Chapter 232 Summary after the war Inside the Conqueror's combat meeting room. Li Jian, commander of the Qingluan Legion, Liu Shengzhan, commander of the Space Force, as well as the main commanders and captains of each brigade were all present. At this moment, they were sitting around the conference table. A fierce space battle is taking place on the 3D modeled virtual desktop. The combatants watched very carefully, some even asked to stop from time to time, and repeatedly looked at certain details. This blocking battle, which lasted for 30 minutes, was played over and over a dozen times in the operations conference room. It was finally declared over after no more objections were raised. Fan Ren glanced at the commanders with serious expressions and sighed in his heart. This was the first time that humans truly took the initiative in a war with an alien civilization. However, after decades of preparation and thinking they were foolproof, they still lost 2000 Punishers in the end, outnumbering their opponents by 500 to 483 ships of the same class. This was undoubtedly an extremely failed operation for these combatants, and even for the commander-in-chief Liu Shengzhan.
It was because of their combat arrangements and command flaws that 740 Qingluan Legion soldiers ultimately died heroically. The number of seriously injured people reached 1397. "Let me make a summary!" Fan Ren spoke in a low voice, and everyone looked towards him when they heard it. "I have to take the main responsibility for this blocking battle." Before Fan Ren finished speaking, he quickly reached out to stop Liu Shengzhan who was about to speak. His face was serious, and Liu Shengzhan couldn't help but clench his fists, but finally dropped them after seeing Fan Ren's persistence. "Listen to me. It is because of my suggestion that this blocking battle was brought forward. Otherwise, if we were given a few more decades, I think with your combat capabilities, our losses would not be so bad. We would not have sacrificed so many of our precious warriors. So, I say the responsibility is mine, and that is true.” Fan Ren said this with a heavy face, and without giving others a chance to refute, he spoke again. “But I want to mention that during this operation, the attitude, combat level, and proficiency in controlling the ships that you all displayed were all very good. And after the enemy used its range advantage twice to cause massive damage to our ships, we were able to respond in a timely manner. This is already very good. You know, this is the first time that we humans have to actively fight against an alien civilization that has advanced technology and is hundreds of years ahead of us. Being able to completely annihilate the enemy and complete all set goals within the scheduled time is very worthy of recognition. Here, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone! ” After Fan Ren finished speaking, he nodded slightly to everyone. Now, after Ye Rongshan's passing, he officially becomes the successor. Among all the space forces, this young man who looks only in his thirties is now the supreme leader of them all.
Liu Shengzhan was the first to stand up straight and saluted Fanren. Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed suit. Fan Ren stretched out his hand and pressed it, looked at Li Jian, then smiled and said: "As the commander of the Qingluan Army, you did not participate in this battle, but you watched the entire simulation video. Then you tell me what you think first." Upon hearing this, Li Jian couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he looked at Fan Ren's deep gaze. The second child who seemed to always need his care in the past has now reached this level without him realizing it. "Commander Li!" Liu Shengzhan noticed that Li Jian was distracted and called out to him subconsciously. Li Jian came back to his senses and said quickly: "Sorry, this is it. I watched the entire video, and the main problem was that the advance preparations for the Hans civilization fleet were not done properly. Obviously, we know next to nothing about them. In fact, with the benefit of hindsight, these were problems that could have been seen in advance. Ah Dai, please bring up the large image of the Hans civilization's battleships." Li Jian smiled helplessly. He knew that what had happened had already happened and all he could do now was to learn from the lesson. A virtual, lifelike model of a Hans civilization battleship soon appeared in front of everyone. "Everyone, please look!" Li Jian pointed at the huge gun muzzles of the spacecraft, which were ten meters in diameter, and said: “Our battleships are equipped with electromagnetic railguns, and the muzzle diameter is about meters. The diameter of its muzzle is ten meters. Ladies and gentlemen, from this we can actually guess that if such a large-caliber firepower equipment wants to have the kinetic energy to cause damage to our battleship armor, then the electromagnetic track and its corresponding energy supply system that power it must not be possessed by the battleship. Ah Dai, what is the caliber of the electromagnetic railgun on the Conqueror? " "The Conqueror uses eight 8mm caliber electromagnetic railguns. Please allow me to give a detailed introduction to the electromagnetic railguns. The electromagnetic railgun on the Conqueror is already the largest-caliber electromagnetic railgun, judging from Fox's technical introduction to the Galactic Alliance. Generally speaking, the energy required to launch an electromagnetic railgun of this caliber is extremely huge. Take the Conqueror for example, the entire energy supply system occupies 20% of the space of our spacecraft. This is why the Titan battleship is so huge. At the same time, the caliber of electromagnetic railgun ammunition is extremely strictly limited. For every millimeter increase, the energy required will increase exponentially, which was particularly important in the past. That’s all I have to say.”
Ah Dai just gave an introduction and did not explain the spacecraft of the Hans civilization. Li Jian and a group of space army soldiers nodded secretly after hearing this. They all understood what it meant. "That's right. Speaking of hindsight, we could have analyzed the pictures of the Hans civilization's battleships earlier. The caliber of the guns they used ruled out the electromagnetic railguns with extremely short range." Everyone nodded slightly. Seeing this, Li Jian continued: "The missile, a weapon system that we consider to be relatively backward, obviously dealt us a heavy blow this time. At the same time, it also brings us some new thinking. The electromagnetic rail certainly has great advantages in terms of lethality and firing rate. However, due to the attenuation of kinetic energy, it cannot cause effective damage to battleships beyond a certain range. So, we should continue to pick up the research work on missiles. It is obvious that this heavy attack missile of the Hans civilization, at some point. For example, when being chased, it is an extremely advantageous countermeasure. Of course, this is something. My main point now is that we need to work harder and invest more resources in pre-operation intelligence analysis. For example, this spacecraft, with such a large caliber gun muzzle, should actually be able to give early warning." (End of this chapter)