754. Assault on Cato-Neimoidia (Part 1) [2-in-1]
"Hahahaha!" Darth Lilim laughed and said, "I know! I know! Why did you come up with the plan to raid Cato Neimoidia at that time. You..."
She approached Severance Tann and said teasingly: "You... are actually trying to figure it out. You are thinking about what kind of strategy the master likes... Hahahaha! Assault on Cato Nemoidi Ya, this action requires the support of the Trade Alliance. If you follow your own personality, you will never propose this strategy! But... you are thinking that if you propose this strategy, the master will definitely be very happy."
Silky arms climbed up to Severance Tann's neck, and the orchid-like breath blew in her ears, "...you...know that the master has been trying to completely pull the Trade Federation over..."
Severance Tann pushed Darth Lilim away and said coldly: "What do you think you have seen? As a senior military general, I naturally need to think about strategy from an overall perspective. . And among the entire fourth civilization, the one with the highest position is naturally the governor. It is normal to think from his perspective. "
"Actually... I like you very much." Darth Lilim licked his lips.
"Then make yourself more useful. Until now, you are still just a vase." Severance Tann snorted coldly and continued to give instructions to the other side, "Take off 100 Vulture robot fighters. ! Take the initiative to attack the enemy fleet!"
"yes!"
The Plague does not have many carrier-based aircraft, but Tann does not want to gain air superiority because of this. After 100 Vulture robot fighters took off, they immediately flew straight towards the Republic fleet.
After their flagship was destroyed by one blow, the Republic fleet immediately exploded and rushed towards the Plague.
The fighter group of the 7th Squadron bore the brunt, and thousands of fighter jets rushed over like locusts. Although there are still a large number of backward Z-95 fighters inside, such a huge number is still a very terrible threat.
"Avenge General Rivers!!"
"Kill! Charge forward! No matter how powerful it is, it's just a battleship!!"
"Fighter squadron follow!!"
"Dax! Full firepower! Fire at will!!" The combat communications of the Republic fleet were filled with all kinds of angry roars, blood debts were paid with blood, teeth for teeth.
But there is anger, revenge, and sadness in combat communications, but there is only one thing missing - tactics.
After the flagship of the 7th Squadron was destroyed, another Commander-class dreadnought immediately took over the command, but the new commander did not know all the previous arrangements of Admiral Rivers. He could only transfer all the processes Walk again.
Ask the Intelligence Department for data on the Plague, send a signal for help, reorganize the formation, and arrange a counterattack strategy based on the battle situation.
But all this takes time!
At this time, the fighter groups and warships of the 7th Squadron had already rushed forward. After the Plague took off 100 Vulture robot fighters, they immediately rushed towards these fighters and opened fire wildly.
In the view of the new commander, such behavior would have little impact on the battle situation. After all, the opponent only has one battleship. Maybe this battleship does have powerful firepower, but after all, they have enough battleships. That kind of super cannon can be clicked 100 times even if they are named one by one, right?
However, the intelligence sent by the Intelligence Department for the second time poured a bucket of ice water directly on the commander!
He threw himself in the direction of the radar group and shouted loudly: "Enlarge the enemy ship's sensor image for me immediately!!"
The radar soldier immediately operated, and an enlarged image of the Plague appeared on the screen. Now this huge battleship was under attack from top to bottom, and the light of countless energy shields flickered on its body.
But that was not what the commander focused on. He looked at the shape of the Plague's four giant rails that formed the super super super cannon. Sure enough, the front of the four guide rails opened slightly, forming a trumpet shape! !
"Quick! Notify all fighter formations to disperse! Disperse!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Plague once again emit a dazzling light like a star!
Almost at the same time, the status of each fighter formation displayed on the screen nearby instantly turned red! !
Plague's main gun, scatter!
Countless projectiles and explosions instantly covered an area of thousands of kilometers, turning everything here into a dead zone!
At least more than 1,000 fighter jets were destroyed by this cannon, and more than 10 small warships were also seriously damaged by this scattering.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Plague continued to move forward. The four rails of the main gun began to close and recharge. Obviously, this time, it was ordinary projectiles.
And at this time, the Plague took off its main fighter group.
48 fighter jets took off one after another, 36 of which were ghost fighters, while the other 12 were heavy-duty fighters with a stubby shape and two five-unit missile launchers on their backs.
It is exactly the same as the red fighter that Darth Malthael flew before, except that it is about 1 meter smaller.
This is the fourth civilization’s new generation fighter, the Viking fighter!
This is also the next-generation new fighter in the "StarCraft" database to succeed the Ghost. The standard length is 16.5 meters, which is shorter than the 18-meter-long Ghost. However, because the overall shape of the Viking is short and thick, it is much larger than the Ghost. .
The Viking has much more firepower than the Wraith, and is equipped with two powerful blaster laser cannons and a new 'turbulence' missile (Ripwave). This missile combines the anti-matter missile technology that has just been developed by the Fourth Civilization, and its lethality against large and medium-sized targets is very terrifying.
It is also because of the technological leap of the Fourth Civilization that the MT-50 Lanzer missile equipped with the original version of the Viking fighter was not developed directly. Instead, it was skipped and directly equipped with the turbulence missile. At the same time, turbulence missiles can also be equipped on the giant mecha to further enhance the air defense capabilities of the giant mecha.
What is even more unique is that the Viking fighter can transform into a robot form and be used for ground combat.
Of course, the current Viking fighters have undergone many optimizations. For example, the original two six-barreled 30mm caliber electromagnetic cannons were modified into two blaster cannons, which freed up the ammunition bay and made the fighter aircraft lighter. This also makes the Viking fighter seem bulkier, but in fact, it is faster than the Phantom fighter, but its steering performance is slightly lacking.
Of course, this also makes the energy demand greater, but the current energy engine technology of the Fourth Civilization, after fully learning from and integrating with the technology of the current "Star Wars" world, is more powerful than the original engine of the Viking fighter, and can completely meet this requirement. needs.
When Tang Xiao ordered the development of the Viking fighter, he asked the scientific research department to develop a deformable version and a non-deformable version at the same time. After all, the latter can save a lot of costs. What is now being mass-produced are also non-deformable versions.
And because the deformation function has been removed, the fighter has a lot more space to install a more powerful energy core and a shield generator to further enhance its air combat capabilities.
In other words, only non-deformable Viking fighters can be equipped with shields.
Tang Xiao had previously flown a custom-made elite Viking fighter, which was larger in size and adopted more new technologies, allowing his fighter to have full functions and extremely powerful combat capabilities.
As for the deformable version of the Viking fighter, the Fourth Civilization is also producing it, but the current output is not large. But this kind of fighter will also have many opportunities to perform in subsequent battles, because in the current civil war in the galaxy, what limits the scale of the battle is not how many troops you have, but how many troops you can transport.
Under such circumstances, a Viking fighter that can fly into the sky for air combat and land on land for land combat will naturally save a lot of transportation costs. After all, unlike in the game, Viking fighters can also fire blaster cannons in the sky and missiles on the ground.
The service of the Viking fighter does not mean that the Ghost fighter will be withdrawn from active service, because the powerful firepower configuration of the Viking fighter is more suitable for attacking large targets, and for small targets such as fighter jets, the Ghost fighter is better through simulation.
The Ghost fighter is also constantly improving, and the technical department is currently developing a new and improved model - the Wraith fighter. This is a fully upgraded version based on the Phantom fighter, and it can be produced without adjusting the already mature production line of the Phantom fighter.
In this Plague raid, the most elite naval warriors of the Fourth Civilization were gathered, and naturally the newly installed Viking fighters were also among them.
36 Phantom fighters and 12 Viking fighters took off aggressively, flying towards the fighter group of the 7th Squadron of the Galactic Republic that had just been completely stunned by a scattering from the Plague. At the same time, the stealth system was turned on.
That's right, as a new generation of fighter jets, the Viking fighter is naturally equipped with a stealth system!
The flagship was destroyed, and more than 1,000 fighter jets were destroyed by a scattering just now. Now the fighter groups of the Republic are completely fighting on their own, let alone fighting invisible fighter jets through the command of battleships! Dozens of fighter jets were quickly shot down.
At the same time, 12 Viking fighter jets also launched turbulence missiles at several CR-70 frigates under the cover of the stealth system! Under the advanced fire control system, the two five-unit missile launchers on the Viking fighter fuselage fired directly, and 120 turbulence missiles were fired directly at them!
Anti-matter missiles are super fast and have built-in AI programs to evade anti-aircraft firepower to increase the penetration rate.
Dozens of turbulence missiles hit the target, and their powerful power directly destroyed the shield of the CR-70 frigate. Then the armor-piercing warhead penetrated the frigate's armor, and the anti-matter warhead detonated directly inside the spacecraft!
Three 120-meter-long CR-70 frigates immediately disintegrated in a violent explosion. Such backward frigates were completely unable to fight against the new generation of fighter jets.
But as time passed, the Republic's 7th Squadron finally regained its organization, and the commander and staff team on the Commander-class dreadnought that took over the flagship began to function. After sorting out the existing intelligence, they began to effectively direct the fleet to redeploy their formations, and let the small battleship and fighter formations begin to circle around both sides of the Plague.
This finally caught the Plague's weakness!
Because although the Plague is densely packed with various powerful turrets and missiles, after all, the most powerful super cannon can only fire forward. As long as you can avoid the bow of the Plague, you can avoid being destroyed. blow.
Moreover, they can also judge whether the next shot fired is a normal projectile or a scattered projectile by whether the current shape of the Plague cannon is trumpet-shaped.
But Severance Tann didn't care about this at all. She just ordered the Plague to keep moving forward and speed up! Looking at this momentum, I just want to rush directly into the defense line of the Republic regardless of the situation!
The fighter jets that took off from the Plague were only playing a diversionary role to avoid being continuously attacked in the direction of the engine by Republic fighter jets. After all, the number of these fighter jets was too small.
At this moment, the largest warships in the 7th Squadron also opened fire!
Two 8,000-meter-long Commander-class dreadnoughts, one 4,000-meter-long Governor-class battleship, and three 2,500-meter-long Prosecutor-class battlecruisers are the largest main battleships of the 7th Squadron. These warships are all backward warships of the previous era, and their effectiveness in launching offensive operations is far inferior to that of the Jaeger-class battlecruisers. However, they are extremely large warships after all, and they are still qualified for defensive or blockade operations.
Countless turbo lasers fell on the Plague Titan battleship, and the readings of the deflector shield dropped sharply.
"General! The enemy fleet's firepower is too fierce, and our shield can only last for 10 minutes at most!" The technicians in the shield department eagerly reported to Severance Tann.
Darth Lilim stood aside with his arms folded and said, "Why doesn't the main gun fire? At least we can kill the opponent's new flagship again."
Severance Tann glanced at her, "Use your brain. Now the opponent's flagship has concentrated most of its energy on the shield. Our main gun needs two attacks to destroy it. Instead of this , it’s better to wait until the time is right and then kill it with one shot.”
Darth Lilim laughed again, "So, you are waiting for the Trade Federation fleet? The war has been going on for so long, but they have not moved. Are you still betting, do you believe in my master so much? "
"What I believe in is the judgment of the situation and the battlefield." Severance Tann said.
"Hehehe... I like you like this." Darth-Lilim smiled charmingly, "Then, I will naturally help you."
With that said, she turned and left the bridge.
A moment later, a purple Viking fighter took off from the battleship hangar. This Viking fighter was slightly larger than the standard model and was clearly elite!
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While the 7th Squadron began to encircle and suppress the Plague Titan battleship, the Trade Federation defense fleet outside the planet Cato-Neimoidia received instructions not to act rashly for the time being.
At the same time, the Governor of the Trade Federation, Newt Gunray, also received another frightening communication - Darth Sidious.
"I heard that the battleship Plague appeared on the planet Cato Neimoidia..." Darth Sidious said in a distorted voice, "It seems that they are eyeing your property. Newt Gunray."
"Lord Sidious!" Newt Gunray was still full of fear, but for some reason his fear of Darth Sidious seemed to have lessened a lot since he had a face-to-face conversation with Darth Malthael. , "According to the battle plan, the battleship Plague is here to help us relieve the siege."
"Hehehe..." Darth Sidious sneered, and then uttered a few words, "I order you to destroy the Plague."
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Viking fighter plane. 】
