The 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers of the Fourth Civilization actually have external anti-matter thrusters disguised on their hulls!!
When was it made? No one knows.
However, now, these Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers are beginning to fly rapidly towards outer space with the help of anti-matter thrusters!
This turn of events shocked everyone in the Galactic Republic army!
Why do they do this? Don't they know that doing this is equivalent to directly abandoning their own ground troops? But looking at those external anti-matter thrusters, this is their premeditated plan.
So, what exactly are they planning?!
However, it was already too late. No matter what the separatist fleet was planning now, they had no time to stop it!
What to do to stop it?
In an atmospheric environment, especially the gravity of an A-class planet like Malastar, the gravity is a very troublesome thing. Ordinary fighter jets must accelerate over long distances to reach the third cosmic speed and escape the gravity of the planet.
And now, even if the 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers have left, there are still more than 2,000 triple robot fighters in the atmosphere! Under such circumstances, do you still want to give up the fight, speed up to outer space, and make yourself a target?
This is especially true for the 10 Jaeger-class interim cruisers and 3 Cheer-class assault landing ships that have entered the atmosphere. If these massive warships want to return to space, they also need to concentrate all energy into their engines for acceleration.
Just fine.
All this takes time.
The 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers of the Separatists make up for this by installing external anti-matter thrusters.
They can directly accelerate and leave the planet!
Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was commanding operations on the ground battlefield, picked up his telescope and looked at the Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers that were accelerating towards space. He suddenly thought of something and his face turned pale, "No! Their target.
It’s been Master Kep-Shae from the beginning!!”
The same person who thought of this was Master Kep-Xie himself.
She looked at the holographic projection of the battlefield with a solemn expression, "We have fallen into a trap! The separatists have already prepared anti-matter thrusters. On the surface, they are hunkering down in the atmosphere to delay, but in fact they are waiting for us to divide our forces and break into the atmosphere.
Within! Then they can use the antimatter thruster to return to space immediately, giving us a time lag!"
She suddenly looked back at the intelligence department, "How many troops do the separatists have on the planet Marastal now?"
The intelligence officer shook his head, "The intelligence on the planet Marastal is in chaos. One moment they said that the separatists only had more than 50,000 troops, and the next they said that their total strength exceeded one million. But according to our detection at a nearby outpost, before and after
A total of three Rookery Hook-class battleships have been here, which means that the separatist ground forces should be between 300,000 and 500,000."
"But they just abandoned this army? Exposed this ground force to the firepower of our warships? Why?" Cape Xie was still puzzled, "No matter what, prepare to fight! Raise the shields
, all weapons are adjusted to combat frequency!"
"yes!"
As dozens of powerful turbolaser cannons were fired directly from the direction of the planet, the few hits caused strong ripples on the shield of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser.
The 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers broke away from the gravity of the Malastar planet, and the external anti-matter thrusters also completed their mission. After a burst of explosions, the connecting pendants were blown open, and the thrusters fell off from the battleships and became floating.
of space junk.
At the same time, these 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers were arranged in a bombardment formation like hungry wolves, and powerful artillery fire continued to pour towards the Republic fleet.
At this time, Cape Xie and other Republic fleet commanders discovered that the 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers had actually been pre-arranged in a bombardment formation in the atmosphere! However, in ground battles, such formations lacked three-dimensionality.
The depth is not very visible on the surface.
But now, the 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers do not need to adjust each other's positions at all and just open fire.
At the same time, the 10 Jaeger-class battlecruisers in outer space have already launched all their fighter jets, and now they can only engage in artillery battles with each other!
Severance Tann's fleet came well prepared, and after dividing the Republic fleet, they took the opportunity to launch a crazy attack.
The Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser continued to move forward and close the distance under the firepower of the Jaeger-class. The Republic's fleet was already advancing and was only 40,000 kilometers away from the planet. After the Fourth Civilization's fleet rushed out, the two sides fell into a melee in a short time.
posture.
This situation is undoubtedly the favorite of the Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, which were originally designed as gunboats. Their shields are strong, and their turbolaser cannons have a wide range of fire and are powerful. Although they are only 600 meters long, they do not have that huge
Hangar platform to accommodate more than 400 fighter jets!
The battle situation put the Galactic Republic fleet into dire straits almost immediately!
"General! The Skye and Tomorrow battleships' shields have been broken! The shields of the other four battleships have dropped to the 20% danger zone! We can't hold on for long!" the fleet commander ran to Cape Xie and shouted loudly.
"It will take 40 minutes for the battleship on the planet Marastal to recover the fighter jet and return to space!"
"The ARC-170 fighter formation has begun to rush into space, and the separatist triple robot fighters are stopping it! They are expected to arrive within 10 minutes!"
"General! We have to do something!"
Jedi Master Cape Xie looked solemn, what else can he do now? Escape is impossible, and the current situation is impossible to escape. It is also impossible to wait for reinforcements. After the reinforcements arrive, his 10 warships will not be covered by fighter jets.
Already suffered heavy losses.
Not to mention how much damage would be caused by the enemy seizing the opportunity to force fighter jets and warships in combat to break out of the atmosphere!
She immediately made a decision, "Order all ships to rush into the atmosphere of Malastar planet immediately! Let all units in the atmosphere continue to maintain combat status and do not come for reinforcements!"
"But... breaking into the atmosphere in this case is also equivalent to exposing us to the firepower of separating the main battleships!" the staff officer said.
"So as soon as possible! I will personally fly a fighter jet to cover you!" Kep-Xie said.
"yes!"
…
"General, the Republic battleship is rushing towards us instead." In the flagship of the Fourth Civilization Fleet, the Blade, the combat staff said to Severance Tann, who was sitting firmly in the main seat.
"Breaking into the planet's atmosphere is their only chance. But this will expose their warships to our firepower. Instruct the fire team not to miss the opportunity. Also..." Severance Tann looked to the side.
Master Adi Gallia, "The other side will definitely have Jedi warriors taking off to cover it, so I'll leave it to you."
"What makes you think... that I would draw a sword against my former comrade-in-arms?" Adi Gallia said coldly.
"Because you should understand that for the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, this is a dead end. Should you place your hope in the Jedi Order that is destined to be destroyed? Or should you place your hope in us who are fighting against fate? You, yourself
Choose." Severance Tann remained motionless and said coldly.