There was also a dwarf planet there.
This dwarf planet was named "Eris," with a radius of about 700 kilometers, and its surface was rich in water ice and tholins, also dark red in color.
It was clear that the main Bluetoth Fleet of the Bluetoth Civilization was currently parked in orbit around Eris.
What they wanted to do was also very clear; it was nothing more than to first acquire some supplies from this dwarf planet, which was relatively close to the inner solar system.
Tom had not expected that the Bluetoth Civilization, whose technology was more advanced than his own, would act so cautiously.
He had originally thought they would directly rush into the inner solar system, select a large planet to launch an attack, and attempt to occupy it.
Tom was powerless against such a distant planet.
He knew that he could not defend the entire solar system.
On the edge of the solar system, beyond Neptune, there were countless dwarf planets like Pluto, Loshen Star, God-Enemy Star, and Eris, as well as large asteroids that could not be called dwarf planets but were still quite large in volume and mass, with diameters even reaching several hundred kilometers.
Tom had already discovered tens of thousands of them, and the number of undiscovered ones could only be greater.
Even with Tom’s current technological strength, which surpassed Human Civilization in many aspects, he could not find them all, let alone defend them one by one.
He also did not have that many troops.
In view of this, Tom’s final decision was to only defend the eight planets and the asteroid belt, abandoning all trans-Neptunian objects.
In fact, if it weren’t for the special location of the asteroid belt, which happened to be between the four rocky planets and the four gas planets, Tom wouldn’t even want to defend the asteroid belt.
With forces concentrated in the inner solar system, the outer solar system naturally had to be abandoned, and he could only watch helplessly as the Bluetoth Fleet acquired supplies from that dwarf planet.
However, the problem was not actually that big.
After all, dwarf planets are resource-poor, and the supplies that can be obtained are limited.
Furthermore, since the Bluetoth Civilization had already mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology and used nuclear fusion as its primary energy source, it would inevitably require a large amount of deuterium.
Ordinary hydrogen also has a name, protium.
A protium atom consists of one proton and one electron, with no neutron.
Deuterium is an isotope of protium and contains one neutron.
It is deuterium that can be used as nuclear fusion fuel.
Protium cannot be used as nuclear fusion fuel.
At least, the Bluetoth Civilization cannot do it.
Not much deuterium can be obtained from dwarf planets; it can only be obtained in large quantities from the four gas planets.
Under these circumstances, the Bluetoth Civilization still chose to temporarily stay at the dwarf planet instead of immediately launching an attack on him...
Such caution from the opponent made Tom’s heart grow even heavier.
Although the two sides had not yet officially engaged in battle, their mutual reconnaissance and probing had already begun.
From the moment the Bluetoth Civilization fleet was still trillions of kilometers away from him, Tom had already vaguely sensed the appearance of some satellites, probes, and similar objects that did not belong to him within the solar system.
As the Bluetoth Civilization approached, these objects became more and more numerous.
The starry sky was too vast, and these satellites and probes were too small.
Even with Tom’s abilities, he could not completely clear them out and could only let them carry out their probes.
But it didn’t matter; if he couldn’t clear out the Bluetoth Civilization’s, they couldn’t clear out his either.
So Tom also dispatched a large number of reconnaissance satellites, spy satellites, and so on, throwing them directly into the star sea and beginning their probes when the Bluetoth Civilization was still hundreds of billions of kilometers away from the sun.
Now that the Bluetoth Fleet was stationed at Eris, Tom dispatched hundreds of thousands of satellites directly, conducting all-round, dead-angle-free reconnaissance.
Reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, concealment, counter-concealment, clearing, counter-clearing—the skirmishes of the reconnaissance phase had begun long ago and had not stopped until now, and they were bound to intensify in the foreseeable future.
With continuous probing, the true strength of the Bluetoth Fleet was truly displayed before Tom.
Tom saw that there were currently more than 10,000 super-large aerospace carriers belonging to the Bluetoth Civilization around Eris.
Each of these super-large aerospace carriers had a length of more than 15 kilometers.
They were like a long branch, with a main axis in the middle, and many branches extending from the main axis, each branch hanging many different types of spacecraft or huge material warehouses.
One aerospace carrier could carry more than a thousand spacecraft!
In addition to the aerospace carriers, there were also huge cargo spacecraft whose dimensions were also measured in kilometers.
At this moment, those aerospace carriers and huge cargo ships and passenger ships were all docked around Eris.
Within different large spacecraft, countless small spacecraft shuttled back and forth like a swarm of bees, countless lights flickered, and countless small engines sprayed flames and light, almost illuminating the entire Eris.
A rough count showed Tom more than 400,000 warships of various sizes—this was easy to distinguish because warships had many very obvious weapon features.
Compared to the armed survey ships of the Bluetoth Civilization’s environmental survey team that he encountered last time, Tom could tell the powerful strength of these warships just from their appearance.
"Momolans didn’t lie to me.
Their warships are indeed much stronger than the armed survey ships..."
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At this moment, under heavy defenses, the flagship spacecraft of the Bluetoth Civilization.
Chief Haiwei looked solemn, deep in thought.
After a long while, he raised his arm and said in a deep voice, "Have General Lysen and General Harrier come to see me."
These two generals were the only two candidates in his mind to lead the fleet in the first battle against Human Civilization.
Now, he had to make the final decision and choose one of them.
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"General Lysen, explain your operational plan."
General Lysen paused for a moment, then said with high morale, "My tactic is very simple.
I will take Neptune as the primary target of attack.
Neptune has a total of four satellites of considerable scale, and I will take Triton as the main attack target, first seizing that satellite, then building a base, gradually spreading outward, and finally occupying the entire planet."
He elaborated on his operational plan in detail.
Chief Haiwei listened silently.
After a long while, he asked, "How many warships do you need?"
"Considering the technological and combat differences between the enemy and us, I believe a total of 10,000 spacecraft will suffice.
This includes 5 large warships, 500 industrial ships, repair ships, supply ships, supercomputer ships, and 100 transport ship quotas for unmanned combat equipment."
Chief Haiwei remained noncommittal and looked at General Harrier: "How many warships do you need?"
Harrier said in a deep voice, "Chief, I need a total of more than 100,000 spacecraft to ensure the capture of Neptune with relatively small losses."