Sky-cracking Rider
Chapter 1036 - 1036: Section 1021 - Pre-battle Planning

The Atlantis City Management Committee is in chaos once again. This time, it's not because of Chen Xiao'er, but due to the bad news brought by "Seed Nest" McKenny, which is terribly bad.

The fleet of 439 large individual units from the Sagali civilization will arrive at the Fourth Planet Antalu in two months, ushering in an unimaginably massive war.

According to the intelligence provided by "Seed Nest" McKenny, the enemy fleet consists entirely of large units, with no medium or small units found yet.

The large units, capable of carrying more supplies, have higher endurance in space and can adapt to various unexpected situations.

Medium and small units may have existed when the fleet set sail, but their roles were probably non-combat, serving instead as supplies, essentially acting as food, akin to cattle and sheep accompanying the fleet, scouting ahead, sent to die first, and being eaten when provisions run out.

Therefore, by the time they reach the star system where the Sagali ancestral land is located, these medium and small units may well have been consumed.

The reduction in the number of large units in the asteroid belt might be for the same reason, given that a large space fleet consumes a significant amount of resources in each unit of time during long-distance deep-space travel.

Regarding the preliminary intelligence on the large units, according to Chen Fei's conjecture, they are likely those monsters outside Emerald Star's atmosphere, each several kilometers long, capable of gathering constant star light sources for sustained bombardment attacks, releasing massive numbers of parasitic self-destruct attacks, protected by a barrier that even nuclear weapons find hard to penetrate, making them offensively and defensively adept, capable of single combat or group battles.

A combat unit like this, even if there's only one, would be extremely hard to deal with, let alone a fleet numbering in the hundreds approaching.

Compared to the opposition, the Wall of Sighs task force, despite being formed by the Blue Star sovereignties, was never aimed at an existence like the Sagali biological space mothership fleet; in terms of both quantity and quality, it is clearly at a disadvantage.

If the two sides were to formally engage right now, the Wall of Sighs task force might not withstand the first wave of the opponent's attack.

Without hard strength, all schemes and strategic tactics are nothing but nonsense.

However, the Wall of Sighs task force that accidentally (design-wise) stranded on the Sagali civilization's ancestral land, Antalu Planet, is not without a chance of victory. The military leaders convening the emergency meeting were anxious but composed, for the key to facing war lies in Chen Fei's strongest psi skill, "One Man Army."

"One Man Army" is not a standalone psi skill but a generic term for a combination of several psi skills, capable of forming combat power strong enough to counter 439 biological space motherships in a short time.

The war machine of the Wall of Sighs is set in motion again, with the Central Building in Atlantis lit brightly day and night, nearly a hundred staff repeatedly simulating and probing for a chance to fight.

Fortunately, the majority of the city's residents are active soldiers, and despite the looming war, as the pre-battle news spread, including Satellite City, order remained intact, without any signs of chaos within the City Management Committee.

Chen Fei made an extremely rare appearance, more accurately a listener, at the live meeting of the City Management Committee.

The military leaders dispatched to Satellite City, without exception, all attended the meeting, because with a formidable enemy approaching, all conflicts had to be set aside, and no one dared to mess with Chen Fei at this critical juncture.

"Hey, hey, Rookie! Snap out of it!"

Chen Fei was pulled back to the attention he had always focused on the AR visual assistance effect interface by Huang Xiulun's shout.

"Huh? Is the meeting over?"

Chen Fei blinked; he didn't understand a word of the discussion held by those military leaders.

What is challenging across industries, if Chen Fei were to talk about those economic terms, these big shots would probably be just as clueless.

Therefore, he only needed to wait for the final result of the discussion and then figure out how to coordinate.

Huang Xiulun helplessly said, "It's not over yet, far from it! We want to hear your opinion!"

Despite inviting this master over to attend the meeting, it was apparent from the outset that he was absent-minded and distracted all along.

Chen Fei replied matter-of-factly, "What opinion to listen to? You set the combat location and timing, and I'll execute, simple as that!"

Planning strategies and tactics is not his forte; professional work should naturally be handled by professionals, and he, a commoner, would not meddle.

The taboo of outsiders leading insiders is known even to schoolchildren.

"You weren't listening?"

Huang Xiulun lamented, "disappointed in iron that cannot become steel."

This master evidently treated himself like a master indeed, lying flat and doing nothing during such an important meeting? The consequences would be deadly, for anyone!

"Does it matter if I listen or not? I wouldn't understand it anyway!"

Chen Fei spread his hands innocently.

"Then what are you doing? Reading novels?"

The military leaders from The First Sovereign were also unable to endure anymore; even if it's not your concern, can you at least consider the occasion?

"I was designing the planetary protective barrier, happened to get some inspiration."

Chen Fei stated truthfully; if not for "Seed Nest" McKenny mentioning those suspected large units of biological space motherships, he might not have thought of them.

"Oh? Would you like to share?"

Huang Xiulun, like everyone else, showed a surprised expression.

No one expected Chen Fei wasn't behaving the way they imagined: laissez-faire governance.

In fact, had Chen Fei not insisted on advancing the mass production plan for the "Skylight" translucent panel, these people might have shuddered in airships now, with no chance to walk casually and comfortably in the Atlantis city.

"Adam, adjust the meeting room lights, brightness to 5%, full-scene projection of the star system's three-dimensional projection picture."

The lighting in the over 400-square-meter meeting room went out, leaving only four corner lights maintaining 5% brightness. Delicate light beams from various directions intertwined, soon forming a three-dimensional projection picture of the star system, with names, numbers, diameters, and mass information marked on each celestial body.

"OK, mark the location, anticipated route, and navigation information of the Sagali fleet."

As Chen Fei spoke, dense clusters of icons appeared near the Twelfth Planet in the star system, simultaneously marking the number, 439, all large units.

This image was captured by a space telescope launched in emergency response, presumably showing the location 6 hours ago due to distance constraints.

Regarding timeliness, there's no significant difference between radio lenses and optical lenses.

The smallest units of the Sagali fleet is around 5 kilometers long, while the largest measure about 21 kilometers, validating Chen Fei's assumptions on biological space motherships as inherently useful space combat units, with no need for the Sagali civilization to create other tricks.

From an economic perspective, too much diversity in war machinery types is conversely uneconomical.