From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 325 Magician Lilith
"What?! Where did so many fleets come from in this remote place?"

The puppet master was confused, and so was the fleet commander of the Quest for Truth Foundation.

The latter, as the retired captain of the Federation Navy battleship hired by the Foundation at a high price, although he has never fought in the serious large-scale fleet battles between the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire, he is very useful in destroying pirates and rebels. We have experienced a lot of small-scale fleet battles.

And this kind of experience is enough for his re-employment after retirement.

But when he heard the tactical information coordination officer report that more than 80 unidentified warships had been discovered, he still panicked.

Although the Search for Truth Foundation has a great cause and the funder behind it is not short of money, it has only assembled a fleet of less than 200 ships of various types, and most of them are armed merchant ships. Small boats like frigates and destroyers.

There were only more than 90 ships dispatched for this mission to explore the ruins.

Although it sounds nice to have completed the blockade of this space area, in fact it is mainly because Wang Liangsi's side is deserted and no one usually comes here.

At this moment, more than 80 unidentified ships were launched. If they really start a war with someone, it is still unclear who will win.
However, anyone who can become the captain of a federal battleship is definitely not a straw bag. Even if he is a straw bag, he is still a relatively big straw bag.

Therefore, the fleet commander of the Quest for Truth Foundation reacted quickly after remembering that a large number of warships in the fleet had just reported problems with their fire control systems.

After a fierce battle, the squadron not only suffered heavy losses, but the flagship was also directly destroyed by a heavy particle cannon that penetrated the bridge and CIC due to "careless positioning".

Just as Andal was saying this, he heard the tactical information coordinator continue to report that other warships had returned observation results.

When he lost his command, he led the remaining friendly forces to deal with the rebels in the galaxy. Finally, he took advantage of the rebels' lax defense against electronic warfare attacks and successfully spread the then cutting-edge G9 series of electronic warfare viruses.

"I can't say that I have everything under control, but based on my experience, this is likely to be a 'tactical deception' based on an electronic warfare virus."

If the fire control and long-wave radar units have problems at the same time, and if so many warships are collectively 'sick', combined with the endless distress signal received on the international rescue channel, the fleet commander will I feel that there is a high probability that my fleet has been attacked by an electronic attack.

The Puppet Master, whose perception was different from ordinary people, quickly caught the fleet commander's emotional changes. After finding that the other party slowly calmed down from nervousness and slight panic, he floated to the other party and asked.

"Commander Andal, it seems that you have the current situation under control?"

"Continuing the notice, the entire fleet will conduct electronic warfare virus checks on the central system, and activate the third set of backup encryption rules for all communications. At the same time, we will work hard to identify unidentified ships. It is best to obtain results other than long-wave radar detection. !

Andal pointed to the situation map of the nearby space simulated on the holographic projection platform, and then said:

The rebel fleet 'discovered' the 'friendly fleet' that was supposed to arrive two days later on the radar, and finally successfully led the fleet to support it until the friendly forces arrived.
Back to the present, the fleet commander knows that if other detection methods, especially optical and infrared detection methods, except long-wave radar, do not find anything, then it can almost be concluded that the other party is just relying on the electronic warfare virus to bluff.

"To be honest, it's still too strange that more than 80 unidentified ships suddenly appeared in this place.
Even if, as you just said, there is a 'third party' in this ruins, it is impossible for the other party to summon a supporting fleet at such a fast speed. Even the regular army of the Federation does not have such efficiency."

In his mind, this possibility was almost 100%.

Before he retired, he participated in a battle to encircle and suppress the rebels. His squadron was too aggressive and was trapped in the system by a larger number of rebels when the friendly fleet still had several days to arrive.

And this is not a new tactic, even the fleet commander himself has used such tactics before.

"Let it out and let us see what is going on."

The fleet commander of the Quest for Truth Foundation spoke, and the next second his words were stuck in his throat.

Because in the many images displayed, a large number of ships were indeed found. These results from synthetic aperture radar, optical, and infrared/ultraviolet detection equipment were gathered together and synthesized through the shipboard control personality. It was like a slap on Andal's face.

"This"

Andal was speechless for a moment, because this was indeed a result he had never thought of.

"Commander Andal, it seems that your judgment was wrong."

The puppet master's voice sounded. He floated quietly near the captain's seat, looked at the unknown fleet found on the screen and said:

"Retreat. If it's just the loss of combatants, forget it. These are easy to supplement, but the Foundation's fleet must not be lost here."

"Are you sure?" Andal looked at the on-site executive in surprise.

This was not the first time that he and the puppet master had worked together. He knew that the other party would do whatever it took to get the things in the ruins.

So when the other party offered to retreat, he still felt a little abnormal.

"Okay, let's retreat. We can't deal with the things in this ruins yet."
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"Boss, the opposing fleet has retreated."

Amber, who was heading to the think tank center with Saleh, quickly received the communication from the Polarized Light. After the Foundation's warships entered the jump one by one and left, Tom and the others dared to use conventional communication methods.

"I understand. You continue to maintain covert action mode and wait for my instructions before heading to the open platform at the bottom of the ruins."

"Roger that, Boss!"

After ending her communication with Tom, Amber continued in her mind:

"Well done, Lilith."

"This is the latest electronic warfare virus developed by others. In addition to conventional interference methods, the 'image synthesis function' to tamper with the personality of the shipboard controller is the real 'killer trump card'.
However, Master, the decoy you asked the Polarized Light to release before is also an indispensable part. If the opponent's detection unit does not find any targets, I will not be able to simulate the targets of so many warships for them."

Since Amber tasted the sweetness of using inflatable bait last time, Oens and Cliffs, who were 'trapped' at the time, have been trying to continue to develop this thing.

The equipment on the 'Polarized Light' was one of Orns's achievements based on Cliffs' suggestion.

The stealth-configured, plasma torpedo-sized decoy can adjust its course through its own small Hall thruster after being released.

After receiving the predetermined signal, the bait will unfold the folded frame, use the built-in compressed gas bottle to quickly inflate and enlarge to a size of several hundred meters, and then open the corner reflector and simulate a heat source. A fully upgraded version.

After the 'Polarized Light' completed the jump and entered covert action mode, it actually released multiple such decoys and sailed towards the predetermined location.

In its undeployed state, the decoy, which is no more than the size of a plasma torpedo, will not be discovered by the Foundation's patrol fleet at all.

In this way, with the decoy deployed in advance and Lilith's electronic warfare virus, a perfect tactical deception was formed.

(End of this chapter)