Chapter 269 Trisolaran Battle Plan

Strategy Governor: "Our plan is to launch a surprise attack at the height of the human civil war, which we estimate will occur in two years.

"Our Second Fleet, totalling 2,000 super warships, currently only 1,200 warships have successfully arrived near the Solar System.

"In these two years, we have the opportunity to evade all human surveillance areas and allow these 1,200 warships to approach the Kuiper Belt from different directions by detour.

"Once in position, we will launch a surprise attack on the Solar System and destroy all of humanity's external communication channels with lightning speed. The first wave of attack must be precise and swift, aimed at quickly dismantling all of humanity's interstellar communication means.

"In the face of absolute power, whatever plans humanity may be hiding will be futile.

"This human civil war has swept almost the entire Solar System, the only unaffected place should be their 'Bunker,' which is also our key target.

"I have probed the Bunker 16 times, and without exception, all 16 sophons were destroyed.

"In such a contest, Lin Sen has always been our nightmare, even able to predict when we will carry out sophon probes; we are no match for him.

"However, he alone cannot stop our Second Fleet, for this battle will be decided by comprehensive technological power and strategic advantage, humanity stands no chance."

No. 7 expressed a weary heart, it seems it's not just humanity that's drifting; Trisolarans are too! Just 60 years and they've forgotten the fear of being dominated by Lin Sen.

That guy Lin Sen has been hiding under the Bunker for over 30 years. During this period, the two major nations of humanity have been transporting a vast amount of elite talents and countless resources to this place every year, an investment that even exceeds their support for surface military forces.

If it weren't for such substantial investment, the fleet numbers of the Elixir Nation and the Natural Human Nation would never be limited to the current 6,000 and 3,000 ships, respectively.

If the resources accumulated under the Bunker could all be used to build warships, their total number of warships should theoretically reach as many as 8,000.

The key lies in the fact that the Trisolarans know nothing of Lin Sen's real plans under the Bunker; the plans they have prepared are dozens of times more terrifying than 8,000 warships.

Even though No. 7 is well aware that humanity has not yet mastered the real Droplet Technology, if a human-made Waterdrop really emerged in this mysterious place, No. 7 might not be too surprised.

Chancellor (No. 7): "We must never underestimate humanity; what we see and even speculate may all be deliberately shown to us by them.

"As for our presumed victory, it's just that we have not penetrated their plans.

"Before the Doomsday War, we conducted comprehensive surveillance of human activities with the help of sophons. Yet, even so, they still completed many plans under our tight surveillance and eventually succeeded in capturing our Waterdrop—we were played from start to finish.

"When we confidently thought that humans could not defeat our Waterdrop, they were already considering how to capture it. Every step of our plan had been anticipated by them; in fact, we were led by the nose.

"This is a profound lesson that we should always remember.

"And another crucial point is that individuals like Lin Sen, Ye Chen, and Feng Zi possess civilization-level strategic acumen and intelligence; they can even control the fate of both human and Trisolaran civilizations.

"Their grand plans are still astounding to this day, their strategic depth and vision have written a new chapter in human history.

"When human history fell into an unprecedented nadir, they thought not of how to save but how to rebirth from the ashes. With projects like the Underground City, the Island Project, and the Lagrange Plan, they gradually altered the fate of human civilization, enabling humanity to break free from the shackles of destiny.

"The schemes of the destroyed ETO are nothing compared to such major undertakings.

"Lin Sen's resource exchange plan was even more brilliantly interconnected. At first, we thought he just wanted to drain our resources to construct sophons.

"But as history unfolded, we believed his real purpose was to gather a large number of human scientists in cooperation with the Moon Base to form a substantially independent system. There was even a time when we mistakenly thought this strategy was no longer a threat.

"Then, the plan evolved into a resource exchange with us humans. Fortunately, in the 109th year of the crisis, they halted this plan; otherwise, we would have failed then and there.

"However, in the final battle, we discovered that his plan was not about resource exchange at all, but the outcome of that plan—to transform the Particle Collider into a super High-Energy Particle Beam weapon.

"Combined with the Sophon-Blocked Plan, regardless of what we sent, this particle beam weapon could inflict devastating blows upon us.

"Ye Chen and Feng Zi should not be underestimated either; they almost have control over the entire lifeblood of humanity. Lin Sen's plan was also further optimized and perfected in their hands."

"Among humans, there are also top strategists like Rey Diaz, Hines, Wade, Logic, and a whole host of others."

"Even an inconspicuous Cheng Xin is inscrutable to us. If it weren't for Lin Sen's conversations with us, we would never have suspected that she could have concealed herself so deeply. But she disguised herself so well that we still haven't discovered her."

"Previously, I even made contingency plans for the changing of the Swordholder and had chosen her. Now, thinking about it, we should be very grateful that we did not implement that plan."

"This makes me feel that the current civil war among humans is more like a carefully orchestrated play, performed specifically for us to see."

"Today's humanity hides almost all of their plans beneath the impenetrable Bunker. Moreover, human society is dotted with numerous Sophon-Blocked Zones, making information even less transparent. My confidence in this war is even less than during the Doomsday Battle. I hope everyone will learn from the lessons of the Doomsday Battle to avoid falling into human traps again."

When the Supreme Leader's words fell, the entire room fell into silence. The chilling ingenuity and means of Lin Sen still struck a fresh memory in all Trisolarans. For such a dangerous existence, no amount of caution and vigilance was too much.

Military Governor: "Indeed, we have become somewhat complacent. Not to mention that the gap between us and humans has been closing, but with the Dark Forest Deterrence, can we really completely block the methods humans use to mark their stars?"

"We were unable to crack Logic's Starshine plan 60 years ago, and we don't believe Lin Sen has not left behind other measures. Even if we completely defeat humanity, Lin Sen might still have a new 'surprise' for us. In terms of strategy, it's almost impossible for us to defeat him, no matter how perfect our plans are."

"The amount of resources humans have spent inside the Bunker can't possibly be only for producing warships; they must be preparing a new plan."

"Our operational plans will also make some adjustments, dividing 1200 warships into seven routes for deployment."

"The first route will send out 600 warships to focus on attacking the human Bunker. These 600 warships will launch a long-range, blanket strike against the human Bunker from a distance, and proceed at the fastest speed directly toward the human Bunker."

"With the blanket strike of 600 warships, even if the first wave of attacks doesn't destroy the entire Bunker, it should at least be able to destroy one-fifth of its military force. Moreover, the warships can continue to launch attacks as they head directly toward the Bunker."

"Once these 600 warships reach the vicinity, we will have enough power to destroy all targets beneath the Bunker."

"During the time our warships travel from the Kuiper Belt to the Bunker (Jupiter Orbit), that's when we are the most vulnerable."

"During this time, we will also give humanity a surprise. In addition to the known Droplets in the Solar System, we have 10 hidden ones, the locations of which humanity would never guess."

"We're also lucky the Supreme Leader prepared this contingency 60 years ago; otherwise, we would definitely not dare to take such a risk."

"The remaining 600 warships will be divided into six routes, with 100 on each route. In fact, for the Elixir Nation and the Natural Human Nation, we originally only needed 200 warships to annihilate them in the first wave."

"But we chose to use 600 warships, mainly considering the vastness of the Solar System and to ensure that humanity has no chance to respond."

Supreme Leader: "What we fear has never been the direct confrontation with humanity, but the continuous stream of human strategies. All we need to do is to make as many preparations as we can to the best of our abilities."

"Military Governor's plan is very meticulous, but the battlefield never proceeds as we expect. Just like in the Doomsday Battle, we dispatched 20 Droplets, and only 10 were involved in the final battle."

"Originally, if all 10 Droplets had reached their designated positions, humanity would surely have been defeated. However, when the war broke out, we had only 3 Droplets in position."

"Just like this time, we have a grand fleet of 2000 warships, but only 1200 have arrived. It's also possible that, come the decisive battle, our warships might not be able to fight according to plan for various reasons."

"Any extra consideration in war is necessary."

"Ladies and gentlemen, be ready at all times!"

Governors: "Yes, Supreme Leader!"

PS: In addition to the few announced Droplets in the Solar System, there are 10 hidden ones; can you guess where they are?

Any solutions such as asteroids or mirrors are definitely unworkable, humanity has already suffered once, and there's basically no way for Droplets to sneak into the inner Solar System.