From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 466: Long-distance Battlefront Cybernetics
In the Star Dragon Empire, there is a T2 resource galaxy - the Lurna galaxy.

As a burst of space fluctuations and a sudden white flash of light ended, a huge navy blue-painted warship appeared in the universe, as if it had always been there.

Then, the endless flashes of light around the warships almost covered the entire airspace. When everything returned to calm, a fleet maintaining a standard "box formation" arrived silently in this area of ​​the universe.

On the bridge of the Federation Navy's flagship, the 'Dreadnought', everyone was busy with their work, not daring to make the slightest mistake. The atmosphere on the entire bridge was quiet and solemn, as if even time had frozen at this moment.

Federal Navy Marshal Trafalgar, who was in the center of the bridge, stared quietly at the huge star map in the holographic projection.

The densely packed green and red spots distributed in different areas on the star map symbolize that the Federal Fleet participating in this operation and the Imperial Royal Navy Fleet that has been discovered so far are quietly waiting in this deep universe.

The captain of the HMS Dreadnought, and commander of the First Fleet of the Federation Navy, Admiral Carroll - one of the top few in the Federation military, stood beside Marshal Trafalgar like a humble apprentice.

He was fully aware of the responsibilities and pressures that the admiral in front of him was carrying. In this dark and deep universe where the boundaries could never be seen, every decision could change the course of history.

Yes, history. This is the common position of the senior officers of the Federal Navy on the impending strategic decisive battle.

After 80 years, the two major human forces have once again reached the climax of the confrontation, and the unprecedented massive fleets deployed by both sides will also play the final movement of this climax.

No matter what the outcome of this strategic decisive battle is, or who the final winner is, it will usher in a new chapter in human history.
Of course, such a "positioning" only exists among senior officers of the Federal Navy.

The unknown crew members, technicians, HCP pilots, and space commandos in the huge fleet would not think of these seemingly "high-level" things.

At this moment, they are just following the standard operating procedures, checking various equipment, aircraft, and weapons, making final preparations before the battle, and silently praying in their hearts that they can survive this battle and return home safely to reunite with their families.

Everyone knows that the next battle will be extremely brutal. They don't know how many people will be left in this universe and become one of the countless "stars". They also hope that they will not be among them.
"Report!" The tactical information coordinator suddenly said:

"Including the Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Fleets, the entire fleet of the Kraken Battle Group has entered the Lurna System within the specified time!
After arriving, each fleet sent news one after another, saying that they were performing evasive maneuvers with the help of planets and dust clouds based on the galaxy mapping information previously sent back!

Long-range reconnaissance ships lurking near multiple Imperial starports sent back short codes - 'No response from the Imperial fleet yet.'"

Trafalgar nodded slightly, then dragged the star map with his hand and zoomed in on the locations of several other star systems. At the same time, he asked Admiral Carol beside him:

"What stage have the fleets in other regions reached so far?"

"Report to the Marshal. Before you arrived at the bridge, the Leviathan and Setes battle groups sent news that they also arrived at their respective galaxies within the specified time and are currently approaching the target area in secret. The fleets responsible for maintaining the front line in other galaxies, as well as the two rapid response battle groups that have completed assembly, are also ready to resist the counterattack of the Imperial fleet.

Reports came from the two mobile fortresses, Tiamat and Scylla, which were used as baits. They destroyed the Imperial Navy reconnaissance ships that appeared in the space around the fortresses three hours and two hours ago respectively.

According to the speculation of the commanders of the two fortresses, the Imperial Navy should have regarded the two mobile fortresses as the main targets of attack, just as we deduced before the war."

Trafalgar nodded after listening to Carol's report. Then, while concentrating on examining the deployment of the fleets on the star map, he spoke:
"Very good, so far the pre-war deployment and pre-war preparations have been successfully completed, but the next step is the key.
We must ensure that the three main attack groups gain an advantage in the next battle, and we must act quickly and not drag the battle into a long-lasting war.
If the Empire reacts but we still can’t make a breakthrough, the area where the two mobile fortresses are deployed will be under great pressure.”
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In a 'combat meeting room' in the virtual space, the members of the 'command observation group' of the Atlas combat fleet were gathered here to watch the constantly updated news from the front line.

Through the "Quantum Entanglement Communication Network Service Agreement" between the Atlas Group and the Star Dragon Empire, a large number of communication nodes deployed in all galaxies within the Star Dragon Empire have now formed the "autonomous information collection network" envisioned by Lilith and Amber.

Although the news coming back about the fleets of both sides on the front line is rather vague and not very timely, it is enough for the members of the "Command Observation Group" to understand the overall situation.

Because both the Federation and Empire fleets played a lot of "open cards" that went viral on the public Internet during the "pre-war deployment" phase during this period.

Combined with the fragmentary information Lilith collected through other unconventional channels, they were able to piece together the deployment of both fleets.

"Watch carefully and learn well. This should be the largest and longest large-scale fleet battle in human history~"

As the information on the star map continued to update, Amber, who was also observing, spoke to the others:
"If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the first time that Marshal Trafalgar's 'Long-distance Front Control Theory' has been used in actual combat. Am I right, Mr. Guterres?"

Hearing Amber's question, the former Vice Admiral of the Federation Navy, who had a close relationship with Marshal Trafalgar, nodded in the affirmative.

"Yes, 'Long-distance Battlefront Cybernetics' is something the Marshal has been researching for a long time, but it has not been put into actual combat due to limitations in fleet size and communication technology.

The military theory system studied by Marshal Trafalgar aims to solve the complex challenges faced in conducting military operations in the vast universe, especially how to effectively manage and control military forces distributed over extremely long distances.

It combines knowledge from multiple fields such as cybernetics, systems theory, information theory, logistics, and strategy. ”

At this point, Guterres couldn't help but smile: "Speaking of which, the 'long-distance frontline cybernetics' can be applied, and the 'quantum entanglement communication technology' developed by Atlas can be said to have played a very critical role in promoting it."

(End of this chapter)