One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Two, Surrounded by Iron Walls

Time goes back to a while ago.

The expedition fleet marched all the way to Jupiter, with the main force moving forward and destroying all alien bases encountered along the way with nuclear bombs. In addition, some warships were scattered around the main force to deal with the alien bases close to the main route.

Not to mention the alien warships encountered along the way, kill all those that can be killed, and drive away those who cannot catch up.

The Jizhou Fleet Group consists of five aircraft carrier battle groups and is the largest in the history of the expeditionary force.

This does not include the international expedition fleet composed of nine battle groups. The international fleet rushing to Jupiter from another direction is somewhat stronger than the Jizhou battle group.

The two fleets each went in one direction, clearing and advancing at the same time. Before reaching Jupiter, they destroyed dozens of alien bases and sunk more than ten alien warships.

Along the way, we indeed encountered more alien bases than alien battleships. At first, we thought it was because the aliens had transferred the battleships to Mars. However, after getting close to Jupiter, we discovered that this was not the case at all. Aliens Only some battleships were transferred to Mars. There were still a large number of enemy ships hidden in the asteroid belt close to Jupiter.

Since the human fleet destroyed the alien base along the way, forcing the enemy ships to show up, these alien warships would probably not show up. They might be hiding in any corner, waiting for the human fleet to take action.

But Huo Qiang and US commander Halsey are both sober. They deeply understand that the fleet has only cleared the alien bases near the channel, and only opened two channels among the many enemy bases. There are more in other directions. Base, it is impossible to tell how many enemy ships are hidden in the dark.

Huo Qiang and Admiral Halsey discussed countermeasures more than once, and finally decided on a battle plan of marching to Jupiter with the main force and attacking the reinforcements with partial divisions.

As for which battleships are the main force and which battleships are part of the division, it is decided by the two top commanders.

Leaving aside the main force's combat plan, the partial division's combat plan refers to the wolf pack tactics used in World War II, which can be called the space version of wolf pack tactics.

The two generals had a good idea, but the aliens were not fools. As the fleet advanced, the aliens used a strategy to clear the country, actively abandoning bases along the way, shrinking their forces, and returning the alien warships to Jupiter.

And it is not to withdraw within the scope of Jupiter, but to withdraw into the inner layer of Jupiter - Jupiter is huge and has astonishing gravity. Strictly speaking, Jupiter refers to Jupiter itself, but for both sides in the war, Jupiter refers to Jupiter itself. There is an entire constellation of moons orbiting Jupiter.

This range is quite large. Currently, the farthest satellite from Jupiter is S/2003J2, an unnamed Jupiter satellite with a semi-major axis of more than 30 million kilometers. In other words, Jupiter is the center of the circle, and the spherical space with a radius of 30 million kilometers belongs to Jupiter.

In order to facilitate command, the Joint Command divided Jupiter into three layers: inner, middle and outer. The inner layer is within 2 million kilometers of Jupiter, basically outside the orbit of Callisto; the middle layer is between 2 million kilometers and 10 million kilometers. space; everything ten million kilometers away is the outer layer.

In other words, the aliens withdrew all their warships to Callisto, put on a tight defensive posture, and waited for the human fleet to attack.

Faced with this situation, Huo Qiang was not anxious at all. After the fleet arrived at Jupiter, he had no intention of attacking at all. Instead, he divided his forces and went to the outer satellites, using the materials on the transport ships to build space bases, intending to turn all satellites into Surround the alien strategic nodes.

The captains suddenly realized that no wonder they had spent so much money on both Ceres and Mars. They originally thought it was to move the enemy troops away and create conditions for the fleet to attack Jupiter. But now it seems different. This is to gain a foothold for the fleet. Does Jupiter create conditions well?

Due to various constraints, it is impossible to leave these space bases under guard.

Therefore, all unmanned bases were built. The only function of these bases was to fire at alien warships that entered the range.

The various satellites outside Jupiter have different sizes, textures, and limited fleet supplies, so these bases are also different. Some have a batch of lasers disguised as super cannons; some have a bunch of missiles to deter the enemy; and there are even just two Extreme case of naval gun.

Anyway, Huo Qiang didn't expect these peripheral bases to be of much use. The key to these bases is not how strong Mars is, but that each small satellite has weapons and equipment left by humans, and has the ability to sink alien warships. ability.

This method of gradually surrounding Jupiter layer by layer is so poisonous that it will simply kill the aliens.

The Jizhou has always been very concerned about the enemy's movements. Ever since the Jizhou fleet began to build a space base, the shrinking alien fleet has been ready to move, and it looks like it may rush out at any time, but in the end the enemy is still stable.

The aliens were stable, and Huo Qiang was not in a hurry. He repeatedly asked each ship to move steadily.

"At critical moments, you must be calm and steady as a mountain!" Huo Qiang said.

If you think about it carefully, this is also a lesson learned from the past, with the intention of solving the Jupiter problem once and for all. In the past, the expeditions went straight to the inner layers of Jupiter, but the result was that they were never able to deal with the aliens.

It's different now. Although the method of gradually encircling is a bit stupid, the effect is definitely much better than attacking the inner layer directly. It's not that we didn't learn lessons in the past, but because we didn't have such strong manpower and material resources, it was impossible to send so many materials. to Jupiter.

The supplies sent this time were not as rich as expected, otherwise the outer space base would not be so rough.

According to Huo Qiang, a complete space base must be equipped with at least three types of weapons: laser, missile and close defense, and have all-round strike capabilities at various distances, including long, medium and short distances. Each base must also be equipped with a reactor.

His idea was quite good, but it was a bit out of touch with reality. The fact was that the weapons were not available at all, and the reactors were even more unthinkable. In order to power the equipment, photovoltaic cells had to be laid on the satellites.

This damn place is Jupiter, where the light intensity is only 4% of Earth's. There is a large area of ​​photovoltaic cells, but there are not many devices that can be driven, which almost breaks Huo Qiang's heart.

A few days later, the international fleet arrived at Jupiter and began to build a space base in another direction.

The two fleets had different directions but the same goal. The construction speed was unprecedentedly fast. Six space bases were repaired in just a few days. If the satellites on the periphery were not too scattered, it would be no problem to double the number.

But having said that, even if the outer bases dare to fool around like this, the closer they are to the inner layer, the more complete the newly built space bases will be. There will also be a lot of equipment, and the weapons and equipment will become more and more sophisticated. Each base is equivalent to a ship. A reduced version of the battleship.

With so many space bases surrounding Jupiter, it will not be easy for aliens to leave.