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In the eyes of the Three-Body Civilization, Paul's practice of stationing Infinity-class aircraft carriers on Earth just confirmed their speculation.

The Asian Fleet is just a pitiful victim. If they really want to intercept the water droplets, they should send the Infinity-class aircraft carrier with higher technological level.

Instead of standing still like we are doing now.

It is simply impossible for humans on Earth to defeat the water droplets relying solely on their own strength, so the Trisolarans became increasingly certain that this Asian fleet was just a discarded pawn to buy time, and the Infinity-class aircraft carriers left on Earth were the real threat.

Not only the commanders and soldiers of the Three-Body Fleet thought so, but many soldiers within the Asian Fleet also thought so.

Otherwise, they would not be able to explain why Paul did not go with them, and the only Infinity-class aircraft carrier that could destroy the water drop was not included in this operation.

More than a thousand high-energy particle accelerators have been built on Earth, and they are doing their best to break through the technological blockade of Sophon. Are they sacrificing themselves to buy time to make new technological progress? Does this make sense?

In such a short period of time, even if we have achieved so-called theoretical knowledge progress, it is unrealistic to transform it into actual scientific and technological productivity.

So it's reasonable to guess that Paul has other plans, but it will take more time to complete them all.

The mission of the Asian Fleet is to buy the last bit of time and slow down the advance of the water drop at all costs.

Faced with the inevitable outcome that he would be sacrificed, Lin Yun acted very calm, as if he had some other plans hidden.

As for sacrificing the Asian fleet, this is actually within the power of the Wallfacer.

Two hundred years ago, the Wallfacer Frederick Taylor tried to use macro-nuclear fusion to attack the human fleet and transform it into a quantized ghost army.

Rely on the quantum ghost fleet on the boundary between life and death to fight against the fleet of the Three-Body Civilization.

Although this plan ultimately failed, it also indirectly reflects that if necessary, the Wallfacers can sacrifice anyone, including humanity's precious space armed forces.

However, even if they were sacrificed as pawns, most of the soldiers in the Asian fleet still carried out their missions without hesitation.

They will not see the day when truth breaks through the prison of sophons, nor will they see the day when the dawn of civilization rises again, but their names will go down in history with their heroic sacrifice.

With the awareness of self-sacrifice, the Asian fleet resolutely blocked the water drop's path.

If humans can continue to exist, their heroic spirits will accompany this civilization to the end of the universe.

"coming!"

Guan Yifan opened his eyes wide, watching the nine water droplets ignore the formation of the Asian fleet and enter the range of the warships without hesitation.

At that moment, the commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Fleet gave the order: "All troops open fire!"

In an instant, the 700 star-class warships of the Asian Fleet and the satellite base in Jupiter's orbit simultaneously poured intensive artillery fire towards the water droplets.

When the dense artillery fire came like a rain curtain, the water droplets made a judgment in an instant that with the current antimatter production capacity of human civilization, it was impossible to produce so many antimatter armor-piercing shells in such a short time.

This is completely unreasonable.

Therefore, these artillery should be conventional electromagnetic metal shells, because high-energy laser beams will be reflected by the absolutely smooth mirror surface of the water droplets.

Therefore, the only option left is this electromagnetic kinetic cannon.

Although using this kind of cannon cannot destroy the water droplets, it can indeed effectively slow down the forward speed of the water droplets, which undoubtedly made the commander of the Three-Body Fleet more convinced that the Asian Fleet was delaying time.

Asking the water droplets to dodge would only waste time and fall into the human's trap, so just let the water droplets rush forward and let the shells fall on the strong interaction shell.

Anyway, these substances can't do anything to water droplets.

Soon, the first shell landed accurately on the water droplets. Just when the soldiers thought that the situation would be the same as last time, the shell was bounced away the moment it touched the water droplets.

The water droplets did not make any turning movements, but relied on receiving shells to quickly pass through the formation of the Asian fleet. They moved forward under the dense rain of artillery fire the entire time, not taking the obstacles in front of them seriously at all.

Seeing this scene, everyone's heart sank instantly. The water droplets were still strong enough to make them despair. The fate that awaited them was the same as that of the previous combined fleet.

All efforts are but struggles in vain.

When they saw the first shell hit the water droplets and bounce off, every soldier on the Asian fleet could not hide their inner sadness, and just when they were mentally prepared to die heroically.

Lin Yun's shout rang out again in the fleet's internal communication channel: "Keep firing, don't stop, fire as many shells as you can!"

Lin Yun didn't know what kind of plan Paul had arranged. The only thing he could do at this moment was to interfere with the water droplets as much as possible, even if it would buy him one more second.

Seeing the commander so crazy and determined to fight the Trisolarans to his death, the soldiers, with their blood boiling, also roared in anger and activated all their electromagnetic kinetic weapons with the determination to die.

Just pour all your firepower into the water droplets.

In an instant, the Asian fleet, with full firepower, gave up adjusting its position and all movement. The overwhelming barrage of bullets formed a dense steel wall, covering the space where the water droplets were moving.

However, when these shells hit the strong interaction material shell of the water droplets, it was like waves hitting rocks, and there was no way to cause any substantial damage.

Lin Yun knew that his own artillery could not cause any damage to the water droplets, but he didn't care. The only function of these electromagnetic kinetic energy cannons was to rely on the huge kinetic energy to hit the water droplets and affect their flying speed.

Even if a cannonball can slow down the time it takes a water droplet to reach Earth by 0.5 seconds, it is valuable.

And these martyrs of human civilization can also make their own contributions at this moment.

At this moment, the unmoved water droplets were like a sea train speeding against a violent storm, forcing their way through the dense rain of artillery fire. The vacuum Valsex electric field gave them such a powerful propulsion that the water droplets ignored most of the kinetic energy of the artillery shells.

Even if it encountered a warship blocking its way, the water droplets just rushed forward and created a large hole with a diameter of five or six meters on the star-class battleship.

Some warships were lucky enough that the water droplets did not penetrate into the fuel tanks, but only caused gaps in the sides of the hull, which still had a chance to be repaired.

But some warships were quite unlucky. As soon as they came up, their fuel tanks were destroyed by the water droplets, causing violent nuclear explosion reactions on the warships. Thanks to the wide intervals between each warship, the surrounding warships were not affected.

However, the water droplets did not intend to destroy these star-class battleships. Their target was the Earth, and these insignificant battleships had little impact on the water droplets.

When a metal shell impacts a strong interaction material, it is like an egg hitting a rock, and it will only be smashed to pieces.

At this moment, one of the nine water droplets swept towards the Gravitation of the Asian Fleet. This battleship was the command center of the Asian Fleet, and Lin Yun himself was on this battleship.

The weapons on board the Gravitational had no effect on the water droplets. Even if they tried to evade them now, it was too late. No matter how fast they were, they could not be faster than the water droplets. At this moment, alarms were flashing everywhere on the Gravitational. The shrill alarms mixed with the dazzling red lights were like dull drumbeats, beating on everyone's heart.

The young Guan Yifan clenched his fists, trying his best to suppress the fear in his heart. He was just a student who had just graduated from college. Unlike these battle-hardened warriors, he still lacked some courage.

But even so, Guan Yifan still held his neck stiff, looking as if he was ready to die.

As a scholar in the field of astronomical science, Guan Yifan cannot operate the electromagnetic gun device, nor does he have extraordinary fighting ability. The only thing he can do now is to straighten his back and greet the end of his life with a calm attitude.

However, Commander Lin Yun seemed very calm, as if the battleship that was about to be destroyed by the water droplets was not the Gravity.

The soldiers on the ship continued to roar in grief and anger, controlling the electromagnetic rapid-fire machine guns to fire at the water droplets.

"Fuck you Trisolarans!!"

The dense storm formed by the shells swept towards the water droplet, but was bounced back by the strong interaction material. This water droplet has endured countless shells and machine gun attacks, but there is still no sign of damage.

No matter how strong a metal object is, there will come a day when it will weaken and break. However, the indestructible body of a water droplet is so hard that it makes people despair. Its absolutely smooth surface not only bounces back these kinetic energy shells.

It also bounced back the strong unwillingness of human beings. No matter how humans cursed and yelled, the water droplets remained calm and flawless.

Lin Yun tensed the muscles on both sides of his cheeks and clenched his teeth involuntarily. Human beings are so small and humble in front of the Three-Body Civilization.

The more indifferent the water droplets are and the more they ignore human attacks, the more they are hitting the technology that humans are proud of.

Seeing that the water droplets were within the right distance, Lin Yun finally issued a new order, asking his subordinates to replace another batch of shells. Then he silently raised his right hand and saluted in the direction of the earth.

That's right, he replaced the weapons with a batch of antimatter armor shells, but it is hard to say whether these shells can hit the sensitive water droplets. If they fail, this will be his last military salute.

As a new batch of antimatter armor-piercing shells were replaced, the water droplet that was flying towards the Gravitation exploded violently less than a hundred kilometers away from the battleship.

When the spark died down, the droplet simply disappeared into space.

This shot hit the water drop.

Looking at the water droplets disappearing out of thin air, Guan Yifan didn't react at first. His mind became confused and he didn't realize what was happening at all.

Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief. This antimatter armor-piercing shell mixed with countless ordinary shells flew over, causing the water droplets to be completely unaware of the coming danger.

It was not until the moment the shell hit the water drop that the water drop realized that something was wrong, but it was too late.

After all, no matter how fast the water droplet turns at an acute angle, it cannot be faster than the annihilation effect of matter and antimatter.

Seeing this, the other eight water droplets hurriedly made a series of emergency evasive maneuvers, dodging the entire firepower of the Asian fleet as if they were facing a great enemy.

They were like a group of frightened birds, no longer daring to charge head-on against the firepower of the Asian fleet.

At this moment, Fleet Commander Lin Yun could finally smile. He had finally tricked the Trisolarans.

"It's done."

Lin Yun muttered to himself.

This was the Asian Fleet’s strategy for dealing with the enemy.

In fact, ever since Fleet International learned at the Wallfacer Project meeting that Sophon had been destroyed, the more than one thousand high-energy particle accelerators had been secretly converted into devices for producing antimatter.

Running the accelerator day and night is not to break through the technological blockade, but to produce as much antimatter as possible for use in this blocking battle.

The once rational Trisolarans, after learning some of the emotional expressions of humans, also developed the bad habit of arrogance.

They took it for granted that it was impossible for humans to create enough antimatter in such a short time to suppress and block the movement of water droplets.

Precisely because he is certain that humanity's antimatter production is in serious short supply, the commander of the Three-Body Fleet lets the water droplets move forward against the shells, thus saving a great deal of time.

If it were the Trisolarans of the past, they would first destroy all these troublesome star-class battleships.

It is a bit slow, but there is no need to worry about it.

The problem now facing the Three-Body Fleet is simple: should they continue to move forward under the bombardment in pursuit of speed and time, or should they move forward avoiding the bombardment, or should they put their time on these 700 warships first?

If the Trisolarans chose the first option, sooner or later a second drop of water would be destroyed by an antimatter armor-piercing bullet.

If you want to dodge, the dense firepower network will seriously hinder the flight efficiency of the water droplets.

You know, the appearance and internal structure of these antimatter armor-piercing shells are almost exactly the same as those of electromagnetic guns. Faced with such a huge amount of data variables, only Zhizi can quickly distinguish which one is the deadly armor-piercing shell.

But now the Trisolarans' intelligent son has been destroyed by the cosmic giant enterprise. The supercomputer inside the water droplet can only issue evasive instructions, and it is too difficult to distinguish the antimatter bomb.

This kind of strategic thinking that combines the real and the virtual is completely incomprehensible to the current Trisolarans. They can only list various possibilities and choose the best solution from them.

After witnessing the destruction of one of the water droplets, the commander of the Three-Body Fleet suddenly became angry. They were not dead objects without emotions; they could also get angry.

So far, humans have used various conspiracies to destroy their two drops, which is equivalent to destroying their two space fleet forces.

At the current rate, they won't be able to reach Earth in a short time.

The longer the time drags on, the more variables there will be, and the more disadvantageous it will be for the Three-Body Civilization.

For more than two hundred years, the Trisolarans have long been accustomed to seeing through all of humanity's development plans through the eyes of the Sophon. Now that they have suddenly become blind, it is really difficult for them to get used to it.

What to do, how to deploy the plan, without the information provided by Sophon, the Trisolarans would not be able to come up with any sophisticated counterattack strategy.

You can only rely on the most primitive attacks to break all the methods.

But what the Trisolarans don’t know is whether the power of the Universal Corporation will be greater than theirs.

Only Tomoko can answer this question, but Tomoko can no longer give any answer. (End of this chapter)