Chapter 271 Humanity's Preparation 2

Lin Sen: "I also have some understanding of Civilization Reflection Theory, and it indeed has significant influence in human society. Although I suspect it's a Trisolaran conspiracy, many of its most fundamental theories are ones I acknowledge.

"Whether a theory is useful to us really depends on how we understand and apply it, rather than solely on the completeness and correctness of its arguments.

"If during the initial years of the crisis, this theory could easily have been labeled as 'the traitor's theory,' subject to widespread skepticism and rejection. It is now accepted by the public largely because we have gained confidence and strength.

"Even though we know this theory hides the Trisolarans' malicious intents, we are more willing to try and practice it with an open mind, hoping to find the best path for us in the new era.

"However, we must always remain vigilant. The battle of civilizations is the most brutal. One false step could lead to the extinction of all humanity. The Trisolarans would never pass up an opportunity to completely annihilate us.

"Uniting with the Trisolaran civilization is perhaps dozens of times harder than directly destroying it. This is undoubtedly the most difficult path."

Hines also sighed: "Yes, when have we not chosen the hardest path?

"If we didn't choose the hardest path, how could human civilization have achieved what it has today? Perhaps we could only be cowering under the Dark Forest.

"If we didn't choose the hardest path, how could we have overcome the Trisolarans in the Battle of Doomsday and secured a new future for humanity?"

Shi Qiang: "Fortunately, we are no longer what we used to be. The Trisolarans call us insects. This time, I'll show them how an insect defeats them."

Lin Sen: "Rey Diaz, what does the strategic staff room forecast the Trisolarans' attack strategy to be?"

Rey Diaz: "The strategic staff room believes that the Trisolarans have two primary objectives after initiating warfare: First is Bunker, and second is all of humanity's interstellar broadcasts and super-light communication stations.

"Considering the importance the Trisolarans place on you, they may allocate half of their military forces to deal with Bunker, while the other half might be used to destroy interstellar broadcasts and super-light communication stations.

"Their intention to attack interstellar broadcasts is to avoid Dark Forest Deterrence. To attack human super-light communication is to prevent the Trisolarans' strikes from being known by humanity in advance, which would lead to initiating Dark Forest broadcasts.

"It is expected that there are no fewer than 400 of these types of targets for humanity, all of which need to be destroyed immediately, only allowing different warships to launch attacks at the same time.

"To achieve these attack goals, the Trisolarans must use weapons capable of super-long-range precision strikes. These weapons have a distinct military characteristic, that is, they have a relatively small attack range but very high precision.

"We estimate their attack distance to reach 30 to 40 astronomical units. For warships in combat, such an attack distance is almost useless, because by the time the attack hits, five to six hours will have passed. However, for striking stationary targets at super-long-range, it is very necessary.

"At the same time, we estimate the number of Trisolaran warships deployed to be between 500 and 700. If we add the warships attacking Bunker, the total number of Trisolaran warships would be between 1,000 and 1,400.

"With the current military strength of humanity and the distribution of combat zones in the Kuiper Belt, we guess that the Trisolarans will divide this half of their warships into six groups to launch attacks on humanity.

"Once the Trisolarans have destroyed all these targets with the first wave of strikes, they will launch a comprehensive assault and calmly hunt down all of humanity's military forces. Given the fleet strength of the Trisolarans, it's possible for them not to let any human warship escape.

"Currently, according to military theory, the distance for warship engagements generally doesn't exceed 0.5 astronomical units, because it takes 4 minutes for attacks to reach their target, and the mode of combat, just like this moment, is hit-and-run.

"The speed of Trisolaran warships might also surpass ours, and it's very likely they have even more ambush tactics."

Humanity's superluminal communication stations are not very small devices; they are even one third the size of a warship.

The Trisolaran attack will undoubtedly begin from outside the Kuiper Belt, and even just to reach Earth from beyond the Kuiper Belt takes nearly eight hours.

If the attacks launched from here are detected, the news could be transmitted to Earth via superluminal communication, and there's a good chance Logic would press the broadcast button. After all, Humanity now possesses a certain ability to flee, so pressing the button doesn't necessarily mean the destruction of both civilizations.

Therefore, these human superluminal communication stations are also the primary targets of the Trisolaran attack.

Rey Diaz continued, "The other half of the Trisolaran military force will be aimed directly at our Bunker, their plan is surely to destroy most of our Bunker's capabilities with a first wave of ultra-long-range attacks.

"If they can knock out the Sophon Blocker, all the better, since then all of Humanity's actions would be exposed to the Trisolaran sophon surveillance. If not, they will have to take aggressive measures, with half of the Trisolaran warships racing towards the Bunker at full speed.

"According to Ding Yi's team's speculation on the Trisolarans' most powerful weapons, once their warships reach the vicinity of the Bunker, none of our plans will stand a chance.

"We anticipate that within a distance of 1 astronomical unit, the Trisolaran fleet could possibly destroy the entire Bunker in one fell swoop.

"However, there's still an issue here; it would take the Trisolaran warships coming from outside the Kuiper Belt directly to the Bunker approximately 1 to 2 days.

"During this time, whatever problems occur within the Bunker, they would be powerless to respond. For instance, if there's a gravitational wave broadcast under the Bunker, and the Trisolarans want to destroy it, their attack will also take several hours to arrive.

"By the time the attack arrives, the gravitational wave broadcast station might have already left, or worse, the broadcast might have already been sent out.

"The Trisolarans must have a means to solve this vulnerability, so they must have other covert measures; otherwise, they surely wouldn't dare to start this war."

Lin Sen couldn't help but admire the current strategic experts for their very clear understanding of the war situation. They even speculated that the Trisolarans had other hidden methods, which he also suspected.

He even had his own suspicions that the Trisolarans must have several Waterdrops hidden within the Solar System, perhaps even near the Bunker.

Lin Sen, "So, will our forces under the Bunker suffer heavy losses under the Trisolaran attack?"

Ding Yi, "We do have some guesses about the Trisolarans' method of attack, which means we have some understanding of the Trisolarans' trump cards. If it weren't for our acquisition of four-dimensional technology, their method of attack would be unsolvable for us.

"However, no matter how powerful the attack, we can defend against it because we have the Curvature Propulsion Defense technology, something the Trisolarans never anticipated. All of our warships, important military forces, and Sophon Blockers are equipped with this Curvature Propulsion Defense technology.

"The Trisolarans' initial attacks won't even be able to breach the outer layer of our Bunker's Sophon Blocker. Although this will arouse Trisolaran suspicion, once the bow is drawn, the arrow must fly, and they must plunge towards the Bunker; only at close range can they utterly destroy our Bunker.

"Besides, this strategy has two other advantages:

"One, this approach allows them to further launch attacks against Humanity's remaining military forces inside the Solar System, coordinating with the warships in the Kuiper Belt to attack from both sides, ensuring Humanity's complete defeat.

"Two, there is a possibility that the Trisolarans might rescue the Trisolarans in their escape pods."

Seeing Ding Yi, a scientist also working as a strategic researcher, made everyone view him with new respect.