Chapter 2356 The disastrous defeat of Anselm (Part 2)
2357, disastrous defeat at Anselm (middle)
On the bridge of the castrated version of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier, the Neimoidia, Admiral Mal-Took stood in front of the holographic combat star map and continued to issue instructions and direct the fleet operations.
Because the scale of this fleet is so huge, the energy required to command it is also very large. The number of T-series tactical robots standing next to him has increased to 4, each assisting him in commanding this claw-shaped robot.
The four attack directions of the array are the four claws.
Some people may ask why such a large number of warships should be used intensively. Wouldn't this cause waste?
However, in fact, it is not that Admiral Mar-Touk does not want to divide his forces to attack, but that he has no choice but to do so. The fleet formation of the Commercial Combined Fleet is not scientific, and the number of capital ships is too small, so it can only be made up for by a large number of light cruisers.
The disadvantage of insufficient number of battleships.
Moreover, the commercial combined fleet in his hands actually has hidden dangers.
This fleet includes 1,500 Undertaker-class light cruisers and 1,000 Osprey-class light cruisers. These two types of light cruisers account for about half of his fleet! Other new warships include the Raven-class
The combined number of heavy destroyers and promotion-class heavy destroyers is about 500.
In addition, there are the Valkyrie-class guided missile frigates, Javelin-class guided missile frigates, Guard-class anti-aircraft destroyers, Brown Bear-class heavy destroyers, Hoshiko-class maintenance drone carriers and Blue Sky-class command cruisers commonly used by the Kingdom of Dawn Navy.
The reason why there are so many Undertaker-class light cruisers and Osprey-class light cruisers is that, to put it bluntly, it was Newt Gunray and Thorn Hill's fault.
After they obtained the Caldari and Gallente warship technologies in "EVE" through the Freemasonry Alliance, they excitedly started construction work on their own. They didn't even seek advice from the Kingdom of Dawn military and directly
He chose his favorite battleship and started building it in large quantities.
Newt Gunray chose the Undertaker-class light cruiser because the main body of this warship was a modified cargo ship, so the Trade Federation restored part of the functions of the cargo ship and planned to use this warship to start its own business. The veteran of the Trade Federation
What is this business? Transportation!
Thornhill chose the Osprey-class light cruiser because this kind of warship can be equipped with mining lasers. Is he planning to mine?
In short, this led to the fact that when Ling Liang promoted and supervised the preparations for the Zero Operation Plan and discovered the obviously abnormal shipbuilding plan of the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association, the Undertaker-class light cruisers and Osprey-class light cruisers had already
Nearly two thousand ships have been built!
It’s not that the Undertaker class and the Osprey class are useless, but they are obviously not used in this way! And it is also obvious that such a huge number is not needed!
Ling Liang, furious, immediately scolded the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association, demanding that they make rectifications within a deadline. At the same time, he sent a military expert team to the north to supervise their shipbuilding work.
As a result, the Raven-class guided missile destroyers and Promotion-class destroyers were later designed and built. Among them, the Raven-class guided missile destroyer is a warship that uses medium-range missiles as its main attack method. As the Javelin-class guided missile frigate and Valkyrie-class guided missile frigate
A powerful supplement.
The Promotion-class destroyer is a warship specially designed to fight against enemy frigates and light cruisers. It has extremely high maneuverability and extremely powerful firepower, and its fire control system is also very excellent.
Not only that, Ling Liang also asked them to immediately dismantle the Osprey-class mining laser, and also change the Undertaker-class cargo bay back to its proper turret equipment.
But even so, the large number of Ospreys and Undertakers still had a great impact on the formation of the fleet. This is also an important reason why Mal-Took did not divide his troops - he just wanted to build a fleet.
We have built them all, don't use them for nothing, so we brought all these battleships on board.
Anyway, the Trade Federation and the Interstellar Banking Association are very wealthy, so they don’t care about the extra fuel money, right?
In the current battle, Admiral Mar-Tuk deployed all the Undertaker-class light cruisers at the front of the formation. The revised Undertaker-class is 310 meters long. This kind of warship is heavily armored and extremely fast, but it lacks long-range
The attack method can be said to be an upgraded version of the Brown Bear-class heavy destroyer.
The Undertaker-class light cruiser with its reinforced front armor module can even withstand several direct shots from the Imperial-class Star Destroyer!
These battleships accelerated crazily and rushed towards the formation of the imperial fleet. The operators inside the battleships were all robots, and they were simply not afraid of death. This was also the biggest feature of these battleships - they were used as high-quality cannon fodder!
The Valkyrie-class guided missile frigates, Raven-class guided missile destroyers and Javelin-class guided missile frigates formed three levels of missile attacks: near, medium and far, providing fire cover for the Undertaker class that rushed forward.
At the same time, the Osprey-class light cruiser is cruising around in its own formation. This kind of warship is a multi-functional warship equipped with a drone home port. In addition to being equipped with hundreds of Acolyte-class drones, it can also pass through
Armor maintenance modules, electronic warfare modules and other functions provide battlefield support. They are also important to ensure that the Undertaker-class light cruiser can successfully break into local formations.
But even so, the Undertaker-class as high-quality cannon fodder and the Osprey-class as support ships were obviously too numerous. So Mal-Tuk simply ignored them and went aboard!
The group of Undertaker-class light cruisers that attacked simultaneously from four directions did cause a lot of trouble for the Imperial fleet. They were already having a huge headache facing the improved and smaller new warships in the Kingdom of Dawn fleet. Now there are so many
The light cruiser that looked like a dump truck rushed towards them, which gave them even more headaches.
The most disgusting thing is that these dump trucks are fast and can withstand beatings. An Imperial-class Star Destroyer deployed ten turrets and fired a salvo, but it failed to destroy it! The Undertaker-class ship was on fire, but it was still
In a mad rush!
Gilad-Pellaeon had no choice but to let his light cruiser rush forward immediately to try to block the Undertaker-class that was charging at high speed, so that these battleships would not affect his formation.
However...when everyone in the Imperial Fleet focused their attention on the Commercial Combined Fleet, a sudden change occurred!
The planet Grad-Anselm suddenly activated its planetary shield! At the same time, the orbital defense weapons on the planet were aimed at the sky and fired at the imperial warships!
The defensive turrets on the spaceports were also firing on all cylinders, aiming at the approaching Imperial-class Star Destroyer and pouring out all their firepower!
At the same time, violent explosions occurred inside many Imperial-class Star Destroyers! The explosions, without exception, all came from the hangar platform.
Those were the transport ships transporting supplies from the planet Grad-Anselm, and they blew themselves up!!
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