When row after row of data and numerous remote detection images were truly presented to people, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became solemn.
Among the molecular clouds surrounding the entire open star cluster, one located near the g1 galaxy was excited for some reason and became "bright".
This is of course not visible to the naked eye. But under various extremely high-precision remote observation equipment, this is as conspicuous as a firefly in the dark night.
In fact, in this open star cluster, it is not uncommon for molecular clouds to be excited and brighten. In addition to some that have been confirmed to be caused by wars, fleet navigation of certain third-level civilizations, etc., there are also many caused by natural phenomena, such as certain violent stellar activities, certain collisions, and the like.
But what I saw this time had a completely different meaning from those before.
First of all, it is definitely not a natural phenomenon. Because there is no energy burst of such an energy level near the g1 galaxy - if it existed, then the entire human physical science system would have to be rewritten.
This must be caused by humans. But if it's just caused by humans, it doesn't matter. Because there are many in this cluster as well.
The most critical point is that the molecular cloud area that becomes bright due to stimulation is changing rapidly. This means that the artificial artifact that inspired the molecular clouds to light up is moving quickly. However, the direction of its movement is exactly pointing towards itself.
Including Zhao Changxing, many civilized leaders and war committee members were silent.
At this moment, people understood almost instantly what these data meant.
Our side changed course midway and decided to go to the h1 star located outside this open star cluster instead of the originally planned g1 star. We originally thought that this matter would be over. But I didn't expect that if I didn't cause trouble, trouble would come to me on its own.
There must be a certain force in this g1 galaxy. This force has noticed its own existence a long time ago and knows that it is approaching there - because the tail flame of the giant spacecraft is too violent, it will inevitably excite the molecular cloud and make it brighter, and at a certain Within a distance, anyone with certain observation methods can detect it.
This is unstoppable. Just as one's own side can judge the existence of the other's fleet through the bright area stimulated by the other's fleet at this moment, the other side must also be aware of one's own.
Both sides are invisible to the other.
After realizing that they were approaching, they most likely made the decision to annex their own side, and planned to wait and wait in the G1 galaxy, waiting for them to come to their doorstep. However, after Zhao Changxing made the hope of staying away from this open star cluster and giving it a try, the other party saw that his plan failed, so he could only organize an expedition fleet and take the initiative to catch up with his side.
At this moment, people have determined that a war is probably inevitable.
As for the peaceful purpose of the other party sending a huge expedition fleet to chase our own fleet, such as trade, exchange, etc., no one is stupid enough to think so.
"According to observation data, with the opponent's acceleration capabilities, it will take about 13 years to catch up with us."
A war commissioner said solemnly: "This will be a typical space pursuit battle."
This kind of combat subject had been conducted by the human space force in a large amount of specialized training before in the Lakai 9352 system. When it comes to tactical literacy, tactical command, strategy formulation, etc., the War Council has absolute confidence, and its confidence is no worse than anyone else.
Of course, this requires adding a qualification, that is, under the current technological level.
but……
"This is not a war at the same technological level." Another war committee member said: "The opponent is a true third-level civilization, with complete third-level civilization technology and combat power. But we are only in energy technology. A few aspects such as technology and propulsion technology have reached the third-level civilization level, while most of the rest are still in the second-level civilization stage.”
This is a very important question. We know our own affairs. Although from the outside world, a civilization that can conduct interstellar navigation and has large-scale antimatter production technology must be a level three civilization. When planning to attack such a civilization, it will definitely follow the assessment. It is based on the strength of the opponent, that is to say, the other party must be confident that it can win such a third-level civilization, so it will take the initiative to start a war.
But I am afraid that even the enemy cannot imagine that in his eyes, the enemy is actually in the third-level civilization stage, but its real combat power is still in the second-level civilization stage.
This may be a surprise to the enemy. But for our own side, it is even worse.
"The enemy's combat strength is probably not that of a true third-level civilization." Zhao Changxing made a judgment after thinking for a while: "War is a continuation of politics. To start a war, there should always be enough reasons. , enough profit-driven. Think about it, what is the enemy’s reason for starting a war against us? What are they most likely to value in us?”
Zhao Changxing's words aroused people's thinking.
When thinking about this issue, you must put your position on the other side, rather than on your own side.
If our side is the other side, then what is our reason for starting such a war?
For a moment, a burst of enlightenment occurred in people's hearts.
"They are backed by galaxies and have sufficient resource support. But we are in space, and we can only rely on our own reserves for material consumption. So materials must not be the reason for war. I think the reason for them to launch war can only be technology. Or One step further…technological system.”
"If you think about it from the enemy's standpoint, they will think that we are a true third-level civilization based on interstellar navigation. But based on the size of the fleet and the number of people we can carry, they will definitely think that we are a weak civilization. A third-level civilization in the early stage. In this way, the success rate of acquiring technology or technology systems will be higher, and there will be more reasons to launch an interstellar war."
After thinking at this point, the next inference can be easily made.
"What kind of third-level civilization would be interested in the technological system of a civilization that is in a period of weakness—and is only in the early stages of a third-level civilization?"
Obviously, a true third-level civilization would not be interested in this. Because they have their own complete technological system. The only reason that might make them slightly tempted is that they hope to use the collision of different civilizations and different technological systems to draw parallels and bring inspiration to their own side. But in this star cluster where wars are frequent and communication is equally frequent, this reason seems reluctant.
In this case, the other party's situation is also very easy to guess. In other words, there is a high probability that the other party does not have its own technological system, and their technology is incomplete. However, combined with the chaotic situation of the open star cluster and the remoteness and desolation of the g1 galaxy, a bold speculation emerged.
"This is most likely an alliance of many forces composed of civilized survivors, defectors, gamblers, adventurers, etc."
In a galaxy with complex origins and no unified order, there is a high probability that there will not be a complete and unified force, but a mixture of many forces.
I am afraid that in star clusters where there are many complete third-level civilizations, those complete third-level civilizations will not allow a unified force to appear in the G1 galaxy. Because it would be a threat to them.
"Many small forces interested in a complete technological system formed an alliance and formed an expedition fleet to start a war with us..."
This speculation has considerable credibility.
From this, another problem becomes apparent.
"In the opponent's expedition fleet, there must be many barriers and complicated internal struggles. It is very likely that there will be problems such as poor political orders, poor cooperation, insufficient coordination, low trust, and even internal mutual defense. In addition to these Small forces do not have a complete technology system at all, and their internal technology is most likely to only have some fragments of third-level civilization technology. For various reasons, I think that our enemy's combat power rating can be lowered by a large stage."
After coming to this conclusion, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, feeling that the big stone weighing on their hearts was much lighter.
Once you know the opponent's weaknesses and know that the opponent is actually not that strong, you can make many targeted arrangements to greatly improve your own winning rate in the war.
"Let's do a simulated attack and defense." Zhao Changxing finally made a decision: "Let's see if our fleet can win against such a loose alliance that does not have a complete third-level civilization technology system and has deep internal gaps."
"yes."
Under the organization of the war committee, many strategic and tactical experts, staff officers and commanders at all levels, military industry experts, weapons experts, equipment experts, and scientists from various disciplines all participated. In just over a month, After setting up such a platform, the two groups of people controlled different fleets and started fighting in the virtual world.
Every battle will generate a huge amount of data, and there will be tens of thousands of staff responsible for processing this data. Each battle took about three days, and hundreds of battles were conducted. These tens of thousands of staff, and more other personnel, were busy for almost a year.
Finally, a report document was placed in front of the civilization leaders headed by Zhao Changxing.
"Our final conclusion is that even if the enemy's combat power rating is lowered by a large level, our space force fleet's winning rate when facing such an enemy is still less than one percent.
In hundreds of simulated battles, we tried every means and adjusted all the strategies and tactics we could think of. The final result was that we failed 103 times, and the only time we tied, we both suffered losses and perished together... "
