Chapter 535: Simple Math Problem

When he was at the Federal Naval Academy, Randall always remembered that his teacher, General Guterres, who has now joined the Atlas Group, once said that no matter what tricks humans use in the current stage of space fleet warfare, no matter how they arrange tactics, they are essentially doing a simple math problem.

And Randall has also heard this sentence from Amber, but Amber added her own understanding when saying this "classic definition" recognized by many naval commanders.

In his opinion, the essence of fleet warfare is indeed doing a simple math problem.

And it is very simple, so simple that a primary school student can do the four arithmetic operations in a little time. Through this math problem, the total power of the warring fleets of both sides is calculated, and the difference between the total power of the two sides is calculated.

In more than 90% of fleet battles, the fleet with a higher total power will undoubtedly win the battle.

As for the remaining 10%, they have become the classic battles of "winning with fewer troops" in the textbooks of various naval academies.

However, Amber's understanding of this "four arithmetic operations" has some insights that Randall has to admit that this magical man is indeed extremely imaginative.

During a communication between Amber and the command of the Atlas combat fleet, the "formula" for measuring the power and strength gap between the two fleets was mentioned. In fact, it is not as rigid as everyone imagines.

Instead, the "total power" parameters of both sides can be flexibly adjusted according to the real-time progress of the battle, and the result of this formula has actually been changing since the two sides started fighting.

Especially when the gap between the two fleets is not so large that all external conditions can be ignored, a fleet commander should actually find the optimal solution to this "four arithmetic operations" formula.

Randall admitted that when he first heard this theory, he did not understand what Amber meant.

Because in the eyes of pure academic officers like him and Cleves, and old-school commanders like Guterres, the total power of the two warring fleets is a fixed value after both sides are engaged in battle.

Unless one side continuously obtains support from friendly fleets in the battle and keeps doing "addition", otherwise this problem has been solved from the beginning.

But when commanding the third task force to attack the Rubion galaxy garrison fleet, Randall suddenly found that he seemed to understand Amber's meaning.

Because according to Amber's "perverse logic", this will be regarded as the enemy fleet of the attack target, and its total power is not the sum of the combat power of all ships

but 0.

The reason is also very simple. The axis of the opponent's fleet is not pointing to the own fleet, and it also exposes the weakest side.

And judging from the current development of the human fleet's "spear and shield", even if the deflection force field is fully opened, it is difficult for the side of the warship to withstand the main gun shooting of the same class ship.

Even if it is not sunk on the spot, it is more than enough to make a wound that penetrates the external armor plate and blows the internal structure into pieces.

Of course, super flagships such as the Infinity and the Dawn will not participate in the discussion for the time being.

So the situation Randall is facing at this time, if Amber describes a similar situation in her original words:

"The enemy's gun and shield are pointing in the other direction. At this time, you hold a spear and stab the enemy from the side or back. Do you still have to calculate the thickness of the enemy's shield and the sharpness of the spear?"

"Amber, you are really a genius!"

Seeing that the "juicy" side of the target fleet is getting closer, Randall can't help but whisper in admiration.

If Amber, who is speeding on the "hyperspace highway" at this moment, hears Randall's praise, he will probably feel a little embarrassed.

After all, his set of "perverse theories" is not researched by himself, but a "game mechanism" of fleet battles in the previous life "Starry Sky OL".

Just like some simulated ground vehicle driving games that take place on "Anton Star" and "Minsk Star", the setting of combat units will involve the difference in attack effects at different positions and angles in addition to conventional firepower and armor thickness.

Friends who often drive tanks know that in armored duels, "frontal" attacking "side" has a natural advantage.

The same is true in "Starry Sky OL" or the world where Amber is now. Since the main guns of human warships are all axial guns, the position with the strongest deflection force field effect is also at the bow, which makes the front of the warship the attack surface and the side becomes a complete weakness.

So the traditional navy's "grabbing the T head" is completely reversed and becomes "grabbing the T tail".

After all, the players in "Starry Sky OL" are not serious fleet commanders. Even if they are really naval officers in the real world, they can't use a lot of "blue water navy" experience.

So the game official is very considerate to the players who play the role of "fleet commander" and open an "official MOD", which can calculate a value called "combat power" in real time according to the current formation of both sides, the number of main guns pointing to each other, armor and the strength of the deflection force field in the fleet battle.

This setting and the "official plug-in" have changed the fleet battles of "Starry Sky OL" players from the simple and crude shooting at each other in the early days of the game to a style of constantly maneuvering to find opportunities, grabbing the sides, trying to make their fleet's "combat power" exceed the opponent at a certain moment, and launching an attack at this moment.

However, the "perverse theory" brought by Amber had only been verified in Atlas' internal fleet exercises before. The battle commanded by Randall today was the first time that this "perverse theory" was tested in actual combat.

For everyone in the Third Task Force, the more than ten minutes of the breakthrough process was undoubtedly very painful.

Because the entire fleet entered a completely "silent" state, especially after the radar wave cancellation was turned on and the optical camouflage was activated, the active detection devices of all ships were also turned off.

The Third Task Force formed an extremely dense, compact, and extremely long "spindle-shaped assault formation", and the distance between each warship was also firmly maintained on the red line of "safe navigation distance".

Therefore, the helmsman of each warship will "blindly open" through the position data of surrounding ships sent back by blue-green laser communication.

As long as the relative position between itself and the surrounding ships does not deviate, it means that the warship is still in the rhythm of the entire fleet's advance.

The "leader" leading the entire task force's assault is the fleet flagship Infinity.

Nothing else, only the 'spear tip and thick shield'

Because of this, she will also be the first ship in the third task force to launch an attack.

"Report, there are still 3 minutes to enter the attack range! At the same time, we have entered the 'outer warning circle' of the enemy fleet, and we may be detected by the enemy at any time!"

Although the tactical information coordinator of the Infinity is already the most experienced crew member in the Atlas combat fleet, he still inevitably became nervous at this moment.

After all, such a not-so-small fleet, the tactic of quickly approaching the opponent's flank in an almost stealthy manner, has never been done before, and no one knows whether it will succeed-and the commander who arranged this tactic is Colonel Randall, who is not rich in fleet combat experience

If the garrison fleet of the Rubion galaxy finds clues within the next three minutes, they will have time to react, even if they readjust the axis at the last second, then for the third task force, the difficulty of this battle will rise sharply.

"Hold on! Hold on! Maintain the current pace of the advance!"

Randall nervously grabbed the armrest of the captain's seat at this time - this is almost the "uniform action of the whole universe" of all captains and fleet commanders in a tense situation.

At this moment, Randall also knew that he and the fleet had no way out. The only way was to attack the enemy, so he could only pray that 'TF3' could dive into the reconnaissance blind spot of the Rubion garrison fleet.

Perhaps Randall's prayer worked. Major General Kimmel, commander of the Rubion galaxy garrison fleet, issued a new order when the fleet was about to enter the attack range of the 'Atlas Fleet in the V6 area' - and at the moment before the second destroyer detachment on the flank was about to discover the abnormality:

"Pass my order, the second destroyer detachment will lift the alert and follow the main fleet to participate in the assault!"

When the air observation group of the Infinity captured the other side's flank alert destroyers and frigates through optical sensors. They pulled out long tails and chased after the main position of the fleet, Randall suddenly felt that he might have been "lucky" in his dream.

The last three minutes of the advance process were different from the previous dozens of minutes of "torture". It was almost fleeting, as if the accelerator key was pressed.

When Randall felt his heart rate rising rapidly, the navigator also said loudly what he had always wanted to hear:

"Report, the fleet has entered the attack range!"

The bridge seemed to fall into a moment of silence at this moment, and in the next second, Randall's order resounded throughout the bridge.

"All fleets! Fusion furnaces increase combat output power, all weapon units are online, optical camouflage is removed, and deployment is carried out according to combat formations!"

"All HCPs, heavy armored combat boat squadrons, full deck attack! After breaking through the enemy fleet's air defense circle, priority is given to attacking enemy battleships!"

"Infinity, super-heavy purification beam generator, target enemy battleship formation, prepare to irradiate!"

Randall, restrained by the seat belt, burst out with an unprecedented force, leaned forward and pointed his finger forward, and issued a classic roar that was later recorded in the "Atlas Combat Fleet War History".

"Gods, tremble under this blow!"