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Coincidentally, the commander of the Trisolaran fleet soon discovered that many dense swarms of AI drones had appeared on the battlefield at some point in time.

They are much lighter and faster than star-class battleships, and carry a large number of antimatter armor-piercing shells, as well as thousands of Wasp-class medium and large combat platforms as ammunition replenishment points.

Without Sophon's battlefield reconnaissance, the Trisolaran fleet's reaction speed had become so slow that it only came to its senses when the AI ​​drone got right under their noses.

At this moment, the commander of the Three-Body Fleet had realized that he was in deep trouble, and the remaining eight water drops had become very passive.

From a probabilistic point of view, the probability of human artillery shells destroying water droplets is less than 0.01%, which can be considered an event with extremely low probability.

If the water droplet had not actively provoked the Gravity, but instead passed directly through the fire network, it might not have been hit at all.

After all, even if the Asian Fleet deployed 700 warships in this star field, there are still many areas in the middle that cannot be reached by artillery.

In a range of tens of thousands of kilometers, it is not easy to hit a three-meter-long water droplet with a cannonball. The probability is the same as shooting a mosquito with a bullet outdoors.

But if a large number of AI drones are added to intercept, the situation will become difficult to predict.

The Asia Fleet's electromagnetic rapid-fire machine guns can fire thousands of rounds per minute, which averages out to hundreds of rounds per second, and each star-class battleship is equipped with nearly a hundred electromagnetic machine guns.

The rapid-fire guns of seven hundred star-class battleships plus the defense system in Jupiter orbit, the death network formed by these two sources of firepower may not be able to completely limit the water droplets.

But if tens of thousands of AI drones are added to harass and lock the location of water droplets, the success rate of hunting water droplets will be much higher.

After receiving sufficient ammunition supplies and the participation of AI drones from global giants, the firepower defense line of the Asian Fleet has formed an extremely terrifying death network.

The water droplets were trying their best to dodge and move, and began to hit the fuel tank of the star-class battleship, trying to create some chaos here in order to tear open a hole in this line of defense.

It is definitely impossible to pass through this star field smoothly. The only way is to clear away these obstacles one by one.

But there are only eight water droplets left in the Trisolaran fleet, and every missing drop will cause huge losses to the Trisolaran fleet.

The commander of the Three-Body Fleet just gave the order to destroy these star-class battleships, but found that doing so would only cause the water droplets to be destroyed faster.

Because when star-class battleships are conducting long-range shooting, they will not use small amounts of antimatter armor-piercing shells at all, but instead use conventional electromagnetic guns.

Antimatter bombs will only be used when water droplets get close.

The advantage of doing this is that it can save ammunition to the greatest extent. The unit responsible for destroying the water droplets is mainly the AI ​​drone swarm of the global giant enterprise.

boom--! !

At this time, another star-class battleship was destroyed, and the explosion of the fuel depot turned it into a nuclear explosion sun.

But before the explosion, this star-class battleship used an antimatter armor-piercing bomb to destroy a water droplet. So far, the battle damage ratio between the two sides has reached an astonishing one-to-one!

Using a star-class battleship to exchange a drop of water from the Trisolarans, no one would dare to believe this after the Doomsday Battle.

Now there are only seven drops of water left in the Trisolaran race, and the Asian fleet still has sufficient ammunition. With more and more AI drone swarms joining the battlefield, the gap in resource consumption between the two sides has become increasingly obvious.

There are not many choices left for the Trisolarans.

Either return along the original route to stop the loss in time, or risk being destroyed by crashing into the fuel depot of a star-class battleship.

In any case, it is impossible for Water Drop to regard AI drones as targets of attack.

The reason for not attacking is very simple. AI drones are not worth much. Besides, there are so many of them and they are covered with shooting holes. Getting close to them is simply seeking death.

"Don't stop, fire as much ammunition as you can. Except for the antimatter armor-piercing shells, use everything else you can!"

The commander of the Asian Fleet, Lin Yun, finally got rid of his anger. When Paul told him that reinforcements would arrive, Lin Yun didn't believe it at first.

I didn’t expect that the reinforcements Paul mentioned turned out to be these dense swarms of drones.

At this moment, Lin Yun felt extremely happy. They had never thought that they could force Water Drop to this extent. This encirclement and annihilation battle of being trapped in a jar was destined to go down in history.

Guan Yifan, who was standing by, cried with joy. He ran to the porthole, watched the battle situation, and wrote down notes with the pen in his hand.

This was the first battle in which human civilization surpassed the Trisolarans in firepower!

The fleet warriors who noticed the AI ​​drone swarm joining the battle also became excited. They were no longer afraid of the water droplets, and even wished the water droplets would come to them and exchange one-on-one with them.

Such a good deal is definitely worth it.

The Asian Fleet has as many as 700 star-class warships. They can afford even the loss of using ten warships to exchange for one drop of water.

What's more, it's a one-for-one exchange.

The expressions of the soldiers gradually became crazy and unbridled. The excitement and ecstasy made them tirelessly operate the electromagnetic rapid-fire cannons to chase and shoot at the water droplets.

They don't need to know where the water droplets are, nor do they need to aim. They just need to shoot in front and behind the turbine marks and oil film tracks of the water droplets.

You just need to shoot randomly at the area where the water droplets are roughly located to limit the movement space of the water droplets, and leave the rest to the AI ​​drone swarm.

For Water Drop, it is not difficult to avoid the electromagnetic cannon of the Asian fleet. The only challenging thing is the AI ​​drone swarm of the giant enterprise.

The speed of these drones is no slower than that of water droplets, and they are even equipped with extremely light Holtzman shields, so they are not afraid of being accidentally injured.

The end result was that the water droplets were chased around by these troublesome drone swarms, and they had no time to worry about whether they would be hit by the electromagnetic cannons of the Asian fleet.

After all, the weapons carried by these AI drone swarms are all antimatter bombs, and they will be destroyed if hit by a missile.

This stretch of space stretching for millions of kilometers has become a hunting ground for global giants and Asian fleets. The water droplets are still so sensitive, like wild bees flying up and down, shuttling through the dense rain of artillery fire.

From time to time, a few electromagnetic cannons hit the water droplets, splashing sparks on its surface.

Faced with an increasingly suffocating firepower network, another water drop was destroyed. During this period, the water drop thought about leading the AI ​​drone swarm to the vicinity of the Asian fleet.

Let them hurt their own people by mistake.

But the AI ​​drone was extremely smart and chose to chase instead of shooting. Either the water droplet had to get close to the star-class battleship and gamble on the 1% chance of being destroyed, or it would be surrounded and attacked by the swarm of AI drones.

The desperate water drops almost drained the computing power of the supercomputer inside, but still could not find any way to get out of the predicament. In this way, more and more water drops were destroyed, and some water drops thought about joining forces to destroy the human warships to relieve some pressure.

But the price of doing so is that it often takes the sacrifice of a water droplet to destroy a star-class battleship.

The Asian fleet's formation was very wide, so even if the water droplet risked being destroyed by ramming a battleship, it would not have much practical effect.

Because these fireballs that turn into nuclear fusion suns will not affect other warships, even if these water droplets fight to the death, they can only destroy a dozen warships at most.

It would be absolutely impossible for the Trisolarans to recreate the thousand-gun Spring Festival ceremony during the Doomsday Battle.

Without the intelligence information provided by Sophon, the Trisolarans kept making mistakes. This is the disadvantage brought about by the inertia of thinking. The Trisolarans and humans have the same thinking defects.

After getting used to the convenience brought by the intelligent machines, it would be difficult for them to rebuild their own intelligence channels in a short period of time.

If Sophon still existed, these water droplets would never be so easily hit by human antimatter armor-piercing bullets, and would never suffer the damage they are suffering now.

This was Paul's plan, to have the Infinity-class aircraft carrier remain on Earth as a cover to attract the water droplets to go deeper, with the giant company's drone swarm as an ambush, and the Asian fleet to lure the enemy deeper.

This tactic was used many times during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China more than 2,000 years ago. The powerful Wei Wuzu died on Maling Road and lost the possibility of dominating the world.

Now humans have designed to destroy a large number of water droplets, causing the Three-Body Civilization to lose the opportunity to suppress humans.

By the time the commander of the Three-Body Fleet realized this, it was already too late; the remaining water droplets were strangled by the gradually tightening encirclement.

Under the continuous attacks, the water droplets were destroyed one by one by antimatter armor-piercing bullets. At this point, ten water droplets were destroyed by humans one after another, and the Trisolarans lost their most important space power.

This overwhelming victory not only allowed human civilization to avenge its previous defeat and wash away the shame of the Doomsday Battle, but also avenged the deaths of the Combined Fleet.

It also greatly boosted the morale of the human people and put the Trisolaran fleet in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

Without the support of the water droplets, the exhausted Three-Body fleet was simply unable to turn around and escape from the solar system.

They are extremely short of resources. If they cannot be replenished, this fleet will sooner or later perish in the vast starry sky.

Shortly after the blocking campaign ended, the people on Earth were stunned at first, and then celebrated ecstatically.

Who could have imagined that the human fleet that was once wiped out by a water droplet would suddenly evolve into a fearless army that could annihilate all water drops in less than four years.

From the very beginning, no one had any expectations for this fleet going to die. Even the soldiers within the Asian fleet felt that this was a trip to die.

All their efforts were just to buy time.

But a miracle happened.

The ingenious strategy deployed by humans disrupted all the arrangements of the Trisolarans. This species that had crushed humans for more than two hundred years finally lost the most important battle because of its arrogance.

The Trisolarans cannot afford to lose. If they lose, their entire race will be wiped out.

At this moment, the great victory on the front battlefield dispelled the panic that had been accumulated in the hearts of mankind for a long time. Everyone felt at this moment that dawn had come, the overall situation had been determined, and the pace of human civilization was unstoppable!
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Trisolarans were at the end of their strength at this point and could no longer launch any effective attack on humans.

With more than a thousand warships, humans have plenty of time and resources to spend on them!
If they can’t fight a space war, they will fight a ground war. If they can’t fight a ground war, they will fight an underground war. In short, as long as humans drag on the time, they will eventually outlast the Trisolarans.

Now, everyone looked at Paul as if they were looking at a shining god.

His judgment was never wrong from beginning to end.

Perhaps this is the greatness of human civilization. No matter how desperate the situation is, there will always be a strong man to save the situation.

Next, humans only need to focus on dealing with the Trisolaran fleet. Once they have dealt with this fleet that has come from afar, the Trisolarans will completely lose the opportunity to colonize the solar system.

At this moment, the destruction of the water droplet naturally caused an uproar within the Three-Body Fleet.

Who could have imagined that the human fleet that had been easily destroyed by their water droplets would actually turn around and destroy their own water droplets? This was completely beyond the expectations of the Trisolarans.

In their view, this formation of water drops should be like the tanks of the World War I era, crushing all obstacles in the way with an unstoppable charge.

But humans just rely on those broken drones and old broken ships to destroy their water droplets.

This is totally unacceptable to them.

Before the battle began, all Trisolaran officers believed that the water droplets would destroy the star-class battleships, reunite with the fleet on Earth, and completely rule the human world.

However, this plan was ruthlessly shattered by humans before it had even reached a third of its completion, and the officers of the Trisolaran fleet had to begin re-evaluating the possibility of winning this battle.

The successive failures of Sophon and Droplet made many senior officials of the Trisolaran Fleet doubt whether it was really necessary to continue the next battle.

If we continue to confront human civilization head-on, will we end up dead?

As this idea became stronger and stronger, the commander of the Three-Body Fleet naturally noticed the panic of his subordinates.

In order to come up with a new plan as quickly as possible, it ordered an internal meeting and asked all captains to meet on the flagship to redefine the fleet's goals and the future of the Trisolaran civilization.

The Trisolarans who lost Sophon had no way of reporting the latest situation of the solar system to their home world of the Trisolarans.

Now the leaders and people of the Three-Body World know nothing about the war here. The people who can truly guide the direction of the Three-Body civilization can only be a very small number of them.

During the meeting, the commander of the Three-Body Fleet emphasized a basic fact to everyone right from the start, that is, they had no way out and the fleet's reserve resources were simply not enough to support them in returning to leave the solar system.

Either you move forward and win everything, becoming a warrior who opens up a new home for the Three-Body Civilization, or you will be buried in this foreign land along with the hope of the Three-Body Civilization.

"The water droplets have been destroyed. Our fleet does not have much combat power. Without the attacks of the water droplets, how can we fight against the human warships?"

One of the Tribody captains said truthfully.

Their core combat force is the water droplets, and only the water droplets can lead the Three-Body Fleet to complete the colonization mission. These more than a thousand warships look majestic on the surface, but in fact they are just a showpiece.

A large transport boat that looks good but is not practical.

Let alone the Infinity-class aircraft carriers stationed on Earth, even if the 700 warships of the Asiatic Fleet came, they might not be able to win. (End of this chapter)