Chapter 980: War of Attrition, Restart
Lin Fan knew that the black cavity armor could offset a large part of the pulling force caused by the collapse of the outer wall of the universe.
However, what he did not expect was that the Empire had actually built so many Fiery Sun-class battleships, even if they only used the prototype of black cavity armor technology.
Just as he said to Altera and Tarovis, what he couldn't understand was where the Sun River Empire got such a large number of black cavity crystals?
However, this is not a big problem.
Even if they could not follow the plan made before the war and directly use the surprise attack from the rear and the main force of the alliance in the front to establish victory in one fell swoop, the result would not change at all.
It was changed from a one-stage battle to a three-stage battle, and it just took a little longer.
"Speaking of which, Gloucester should think that the Federation Fleet chose to retreat due to the pressure brought by the Lieyang Fleet, right?"
In the virtual conference room, Altera, who knew the three-phase battle plan, said with a relaxed smile, and Tarovis beside him did the same.
"But we still can't be careless. Even if we destroyed 80% of the supplies on the front line of the Sun River Empire, the remaining supplies will be enough for them to fight intensively for a month. If they become desperate, we can still win, but the losses will definitely not be small!"
"That's right. We have to fight back to the center of the universe. That's Amles's lair. Who doesn't know what tricks he has up his sleeve?"
After hearing Lin Fan's reminder, Altera nodded in agreement.
"Then let's discuss what we are going to do when Gloucester goes crazy."
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While Lin Fan and the other three were discussing the follow-up operations, the federal fleet that was raiding various superstar systems and providing logistics for the empire also left through the black cavity channel.
Except for the cannon fodder of the affiliated civilizations on the front line, who are still fighting desperately, the war...
It seemed like it was over at this moment!
Gloucester, finally free, immediately began to deploy.
In each supercluster, at least 100 billion warships were mobilized, with three warships as a unit and the maximum distance for precise observation as the radius, to directly form a monitoring network consisting purely of warships that covers every inch of the void.
These warships have only one mission, which is to observe the surrounding areas around the clock. Once a black cavity channel is discovered, it will be reported immediately. The headquarters will then dispatch a fleet to destroy the channel before the enemy arrives through it.
Since the Federation now has the technology to make itself undetectable when opening the channel, it will use the most primitive method: visual inspection!
Of course, it is impossible to observe the universe with the naked eye. It can only be observed through equipment on warships. If one wants to observe without being affected by time, the observation range cannot be too large.
Therefore, the number of warships required will be very large.
Although this would suddenly reduce the manually available military force by nearly 3 trillion warships, it is very necessary.
Otherwise, when the next war breaks out, what will we do if humans use this undetectable black cavity channel to launch another sneak attack?
However.
Just as Gloucester was deploying all this, the federal fleet, which he thought had retreated, stabbed the imperial army like a dagger.
An hour later.
Alarm sounds.
It rang again.
"What's going on!"
Gloucester quickly stepped onto the bridge and shouted loudly.
He had just made all the arrangements and was preparing to take a break, but the alarm sounded less than a minute after he left the bridge.
Is it the Alliance that is attacking, or are there humans launching another sneak attack there?
It shouldn't be like this, right?
The Alliance still has tens of trillions of cannon fodder warships from affiliated civilizations resisting. Even if they all lined up to be shot, it would take several days!
And it would not be right if humans launched a sneak attack.
I have already used the most primitive methods and monitored all the front-line superclusters. There is no chance for a sneak attack, right?
In short, with a lot of questions in his mind, Gloucester returned to the bridge again.
"Reporting to the commander, all of our affiliated civilizations adjacent to our front line have been attacked by human fleets. According to the comparison of the database, these raiding fleets are the human fleets that attacked our rear before!"
"That is to say, they did not retreat before, but used the black cavity channel to directly attack these subordinate civilizations!"
The adjutant ran up to Gloucester, sweating profusely, and reported anxiously.
Although the Sun River Empire does not care whether these subordinate civilizations are destroyed or not, it depends on the situation.
At least
Under the current situation, these subordinate civilizations are the lifeblood of the imperial army!
Before the dark energy crystal attrition war between the mainland and the Federation comes to an end, the only safe and reliable method is to send supplies from these civilizations to the front line through the black cavity channel.
Now
Things are really serious.
On the side.
After hearing the adjutant's report, Gloucester felt like he was struck by a bolt from the blue. He almost collapsed, with only three words echoing in his mind.
“It’s over!”
All situations were calculated and targeted deployments were made.
But in the end, the subordinate civilizations behind the front lines were missed!
With this, the plan to have these subordinate civilizations transport supplies to the front line through cosmic ocean currents completely failed.
No, it's not over yet, there's still a chance.
"Quick, contact the mainland immediately and report the current situation!"
"Yes, Commander Gloucester!"
Yes, there is still a chance. At least in Gloucester's view, there is still a chance!
As long as we win the dark energy crystal attrition war launched by His Majesty, we can reopen the channel for transporting supplies from the mainland to the front line.
Considering the empire’s current grain reserves, the probability of success is still quite high!
Gloucester kept saying this to himself, clenching his fists.
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The central region of the universe, the Sun and the Empire, the Imperial Palace.
"We can't wait any longer. Immediately launch a war of attrition against the alliance using dark energy crystals!"
"If they accept the challenge, the Empire's reserves will be opened without limit until this war of attrition ends. If the Alliance does not accept the challenge, then we will send the supplies over!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
A guard responded and immediately went down to convey the order.
And Amles looked at Intelligence Minister Harris.
"Harris, go to Garlon again. To be honest, I still don't have enough confidence in this war of attrition. Think of a way to show Garlon how powerful you are and ask him to provide us with some more black cavity crystals!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll go right away!"