Jar Galaxy, Vita Defense Line.
It had been a whole month since the last Vita Defense Line battle.
Spanning a whole light-year, there was no longer any space in sight. The entire void had been squeezed by the Zergs to the point that there was not a single bit of space left.
It was only now that Liang Xue realized that the previous report of ten thousand times the size of the Zergs in the Milky Way was absolutely wrong. It was ridiculously wrong!
Since half a month ago, when the Zergs began to attack the defense line again, the entire battlefield had not stopped for even a second.
Fortunately, with the existence of the Federation, these normal Zergs had a crushing advantage, so the Zergs had never been able to get within one AU of the defense line.
Moreover, all the defending troops could take turns to rest, unlike the first battle where they had to fight continuously without stopping. This was to prevent the soldiers from being too tired and reducing their combat power.
At the back, other than the Three-Eye Empire continuing to organize a mass evacuation through the space migration channel opened by Wei, the Federation had also joined in. A large number of military and civilian spaceships constantly relied on hyperspace technology to travel between the Jar Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, which sped up the evacuation by at least three times.
The evacuation plan that would have taken more than a year would now be completed in three months.
Everything seemed to be going in a good direction, but Lin Fan did not think so. At this moment, he was presiding over a battle conference.
"The Zerg's attack has been going on for a month. According to our detection, the area of one light year in front of the Vita Defense Line is filled with Zerg swarms, and they're all coming toward us!"
"Regarding this situation, does anyone have any thoughts?"
As he spoke, Lin Fan looked at the more than ten people below. Among them were the five group commanders who followed him to the Jar Galaxy, as well as the former high-ranking generals of the Vita Defense Line of the Three-Eye Empire.
Although he already had a firm idea in his heart, Lin Fan still wanted to find out if his subordinates had any thoughts about it!
This was a test, but at the same time, it was also a gathering of ideas. After all, Lin Fan was not a god, so it was hard to guarantee that he did not miss out on something.
"Marshal, I think there's something fishy about this Insectoid attack!"
The first to speak was Lin Fan's most capable subordinate, Li Cangqiong.
He was no longer the outstanding mecha operator he used to be. He was no longer the fledgling fleet commander he used to be. Now, he was the commander of a large fleet and a two-star general of the Federation. He had participated in almost all the Federation wars.
"It's been half a month. The Zergs should be fully aware that with us around, they won't be able to get close to the Vita defense line. However, they are still attacking as if they want to send all the Zergs in the entire galaxy to us and wait for us to execute them!"
"I think that this is very abnormal, unless the Zerg commander is a creature with low intelligence who only acts on instinct. But obviously, the Zerg King is not such a creature. On the contrary, according to our past experience, the Zerg King is definitely a highly intelligent creature, and it would not make such a brainless command!"
"Therefore, I think that the Zergs' actions today should have other motives. One of them is to defeat us. We have to be more careful!"
Lin Fan nodded his head. Even though Li Cangqiong didn't think as far as he did, their basic train of thought was the same.
He believed that if he was given more time, he would be able to figure out the rest of the problems.
"Marshal Lin Fan, I have some thoughts too. I don't know if I can share them with you."
Just as everyone was deep in thought about Li Cangqiong's words, Mu's voice was heard in the war conference room.
Although the two civilizations had not officially merged, Lin Fan already treated the generals of the Three-eye Empire as his own and would not treat them differently.
"Of course, please speak, Marshal Mu!"
Lin Fan nodded.
"Well, it's like this. Everyone should know that according to the information we obtained from the Class 3 Zerg King we captured, the Zerg commander attacking the Myers Galaxy should be a Class 1 Zerg King."
"However, after nearly a hundred years of war, we have never seen this Zerg King appear. In fact, we haven't even seen a Class 2 Zerg King, let alone a Class 1 Zerg King!"
"It's embarrassing to say this. Perhaps in the Zerg's eyes, a Class 3 Zerg King is enough to defeat us, so Class 1 and Class 2 Zerg Kings don't even need to fight in person."
"However, the situation now is different. Now that all the Class 3 Zerg Kings have been killed, if the Zergs want to regain the initiative on the battlefield, they should use more powerful forces instead of just relying on ordinary Zerg swarms to charge in a suicidal manner without a single Zerg King appearing!"
"Therefore, I'm thinking that after the Class 1 Zerg King saw the combat power of the Federation, it thought that it would not be able to win even if it took the field. Therefore, it used ordinary Zerg swarms like cannon fodder to attack the defensive line and completely pin us down!"
"Its goal is very likely to be to wait for an opportunity to defeat us, and this opportunity needs time. For example, it might need support from something more powerful than the Class 1 Zerg King."
Lin Fan looked at Mu in surprise. He did not expect Mu to think of this.
After all, for the past half a month, Mu had been giving him the impression that he was like Liang Xingchen. He was the kind of general who preferred conventional tactics and did not like to take risks. He was slightly rigid.
This was not to say that such a general was not good. In fact, in many situations, such a general was more useful. However, such a general had a common problem, which was that they only thought of their enemies with conventional thinking.
This was also the reason why Lin Fan was surprised.
In fact, Lin Fan was wrong about Mu. The reason why Mu's commanding style was so similar to Liang Xingchen's was that he shouldered the fate of the entire Empire and did not allow himself to take any risks. It was not that he was conservative in his tactical thinking!
"General Mu and I have the same opinion. As for the opportunity, I think it's very likely that it's the Zerg King!"
Lin Fan sighed as he looked at the generals below, especially the Federation generals. Except for Fujiwara Ayako, all of them were shocked by Mu's words.
Other than a few outstanding generals, the others had fought too few battles and had too little experience.
It made sense. The number of wars that the high-ranking generals of the Federation had participated in could be counted on two hands. Most of them only used one hand.
Moreover, those wars were all based on technology. They had not even encountered an opponent of comparable strength. How could they not have a lot of experience?
Lin Fan stood up and looked at the generals below. He then told them his plan.