When it was confirmed that the enemy had released a large number of satellites, formed a dragnet, and caused many spacecraft to leave their berths and begin cruising around the space carrier, the way of fighting changed again.
It is obvious that it is unwise and absolutely undesirable to directly engage in a conflict with the enemy's fleet - even a small squadron, with a fleet having only a few dozen combat spacecraft at most.
Apart from being crushed and destroyed, there is no second possibility for the combat spacecraft of human civilization.
However, for alien civilizations that use "subhuman legions" as the main force of combat, a fleet of more than a dozen or dozens of combat spacecraft is almost the smallest combat unit and cannot be smaller.
"So, next, our target will turn to the enemy's communication network, reconnaissance network and other strategic auxiliary units. Kill their satellites, make them unable to communicate, unable to search for us, and turn them blind and deaf!"
This was a strategy that the General Staff had formulated from the beginning. In order to implement this strategy, the original soldiers all conducted as detailed a drill as possible.
However, only now that they have actually entered the battlefield and faced the possibility of being attacked by the enemy at any time, can the soldiers truly realize how difficult it is to implement this set of tactics.
At this moment, the comet-class spacecraft that destroyed the exposed communication satellite once again entered a random maneuvering orbit.
In the cabin, including the two captains Li Heng and Zhang Ruofei, a total of twelve soldiers looked solemn, and their spirits were extremely tense.
There are at least five screens and more than 20 indicator lights flashing in front of everyone. There is also a large amount of data sliding past quickly on the screen - some of which represent the status, trajectory, speed, etc. of the spacecraft at the moment. Some represent data about the environment the spacecraft is in at the moment, such as various radiation intensities, and others represent the status of the enemy.
Every soldier must pay attention to these data at all times and make appropriate responses immediately if any changes occur.
In the past, this kind of quality requirement could not be achieved even if it exhausted people to death. Even if it was divided among ten people, it would still be very difficult.
But the genetic modification and optimization that has continued uninterrupted for a long time, covering every human being, has made every warrior at this moment possess such abilities. It’s just that I’m still very tired.
At this moment, the spacecraft was slowly moving towards the space carrier. However, everyone knows that the closer you get, the more dangerous it is.
At any time, there may be a satellite hidden in the dark that observes itself through technology far superior to its own, and then reports its own coordinates, and the enemy fleet at a closer distance will immediately launch an attack.
But this risk must be taken.
"Range 10,000 kilometers, speed 5.6, direction 32.4!"
"Start reconnaissance! Prepare for random maneuvers!"
Li Heng suddenly gave a low drink.
"yes!"
At this moment, the soldiers of the reconnaissance team immediately manipulated the sky survey and detection equipment that embodies the most advanced technology of human civilization, and performed a 360-degree sky survey in this seemingly empty space, which took 3 minutes.
After that, without enough time to analyze the data, the soldiers of the spacecraft control team immediately started a new round of random maneuvers, pushing the spacecraft away from the current coordinate point with lower propulsion power.
There are two ways to detect. This is probably true regardless of the level of civilization.
One is passive detection, which is to confirm enemy intelligence by receiving radiation released by the target. Confirming the coordinates of the enemy by detecting the interaction between the spacecraft tail flame and the interstellar molecular cloud is a typical passive detection. The rest, detecting gravitational waves, infrared radiation, radio communications, etc., all fall into this category.
The key point of this type of detection is that oneself does not send out any message, but only receives the signal sent by the target.
The other is active detection. The main type is that one's own side actively emits various types of radiation and confirms target information through the reflection of the target. A typical method is sky survey radar. For the rest, one's own side emits visible light to illuminate the other side, and finds the other side through the light reflected by the other side, which is also an active detection.
In the process of searching for enemy communication satellites, spy satellites, armed reconnaissance satellites, etc., it is not feasible to rely solely on passive detection. Because such small targets rarely release signs that can be detected by the outside world. Only with active detection can we hope to locate them.
But this carries great risks. Because of the basic logic of active detection, one's own side first releases some radiation. And this is very likely to be used by the enemy to position ourselves.
In particular, the enemy's technology is more advanced than our own, which further increases this possibility.
Based on this, after conducting this active detection, Li Heng had to order the spacecraft to leave the current coordinates immediately to prevent the possibility of being discovered by the enemy.
Every active detection carries huge risks, is very troublesome, and consumes the energy of the soldiers. But there is no way.
This time the detection generated some data, and the soldiers in the analysis and data team immediately threw themselves into intense analysis.
"No target found!"
This time the risk was taken in vain. This time the effort was wasted.
Li Heng shook his head slightly, but his voice remained firm: "Continue to maneuver and continue searching!"
But before the next exploration started, the soldiers of the observation team suddenly reported a piece of information: "Captain, we have observed that the enemy fleet numbered C-15 is approaching us!"
c-15, this is a numbering system compiled by Li Heng and more than a dozen people. Among them, c means that this is a third-level fleet. It consists of about 30 combat spacecraft, including a supply spacecraft, a flagship, and an early warning spacecraft.
Because this fleet was relatively close to his side, Li Heng had been paying close attention to its movements.
"Damn it!" Li Heng cursed in his heart.
Obviously, perhaps because of our previous active detection, an enemy satellite hidden in the dark that was not discovered by our own discovered us instead. The signal was passed, and the C-15 fleet responded immediately, trying to rush over and kill themselves.
"Propulsion power 6%!"
"yes!"
With the increase in propulsion power, the spacecraft randomly maneuvered faster and quickly escaped from its original coordinates.
The C-15 fleet finally arrived at a place about 1 million kilometers away from the original coordinates, and stayed there for a while. It seemed that they could not find themselves after searching, and finally there was no movement.
The flagship of the C-15 fleet, a captain of the bloody pirate group who was temporarily the commander of this fleet angrily slapped the table in front of him with his tentacles.
"Damn, how can you run away like this!"
At this moment, he was extremely depressed and angry.
Since the enemy has escaped from our search range, it means that the enemy's propulsion power during this period of time is obviously higher than before. Generally speaking, the propulsion of this power and its interaction with the interstellar molecular cloud are enough to be discovered and located by one's own side.
but……
It just so happens that the star field we are in at this moment is a lower-density area of the huge interstellar molecular cloud that covers the entire Iron-Blooded Star Cluster!
The density of matter is low and the interaction is small, making it easier for the enemy to hide their traces.
On the contrary, because we fight as a fleet unit, the total propulsion power is dozens or hundreds of times that of the enemy. No matter how low the material density is here, the enemy can always find and locate itself.
You can't see the enemy, but the enemy can always see you.
The enemy must have planned this in advance when they chose this star field to carry out such tactics!
Angry to anger, depressed to depressed, the captain still had no choice but to maintain the current speed and course again and drift in this space, hoping that the coordinates reported next would happen to be closer to him, so that he could go faster. Launch a counterattack and kill the enemy.
"Out of danger!"
"Okay. Get ready for the next sky survey in ten minutes!"
Tens of thousands of spaceships on both sides of the enemy and at least millions of satellites of various types are moving chaotically in this star field, like hide and seek, you chase me and escape, you seek and I hide.
After failing ten times in a row, Li Heng finally located a satellite.
"Kill it!"
"yes!"
The soldiers each became excited. A single electromagnetic gun bombardment successfully killed the satellite.
No matter how low the power of the electromagnetic gun made by humans, it is still not difficult to kill satellites.
After that, Li Heng made arrangements again.
"Group A, eat and rest immediately, and replace Group B in eight hours!"
"yes!"
The six soldiers in Group A immediately left their posts, finished their meal quickly, and after solving their personal problems, they tied six elastic ropes to themselves to ensure that no matter how they maneuvered, they would not hit the wall in this weightless cabin. , immediately closed his eyes and fell into sleep.
Although we are on the battlefield at this moment, although it is dangerous, and although it is shaking every moment, when it is time to sleep, we must fall asleep within just a few minutes. This is only the most basic quality of a human warrior.
The process of hiding and searching, fighting and escaping is still going on.
Li Heng knew that it was not just his spaceship. In this star field, there are thousands of spaceships and hundreds of thousands of comrades doing the same thing with him.
He didn't know how long he had been "drifting" before another satellite came into Li Heng's sight. So Li Heng once again reaped the results.
But the consequences this time were beyond Li Heng's imagination.
Hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, a bright flash suddenly appeared in an area that should have been empty. It seems that there is a fleet ambushing there, and it is rushing towards you at this moment.
Li Heng knew that at this moment, there were even electromagnetic gun projectiles in flight.
But... the distance between the two sides is too close now, and it may be too late to rely on random maneuvers to escape the enemy's search range.
