Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 317 Face to Face

Sometimes, the person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.

Before the news of the meteorite impact on the Xialang front even reached Fang Lin, the news had already reached the Mechanical Earth.

"What? Such a good thing!"

When Fan Hui, the commander-in-chief of the Xialang front, heard this message from the intelligence department, she was immediately invigorated.

Just as the Divine Realm wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible, Fan Hui also regarded the Divine Realm as a thorn in her side.

If it weren't for the fact that the mechanical Earth had a large troop advantage on the main battlefield, which tied up more than 90% of Fang Lin's attention, Fan Hui alone would really not be a match for Fang Lin.

This is not because he looks down on himself, but because it is a lesson learned from historical experience.

Seven years ago, in the third star layer of Elbato, Fang Lin led 19 Nanyang-class assault ships, bypassing the two battleships and one battlecruiser stationed there by the mechanical Earth, and destroyed the space warship responsible for transportation and supply.

Afterwards, everyone reviewed the battle and simulated it more than a hundred times, but all of them ended in failure. The only success was in the actual battle.

Four years ago, in the all-out war, Fang Lin commanded 16 fleets simultaneously, launching operations from the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest, harassing the main force for nearly six months. The total number of fleets involved in the entire campaign reached as many as 6.

Such a large-scale battle required data processing that nearly exhausted the AI ​​computing power of the mechanical Earth side, yet they still couldn't defeat Fang Lin.

From then on, Fang Lin became an undefeated legend of the Mind Earth, and the outside world even gave this woman the title of "Blood Moon Ghost".

The reason for this is that this woman's fighting style is too despicable. In all the years that have been fought, we have never seen her fight on the front lines.

Therefore, there is no such thing as the optimal solution when facing her. The only way to defeat her is through sheer numbers. As long as you can produce enough units quickly, Fang Lin will have very little room to maneuver.

Only by tying down all of her forces can Mechanical Earth have the energy to engage in a one-on-one battle with Genetic Earth.

In the past, Fan Hui would not have even considered taking the initiative to attack. Even if the enemy's defenses on the Xialang front consisted of less than one-tenth of their forces, those were Blood Moon Ghosts. A rash attack could result in heavy losses and be counterproductive.

Fan Hui was well aware that her current situation was no less dire than that of Ma Su, who was defending Jieting. If she could use the aircraft carrier to tie down 10% of Fang Lin's forces, she would have accomplished a great feat.

But given the current situation, Fan Hui was somewhat tempted.

Losing one of the final cannons is not just a matter of reduced firepower.

Mind Earth has always adopted an offensive-oriented tactical layout on the Corridor front, while their defensive strength is actually not strong, and can even be described as very weak.

However, the reason why the mechanical Earth's assault force was unable to counterattack was because the firepower coverage formed by the two final cannons in Zones A and B made their assault force dare not approach.

But does this kind of cannon have any drawbacks?

Have!

The biggest and most fatal drawback is that it requires acceleration to strike the light particles.

When fighting within the atmosphere, there is a common-sense understanding that drag is attenuated.

In kinetic energy weapons, the kinetic energy of the projectile decreases continuously from the moment it leaves the barrel until it hits the target.

But this changed when interstellar wars began.

The conversion of artillery shells to particle energy weapons is only one aspect; more importantly, it reduces attenuation due to the elimination of air resistance.

But new problems also arose.

Aside from weapons that fling particles outwards, other weapons do not possess the ability to accelerate in the short term. As a result, the projectiles you throw may drift past your opponent's face at an extremely slow speed.

Unless the opposing fleet is completely incompetent, it's highly unlikely they'll intentionally ram into it.

So they came up with another solution.

If substances A and B are stored separately, when A is released, B will react with it to produce energy, resulting in acceleration.

The longer the time, the faster the acceleration in space, eventually continuing until the energy imbalance between the two sides causes them to disintegrate.

While this design is ingenious, it also creates a fatal weakness in this defensive weapon: it cannot deal damage at close range.

Therefore, it is generally necessary to deploy two or more defensive facilities at the same time to form a crossfire network.

Otherwise, it would be easy for assault troops to get right in their faces.