Although a little hastily, under the direct command of Kutum, tens of thousands of warships set up battles at a very fast speed.
Even if he has the advantage in military strength, especially the capital ship is three times that of the opponent, but in front of the powerful Star Weaver Clan, Kutum dare not be careless. If you make a mistake, you will lose the battle even if you have an advantage in force. The previous Greenwich Wars have repeatedly proved that tactics are more important when fighting a powerful top civilization, and only the correct tactics can bring victory.
Of course, under the guidance of correct tactics, the value of military advantage can be maximized.
As the top warlord who participated in the Fifth Greenwich War, Kutum has a wealth of practical experience. Although he is inferior to Dibab in commanding operations, commanding fleet operations is not a difficult task, and it is a basic ability that any warlord must possess.
Under the command of Kutum, thousands of small warships speeded up towards the Star Weaver fleet.
These warships are responsible for cover. The main value is to disrupt the opponent's deployment, making it difficult for the opponent to quickly complete the pre-war deployment, and at the same time, it can also play a role in consuming the opponent's combat power. Even if small battleships are difficult to pose a threat to capital ships, the captain of any capital ship will not turn a blind eye to small battleships. If it is attacked by a large number of small battleships, even a powerful battleship cannot withstand it.
At this time, the small warships in the Weaver Star Clan fleet were also killed.
It seems that the Star Soul Queen still has two hands. Kutum snickered to himself, but didn't panic.
In fleet decisive battles, both sides of the war generally send small warships first, first to test the opponent's strength, and second to disrupt the opponent's pre-battle deployment. Of course, it can also consume the opponent's forces. Because no fleet commander will use capital ships in advance, when facing enemy small warships, they will often send their own small battleships so that capital ships can calmly complete pre-war preparations.
Obviously, the battle between the small warships can be regarded as a warm-up exercise for the decisive battle of the fleet.
Although Kutum’s fleet has an advantage in strength, it is the capital ship that comes out more. Relatively speaking, the number of small battleships is not very large.
In fact, this is reasonable.
Kutum set off in a hurry, and left enough troops to blockade the home galaxy. Even if it is determined that the human army will not take this opportunity to launch a counterattack, but to be on the safe side, Kutum still has enough troops and the necessary warships to block the home galaxy. Because the human legion has not been defeated, there are still enough troops, and the blockade is very large, so most of the small warships are left behind.
In addition, the Simei army commanded by Kutum controlled most of the Northern Fourth District, occupying the most star system, and many troops were stationed in other places. When Kutum gave the assembly order, many warships in the star system were unable to arrive in time, especially small warships with poor navigation capabilities. Because many small warships were too late to arrive, Kutum could only keep these small warships.
In Kutum’s fleet, although there are 3,000 capital ships, there are fewer than 5,000 small battleships.
Relatively speaking, this ratio is indeed too small.
Under normal circumstances, in a fleet, small warships should account for more than 50%, and the ratio to the main battleship should be three to one. Although the combat effectiveness of small warships cannot be compared with capital ships, small warships are more flexible and can perform low-intensity combat tasks more effectively. More importantly, small warships are the main force to deal with space fighters, and can also provide protection for the main force ships in a melee.
Simply put, without enough small battleships, capital ships are easily attacked.
Although battleships have powerful weapons, an SSS-class battleship can easily destroy a star system, but these weapons cannot be used to deal with small and flexible space fighters, and no fleet commander will let the battleship deal with space. Fighter. Only in long-range combat can the battle power of capital ships be fully utilized, while in close-range melee, capital ships have almost no advantage.
In fact, this is the necessity of the existence of small warships.
In the decisive battle of the fleet, the first task of the small warship is to keep the enemy's warships and fighters in the distance, so that our capital ships can launch attacks as much as they want. If there are not enough small warships, space fighters will be dispatched to attack after the enemy's fleet approaches. Although it is difficult for ordinary space fighters to pose a deadly threat to capital ships, especially SSS-class capital ships, they can cause damage to capital ships, thereby weakening the battle power of capital ships. In addition, some special space fighters have strong attack power and can even destroy capital ships. That's why when the fleet is in a decisive battle, the side with the superiority will try to keep a distance as much as possible to avoid entering the attack range of space fighters.
To achieve this goal, you must have enough small warships, and only small warships can effectively deal with space fighters.
Ahead, the battle was extremely fierce.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of small warships on both sides were fighting together.
At this time, Kutum had already noticed that those small warships of the Star Weavers were extremely powerful.
In one-on-one battles, the small warships of the Silicon Magic Alliance accounted for less than the least bit of advantage. Even if it is two-to-one, the odds of winning are not great. If there are enough small warships, there will be no suspense in this battle. The problem is that Kutum's small warships are not enough.
Almost every second, battleships were destroyed and then exploded violently.
Gradually, Kutum couldn't sit still.
In just a few minutes, he has lost thousands of small warships, and the Weaver Star Clan fleet has lost less than 300 small warships.
In this way, all his small warships will be wiped out in half an hour.
Perhaps it was less than half an hour, because as the force contrast between the two sides reversed, the small warships sent by Kutum would be damaged at a faster rate.
Fighting the small battleships, there is nothing to fight in this battle.
Although it was the first time to fight the Star Weavers fleet, Kutum knew that the female warriors of the Star Weavers were the most powerful combat power in the entire Galactic Alliance. Simply put, the Star Weavers are better at fighting solo. Every female warrior has a strong combat power, and maybe there are space fighters.
As long as the combat distance is shortened, the advantage of the Star Weaver fleet in close combat and melee can be brought into play.
Obviously, this is also the key to the full-speed impact of the Star Weaver fleet.
After thinking of this, Kutum didn't hesitate, and immediately issued an order to the second echelon in front of him, so that the forward, mainly S-class warships, was put into battle.
Strictly speaking, the S-class battleship is a battleship.
In the past few Greenwich Wars, especially the first three Greenwich Wars, the S-class battleship was the standard battleship of both sides. In fact, the standard for evaluating capital ships comes from the S-class warships, that is, the S-class warships are the first battleships that can conduct fleet decisive battles. However, with the advancement of science and technology, the warring parties began to build larger warships. As the SS-class and SSS-class battleships were built in large quantities, in the Fourth and Fifth Greenwich Wars, the S-class battleships were no longer real capital ships, but reduced to secondary capital ships. Up to now, the S-class battleship is not even considered as a capital ship, it has been reduced to a medium-sized battleship, and no longer has the ability to fight a fleet.
There are 1,000 S-class warships in Kutum’s forward fleet, and about 4,000 medium-sized warships above A-class.
In the battle of the fleet, the position of the forward fleet has always been relatively vague, and it is correct to say that it is a generalist. Although the combat effectiveness of the S-class battleship is not weak, it is still much worse than the larger battleship. In many cases, the forward fleet, dominated by S-class battleships, can complete combat missions without the need to dispatch capital ships. In the battle of the fleet, the main task of the forward fleet is to provide support for small warships.
To put it more straightforwardly, the existence of the forward fleet can destroy or even annihilate the enemy’s small fleet without using the capital ship, thereby controlling the battlefield situation and stabilizing the position, so that one’s capital ship is not disturbed and able to Launch an attack calmly.
Kutum sent a forward fleet at this time, just to stabilize the position.
Quite simply, his 3,000 capital ships are not yet ready for battle and are temporarily unable to launch an attack. If the small battleship ahead was defeated, he would not have enough time for the capital ship to attack. After the Star Weavers fleet approached, the advantage he had in force disappeared.
The problem is that Kutum obviously forgot that he has a forward fleet, and the Star Queen also has a forward fleet.
More importantly, the warships of the Star Weavers have a very strong combat effectiveness. Facing Kutum's forward fleet, even small warships may not be at a disadvantage.
As the forward fleet went into battle, the battlefield situation changed.
The Star Soul Queen did not send a forward fleet, and those small warships were still fighting in the front. However, the forward fleet sent by Kutum did not reverse the situation, at most it just stabilized its position. The battle continued and was fierce, and it seemed that it would be difficult to tell the winner for a while.
Seeing this, Kutum secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the forward fleet was not able to determine the universe in one fell swoop, Kutum was a little surprised, but what he needed now was time for the three thousand capital ships to attack. Even if the losses are heavy, even if the combat power is not as good as the Star Weaver fleet, as long as three thousand capital ships complete the preparations, Kutum will have enough confidence to defeat the Star Weaver fleet. Obviously, the current stalemate is not a bad thing in Kutum's view.
As time passed, the battleships distributed around the area sent reports on their preparations for attack.
Kutum waited patiently, he was eager to win, but even more eager to win a decisive victory. Only when all capital ships have completed their preparations can they be able to completely wipe out the Star Weaver fleet, at least if they severely damage the Star Weaver fleet, can they achieve a decisive victory.
Of course, it won't be long before all capital ships will complete their preparations.
Besides, I have been waiting for so long and have suffered a huge loss for this. Then wait a while and lose some more warships, what is it