novelODS Chapter 68 Commanders and Fleets.
Chapter 68 Commanders and Fleets.
Chapter 68 Commanders and Fleets.
Mars Olympus Political Hub.
After hanging up the encrypted call with JOJO, Zhang Qiming silently opened the Leader Pool in the Gaia-Alaya System.
The next second, a new leader card appeared in the leader slot, which originally only had three cards.
Jonathan Josland
"I never expected such a pleasant surprise!"
Being recognized as a [leader] by the system at least indicates that this person possesses talents beyond those of a regular military officer, and they all possess the [trait] of distorting reality.
According to the official definition of the Sky Alliance, people who possess this trait are collectively referred to as Reality Benders.
The Sky Alliance proposed that the ability of Reality Warpers is directly related to Hume's field, which is a quantitative representation of the stability of reality.
In the normal world, the Hume field is maintained near the reference value, so physical laws, causal order, and spatial structure can operate stably.
Individual Hume values of reality distorters are usually higher than those of their surroundings. When their personal Hume field exceeds external reality, they can impose their own cognition, will, or imagination onto reality.
Players perceive this ability as a numerical bonus and a buff.
To ensure the success of the upcoming campaign, Zhang Qiming ordered Zhang Nanhai to take command of the First Fleet, while Saint Sophia was reassigned to the Second Fleet to pray for the souls of the carrier-based aircraft.
With the addition of JOJ0, this means that the three fleets that will set out next will all have a Reality Bender, or commander, in charge.
They will provide powerful buffs to the three expeditionary fleets.
Although Saint Sophia's military rating is only C, her commander stats are quite good, with her [Precision Strike] providing 15% weapon damage and 5% accuracy.
As long as Saint Sophia is stationed in the Second Fleet, even if she doesn't participate in command and is just a supporting character, she can still provide a boost to the entire ship.
Zhang Nanhai and JOJO are pure commanders; their trait bonuses and military ratings are far superior to those of Saint Sophia.
Zhang Qiming silently opened the leader interface for the two of them, and on the screen, the two leader cards unfolded one after the other.
[Commander: Zhang Nanhai]
[Leadership Trait: 5]
[Calm Strategist: Fleet initiative rate +10%, ambush/retreat tactic success rate +15%, damage taken in the first round of an encounter -1]
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[Iron Will: Fleet morale +10%, panic and rout probability -20%, regional stability +5% during crisis events]
[Guerrilla Expert: Small fleet combat damage +15%, mobile combat efficiency +20%, reduced cooldown for withdrawal and re-engagement, enemy pursuit success rate -15%]
[Dragon Slayer I: Damage to large units, flagships, and heavily armored targets +20%, armor penetration efficiency +15%, hit rate +5% when fighting high-energy targets]
[Dragon Slayer Additional Modifiers: Sub-light speed +10%, Ship firing rate +10%, Ground damage +10%, Ground disengagement chance +10%]
[Artillery Mastery: Fleet ranged fire damage +15%, main gun hit rate +10%, first salvo critical hit rate increased, with a certain probability of suppressing enemy formation.]
[Leadership Modules: Military (A), Production (B), Municipal (B), Scientific Research (C), Culture (C), Religion (D), Economy (B), Psionic (D)]
[Note: This is a fleet ace gold card with extremely high growth potential. His domestic affairs stats are sufficient, but he excels in science and education. Furthermore, he is extremely respectful of elders and children, arguably the most respectful person of seniority in the world!]
[Commander: Jonathan Josland]
[Leadership Trait: 3]
[Bullet Time: Fleet evasion +15%, hit rate +10%, interception efficiency +20%, high-speed units prioritize maneuvering and firing, [Bullet Time] mode has a chance to be triggered during fleet engagement]
[Golden Will: While the flagship is still intact, the morale of the entire fleet is increased by 12%, and close-range attack damage is increased by 10%; when at a disadvantage, the fleet gains an additional 5% hit rate.]
[Raging Waves Vanguard: Fleet speed +10%, pursuit success rate +15%, breakthrough blockade and surprise attack success rate +10%]
[Leadership Modules: Military (B), Production (D), Municipal (C), Scientific Research (D), Culture (C), Religion (C), Economy (C), Psionic (D)]
[Note: Bullet Time, Golden Will — You still say you're not a member of the JoJo family!]
Zhang Nanhai is a typical all-around war god, with attributes like initiative, morale, mobility, artillery fire, and decapitation all maxed out. Especially when [Dragon Slayer Gate] and [Artillery Mastery] are stacked together, the attack speed is directly pushed to the ceiling. Jonathan's stats aren't as exaggerated as Zhang Nanhai's, but his style is very distinctive, and during the battle, there's a chance to trigger a super low-budget "Zawarudo," gaining a personal time slowdown effect, allowing for godlike micro-management.
Moreover, the lineup for this campaign against the Fourth Fleet was extremely impressive. Apart from the Guard Fleet which was to protect Mars, all other main fleets were dispatched, demonstrating that even a lion would fight a rabbit with all its might.
The First Fleet is the solar-side outpost fleet, consisting of one heavy SA aircraft carrier, two heavy cruisers, four destroyers, eight escorts, twelve patrol gunboats, as well as supply and repair ships and electronic reconnaissance ships, and thirty-six sea-based SAs.
The Second Fleet is the outer deep-space fleet, with a similar composition to the First Fleet. It also possesses heavy SA aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, destroyers, escorts, and patrol gunboats, as well as landing transport ships and 34 sea-based SAs.
Although the Third Fleet only has one medium-sized SA aircraft carrier, it still has heavy cruisers as a flank patrol and trade route escort fleet.
Twenty-eight sea-based SA vessels, including destroyers, escorts, patrol gunboats, and supply and repair ships.
The three fleets comprise more than eighty ships in total, with nearly one hundred sea-based SAs.
As the core force of the Holy Machines Corps, the Fourth Fleet's strength on paper is not weak, consisting of one medium-sized SA aircraft carrier, two heavy cruisers, eight destroyers, twelve escorts, twenty patrol gunboats, plus four supply and repair ships, totaling fifty-six sea-based SAs.
To be honest, this reactionary remnant fleet, if deployed alone, would be enough to dominate a region of the solar system. In terms of combat power alone, they could even take on a single Martian navy.
But now, it faces a three-way encirclement by the three major Sky Drive fleets.
On one side, they faced an overwhelming force three times their size; on the other, they had two aces, Zhang Nanhai and Jonathan, jointly in command, plus the added advantage of Saint Sophia.
With the Fourth Fleet currently in a state of internal conflict, it is utterly powerless to confront the combined punitive fleet.
Now, the joint punitive fleet has begun to deploy its forces. Like three iron pincers slowly closing in, they are gradually encircling Mars L4 from the front, flanks, and rear.
All fire control radars of the Combined Fleet were on combat standby, the shipborne SA squadrons completed the target area demarcation, and the supply and repair ships remained on the second line, ready to receive damaged ships and surrendered vessels.
Zhang Qiming sat in the Supreme Commander's office, where the red arrows of the three fleets were converging towards L4 on the light screen in front of him.
Chishiro synchronized frontline intelligence to his personal Martian terminal interface, allowing him to monitor the joint punitive fleet's advance position, channel occupation, fire control lock-on, and communication anomalies within the Fourth Fleet in real time.
At the same time, the fleet module in the Gaia system was also officially activated, and the composition and combat panel of the entire expeditionary fleet were compressed into a set of clear data.
[Joint Expeditionary Fleet]
[Fleet Composition: SA Aircraft Carrier x3, Heavy Cruiser x6, Destroyer x14, Frigate x28, Patrol Gunboat x36, Supply and Repair Ship x9, Electronic Reconnaissance Ship x4, Landing Transport Ship x2]
Shipborne SA: 98 units (already equipped with anti-ship SA weapon systems)
【火星标準级航母：船体42500|护盾38800|装甲15200总伤害1000|远程火力540
|近距突击160|破甲能力980|射程1000|索敌精度99|电子战能力152|防空拦截340/
Seconds | Evasion 6% | Speed 9 AU/day (Note: AU is an astronomical unit)
【圣铎级重巡：船体32800护盾27600装甲10800|总伤害5000远程火力3200|
近距突击2600|破甲能力1100|射程1800|索敌精度128|电子战能力102|防空拦截800/
Seconds | Dodge 9% Speed 11 AU/day
[Other ships {can be deployed+}]
Morale is at 95%.
[Supply Value: 100%]
【战场修正：先手修正+36%、炮击修正+54%、机动修正+30%、防御修正+24%、士气修正+30%】
[Special Modifications: Damage to large units/flagship +60%, Guerrilla warfare hit rate +24%, Evacuation and re-engagement efficiency +45%]
Overall Fleet Rating: ★★☆ (2.5 stars)
According to the general combat power standards of Stellaris, a qualified planetary fleet capable of defending its homeland has a benchmark of three stars.
The three-star fleet represents the civilization's ability to independently undertake planetary defense, outer space blockade, and limited deep space combat missions.
Galactic behemoths like Crimson Dawn and Sky Alliance, which span several star sectors, already have a standard naval force of at least eight stars, with some even approaching the nine-star threshold—and this doesn't even include their trump card main fleets and elite mixed formations.
The Skywards' current combat strength of two and a half stars is really insufficient, and it's even a bit underwhelming.
However, it's not a big problem. Once Mars and Terra are completely unified, Zhang will have plenty of time and resources to build up his navy.
Developing deep-space combat capabilities is also one of the key focuses of Holy Terra's future work.
After all, to avoid being turned into interstellar canned goods by alien civilizations in the border star system, one must first build up a five-star fleet, which is also the minimum entry ticket to open the door to the Galactic Community.
Zhang Qiming looked at the flashing Old Church fleet markers in the L4 direction, raised his hand to open the Supreme Command's combat channel, and directly issued the second phase order to the three fleets.
"The joint punitive fleet shall immediately proceed to the second phase of operations."
"Anyone who refuses to recognize the legitimate status of the Sky Drive Central Government, refuses to hand over full command to the Joint Expeditionary Command, or attempts to break out or launch an attack on our units shall be regarded as a rebel force, and each combat unit may destroy it with firepower without requesting permission."
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