A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 38 New Strategies, New Ideas

In a fleet 326 light-years away from Baron, many crew members lay quietly in their hibernation pods, while only a few remained awake outside.

The fleet's deputy commander stood on the bridge, looking at the projected battle damage, and couldn't help but remind the fleet's main commander beside him.

"We have already committed a huge amount of resources to this war."

The commander said, "But it's worth it. We can't let the swarm take Baron."

As he spoke, the commander-in-chief looked at the live footage of the war on Baron Star projected on screen and said with unwavering determination, "Moreover, as long as we drive away the swarm of bee creatures from Baron Star, all these lost resources can be recovered."

Seeing that the commander-in-chief had made such a decision, the deputy commander said nothing more, and the commander-in-chief then gave the order.

"Continue to send reinforcements to attack, focusing on breaking through the swarm of bee creatures' blockade from one direction!"

"learn!"

The subordinate at the control panel responded.

The Star Alliance employs a new technology that combines faster-than-light communication, allowing crew members to remotely control their spaceships across light-years.

The spaceship's crew only needed to stay far away to pilot the warship and wipe out the enemy.

Therefore, the Star Alliance no longer cares about the casualties and morale of its fleets after each battle, because there is no need to consider these issues anymore.

Even worse, the Star Alliance also employed some deceptive tactics to mislead the bee swarm.

An empty-shell warship, as the name suggests, is a warship with a simple empty shell. It has no weapons, only light armor, and an inefficient warp drive. At the same time, the appearance of the empty shell is exactly the same as that of a real Alliance warship.

If these warships appear on the battlefield, they will easily be mistaken for an enemy fleet by the swarm and then subjected to a barrage of fire.

In this way, the Star Alliance's real warships could escape unscathed and launch several more attacks.

More importantly, these empty-shell warships are easy to build because the materials used are too haphazard, with no consideration given to strength or combat capability.

However, although the swarm did not notice, the use of the black curtain still required the Star Alliance to expend a great deal of resources to destroy a planetary creature.

After all, to destroy the black barrier of planetary life, a large amount of energy needs to be invested in creating a singularity, which would then force the psionic energy of the black barrier to become ineffective.

"What's going on? Has the Star Alliance gone mad?" Kasha asked, puzzled.

Kaisa truly couldn't understand the Star Alliance fleet's reckless, piecemeal tactics.

Based on past battles, the Star Alliance fleet would soon be forced to withdraw due to excessive losses.

This battle was fought in a completely different style.

Just as Kasha was about to call for reinforcements, Lu Shang gave an order in the swarm network.

"That's enough, Kasha. Take the planetary creatures and retreat."

"Huh? Why?" Kasha was even more confused.

Although the Star Alliance fleet adopted a reckless fighting style this time, it didn't matter to Kaisa, because the swarm was even more reckless than them.

Isn't it just about wanting to compete?

Let's have a contest and see who's more reckless!

As a result, Lu Shang ordered a retreat midway through the journey.

Lu Shang replied, "I already know what new technology the Star River Alliance is using. There's no need to confront them head-on. Now is not the time for a decisive battle. Let's give the Star River Alliance a victory for now and take it back next time."

……

Kaisa, who had retreated from the battle on Baron, expressed her dissatisfaction to Lu Shang through the swarm network.

"I need an explanation. A problem that could be solved simply by sending reinforcements is being told to retreat."

Baron is of great strategic importance to the bee swarm, possessing extremely abundant resources. If the bee swarm could consume it and hatch planetary life, the Star Alliance would not be a problem.

"The Star River Alliance fleet is no longer losing anyone, did you know that?" Lu Shang asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean?"

Kaisa, still somewhat angry, was taken aback by Lu Shang's question.

Lu Shang explained, "That means there are no people operating those warships anymore. They might be operated remotely or by AI. If we maintain this information gap, the swarm will easily suffer losses."

"During the battle just now, I observed the process of those warships being destroyed through the swarm network. Not a single one left behind the corpses of intelligent life. Moreover, there were some strange things in this battle."

Kasha calmed down: "Is this the reason for the retreat?"

"No," Lu Shang said.

"Well?"

Kasha was speechless for a moment, unsure how to respond.

Lu Shang said, "This reason alone is not enough to justify retreating. The main reason is that the Star River Alliance is likely to change its strategy as new technologies are applied. I want to minimize losses as much as possible to cope with the Star River Alliance's upcoming strategic changes."

"Get your paper and pens out, everyone. I'm going to teach you a new strategy: 'They fight their battles, we fight ours,'" Lu Shang said to the mainframes in the swarm network.

"How is this different from the previous strategy?" one of the masterminds asked, puzzled.

Lu Shang replied, "The previous strategy focused on unity, while this strategy focuses on offense, emphasizing using our own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses."

"In the offensive, grasp the rhythm of the war, do not get caught up in the enemy's war rhythm, do not focus on confrontation, but use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses and vulnerabilities."

After listening, the main brains all picked up their pens and wrote down everything Lu Shang said.

With Lu Shang's constant educational guidance, they have now developed good learning habits.

After Kasha finished taking notes, she carefully examined the contents of her notebook and asked Lu Shang, puzzled, "Is this strategy very strong? It doesn't seem very useful."

Lu Shang said, "It sounds simple to you, but when the enemy uses it on you, you'll know what a nightmare it is."

……

Under Lu Shang's orders, a large number of planetary creatures launched surprise attacks on the major administrative planets of the Star River Alliance that were close to the occupied zone. This time, the attack no longer took into account the division of power among the various factions in the Star River Alliance; whoever was closest was the target.

The sudden attack by the Babel bee swarm has made the Administrative Star less uneasy; in fact, it's even a little excited.

You know, as long as you get infected, you can escape from the deadly space war. For the people on the administrative planet, is there anything better than that?

Obviously not!

Who would want to be blown up by someone's earth-shattering explosion or have their sun blown up in one fell swoop?

Only a lunatic would like that!

When planetary creatures appeared on the major administrative stars of the Star River Alliance, the Star River Alliance fleets stationed in the star system were ordered to leave by the administrative stars, and the planetary creatures were welcomed with open arms.

This time, the planetary creatures of the Babel swarm shouted a slogan that the governors of the various administrative planets could not understand.

"It's all for love and dreams!"

(End of this chapter)