In the vast expanse of space, Tom's fleet decelerated while rapidly approaching the Second Planet.

He clearly saw that during this period, the defense fleets of the First, Second, and Third Planets remained dutifully around their respective planets, showing no signs of initiating an attack.

This made Tom sigh softly.

If the Havilah Civilization's fleet had taken the initiative to engage him in an open battle far from the planets, perhaps his weaknesses could have been somewhat compensated.

After all, once away from the planets, the Havilah Civilization's fleet's supply would inevitably be somewhat weakened. At the same time, he might even be able to raid their supply points and seize some of their materials to alleviate his own shortage of resources.

This was also one of Tom's continuous objectives in his persistent verbal attacks.

But now, it seemed this strategy had failed.

The leadership of the Havilah Civilization apparently had not been blinded by anger; they remained calm and maintained control over their civilization…

Since that was the case, there was no other option but to fight a direct battle.

"I don't know why you suddenly changed your attitude towards me, why you suddenly became hostile and forced me to fight this war.

But it doesn't matter. Once I win, I'll know the reason…"

Tom quickly adjusted the fleet's formation, concentrating the residential ships, supply ships, transport ships, and others in the center of the fleet, while establishing overall protection. A large number of combat ships gathered around the fleet, ready for battle.

Tom observed that among the Havilah Civilization's total of approximately 1.5 million warships, an average of about 400,000 were stationed around each planet.

The remaining 300,000 warships were scattered around some larger dwarf planets or served as mobile forces in space; the overall combat deployment was relatively balanced.

At this moment, his strategic intent, specifically his primary target being the Second Planet, was already clear. Thus, the Havilah Civilization also initiated a large-scale deployment of forces.

A large number of warships were mobilized from surrounding planets and converged around the Second Planet. In a short time, the number of various warships stationed around the Second Planet surged to approximately 800,000.

Space warfare was just like this. Large-scale fleet movements between both sides could not be concealed; they were extremely clear to the opponent, and there was essentially no such thing as a surprise attack.

Unless it was a small-scale fleet. But small-scale fleets had limited combat power and could not possibly break through the defenses of a large planet.

Conspiracy and trickery could not be said to be useless here, but their utility was ultimately limited; the confrontation would eventually come down to a direct battlefield engagement.

As both sides stood ready, their fleets drew closer and closer.

Finally, Tom parked the non-combat ships, such as the aerospace carriers, about thirty million kilometers from the Second Planet, leaving approximately 200,000 warships to guard them. The remaining 800,000 warships assembled together, bringing with them tens of millions of unmanned warships, as well as countless:

* Minesweepers

* Minelayers

* Missile ships

* Turrets

* Spy satellites

* Armed satellites

* Laser cannon emplacements

These unmanned combat forces rapidly advanced towards the Second Planet.

War erupted in an instant.

When the two sides were still several million kilometers apart, countless energy shields lit up, enveloping all warships or larger unmanned combat facilities. In an instant, it was as if tens of millions of stars had appeared in space.

Energy cannons fired instantly, and countless projectiles, which could be considered "micro-nuclear bombs," advanced rapidly like a swarm of bees at a high speed of several hundred kilometers per second.

Beams of high-energy lasers crisscrossed through space, and countless mines lay hidden, constantly waiting to deliver a fatal blow to their opponents.

A large number of spy satellites were scattered in the dark space, doing their best to conceal their forms, like pairs of eyes, striving to detect every situation on the battlefield.

Tom controlled over 20 million clones in the combat control room, using Stellar Communication Technology to control the ships fighting at the front in real-time. At the same time, several times that number of clones served specifically as human computers, lying in resting rooms doing nothing but contributing their brainpower for Tom to use, to analyze the battlefield situation and make immediate decisions.

Yes, the controllers of the 800,000 manned warships Tom sent to the front line were all staying in the far rear.

At the same time, Tom also knew that the manned warships the Havilah Civilization sent to the battlefield were similarly not being operated by soldiers.

Their operators were also in the rear.

In addition to these manned warships, Goku AI was also operating at full capacity at this moment. Countless supercomputers calculated at full power, cooperating with the true unmanned warships and the Goku AI in various unmanned combat facilities, fully mobilizing the unmanned combat forces on the battlefield.

As soon as the war began, Tom keenly noticed that the Havilah Civilization's technological level was indeed superior to his own.

Their warships, in all their indicators, surpassed his. Even the performance of their unmanned combat forces was slightly higher than his.

However, Tom was not at a disadvantage on the battlefield at this moment.

The reason was simple: Tom had more manned warships! And on the battlefield, manned warships were the main force.

No matter how many unmanned combat forces there were, they were only auxiliary.

Although the Havilah Civilization had deployed 800,000 manned warships around the Second Planet, only half, about 400,000, were currently committed to the battle.

Through in-depth research into the Strong Nuclear Civilization's war model after mastering Stellar Communication Technology, Tom knew that this was very likely not because the Havilah Civilization didn't want to commit more, but because they couldn't.

Also based on the model of remotely controlling manned warships, what limited the forces committed to the battlefield was no longer the number of warships, but the number of soldiers.

No matter how many manned warships there were, there still needed to be enough qualified soldiers to operate them.

"Operating these 400,000 warships, based on human standards, would require the equivalent of approximately 50 million human soldiers to operate.

But soldiers also need to rotate. High-intensity mental activity will lead to fatigue and an inability to sustain it after not long. At least three shifts are needed for rotation.

Looking at it this way… the number of qualified soldiers the Havilah Civilization possesses, when compared to humans under normal circumstances, is basically equivalent to about 150 million human soldiers.

Based on the industrial strength and civilization scale displayed by the Havilah Civilization, and again comparing it to humans, it is basically equivalent to a population of 300 billion.

That is, the ratio of frontline soldiers to the total population is approximately 1 to 2000. This is a fairly excellent ratio."

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