Is-Kos also noticed the unusual movements of the Separatist fleet, but he believed that this was the reaction that the other party should have.
Because according to the investigation, the opponent only has 6 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers that have just been received and whose status is still unknown. After all, these warships have been floating in the universe for 25 years without anyone maintaining or managing them. It is impossible to guarantee how much combat effectiveness they will have.
In addition, there are some escort carriers that cannot be integrated into the regular fleet. The Gray Horse class is 210 meters long and is basically a running hangar. The Homeland class is modified from the Predator class heavy supply ship and is 800 meters long.
, the space is enough, but there are too few take-off and landing platforms, and it cannot fight as a regular army.
As for the five cobalt alloy-class heavy frigates, without forming a numerical advantage, they are an escort force that is better than nothing.
So the only threat is the almost crippled Titan battleship Plague!
But he has 8 Aquitens-class light cruisers and 5 Chasseur-class battlecruisers on his side! With the Plague's main gun destroyed, he will never lose to them even if they are bombarded from a distance.
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Therefore, now Is-Kos is more concerned about how to bring the Blade Fleet back intact. Six ships have been snatched away by the separatists, which makes him extremely distressed.
That's why he ordered an all-out attack on the transport ships, just to protect more Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers.
It's not like Iss-Kos didn't think that Severance Tann might have taken control of some battleships in advance and then used them to trick him, but the chance of this happening was very small.
Because the Republic warships are all encrypted, you must provide a key to control the warship. The Separatists do not have the key and can only crack it by force. This takes a long time and has to come one by one. Now the Separatists are in this star field.
The spaceship obviously cannot accommodate so many people and equipment to crack dozens or even more warships at the same time.
The most critical factor is that he has repeatedly confirmed that the engines of those warships are shut down! This is where Is-Kos's greatest confidence lies!
You must know that for a large 600-meter-long battleship like the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, it is necessary to start the engine from a completely cooled state and generate enough energy to meet the huge energy demand of the battleship, and then start each system one by one. This
The process takes at least 1 hour.
In other words, even if all 200 warships are really occupied by the separatists, they will not be able to open fire until an hour later!
As long as you see the engines of these battleships starting to start, it will be too late to slowly turn away.
Besides, the space battlefield is so huge. Even if the Blade fleet is in a dense formation, the formation of these 200 warships also stretches for hundreds of thousands of kilometers. How can it be like a land battle and still block me from hitting anyone?
With this in mind, Isi-Kos decisively ignored Shen Qiaoen's warning and continued to go his own way, rushing towards the fleeing battery-class transport ships.
Shen Qiaoen knew that something was not good, but he could not call Isi-Kos, so he could only slow down his battleship and fall behind, preparing to see how Severance Tann planned to respond.
In fact, his suggestion just now is correct. Although the Titan battleship Plague is so powerful, even if it is severely damaged, it can easily deal with several Jaeger-class battlecruisers. But in fact, it is precisely because of the Plague that
is powerful, so it is the only threat to the Separatist fleet!
As long as the fleet on the Republic side keeps chasing the Plague, the Plague can only fight alone. No matter what other arrangements are made, no matter what is contained in those escort carriers, and no matter whether the Blade Fleet has been taken over by the Separatists or not,
There is no way to reverse this situation.
However... a truly outstanding strategy not only calculates the situation on the battlefield, but also... human nature!
In order to strengthen the credibility of this deception operation, Severance Tann, who had actually already controlled 6 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, specifically asked one of the Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers to turn off the engine again and put the system on standby until the Republic
After the fleet arrived, they restarted and entered the array under their noses.
At this time, silence is better than sound. This small detail is equivalent to telling everyone in the Republic fleet, come and grab it! Otherwise, it will be gone!
The 200 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers originally belonging to the Galactic Republic blinded Is-Kos's eyes and caused him to make wrong decisions.
On the contrary, Jon Shen, who was filled with hatred, was able to ignore the temptation of the Blade Fleet and think about the problem straight to its essence.
Just when the Republic's fleet was carefully avoiding those 'properties of the Republic' while chasing the Separatist fleet, the time was finally ripe!
This time, no need to be reminded, the force immediately sent a heart-stopping sense of crisis!
Shen Qiaoen and Yisi Kos were shocked at the same time, their eyes full of horror. Yisi Kos immediately said loudly: "Stop advancing! Turn and retreat!"
But it was finally a step too late.
Severance Tann, who was commanding the overall situation on the Titan battleship Plague, suddenly slammed the table and shouted: "Now! The whole army attacks!!"
Following her order, more than a hundred Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers in the Blade Fleet opened the hangar door in unison!
Immediately afterwards, a large group of Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets flew out directly under the darkness!
That's right! Severance Tann doesn't have enough manpower or time to crack and activate those Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, but don't forget that these battleships are all on standby because they lost control!
For battleships on standby, the hangar platform can be opened directly without hacking!
Therefore, the pilots of the Fourth Civilization only need to open the hangar platform, then get on the Z-95 Headhunter fighter jet, and then stand by. This is also a process of opening and closing the door, and the daily power consumption of the battleship can be satisfied.
No need to start the battleship engine at all!
Even so, they do not have enough manpower to occupy all the fighter jets, and only control the hangars on the 120 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers. Each Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser can carry 12 aircraft, and there are 1,440 aircraft in the 120 ships.
fighter.
If it were a normal space operation, in front of a fleet with regional air defense firepower fully deployed, these more than 1,400 backward Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets would have to pay a heavy price to break through the fleet's air defense circle.
Not to mention that among the five Jaeger-class ships of Is-Kos, even if they are not fully loaded, there are still 1,500 fighter jets to escort them.
But now, the Republic's fleet has rushed to the side of the Blade Fleet. After these Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets attacked, they have directly entered the very close range of the Republic's warships!
They can even immediately lock on to the target and launch an attack!
The pilots of the fourth civilization did the same thing.
The 1,440 Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets, which were also spray-painted with the logo of the Justice Fleet of the Galactic Republic, just flew out of the hangar platform and launched a large number of proton torpedoes towards the warships of the Galactic Republic!
Thousands of proton torpedoes were fired directly at extremely close range, and even the close-in defense system of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser could not intercept them all.
At this moment, following Severance Tann's second instruction, the 300 ghost fighters of the Fourth Civilization that had been waiting for a long time all turned on their cloaking devices and flew straight towards the Republic Fleet!