Chapter 573 Rest and Recuperate
The battle with the Reapers was not the most difficult for Duanmu Huai, but it did result in the loss of many battleships of the Tribunal. Therefore, after the battle of the Reapers ended, the Tribunal began a new round of work to collect resources and expand the fleet.
After the battle with the reapers, Duanmu Huai also understood that although the reapers in the game were almost extinct due to players killing them, the problem was that there were no players on his side. It could be said that he was now playing the stand-alone version of the online game. In the game, the player is almost extinct if he fights against him, but he can be crushed to death by sheer numbers alone.
The Reapers are like this, so when the Tyranids come, won''t they be even more doomed?
?Faced with this situation, what else can Duanmuhuai do?
There is only one way.
Explode troops!
Explode troops to death!
??It''s best if he can destroy a guild by himself!
It’s simple and crude, just use quantity A to go up.
?This problem is still easy to solve, but other problems are not so easy to solve.
For example...human hands.
?That''s right, Duanmu Huai found that there were too few people in his fleet who could command the battle.
Like this time when fighting against the Reapers, I was busy almost the whole time, and other people could not help me at all except cheering for me... Of course, I can''t blame them. An and Gu Leiya are princesses. They were good at magic combat, but commanding a fleet was another matter.
As for the remaining people... Feilin, Audrey, and Lorena can''t count on them, let alone Bambi and Kula. Even if they wanted to, Duanmu Huai wouldn''t dare to hand over the fleet command to them. In the hands of these little guys.
?Looking at it this way, it seems that all of his men are soldiers, and there are no generals at all!
It''s right to think about it carefully. After all, Duanmu Huai is a lone wolf in the game. Even if he is hired by the guild, he is a vanguard. There is no need for him to dispatch troops in the rear. He only needs to follow the orders of his employer. . So Duanmu Huai has never considered this issue, but now it seems that he has to consider it.
?So Duanmuhuai called everyone over... The three cobblers were like Zhuge Liang, and they should have some good ideas.
"Huh? There seems to be no one like this here in Manalia..."
“Mr. Duanmu wants staff officers and generals. Such people are hard to find...”
“Why don’t you ask Mr. Duanmu to ask Star Alliance how many people it wants? There should be quite a few people in Star Alliance who are good at commanding fleets.”
“Is it the Inquisition’s fleet or the Star Alliance’s fleet? How to ensure loyalty?”
??Although An, Gu Leiya and others are not good at commanding battles, as royals, they immediately noticed the biggest problem.
That’s right, loyalty.
The army is the largest pillar of power, and as a person who commands the army, loyalty must be the most important. This is also the reason why emperors in the past dynasties often ignored talented people and instead chose some mediocre generals to command the army. After all, for many rulers, talent is the second priority, and loyalty is the first priority.
??If you are talented but not loyal, aren''t you just waiting to be crowned with a yellow robe?
?Especially for a talented and ambitious general, if he doesn''t meet an emperor who is equally talented and ambitious and can control him, who would dare to hand over the army with confidence?
Although the Inquisition is not a country, as the vanguard against aliens, heretics and demons, their requirements in this regard are no less than those of the Emperor. If you cannot agree with the ideas and methods of the Inquisition, you will not join. In this case, it is indeed very difficult to find a suitable one.
?At this moment, Suzuki raised her hand with a smile.
“Then, do you want to look for it in the sergeant academy?”
“Non-commissioned officer school?”
"Yes, there is a non-commissioned officer school in our world that specializes in training officers. There may be suitable talents among the students there."
"Your world... the level is somewhat low."
This is also the reason why Duanmu Huai has never thought of looking for officers from Manalia and Tianji Province before. After all, the tactics they learn are on a plane, but space warfare is a 360-degree sphere. To put it bluntly, Sorry, a fleet can go around from below to behind and blast your anus. Moreover, in the universe, it is extremely difficult to distinguish up, down, left, and right. The general generals will be confused just when they encounter the enemy...
“Huh? But what you want, my lord, is not an ordinary general. If he is that kind of genius, he will not be able to meow as soon as he learns it.(=∩ω∩=)”
“It seems reasonable for you to say that.”
Hearing what Lingnu said, Duanmu Huai also felt that it made sense. Indeed, what was the use of ordinary generals in his trial court? He wanted the kind of genius. And since it is a genius, it must be regardless of the era. All can bear fruit.
"Wait a moment."
? Duanmu Huai was also very fast. After making the decision, he immediately gave an order to Lumière. A moment later, Duanmu Huai returned to the room with a helmet and handed the helmet to Suzume.
“Meow meow? Is this??”
"A VR tactical simulator, used by the Star Alliance. I asked Lumière to help me adjust the parameters and change it to the version of the Tribunal. You can use this to find someone, and if you see something suitable, let him test it. Then just tell me who passed the test."
Although it was said to be a selection, Duanmu Huai did not relax the selection criteria. He changed the VR tactical simulator originally used by Star Alliance into two parts. The first part is a tutorial, which allows players to understand the rules of space combat. The opponent is Swarm.
The second part is actual combat. Players must lead an Inquisition army to simulate what to do if a Tyranid swarm attacks a system.
That''s right, this is equivalent to the **** difficulty level after the tutorial.
After all, there is only one level. And Duanmu Huai wanted to see who could persist the longest in this situation!
After all, the battle in the Inquisition itself is almost endless, and it cannot be done without a strong and determined heart.
"Miaomiao, I understand, don''t worry and leave it to the bell girl!"
I have to say that as a top ninja, Lingnu moved very quickly. After only one week, she successfully brought back the data to Duanmu Huai.
As for the evaluation...
“Many people say it’s too difficult.”
"This is normal. How can we tell their strength without difficulty?"
As Duanmuhuai spoke, he took back his helmet and opened the data.
??Well, most people only lasted for more than ten minutes and then gave up. This is normal. After all, the levels are different, and Duanmu Huai has no hope... But the first place result is exaggerated.
“Five hours? You still managed to pass the level? Are you kidding me?”
Looking at the record in front of him, Duanmu Huai was shocked. You must know that this is a nightmare difficulty. Even Duanmu Huai himself is not sure whether he can win in this way. How did the other party do it?
Out of curiosity, Duanmuhuai opened the game record video and started watching it.
At the beginning of the battle, the commander did not get much information. He only knew that there was an unknown alien invasion of the galaxy, and the commander needed to investigate the situation. After that, the commander was allowed to do whatever he wanted. In the records Duanmuhuai had read before, most people sent out scout teams immediately, and then were wiped out by the insect swarm. Then they either chose to divide their forces to engage in guerrilla warfare, or to stick to the planet.
But in fact, both of these are normal but very useless ways to deal with the Zerg. After all, the Zerg swarm can explode troops on the spot. Whether it is guerrilla or defensive, when the two sides fight, the commander will face distant enemies. The insect swarm exceeded his expectations and was wiped out by the opponent. However, the commander''s reaction was very strange. He also sent out scouts, but not just one wave, but four consecutive waves - of course, the first wave of scouts was eliminated, but at the same time, the other party also sent out scouts from the subsequent three waves. Obtained general information about the insect swarm. Then, the opponent led the main fleet and rushed directly to the battlefield.
“Isn’t this a way to die?”
Looking at the scene in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn''t help but complain. The commander only had one fleet. Although the insect swarm was the vanguard, the number was definitely not something that one fleet could handle. Once the two sides faced off, there would definitely be casualties. heavy.
But he fought for five hours? ?
?Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai looked at it curiously.
Then, a scene appeared that made his jaw drop.
I saw that the fleet did not enter the battlefield directly, but stopped far away from the insect swarm army, and then... opened fire directly.
???”
Duanmu Huai looked at a series of gunfire across the star sea, flying towards the insect army, and then exploded inside... He was also confused.
This is also okay?
Seeing this, Duanmuhuai somewhat understood what the other party was thinking. To put it simply... it was a beyond-visual-range attack.
No, this is no longer a beyond-visual-range attack, this is at the level of a cruise missile.
?This is actually normal. Generally, weapons have a distinction between "effective range" and "maximum range". The so-called "effective range" refers to the accurate distance at which the weapon reaches the expected accuracy and power requirements when shooting at a predetermined target. The "maximum range" refers to the farthest distance from the bullet to the ground after flying out of the muzzle. Accuracy is not important, and power is not important, only the distance is important.
?Of course, there is no accuracy at all, it just depends on where you hit it.
But, in the universe, this is a different story.
As we all know, the universe is a vacuum environment with almost zero resistance. Once launched, it will keep flying forward. Of course, if it is an energy attack, it will disappear as the energy itself is exhausted. But if it is a cannonball, then it will keep flying and flying...either it will hit some unlucky celestial body, or it will go nowhere.
So strictly speaking, as long as you predict the opponent''s position and speed, you can indeed launch an attack in this way. Just like a submarine predicts the speed and route of a battleship, it can also blast it directly with a torpedo, and then it will be too late by the time the other party finds out.
The principle is very simple, but in fact, this trick is not easy to use on the actual battlefield.
The reason is equally simple.
?The universe is too big......
Even if it is a galaxy, if you put 10,000 warships in it, it is only a drop in the ocean. Trying to use this method to conduct a beyond visual range attack is as difficult as using a pistol to hit a fly five thousand meters away without aiming. It is simply a dream. Not to mention that the universe is not the sea. People can hide up, down, left, and right wherever they want. As long as you miss the first wave of attacks, it is equivalent to directly exposing your position to the other party.
Players have also tried this method before, but later said that it was not for humans to play at all, so they gave up.
But right now, there are actually people who actually fight in this way?
Sure enough, although the first wave of attacks hit the insect swarm, the insect swarm also locked the attacker''s position. Soon, a large number of insects were seen moving forward quickly, as if a huge monster stretched out its huge tentacles, trying to catch Live like prey hidden in the dark depths.
?At almost the same time, Duanmuhuai saw the fleet and reacted immediately. He saw them retreating while continuing to fire - what Duanmuhuai didn''t expect the most was that almost every time he fired, he hit!
How is this done?
You must know that when the fleet launches an attack, the insect swarm is still outside their field of vision. Most people will only feel that the fleet is meaninglessly consuming ammunition. However, in fact, every attack of the opponent accurately hit the place where the insect swarm troops were the most dense and concentrated.
Is it through the scout troops?
Of course Duanmuhuai also saw it. The other three scout troops did not withdraw from the battlefield, but kept monitoring the insect swarm army from a distance. If we use this method to calculate the position and coordinates of the insect swarm, as well as its speed and planned trajectory, we can indeed launch an attack in advance - but Duanmu Huai cannot do this kind of thing.
Because this requires a lot of calculations, and his brain would freeze if he did more than four arithmetic operations.
As for those who are good at calculus and advanced mathematics, they will be returned to the school after graduation.
“No wonder I can play for five hours.”
Duanmu Huai quickly watched the whole process and shook his head helplessly. The opponent''s tactics are very clear, which is to use this beyond visual range attack to delay the kites flying the insect swarm, and then evacuate the civilians on other planets as much as possible. When the insect swarm attacks the planet for "on-site replenishment", just issue an extermination order and stick to the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field. Slowly, little by little, most of the effective strength of the insect swarm is worn away, and then the core of the insect swarm is attacked. The battleship launched an attack, breaking through the defenses and then defeating it.
The whole process can be described as smooth and smooth. In the first four hours, almost the fleet was grinding blood, just like a level 1 player challenging the final BOSS. Maybe I only lose 1 drop of blood when I hit you, but as long as you can''t hit me, I can. It keeps killing you.
In the last half hour, when the vanguard of the insect swarm was almost exhausted by this tactic and was about to break through the defense, the retreating fleet suddenly accelerated, tore through the opponent''s tattered defense network, and then rushed directly into the battlefield, catching the Zerg. The mothership bombed them indiscriminately and finally won.
From a combat perspective, it is impeccable. Of course, the only flaw is that the opponent did not consider the existence of chicken thieves when setting up the evacuation. As a result, most of the evacuated transport ships were hacked by chicken thieves, which also caused a certain degree of losses to the fleet... But overall Said, considering this is the opponent''s first time fighting the Tyranid swarm, it''s really good to be able to defeat them.
“Well, it’s pretty good.”
After reading the process, Duanmu Huai nodded with satisfaction. The other party''s whimsical ideas were second to none. What Duanmu Huai liked most was the commander''s ability to control several fleets at the same time - you must know that Duanmu Huai initially only gave He had a fleet, and then the commander first divided the fleet into four scout formations, and then divided the transport ships into three formations to go to the planet for evacuation at the same time. At the same time, he also needed to keep locking and predicting the direction of the insect swarm. Direction and position, and seize the favorable opportunity to counterattack... This is exactly what Duanmuhuai needs.
“It’s just him, where is this person’s information?”
"Here, her name is Icote Malius, and she is the chief of the Military Academy."
“She’s actually a woman? Forget it, this question isn’t important, but chief... this is not easy to handle. Is she willing to come?”
"I think there should be no problem. Because she was born as a civilian, she has been bullied in the non-commissioned officer academy. In fact, she is still in deep debt. I heard that she borrowed loan sharks to repay her tuition fees, and she still can''t pay the money..."
“Huh? I just can’t figure out what kind of brain circuit this is.”
? Duanmu Huai couldn''t help but be shocked when he heard Ling Nu''s report. To be honest, every time he saw similar scenes in novels, animations and games, he always found it incredible. It makes sense for you to say that you were bullied because of your introversion, cowardice, and poor academic performance, but it is unbelievable that you would be bullied as a top student. After all, in Duanmuhuai''s era, every top student was the pet peeve of the class teacher, and it was all because of The teacher was covering him, and any one who didn''t have the foresight to dare to trouble those three good students would be immediately punished by the teacher and made him cry for his father and mother.
Or is it that times have changed? Now teachers don’t even take care of top students and college chiefs? So what do you teachers need to do? Do you want to eat dry food?
“Furthermore, according to my research on Suzume, her military advisor level is also the highest among all humans, but she is LV2.”
“Are you serious?”
Hearing this, Duanmuhuai couldn''t sit still. Of course he knew that people in Lingnu''s world could see his level limit and talent skills. Among the people Duanmuhuai knew, one of the people with the strongest commanding ability was Uruze, a young girl in the Seth Kingdom who used to be in a wheelchair. Her military advisor level was only LV1.
??However, this Aikote, who was born as a civilian, has a military advisor level of LV2?
You must know that skill level 3 is the highest limit, and many people in that world don''t even reach level 1.
From this point of view, Aikote is indeed worthy of the title of genius strategist.
“Bring her here immediately...forget it, I’ll go find her directly!”
?Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai couldn''t sit still anymore.
(End of this chapter)