War is terrible, but we should learn to like it. - "The Stars of the Fourth Empire", Qi Jian Chapter, Chapter 28, Section 7.
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20BBY, Galaxy Standard Time, July 21, 19:34 pm.
The Dawn Principality fleet guarding the Yago-Dur system launched an active attack under the order of the commander-in-chief, Admiral Matt Horner!
He could no longer wait.
If the Republic fleet is allowed to continue to settle here, they will further consolidate their logistics and even build their frontline logistics supply base here to be even larger. After that, they will begin to mobilize an extremely large fleet to arrive.
By that time, there will be no possibility of defense in the Yago-Dur galaxy!
Because the Yago-Durr system does not have nearly unlimited reinforcements and logistical supplies like the Galactic Republic. And even within the Principality of Dawn, most of the military forces are currently deployed towards the Model sector. In this direction, already
There are no more reinforcements.
Even when Admiral Matt Horner changed his defense, Tang Xiao almost deprived him of the 3,175-meter-long Praetor-class aircraft carrier that he had just acquired and had barely sat on.
Stay in the Model Sector.
Fortunately, he argued hard and seriously told Tang Xiao that because the Yago-Dur system was not suitable for human survival, he must need a powerful enough flagship to ensure command efficiency. Otherwise, the battle would be overthrown not long after the battle began.
What if the Galactic Republic is beheaded? And when it comes to beheading, Severance Tann doesn't feel sleepy anymore. You have to ask her how she did it?
After all the hard talk, the Archon-class aircraft carrier was finally brought over.
So in the final analysis, Matt Horner still has to deal a heavy blow to the Galactic Republic when their foothold is not yet stable, and then he can maintain his advantage in the next battle.
This is also because the commander of this Republic fleet now adopts unique tactics.
Prior to this, the fleet commanders of the Republic basically relied on powerful forces to directly overwhelm the main force in an effort to have the final word and directly resolve the battle. In fact, this approach was unfavorable when fighting the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but in fact
There are hidden dangers.
Because you attack all the main forces at once, the pressure on logistics supplies will increase instantly. If the battle cannot be resolved in a short time, the huge force will become a drag.
However, the fleet of Dawn Planet is not something that the Galactic Republic can solve in a short time.
So this time, Admiral Gideon Tarkin of the Galactic Republic was fully prepared, learned lessons from the past, and adopted a steady and steady strategy.
He caught the mentality of the commander of the Principality of Dawn that although the battleship technology was higher, he was very unwilling to suffer too much battle damage, so he used a small number of troops to cover the deployment of the logistics base. And the finishing touch was his flagship, Commander II
Dreadnought! Because as long as this giant ship exists, the fleet of the Principality of Dawn will never be able to simply defeat the fleet of the Republic!
This is a psychological issue, not a question of the strength comparison of the current fleets of both sides.
I have to say that Gideon Tarkin’s strategy hit right into Matt Horner’s weakness!
But now, Matt Horner has no choice but to lead the fleet to attack!
The 20 disaster-class battlecruisers began to advance at full speed, and the particle lances were ready to go! The Cole-class battlecruisers moved forward, the Masha-class heavy missile cruisers were slightly behind, and the core of the formation was the Dunov-class battlecruisers.
It provides shield function and engine efficiency support to the fleet, while Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruisers cruise around the battlefield, waiting for opportunities to interfere with the engine output of Republic battleships.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, 8 light minutes... 7 light minutes... 5 light minutes...
When the distance between the two sides was less than 3 light minutes, Admiral Matt Horner shouted and issued an order, and the entire army opened fire! The fighter formation took off!
The Disaster-class battlecruiser's particle lance and the Cole-class battlecruiser's super-matter electromagnetic gun fired immediately! Terrible firepower burst out instantly!
The target is the shield ship protected by the Republic fleet!
Since the Galactic Republic fleet wants to build a frontline supply base relying on the protection of shield ships, then what Matt Horner has to do is to completely destroy this base!
The logistics supply ship under the protection of the shield ship quickly began to move to evade, but now the distance between the two sides was close to 3 light minutes, and the evasive effect was already very small!
In this salvo, at least 8 particle light spears and 5 super-matter electromagnetic cannons hit the wide-area shield built by the shield ship, causing a violent ripple in the energy shield.
The Commander II-class dreadnought has also completed its turn at this moment, and the super-heavy turbolaser cannon installed directly in front of the battleship opened fire! The XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon batteries arranged around the battleship also opened fire at the same time!
Knight-class Star Destroyers and Chasseur-class Star Destroyers also joined the bombardment.
The ancestral XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon of the Galactic Republic has now almost become the standard for measuring the firepower of a fleet, because most of the warships of the Republic are equipped with this kind of twin-mounted turrets. At this moment in Gideon-
There are more than a thousand XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons in Tarkin's fleet, firing a salvo!
At a distance of 3 light minutes, the hit rate of sublight speed weapons is not high, but both sides are now firing wildly! They will never waste even 1% of the chance of hitting!
Hundreds of warships from both sides fired salvos while attacking, with no intention of evading at all!
"Fire! Free fire!
Don't give the Separatists any chance!" Gideon Tarkin stood on the bridge of the Commander II-class dreadnought as his flagship and gave the order with a wave of his hand.
The battleship's side windows were constantly illuminated by the flashes of turbolaser cannons firing. Under the bridge, there was a row of XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon battery positions, which were pouring out dense turbolaser beams at this moment.
The Commander II-class dreadnought is a long battleship. The main gun positions are arranged in circles along the hull. When firing, you will only see a circle of light beams lighting up around the battleship, which is very impressive.
nice.
(PS: There is no description of the appearance of the Commander class, but some fan creations have drawn it into a triangular structure similar to the Empire-class Star Destroyer. I think it is not appropriate, because the Commander class was finalized in a few years.
A hundred years ago, the Quat Power Dockyard at that time did not use the triangular wedge shape as the main shape of its battleships. Referring to the tubular Invincible-class battlecruisers of the same period, I designed the Commander-class in this book.
Long bar shape.)
While the Republic battleships were firing, enemy firepower was constantly pouring in. And now the firepower of the Dawn Principality fleet was even more terrifying!
Especially the particle light spear, this kind of weapon is really recognizable. Whether it is the thick and bright beam of light when firing or the red spiral light afterimage left after an irradiation, it makes this weapon very recognizable.
This weapon has become the absolute protagonist on the battlefield.
Gideon Tarkin even saw with his naked eye the landing point of several particle light spears, which was a Knight-class Star Destroyer.
Almost at the same time, a message from the Knight-class Star Destroyer requesting to retreat came from the communication channel.
"Notify the rear that the Separatists are launching an active attack and send reinforcements up immediately!" Gideon Tarkin said.
"Yes!" The adjutant stood at attention, saluted, and immediately made arrangements.
Just a moment later, a reply came from the communications unit, "Governor Octavian Grant arrived at the rear base in person. He has sent the first batch of reinforcements, 5 Knight-class Star Destroyers and 20 Aquintens-class light cruisers!
Estimated arrival time, in 30 minutes!”
"General! Our Knight-class Star Destroyer Vatan's shield has been penetrated and is retreating!"
"Shield ship reports, the shield is about to collapse!"
There are more battle situation reports compiled. These messages are urgent for the fleet commander to make personal decisions, and more battlefield information has been sent through the data situation. Naturally, there is a staff team and a command team in the command center.
Dealing with these problems allows the fleet commander to concentrate on the most important battle reports.
"Ignore these losses!
All battleships continue to fire! Don't stop! Hold back the Separatist fleet for me!" Gideon Tarkin said loudly, "Take off the fighter formation! Pay attention to the opponent's Martha-class guided missile heavy cruiser. After the fighters dispersed into the combat formation, they started from different positions.
Attack in the direction!"
"yes!"
The bows of the Jaeger-class battlecruisers unfolded one after another, revealing a wide hangar platform. The Galaxy Republic V-19 Riptide light fighter formation and the V-wing Holy Light fighter formation, which were already ready for departure, immediately began to accelerate on the electromagnetic accelerator on the take-off runway.
, instantly gain enough speed and rush into the battlefield.
This will prevent the fighter jet from being shot down by the opponent's anti-aircraft fire while it is still accelerating after slowly taking off.
At the same time, the first batch of fighter jets from the Dawn Principality fleet have also arrived on the battlefield. These fighter jets are all vulture robot fighters, and there are about 1,000 of them.
These vulture robot fighters were struggling under the dense anti-aircraft firepower of the Republic fleet, and then blindly fired proton torpedoes, but with little effect.
In the Republic's fleet establishment, the DP-20 gunship, which specializes in air defense, can be said to be a fighter killer, and the Knight-class Star Destroyer's up to 60 XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons can also be used for air defense. Because of the Knight-class fire control
The radar is far more advanced than that of the Chasseur class, so it also has the ancestral XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon turret, but the Knight class can be used to fly aircraft.
This kind of anti-aircraft firepower naturally has no pressure against the Vulture robot fighter, which has already fallen behind in the war.
And now, after the Republic fighter formation headed by V-wing fighters joins the battle, it is even more devastating!
V-wing fighters now account for an increasing proportion of the Republic's warships' carrier-based aircraft, and they can form a greater advantage over the main Separatist aircraft models, including the Ghost fighter. The only one that can compete with them is the Triple Alliance.
Robot fighter and viking fighter.
War is always the most efficient driving force for technological promotion. Who would have thought that the V-19 Torrent light fighter, which was just equipped before the war, and the long-lasting classic model Phantom fighter, would have already become the world's most powerful fighter in just two years after the war broke out.
It's time for renewal.
While these vulture robot fighters were easily shot down by the V-wing fighter formation, the radar soldier shouted loudly: "General!
The Separatist fleet is taking off the second batch of fighter jets! Number...5000!
"
"5000? Are you kidding me? Where did they get so many fighter planes?" Gideon Tarkin was a little surprised, "Are they all vulture robot fighters?"
"We have not yet obtained optical images. We can only know that these fighter jets are small in size but extremely fast! More than three times faster than the Vulture Robot Fighter!"
"Triple robot fighters? No, the separatists don't have that many triple fighters! The technical alliance has long been half-hearted, and the output of triple fighters is already very low!" the adjutant said loudly from the side.
"We also take off the second batch of fighter jets!
Be careful!" Gideon Tarkin said.
"Yes! The second batch of fighter jets will take off immediately!"
"Troops! General! The separatist fighter jets are still taking off! Numbers...numbers..." the radar soldier exclaimed again.
"How many?" Gideon Tarkin asked in a deep voice, sensing something was wrong.
"I'm not sure... there are too many! The radar signals are completely integrated... but a conservative estimate is that the number has exceeded 20,000!" The radar soldier looked at the data display on the screen in disbelief.
"Twenty thousand fighters? Are you sure there is no problem with the radar?" The adjutant heard this and walked over to the radar department to check before Gideon Tarkin could speak.
But the images and data he saw made him look a little pale.
"Is it because of the huge Separatist aircraft carrier?" Gideon Tarkin's eyes fell on a flat battleship in the holographic projection, with the bow divided into two sharp corners.
With a length of 3175 meters, it is a first-class existence even among the navy of the Galactic Republic! Currently, only the Commander class and the Prosecutor class are larger than it, and the latter two were actually built under the Ruusan Treaty.
It can only be used to scare the backward warships.
But according to Dawn Planet’s consistent display of shipbuilding technology, the size of this huge 3,175-meter-long aircraft carrier is definitely not fat!
"General, the opponent's fighter group is approaching. Our sensors have obtained more detailed data... The opponent's fighter jets are all drones. There are three main types. The largest one is less than two meters long. In addition,
There are more than 2,000 drones that are relatively larger models, but they are still very small," the radar soldier said.
Gideon Tarkin snorted and said: "Don't worry! Such small-sized drones are completely useless in the space battlefield! The weapon systems they can carry can't even scratch the itch! Notify the fighter formation,