Chapter 1412: Chapter 532: The Plan Was Disrupted from the Start (Part 1)

Although the Red Peak Fleet made a small gain in the first round of probing, its disadvantage had not been reversed, and the balance of forces between the two sides remained unequal.

The distance was a bit closer now, and the Red Peak Fleet finally gradually discerned the situation of the ambushes all around through conventional radar.

The number was vast, overwhelming.

Ying Zhenshan also saw the interception formation ahead, as solid as a space giant shield.

It was apparent that the other side had completely calculated his decision, knowing he would attempt to break through head-on, and was waiting for him to walk into their trap.

Not only that, even though the other side is a ragtag army, their formation is both tight and tactical.

Their distribution is very rational, making it difficult to break through head-on, yet not so dense as to be taken out by a single wave of large-scale weapons.

"Fortunately, the Marshal had the Earl hold the front from the beginning, even if the formation can’t be breached, at least a severe blow could be struck, and then retreat safely."

Such thoughts were in the minds of some staff in the main staff department.

But Ying Zhenshan did not even glance at the situation ahead, only continuously observing the enemy fleet formation identified by radar in his mind, trying to guess the other side’s combat strategy and specific plan and comparing it with the data provided by the still-functioning AI chips.

At this moment, the ship mildly trembled, and Ying Zhenshan’s adjutant informed him that the origin of the previous tremor was a nearby ultra-high energy level electromagnetic detonation, which caused most electronic devices within the Red Peak Fleet’s ships, those unprotected by heavy lead shielding, to completely fail.

Although backup systems exist within each ship, according to Ying Zhenshan’s command, these must remain hidden under heavy lead shielding for now, so in the upcoming period, the Red Peak Fleet will operate individually in space like "primitive people," relying on tacit understanding.

The operation of the ships shifted to manual control, with humans operating each device aboard the warship, such as turning, which involved manually twisting the control lever and then using hydraulic transmission to amplify the torque continuously, thereby driving the medium jet engine to change direction, forming a rudder effect. The gravity engine, however, had completely failed.

As for communication between different ships, it was not completely cut off but returned to a highly primitive method of using strong light flashes for signaling, and humans decoded the signals to form complete sentences. The coding technique was Ren Zhong’s "creation," precisely Morse code.

The Red Peak Fleet’s situation was not favorable, as they were suddenly thrust back to the "primitive era," but the Pirate Alliance was no better off. The massive radiation energy flows generated by the electromagnetic detonation were indiscriminately damaging. The well-crafted ships of the Red Peak Fleet suffered severe damage, and the pirate’s crudely made ships fared no better.

However, both sides did not fall into chaos because each had its pre-planned contingencies.

The Red Peak Fleet was well-trained and did not rely much on artificial intelligence assistance. Whether the Commander, Detachment Fleet Commander, or captains of medium and small ships, all were highly experienced, able to spontaneously coordinate using the limited information provided by Morse code through laser communication or simply visual observation with telescopes.

The Pirate Alliance’s commanders certainly lacked such skills, but their officers didn’t need to make on-the-spot decisions. They only needed to act according to their detailed plans, such as when to move to specific positions, where to fire what weapons, and when to dispatch small combat jump ships—all detailed in plans.

Fudin was profoundly confident in the performance of the military command system, believing that no matter how strategic the opposing commander was, facing an absolutely overwhelming disparity in military force rendered any tactic meaningless.

The subsequent developments proved the reliability of the military command system.

Fudin was well aware that the operational personnel on Red Blade Star had mastered a non-technical communication method, roughly an ancient long and short code communication mechanism, so their communications wouldn’t be entirely disrupted by the electromagnetic detonation.

However, they also employed similar means on their side, as Nanxiang Marquis had arranged long ago. The only issue was that the pirate combat personnel’s minds were not very keen, so even after crash training, their proficiency in communication decoding was not very high, taking a long time to decode a piece of information, never reaching the Imperial regular army’s basic standards, but just barely adequate.

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