"My lord, Zhang Jin's fleet is approaching, and it is expected to be within range in 3 hours."

Li Xingqi heard the soldier's report, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, all the previous efforts were for today's decisive battle, and now Zhang Jin finally took the initiative to send it to the door.

From a tactical point of view, Li Xingqi is not afraid of Zhang Jin, as long as the forces of the two sides are close, he is confident enough to defeat Zhang Jin.

What really makes Li Xingqi jealous is that at the strategic level, Zhang Jin has many advantages that Li Xingqi does not have, and once these advantages are realized, it will be difficult for Li Xingqi to defeat Zhang Jin.

Fortunately, due to various reasons, Zhang Jin's strategic advantages were resolved one by one, and only the decisive battle was left.

"Pass my order, the whole army is in combat mode, and all personnel are in place!" Li Xingqi calmly ordered.

"Yes!"

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Jin's fleet stopped advancing before it could enter range, maintaining the same speed as Li Xingqi's fleet.

"My lord, what tactics should we adopt to deal with Zhang Jin?" A staff member asked.

Li Xingqi said with a smile: "Any tactic is fine, now it's Zhang Jin who is in a hurry, we just need to improvise." ”

As he spoke, the soldier reported, "Report to your lordship, the other side has begun to march, and their formation is like this." ”

Everyone looked up at the big screen, only to see that the soldiers had already put the simulated images of the formations of the two sides on it, Zhang Jin put on a not very common formation, he divided the fleet into more than a dozen columns, separated from each other by a distance, like more than a dozen long snakes, ready to pounce on Li Xingqi's fleet at any time.

"This formation is a bit strange, I didn't expect Zhang Jin to use this tactic." The staff exclaimed.

Li Xingqi was also a little surprised, according to his previous impressions, Zhang Jin was actually more conservative in tactics, and there were so many routines back and forth.

But today's Zhang Jin changed his normal behavior and adopted a rare tactic when he came up, and it seems that Zhang Jin's attitude towards this battle is still very positive.

"My lord, do you think Zhang Jin has any special intentions in adopting this formation?" A staff member asked.

Li Xingqi said: "Zhang Jin wants to quickly tear through our formation, and using this tactic can start from multiple places, so that we can't concentrate on one of them." Zhang Jin did this to avoid repeating the problems of the last engagement, because no matter what formation we use, we won't have much advantage in formation. ”

"My lord is right, he adopts this tactic, no matter which formation we use, it will be difficult to take advantage of the formation." The aides very much agreed with Li Xingqi's statement.

Another staff member asked, "What should we do?" ”

Li Xingqi said lightly: "Actually, it's nothing, although he did this to prevent us from restraining them in formation, but they also lost their advantages, and everyone was purely competing for combat effectiveness." If we are more conservative, we only need to use an ordinary phalanx to deal with it, and if we are bolder, we will adopt the same tactics as Zhang Jin. ”

After listening to Li Xingqi's opinions, the staff immediately started a discussion, and some people thought that it was more appropriate to adopt a phalanx, and there were more subsequent changes.

However, there are also many people who believe that it is more proactive to adopt the same tactics as the other side in this situation.

Neither side could convince the other, and in the end it was up to Li Xingqi to decide, and Li Xingqi waited for everyone to speak almost before he began to speak.

"Today I decided to use the same tactics, and I believe that our fleet will never lose to Zhang Jin in terms of combat effectiveness." Li Xingqi said: "Zhang Jin wants to fight quickly, I want to too!" This war has been going on long enough, and I think it's good to be able to defeat them as soon as possible. ”

Now that Li Xingqi has made a judgment, the staff members are no longer refuting it, and they have expressed their support for Li Xingqi's decision.

Immediately, Li Xingqi ordered the fleet to adopt the same tactics as Zhang Jin's fleet, and at the same time took the initiative to meet it.

At this time, Zhang Jin's fleet had already entered the range of fire, and the two sides began to shoot at each other with particle cannons. Li Xingqi's fleet began to change formation while shooting, and soon put on exactly the same formation as the other party.

The fleets on both sides advanced toward each other as they fired, and as they got closer, casualties began to appear on both sides, and ships continued to turn into bursts of fire under each other's guns.

"My lord, we're very close!"

"My lord, we're going to break into each other's formations next!"

The soldiers kept reporting the current situation, and Li Xingqi sat calmly under the command, constantly giving various instructions to keep the formation in a very ideal state.

At this time, the formations of the two sides had converged on each other, and the long snake-like columns were staggered with each other, attacking each other fiercely at a very close distance.

Under this tactic, there is not much cooperation and change on both sides, and what they fight for is pure combat effectiveness, which depends on who has more combat experience and who has stricter training in peacetime......

Li Xingqi is very confident in his fleet, this sea wolf fleet has followed him many years ago, from encircling and suppressing interstellar pirates to facing various fleets, all the way to the corpse of a strong enemy.

Although many new warships and soldiers were added during this period, the experience and style of the fleet have been passed down, and the combat effectiveness has always remained at a high level.

The battle between the two sides gradually entered the white heat, and the warships of nearly six fleets were mixed with each other, and fierce exchanges of fire took place in every corner.

Destroyed ships are everywhere, and the situation is becoming more and more responsible, at this time it is impossible to rely on the commander of the fleet to control the entire situation, relying only on the judgment and will of the captains.

As the battle continued, the strong combat effectiveness of Li Xingqi's side gradually appeared, and both sides did not have much tactics to speak of, but there was a significant difference in the loss rate.

"Report to the sir, our loss rate is currently 10%, and the loss rate of the other side is about 18%." The soldier reported.

Li Xingqi was basically satisfied with this situation, which was also in line with his pre-war prediction, while Zhang Jin was very puzzled by such a battle situation.

"What's going on? Why is our loss rate so much higher than that of the other side? Zhang Jin said annoyedly.

The staff didn't know what was going on, and it stands to reason that everyone used the exact same tactics, and there shouldn't be such a big difference in the loss rate.

In fact, they forgot one thing, although everyone uses the same tactics, there is a world of difference in specific operations and judgments.

Li Xingqi's captains still maintain the rotation rules in the queue during the battle, which has the advantage of maximizing the working time of the defensive shield.

This closer-range mutual fire is a great test for the shield, which will work for a much shorter time, so keeping the rotation will maximize the time the shield will work.

While it's still possible to break the shield, it's good to extend it for an extra minute, and maybe you'll be able to blow up the opponent the next minute.

From the point of view of individual ships, the effect of such a rotation is very limited, but when you look at the fleet as a whole, this advantage is very obvious.

It is precisely because of the differences in many small details that the loss rates of the two sides will eventually be very different.

None of this is something that can be understood by the staff sitting in the flagship, only the experienced captains understand the significance of these small operations.

Seeing that the loss rate of the two sides continued to rise, but the loss rate of Zhang Jin's fleet rose particularly obviously, at this time, the gap between the two sides not only in combat effectiveness, but also in quantity.

Beads of sweat had begun to appear on Zhang Jin's forehead, and if this development continued, Li Xingqi's fleet would have a greater advantage in the fight, while his own fleet would become weaker and weaker.

"Pass the order, accelerate forward breakthrough, and get rid of this close-range hand-to-hand combat!" Zhang Jin did not dare to continue the war, so he ordered the fleet to be taken out of battle.

As the order was conveyed to the ships, Zhang Jin's fleet began to accelerate forward, gradually passing through Li Xingqi's military formation, and in this way to get out of the current battle.

Li Xingqi soon discovered the situation and knew that Zhang Jin didn't want to fight anymore, so he also sent an order, asking the fleet to speed up and leave the battlefield temporarily.

Both sides reduced their firepower in a tacit manner, quickly passing through each other's formations, and soon the fleets of both sides switched positions from each other before the battle.

The preliminary statistics of the battle were quickly calculated, and the loss rate of Li Xingqi's fleet was nearly 15%, while the loss rate of Zhang Jin's fleet reached more than 23%.

The battle came to an end for the time being, Li Xingqi was satisfied with the result, while Zhang Jin was very angry, and the result of the battle had fully illustrated the gap between the two sides.

Zhang Jin knew that if he didn't want to find another way, he would have no chance to defeat Li Xingqi by relying only on this kind of head-on battle.

A staff member suggested to Zhang Jin that a more concentrated and tight formation might be adopted, so as to eliminate the gap in combat effectiveness between the two fleets as much as possible.

Zhang Jin thinks that the advice of the staff is good, and he really has no advantage in simply competing in combat effectiveness, so it is better to make the formation of the fleet more dense, so that he can give full play to the overall role.

Then Zhang Jin ordered the formation to be readjusted, intending to rest for a few hours before continuing the attack, but at this time, the soldiers came to report that Li Xingqi's fleet began to launch an active attack after a slight adjustment.

Zhang Jin scolded angrily: "Damn! Li Xingqi, the dog thief, doesn't want us to rest! ”

"My lord, let's hurry up and prepare, it's useless to scold now." A staff member reminded.

Zhang Jin nodded helplessly and said: "That's right, immediately send the order, and everyone is ready for battle!" ”

The fleet hurriedly adjusted its formation, set up a relatively close phalanx, and then headed towards Li Xingqi's fleet.