Three days later.

Kaitian, bridge.

"Commander, is there something strange?"

"Do you mean the formation of mechanical civilization?"

"Yes, looking at this arrangement, it's very unreasonable!"

Nodding, Ling Xiao said.

Three days have passed since the start of the general offensive.

Except for the first day, the mechanical civilization used the more than 7,000 hyperspace slaughterers in its hands to try all kinds of counterattacks.

The next two days were quite peaceful.

Silence is only a part of the annihilators, and then the development fleet in the form of echelon battles, gradually consumed, and then part of the sortie.

And so on and so forth.

Originally, this seemed to most people to be fine.

After all, after that Slayer fleet was unable to make a mark, passive defense was inevitable.

But if you look at the arrangement of mechanical civilization, it is very wrong.

On the thick array, three hollows were drilled through, which were caused by the repeated attacks of the three-way fleet.

But the problem is that the rest of the annihilators on the side have no intention of moving closer to the middle from the two sides to fill these three gaps.

As a result, under the repeated attacks of the three-way fleet, these three gaps have extended to its array for 50 light seconds, almost half of its overall thickness.

"They're stalling for time."

"Stalling for time, what do you say?"

"You see, if we want to continue to advance and expand the results of the battle, then the only way is to let the three-way fleet go deep into these three gaps and then attack."

"So that's the case, once our fleet penetrates here, we can't continue to control the range advantage, because although the enemy directly in front of us can't attack, the enemy around us... But it can be attacked. ”

After being reminded by Jiang Xingchen, Ling Xiao suddenly woke up.

It's like a hollow cylinder, and when you enter from one end of the cylinder, the range of the other end can't threaten you, but...

Enemies attached to the inner wall of the cylinder can completely hit you.

Not only does it have enough range, but it can even form a perfect 360-degree crossfire.

"Then let the fleet attack in another direction?"

After pondering for a moment, Ling Xiao asked.

"It's okay to attack from other directions, but that's exactly what a mechanical civilization expects."

Hearing this, Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment.

However, he soon reacted.

That's right, attacking from other directions would be tantamount to starting everything from scratch, and the three days of fighting would have been in vain.

According to the original preparation of the Pioneer Fleet, it was planned to break through all the way into it, and then concentrate on annihilating the Slayer warships inside its array, as well as the more than two hundred mechanical planets.

As long as all of these are destroyed, then the annihilators have nothing to fear.

Even if you ignore them, you will quickly run out of energy and become paralyzed.

But obviously, the almost lying down reaction of the mechanical civilization made the gap that took the development fleet three days to open lose its meaning in an instant.

It's like that.

After digging a hole in the ground against a treasure map, I finally dug for a few hours, only to suddenly find that I had dug in the wrong place.

It's okay to dig in a different place, but just wait for the start over.

The most important thing is that the treasure map itself is marked in the wrong place, and even if you dig it in another place, it is likely to be in vain.

It's a little awkward.

Although understood, this behavior of mechanical civilization is delaying time.

But why procrastinate?

Ling Xiao still couldn't figure it out.

However, the next moment, Jiang Xingchen told him to answer.

"Here!

”

Pointing to a certain place in the three-dimensional model of the battlefield, Jiang Xingchen spoke.

"It's... But Commander, isn't this thing confirmed to be destroyed? ”

"Yes, I remember Ouyang Qing just said that 99% of it could be destroyed?"

......

......

"At first, I wasn't sure, but now I can confirm it!"

"Look here, if this thing is really completely destroyed, why do these mechanical civilizations still have to center on it and set up formations?"

"Leave this place, abandon this useless thing, wouldn't they have more tactics to use?"

"After all, the way we play now is based on the premise that they will not give up their current position."

While Ling Xiao was stunned, Jiang Xingchen explained again.

"I see, it looks like this giant mechanical body has not been completely destroyed."

"That's right, and the mechanical civilization is a very calculating civilization, and when they make this choice, there is a high probability that they will be accurate, and they can use this thing to turn the situation around."

Hearing this, Ling Xiao nodded.

Therefore, even if they are unilaterally teased by us, they will not leave an inch.

"Commander, since they want to stall for time, that means this thing can't be used yet, right?"

"It should be, either it hasn't been built yet, or it's the previous one, which did cause a lot of damage to its interior and needs time to repair."

"Then I have to find a way not to let the fleet be outside the array and be dragged like this."

Ling Xiao was suddenly a little anxious, and hurriedly said.

"Ling Xiao, why did I use the edge of the hyperspace window to destroy that thing in the first place?"

"Because they are deployed too intensively, after the battleship is sent over, let alone start the detonation procedure, it is impossible to even completely withdraw from hyperspace."

"That's right, but now?"

"Now?"

Ling Xiao couldn't help but look at the three-dimensional model of the battlefield in front of him.

Within the mechanical civilization array, there are three cylinders with a length of 40-50 lightseconds and a diameter of 20 lightseconds.

"I see, with enough width, even if the mechanical civilization can attack the battleship that enters it, it will take at least 10 seconds from firing to hitting."

"And these 10 seconds are enough for the battleship to exit hyperspace and start the detonation procedure of tactical weapons!"

After a moment, Ling Xiao's eyes lit up.

understood the meaning of Jiang Xingchen's words.

20 light seconds in diameter?

Send a zero-point bomb in, and the diameter will have to be more than tripled.

After all, a strategic-level zero-point bomb can blast out a diameter of 10 million kilometers, that is, a range of more than 30 lightseconds.

"That's it, open the way with a zero-point bomb, and then mobilize six legions to attack at the same time."

"Now, the entire battlefield has been interfered with by us, and the combat power of the rest of the array, if you want to turn back and rescue here, you can only rely on the sub-light speed engine, and it will take a lot of time to arrive."

"Then, whether we want to continue the offensive on this gap, or make a fuss about other gaps where our forces are weakened, we can do that."

So, having taken advantage of the range, now...

Start taking advantage of short-range maneuvers?

"Let the six legion commanders enter the virtual war room, and I want to deploy a new combat mission!"

"Yes, Commander!"