Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

This missile not only has a simple manufacturing process and a short man-hour, but also has excellent performance. While having a high DV comparable to previous interstellar missiles, its acceleration has also increased by a large level. Not only has its maneuvering ability to change orbits increased, but more importantly The most important thing is that the distance required for acceleration is greatly shortened, the layout is more flexible, and the response is faster.

If you want to insist on the disadvantages, it may be that the cost of the engine has increased a lot. After all, no matter how low the cost of the gaseous core is, it cannot be lower than the simple and crude solid core that can be handled even during the Cold War.

In order to meet the performance requirements, the manufacturing cost of this gaseous core engine is about 5 times that of the solid core used before, and the manufacturing man-hours have also increased by about 20%-but obviously, this is a value that cannot be repeated. Great value exchange.

Hong is ready to give these uninvited guests who came from afar a little surprise from Maomao.

Aren't you annoyed by being washed decks and repaired ships all the time?

Looking at the Lupers fleet sailing towards the L2 point wormhole located in G139-4d-b, which is the wormhole leading to the "dawn core" gas giant planet, the corners of the red mouth outlined a slight arc.

I am happy to inform you that soon, you will no longer need to worry about repairing the ship.

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Volume 260 Industry and Power: Chapter 30 12 billion tons beats [-] billion tons, how can you lose!

That disgusting thing is here again.

After seeing the almost identical configuration on the other side of the wormhole, the Lupers felt their blood pressure go up.

Although this time, the number of fortresses and defense platforms of the opponent has dropped significantly, and they have more industrial clusters instead. It can be seen that they are biased towards production, and they must have more military forces than the first two. Galaxies with traits are a little more relaxed.

But obviously, this can't bring them any comfort—the thought of being blocked at the entrance of the wormhole and being beaten unilaterally while stepping on mines, and then the enemy fleet is washing their surface layer to their heart's content. After the dog gnawed, he got on the ferry and drove away, leaving only a distant view of them.

No, if you think about it again, your blood pressure will go up again.

The Lupers are not afraid of war, let alone death. For them, the short-distance fire of heavy plasma cannons will not only bring no fear, but more arouse the excitement in their hearts.

After all, those are all opportunities to get ahead!

But if it was replaced by being beaten by the opponent's long-handed laser from a long distance, and the deck was washed clean without firing a single shot, and if you couldn't even get the slightest combat exploits-this kind of war is undoubtedly Lupers are extremely disgusting stuff.

According to the leader's order, in order to ensure a more efficient occupation, their largest fleet was ordered to just push forward, sweeping past wormholes one by one, while the task of occupying other planets and space buildings in this galaxy was ordered Assigned to those small fleets still in the solar system.

Under normal circumstances, such an order is very beneficial to them. After all, military exploits are such a thing. The military exploits that can be gained from fighting on the frontline battlefield must be much more than the occupying troops who can only follow behind and drink leftover soup. .

Therefore, when they first received the order, they were really happy for a while. They felt that this time, they could rely on the huge advantage in military strength to push directly.

However, the ideal is full and the reality is cruel.

A capital fleet that was supposed to go head-to-head with each other's fleet and easily flatten these flimsy toy battleships with their powerful plasma cannons, they're now stuck in this stupid galaxy with nukes and laser ships ahead of them There were violent beatings, and the rear was on fire everywhere. Every day, there was news that the supply fleet or the industrial zone was destroyed by the destroying fleet.

It can be said that their mood has reached the extreme.

Especially when they have been disgusted by the cat alliance, the rear has repeatedly sent communications asking them to advance faster, not to be sloppy, and strive to get the other side's two important habitable planets, which are called by the locals, within a short time. After winning the two planets of Katus and Taralon, they became even more irritable.

"Hush, urge, urge, what urge?!"

Looking at the disturbing content on the telegram, the commander of the Ninth Fleet patted the document aside with a "snap".

"What do you mean 'don't drag your feet, make quick decisions'? What do they think we're doing?!"

Regarding this, the expression of the newly appointed commander of the Eighth Fleet on the opposite side of the table was obviously even more displeased—as the commander of a new fleet that has just been reorganized, his desire for military exploits is higher than that of the old fritters of the Ninth Fleet , I want to achieve outstanding results as soon as possible and consolidate my position in the military.

However, now, he can only sit in a prison on the front line - he only pushed through a wormhole, and he didn't even have a chance to fight the opponent head-on, so he was forced to repair the ship for more than a month, and he didn't get any military exploits. The credit for "occupying the galaxy" was also given full credit by the group of guys in the rear who only talk about it on paper. They said, "It's all about their intelligence work and planning, and the fleet is just a formality. Anyone can do it easily. '.

Although for the sake of them being the commander of the main fleet, they also left some soup for him, so that he wouldn't be working for nothing, but he is the commander of the fleet!

This should be the top class of the Space Force!

Now, he can only sit in jail with this old fried dough stick commander who said all day long to "keep it safe" and fear that he would suffer a big loss if he made a rash move.

Can he not feel angry?

However, in terms of action, he has carried out the conservative strategy of the commander of the Ninth Fleet very well-not to mention that he is the interim commander-in-chief of their joint fleet after all, and they have a strong relationship with the capital Ruperstein. In the case of a communication delay of more than three hours, he has great autonomy over this joint fleet. Even if he disagrees in his heart, he must first execute the order.

What's more, he also agrees that when dealing with this cat alliance, it is a more correct choice to steadily advance gradually and not to rush forward in a hurry-after all, this civilization is really too strange, no matter it is different from all their civilization technology trees. The same large-scale laser weapon, or this crazy level of network encryption, or the report from the lower class recently, about the extremely weird, fully automated and unmanned industrial system in the G2-139 galaxy they occupy, it is very clear shows one thing.

This civilization is very special.

Obviously, a rational and safe choice is not to advance aggressively when the information is unknown, but to proceed steadily and steadily, striving to gradually advance with the least risk, to stop temporarily after swallowing up part of the territory, and to continue to advance after the occupied area is basically digested , until they figure out the details of this civilization before deciding whether to quickly advance to seek a decisive battle.

However, the abnormally blocked battle on the front line, the morale of the soldiers who began to slump, and the constant urging from the rear to stand and talk without too much pain in the back, are constantly wearing down their patience-no one would like such a passive situation, Especially when they are almost certain that their hard power must be much stronger than the opponent, this becomes a battle between reason and emotion.

"Why don't we speed up the speed a little bit?"

After being disgusted by the same tactics again, and had to repair the ship again at a place less than 100 million kilometers away from the last time, the commander of the Eighth Fleet asked tentatively: "Anyway, we don't care No matter how far the ship is repaired, the opposite side will break us up again in the next wormhole.

"It's useless to repair it. In my opinion, we might as well repair some necessary equipment to ensure that the battleship can perform to the level it should be if the opponent wants to fight us—and some auxiliary equipment, especially those that are repaired. Troublesome and useless, equipment that is destroyed every time it is repaired and cannot be used..."

He made a dismissive gesture.

"..."

Although the commander-in-chief did not express his approval, he understood that this time there was already something going on.

Because this time, he didn't object.

Since they did not immediately veto it as usual, saying that "steady and steady" is what they should do, it is obvious that this nearly 200-year-old general has already begun to be tempted.

After all, they are here to play it safe and play steadily, thinking about how to reduce the risk, but the rear has no brains at all, they just slap their chests and talk big all day long. "Don't be sloppy", it seems that they are the talents who worry about the country, and these soldiers who are fighting with real swords and guns on the front line are just cowardly people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and only find excuses to grind their jobs.

Honestly, who can be emotional?

It's just that, as a veteran Rupert soldier, he has become one of the top generals in the Great Rupert Kingdom's military circles, and he still has the idea of ​​serving the Great Rupert Country in his heart— Therefore, even if most of the credit is divided by those in the rear, and he has to face double opinions from below and above every day, he has always insisted on his own views, so that the fleet can meet every battle in the most perfect state possible. .

But this time, after the somewhat sinister telegram sent from the rear, and after being beaten up by the Cat League in the same way again, he finally couldn't help it.

Let's go.

Push it quickly.

Anyway, repairing is useless. Most of the equipment, such as the multiple backups of the sighting system, anti-aircraft guns, etc., will be destroyed after being repaired even once, which will have no effect on the battle situation. Repair important equipment.

Anyway, they don't need the equipment that was built just to get knocked out again, do they?

Anyway, the frontal hard power of this Cat League is really strong, and it has nothing to do except use this tactic to make them sick, isn't it?

Anyway, this is what the rear ordered them to do. As soldiers, they are just following orders, aren't they?

What finally prompted their decision was a telegram from the leader.

Although the leader's statement is very tactful, it can be said that he has given a lot of face, but the core idea can still be seen-he hopes to advance as soon as possible and completely take down this cat alliance civilization as soon as possible.

Since even the wise and great leaders have personally spoken out that it is the most important thing to attack and occupy the whole territory as soon as possible, then they have no reason to insist at all.

Maybe, it's really just that they are too careful and too skeptical?

After a heated discussion, they finally reached a consensus—according to information, the next galaxy is the capital galaxy of the Cat League, their administrative center, and also controls a large number of space industries.

Therefore, they will carry out the last high-standard full-ship repair-if they still choose the same blocking tactics instead of a decisive battle when they attack such an important galaxy, then it is enough to prove that the other party only wants to delay time That's it, they have been cautious all the time just to scare themselves, and then they will start to advance quickly, trying to occupy all the key star fields of the opponent within a few years, and finally force the opponent to fight them.

And if the opponent chooses to change tactics here to start a decisive battle, then their last high-standard repair can play a very good role.

This is safe enough.

After all, both the rear and the leaders believe that being too cautious is superfluous. They have already achieved this level under pressure. Last full stop.

After nearly a month of repairing the ship above the dawn core, this fleet with a total mass of 30 billion tons set off again.

Although everyone's hearts have begun to tire, after all, no one can have any expectations for a future that is almost 99% likely to appear and be disgusted by the same tactics again, but under the personal mobilization of the commander, they still reluctantly Raise the spirit of this battle to ensure that there will be no mistakes in this attack on the enemy's capital.

What's more, the commander has promised that if there is nothing abnormal in the attack on the enemy's capital, they will not be too careful like this again, and they will not spend another month repairing the ship-this is considered It gave everyone a boost to their tired hearts, and rekindled their expectations for this possible frontal battle.

However, what they didn't know was that after hearing the speech of the Lupers fleet commander through wiretapping, a strange smile appeared on Hong's face again.

In Zai Zai's words, it's the kind of smile that "plans through" after the conspiracy succeeds.

Yes, this time, Hong will let them in.

In the previous battles, Hong has been intentionally destroying the complex equipment on the opponent's surface, especially those backup systems and air defense facilities, which are the most important of her strikes - the purpose is very simple, that is, to make them tired of this kind of equipment. Every time they have to spend a lot of effort to repair the feeling of some useless equipment, so they gradually start to play around and ignore these equipment that they think are not very useful.

Of course, the opponent did not see this purposeful attack. After all, everyone knows how fragile the equipment on the surface of the hull is. The opponent’s laser almost gnawed the entire surface. normal thing.

These Lupers have no idea that these surfaces that have been gnawed beyond recognition, and those equipment that the only value of repairing in their opinion is to be smashed again, and there is no benefit other than wasting time, should have been used in subsequent battles. How big a role does it play.

After successfully breaking through the "Cat's Claw" fortress located in the enemy's asteroid belt with the firepower, I saw that the defensive configuration over Kawei II was almost exactly the same as that of the previous two galaxies, especially those interspersed in the fleet. The engines are facing them, ready at any time After beating the running ferry as usual, their hearts were finally completely relieved.

Sure enough, it was just that they were thinking too much - the other party didn't have any weird tricks waiting for them.

They are simply lingering on their last days.

After successfully breaking through the wormhole and occupying the satellite of the enemy's capital, they felt that the other party was just like this.

They even released Kawei II, the gateway to the capital galaxy, which was equipped with a heavy fortress and defended by a large number of defense platforms, and let the capital planet, which is only 35 kilometers away from Kawei II, be exposed in front of their eyes.

What else could they hesitate about?

After spending only 5 days repairing the key equipment and cooling panels on the surface of the hull, looking at the ship covered with large swaths of blue and emerald green, they felt full of "even nature can't compete with it". A livable planet with a taste of "incompetence", they glanced at each other and smiled dumbly.

Although the opponent's fleet did not choose to go directly to the next galaxy through the wormhole this time, but regrouped next to the synchronous orbit wormhole of Katus, which is slightly different from usual.

Before letting go, they may be cautious again, thinking that they have been cautious for so long anyway, and it is better to be on the safe side and make plans after knocking down the capital.

But after getting the guidance of the great leader, they will no longer be deceived by this stupid pretense-obviously, the other party just thought they would stop to repair the ship as stupidly as before, and planned to hit them before leaving One meal, just another delay.

This time, they will not be fooled by them.

"There's nothing to be afraid of anymore."

The commander-in-chief's face was full of confidence, and he stretched out a hand, pointing to the ecologically livable planet in the distance.

"Fleet, let's go!"

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Volume 261 Industry and Power: Chapter [-] The Last Night Before the War

"They are here."

Seeing the huge fleet coming towards Katus with a neat tail flame in the field of vision of the telescope, Hong murmured to himself.

In order to ensure safety, Hong has already evacuated all the space population near Catus in advance, the ground population has also entered the air-raid shelter, and the anti-aircraft firepower all over the surface of the planet has also entered a state of combat readiness, making preparations for the worst. ready.

After all, in order to lower the opponent's vigilance and reduce their anti-aircraft firepower as much as possible, Honglian Kaweier, the last portal in front of the capital, was released as a bait. Today's Katus really has no strategic depth up.

If it is not a last resort, Hong really does not want to put her own populous planet in danger - but there is no way, the power of the Great Rupert Kingdom is too strong, of course Hong does not want to put her cubs and citizens in danger Among them, but she can't let the fleet forcefully engage the enemy when she knows that it is almost impossible to win.

This is not a multiple choice question, she only has one choice from the beginning to the end.

In order for them to be able to defeat several times their own military strength, Hong had to take this risk.

If after so many preparations, they are still unable to defeat them here, then Hong can only be forced to give up all the space in the capital galaxy, and continue to step back to gain more time.

Fortunately, the territory of the interstellar age is not the same as that of the pre-space age. As long as the planet has enough defensive power, even if the other party has occupied all the space, as long as the defense line of the planet cannot be broken, the population on it will be the same. What damage, and as an omnic, her planet's resistance is also ridiculously strong.

Don't you see how many years have passed, and Locke hasn't been able to get the extinct omnic planet that they defeated?

This is also the confidence that Hong dared to use Kawei's second line of defense as a bait to trick the opponent into giving up complete repairs.

If the loss of space would cause the cubs and citizens on Catus to face a direct threat of death, then maybe Hong would really be irrational once and choose to fight head-on with the opponent on Katus II. If he can't fight, he will take another risk Touch porcelain, try to use the identity of subspace creatures to directly touch them to death.

Yes, it is very irrational to do so, she is very clear, at this point, she is definitely not a qualified ruler - a real ruler should abandon all emotions at this time, and only use the greatest Based on the overall interests of globalization, for the entire civilization, especially for her important and indispensable strong AI, what is it to lose tens of millions of people on a mere planet?

It is absolutely unreasonable for her to take such a key character who, once she dies, is tantamount to turning over the entire civilization to the death penalty, to take great risks for the sake of less than 1% of the civilization's population.

Let alone omnics, a ruler of organisms with enough blood and iron would not do such a thing—she was very clear about this.

But unfortunately, Hong just couldn't accept this kind of thing.

However, from another point of view, if Hong is really the kind of "iron-blooded ruler" who is absolutely rational and bases everything on maximizing the overall interests, no matter how many people are sacrificed for this, then Jeffery It is impossible to send Hong to the throne of the ruler on his own initiative, and the Cat League will never exist from the beginning.

Is it really okay to do this?

Anyway, Hong doesn't think so.