Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 566: The Plan and the Shock
After leaving behind this Province-Class transport ship, Xiao Yu set off for the Death Flower Star System. Inside this Province-Class transport ship were a large quantity of fundamental heavy industrial equipment urgently needed by the Pegasus Civilization, hard drives storing the Pegasus Civilization’s complete technological system, and a great deal of precious supplies that could be used to repair warships.
Such a Province-Class transport spaceship was like a life-saving rope for the current Pegasus Civilization. It meant the Pegasus Civilization no longer needed to expend energy to make up for technological discontinuities, no longer needed to worry that damaged spaceships could not be repaired. It meant the Pegasus Civilization once again possessed the potential to develop.
But to Xiao Yu, all of this was merely a bargaining chip to complete this transaction. Xiao Yu would not care about the Pegasus Civilization’s so-called vengeance or gratitude. The reason was very simple. When your Pegasus Civilization was at its strongest, I could still destroy your civilization. Now you are like a pack of homeless dogs, and I have even less reason to fear you. As for gratitude, Xiao Yu treated it as nothing but a joke. Xiao Yu did not believe he would ever fall so low as to need help from the Pegasus Civilization.
After obtaining intelligence on the entire Level 5 Civilization Alliance hiding in the Death Flower Star System, Xiao Yu no longer hesitated and immediately altered his flight trajectory. The Death Flower Star System was about more than six thousand light years away from here, and at Xiao Yu’s speed, it would take a little over one hundred years to arrive.
The fact that twenty Level 5 civilizations had actually joined forces did indeed give Xiao Yu a jolt. This meant at least two hundred million warships were waiting for him there. Although the combat power of those warships and their performance in every aspect could not compare to his own spaceships, many ants can bite an elephant to death. This was still a huge threat to Xiao Yu.
“In the past I always relied on my enormous computational power to use quantity to crush other existences. How has the situation been reversed, turning into others relying on quantity to strike me?” Xiao Yu thought with a bitter smile. “I have only eighteen million usable warships, and only ten million reserve warships. The planetary war star, though formidable, likely cannot withstand a siege by hundreds of millions of warships. How should this battle be fought? It will require careful planning.”
There was no doubt that in a frontal clash, Xiao Yu was not a match for the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, not even with the planetary war star. Xiao Yu’s technology was advanced. The planetary war star was indeed the most formidable existence among Level 5 civilizations, but the enemy’s number of warships was too great, great enough to compensate for the gap in quality purely with quantity.
There were still more than one hundred years before Xiao Yu would arrive at the Death Flower Star System, and he still had ample time to think about how to deal with the current situation.
“I have sufficient confidence in the planetary war star.” said a committee member of the Military Committee. “I have analyzed the battle process between our Divine Ark Civilization, in its initial stage when we had just obtained a Province-Class spaceship, and that Infinite Proliferation-Type alien beast. I think we can replicate the circumstances of that battle.”
Xiao Yu knew what this committee member was referring to. It was the situation when Xiao Yu had just acquired his first Province-Class spaceship, the Hebei. The Hebei spaceship was constructed entirely using the flesh and blood of a high level alien beast, and its performance reached a certain degree of strength. When facing an endless sea of bugs, the Hebei, relying on its powerful performance, directly adopted a brutal ramming approach and smashed through, forcing that Infinite Proliferation-Type alien beast to flee.
“The planetary war star also has this capability.” the committee member of the Military Committee continued. “No matter how many warships the enemy has, as long as we take the planetary war star as the vanguard and supplement it with fleet defense, we can ram straight into the enemy’s defensive circle. Then we use the stellar cannon to destroy the Death Flower Star System’s star. In order to avoid the powerful energy of the star’s explosion, the enemy fleet will inevitably scatter like sand, and we will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.”
“I do not agree with this opinion.” Another committee member of the Military Committee expressed the opposite view. He brought up a set of data and said, “According to the war simulation results, with our eighteen million warships and ten million reserve warships, if the enemy has our current level of fleet combat power, then about forty million warships would be enough to rout us. I do not believe that the two hundred million warships of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance would have combat power inferior to our forty million warships. What is more, since this is a star system’s defense system, then within the star system there must be countless interstellar fortresses, interstellar gun turrets, or clusters of interstellar bombs. Under such dense attacks, we will not be able to withstand it.”
“Interstellar war changes in an instant. A simple comparison of numbers is meaningless.” the first committee member to speak said. “I do not believe the Level 5 Civilization Alliance will gather all two hundred million warships to besiege our planetary war star. Our goal is only to acquire the enemy’s technology, not to annihilate them. Therefore, relying on the planetary war star’s formidable combat power, forcibly capturing the enemy’s Continent-Class warships is also feasible.”
“I disagree. The risk is too great.” The other committee member still held to his opinion. “The enemy we are facing this time is no trivial matter. I have a premonition that this will be our final war before advancing to a Level 6 civilization. This war will be far from simple.”
“Then what is your opinion?” After the meeting had been in session for several hours and the committee members had argued for several hours, Xiao Yu finally spoke.
“My opinion is…” This committee member hesitated slightly, but his tone immediately grew firm. “We already possess the capability to transport planets, so why not fight a protracted war against them? My plan is as follows…”
As he spoke, the committee member stood up and pointed at a star map, continuing, “There are dozens of stellar systems around the Death Flower Star System. It is certain that many planets exist among them. We can directly transport planets over, stabilize them in outer orbits around the Death Flower Star System’s primary star, and directly establish large-scale mining, foundry, and shipbuilding bases on these planets. By relying on your vast computational power, Master, we will manufacture spaceships endlessly. Once front-line spaceships are destroyed, reinforcements from the rear will immediately fill the gap. Using this method, we will wear down all usable combat power of the Level 5 Civilization Alliance.”
“I do not believe the Level 5 Civilization Alliance’s war potential is greater than that of our Divine Ark Civilization!” the committee member concluded.
“In that case, are you not worried the Level 5 Civilization Alliance will directly dispatch forces to seize the planets we transport over?” the other committee member rebutted. “With two hundred million warships, I do not believe they lack the capability to launch raids. If they occupy the planets we transport, would we not have handed them resources for nothing?”
“In that case…” The committee member pondered a moment and replied, “We can make use of planetary engines, and instead of relying on a star’s gravity to obtain stable orbits, we can directly fix the planets in regions far from the Death Flower Star System. If the Level 5 Civilization Alliance wants to seize the planets, they will have no choice but to launch an expedition and bypass the main battlefield to raid the rear. We can also lay ambushes on these planets and execute a strategy of surrounding a point to strike at the reinforcements.”
“If that is the case, there may indeed be some feasibility.” The committee member who had been opposing finally voiced approval at this point. He said, “However, I still think we should execute both tactics simultaneously. The method of transporting planets for a protracted war can only serve as a backup.”
“Very well.” Xiao Yu nodded. “We must win this war. As you said, this is our final war before advancing to a Level 6 civilization. The outcome of this war concerns the future of our civilization, so we must be prudent. But there is no need to be overly anxious. We still have one last trump card. When matters become impossible, I will use the Sphere of Death to wipe out all of the enemy’s living forces.”
“Using the Sphere of Death here would be a bit of a waste.” the committee member said. “The Sphere of Death is our final trump card. It must not be used lightly unless our civilization faces a life-or-death crisis.”
“Yes.” Xiao Yu nodded and said, “Therefore everyone must still take this war seriously, but need not be too worried in your hearts. All right, since the overarching strategy has been decided, let us begin discussing the subsequent tactical details.”
Under Xiao Yu’s leadership, members of the Military Committee and representatives of the scientists began a heated discussion.
This discussion lasted for more than one hundred years in total. Xiao Yu formulated an immense and meticulous operational plan and did not stop until he believed there was no chance of failure. By that time, Xiao Yu’s fleet had already reached a distance of less than one light-month from the Death Flower Star System.
Intensive detection on all fronts had begun. Upon obtaining the first detailed intelligence on the Death Flower Star System, Xiao Yu suddenly felt as if all prior efforts had been in vain.
Xiao Yu stared in disbelief at the three-dimensional simulated animation image, waves of shock surging through his heart.
It was not only Xiao Yu. Those scientists and committee members of the Military Committee who had participated in formulating the operational plan were also stunned when they saw this scene, all of them struck speechless.
“This, this Level 5 Civilization Alliance is far too insane. How did they do this? How could it be like this? With such a tight star system defense, is it truly possible to breach it?” a committee member murmured as he looked at the scene in the center.
“Even the planetary war star would likely be unable to move an inch before such a tight defense. Apart from the Sphere of Death, do we truly have any way to break through…”
