Chapter 381 As Long as the Unmanned Fleet Launches an Attack

If someone had told Guterres before that plasma torpedoes alone could cause more than 50% casualties in a main fleet in a battle, he would have thought that this person had a brain problem or did not understand fleet warfare.

If this person was his subordinate, or a student when he was a visiting professor at the Federal Naval Academy, Guterres would even pick him up and swing him to see if his mind was clear.

But now, if someone said this again, Guterres would definitely nod in agreement, and excitedly and seriously said:

"Yes, this is all true! My fleet lost 50% of its combat effectiveness directly because of a large wave of plasma torpedoes!"

And on this basis, tell Guterres that the first and second commanders of the Atlas Fleet opposite him had listened to his open class at the Command Department of the Federal Naval University-and that class was about "Tactical Theory Thinking of Large-Scale Fleet Battles". I don't know what this Federal Navy Vice Admiral would think.

Of course, although Randall and Cleves knew that the commander of the opposite federal fleet was Vice Admiral Guterres, they had actually long forgotten that they had attended the lecture of this guest professor at the academy.

At this moment, with the last plasma torpedo intercepted and detonated, the "cosmic fireworks" in the formation of the Federation 13th Fleet were also set off.

Looking at the 52% fleet loss data given by the shipboard control personality on the main screen of the bridge, Vice Admiral Guterres felt a heartache.

You should know that among the 52% losses, 45% were permanent losses such as being sunk, and the remaining 7% of damaged ships were not to the extent of "all abandoned the ship", but Guterres estimated that if the damage control could not be controlled, it was estimated that "all abandoned the ship" was only a matter of time.

These are only the apparent losses, and the remaining ships in the fleet are almost all injured.

Although some plasma torpedoes were eventually intercepted and detonated, the melting and destruction caused by the high-temperature plasma fireball on the armor plate of the hull was also real damage.

These damaged parts were quickly controlled by the ship's damage control and would not affect regular navigation and combat, but if long-distance jumps are to be carried out, they must be carefully considered.

This is also the problem that Guterres is most worried about now.

The Pella Galaxy is not an important galaxy under the rule of the Star Dragon Empire, so the construction of infrastructure is really only infrastructure.

There are only so many docks and spaceports that can carry out capital ship-level repairs and maintenance, and they are basically near the colony planet of Pella IV.

If he loses the battle with the 13th Fleet and loses the right to control the sky, he will have to evacuate to other galaxies.

In that case, many ships that have "jump disintegration risks" due to damage to the hull and cannot be overhauled immediately will have to choose to abandon the ship.

"Mr. Lieutenant General, should we consider leaving the battle first?"

The words of the fleet's combat staff suddenly pulled Guterres back from the shock of the fleet's heavy damage.

"We can't just leave the battle like this, or we will be forced to abandon more ships!"

Guterres shook his head, and his impression of the new fleet operations staff officer was even worse.

Compared with the previous staff officer who returned to the rear due to illness, the new one has invested far more energy in building leadership relationships and enriching his personal resume than he has in his job as a fleet staff officer.

In terms of courage and courage, he is far from being comparable to the former.

Thinking of the former's extremely rare ordinary family background in the fleet command level, and the latter's identity as the son of a senator, and the time when he was transferred here just after the 13th Fleet withdrew from the most intense front line.

Guterres even suspected that the departure of the previous fleet operations staff officer might not be as simple as "due to illness".

Of course, Guterres also knew that this was not the time to consider these issues, so he did not get angry, but continued:

"We still have nearly half of our ships capable of fighting, and there are still 30 battleships and heavy cruisers combined. If we really enter an artillery battle, the total power of the fleet may not be lower than that of the opponent, and it may not really be at a disadvantage! Moreover, the unmanned fleet had already entered the jump before the battle began."

Guterres thought of the three unmanned fleets that were transferred to the Pella IV galaxy in advance. Although they were the first three fleets code-named "Big Three" to be launched, they also suffered certain losses in the war, but they also had the richest combat experience.

With such a new force, Guterres could not think of how he could lose.

He admitted that the Atlas fleet, especially their fleet commander, did have something, but this command ability was not enough to make up for the gap in the fleet's hard power.

Perhaps relying on this command ability can indeed defeat a fleet with the weak, but in any case, it is impossible to complete the myth of "one against three" without a main battleship.

Otherwise, countries would not need to launch so many fleets. Wouldn't it be enough to mass-produce a fleet of "Military Gods" and use it as three fleets?

"As long as the unmanned fleet launches an attack, everything will be fine."

Before Guterres finished speaking, the shipboard control personality of the "Destiny" suddenly issued a warning.

"Warning! Space collapse detected!"

"Warning! Abnormal mass growth detected in space!"

"It is determined that the small-scale fleet is leaving the jump!"

Such a warning hit Guterres' heart like a heavy hammer. He stared at the main screen of the bridge. The lens of the optical infrared sensor on it was pointing to the direction where the space collapse phenomenon was detected.

Obviously, this was not support from the Federation.

A small fleet is more likely to come from the remnants of the Empire, or the support of Atlas.

In the current situation, Guterres' judgment is more inclined to the latter.

Enemy support comes faster than friendly support, which is not good news.

After seeing the unprecedented huge warship that appeared in the universe after the space collapse phenomenon ended, Guterres's face became worse.

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"The Infinity Fleet comes to support, salute you, Commander Cliffs!"

"Thank you for your support, I won't say much, start networking and join the fleet formation!"

"Yes! Sir!"

When he saw the slightly nervous Roma temporary captain wearing the Atlas fleet uniform on the main screen, Cliffs also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was worried about whether the Infinity, which had not completed all the tests, would go wrong during the support process, but now it seems that there is no need to worry about this for the time being.

Looking out the panoramic porthole, the huge ship with a length of nearly 6 kilometers, like a giant beast between stars, and thinking that he was about to see the "first show" of Atlas's current masterpiece up close, Cliffs couldn't help but feel a little excited.

In fact, he should be the first captain of the Infinity, and this warship will also become the new flagship of the Atlas fleet.

However, since the Infinity was still in the dock when the fleet set out, and then it was temporarily dispatched urgently, only a group of Roma crew members who had just finished training and their instructors - the group of human old crew members in their seventies and eighties, became the first crew members of the Infinity.

This is also one of the reasons why Cliffs was a little worried at the beginning.

At this time, the bridge of the Infinity still maintained a direct communication state. Before the "quantum entanglement communication" became more and more popular and provided services to other forces, the combat forces and fleets of Atlas were the first units to use this communication technology.

"The battleship's fusion furnace energy group is working normally, the psychic core is working normally, all indicators of the psychic converter are normal, and the super-heavy purification beam generator has completed attack preparations!"

"Commander Cleves?"

"Start the attack, all fleets, pay attention, forward three! Prepare for the assault, ship-borne HCP on deck! After the Infinity is finished irradiating, assault the enemy fleet!"

"Yes, super-heavy essence beam generator, five seconds of irradiation, start!"