Starting with God's perspective, how to lose an interstellar war?

Immediately afterwards, Qin Beiwang gave the order.

"Fire Kirin, maintain course and speed!"

What confused and even unsettled the commanders of the various sub-fleets even more were the following orders.

"The five fleets under direct command—Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Yao Guang, and Kai Yang—must immediately depart from their current course."

Maneuver into the Ghost Nebula (a vast, dense interstellar cloud with chaotic electromagnetic characteristics located on the flank of the S-22).

Once inside, maintain absolute silence, shut down non-essential power outputs, and await further instructions.

The command is transmitted in an encrypted channel.

A few seconds later, an undisguised question rang out in the communication loop.

"commander."

The voice of Feng Shaojun, commander of the Tian Shu Fleet, came first, carrying his usual composure and obvious worry at this moment.

"The interior of the Ghost Nebula is complex, with extremely high concentrations of ionized gas and dust. Our conventional detection methods become essentially ineffective once inside, which is equivalent to 'blinding' it."

The ship's hull and external equipment may suffer from continuous corrosion, and there is also a risk of malfunctions caused by static electricity buildup in the internal circuitry.

Most importantly, once inside, it will be difficult for us to observe the external enemy situation, making maneuverability and coordination extremely challenging...

This is like locking ourselves in a metal can.

"Yes, Commander!"

Commander Fan Jingxuan of the Yaoguang Fleet added hastily.

"The Obsidian Fleet is about to catch up."

At this point, most of the main force was dispersed and hidden in a blind spot, in case the enemy fleet bypassed the nebula.

Or if our location is exposed and we are attacked, we may not even have time to react!

Should we... reconsider?

Although the other sub-fleet commanders did not speak directly, their silence revealed the same doubts.

Placing the fleet in such a passive and dangerous situation is by no means an unconventional tactic.

Despite the confusion and worry of the crowd, Qin Beiwang's voice remained calm and composed, showing no sign of emotion.

"Gentlemen, execute the order."

I will send the specific coordinates and orientation after entering the nebula one by one later.

As for the issues of observation and navigation…

He paused slightly, as if confirming something, before continuing.

"Don't worry. I have my own way of keeping track of the external situation, especially the movements of Obsidian's main forces."

All you need to do is hide, remain silent, and wait for the signal to attack.

His tone conveyed an unquestionable certainty, but where did this certainty come from?

The doubts in everyone's hearts had not been dispelled, but military orders were absolute, and Qin Beiwang's past achievements and those incredible tactical successes forced them to suppress their doubts.

"Yes, Commander."

"Yes, ma'am."

Filled with questions, the four sub-fleet commanders accepted the order.

The massive Pluto fleet began to break apart.

The Kirin-class aircraft carrier "Fire Kirin" and two escort cruisers continued their pursuit of the remnants of Emerald and Green.

It just slowed down noticeably, like a fist that had pulled back some of its force.

The other five fleets, totaling more than seventy main starships, were like fish swimming in ink.

Slowly turning, it headed towards the "Ghost Nebula" that was rolling with beautiful yet dangerous light not far away.

Gradually swallowed up by the dense ionized gas and cosmic dust, it "disappeared" from the main battlefield.

Meanwhile, at the tactical center of the flagship "Kunlunshan-Kai".

The atmosphere here is completely different from the doubts outside.

Qin Beiwang stood alone in front of the central holographic tactical platform, with two star maps floating on the surface.

One is a standard fleet-shared tactical star map, with relatively conventional information. At this moment, it shows the positions of our two carrier strike groups, the retreat trajectory of the Emerald/Emerald remnants, and the approximate location of the Obsidian main force.

The other one is his system star map.

This star map is much clearer, more detailed, and more real-time.

On this private star map, large areas of the Savannah system are no longer just blank voids or rough simulations.

Countless tiny, almost imperceptible streams of data are converging from the vast sea of ​​stars.

The source of this data is those that existed long before the fleet set sail, or even earlier.

These were secretly deployed by the Shadowless-class reconnaissance ships as passive detection buoys on key routes, gravity anomalies, and the outer reaches of galaxies.

These buoys do not emit active signals and do not transmit any energy that could be detected.

It simply lies dormant, like sleeping senses, recording the "traces" of everything that has passed.

The heat radiation from the engine, the minute perturbations in the gravitational field, the shielding of background radiation by the movement of large-scale metal objects, and even the occasional leakage of harmonics from encrypted communications.

All of this information will be directly fed back to Qin Beiwang's system star map. As long as the distance does not exceed 7.8 million kilometers, it will be basically real-time.

This is also the source of Qin Beiwang's confidence to have his fleet hide in the nebula.

The bridge of the Obsidian Fleet flagship, the "Unbreakable Barrier".

The communications officer presented the latest report from the Emerald and Green Fleets, which was interspersed with interference and rapid breathing sounds.

"Enemy...enemy aircraft are still harassing us...the intervals between attacks have increased."

But the losses continued unabated... and the losses of my fleet continued to mount...

The main force of the Pluto fleet... seems to still be following behind, the distance... not significantly closed, but not shaken off either...

As Lancaster listened to the report, a confident smile finally appeared on his lips.

"really!"

He gave a soft hum, his voice carrying the knowing wisdom of an old general who had seen through the tricks of young people.

"He was greedy for quick success and blinded by the prey that was about to be eaten."

They're only sending fighter jets to gain an advantage, but their main forces dare not advance rashly. Is it because they're afraid of a counterattack, or... are they worried that this is a trap?

He could almost see Qin Beiwang's young face, filled with a longing for "military achievements" and the trepidation that came from being deep behind enemy lines.

He had seen this mentality far too many times.

"commander!"

At this moment, the fleet chief of staff, a lieutenant colonel with a serious expression, was standing to the side and rear.

He stepped forward, his brow furrowed with deep worry.

"I feel that something is not right."

Lancaster tilted his head slightly.

"explain."

"From the start of the battle, the enemy has only used space fighters to attack."

Its battleships, cruisers, and other capital ships have yet to appear in public, and have not even conducted any long-range fire tests.

The chief of staff pointed to the star map.

"This is illogical."

If the goal is truly to seize Emerald and Emerald, then even for the sake of deterrence and suppression, the capital ships should be deployed forward, at least to provide artillery cover.

This kind of "hiding the head and revealing the tail" tactic, only showing off the fighter jets... seems like they're deliberately concealing something, or waiting for something.

After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the bridge.

"Chief of Staff, you're overthinking it."

On the other side, Vice Commander Jeremy Sloan, a sharp-looking middle-aged colonel, immediately retorted.

His tone conveyed absolute confidence in his own technology.

"Our 'Night Owl'-class T4 special reconnaissance ships have already moved forward to the fan-shaped warning network covering 1.8 million kilometers around the main fleet."

Each "Night Owl" is equipped with a state-of-the-art long-baseline thermal tracking array and an ultra-sensitive gravitational wave detector.