Perhaps Wilvis really lacked experience in large-scale interstellar wars, especially in this kind of ocean current battle, which was almost zero.
But it was undeniable that Wilvis was not a mediocre person. Otherwise, in that wave of attack just now, the Sareth fleet would have lost more than 20 million battleships.
And this result also surprised Lin Kexin.
Except for the first five hours, when the enemy seemed to have no command and was more chaotic, the rest of the time was commendable. Not to mention other things, at least the military formation was very good.
As for why the enemy was more chaotic in the first five hours, in fact, Lin Kexin could also guess the general reason. After all, in a special environment like the cosmic ocean current, generally, the commander would not be placed at the front of the fleet.
Of course, unreasonable people like Lin Yu did not count.
Then this problem was interesting. Take Lin Kexin himself, after discovering that the opponent was a level 9 technological civilization, he made a lot of targeted arrangements, including interfering with the ocean current so that the opponent could not smoothly operate the hyperspace engine.
This was only the most basic. It should be said that no matter which high-level commander of the Federation came, they would do this first.
And this was the so-called interstellar war experience.
However, the enemy didn't do so, allowing the ten zero-point missiles to break in so easily.
He clearly had a strong fleet command ability, but he neglected the most basic thing …
This was really strange!
In the end, Lin Kexin came to a conclusion. The opponent's commander was a very capable commander, but he was a commander who had almost no experience in large-scale interstellar wars.
This was the only way to explain this contradictory situation!
Of course, there were ways to test whether this was the case, such as …
Holding his chin with his right hand, Lin Kexin could not help but think so.
"Well, let's do that!"
After thinking for a while, Lin Kexin suddenly had an idea. However, before implementing it, he needed to further confirm whether his guess was correct, and the simplest way to confirm it was …
"Combat team, prepare ten zero-point missiles again. After the preparation is completed, immediately launch and attack the same coordinates as last time!"
"Yes, Commander!"
A few seconds later, ten missiles were quickly launched from the belly of the battleship. However, after flying for a distance and starting the hyperspace engine, an abnormality occurred.
A special energy directly interfered with the hyperspace engine that was operating, causing it to be unable to operate normally.
"Commander, the zero-point missile hyperspace engine failed to start. The reason is unknown!"
"As expected …!"
Lin Kexin wasn't surprised at all when she heard the report. This proved that the enemy's commander wasn't a mediocre person. Even if he made a mistake due to his lack of experience, he immediately reacted after being used by her once. He immediately covered up this mistake and didn't give her a second chance to succeed!
Looking at the Sareth fleet that had recovered, Lin Kexin could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
What a patient …
No, he had to get rid of this guy first. Otherwise, with his steady and steady approach, he might be fine in the short term, but in the long run, the defensive line would be in danger.
For Lin Kexin, what she hoped for the most right now was for the enemy to charge out and not just stay there. If they were allowed to gather enough numbers and charge out, the entire defensive line might really be completely torn apart.
After all, in order to maintain enough firepower to form a full-scale blockade of the ocean current, Lin Kexin had deployed the five fleets into a hemispherical defensive line with the ocean current exit as the center.
In other words, while forming sufficient firepower, they also sacrificed the thickness of the defensive line. No matter which point on the defensive line was attacked by the opponent, it would definitely be broken like a piece of paper.
Therefore, in the situation where communication between the outside and outside of the ocean current could not be done, Lin Kexin believed that the best way to defend the ocean current was to kill the opponent's commander and let the fleet fall into a state of chaos where there was no commander-level command or even no command.
The idea was good, but the thick turtle formation in front of her really gave Lin Kexin a headache. What she hated the most was this capable but cautious commander. It made Lin Kexin feel that she didn't know where to start.
"How long until the Netherworld Fleet arrives?"
"Six minutes, Commander!"
"Hmm, order the first and second fleets to give up the defensive area and strengthen the array of the remaining defensive areas of the defensive line!"
"No, Commander, won't this give the opponent a chance to rush out?"
The adjutant was shocked. Now, the entire defensive line relied on an all-around attack to form a dense firepower net, so as to completely block the opponent at the ocean current exit.
And what were the first and second fleets responsible for?
That was the most crucial central area of the entire formation, located at the center of the hemisphere. If the two fleets were to withdraw, it would be tantamount to leaving a huge hole in the entire hemispherical defensive line. Wouldn't that be allowing the enemy to break out of the encirclement?
"Have you forgotten the Netherworld Fleet's scheduled arrival point?"
"Commander, you mean …"
"Yes, that's what I mean. Send a message to Wang Hai and send him the location of the opponent's flagship. Also, tell him that I've already set up the stage for him. How he wants to perform will all depend on him!"
"Yes, Commander!"
At the same time, two AU away, at the location of the cosmic ocean current exit.
"General Wilvis, the opponent's formation has begun to change. According to speculation, they should be preparing to give up a portion of the defensive area and strengthen the array of the other defensive areas!"
In the bridge, the adjutant immediately reported this information to Wilvis after the Fearless Fleet began to move.
Frowning, Wilvis could not figure out the opponent's plan.
Logically speaking, the previous hemispherical defensive line was definitely the most suppressive deployment on his side. But what were they doing now? Withdrawing all the defensive areas in front of him, just to strengthen the array of the surrounding defensive areas?
This did not make sense!
"General, I think this is an opportunity. No matter what their purpose is, as long as we attack the front now, although we will suffer heavy losses due to the pincer attack of the surrounding defensive areas, the opponent will definitely not have enough time to fill this gap again. We have at least an eighty percent chance of breaking out!"
The adjutant looked at his unresponsive general and was a little anxious. The opportunity was fleeting, so why did he have to speak again?
In his opinion, even if the opponent had some plan, the gathered battleships would quickly break out, and the opponent would definitely not have enough time to redeploy those fleets back.
Moreover, once they succeeded in breaking out, they could turn around and form a pincer attack on the enemy's defensive area with the fleet coming out from the center of the ocean current. This was definitely a rare opportunity!
How could Wilvis not know what the adjutant was thinking? To be honest, he was also a little tempted.
After all, such opportunities were rare.
But the problem was …
What was the faint uneasiness in his heart?