This amount made Gilad Perrine break out in cold sweat, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Get ready to fight! Get into a defensive formation!"
He had no idea that there were so many Geth warships!
First of all, he was very clear, that is, the geth were probably setting up ambushes on every hyperspace route. The reason was simple. They were mechanical beings that could stand still in a deserted place forever until the enemy appeared.
The geth placed hyperspace blockers in the middle of each hyperspace channel, and then used a large fleet to ambush here. This tactic is something that intelligent creatures will never be able to do. First of all, the chance of the Imperial fleet choosing one of the channels is only eight.
One percent, and then, there is no way to know when the imperial fleet will set off.
Therefore, the geth fleet was probably ambushed here a few months ago, and it was likely that it sailed here at warp speed, so that there would not be any hyperspace fluctuations, making it impossible for the Galactic Empire's hyperspace outposts to detect it.
At the same time, all battleships shut down all engines, and all geth individuals entered a shutdown state, thus minimizing energy consumption, and then guarding against the one-eighth chance.
These places are in the middle of the hyperspace channel, and there is nothing around them. There are no planets, no stars, no asteroids, just an empty universe. Other than that, there is nothing! Not even a particle of cosmic dust can be found!
If it were a human fleet, waiting for several months or even longer in a dark and lonely space that never changes no matter how you look at it? Then maybe everyone would go crazy.
In order to raid the planet Rendili, Darth Vader led the fleet at warp speed for more than two months. The morale of almost the entire fleet's officers and soldiers at all levels was on the verge of collapse. This was because he single-handedly led this fleet.
The elite troops who rose up took part in the Clone Wars, the siege of the planet Salukami, and the final attack on the core controlled areas of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
It would be impossible to switch to other fleets.
But Geth can use this tactic very casually!
Gilad Pellaeon naturally knew these tricks of the geth, but what he really didn't know was that there were so many geth fleets!
If what appears in front of him now are 1,000 Geth warships, then it only means that there are so many warships in other directions!
There are a total of 8 hyperspace lanes from the planet Gler-Anselm to the planet Anshelm, so this means that the geth have ambushed at least 8,000 battleships!
Now, Gilad Pellaeon finally knew what Darsana said that the geth were doing all day long.
As many as 1,000 geth warships have launched an attack. Densely packed plasma balls were launched like raindrops, causing violent ripples of energy to ripple on the deflection shields of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers. And with this,
At the same time, the Empire-class Star Destroyer's counterattack was extremely powerful and resolute. Powered by the L-A2B solar furnace reactor, the XX-9 twin-mounted heavy-duty turbolaser cannons fired an almost devastating weapon.
of power.
The same model is completely different from the turbo laser beam emitted by the Jaeger class!
The Geth warships suffered losses immediately, and more than ten Geth frigates were directly destroyed in this wave of attacks. However, such losses were only a drop in the bucket, as more Geth warships rushed up one after another!
Gilad Pellaeon commanded his fleet very skillfully. He was completely different from the generals in the Galactic Empire who mostly relied on nepotism to rise to power and remained idle. He studied the art of fleet command very diligently and hard. And he also
He has studied numerous examples of fleet battles and organized countless actual combat drills.
At the same time, after meeting Lieutenant General Mis-Ro Nurudo Thrawn, he was impressed by the latter's talent, and has been humbly learning Thrawn's commanding art and growing continuously.
Maybe Gilard Perrine is not the one with the most outstanding talent, but what is certain is that he is definitely the one who works the hardest.
He deployed all Imperial-class Star Destroyers into a spherical array, with all warships hiding their tails toward the center of the array.
Because geth warships have excellent maneuverability, they often perform various tactical maneuvers at incredible speeds on the battlefield. Even cruisers and even dreadnoughts can perform rapid acceleration, rapid deceleration, and sharp turns. In the Clone Wars
During this period, when they first faced the Geth warships, the Galactic Republic fleet, which knew nothing about them, was often bypassed by the Geth warships and then directly destroyed the engines, causing the warships to lose their combat capabilities.
Gilad Pellaeon used this formation to directly compete with the geth's warships in terms of firepower and size. Not only that, he also deployed all fighter units in the center of the formation to specifically deal with those who got through the gaps.
Entering the geth warship.
After his frigates and light cruisers arrive, these small and medium-sized warships will also be enriched in the center of the formation. While receiving protection from the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, they will destroy all the geth warships that try to break into the center.
When necessary, those light, high-speed warships will launch an assault from any direction as soon as possible.
This tactic is called the "Pellaeon Ring". Facts have proved that this is also the most suitable tactic for fighting the geth fleet.
After forming the Pellaeon ring formation, the Imperial fleet finally stabilized the formation. More than 500 TIE fighters fought with more than 10 geth frigates in the center of the formation, while the imperial-class star destroyers blocked the geth dreadnoughts.
Even if it's 80 vs. 1,000, Gilard Perrine is not afraid.
Warships from the rear are still coming in for reinforcements, joining the Pellaeon ring, making the formation larger and more complete.
On the battlefield, countless plasma clusters and countless turbo laser beams flew everywhere. The injured warships spewed out a large amount of flames and debris, and there were exploding flames and broken wreckage everywhere.
A group of TIE bombers, escorted by TIE/LN fighters, approached a Geth Dreadnought. However, the Dreadnought was very maneuverable and began to accelerate in an attempt to escape the bombers' pursuit. However, at this moment, the enemy was approaching from a distance.
Several consecutive rounds of turbo laser beams were fired accurately, directly hitting the center of the dreadnought.
A burst of dazzling light flashed, and the deflector shield of the Geth Dreadnought was broken. The middle part of the battleship was hit by a turbolaser cannon. In the violent explosion, the body of the Geth Dreadnought suddenly tilted.
Seizing this rare opportunity, the TIE bombers rushed over, took advantageous positions and launched proton torpedoes!
The point defense artillery fire on the Geth Dreadnought was fired like water, forming a barrage around the battleship and shooting down several proton torpedoes, but it was still directly hit by more torpedoes!
Amid the explosion and collapse of the light blue proton cloud, the geth dreadnought silently began to crack and break, and was finally blown into three pieces, flying away from the battlefield under the kinetic energy generated by the explosion.
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The Pellaeon Ring composed of the imperial fleet is like a huge immovable mountain. Even though there are ten times the number of geth warships, they are still very stable. (End of Chapter)