Chapter 1833: Chapter 1241: Annihilation
At this moment, that dense torpedo field came into play.
Who would have thought that as they were traveling smoothly, they’d suddenly jump out of a hyperspace lane, and then be surrounded on all sides by torpedoes?
The unlucky ones got blown up immediately, while the luckier ones were too scared to move and were then picked off by the pirates.
Of course, this tactic initially wasn’t considered sophisticated, but later on, during the invasion of the Tyran Swarms, the landmine tactic showed its effectiveness.
However, relatively speaking, it was easier to just blow up the massive destination planets so they’d never reach the station.
Duanmu Huai was not a pirate, but this tactic indeed worked when fighting the Tyran Swarms, especially as this Star Territory’s technology focused on hyperspace travel, so he figured it might be useful and discussed it with Aikute.
And Aikute, not disappointing as a genius Strategist LV3, listened to Duanmu Huai’s rough idea, consulted with Lumiaire and others, and quickly figured out what to do, coming up with her own response plan!
In fact, General Griffith could not imagine that his plan had already been thoroughly exposed right from the start, thanks to Lumiaire’s infiltration into the Independent Federation’s network, making the next steps simpler. All they needed to do was find the galaxies the warships were heading to, lay a large field of torpedoes between the departure and target galaxies, and when the enemy fleet jumped, their warships would simultaneously jump out from the Net Path, using the massive Tribunal Warships to pull the Independent Federation Fleet out of the hyperspace lane. Once they returned to the real universe, they’d face countless torpedo bombardments!
As for the issue of mass, Duanmu Huai was not concerned at all. The Tribunal’s approach was that of massive ship artillery, and even the largest warship in this Star Territory, at 3000 meters, was not even comparable to a light cruiser in the Tribunal Fleet, only somewhat larger than a destroyer. How could they compare their mass to his heavy cruisers and battleships?
Furthermore, due to Lumiaire hacking into the Independent Federation’s network, exposing their objectives and routes, all Aikute needed to do was set up large minefields along those routes, and place a few cruisers and battleships in the Net Path, ready to appear as soon as the enemy jumped! This way, even though the Tribunal had only a few hundred warships, completely blocking the Independent Federation’s routes was not an issue.
Just like now!
"Boom boom boom boom boom!!!"
Aikute, with her timid yet sinister disposition, laid the torpedo fields in multiple dense layers, basically playing on a fear of density, not stopping until you were blown to pieces. When General Griffith’s fleet burst out of hyperspace, it was as if they had slammed straight into the dense torpedo field, and suddenly, explosions and fire were everywhere, with one warship after another of the Independent Federation tearing apart and shattering, followed by even larger explosions!
"How could this be, why is this happening...!"
At this moment, General Griffith was numb. He understood what was happening, but he could not fathom how the enemy could have locked onto their routes!
Indeed, not to mention navigation, as General Griffith was doing a countdown, Lumiaire intentionally helped adjust the timing of a few warships to prevent them from departing late.
"Report immediately..."
General Griffith hurriedly tried to issue an order, intending to report the situation to the rear, but before he could finish, a loud "boom" sounded, and the entire console exploded. The warship’s bridge also burst open, and in the next instant, General Griffith was sucked into the vacuum.
In a matter of moments, under the chain reaction of the detonated torpedoes, one warship after another turned into fireworks. Duanmu Huai sat in his chair, staring at the screen, while Aikute nervously watched the command platform. A moment later, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Reporting to Uncle, all Independent Federation fleets have been completely annihilated."
"I never thought it would happen so quickly..."
Hearing Aikute’s report, Mary couldn’t help but marvel, and the other girls nearby also had complex expressions. After all, they had all seen Lumiaire’s scouting and knew how many warships the Independent Federation sent in this offensive. They could say the Federation had staked everything on this.
And in less than a minute, it was total annihilation?
Although they had indeed made all necessary preparations on their side, this was just too fast.
Thinking about this, the girls cast some complicated glances at Aikute. For a long time, Aikute had not displayed any combat prowess, and combined with her timid and meek disposition, she gave the impression of being harmless. It seemed to others that Aikute was not the type to annihilate so many warships in an instant... let alone the fact that none of them could achieve such a feat.
"Incredible, Aikute..."
"Eh? No, it’s not me who’s incredible."
Hearing Ann’s admiration, Aikute hurriedly waved her hand, blushing.
"It’s mainly Uncle’s idea; I was just responsible for implementing it."
"Only you could implement it; to be honest, I myself don’t really understand the operation."
Duanmu Huai spread his hands. He had seen some players use it this way, but if he had to do it himself, he couldn’t. Although this plan seemed simple, the key point was to catch the timing accurately. After all, traveling from one galaxy to another generally only took a dozen seconds. A late grab would let people escape, wasting an opportunity; an early grab might trigger the enemy’s alert due to mass gravity fluctuations.
So they had to act at the very moment the enemy arrived to achieve maximum effect.
Duanmu Huai lacked the ability to do this, only Aikute and Lumiaire could achieve it.
"Anyway, well done, Aikute."
"Ah, thank you, Uncle..."
"You don’t need to be polite."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand and looked at Lumiaire.
"Notify Palpatine; I’m done here, so now it’s time for his performance."