Lin Feng listened quietly to the firsthand intelligence report from Domon William, his expression shifting uncertainly.

A battle broke out, and people died—or were they on their side who died...?

Lin Feng's mood was naturally not very good. Although this idea was somewhat willful, he hoped that none of his people would die under enemy fire.

"Is the enemy's main force on the European fleet?" Lin Feng asked.

Domon William reported truthfully, "Judging from the report, it should be a space boarding operation. The enemy hiding in the wreckage landed on the deck of the spaceship and planted bombs. The rescue on Pluto was a trap."

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow. "So, the enemy doesn't have a fleet?"

“No, there is a fleet, but they do not intend to confront both fleets head-on,” Domon William replied.

Domon William continued, “The Asian fleet, by tracing the trajectory of the shells and searching back for enemy firing positions, discovered that the shells were launched from the meteorite.”

"The meteorite was modified into a simple automatic launch platform that can be remotely controlled or set to automatically lock onto and attack targets."

"Your previous guess was correct; this is a human civil war, and has nothing to do with aliens."

Domon William's admiration for Lin Feng deepened even further. If before he only thought Lin Feng was like a god, now he doubted whether he was really a god, since all his guesses were correct.

Whether it was the initial speculation that the attack on the two industrial fleets was human-made, or the current speculation that the enemy could inflict heavy damage on the space fleet.

He's practically a prophet!

Lin Feng didn't pay much attention to the increasingly admiring look in Domon William's eyes; his mind was on the Space Force.

"In the virtual war exercise, the players were already using the old-fashioned space tactics. It was unexpected that the European fleet would fall for it. It was disappointing."

If the enemy had used space combat methods they didn't understand, and the European fleet had suffered heavy losses, it would be understandable. Even if they had engaged in a direct confrontation and lost the firepower battle against the enemy fleet, resulting in heavy losses, Lin Feng wouldn't be in such a bad mood.

In a space boarding action, a combat tactic that had appeared in virtual space exercises half a century ago, the European fleet was completely unprepared and suffered heavy losses.

What a waste of Lin Feng's virtual space exercise!

Domon William explained, "This was a strategic miscalculation. The commander of the European fleet did not expect the enemy to adopt such primitive and crazy fighting methods. They should not have sent warships to approach Pluto. Sending warships to pick up the people from the engineering ship was a decision made by the commander of the European fleet out of caution, but they did not expect the result to be like this."

The battlefield situation was complex. From the beginning, the commander of the European fleet was wary of the survivors hiding near Pluto. If Lin Feng could see the suspicious points, the other human elites could naturally see some suspicious points as well.

The commander of the European fleet suspected that this was the result of the two industrial fleets fighting each other, and that the survivors on Pluto were the victors of the battle between the two industrial fleets.

In other words, these people are extremely dangerous, and even if they are brought back to human society, they will inevitably face trial.

If they are forced to undergo trial, the survivors are highly likely to rebel and turn against their rescuers.

Suspicious points are still just suspicious points. Before there is evidence, we can only treat survivors as survivors. This is the most basic humanitarian principle.

This is the underlying reason for the heavy losses suffered by the European fleet this time.

The commander of the European fleet doesn't believe anyone would dare to launch a near-suicidal space boarding operation in reality. People dare to do that in games because it's not a real death game, but in reality, it's suicidal.

Meanwhile, considering the many suspicious points surrounding the survivors of Pluto, the fleet commander decided to allow the European fleet to pass through the wreckage.

Even if those survivors really did have problems as speculated, once they boarded the ship, they would be facing a ship full of soldiers. What kind of trouble could they possibly cause?

Even if these survivors intend to launch an attack using their engineering vessels, what can the weak lasers of the engineering vessels do against the protective armor of the warships?

And then the outcome turned out to be the situation Lin Feng knew about...

Lin Feng was unsure whether he should get angry or not. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked.

"Is the European fleet going to withdraw from the Kuiper Belt?"

"No, they plan to join forces with the Asian Fleet and cooperate with its operations in the Kuiper Belt."

Lin Feng nodded. The European fleet hadn't fled back like cowards; at least they had some backbone.

"What does the Asian Fleet plan to do?" Lin Feng asked again.

“They intend to track down this unknown human force in the Kuiper Belt and attempt political diplomacy,” Domon William said.

"Political diplomacy? Don't be naive. If it were negotiable, Kuiper's human forces would have already taken the initiative to negotiate."

Lin Feng looked at Domon William with an expression that said, "Did the PDC take the wrong medicine?" They were already exchanging fire, so what was there to talk about?

Domon William said, "There is an old Chinese saying, 'Courtesy first, then force.' If things can be resolved at the negotiating table, not only can casualties be reduced, but the resources consumed will also be very small. War is just an extension of politics."

"What if that human force in the Kuiper Belt wants the entire Kuiper Belt?" Lin Feng asked rhetorically, pursing his lips.

“Then of course we have no choice but to fight,” Domon William said seriously.

……

Kuiper Belt, the armed industrial fleet belonging to ETO.

"The sacrifices made by our comrades on Pluto were very meaningful; the European fleet suffered heavy damage."

As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Alexander, over the radio, made no attempt to conceal his praise for the members who had distinguished themselves in the Pluto ambush.

Despite the fact that these men had all died in battle, the remaining European fleet annihilated the enemy with overwhelming firepower.

But deaths are acceptable to ETO because there are no limits to cloning technology here. They can have as many people as they want. Trading a hundred people for a European fleet warship is a win-win situation.

However, unlike Alexander's optimistic and positive attitude, the other members found it difficult to be optimistic.

"But humanity still has the Asian fleet to fight, and the American fleet is also ready to go."

"Our fleet is also unable to confront the Space Force head-on."

"And then there are those mobile space facilities, which are moving toward the edge of the solar system. Once we and the Space Force have a decisive victory, these space facilities will cross the Kuiper Belt and go beyond the solar system."

The current situation is putting immense pressure on the ETO members within the Armed Industrial Fleet.

"Quiet down, don't panic. We still have a good chance of winning. With the help of the Sophon, the Space Force is nothing to fear, and so are those mobile space facilities," Alexander said.

"The Zhizi gives us a natural and absolute advantage in intelligence warfare. The Asian and European fleets will never be able to find us; they will only ever face artillery shells."

"As for those space facilities moving toward the edge of the solar system, they are too massive to accelerate as quickly as warships. Excessive acceleration would cause serious damage to their internal structure and cause them to disintegrate. We have ample time to ambush these space facilities hidden in the Kuiper Belt before they reach the edge of the solar system."

Alexander smiled confidently; he had planned everything out.

"But the Asian fleet and the European fleet still need to be destroyed, right? If these space facilities are escorted by the Space Force when they cross the Kuiper Belt, we will have no choice but to confront the Space Force head-on."

Among the ETO members, some expressed concern and reminded Alexander.

The task entrusted to the organization by the Trisolarans is that no human being can leave the solar system, and they must prevent space facilities from crossing the Kuiper Belt.

However, if the Space Force escorts these space facilities, they will have no choice but to confront the Space Force head-on.

Another member reminded Alexander, "The humans are also massively expanding their warships. Their war machine is gradually becoming operational, and the losses of the European fleet will soon be replenished."

Alexander did not offer a solution to these problems, but instead gave them a different answer.

"One astronomical unit ahead is one of our outposts, where they can lay an ambush on both fleets. If they dare to continue the pursuit, we can cripple both human fleets in one fell swoop."

Chapter 150 The organization is in the bag this time.

The war lasted for nearly three months, which is not a very long time, both on Earth and in space.

"At 4:27 AM today, the European and Asian fleets engaged the enemy again in the Kuiper Belt. At the cost of severe damage to a single warship, they successfully destroyed the enemy's meteorite-deployed firing point..."

As usual, Domon William reported to Lin Feng as soon as the Taylor Group obtained the latest news from the front lines through its channels.

During these three months, there wasn't much intelligence that Lin Feng needed to pay attention to; such news would come back every few days.

The messages were all the same: the two fleets, at a certain coordinate in the Kuiper Belt, jointly destroyed an enemy meteorite firing point.

However, this time the content has changed, and not for the better; things have actually taken a turn for the worse.

"Severely damaged? Or by a meteorite? What exactly happened? When the Asian fleet was attacked before, not a single warship was damaged, right?"

During this time, Lin Feng had come to understand just how much cannon fodder the 'meteorite firing point' really was; the two fleets could destroy it without a scratch.

This put his mind at ease; in a word, he felt calm!

However, nowadays, a meteorite firing point can severely damage a warship, so if this continues, all the warships of the two fleets will be exhausted.

Keep in mind that Kuiper brought a ton of meteorites, and the enemy could set up as many meteorite firing positions as they wanted.

At the same time, Lin Feng was also puzzled. What were the accompanying industrial fleet doing? When there was no battle, they should be performing maintenance and upkeep on the combat fleet.

With a transport fleet to support the industrial fleet, the industrial fleet will never experience a shortage of resources.

Domon William explained, "There shouldn't have been any damage. The Asian and European fleets encountered attacks from other directions while clearing the meteorite's firing positions..."

"Is a warship severely damaged because of meteorite firing points in other directions?" Lin Feng asked rhetorically.

After being interrupted by Lin Feng, Domon William continued to answer.

"No, if it were just meteorite firing points in other directions, it wouldn't be enough to threaten the two fleets. The European fleet's experience has brought both fleets back to the level they were in during the virtual war exercise. No matter how fast the live ammunition fired from the meteorite firing points is, it can't outrun the speed of light. Faced with the laser coordinated defense array of the two fleets, it would be difficult for any live ammunition to break through this defense network."

"Then why was it damaged?" Lin Feng asked in astonishment.

Domon Williams replied, "Because a batch of shells broke through the laser-coordinated defense network, these shells were traveling at five percent of the speed of light. By the time the radar detected these shells, it was too late for laser interception. It was very fortunate that only one warship was rendered combat in this engagement."

Lin Feng was stunned at first, then realized what was happening and immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

The projectile's speed reached five percent of the speed of light. If this were launched by an electromagnetic railgun, the materials science involved would be unimaginable.

While macro-electronic energy storage solves the problem of electrical energy storage, it does not mean that electromagnetic guns can be increased indefinitely. The conversion of electric current into a strong magnetic field requires matter to carry out the conversion, and the conversion means that some electrical energy will be released as heat energy. This is why the Space Force's electromagnetic guns cannot be upgraded to a higher level.

"Five percent of the speed of light? A cannonball? How is that possible?" Lin Feng asked eagerly.

Domon William countered Lin Feng's question, "You should know about the near-light-speed projectiles used by the Trisolaran fleet in the virtual war exercise, right?"

Lin Feng asked with a strange look, "You know, those are projectiles that use antimatter?"

Domon William shook his head slightly. "No, it's just similar to the principle of near-light-speed projectiles. Near-light-speed projectiles use antimatter propulsion to increase the original speed of the projectile to 70% of the speed of light, while the projectiles that Kuiper used with his enemies, which can reach 5% of the speed of light, are propelled by nuclear fusion radiation."

……

Kuiper Belt, the armed fleet belonging to the ETO.

Lin Feng's conversation with Domon William was overheard by them using Zhi Zi.

Looking at the Wallfacers who couldn't offer any advice on what the ETO was doing, the ETO members in the Kuiper Belt felt a surge of pleasure.

“Alexander is right. In the past, the organization focused too much on the Wallfacer project. Now that we have started a civil war with humanity, from a broader perspective, Wallfacer Feng Taylor has become a helpless nobody.”

Yes, they are minor, dispensable characters. In the face of war, the Wallfacers can neither boost the strength of the human fleet in a short period of time, nor can they stop the battle between the Wallfacers and the human fleet.

Whether they drag this war into a protracted conflict or they defeat the human fleet.

All of this is a victory for their ETO.

The former, a protracted war, means that humanity will have to use its reserves of strategic resources, namely electrical energy stored in macro-electronic energy storage. With continuous consumption, the strategic resources that humanity can leave for the future will only become less and less.

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