Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 361: Four Years of Defense

Time passed quietly.

During this process of acceleration and deceleration, Tom’s fleet finally arrived at a place where, even without high-magnification telescopes, the clones could see the bright tail flame in the starry sky with their naked eyes.

At this moment, the distance between the two Main Fleets was only about 40 million kilometers, and their speeds were identical, both approximately 45% of the speed of light.

Full-power propulsion was still ongoing, only the thrust direction and the spacecraft’s attitude had been adjusted.

Thus, Tom’s fleet, which had previously been decelerating, began accelerating again.

Like the Purple Moon Fleet, the acceleration was 1 m/s^2.

From this moment on, the two fleets not only had the same course but also the same acceleration, truly entering a relatively static state.

At this moment, Tom’s heart was filled with surging battle intent.

"From the Southern Fish H11 System until now, although we have had one engagement, it was only a localized war, and neither side used their full strength.

Now, your Main Fleet is here, and my Main Fleet is also here.

So, let’s have another full-scale war where both sides go all out, and see how much my war capabilities have improved over the years of my tireless technological research, and whether there is still a gap between us and your Purple Moon Civilization.

Our grievances will be settled during these 4 years of synchronized travel.

Fleet... advance!"

After leaving a portion of warships to defend the Main Fleet, Tom directly mobilized over 2.5 million warships, along with corresponding unmanned combat forces and war support forces, maintaining an acceleration of 1 m/s^2 while approaching the Purple Moon Civilization Main Fleet.

Tom clearly saw that the Purple Moon Civilization Main Fleet also made large-scale adjustments at this moment.

Numerous warships had already departed from the aerospace carriers and were deployed around the Main Fleet.

At the same time, Tom also saw that even the non-combat spacecraft within the Main Fleet had been fitted with a large number of combat facilities, preparing to unleash their power onto the battlefield under the cover of the warships.

This is...

"Are you going to defend with all your might? Planning to endure these 4 years, and then shake me off with a higher speed.

Then let’s see whose defense is stronger, or whose offense is stronger!"

One side went all out, the other was fully on guard.

When the two sides were still over ten million kilometers apart, without any communication, the first engagement had already begun.

At this point, any communication had become meaningless.

At this moment, an almost countless number of high-energy laser beams pierced the darkness of the cosmic starry sky, carrying a destructive aura, and shone upon Tom’s spacecraft.

An unknown number of small combat facilities were directly penetrated by the high-energy lasers, either exploding with a roar or emitting some gas, instantly losing all movement.

Energy cannon projectiles poured down like a torrential rain, and an even greater number of intercepting projectiles swarmed out, engaging in a battle between projectiles.

In addition to the full-force interception, Tom’s attack was also simultaneously unleashed.

There was no need for precise aiming; it was enough for the launch direction to roughly point towards the enemy.

Because the scale of the Purple Moon Civilization Main Fleet was too vast, with a fleet radius of hundreds of millions of kilometers, as long as the projectile flew in that direction, it was highly likely to hit a spacecraft, and the enemy would have to intercept it.

All Tom needed to do was to unleash firepower in that direction.

Energy cannons and interstellar missiles also began to exert their power.

Rapid acceleration, sudden turns and stops, mutual interceptions, and so on, all became a chaotic mess.

Less than an hour after the war began, a new debris field had already begun to take shape.

The wreckage of destroyed warships, satellites, missiles, and other combat equipment lost their acceleration capability and could only be left behind by the continuously accelerating Main Fleet, constantly accumulating behind the Main Fleet, like a long tail stretching out.

The fierce battle continued, and Tom’s fighting spirit grew even stronger.

He keenly realized that at this moment, even though this war was taking place in deep space, causing his side to lose the almost infinite material supply within a solar system, which in turn meant his industrial strength could only be partially utilized, even without this arguably greatest advantage, he was still in a state of equilibrium with the Purple Moon Civilization.

The Purple Moon Fleet’s warships were indeed more technologically advanced and had stronger combat power.

However, he had the advantage of Primal winning the unmanned battlefield, the variable energy shields providing protection for his side, and the clones who were in perfect sync with his thoughts, fully and without discount implementing his combat orders, with no communication costs from top to bottom.

The Purple Moon Fleet’s technological strength had been completely offset.

The two sides were truly evenly matched!

This meant that if the battlefield were within a solar system at this moment, and if both sides had sufficient material replenishment, coupled with his industrial strength advantage, his war capabilities would have already completely surpassed the Purple Moon Civilization!

"Unknowingly, I have grown to this extent...

However, in a state of mere equilibrium, it is probably impossible to completely defeat the Purple Moon Civilization within 4 years.

Especially when they have adopted a completely defensive stance, clearly intending only to stall for time."

If the Purple Moon Fleet had not completely retreated into their shell like this, but instead engaged in a true interstellar offense and defense battle with him, Tom might have found an opportunity and ultimately achieved victory.

But with a complete defensive stance, there really was no good solution.

However...

"It doesn’t matter."

Tom quickly made a judgment: "At least this war will greatly consume their energy and resource reserves.

This way, both of us will have to find a solar system for replenishment in the near future.

And my replenishment speed is faster.

When we set sail again, there is a high probability that we can block them within the solar system!

As long as the war takes place within a solar system, with the added advantage of industrial strength, completely suppressing the Purple Moon Civilization and winning the war is a foreseeable outcome.

Even if your Purple Moon Civilization manages to escape this time, you are just insects on a spiderweb, you won’t escape the next time."

Tom temporarily suppressed the surging killing intent in his heart and began to approach this war with a more patient attitude, launching attacks with all his might and consuming the Purple Moon Fleet’s resources.

Time slowly passed.

During this intense battlefield process, the speeds of both fleets were also slowly increasing.

At this moment, the speed had already reached 80% of the speed of light.

After approximately another half year of acceleration, the fleet’s speed would reach the critical threshold of 85% of the speed of light.

During this period, Tom achieved one victory after another, annihilating a large number of Purple Moon Civilization warships, but a decisive victory remained elusive.

There was no way.

The Purple Moon Civilization’s combat mode of total mobilization, with all spacecraft participating, even residential spacecraft equipped with energy cannons and defensive interception systems, and a complete civilian defense, had an incredibly strong defensive capability, making Tom feel like a tiger facing a turtle.

"But it’s fine, my strategic objective has been achieved.

To defend against an attack of such intensity from me, your resource consumption must also be immense.

The next time we meet, it will be the true doomsday for your Purple Moon Civilization.

But... do you think I would let you off with just that?

Dream on!

Even if I can’t collect all the debt for now, at this very moment, you must first pay some interest!

Unified Force Field!"

Under Tom’s control, the aerospace carriers carrying the Unified Force Field components were dispatched again, beginning to deploy around the Purple Moon Civilization Main Fleet.

That’s right, this time, Tom’s pre-set Unified Force Field coverage area was the entire Purple Moon Civilization Main Fleet!