Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 432 Warm Up Exercises
Although it was a bit hasty, under Kutum's direct command, tens of thousands of warships set up their formation at an extremely fast speed.

Even though he has the superiority in military strength, especially the capital ship is three times that of the opponent, but in front of the powerful Weaving Star Clan, Kutum dare not be careless in the slightest.If you make a mistake in command, you will lose the battle even if you have a superior force.The previous Greenwich Wars have repeatedly proved that tactics are more important when fighting powerful top civilizations, and only correct tactics can bring victory.

Of course, under the guidance of correct tactics, the value of military superiority can be maximized.

As a top fighter who participated in the Fifth Greenwich War, Kutum has rich practical experience.Although he is not as good as Dibabu in terms of commanding operations, commanding a fleet is not difficult, and it is a basic ability that any war king must possess.

Under Kutum's command, thousands of small warships accelerated towards the Star Weave Clan fleet.

These warships are responsible for cover, and their main value is to disrupt the opponent's deployment, making it difficult for the opponent to quickly complete the pre-war deployment, and at the same time, it can also consume the opponent's combat power.Even if small warships are difficult to pose a threat to capital ships, the captain of any capital ship will not turn a blind eye to small warships.Even a powerful capital ship cannot bear it if it is attacked by a large number of small warships.

At this time, the small warships in the Weaving Star Clan's fleet also came out.

It seems that the Star Soul Queen still has two hands.Kutum snickered to himself, but he didn't panic.

In fleet decisive battles, the two warring parties will usually send out small warships first, first to test the opponent's strength, and second to disrupt the opponent's pre-war deployment.Of course, it can also consume the opponent's troops.Because no fleet commander will use capital ships in advance, when facing the enemy's small warships, they will often send out their own small warships, so that the capital ships can complete pre-war preparations in a leisurely manner.

Obviously, the battle between small warships can be regarded as a warm-up exercise for the decisive battle of the fleet.

Although Kutum's fleet has an advantage in terms of strength, the extra ones are capital ships. Relatively speaking, the number of small warships is not that many.

In fact, this is also reasonable.

Kutum set off hastily, and he still left enough troops to seal off his home galaxy.Even if it is determined that the human legion will not take this opportunity to launch a counterattack, Kutum still left enough troops and the battleships necessary to block the home galaxy just to be on the safe side.Because the human legion has not been defeated, there are still enough troops, and the blockade area is very large, so most of the left are small warships.

In addition, the Silicon Charm army commanded by Kutum controlled most of the fourth northern region, occupied the most star systems, and many troops were stationed in other places.When Kutum gave the assembly order, many warships in the star system couldn't arrive in time, especially small warships with relatively poor navigation capabilities.Because many small warships were too late to arrive, Kutum could only keep these small warships.

In Kutum's fleet, although there were [-] capital ships, there were less than [-] small warships.

Relatively speaking, this ratio is indeed too small.

Under normal circumstances, in a fleet, small battleships should account for more than [-]%, and the ratio of the main battleships should be three to one.Although the combat effectiveness of small warships cannot be compared with capital ships, small warships are more flexible and can more effectively perform low-intensity combat missions.More importantly, small battleships are the main force against space fighters, and can also provide protection for capital ships in melee.

Simply put, without enough small warships, capital ships are vulnerable to surprise attacks.

Although the capital ship has powerful weapons, an SSS-class capital ship can easily destroy a star system, but these weapons cannot be used to deal with small and flexible space fighters, and no fleet commander will let the capital ship deal with space warplane.Only in long-distance battles can the combat effectiveness of capital ships be brought into full play, and in close-range melee battles, capital ships have almost no advantage.

In fact, this is the necessity of the existence of small warships.

In fleet decisive battles, the first task of small warships is to keep the enemy's warships and fighters at a distance, so that the capital ships of one's own side can attack as much as they want.If there are not enough small warships, the enemy fleet will launch space fighters to attack after approaching.Although it is difficult for ordinary space fighters to pose a fatal threat to capital ships, especially SSS-class capital ships, they can cause damage to capital ships, thereby weakening the combat power of capital ships.In addition, some specially-made space fighters have strong attack power, and can even destroy capital ships.That's why, in the decisive battle of the fleet, the side with the superior force will try to keep a distance to avoid entering the attack range of space fighters.

To achieve this goal, there must be enough small warships, and only small warships can effectively deal with space fighters.

Ahead, the battle was fierce.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of small warships from both sides were fighting together.

At this moment, Kutum had already noticed that the small warships of the Weaving Star Clan were extremely powerful.

In a one-on-one battle, the small warships of the Silicon Magic Alliance are less than the slightest advantage.Even if it is two against one, the chances of winning are not great.If there are enough small warships, there will be no suspense in this battle.The problem is, the small warships in Kutum's hands are not enough.

Battleships were destroyed almost every second, followed by violent explosions.

Gradually, Kutum couldn't sit still.

In just a few minutes, he had already lost thousands of small warships, while the Weaving Star Clan fleet lost less than three hundred small warships.

If this fight continues, all his small warships will be wiped out within half an hour.

Perhaps it was less than half an hour, because as the balance of forces between the two sides reversed, the small battleships sent by Kutum would be damaged at a faster rate.

With all the small battleships gone, there is nothing to fight in this battle.

Although it was the first time to fight against the Star Weaving Clan fleet, Kutum knew that the female warriors of the Weaving Star Clan were the most powerful force in the entire Galactic Alliance.To put it simply, the Weaving Star Clan is better at fighting alone. Every female warrior has a strong combat power, and they may all have space fighters.

As long as the combat distance is shortened, the advantages of the Weaving Star Clan fleet in close combat and melee combat can be brought into play.

Obviously, this is also the key to the full-speed impact of the Star Weaving Clan fleet.

After thinking of this, Kutum didn't hesitate, and immediately issued an order to the second echelon in front, and let the forwards, mainly S-class warships, go into battle.

Strictly speaking, an S-class battleship is a capital ship.

In the past few Greenwich Wars, especially the first three Greenwich Wars, the S-class battleship was the standard battleship for both sides.In fact, the criteria for evaluating capital ships come from S-class warships, that is, S-class warships are the first warships capable of conducting fleet decisive battles.However, with the advancement of technology, the warring parties began to build larger warships.With the mass production of SS-class and SSS-class warships, in the fourth and fifth Greenwich Wars, S-class warships were no longer real capital ships, but reduced to sub-capital ships.Up to now, the S-class warships are not even considered capital ships, and have been reduced to medium-sized warships, no longer capable of fleet decisive battles.

In Kutum's vanguard fleet, there are a thousand S-class warships, and about four thousand A-class and above medium-sized warships.

In the fleet decisive battle, the positioning of the vanguard fleet has always been relatively vague, and it is not wrong to say that it is a generalist.Although the combat power of the S-class battleship is not weak, it is still much worse than the larger battleships.In many cases, the vanguard fleet mainly composed of S-class warships can complete combat missions without dispatching capital ships.In the battle of the fleet, the main task of the vanguard fleet is to provide support for small warships.

To put it more directly, the existence of the vanguard fleet can defeat or even annihilate the enemy's small fleet without using capital ships, thereby controlling the battlefield situation, stabilizing the position, and keeping your own capital ships from being disturbed. Attack calmly.

Kutum dispatched the vanguard fleet at this time just to stabilize his position.

Very simply, his [-] battleships are not yet ready for battle and cannot launch an attack for the time being.If the smaller battleships ahead were routed, he would not have enough time for the capital ships to attack.After the Star Weaving Clan fleet approached, his military advantage disappeared.

The problem is, Kutum apparently forgot that he has a vanguard fleet, and the Star Soul Empress also has a vanguard fleet.

More importantly, the warships of the Weaving Star Clan have strong combat effectiveness. Facing Kutum's vanguard fleet, even small warships may not be at a disadvantage.

As the vanguard fleet entered the battle, the situation on the battlefield changed.

The Star Soul Empress did not send out a vanguard fleet, and it was still those small battleships fighting ahead.However, the vanguard fleet sent by Kutum did not reverse the situation, at most it just stabilized the situation.The battle is still going on, and it is very fierce. It seems that it will be difficult to tell the winner in a while.

Seeing this, Kutum secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Although Kutum was a little surprised that the Vanguard Fleet failed to settle the situation in one fell swoop, but what he needed now was time, time for three thousand battleships to launch an attack.Even if the losses are heavy, even if the combat power is not as good as the Weaving Star Clan fleet, as long as three thousand capital ships are ready, Kutum will have enough confidence to defeat the Weaving Star Clan fleet.Obviously, the current stalemate is not a bad thing in Kutum's view.

Time passed by, and the capital ships scattered around successively sent reports of completion of attack preparations.

Kutum waited patiently, hungry for victory, but even more decisive.Only when all capital ships are ready can they be confident enough to wipe out the Star Weaving Clan fleet, or at least severely damage the Star Weaving Clan fleet, to achieve a decisive victory.

Of course, it won't be long before all capital ships will be ready.

Besides, I have waited for so long and suffered huge losses for this, so what's the point of waiting a little longer and losing some more warships?
(End of this chapter)