"Commander, we've discovered a large number of fleets moving behind the enemy's defense line. It's suspected that they're deploying a second line of defense!"
In the bridge of Theran, the radar captain suddenly reported loudly.
Hearing this, Elfi immediately manipulated the dynamic model of the battlefield in front of him and zoomed in on the area behind the Union Army's defense line.
Just as the radar captain reported, trillions of warships were moving quickly, and from their movement patterns, they were indeed deploying a second line of defense.
But …
Unlike the extremely loose first line of defense, the second line of defense was clearly deployed in a more solid manner.
Although with the same number of warships, after using such a thick formation, they could only cover a small area.
However, because the Federation's fleet only made a small breakthrough in the first line of defense, Lavoisier did not need to deploy a long line of defense like the first one. He only needed to gather the fleet behind the first line of defense that was torn open.
"His goal is not to defend, but to use a new and thick line of defense to completely block us after we chose to break through the first line of defense. Together with the original line of defense, they'll form a pincer attack on our fleet!"
"And once we're delayed, the three trillion warships around us will swarm in and completely surround us."
"If the battle turns out like that, then, even if we win in the end, we'll have to pay a certain price!"
"This response … is really fast and accurate!"
Looking at the dynamic model of the battlefield and the fleet movement behind the Union Army's defense line, Elfi quickly deduced Lavoisier's purpose.
"Commander, if this continues, we'll immediately be exposed to those fleets after we break through the first line of defense. And even if we have the dark energy shield, it's not invincible. In the end, we'll pay a huge price!"
"It's okay, before they finish deploying, we'll just cut through them!"
"Before they finish deploying?"
The adjutant was a little confused. After all, she had just calculated that by the time the enemy finished deploying, their fleet would not have enough time to completely break through the first line of defense.
It was not that their firepower was not enough, but that their speed was not enough.
After all, without the hyperspace engine and the stargate, the Federation battleships could only travel at sub-light speed, and this speed was obviously unable to support that idea.
There was nothing wrong with the adjutant's idea. With the sub-light speed engine, without being affected by time dilation, the seventh speed in the Federation's speed standard was already the highest speed. Any higher and the time dilation effect would be unavoidable.
The 7th Fleet would need at least 15 minutes to break through the enemy's defensive line, but according to their calculations, the fleet behind the enemy's defensive line would be able to complete the second defensive line in about 10 minutes.
Originally …
That should be the case.
But …
The adjutant seemed to have forgotten something.
Seventh speed had never been the Federation's maximum sub-lightspeed speed. During the early stages of the war with the insectoids, the humans already possessed the technology to travel at 0.99 times the speed of light, completely negating the time dilation effect at such speeds.
However, in the past few decades, human opponents had almost no means to restrict hyperspace travel. This also made the combat speed of Class 7 and above useless.
After all, no matter how fast sub-light speed was, it was still sub-light speed.
In terms of speed and efficiency, it was not even qualified to carry the shoes of hyperspace and spatial teleportation.
However, in the current situation where hyperspace and spatial teleportation were restricted, the speed of Class 7 and above would obviously be the key to the victory of this war.
"Activate the time dilation countermeasure device immediately. In 30 seconds, the entire fleet will accelerate to Class 9 and above!"
"Yes, Commander!"
At the same time, the adjutant finally remembered the device that had never been used since the establishment of the elven fleet.
That's right, he had forgotten the fact that the Federation's battleships could accelerate to Class 9 without being affected by time dilation with the help of that device.
In fact, the first to use this technology was the Federation's assault ship. It was a special type of unmanned ship used during the war with the insectoids at the Vita Line of Defense in the Myers Galaxy Group.
Since then, although this technology was still the standard of every generation of common battleships, it was never used again.
In the void, the entire fleet suddenly began to accelerate, and the bodies of the battleships were constantly elongating. At least …
From the outside, this was the visual effect.
"The fleet's speed has reached Class 8 and the current speed is 0.5 times the speed of light. Continuing to accelerate!"
"0.6 times the speed of light … 0.7 times the speed of light … 0.8 times the speed of light … 0.9 times the speed of light …"
"Commander, the fleet has accelerated to Class 9 and the current speed is 0.99 times the speed of light. The time dilation countermeasure device is operating normally!"
"The estimated time to completely break through the first line of defense is 168 seconds!"
After the fleet accelerated for a minute, the adjutant looked at the data on the virtual interface in front of him and turned to report to Elfi.
This scene was also captured by the Federation Army.
At this moment, the entire virtual war room was in a complete mess!
"How is this possible? The data must be wrong. Measure it again!"
"This is already the third time!"
"No, I don't believe it. This is simply impossible!"
"That's right. If they have really reached this speed, why is there no time dilation effect?"
"This is simply against the basic laws of physics!"
"Yes, I believe that our measuring device is malfunctioning!"
...
The hall was extremely noisy.
It was really …
The Federation's current speed scared them!
In fact, they had already noticed when the Federation's fleet began to accelerate.
However, the problem was that this should have long exceeded the safe range of speed. Logically speaking, the Federation's fleet should have already fallen into the time dilation effect.
All of this was incomprehensible to them!
"Silence!"
Looking at the increasingly chaotic war room, Lavoise shouted.
"Now, it's not a matter of whether you believe it or not. The human fleet is doing it!"
"And according to the latest calculation results, in less than three minutes, the humans will break through our first line of defense."
"As for the second line of defense that we are deploying, it will be directly penetrated by the human fleet before the deployment is complete."
"In the end, our flagship will be directly exposed to the enemy fleet!"
"All of this …"
"It's already unstoppable!"