Chapter 445: Fighter Machinery Full Throttle_1

Jiang Yu issued his orders, and the Strategic Department, along with the military, began to work out the details of the plan.

They quickly came up with a viable solution: Cao Yang's plan would proceed as usual, and depending on the Silicon Star's reaction, it would be decided whether to engage in diplomatic relations with the opposing side.

In the view of the Strategic Department, the enemies on Silicon Star were more controllable than those facing the Immigrant Fleet, as they were in their own star system and belonged to the "shoed" faction.

Even if they did not cherish their own home star system, they should still care about their lives, making it easier to establish a mutual deterrence system with them.

Humanity's advantage lay in having the Star Accelerator, allowing them to "kick off" their "shoes" at any moment and flee the New Continent Star System.

Thus, from a strategic level, humanity had an absolute advantage in dealing with the Silicon Star People.

However, before Cao Yang engaged the enemy fleet in battle, preparations for communication with the Silicon Star People also had to be made.

The so-called preparations were not just the technical issue of how to establish communication channels between the two sides but also what to be aware of during the communication, and not to reveal humanity's core intelligence.

The size of the opposing Immigrant Fleet was formidable, and their normal cruising speed was much faster than humanity's speed outside of lightspeed, which put Cao Yang's surprise attack under a lot of pressure.

Before setting sail, Cao Yang specifically called Jiang Yu for a one-on-one talk: "Although our preparations aren't fully comprehensive, the soldiers are brimming with confidence.

"I feel that in this battle, we should be able to inflict heavy damage on the enemy forces."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "I suddenly recalled a conversation with the first commander of the Space Army. He said that no matter how well-prepared you are before the battle, once you reach the battlefield, you will find that your preparations are still insufficient.

"War is unknown most of the time; the enemy is unknown, the course of the war is unknown, even one's own life and death are unknown.

"Being able to use limited intelligence to accurately judge the direction of the war and the enemy's intentions is what makes a qualified commander."

He let out a long sigh and continued, "I tell you this in the hope that you understand that the universe is inherently a collection of unknowns, and we will constantly face unexpected unknowns in the future.

"When we're truly ready, chances are the opportunity has already been lost.

"Charge forward with courage! At the critical moment, trust your own judgment!"

Cao Yang saluted Jiang Yu and immediately ordered the fleet to set out. Three days and six hours later, over two thousand warships entered lightspeed.

For those like Cao Yang who entered lightspeed, their journey lasted only about an hour, but for Jiang Yu and everyone else, it was over ten months.

During these ten months, the Blue Maiden Star was in full-throttle mode, with various support missions departing one after another. Subsequently, Jiang Yu began to establish the second corps of the Blue Maiden Star.

If war broke out and the forces of Silicon Star chose to attack from both sides, it would take them over a decade to arrive at the Qingnv Star System after receiving the news.

By then, the Blue Maiden Star would have already grown strong and powerful.

This is a characteristic of interstellar warfare; when the large army sets out, the enemy is weak, but by the time the army reaches the enemy's star system, the enemy's strength may have far surpassed that of the attacking side.

Therefore, as the attacking party, one absolutely must have a decisive advantage!

In everyone's anticipation, the moment of the surprise attack finally arrived.

On the day that the Cao Yang Corps dropped out of lightspeed, the people of the Blue Maiden Star quietly awaited the start of the war.

It had become a habit for everyone now to live-stream whenever such significant events occurred.

Over the years, Jiang Yu had always paid close attention to communication with the public, believing that only when everyone considered the Blue Maiden Star as an indivisible collective would they be willing to accept strenuous work arrangements.

Although everyone was unable to participate in the decision-making process, they had the right to know firsthand information.

Before the live broadcast began, Jiang Yu arrived at the command center early.

An hour later, the communicator in the command center would immediately link up with the Cao Yang Corps, which had just disengaged from lightspeed.

Not only Blue Maiden Star but also the Solar System State would be watching Cao Yang's engagement with the enemy.

The Solar System first established stable communication with Blue Maiden Star. Upon seeing Jiang Yu enter, Number Three asked, "Have you read the report on different countermeasures for the different reactions of Silicon Star?"

Jiang Yu nodded, "I've read it. Do you have anything to add?"

"No, there's a plan that hasn't been included in the report. I'll report it to you separately after the war breaks out."

Jiang Yu was startled, then nodded immediately. There would be enough time to discuss communication strategies with Silicon Star after the war had started and Silicon Star had reacted.

Before long, Hao Ying, Bertrand, and others arrived at the command center, while Bernice and Cooper, among others, were already in position on Number Three's side.

As time ticked by, ten minutes into the live broadcast, probes that had been sent out in advance captured images of the Cao Yang Corps disengaging from lightspeed.

First, a bubble-like structure appeared in the dark expanse of the universe.

Theoretically, this structure shouldn't emit light, but it altered the trajectory of light particles, making it a visible structure.

Soon after, many blurry objects appeared on one side of the bubble and, within a second or two, they shifted from a blurry state to a solid one, quickly taking on the shape of warships.

The Academy of Sciences believed that this blurry state was the visual manifestation of the influence of virtual time on space.

This change represented the transition of the warships from their lightspeed timeline back to the universe's timeline, an effect that high-speed objects have on themselves.

Blue Maiden Star then established a connection with Cao Yang's forward command.

Cao Yang had already begun issuing orders for preparation. First came the disengagement from the Star Accelerator; then the spaceships began to accelerate using their own nuclear engines.

Following this, based on intelligence provided by the probes, a virtual tactical display was created, assembling Monster Cannons and forming strategic long-range combat radars.

The tactical display quickly came together, placing the Cao Yang Fleet about sixty astronomical units directly in front of the enemy ships.

This was Cao Yang's tactic: to use the lightspeed engine for a clean snipe at the enemy rather than pursue them!

After more than twenty minutes of preparation and deployment, the combat radar was fully operational. This radar could detect all celestial bodies within a thousand astronomical units.

The Pioneering Fleet had also been equipped with this device, but it had been destroyed before it could be fully deployed.

The enemy fleet had also detected the Cao Yang Corps, as the trail of disengaging from lightspeed was easy to spot.

It was clear from the radar that roughly thirty thousand warships had already formed an offensive formation and began charging at the Cao Yang Corps.

But times had changed, and the Cao Yang Corps had ample preparation time. With his command, "Fire!"

Over fifty Monster Cannons opened fire simultaneously. Thick beams of dark matter shot out, flying at near-lightspeed for over five hours before striking the enemy warships.

With each blinding white flash that passed, the enemy fleet lit up like the Milky Way, the gleam of death flickering on and off, like stars blinking.