USS Homestead, War Boardroom.

In addition to the holographic stereoscopic projection on the conference table, a notebook was placed in front of Helco's seat.

At this time, the stereoscopic projection shows a star map of the entire Sophie Galaxy, and the notebook is connected to the conference room of the former enemy operations center from the distant Mercury.

As the supreme commander of the entire coalition force left in the Sophie system, the current conference room of the Homeland should be the real "former" enemy combat center.

Gently pressed the voice control key, Haierke blocked the sound from the notebook, and calmly looked at the stereo camera facing him: "Now start the communication test, each flagship receives the please answer, and the video screen will be launched in turn." ”

Three seconds later, a voice first sounded in the conference room: "Bai Qi received, this is Vice Captain He Chunlai." ”

With He Chunlai's voice, a well-groomed human colonel appeared in the stereoscopic projection screen, and he raised his hand to Haierko and saluted before nodding slightly.

Helco also stood up and saluted, motioning for the other party to sit down.

Just a moment, another voice sounded: "Alexander received, here is Deputy Captain Plevich." ”

"Wang Jian received, this is Su Mingce, the fire control commander."

"Li Mu received, this is the temporary captain Fu Jing."

"Momiji received, this is Captain Minsara."

With the authorized commanders who remained in the flagship going online one by one, it also means that this "temporary" former enemy command center has been officially established - their superiors have retreated to the Karatu system at this time in order to confuse the enemy, and will stay on the Mercury for at least the next three days, so during these three days, these authorized deputy captains are the direct heads of their flagships and the entire fleet.

As for why it will stay for at least three days, it is because after three days, the fleet from the Tara system will be able to merge with Mercury. At the same time, the first space fighters to board the mothership will also take at least three days to complete the assembly.

After counting the heads, Helco nodded slightly, but did not sit down, but took a light breath and looked at Cao Xinyu beside him: "Xinyu, are you ready?" ”

"Ready."

"Okay, let's start the emergency communication test." Haierke nodded to Cao Xingyu after speaking, and then said in a deep voice: "This message comes from encrypted electromagnetic communication, please re-launch it directly after receiving it." ”

With that, the room fell silent, and Helco sat down.

Eight seconds later, the Momiji was back online.

Fifteen seconds later, the Wang Jian was back online.

And then...... It was a long wait—the Andromeda fleet, the farthest away from them, was already tens of millions of kilometers away.

Finally, after nearly two minutes, a noisy answer came from the White Horn.

Helko exhaled softly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Xiong Ri, this delay is simply amazing." ”

By the time he said this, he had switched back to telecommunication, and there was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

"Okay, since the communication is fine, let's keep an eye on the battlefield." Helke's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "According to the instructions of the Taiyue Center, we currently implement a three-level command structure, each fleet, a temporary command center, and a former enemy command center. These three levels of structure, from low to high, all have the authority to fire. ”

"This is the trust that the coalition headquarters has placed in us, and at the same time, it has given us a huge responsibility. Therefore, we must not leave behind any details of the battle, we must not have any slackness, we must not rely on the strength of our ships and guns to have contempt, and we must not act recklessly. ”

"Now, all ships are ready to engage the enemy."

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Karatu system, Mercury.

Ye Ming was already sitting at the Mercury's spacious and bright command center conference table—but his position was on Yang Wenzhi's right-hand side, and there were technical officials around him.

Although there was also a star map on the conference table, everyone's attention was still on the meeting chaired by Helco.

"I didn't expect Lao Hai to have a really good time." A slightly "sour" voice laughed and scolded: "Lao Tzu's flagship, Lao Tzu has not even been on it, so he accepted his command." ”

It was Liu Zheng, the commander of the Otter fleet, who waited for a long time to finally wait for his fleet and the flagship Li Mu, but he couldn't take over the spacecraft at the first time because he was on the Mercury, and he must have felt a little regretful in his heart.

Listening to Liu Zheng's complaints, everyone laughed.

Yang Wenzhi also smiled: "Lao Hai is an old ginger after all, and besides, he is originally the war rite division of the Blue Star people, and if it is replaced by our system, he is the commander of the three armies, and he is obviously capable." ”

Including Ye Ming, everyone nodded at the same time.

There is no doubt that Haierke is capable, at least on the same level as the group of people here.

Now that the human fleet is a manned flagship and dozens or hundreds of unmanned warships, the difficulty of coordination and group attacks has plummeted - far less than that of a commander who commands dozens of manned warships.

Of course, the number of warships has gone up, and the tactical choices and operational ideas are definitely different, but Helko has been with the commander of the former enemy command center for a long time, and has participated in all the major battles after the human race entered the Karatu system, and obviously has experience in command group operations.

"Are we just waiting for the enemy to make a move?"

After Yang Wenzhi finished speaking, he looked at Ye Ming.

Facing the eyes of Yang Wenzhi and everyone, Ye Ming nodded with a smile.

According to his calculations, the enemy had already missed the last time to escape - that is, ten minutes before he entered the conference room.

That time was the most painful time for everyone.

Because the enemy still has at least half an hour to make decisions after seeing the two reserve fleets of the human beings being released, once the enemy decides to avoid the battle and flee, then the human beings can only fight pursuit battles and rely on rice grains to destroy the enemy ships - the advantage is that the human race will have almost no losses, and the disadvantage is that the human race can no longer completely destroy the enemy.

In space, people can always run away if they want to—unless humans have faster warships.

But the first batch of human ultra-high-speed antimatter-engined warships will not roll off the assembly line for at least two months, and whether they can form combat effectiveness is not to be said in two months...... So who knows what moths will appear?

Therefore, the enemy's early attack this time has indeed caused great trouble to mankind.

It's just that the enemy doesn't seem to have chosen to run away.

So...... Now it's up to the enemy to see how they want to fight this battle!

Gradually, the enemy formations on the star map began to change.

The speed of the battleships on the sides began to decrease, while the ships in the central part began to accelerate.

From the initial meniscus shape that was as fierce as a sickle, it gradually transformed into a swallow-shaped array.

If you look at it as a whole, the enemy's fleet will form a situation with the human fleet in space.

Seeing this scene, Yang Wenzhi's expression became a little serious: "It seems that the enemy wants to confront us head-on. ”

"It seems so." Ye Ming nodded thoughtfully, and at the same time looked at the several rows of countdowns that were constantly beating in the lower right corner of the picture.

These countdowns mark the time when humanity engages with the enemy.

As the enemy took the initiative to meet the enemy, the time for engaging the enemy began to shorten rapidly, from the initial 28 hours to less than two hours after last night and a day today.

Ye Ming pursed his lips, he looked up at everyone present, and saw that except for him, almost everyone's eyes were bloodshot, but everyone's spirit was extremely excited.

Needless to say, everyone knows that this battle is not only to draw an end to the five-year struggle, but also to open up a situation for the next stage of the war.

In silence, Ye Ming retracted his gaze and stared at the star map.

On the star map, the small red dots are slowly moving towards the predicted trajectory given by Aita.

Only the biggest red bright spot......

At this moment, the red bright spot seemed to move.

Ye Ming frowned slightly and looked at everyone: "Has the orbital ship been activated?" ”

"No, Aita didn't mark the track." Yang Wenzhi immediately looked at the enemy's orbital ship as well—this was also the focus of his attention.

Ye Ming bowed slightly, but after all, he was still relieved, and directly approached the microphone and asked in a deep voice: "Aita, has the trajectory of the enemy orbital ship changed?" ”

A moment later, Aita's voice rang out: "There is a slight change, but based on past statistics, the change is recognized as an error. ”

"Hmm......" Ye Ming nodded slowly, thought about it and said, "Identify the enemy's ships with artificial wormhole combination functions, and start remodeling." ”

"Roger, optical detector lock calibration...... Calibration failed. Start the radar calibration ...... The error is too great to obtain an accurate target. ”

Ye Ming's brows furrowed again.

He knew that with this wave of the enemy's advance and the "detector war" in the early stage, the human detectors lost a lot, not to mention, because the enemy ships were too fast and too far away, so that it was difficult for the radar to give accurate target identification - this is also the reason why human beings will directly lock the combat distance within two light seconds when formulating attack tactics this time.

In addition to the fact that this is the distance that humans are best at, and the distance at which the salvo is most powerful, it is essentially because it is necessary to accurately determine the position and trajectory of the enemy - the current position markers of enemy ships are the result of comprehensive simulation modeling from multiple detectors, not the exact position of the enemy.

Seeing that Ye Ming personally controlled Aita, everyone present was silent, just quietly and looked at him expectantly.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Aita is already an extremely intelligent, even omniscient, omnipotent super AI. But these high-authority commanders know that Aita also has operating rules and operating logic.

The more you know about Aita's rules, the more you'll be able to develop Aita's potential – it's not as simple as asking Aita to help you solve a problem, write an essay, or draw a picture.

And Ye Ming, as the father of Aita, is undoubtedly the one who knows the rules and logic of Aita's operation the most.

After thinking for a few seconds, Ye Ming said slowly: "Use the dormant data from six months to a year ago, retrieve the complete artificial wormhole generator data, and focus on the dormant data to mark the enemy's artificial wormhole generator. ”

"Roger, current task priority assignment, it may take a little time."

"Rise to S priority."

"Roger, please wait."

Two seconds later, Aita's voice sounded again: "Do you need to show it to get accurate modeling through data collation?" ”

"Show."

Ye Ming's voice fell, and he saw that the picture was directly retraced to the star map a few months ago.

"Lock down and tag all artificial wormhole generators, and continue the data analysis to the current time."

"Roger, locked."

Aita's voice fell, and the star map began to change in a fast-forward way, only to see that time kept beating, and the picture soon came to the current time, and in those seemingly dense and clueless battleship groups, several small yellow dots were particularly eye-catching.

Yang Wenzhi watched in amazement.

He was the commander with the highest authority on this ship except for Ye Ming, but he had never used Aita like this!

"Eliminate other interference, leave only the wormhole generator and the modeling of the super battleship, and zoom in."

"Roger."

On the star map, all the red dots disappear.

Yang Wenzhi looked at the special yellow dot mark, and his pupils shrank instantly!

"Mr. Ye, it seems to be ...... The enemy's wormhole generators are starting to converge! ”

Ye Ming nodded slowly.

Moreover, the enemy is not just a group of wormhole generators converging, or forming.

But...... Three groups - including the one with the Super Battleship!

Pursing his mouth vigorously, Ye Ming inhaled deeply.

"It seems that we don't need to worry about the enemy running away." Ye Ming controlled the star map, and presented the enemy's orbital ship and the wormhole generator in front of it as a physical form.

No matter how sluggish Rao is, it can be seen that the target of the enemy's orbital ship is the wormhole generator that is being "assembled"!

"Is the enemy trying to pull the super-battleship to the front line?"

"Why are there two artificial wormholes on the front line?"

"Are there two?"

"Is it possible that they can still build a fleet?"

After confirming that the enemy was also turning on the teleportation, everyone immediately became nervous, and the discussion continued.

Ye Ming's eyebrows also furrowed again.

He, of course, is not afraid of the enemy's super-battleships.

Because as early as a year ago, humans secretly mixed the second-generation rice grains with the first-generation rice grains for testing.

The results of the test are beyond doubt - in the current universe, there is no way to intercept the second-generation rice grains using curvature technology.

In front of the second-generation rice grain, the super battleship is a pile of meat!

His concern was that the enemy would send another fleet over - the current 1:2.5 ratio was the limit of what humans could win the battle with relative ease.

But if the enemy comes another fleet of five hundred warships...... Then the human race is really a little unbearable.

In the midst of a deep groan, Ye Ming exhaled softly.

"In this way, if the enemy is a few hundred regular warships, then I suggest that we destroy the wormhole generator first according to the situation, and if they send two super warships over, ......"

"Then we'll open champagne?" Holding his mobile phone in one hand and deserting, Olaf, who was paying attention to the situation of the space fighter carrier spacecraft, took over with a smile.

Ye Ming nodded with a smile: "If the enemy really drives two super battleships, then it should definitely open champagne." ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Ming hugged his arms and began to wait quietly.

Time passed minute by minute.

In the star map, the artificial wormhole generators marked by the highlighted different colors finally converged.

And at this time, it is also time for meals.

When the orderly robot walked into the conference room with a dinner plate, the edge of the star map, the largest red dot disappeared instantly.

A few seconds later, a new round of radar feedback came.

Two large red spots appeared in the center of the two enemy fleets, which had gradually formed a >< shape.

Ye Ming put down his chopsticks and his gaze fell on the lower right corner.

Twenty-five minutes before the enemy ships entered the optimal attack distance.

Looking at this time, Ye Ming looked up at Yang Wenzhi.

Yang Wenzhi was also looking up at him, and the two nodded at the same time after eye contact.

After a moment, Yang Wenzhi pulled the microphone in front of him.

"Attention to all warships, the first generation of rice grain A1, B1 group to carry out target locking in front of the target, the tactical time is five minutes."

"The second generation of rice grains, A2 group preparation, the target is the enemy super battleship, B2, C2 preparation, the target is the defense ship of the adjacent enemy ship group."

"The first generation of rice grains C1, D1 group into the state of readiness."

"The second generation of rice grains D2 group remains."

After finishing speaking, Yang Wenzhi pulled over the dinner plate with a smile and looked at Ye Ming: "Give them a surprise." ”

Ye Ming nodded with a smile, grabbed a chicken leg with his bare hands, and tore off most of it in one bite.

He knew that Yang Wenzhi's rice grain attack sequence was not arranged randomly.

Rather, it has been carefully thought out countless times.

- In more than half a year of confrontation, the enemy has learned about the attack methods and the performance of warships, but why hasn't the humans understood?

Not to mention, the enemy has never really touched and analyzed the wreckage of a human warship until now.

However, the enemy's warships have long been analyzed by human beings - even as far as Ye Ming knows, several large enterprises and large groups on the earth are jointly preparing to set up a large-scale space junk recycling center, whose main business and purpose is to recover the wreckage of those enemy warships floating in space.

Of course, mankind knows that the enemy's strongest "air defense interception" force is those destroyers and frigates.

Therefore, Yang Wenzhi will use a limited number of second-generation rice grains to strike, and also strike those ships with the strongest interception ability in advance.

Plus......

Think about it, when the enemy is treasured and hidden as a hole card, the super battleship with high hopes does not even fire a shot...... When it is directly destroyed by a weapon that does not know "what......

How broken should that mentality be?

According to the simulation of the highest attrition, this first wave of 1,100 first-generation rice grains and 146 second-generation rice grains alone can directly take away at least 300 enemy ships before they can fire!

Time passed slowly, and as the commanders laughed, the human warships soaring between the Sophie system began to silently open their missile launch bays.

A moment later, countless rays of light were like surging fiery snakes, pulling out long tail flames in the quiet night sky, and swept towards the starry group of executor ships in front of them.