Lihua is also familiar with weapons such as space turrets.
They are actually an unattended automatic defense and attack device. They can be scattered in space and rely on their own program logic to automatically perform a series of actions such as search, positioning, aiming, and attack.
Because it runs automatically, there is of course no need for communication with each other.
This also explains why we did not detect any communication from the enemy after we were attacked at this moment, and why it is speculated that the enemy cannot master more advanced communication methods.
However, this method is usually not used in space battles, especially space pursuit battles. The reason is simple. Creating such a self-operating fort will definitely consume a lot of energy and materials.
Moreover, it only makes sense if it is extremely numerous. The few forts were of no use at all. In this way, more energy and materials will be consumed.
Energy and materials are the most important things for a space navigation fleet.
If this thing is relatively powerful and has strategic significance, then it will be built. The survivability of the key is not very strong, and it is easier to be discovered and then destroyed or captured.
What Lihua didn't expect was that the weak third-level civilization would even bring out such a thing.
Is it because of a sudden illness that you seek medical treatment?
Lihua was not even interested in searching and killing these turrets one by one. Anyway, these turrets do not pose any threat to our own side, so we might as well just randomly maneuver them - in this way, those turrets, under the control of the automatic control system, will inevitably need to maneuver at the same time to lock our own side, which will consume a lot of the weapons our own side carries. Fuel, and space turrets usually don't carry much fuel, so they lose any effect because they run out of energy.
Rather than searching, locating, and then clearing them out one by one on a large scale, it would be more reasonable to stand still, maneuver randomly, and wait for them to consume their energy for the next few days.
Lihua's judgment was recognized by the plenipotentiary envoys of the expedition committee. Therefore, during this period of time, the expeditionary force did not take any countermeasures except randomly maneuvering and improving the defense level.
Time passed quietly.
Up to now, Li Heng's "Comet"-class combat spacecraft has completed more than 30 attacks and a corresponding number of random maneuvers.
Because the enemy warships also started random maneuvers, he had to direct his own spacecraft to close the distance with the enemy as much as possible in order to achieve a higher hit rate.
At this moment, the distance between the two sides is only about 10 million kilometers.
Seen with the naked eye, that direction is still just a vast and empty starry sky. Except for a few extremely bright blue supergiants that are clearly visible, the rest of the stars appear very dim.
But among the instruments and equipment, the tail flame ejected by the giant spaceship in the distance was as bright as the sun, and even a little dazzling.
"It's 10 million kilometers away, we can't get any closer."
Li Heng issued the order.
"yes."
The spacecraft seemed to have touched the invisible water, passing lightly above the red line of 10 million kilometers, and then moved away. At this moment, thousands of electromagnetic cannon projectiles were blasted out, flying towards the distant target.
They will reach their target after about two hours of flight. However, even if the enemy is performing random maneuvers, the extent to which its course can change within two hours is quite small.
Closing the distance is the best way to combat random maneuvers.
Two hours passed quietly. Among the remote observation instruments, the enemy's huge battleship still stands majestically, like a demon suppressing the dark universe, indestructible and invincible.
According to route calculations, at least 30% of our projectiles should have hit the enemy in this attack. But this small attack seemed to have no effect.
Or, even if this giant spaceship is attacked thousands of times at this level, it will not be damaged at all.
This can't help but make people instinctively doubt the meaning of all their actions and the meaning of this action.
Li Heng knew in his heart that this kind of mentality existed not only in his own spaceship, but also in the other comrades scattered in this dark starry sky - if they were still there, they would definitely have it.
If this mentality is not dealt with properly, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of one's own faith and spirit.
but……
It is quite natural that this should happen. Before carrying out this combat mission, psychologists had already calculated this and made corresponding arrangements.
"The 36th attack is over. Okay, everyone, let's take a rest. Today, um, eat something delicious today, everyone comes to help!"
In the gravity-free spaceship environment and in the kitchen, a total of twelve crew members participated. Knead the dough, mix the fillings, and finally make a pot of dumplings full of rough flavor.
It was cooked in a special pot, and people ate it while talking and laughing. After that, the vice-captain had separate conversations with several crew members who were in relatively unstable mental states, and the haze that had always shrouded the small cabin quietly dissipated.
"We don't have much supplies, it's time to get some. Well, according to the supply map, the nearest standard resource box to us is about 365,000 kilometers away. In the next period of time, we will slowly maneuver in that direction. Bar."
365,000 kilometers is only a short distance in space. However, in order to balance combat missions and concealment requirements, it will take at least five days to complete this journey.
Five days later, the spacecraft, which had conducted 16 more offensive missions, finally arrived near the supply point and began to search for the nearby supply box through close-range search methods.
The design of the standard resource box makes it possible to search and locate it only after it reaches a distance of less than 1,000 kilometers. This is also to avoid being discovered by the enemy.
But this time the search was fruitless. All means indicate that there are no macroscopic objects within 1,000 kilometers of the surrounding area.
No fragments were found either. At the same time, according to orbit calculations, even if there is a random deviation, it cannot deviate too far.
This standard resource box disappears.
This may not be good news, but everyone, including Li Heng, feels a little more stable.
After all possibilities are eliminated, only the last possibility remains.
This standard resource box was taken away by our comrades who were also hiding in the dark.
This is the most direct evidence that our comrades exist in this dark starry sky.
We are not alone. There are many, many others here, fighting with us.
We are not lone wolves, but... a pack of wolves.
At this moment, the own ship that took away the standard resource box is probably not far away. In fact, as long as oneself sends out a communication wave, it may be received by them. Then, you may also receive a reply from them. In this way, we who have been isolated from the outside world for such a long time can talk to our comrades.
But no one made a request for communication.
After confirming that the standard resource box here had been taken away, the combat spaceship Li Heng was on also left quietly. While continuing to take care of the combat mission, it began to move towards the coordinates of the next standard resource box. Just like the previous ship that took away this standard resource box.
A kind of tacit understanding that can be formed without communication, knowing the other party's location, or saying a word is filled with the dark starry sky.
At this moment, almost ten days have passed since Commander Lihua made a judgment and took "random maneuvers" to exhaust the energy of the enemy's space fort.
During these ten days, attacks from all directions from the outside world continued continuously, showing no sign of weakening, but instead began to gradually increase in intensity.
It seems that the more randomly one's own maneuvers, the greater the number of space turrets in the surrounding area, and even the shorter the distance to one's own side.
If the distance wasn't getting shorter and shorter, how could the enemy predict his own trajectory so accurately?
Everyone knows that a single attack method has no other means except electromagnetic gun projectiles. This method can cause very little damage to one's own side.
This Tianlong-class space carrier, even if it is a model that has been eliminated by major civilizations, even if it has undergone many later repairs, is not very afraid of this kind of attack.
But... no one can withstand such a long period of continuous attack. Water droplets can penetrate stone, let alone extremely high-speed electromagnetic gun projectiles?
Under ten days of continuous bombardment by electromagnetic artillery projectiles, the number of external devices destroyed on this Tianlong-class space carrier has increased to more than a thousand, and hundreds of maintenance personnel have unfortunately been killed. In fact, a full five combat spaceships parked at the berth were damaged. One of them was unlucky and was directly hit in the engine area, causing it to completely lose its combat effectiveness and had to be taken away for overhaul.
More importantly, Lihua didn't know how long this situation would last.
Did the enemy really build so many space turrets that they were so luxurious that they were spread around the entire route? Did their fleet bring an entire planet? Otherwise, how dare you waste materials and energy like this?
Lihua couldn't think clearly or understand. This made her extremely angry, and she even set a record of eating five people in one day.
But the pressure from the Expedition Committee is still coming.
"Commander Lihua, you must find a way to solve this situation of being passively beaten as soon as possible. If you cannot improve the situation in a short period of time, our Expeditionary Committee will hold an evaluation meeting to evaluate whether you are capable of serving as the commander of the expeditionary force. "
