Chapter 653: Outbreak! The Second Battle of Bespin
653, Outbreak! The Second Battle of Bespin
22BBY, August 10th.
The main fleet of the 19th Legion of the Galactic Republic departed from the defense line of the planet Karl and the capital planet Havin, and arrived at the planet Glenzon near the planet Bespin.
The Fourth Civilization received the information and responded immediately. Navy Commander-in-Chief Igor Zavalov personally set out for the expedition at the age of 71, leading 5 Cole-class battlecruisers and 5 Masha-class heavy cruisers from dawn.
Departing from the planet, it entered the hyperspace channel via the planet Annaji, and arrived at the planet Bespin at noon that day to organize its defense.
Igor Zavalov is also one of the veterans who was awakened from the very beginning and followed Tang Xiao. He was originally an elite-level talent with a beard unique to the northern race.
He was already 58 years old when he was first awakened.
Originally, Tang Xiao was only interested in his experience and stability, and planned to let him make a transition and then recruit master-level or even legendary-level talents to replace him. However, he took the position of Navy Commander-in-Chief like a duck to water and did an outstanding job. It can be said that he
One of the biggest contributors to the Fourth Civilization's navy being transformed from just a few blade fighters to the current massive scale of hundreds of battleships.
The only time Igor Zavalov went to the battlefield in person was the Battle of Marastal Fjord 12 years ago, and that battle also demonstrated his outstanding commanding skills. In recent years,
He originally planned to retire, but the outbreak of the war made him postpone his retirement plan and planned to wait until Tang Xiao determined the successor to the Navy Commander-in-Chief.
And now, he once again stepped from behind the scenes to the front, personally commanding this largest fleet battle since the founding of the Fourth Civilization!
At 7:00 pm on August 10th, Galaxy Standard Time, 80 Jaeger-class cruisers, escorted by 20 Aquitens-class light cruisers, left the Glenzon planet spaceport. After synchronization, they all entered the hyperspace channel.
At 7:30 p.m., with an unusually intense flash of white light, this massive Galactic Republic fleet left hyperspace and entered the Bespin galaxy.
The Second Battle of Bespin breaks out!
…
Admiral McGrane stood on the bridge of his new flagship, the Longbow Hunter-class cruiser, looking coldly at the huge gas giant in front of him.
Although nothing could be seen from this distance except the huge gaseous planet, under the powerful sensors of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, the deployment of the entire Bespin system could be seen.
More than a dozen huge floating cities float in the Bespin life zone, and near the largest floating city, Cloud City, a fleet with 10 large warships as the core and more than 50 small warships as supplements is being arranged very carefully.
spread around.
No, there should be more!
Admiral McGrane's eyes became extremely sharp. After the defeat in the last battle of Bespin, he did not gain anything. At least, he knew the dirty tricks of the Dawn Planet.
After carefully summarizing his previous failure, Admiral McGrane attributed the reason for that failure to his unfamiliarity with various weapons and equipment on the Dawn Planet. It was precisely because he did not understand the combat methods of the Dawn Planet that he
They were defeated by the endless new equipment.
Just as now, he understands that there must be a large number of stealth Gauss firepower platforms and hangar platforms around the planet Bespin, and among those hangar platforms, there must be a large number of ghost fighters on standby!
The Dawn Planet possesses very advanced stealth technology, which is already well known in the Galactic Republic Army, and the Republic's Military Science Research Department is also intensively developing radars that can counter stealth technology.
In fact, with their current technological level, it is not difficult to detect invisible targets. What is difficult is to make this technology miniaturized and flexible. If this cannot be solved, and the Republic's fighter jets can directly detect the opponent's invisibility
As for fighter planes, they will always be slower in air combat.
After all, Dawn Planet's stealth technology won't stand still forever.
Admiral McGrane's finger lightly traced across the holographic star map. The opponent didn't have many large battleships, so he didn't have to face the troublesome Cole-class battlecruiser and the powerful shaft installed on it.
It was a kinetic energy weapon, which still made him very happy.
only……
McGlenn asked: "Didn't the intelligence say that the other party built a huge armed space station on the planet Bespin?"
The staff officer on the side shook his head and said: "We are comparing it with the intelligence department, and the huge armed space station has indeed not been found during the current detection."
Admiral McGrane was not in a hurry to issue an attack order. He carefully studied the holographic star map. Suddenly his heart jumped suddenly and he asked loudly: "How many floating cities are there on the planet Bespin?"
"Well, according to the pre-war data, there are 17. The largest of them is Cloud City, and some of the others are energy floating cities, some are industrial floating cities, and some are agricultural floating cities..." the staff officer said.
Admiral McGrane raised his hand and pointed to the signal of one of the floating cities on the holographic star map, and said solemnly: "No, this is their large armed space station."
"Isn't this... one of the floating cities?" the staff officer frowned.
"I know the locations of the 17 floating cities on Bespin planet very well..." Admiral McGrane said seriously: "The locations of the other floating cities have not changed much, only this one! Factory floating city - Shefa
(Shefa)!”
"Shefa City?"
"The location of Shefa City has now moved to the front of Cloud City, and has left the Bespin life zone. It has hidden its figure in the turbid atmosphere of the Bespin planet, making it impossible for our spies to enter, so there is very little information. Moreover,
According to detection, the energy level of Shefa City has increased by more than three times compared with normal conditions!" McGlenn said.
"Are you saying that the separatists transformed the entire city of Shefa into an armed space station? No...if that's the case, this is no longer a space station, this is a fortress city!" The staff officer was shocked.
"I somewhat understand the plan of Dawn Planet. If it is a fortress city, it does have a chance to block our offensive." McGlenn looked solemn, "But I am also prepared! 80 Jaeger-class battlecruisers
The power will tear this fortress city to pieces together!"
He slammed his fist on the console and said loudly: "All ships attack! Close the distance and start a decisive battle directly!"
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At the same time, inside Cloud City.
A team of heavily armed Salarian agents were escorting more than a dozen people and dragging them into a park square. They saw hundreds of people standing there in fear, being watched by several giant mechas.
, I dare not take a breath.
The leading Salarian captain said to the Fourth Civilization Army officer wearing a Liberator combat uniform: "The operation is over. All those who want to report intelligence to the Republic are here. I can guarantee that the Galactic Republic will protect Bespin."
Nothing is known about the conditions inside the planet."
The Army officer of the Fourth Civilization nodded and praised: "You are indeed a Salarian agent. I have heard rumors about you for a long time, and now it seems that you are really powerful."
"Without further ado, don't waste time on these polite words." The Salarian waved his hand, turned and left.
The officer looked at the dense buildings in Cloud City and saw that above those buildings, almost every space port was filled with a large number of small warships, hundreds in number! And all of them were...
…
Javelin-class guided missile frigate!
He smiled coldly and said, "That's right, it won't be too late."
"You have no right to do this! We are the nobles of Bespin!" one of the well-dressed people in the crowd shouted.
As soon as he started, other people also started shouting. There were men and women, old people and children, nobles and homeless people, and everything in between.
But the officer was unmoved. He waved his hand gently, and the 30mm rapid-fire cannons on the arms of several giant mechas spurted out scorching tongues of flame!
There was no trial, no torture, not even the most basic identification.
In this extraordinary period, as long as you send information to the Republic in violation of regulations, there is only one way waiting...
die!
Ta-ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta-ta!! The 30mm rapid-fire cannon is so powerful that after the shell hits a person, that person can’t even find a piece of intact flesh!
Those people screamed loudly and fled, but the Salarian agents around them also raised their guns and pulled the triggers!