1689, War of Dawn (7)
Even if we look at the entire history of "Star Wars" battleship development, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser is definitely an oddity among oddities, with a capacity of 420 aircraft, which is unprecedented.
Moreover, in order to carry so many fighters, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser sacrificed too many things. Whether it was a single layer of armor, a hangar platform covering the entire bow, or the oddly positioned main gun, they were all designed to free up a lot of space for
From the fighter hangar.
In fact, the large number of aircraft did bring great advantages in the early stages of the war, but this advantage was soon overshadowed by more shortcomings.
For example, the Chaser-class battlecruiser/aircraft carrier, which has been developed by the Quat Dynamic Shipyard and is being submitted to the Galactic Republic Battleship Manufacturing Committee for approval. This 2,200-meter-long large aircraft carrier has a designed carrying capacity of only 144 aircraft, which is equivalent to a hunter.
A little more than one-third of the military level.
It is true that the Chaser-class battlecruiser/aircraft carrier is equivalent to a ship that combines the functions of the Chasseur-class and the Cheer-class, and is responsible for transporting 14,000 soldiers. However, as a ship, it is two times larger in length and width than the Chasseur-class.
For a large battleship that is twice as large, the 144-carrying aircraft also clearly shows the change in the design ideas of the Quat Power Dockyard.
Although there are only 144 fighter jets, the Chaser class can provide complete maintenance services for each fighter jet. Each fighter jet has a separate hangar and automated maintenance equipment, which can complete the process of turning a fighter jet from cold to cold in 5 minutes.
The whole process to takeoff.
And the Chaser class can launch all fighter jets through catapults within 30 minutes, or launch all fighter jets through anti-gravity engines within 5 minutes. In a rapidly changing battlefield, this is a huge advantage.
On the other hand, if all the 420 Jaeger-class fighters take off through anti-gravity engines, the whole process will take nearly an hour. And if you want to use a limited ejection device to eject all the aircraft, it will probably last until night...
…
Inefficient maintenance brings high losses. Every time the Jaeger-class battlecruiser goes into battle, it causes a large number of aircraft and pilot losses. Even the Galactic Republic complains that it cannot bear it. Forget about aircraft, after all, the training of pilots needs more training.
After a long period of time, even the Galactic Republic will inevitably face the problem of declining pilot quality.
Now in the Galactic Republic Navy, the requirements for pilots who can fly fighter jets have dropped from 1,000 hours of flight training to 300 hours. In other words, including other courses, after more than a month of intensive training, they can be put on the battlefield.
.
However, in this unprecedented battle taking place outside the Dawn Planet, the fighter formation launched by the Galactic Republic fleet has become their last straw! You can imagine how fragile this straw is!
Fighters continued to be shot down, and battleships continued to suffer damage. Less than half an hour after the battle began, seven Jaeger-class battlecruisers were sunk, and every remaining battleship was injured!
Normally, the threat posed by frigates to battleships is almost negligible. There is no way for frigates to get close to battleships. As soon as they enter the battleship's fire range, they will be destroyed within a few minutes, and they will be unable to fight back.
.
But, what about 1,000 frigates?
Then every gun of the battleship will be involved, spinning around and exhausted, and finally destroying a target is only 1/1000 of the opponent's! How to fight?
However, this is indeed the case in theory, but why are capital ships still the main force of the navy?
This is because if you want to carry out a strategic attack, long-distance and long-term operations are still required, and only capital ships can complete it. Just take the frigate's small hyperspace engine and small material reserves, and when it jumps to the target area, it is estimated that the crew
They all starved to death.
Even if you don't starve to death, you can go all the way to someone else's house to sustain a high-intensity battle for half an hour? What can you do?
Therefore, whether before or now, it is rare for a large number of small warships to besiege a capital ship. Most interstellar battles involve bombardment of capital ships.
But the fourth civilization is different!
For space operations under various circumstances, the mothership database has a complete theoretical system! Naturally, the combat system of this set of small battleships is also among them, and has been studied and known by officers at all levels of the Fourth Civilization Navy.
And today, this tactical theory finally came into use.
After Model Sector Governor Volgograd-Kanidi formulated the plan to further lure the enemy deeper and lead the Republic fleet to attack the Dawn Planet, Kanidi told Tang Xiao his tactical ideas.
Tang Xiao agreed to the plan and began to mobilize all forces.
He used all the forces at his disposal, not only gang organizations such as Bloody Dawn and White Worm, which he usually had good relations with, but also forces such as the Hutt Oruba-Gorensla that he supported, and also through
Oruba issued a high reward and hired a large number of desperadoes.
Not only that, he also gathered almost all the escort fleets of the fourth civilization!
Everyone has a convoy fleet. In order to meet the huge material needs, the Galactic Republic has escorted various transport fleets. If the total number is to be counted, it is at least a thousand times that of the Principality of Dawn. But this time, Tang Xiao
I came here with the mentality of a strong man breaking his wrist!
He took back all the escort fleets, which meant that the entire supply transportation of the Dawn Principality came to a standstill.
Don't think that the Principality of Dawn is not afraid of pirates because it accepts both black and white. On the contrary, there are not a few active pirates in the Principality of Dawn.
However, the stagnation of material transportation resulted in nearly 2,000 warships!
So in the seven days after the plan was formulated, Tang Xiao kept mobilizing fleets from other places and ambush outside the Dawn Planet. In this way, when Casio Tagg finally bit the hook and crashed into the Dawn Planet
, use these sea-like small battleships to launch a siege against the Republic fleet!
Yes, the main force of this siege is actually the Kingdom of Dawn's own fleet. The fleets of Bloody Dawn, White Worms and those mercenaries can be the icing on the cake, but if they are really allowed to go up and fight against more than 60 Republic battleships,
They definitely don't want to either.
After all, if the frigate sea tactic is to be implemented, another problem that needs to be faced is the decline or even collapse of morale caused by a large number of casualties. Because to put it bluntly, under such a tactic, each frigate is actually a human shield for other warships. They
The only thing we can hope for is that the guns of the Republic's battleships will not be pointed at us.
That's why Tang Xiao personally led the Glory mothership to rush forward to attract firepower, and the escort warships moved forward and opened fire without fear of death. Under such circumstances, people like Bloody Dawn and White Worm would rush forward together with the mentality of picking up the slack.
But no matter what, the siege is now complete, and the two battle groups A and B led by Casio Tag have no chance of winning!
This chapter has been completed!