From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 567 Cleves: I have an idea!

"Where to use it. Good question."

Stoner was not surprised by Major General Mueller's question, because this was indeed the issue he was struggling with.

The power of the proton annihilation bomb is so strong that even the artificial celestial fortress of the Star Dragon Empire cannot withstand the attack of this strategic weapon.

Therefore, Major General Stoner can be 100% sure that as long as this strategic weapon hits the enemy's fleet, it will cause extremely impressive results - especially since the enemy is now on the defensive and has adopted a relatively tight box formation, allowing the proton annihilation bomb to cause sufficient killing effects.

But the killing range of this weapon is limited after all. At present, the Atlas combat fleet has adopted a tactic of dividing its forces. Major General Stoner, who only has the authority to launch one proton annihilation bomb, must choose the target of attack well.

"I will attack the fleet that has just arrived from the Nadir direction." Major General Stoner made a quick decision.
"The enemy in front seems to be firm and stable, but in fact it is already at the end of its strength. After the 14th Fleet joined, we have a total of five fleets attacking, and the enemy can't resist it no matter what.

Therefore, the real threat to us is the fresh force that Atlas has just arrived on the battlefield. Since all enemies are equal in front of the proton annihilation bomb, it is more appropriate to use it to attack the fleet of Nadir that has not suffered much damage!"

After Major General Stoner gave his explanation, no one else raised any objection to his decision, because theoretically there was nothing wrong with his decision.

The core of fleet warfare, or annihilation warfare, is always to destroy more enemy manpower.

From this perspective, the fleet commander must not "save his ultimate skill to kill the remaining enemies", but should use his most powerful attack method to kill the most enemies.

Another reason why Stoner targeted the Atlas First Fleet was that he guessed that the 'boss' of the Atlas Group, Amber, who had messed up the federal situation to its current state, was very likely in command of this fleet.

Because according to the information compiled by the intelligence department, the 'Boss' of Atlas has maintained the habit of being in charge and leading the troops in almost all important battles of the Atlas Group.

Therefore, in this battle that will determine the future direction of the situation, Major General Stoner feels that Amber will definitely be in charge of the scene as before, and the opponent's fleet that has just launched an attack from the bottom of the sky is the most suitable "position".

Rear Admiral Stoner: "If... I mean if, the other party's 'Boss' is in the fleet in the nadir direction, and we successfully detonate the proton annihilation bomb."

"Then the other side will suffer more than just losses in the fleet!" Benelli immediately understood what Stoner meant, and the eyes of the other two fleet commanders lit up after hearing this.

They knew very well that if they succeeded in "killing the bandit leader" in this battle, it would definitely be a great achievement and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it would be like "saving a collapsing building".

Mueller: "I have no objection to the commander-in-chief's decision!"

Barak: "Please give the order, commander-in-chief!"

Seeing that the other three had no objection, Major General Stoner no longer hesitated and gave the order directly: "Pass my order, 'Lighthouse', start the proton annihilation bomb guided attack mission! Nearby warships pay attention to cover it!"

Soon, a heavy cruiser from the Federal Fleet broke away from the bombardment array and quickly came to a position below the fleet formation but still under heavy protection.

At the same time, a certain guidance device it was equipped with was turned on under the control of the operator, and then the guidance signal was directed to the Atlas First Fleet in the nadir direction.

The Dawn, which was equipped with a new integrated detection module, quickly discovered the unidentified signal. When the shipboard control personality analyzed that this was a guidance signal and the location of the guidance was exactly the First Combat Fleet, Amber reacted immediately.

"Fuck! It should be the Federation's new jump-type proton annihilation bomb! This guidance signal is the induction beacon for long-range guidance!"

Cleves: "Is it the one that the Federation used to attack the Imperial Celestial Fortress Battle Group?" "Yes, yes, that's it. It's no different from directly stuffing a grenade into the enemy's mouth." Amber nodded seriously, "But I really didn't expect that the Federation would be willing to use this kind of strategic weapon on us."

Cleves: "The Federation may not have thought of using it on us before, but after the sudden change in the situation in the Rubion Galaxy, they had to consider using this thing to 'finalize the issue' in an armed conflict with us."

Although the Federation had used this improved proton annihilation bomb before, Amber and her team quickly figured out the general principle of this thing with the help of Lilith - they put a shell on the proton annihilation bomb and installed high-power thrusters and jump engines.

But when they were thinking about countermeasures, they found that this thing was not as easy to deal with as they had imagined.

The proton annihilation bomb itself has great destructive power, and the time from detonation to causing annihilation damage is extremely short. If it is dropped in the right position, it can wipe out several fleets in minutes. Under normal circumstances, once the annihilation reaction occurs, there will be no way to react.

The reason why the Federation had not used this strategic weapon to attack the fleet before was simply because, firstly, there was no suitable means of delivery, and it would be too easy to be intercepted if it just flew straight over like that; secondly, the production and inventory were not large, so they were generally reluctant to use it.

But now is obviously not the time to be reluctant. After the research on the miniaturization of the jump engine has achieved initial results, the proton annihilation bomb that jumps into the field under the guidance of the induction beacon can be said to have finally completed the "last mile".

In this situation, Amber and his team found that the difficulty of interception surpassed all previous weapons.

Because after having the ability to jump, the landing point of the proton annihilation bomb is almost certain to be near the target, and it will explode as soon as it hits the ground with almost no delay.

Therefore, if the proton annihilation bomb is allowed to complete the jump, there is basically no possibility of interception. This also means that if you want to avoid being attacked, there is only one way left - to interfere with the opponent's guidance and prevent the proton annihilation bomb from completing a high-precision jump.

In this way, even if the opponent controls this weapon to forcibly jump according to the coordinates, it will not fall directly into the fleet formation, and it can still give the fleet some opportunity for "terminal interception".

As for the current scenario, Amber and his team have to find a way to destroy the "guide ship" inside the federal fleet.

"The Dawn's super-heavy purification beam generator, if it uses focused irradiation, can penetrate the enemy fleet and perform long-range 'sniping'. We have elf technicians on board, and it won't be difficult to do this if they operate it personally."

The first thing Amber thought of was the main gun of the super flagship under his feet. After all, in his memory, the elves' super-heavy purification beam generator was often used for long-range sniping.

However, a countdown quickly displayed by the shipboard control personality immediately made him give up this idea.

"Will it take another 30 minutes before we can launch again? But I don't think we will have that much time."

Amber said with a bit of a laugh, and then he looked at the others on the bridge, including Cleves: "Do you have any ideas?"

Everyone exchanged glances, and then quickly focused on Cleves. After Amber's eyes swept over, Cleves also spoke helplessly:

"I do have an idea, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Amber waved her hand and said, "Cleves, don't be so polite at this time. Just say it directly. As long as it can solve the problem, you can even let me break the formation alone~"

"Then Boss, why don't you give it a try?"

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(End of this chapter)