I have to say that this result is actually somewhat beyond people's expectations.
Before this, people always subconsciously felt that since the other party had so many weaknesses and flaws, our own side was well-trained, disciplined, and tactically well-educated. In fact, any ordinary Space Force soldier would Other civilizations are at least at the level of battle group leader. No matter what, they have at least a 50% winning rate, right?
People at this moment already know that the quality of the front-line warriors of alien civilization is actually very low, given that alien civilization only uses sub-human beings as front-line warriors and generally regards front-line warriors as consumables. Basically, they can only do some basic operations learned in training, and can only mechanically execute the instructions of superior commanders. Basically, they have no subjective initiative, no ability to adapt on the spot, and even no high desire to win - -For them, participating in combat is just a job to extend their lives.
If they were not supported by harsh punishments and cruel discipline, they would often be more inclined to flee and retreat rather than execute tactics and fight.
Under such circumstances, the fact that an ordinary human Space Force soldier is equivalent to the leader of a combat team of an alien civilization is not overestimated, or even underestimated.
However, even if the "software" level exceeds the enemy by so much, is the winning rate still so low?
"The difference in technological level and equipment advancedness cannot be easily smoothed out by the power of 'software'. Even if the enemy is only an incomplete third-level civilization, they can at least make every combat spacecraft use metallic hydrogen. Or use helium to make the shell, right? A combat spaceship with a larger yield can at least be equipped with a vacuum cannon, right? Even if the vacuum cannon is less powerful, it is still a vacuum cannon. Are there micro anti-matter missiles? Are there high-speed electromagnetic guns? ? The detection range and accuracy of the deep space survey radar are higher than ours, right? The spacecraft is also more maneuverable than us, right?"
One thing that is clear is that the enemy has a high probability of thinking that one's own side is a third-level civilization that is in a period of weakness. And since this is the case, the enemy is still dispatched, which must mean that they have a high expectation and certainty of victory.
Therefore, they must have the equipment listed above.
These equipment may be nothing compared to the authentic third-level civilization, but even so, at most they are only the difference between a matchlock gun and a Desert Eagle. There is no generational difference in technological level between the two.
Compared with humans, it is a level higher.
It's like an army armed with matchlocks and proficient in three-stage strikes against an army armed with sophisticated sabers made of hundreds of tempered steel and wearing heavy armor.
Even if we are already at the peak of the Cold Weapons Era, against an army that is at the beginning of the Hot Weapons Era, no matter how high the morale is, no matter how tight the organization is, no matter how strong the personal qualities are, and no matter how high the subjective initiative is, it will not be of much use.
This is the situation we are facing now.
"In the simulated war, our spacecraft is not as maneuverable as others, our weapons are not as powerful as theirs, and our detection capabilities are not as good as theirs. Before we even see where they are, a devastating attack has already arrived. Such an asymmetric war , we have almost no hope of winning. Even if there was a draw, it was more because the other party had internal strife and made a major strategic misjudgment. Even so, it was just the same death."
When the cruel and cold reality is placed in front of people, people have to start thinking about another issue.
"Can we escape? Can we hide?"
If this war can be avoided, the situation is equally acceptable.
First of all, because one's own acceleration ability is not as good as the opponent's, there is no point in simply escaping. Because there is no way to escape.
The only way is to stop accelerating. In this way, the interstellar molecular cloud that becomes bright after being stimulated and causes the enemy to confirm one's position will dim, and the opponent will no longer be able to accurately locate one's position.
Afterwards, in the random collision with the interstellar molecular cloud, one's own spacecraft will have a slight, random deviation in its course. Even oneself cannot predict where it will eventually drift. This is supplemented by low-power attitude adjustment propulsion pointing in other directions - this power propulsion is not enough to stimulate the interstellar molecular clouds to be bright enough to be remotely observed. If this random deviation is further amplified, the enemy will be completely eliminated. The possibility of "launching a range search with the missing point as the center to find one's own side".
As long as we can hide and prevent the enemy from finding us, we will naturally not have to fight this losing war. However, as long as we can hide for a long enough time, even with the help of inertia, under the current speed and heading, we will always be able to leave the coverage of this open star cluster one day in the future and escape.
Because according to various intelligence speculations, the fleet chasing at this moment will most likely not dare to leave this open star cluster.
This proposal made the participants think deeply. After a long time, a war committee member shook his head: "I'm afraid this won't work."
"First of all, if our speed is too low, then the time to leave this open star cluster will be greatly extended, even extending to a hundred years or more. Not to mention whether such a long time will increase the risk of being found by the enemy. The risk is that if we only calculate our energy and materials, there will be shortages."
Even if I had stored so much extra supplies and energy when I left the Lakai 9352 galaxy, I still couldn't afford such a waste.
"We can definitely speed up for a while, wait until the speed is higher, and then implement this 'avoidance' strategy. Anyway, the enemy still has more than ten years to catch up with us."
Such a long time can increase the speed of the fleet by a considerable amount. In this way, too much time will not be wasted in this open star cluster.
"No way." An interstellar meteorologist who was invited to the meeting shook his head.
The research field of so-called interstellar meteorology is of course different from that of meteorologists who study the surface of the planet and the atmosphere, such as thunderstorms, lightning, storms and ocean currents.
What they study is the "weather" changes and interactions in the universe and interstellar space. The weather in the universe mainly refers to interstellar dust clouds, molecular clouds, charged clouds, neutral clouds, interstellar radiation, stellar winds, and even physical processes such as neutron star radiation and black hole activity. The comprehensive analysis of a certain space Sexual environment influences.
This is of little significance to space vehicles moving at low speeds, but when the speed is high, its impact cannot be ignored.
"The interstellar dust cloud covering this open cluster shows a certain degree of electrification on the side in the direction we left. This may be caused by a supernova explosion that occurred nearby hundreds of millions of years ago, which threw away too much A lot of charged dust has been mixed into this nebula. Well, the main reason is that under the influence of a series of interactions, they have accumulated a certain level of energy. This energy is very small, and usually there is nothing Macroscopic effect. But if the speed of the space vehicle passing through them is too fast and hits too much interstellar dust in unit time, then..."
The interstellar meteorologist paused and seemed to be organizing his words: "There will be a non-stop energy release phenomenon. Just like in the atmosphere, lightning will frequently appear when encountering thunderstorms. Of course our spacecraft It can resist this energy release to a certain extent, but if it lasts too long and the energy is too high, it will be unbearable. Possible consequences include damage to electrical appliances and components, increased faults, communication interference, computer malfunctions, etc. Many, many. If the situation is more serious, it may even cause the energy reserve system to malfunction and the ship to be destroyed and people to die."
The human fleet uses antimatter as its main energy source. Antimatter must be stored in an extremely high vacuum and bound by a magnetic field. Once the energy reserve system fails and a large amount of antimatter comes into contact with positive matter, the entire spacecraft will turn into a giant antimatter bomb, and all existence will be blown into the tiniest space dust.
Zhao Changxing knocked on the table lightly: "Our original route was to pass through the thin part of this interstellar dust cloud. In this way, this energy release phenomenon can be controlled to a low and acceptable level."
Interstellar dust clouds are not uniformly dense. Under the influence of their own gravity and external factors, they will also have uneven density. Some places are denser, some places are thinner. The density difference between the two may even be hundreds of times higher.
For high-speed space vehicles, thin-density areas that can be connected in series, or higher-density areas that are not dangerous, are a safe route. Dangerous areas are inaccessible or can only be accessed at low speeds.
And... in the direction of the human fleet leaving this open star cluster, there are only a few dozen such "safe routes".
This number seems to be a lot, but the key factor is that the direction of human acceleration in the early stage will reveal the human choice intention. At that time, even if humans shut down all engines and hide their own coordinates, the enemy can rush to the front of the selected safe route in advance, and in turn wait there, waiting for the human fleet to fall into the trap.
To sum up, the speed is too slow. Because it will waste too much time, energy and materials. It doesn't work even if it's too fast. Because the speed is fast, you must take a safe route, and the enemy can wait and wait.
"It seems that there is no way to escape. This battle must be fought."
Zhao Changxing whispered, his expression calm, without any fluctuation, and he seemed not to have any panic in his heart.
