze the whole event with a little thing had anything to do with closing your eyes and thinking about what it really had to do with itβit didn't matter at all.
But this method still relies too much on the other party to take the initiative to expose flaws. What if the other leader's intention is to change habits, or if they don't do it at all? β
Although this method sounds amazing, in Su Hao's opinion, it is really unreliable.
"Even if you change your habits intentionally, it is impossible to change completely disorderly, no matter how deliberate, what you see as disorder is actually just making the cycle of change longer. Creatures are still accustomed to doing regular things, so as soon as the mind relaxes, habits will subconsciously and spontaneously appear. With the computer support of the First Civilization, as long as the leader of the opposing party is doing it all the time, he will definitely be discovered. β
"As for what you said about not doing it, it's absolutely impossible. Don't look at us at a disadvantage in terms of quantity, but in terms of quality, we are far from being comparable to each other. The reason why the nine locations that are now being attacked cannot be defeated is because of the excellent command of the fighting creatures by the opponent. If their command had stopped for a moment, those creatures with instinct alone would have been unable to stop the attack of the Third and Fourth Civilizations. Around these nine points, we have relied on our stealth technology to hide a lot of reserves. It can be used as a resting place for shifts to maintain a non-stop attack, and it can also be used to release all forces to press on when necessary. β
"I would like to add here that although only one of the nine points is the true location of the leader of the other civilization, according to the people on our side who have been arranged as false targets, each point is a real civilization individual. In other words, in each target point, there are people from the other civilization. In order not to let themselves die, these people who are targeted as false targets will definitely try their best to protect themselves, and even ask others for help when they are out of state. Therefore, as long as you continue to attack these target points, you can ensure that at least nine people on the other side are in combat mode at all times. β
"In addition to the current nine fixed attack points, we have arranged forty attack teams. The dozen or so Third Civilization people you just met are one of them. β
Cumerbis made a quick operation on the chair, and on the side of each person's chair, a light screen appeared at the same time, showing the same content.
It looks like a satellite map taken from a bird's-eye view, but unlike a simple map, there are many areas marked in red.
Seeing that everyone's attention was on the light screen, Kumerbis continued, "These attack teams are not specifically designed to save you. See those red markers, right? In the control of large areas of living things by the opposing civilization, we have found neither electronic signals nor powerful mental fluctuations, so the final conclusion is that chemical signals are used. This is also evidenced by some giant creatures that have been discovered by the First Civilization after they have seen through the underground. β
Coumerbith's hand tapped on a red area of the screen, and from a new pop-up window emerged a creature that even though it looked rather blurry, it was still immediately reminiscent of an ant queen.
"It has been confirmed by the Third Civilization that these fighting creatures on the ground are made of this thing. In your case, this thing is a computer. It is through which the opposing civilization controls other fighting creatures. β
Coumerbis closed the window showing a close-up of the queen creature, and her fingers slowly moved from the void to the light screen as if dragging something. The moment his finger touched the light screen, the screen was loaded with a large amount of densely flashed data. It took a few seconds for the data to fade into curved lines that split the map into small pieces. Within each segmented area, there is a red area marked with ant-queen-like creatures.
"Probably because there is a controlled number, or a limitation in the coverage of chemical signals. These queens are the centers that control the creatures within a certain range. So even though they can't continue to create combat creatures now, killing them will eliminate control of the combat creatures within the corresponding radius of the opposing civilization. And the purpose of these forty squads is to attack the location of the queen ant everywhere. On the one hand, we use random attack points to collect more data about the opponent's civilization leaders, and on the other hand, we must divide more people to control the battle and prevent the queen ant from being killed by us. Here, in addition to the teams that are moving and resting, there are at least twenty teams attacking at the same time. In this way, at least twenty more people can be restrained on the other side. β
"In addition to the ground, a few meters above our heads, there is a swarm of small bugs that eat everything. Although they are also fighting creatures created by them, these insects only know how to eat or move easily, and even if they encounter something on the ground, they will also be eaten as food. So those little bugs can only be used as a restriction on how we can move, and they can't launch an effective attack. β
Sima Tianzhi narrowed the focus of his gaze a little, and he could indeed vaguely see some small black dots flying not far above his head, "We know that those small insects are very powerful, I'm afraid that as long as the other party is willing to give up the loss of some monsters on the ground, and directly attack with small insects, the third and fourth civilizations exposed to the outside will be killed in an instant, right?" β
"Our allies are not as fragile as you are. In fact, in order to prevent these small insects from being wiped out by our side, the opposing civilization must use at least five to ten more people to prevent the small insects from gathering together. β
"In terms of battlefield positioning, these little bugs are assault troops, with strong attack power, they can cause a deadly threat with only a small amount, and they can easily destroy anything if they are in a swarm. But inversely proportional to their strong attack power is their fragile defenses. With the right guard, our third and fourth civilizations could easily wipe out a large area. β
"If we can continue to replenish the number, these little bugs will be more terrifying than anything we've ever seen, but fortunately there is one less dead now, and the other party can only try to disperse them as much as possible to prevent them from being killed efficiently by us. After all, as long as these bugs exist, our side will not be able to gain air superiority, and it will be almost an impossible task for us to eliminate them one by one. β
"So in general, the significance of these bugs to the opposing civilization is to limit our air superiority and use them to sneak up on them from time to time - even though these bugs are controlled like they have a huge network latency and are not easy to handle. And what they mean to us is that we can once again hold back five or ten of the other party's manpower. β
"Finally, let's talk about the part of the First Civilization in the sky."
"Even if a large amount of energy is spent supporting the electromagnetic field, and the electromagnetic field itself has a huge impact on the fleets of the First Civilization. But it's also an interstellar battleship, if it's not contained, as long as the main gun attacks dozens of times in a row, no matter how deep the opponent dodges, it will also be killed. Therefore, the opposing civilization must use high-altitude forces that cannot be replenished, and constantly attack the First Civilization with minimal attrition. The First Civilization currently has sixty-two starships, which are far apart, and if the other side wants to fight with the best efficiency, it needs at least sixty-two people to control. β
"Not long ago, there was a problem with the other side's control. There has been a certain concentration of high-altitude creatures attacking the First Civilization starships. As a result, a lot of them were killed by a starship firing the main gun. Although the starship was sunk as a result, it was the other side that suffered more losses. After that shot, their attack intensity was reduced by five percent. So don't look at the fact that the sky is still fighting and lively, but our first civilization is not willing to suffer too big losses, and the opposing civilization must retain the necessary forces to contain it, otherwise, if there is a decisive battle, and they become the losing side, then they will be at an absolute disadvantage in the face of Starfleet that can use the main artillery to attack non-stop because there is no threat. So I'm afraid the battle in the sky will be quite protracted. β
Qiu Yu turned his head to look at the sea of monsters, "In other words, the number of flying troops on the other side is not as large as ours, so between killing the fleet of the First Civilization and dragging the fleet, they can only choose the latter." And the forces of the two sides in the sky are equal, then the key to victory or defeat in the battle is still on the ground. For the time being, they have a considerable advantage in ground forces, but the initiative seems to be on our side. Since we can rely on non-stop battles to determine the actual location of the leader of the opposing civilization, we can also drag the time and wait until the target positions hinted at are becoming fewer and fewer, and then launch a strong attack with a quality advantage. β
Kumerbis was just about to open his mouth to add, but Qiu Yu continued to say what he wanted to say, "Another point is that the other party's civilization is quite small now, if there are really only a few dozen people left. In order not to have unbearable losses in any link. None of them even had time to close their eyes and rest. Maybe if they drag on long enough, fatigue alone will break them......"