A total of 4,500 fighter jets Wuyang Wuyang took off and surrounded the Republic Fleet, while 47 warships of the Republic Fleet were rushing into the Bespin planet at high speed.
There is no doubt that this is a very risky move, because if you force a landing before repelling the opponent's fleet, no matter how you cover it, the landing ship will always be exposed to the opponent's firepower.
But the Republic Fleet Commander, Admiral McGrane, could only make this risky decision.
Now that the war situation has developed, it has become very clear. The number of warships on both sides is almost the same. The Republic has 47 ships out of 60, and the Fourth Civilization has 59 ships out of 70. The Republic's warships have the advantage in total shield capacity, but the Fourth Civilization's firepower
Significantly stronger.
If an artillery battle begins, according to computer calculations, the Galactic Republic fleet will be defeated within 20 hours.
However, the Republic's fighter fleet has an absolute advantage, with a total number of 15,600 to 10,000, and 9,000 of the 10,000 fighter jets of the Fourth Civilization are ultra-light Vulture robot fighters.
In other words, in a normal battle between the two sides, taking into account the strength of the carrier-based aircraft, the Republic's fleet is indeed capable of completely destroying the fourth civilization's fleet.
But the problem arises here, the stealth fighter!
The emergence of stealth fighters made the Galactic Republic fleet's fighter groups dare not fight far away from the warships. As a result, they were unable to effectively attack the opponent's warships, and the advantage was impossible to talk about.
Therefore, Admiral McGrane's choice was very wise. He raided Bespin, forced a landing, forced the fourth civilization's fighter jets to come to cover, and fought on the fixed battlefield of Bespin's floating city!
Two Jedi Masters, Green Betty and Aiden Ward, and their apprentices are also preparing to join the battle.
However, when she was about to set off, Green Betty suddenly frowned. She and Aiden Ward looked at each other, walked a few steps quickly to the battlefield holographic star map, stared at the star map, and then looked back at the porthole.
"Any questions? General." Admiral McGrane asked.
Green Betty stretched out his furry fingers, clicked on a blank area on the star map, and said: "Here."
"This is..." Admiral McGrane frowned.
"And here...here...here..." Green Betty began to mark on the star map.
Aiden Ward also came over, clicked in an area near Bespin's largest floating city, Cloud City, and said: "Here, I feel death."
The two Jedi masters kept marking on the star map while sensing, and finally made more than a hundred marks!
Seeing these dense markings, which almost semi-encircled the landing zone selected by their fleet, Admiral McGrane was shocked, "Could it be... that this is a trap for the separatists?!"
"Inform the fleet, set aside some turrets, and shoot at these targets with the lowest power to prevent accidental damage to the floating city." Green-Betty said.
The order was immediately implemented, and the fleet deployed some turrets, lowered the power, and fired directly at the place indicated by Green Betty!
It doesn't matter if he fires, he just pokes a hornet's nest!
In more than a hundred places, only a few of the exploratory shots failed, while others actually showed energy ripples under the attack!
"It's an energy shield!! Invisible!!" Admiral McGrane was shocked. He was now allergic to the word invisibility.
"This is a separatist stealth hangar platform! There are 80 of them!" an adjutant said from the side.
"The radar has a large number of weak reactions! Stealth fighters have taken off! The number is between 600 and 900!" the radar soldier reported immediately.
"The main fleet of the separatists is making moves! They are starting to speed up!"
"A large number of Vulture robot fighters took off from the direction of the floating city! 2,400 in number! There are also 400 small spaceships of unknown type!"
Green-Betty said firmly: "I think we have seen through the Separatist conspiracy. Their rhythm has been disrupted. This is our best chance! Attack immediately! Forcefully land on Bespin!"
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When the Republic fleet suddenly opened fire on those invisible hangar platforms without warning, Matt Horner gritted his teeth, and even he, who had always been calm, couldn't help but curse out for the second time, "Damn Jedi!
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"It is recommended to attack immediately before the hangar platform is destroyed." The T-series tactical robot on the side said.
Matt Horner nodded, this is the only way now.
War is like this, you can never predict how the opponent will play, and it is the same now. The Republic fleet was forced to force a landing by stealth fighters, and the fleet of the Fourth Civilization also had to take the initiative because of the Jedi Master's precognitive ability.
The planet Bespin must not be given up, because no matter how remote it is, it is also part of the Corellian Trade Route, one of the largest hyperspace routes in the galaxy. If the Fourth Civilization retreats here, then with the 19th Legion of the Galactic Republic,
Established, they will lose the strategic initiative because the cluttered hyperspace lanes near the Endor system are not conducive to the movement of large fleets.
Therefore, if the planet Bespin is lost, the Fourth Civilization will spend 5 times or more to regain it.
700 Ghost fighter jets took the initiative to attack, and 2,400 Vulture robot fighter jets to assist in the defense of the floating city also took off to provide cover. Not only that, Matt Horner ordered the main fleet of the Fourth Civilization to start pressing forward, which would bring greater pressure to the Republic fleet.
Big blow.
Another larger-scale air battle once again started near the Bespin Life Zone!
The 4,500 fighter jets of the Galactic Republic and the 3,100 fighter jets of the Fourth Civilization, the huge fleet of aircraft collided fiercely in space like locusts.
The Phantom fighter activated the stealth mode, and Gemini II air-to-air missiles were launched crazily at the beginning of the battle. Thousands of missiles were fired overwhelmingly.
At the same time, the close-range anti-aircraft guns on the Republic's Jaeger-class battlecruisers and the Fourth Civilization's stealth hangars were all deployed, and countless small lasers lit up all the time, like a net.
The Gemini II air-to-air missile is an improved version of the Gemini missile. It is equipped with an anti-matter warhead, a more advanced propulsion engine and an enemy tracking system. It has a damage capability that is more than 10 times higher than that of ordinary Gemini missiles. The anti-matter warhead allows the missile to reach close range.
The bombing system can have sufficient lethality at a distance of 1 kilometer from the target.
These missiles changed directions irregularly in the air after being launched, but the enemy tracking system always locked on their targets!
Countless explosions exploded among the Republic's fleet, and countless fighter jets were destroyed. The missiles launched by the Republic fighter jets at the same time also exploded among the cluster of Vulture robot fighter jets. These 3.6-meter-long ultra-light fighter jets were like swatting flies.
They were shot down one by one.
But the invisible Phantom fighter is always the biggest threat! Although they take the initiative, the distance is close to the distance at which the radar of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser can detect the stealth, but after all, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser has to share the radar data with its subordinates
fighter jets, and then let the pilots make real-time judgments on tactical actions, which is ultimately a step too slow.
A large number of fighter jets from both sides were destroyed, and among them, no more than 20 Phantom fighters were shot down!
But even so, the landing ships in the Galactic Republic fleet still took off fearlessly! They had enough fighter jets to protect them. Even if they were completely at a disadvantage against the ghost fighters, they could at least attract firepower for the transport ships.
Four squadrons of Y-wing bombers broke into Cloud City. While dropping bombs at the scheduled landing site, transport ships loaded with Marines began to land one after another. These were also the first batch of Republic Marines to set foot on Cloud City.
The ground battle between the two sides finally begins!
The ghost fighters of the fourth civilization also began to target the transport ships that kept going back and forth between the floating cities, but their numbers were not enough after all. With the guidance of the warships, the Republic's fighter jets were more or less capable of fighting. At this time,
The Republic fighter group, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, was finally able to compete with the Phantom fighters with a large number of battle losses.
The Republic fleet continued to take off fighter jets, and Admiral McGrane was also desperate. He used every fighter jet he could take off and began to continuously expand the landing area.
Thousands of transport ships began to burn the flames of war into every floating city in Bespin's life zone! And due to the guidance of Jedi Master Green Betty, Matt Horner's pre-arranged minefield completely failed, except for 4 transport planes.
Shen was forced into the air minefield by the Phantom fighter and was outside the mine explosion. Other air minefields achieved absolutely no results.
At this time, the third trump card that Tang Xiao prepared for the Galactic Republic's fighter sea finally showed its fangs!
A group of V-19 Riptide fighter jets are fighting a group of Vulture robot fighter jets. Although they cannot fight against the invisible Phantom fighter jets, the V-19 Riptide fighter jets still have no problem dealing with the Vulture robot fighter jets.
The Republic pilots drove fighter jets to nimbly avoid the shots of the robot fighters. Their shields were able to withstand several shots from the Vulture robot fighters, while they continuously fired blaster beams to destroy those vulnerable targets.
"There are three radar reactions ahead! They are stealth fighters!" A pilot said loudly while looking at the shared data sent from the flight control center of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser.
"Launch concussion missiles!" Several V-19 fighters launched concussion missiles. This type of air-to-air missile used by the Galactic Republic still has a proximity-explosion system, but its efficiency is lower than that of the Gemini II missile.
At the same time as the missiles were launched, the Phantom fighters had already begun to turn and avoid. Their weak radar signals made the shock missiles slow to respond. At this time, the Vulture fighters on the other side rushed over and intercepted all these missiles, with no results!
"This is the U-9 Squadron. We encountered separatist stealth fighters and requested fire support!" The squadron leader immediately sent a request for help message.
"Received. The AF turret and AL turret of the Sea of Fire battleship will provide 20 seconds of coverage shooting." The flight controller replied immediately.
Almost at the same time, dense laser beams were fired, and several Vulture robot fighters were shot down. Three ghost fighters were also irradiated by lasers for a few tenths of a second, but they immediately accelerated to avoid them with the help of the auxiliary system.
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"Wait a minute! I've locked onto a stealth fighter!" A V-19 pilot exclaimed, then immediately pressed the button and unleashed a burst of intense shooting.
The ghost fighter was driven away by the close-in firepower of the battleship. It did not pay attention to the lock of the Republic fighter here. It was immediately hit by several blaster beams. The energy shield was broken and the invisibility was broken. Then it was hit by other V-19s.
Destroy with crossfire of fighter jets!
"Ah! We killed a stealth fighter! Hahahaha! We succeeded!!" The Republic pilots cheered loudly, as excitedly as if they had won the war.
But their joy did not last long, as five small spaceships suddenly rushed towards them!
According to the radar scan, this kind of spacecraft is about 31 meters long, trapezoidal, with two very conspicuous gun barrels in the front, and a large and uncoordinated engine at the rear end, which looks like a flea.
"Unknown targets appear! Kill them!" the squadron leader said immediately. He turned on the fire control radar and began to lock on these spacecraft.
"As long as they cannot become invisible, these small separatist ships are not enough for us to fight!" a pilot said in the communication channel.
The fighter squadron immediately deployed into a claw-shaped array for air combat and flew straight towards these small spaceships.
However, at this moment, the fire control radar locks of almost every fighter in the entire squadron failed! These small spacecraft spread out with incredible flexibility and performed evasive maneuvers. Their acceleration and steering flexibility were not inferior to those of fighter jets.
wind!
Not only that, a ray emitter under these small spacecrafts emits a beam of light that shines on the Republic fighter jets.
The fighter pilot who was illuminated by the beam screamed loudly, "The engine output continues to decrease! My fighter plane is malfunctioning!"
"Rock! Follow the formation! Don't lose..." Before the squadron leader could finish his words, an enemy small spacecraft came around, aimed at the Republic fighter that had lost speed, and opened fire!
With just one shot, the V-19 Torrent fighter jet was blown to pieces with its shield and body!
This is not over yet. The strange beam emitters on these small spacecrafts begin to shine on the next target. As long as they are illuminated by this beam, the engine output of the fighter jets will decrease sharply. In such a dangerous and tragic air battle, losing speed means...
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lost life!
This kind of small spacecraft is the Ranghan-class and Spear-class light frigates, which are Tang Xiao's third secret weapon against Republic fighter jets!
The Spear-class frigate can emit rays that affect the engine power of enemy ships, while the Rough-class frigates can emit rays that can disintegrate the armor of enemy ships.
However, due to power and technical problems, these two types of rays cannot be enlarged, and their penetration ability into shields is insufficient. So Tang Xiao asked the military to produce more Spear-class light frigates, which fighter jets could not defeat and frigates could not catch up with.
This is the positioning of these two frigates, dedicated to fighting against the Republic's fighter jets!
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: T series tactical robot.]