Beneath Deep Space

During this period of rest and inspection, a large number of soldiers and engineers went back and forth to maintain the damaged parts. Many weapons were overloaded and parts needed to be replaced, and some cooling liquids needed to be temporarily produced, etc.

In the captain's room of the Future, the military team and senior government officials were holding a post-war analysis.

"From the current situation, the opponent's fleet of spacecraft is determined to retreat, all circling around the metal planet, and the farthest spacecraft is only one astronomical unit. There will be no possibility for us to defeat them one by one..."

"...The paralyzed flagship has not had any large spacecraft to rescue it, but there are several small spacecraft. Do we have to wait?"

"Alas, it is not cost-effective to use superluminal missiles."

The new humans' "surrounding the corpse and attacking the reinforcements" tactics did not achieve particularly great success, and there was no large flagship to rescue foolishly.

Of course, there are still rescue forces, but they are just a group of small spacecraft with poor performance.

"They are not stupid... If we use superluminal missiles to bomb some small spaceships, it is not cost-effective. Besides, these rescue ships should be mainly composed of lizardmen troops, so it doesn't matter if they are killed." One of the experts said: "Plus, our antimatter reserves have dropped on a large scale..."

"In summary, it is not recommended to use expensive antimatter missiles."

Yu Yifeng nodded, but did not speak immediately.

In this war, the large consumption of antimatter made him feel quite troubled. This thing is the most powerful combat power of the new humans. Whether it is photon torpedoes or antimatter cannons, all must be used.

If it is really consumed, the firepower of the Future will be greatly reduced.

"...Use ion cannons or lasers to bombard them from a distance. We can't let them rescue so smoothly..." After a while, he said again.

Immediately afterwards, everyone began to discuss the next tactics, including how to fight, how to set up the artificial intelligence of the spacecraft, etc.

Just at this time, the astronomical observatory seemed to have made another important discovery and sent several photos directly to the screen in the captain's room.

An expert pointed to a photo, coughed, and said solemnly: "Everyone, just now, we observed the departure of these enemy spaceships!"

"These medium-sized spaceships are not the junk spaceships of the Lizardmen's pseudo-army, but the orthodox troops. After they left the main force, they quickly entered the superluminal state. Because the distance was too far, we did not launch an attack."

"... It's in this direction. We suspect that it is going to call for reinforcements!" The expert drew a route on the photo with his finger. "Whether it is calling for reinforcements or from the perspective of rescuing tens of millions of Lizardmen, our speed needs to be as fast as possible! Try to end the war within two months."

"Reinforcements!" Yu Yifeng's heart jumped heavily. This is another not-so-good news.

The entire conference room suddenly quieted down.

Now, there is no good opportunity to fight guerrilla warfare. Under such transparent information, the two sides can only fight head-on at close range.

Can the new humans afford such a price?

In other words, how much price are the new humans willing to pay in exchange for a victory?

After a long while, Yu Yifeng frowned and said, "I don't think we need to be too anxious about the reinforcements. Space travel takes at least years, so it's impossible for them to arrive in a few months. I don't believe that there are a large number of reinforcements near this planet... There are already quite a few troops stationed here." "However, if we want to save so many lizards, we really need to solve it within two months. Otherwise, the Antai civilization will know that we are the "enlighteners" in the eyes of the lizards, and it will be a lot of trouble." Even so, a question still arises in people's minds: fight or escape? The opposite side has set up an iron bucket formation, and the entire fleet keeps changing speed. It is difficult to succeed again for a long-range sneak attack of more than one light minute; some drones sent by the enemy have also appeared near the Future, which means that there is not much possibility of mining and consumption here. There are only two ways: first, fight a head-on decisive battle at close range as soon as possible. Second, escape and give up this plan. "Can we win the decisive battle? How many people will die?"

"The war has already started, do we have to give up halfway?"

After calming down, the senior leaders frowned and thought about this question.

For a civilization, the cost must be proportional to the benefits. This benefit can be short-term or long-term, but it must not be ignored and rushed.

Blindly fighting to the last soldier, even if you win, it is a fluke and absolutely irresponsible behavior.

"Now, this problem is in front of us, and we must make a choice." Yu Yifeng tapped the table with his fingers and said.

"If we really seize this planetary spaceship and save a large number of lizards, it will certainly be the best result. The new human civilization will get the greatest benefit, and it will also increase the chance of survival in the war of Homo erectus."

"If we run away directly, at least we can preserve our current strength. But the LLP Silicon Alliance has one more planetary spaceship, and perhaps... it will become our enemy in the future."

"Excluding the unknown strength of the planetary spaceship, we are indeed stronger than our opponents in terms of apparent strength."

A model data is displayed on the screen. If the metal planet has almost no combat power, and all the spaceships of the new humanity are bet on, including the Future, Deep Space, Earth, Mars and a large number of "Titan" spacecraft stored inside, there will be a winning rate of more than 80%, directly defeating the opponent. !

Yu Yifeng said solemnly: "Of course, this winning rate is based on the fact that the metal planet has no combat effectiveness..."

"Now let's look at the neutrino monitoring report of the metallic planet."

There was a buzz in the conference room, with opinions in favor and objections. In this situation where we need to choose the fate ahead, everyone is hesitant.

One of the experts stood up and said: "I don't believe it for the moment. That battle star has no armed equipment at all. We must first discuss it based on the worst case scenario."

"Moreover, the opponent should also have such a war simulation system. The opponent is not a fool. If the simulation analysis shows that there is a high probability that their defense will fail, will they still hold on like this? Impossible! Therefore, the opponent must have a back-up plan!"

Another professor stood up and retorted: "That's because... they greatly underestimated our strength. They didn't know that our flagship can be separated, and there are a large number of combat spacecraft stored inside. So they underestimated us."

"We don't know the opponent's true combat power! What we see is only the apparent combat power."

"I think the opponent's back-up plan is most likely this metal planet."

According to the computer simulation results, the higher the combat effectiveness of the metal planet, the lower the victory rate of the New Humanity side will be.

Some people are even thinking about other ways to increase the winning rate of new humans. For example, use nanobugs, large-yield hydrogen bombs, etc. But the premise of these weapons is that they need to hit the opponent. If they can really hit, antimatter is definitely simpler and more effective...

"If we really want to attack planetary spacecraft, we still have to rely on simple and crude hydrogen bombs."

"... During the battle, it seemed too obvious to deliberately avoid the ring-shaped spaceship where the lizards lived. How to protect those lizards?"

If a full-scale decisive battle does occur, many details are bothering many people here.

During the discussion, Yu Yifeng suddenly had an idea and thought of a wonderful plan.

"Genetic weapons...lizards...wallfacers..."

This thought made his head spin faster and faster, as if a bolt of lightning flashed through: "It doesn't have to be a head-on battle!"

"If there are still lizards on that metal planet who are willing to take refuge, can they be... the deadliest spies for a while?"

"At least for now, due to time constraints, the Antec civilization is still unaware of the war that took place over the planet Nyx. In other words, they did not associate the new humans with the lizards. There were even some lizard puppet troops who participated The rescue of the paralyzed flagship just now also illustrates this point. "

"The other party has not thought that the lizard man might defect."

"Genetic weapons!"

According to Yu Yifeng's idea, new human scientists must develop a genetic virus specifically to deal with mantises as soon as possible! Then let the lizard spy secretly drop the virus into the metal planet.

The biochemical prevention and control of a battle star must be very strict. Conventional biological and chemical weapons will be directly physically killed or physically isolated.

But if a high-ranking lizard spy were to operate it, would it increase the feasibility?

The planetary spacecraft was partly built by Lizard, so it's impossible that he doesn't have any authority at all, right?

If this plan goes smoothly, it will eliminate a large number of the opponent's active forces on the metal planet and will not have any impact on various equipment.

"It's really possible!"

Yu Yifeng suddenly stood up...

When he revealed this genetic weapon plan, the entire conference room almost boiled. This might... be the closest the new humans have come to victory.

These think tank members talked to each other and wanted to add details. Several of the biologists are already making sure they can complete it within a month. They have already obtained the somatic cells of mantises and some natural viruses. It is time to show off the life technology of new humans.

But even so, this plan is still full of difficulties, including how to transmit the virus, how to get the "Wall Facers" to cooperate, etc.

In particular, are there any lizard people who are willing to make a series of sacrifices for the sake of the whole...

When you are a spy, the risks must be extremely high...