The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

So far, all humanity knows is that the Trisolaran fleet can monitor the entire solar system through sophons and continuously approach the solar system using antimatter engines.

Antimatter bullets are based on speculation that antimatter engines are fundamental to this concept.

However, many people in the Space Force oppose this, arguing that the Trisolaran fleet would not use antimatter as a weapon, given their very limited antimatter capacity. They question how antimatter could be used to slow down the fleet if it were used as a weapon.

Therefore, many space force officers believe that the enemy is much weaker than they imagined, and uses the same electromagnetic cannons and lasers as them.

Seeing Lin Feng's interested expression, the general added.

"However, we have also developed specific defensive designs to address this."

"Oh? Tell me about it," Lin Feng said.

"The strong magnetic repulsion field defense is deployed on the outer armor of the warship," the general explained.

"Antimatter bullets can only be launched by electromagnetic catapults, which means that these bullets are magnetic and can be deflected by magnetic fields."

The principle is not difficult to understand. To launch an antimatter bullet, it is simply a matter of electromagnetic catapult launch and gunpowder launch.

Using electromagnetic catapults means being affected by electromagnetic fields. When the fleet deploys a powerful magnetic field, these antimatter bullets affected by the magnetic field will be deflected by the strong magnetic field.

Another point is that although antimatter bullets can be accelerated to very high speeds by electromagnetic catapults because of their light weight, the acceleration given to antimatter bullets cannot be too high in order to prevent the antimatter from coming into contact with the outer wall of the container and causing matter-antimatter annihilation. This creates the basis for deflecting antimatter bullets with strong magnetic fields.

Lin Feng nodded and then asked, "Why can't it be a chemical reaction similar to gunpowder for launching?"

The general said, "Because the utilization rate of such materials is very low, the Trisolaran fleet not only has to consider combat, but also immigration issues. With limited carrying capacity, instead of using chemical launches similar to gunpowder explosions, it would be better to turn antimatter bullets into antimatter shells. The antimatter mass remains unchanged, but when it is increased into a shell, the overall mass increases, and the difficulty of magnetic deflection will also increase accordingly."

"Moreover, even if the Trisolaran fleet uses chemical explosions similar to gunpowder as propulsion to launch antimatter bullets, we are not afraid. The energy release of chemical propellants limits the antimatter bullets from reaching higher firing speeds. As long as the distance is far enough, the hit rate of antimatter bullets will drop sharply. This is the result obtained through numerous virtual war simulation exercises."

Antimatter bullets using chemical propellants are limited by excessively high acceleration in a short period of time and the inefficiency of chemical energy conversion, making them less lethal than electromagnetic catapults.

"Then, what if the Trisolarans used antimatter projectiles?" Lin Feng asked again.

The general had anticipated Lin Feng's question and replied, "Radar can scan these shells. They move at high speeds and are much larger than bullets, so it's not difficult for radar waves to hit them."

"Once locked on, the projectiles are burned by lasers for defense. The laser travels at the speed of light, so as long as the projectiles do not reach a speed close to the speed of light, the attack can be defended."

While antimatter projectiles could break through the fleet's strong magnetic field, they could be destroyed by lasers before that could happen.

Because of the increased size, the radar cross-section also increases, allowing radar to scan these projectiles and transmit the information back to the human fleet at the speed of light. Unless these electromagnetic guns are fast enough that humans cannot take defensive measures after receiving the radar waves.

"So, humanity is now absolutely certain of victory against the Trisolarans?" Lin Feng asked, stroking his chin.

"The problem of speed is still unresolved. If we can solve the speed problem and make up for the weakness in maneuverability, it's not certain who will crush whom between us and the Trisolaran fleet," the general said confidently.

Lin Feng was stunned. He never expected that a general from the Space Force would say to him, "It's not certain who will crush whom."

"...Why would you have such a thought?"

After a moment of silence, Lin Feng asked.

The general looked relaxed. He interpreted Lin Feng's blank expression as surprise. Many people who had been hibernating since Lin Feng's time generally had a pessimistic attitude and did not believe that humanity could defeat the Trisolarans.

The general felt it necessary to educate Lin Feng about the Trisolaran fleet.

The general said, "It is an obvious fact that the Trisolaran star system where the Trisolaran civilization is located has been swallowed up by the sun, except for the Trisolaran homeworld. The available resources of the entire civilization are extremely limited, and the resources available for the fleet expedition are even more limited. This can be seen from their use of antimatter propulsion."

"With the fleet fully loaded with driving antimatter, the time it takes for the Trisolaran fleet to reach the solar system will be greatly shortened. It is estimated that it will only take a century to reach the solar system. Since there are humans in the solar system, the sooner the Trisolaran fleet arrives, the better. However, the Trisolarans chose to collect antimatter particles through magnetic field loopholes during the fleet's journey, gradually accelerating the fleet to cross a distance of four light-years."

"The Trisolaran fleet has very limited resources, which is their biggest weakness, while we possess the entire solar system, and resources are our greatest strategic advantage."

"Even an arrow, if launched at the fifth cosmic velocity, would have a destructive power that would crush nuclear weapons and missiles. Isn't that exactly what you've been advocating?"

promote?

What a load of rubbish!

I did say that, but you're taking it out of context, do you understand?

Lin Feng thought to himself, knowing that even if he said that humanity couldn't defeat the Trisolarans, this general and even the entire space force wouldn't believe him.

You can learn a lot from a person. Before the Doomsday Battle, Zhang Beihai reminded the commander-in-chief of the human fleet that humanity could not win the battle against the Trisolarans. Unfortunately, the commander-in-chief did not listen and swaggered to have the fleet form a square to welcome the droplets.

Thus, there were two thousand shots fired.

awful!

After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng spoke.

“I feel that you still have shortcomings in strategic thinking.”

"In my time, there was a saying in the military field: 'Despise the enemy strategically, but take the enemy seriously tactically.' Don't forget that the Trisolarans can monitor the solar system every moment through these sophons. They can see what strategic arrangements humanity makes against them."

"They will inevitably exploit the weaknesses in your strategic deployments and launch a strategic attack against you. This is something we should be particularly careful about."

The general nodded in agreement after hearing what Lin Feng said.

"You're right."

The matter of Zhizi is common knowledge, and what Lin Feng is talking about is the application of Zhizi in war, so it is also easy to accept.

Lin Feng could only hope that this hint would make the Space Force more wary of the Trisolarans, and at least not as overconfident as in the original story.

In the original story, if the human fleet had fought with all its might, so many warships wouldn't have been destroyed.

To put it bluntly, even if it weren't a warship, but two thousand pigs, the droplet couldn't possibly kill them all in such a short time.

After watching the parade, Lin Feng said, "Now that I've seen the fleet, I'm very interested to know how their combat capabilities are."

The general replied, "This will require preparation time; the amount of data is too large. We have scheduled a virtual war exercise for three days from now."

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and asked, "Player fleet versus space force?"

The accompanying general shook his head and replied, "No, the current player fleet is just a reserve fleet for the Space Force. Their combat power cannot be compared with that of the real Space Force. The main battles will be between Space Forces, and the player fleets will also participate, but in large numbers."

It wasn't a case of professionals crushing amateurs, which made Lin Feng somewhat expectant. After all, the performance of warships in this era, and the differences in their combat modes compared to those before his hibernation, were all unknown.

However, this sense of anticipation vanished completely after witnessing the virtual war exercise three days later.

The fleet representing the Trisolarans was utterly defeated.

In this virtual war exercise, Lin Feng did not see any overwhelming advantage in equipment. Although the Trisolaran fleet used antimatter, there was very little antimatter, and their weapons were still electromagnetic cannons and lasers.

This was less of an exercise and more of a science fiction drama, specifically performed for Lin Feng, a big shot from the old era, to show just how powerful the human fleet was today.

After calming his anger, Lin Feng went to the Space Force's command headquarters and slammed his fist on the table, demanding an explanation.

"Didn't you tell me this was a proper exercise? You're deliberately deceiving me and making fun of me, aren't you?"

"This...this is indeed a formal exercise."

The Space Force's command was somewhat bewildered by Lin Feng's sudden questioning; they had never imagined that Lin Feng, a Wallfacer, would come to question them.

"So, who is this exercise simulating fighting against whom?" Lin Feng asked again.

"A battle between the human fleet and the Trisolaran fleet," the director answered truthfully.

Lin Feng countered, "Shouldn't the side playing the Trisolaran fleet reveal the entire battlefield map?"

"The Trisolaran fleet does indeed know the location information of the human fleet in real time."

The director's team gave an innocent answer, but it only earned them a cold snort from Lin Feng.

"Location information alone is enough? If Zhizi were that weak, we would have broken through its blockade long ago!"

"Ah, this..."

The directors were momentarily at a loss for words.

In order to alleviate defeatist sentiments within the Space Force, the Sophon was generally weakened to some extent during Space Force exercises.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, intelligence is too important in war, and when combined with human intelligence, the fleet playing the human side in the exercise will only get utterly crushed.

Considering that the Trisolarans don't engage in scheming, humans might be better at using sophons than the Trisolarans.

"Go! Release all information about the human side, including command, warship consumption, and so on, to the Trisolaran fleet. Also, load all antimatter information to the maximum." Lin Feng ordered impatiently.

Just as they were about to agree to Lin Feng's request to fully disclose the information to the directing department of the Three-Body Problem production team, they were somewhat at a loss when they heard Lin Feng also ask them to fully load the antimatter.

"Fully loaded?! The Trisolaran fleet lacks resources; acting as a fully loaded fleet isn't..."

Based on the actual situation, it is inferred that the Trisolaran fleet did not have enough antimatter reserves, otherwise they would have reached the solar system long ago.

"This is part of my plan. Do you have any further comments?"

Lin Feng glared at him with dissatisfaction. He didn't care about whether it was practical or not. All he wanted was for the human fleet to be utterly defeated, so that the humans would become wary of the Trisolaran fleet again.

"Nothing."

The director's team quickly shook their heads.

As per Lin Feng's request, the directing department communicated with the fleet representing the Three-Body Problem and then revised the game data.

The player fleets were the first to suffer, because they were not well trained. Based on the mentality of "picking the weak first," they were regarded as the priority targets by the Three-Body player's fleet.

The Space Force is a tough nut to crack; we'll tackle it slowly later.

"Holy crap! What happened? How did my warship get destroyed?"

"I was dumbfounded. The Trisolaran warship that I locked onto had clearly run out of antimatter and couldn't move, but suddenly it was fully fueled again and even fired an electromagnetic cannon at me."

With antimatter warships, they dominate the battlefield.

The simulated sophons revealed the entire map, allowing the Trisolarans to know the fuel consumption of each warship. They deliberately exposed weaknesses to lure the human fleet into concentrating its forces, then used their high speed to force the human fleet to pull back the warships with severe fuel consumption, and then defeated them one by one.

As for the remaining human warships, the Trisolaran fleet made simple modifications to the antimatter bullets, turning them into a type of proximity mine that could send signals.

Accelerating via antimatter propulsion, they overtook the human fleet, which was still using nuclear fusion, at a faster speed, and launched these proximity mines from the stern.

Antimatter bullets are too small; when the warship's radar is far enough away, it can't detect them at all. By the time it can detect them, it's too late to dodge.

The human fleet has suffered a complete defeat!

How could the human fleet, which had always been the winner, accept the fact that it had been defeated by the Trisolaran fleet?

Not to mention, halfway through their battle, their opponent suddenly appeared to be divinely aided.

How could they tolerate such blatant cheating!

The human fleet and the player fleet found the command center.

"protest!"

"How can we fight against the Trisolarans when they're blatantly giving them a cheat code?"

A captain angrily questioned the command staff, saying that the human fleet had always won in the past, but their fleet had lost. If word got out, it would become a laughing stock in the space force.

The director calmly replied, "Captain Kazuo Koizumi, your protest is rejected. This is a last-minute change in arrangements by the director. In addition, your rank is downgraded to first officer, and you are promoted from first officer to captain."