From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 634: A complete show
Aquila Nebula, 'Pillars of Creation' region.

Outside the magnificent and huge dust cloud, a series of space fluctuations appeared without warning. Giant steel ships suddenly appeared in this area of ​​the universe in the white flashes formed by the space fluctuations.

As the huge fleet completed its overall jump, the fleet quickly and uniformly lit up its main propulsion array for more than ten seconds. After gaining a certain speed, it immediately turned on optical stealth and blended into the cold cosmic background.

Just 30 seconds after the flash of light formed by the space fluctuation appeared, this huge fleet disappeared again from the outer space of the "Pillar of Life".

Amber was sitting in the captain's seat on the Infinity-class super flagship No. 3, the Eternity, which had already entered the 'covert action' mode and was leading the assault fleet quietly towards a certain coordinate, listening to the information reported by the ship's control personality.

"The blackbody coating has been activated, and the cooling water has begun to operate. The surface temperature of the ship is decreasing and is approaching the cosmic background temperature."

"The passive radar early warning device has not detected any radar waves until now. The possibility of the fleet being detected by ultra-long-range long-wave radar continues to decrease."

The most dangerous and most easily detected moment for the entire fleet is the less than 30 seconds before they collectively exit the jump and enter the 'stealth mode'. During this period of time, infrared detection equipment and radar can detect the fleet.

However, until the entire fleet re-entered the 'covert action' mode, no characteristics of any detection means were found - although infrared and ultraviolet optical detection could not detect it, after the fleet turned on the black body coating and lowered the surface temperature, radar assistance was still needed to continue tracking the target. Therefore, the newly appointed shipboard control personality on the 'Eternity' also quickly came to a conclusion.

"Commander, judging from the current information, our jump has not been detected by the enemy. Shall we continue to sail in silence as planned?"

After hearing the question from the shipboard control personality, Amber thought for a moment and then said:

"The entire fleet has entered the second-level combat readiness state. All personnel have changed into cabin uniforms. Oxygen is emptied from non-essential cabins first. The main superconducting battery stack is charged. HCP and heavy armored combat boat personnel are in place."

The shipboard control personality naturally obeyed Amber's orders unconditionally, so she soon began to issue instructions to the entire fleet through the tactical network.

This mode skips the tactical adjutant and communications officer and is simplified to 'fleet command → command ship (flagship) onboard control personality → fleet'. It is a command mode that greatly tests the ability of the supreme commander. It is also a command mode that puts the entire fleet under the control of one fleet commander. It is also an experiment currently being carried out by the Atlas combat fleet on the Infinity-class ship No. 3.

However, the experiment had just been carried out halfway when the third ship, 'Eternal', was urgently commissioned along with a group of newly launched warships and participated in this secret combat operation.

Although the ship's control personality will obey Amber's orders unconditionally, other officers on the bridge will still be somewhat confused about Amber's orders after hearing the previous information.

Especially Ramos, the commander of the special strike formation, who had just been promoted to fleet tactical lieutenant, had performed outstandingly in several previous missions. So this time he was also urgently promoted to fleet tactical lieutenant to follow Amber.

It’s not that Amber doesn’t want to bring other more experienced people, but Cliffs, Randall and Guterres are all commanding the fleet to confront the federal fleet at the edge of the federal-controlled area.

Although the offensive posture displayed over there was just a cover and a tactical deception, it was the entire assets of the Atlas combat fleet after all, so Amber could only leave the three most experienced fleet commanders there.

In case the federal fleet were to become desperate and initiate an attack, they would be able to stabilize the situation and take the opportunity to counterattack. However, when it came to the secret fleet led by Amber, the senior officers naturally had to promote a group of newcomers on the spot.

Fortunately, Guterres was not idle after coming to the Atlas Group. He completed the revision and improvement of the combat fleet training outline very early. At the same time, he paid close attention to the training and assessment of senior officers in the Polish fleet. Therefore, the abilities of these officers are not a big problem. The main problem is the lack of experience.

Just like Ramos beside Amber, he asked Amber his questions with some doubts. This was also the order Amber gave to all newly promoted officers - ask any questions before entering the battle, and follow the command after entering the battle~
"Boss, weren't we discovered? Why did we enter combat readiness in advance? Did you notice something wrong?"

"Your first sentence is wrong," Amber shook her head. "We can't be sure that we haven't been discovered yet. If it's infrared, ultraviolet or other optical detection equipment, it can definitely detect our fleet without alerting us."

"But if the enemy doesn't conduct continuous radar tracking, won't the target be lost after the fleet enters the 'covert operation' state?" Ramos was still a little confused. "No, this is purely a matter of experience. You guys should listen to it~"

Amber raised her hand and called over several tactical staff officers, intelligence officers, gunnery officers and others on the bridge.

"When you encounter similar situations in the future, you must try to put yourself in the perspective of the other commander. Now think about it, if you are the commander guarding this place, and suddenly receive a report that an unidentified fleet has been discovered, and the other party quickly entered a covert operation state, do you think you still need to continue tracking?
This fleet suddenly appeared in this top-secret area. Do you think their target could be anywhere other than the secret place you are guarding?"

Hearing this, the young officers almost simultaneously made expressions of "sudden enlightenment" and "so that's it", and Ramos even started to speak directly:

"So, Boss, you are giving orders based on the assumption that the enemy has discovered us?"

Amber nodded. "Yes, the principle of hypothesis. Before you can obtain more clear intelligence, it is always right to be cautious and give the enemy a lenient view."

"Then do you think the Federation will guess our actions and deploy heavy troops here in advance to catch the turtle in the jar?"

"First of all, please shut up your 'crow mouth'. Don't think that just because the fleet's previous code name was 'Red Hand', you can speak without restraint. You must maintain a respectful heart towards 'metaphysics'."

Amber's words made the young officers around her burst into laughter. Only Ramos raised his hand subconsciously to scratch his head in embarrassment, but put it down again when he found that he had already put on the cabin suit.

"Secondly, my answer to this question is - I don't know either."

Amber shrugged helplessly. It was not that he didn't want to say it, but he really couldn't guess what choice Marshal Trafalgar would make when facing Atlas' strategic fraud.

To be honest, Amber felt that she had really done her best to complete this strategic fraud, and all the arrangements had been made to the smallest detail.

Since it was unknown to what extent the Federation knew the hull numbers of the Atlas combat fleet, all the fleets that had previously appeared publicly and participated in the war, including the two "symbol" super flagships, were left behind on the confrontation line, presenting an appearance of "the main force is out in full force."

Cleves, Randall, Guterres and others also stayed there to command the fleet, making the fleet show a 'sophisticated' tactical style.

At the same time, Murat's plane was painted exactly the same as Amber's, and when he was needed to go out, he would try his best to imitate Amber's characteristics in driving habits.

This was not a difficult task for the HCP commander. After all, the ACEs such as Murat and Louis usually practiced simulation battles with the "Amber Afterimage" with a simulation degree of up to 90%.
On the other hand, 65% of the warships participating in the attack on the proton annihilation bomb assembly center were newly launched ships, and the rest were warships whose hull numbers had not yet been exposed, which also meant that this was an "invisible fleet" that was out of the control of federal intelligence.

The biggest shortcoming of this fleet is naturally its incomplete training and lack of practical experience.

But the 'new command mode' centered on fleet command and flagship ship-borne control personality can make up for this in a sense - anyway, the main instructions are issued by Amber through the ship-borne control personality of the 'Eternal' to the entire fleet, and all ships in the fleet just need to execute orders unconditionally. They have no problem with this.

Therefore, it can be said that Atlas has tried its best to make this operation as perfect as possible, and in the few brief communications received quickly after the fleet broke away from the jump, it was confirmed that a large number of Federation Navy fleets appeared on the other side of the confrontation line.

The other side was eager to try, and even forced the six "Spectrum Destroyer" battlecruisers that were originally intended as secret weapons to carry out five consecutive rounds of light-second sniping and sank the flagship of a federal fleet.
After seeing the news, Amber couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

"Brother, I have acted to this extent, this marshal can't refuse to take the bait, right?"

(End of this chapter)