783. 5 Minutes of Death (Part 1)
[The most impressive battle? It must have been the Battle of Terminus. At that time, no one in the entire galaxy thought we would win, but we won... We defeated the Galactic Republic in a war of attrition... In that battle, everything happened in those 5 minutes...]
——Excerpted from the Fourth Reich, the 47th year of the Imperial Calendar, from the special program "Road to the Empire" on Dawn TV, which contains an interview record with a veteran who participated in the Clone Wars.
[…The Fourth Reich experienced countless wars during the decades from scratch to the founding of the country. Unlike the majestic Battle of Coruscant and the Battle of Corellia, the Battle of Terminus left an indelible impression on this veteran. Looking at today, we can only sigh with emotion at the fighting spirit of the imperial martyrs who are not afraid of sacrifice, and the fighting spirit of fighting to the death in every battle regardless of the size... During this process, our great imperial emperor Tang Xiao's wise and decisive Decision-making takes all the credit...]
The host's magnetic voice came from behind the scenes. The host, who had been born in the empire for nine years, did not understand the significance of the battle on the planet Terminus.
So far, the Fourth Reich has not fully decrypted the process of the Clone War that lasted for four years. The specific processes of those countless battles back then are still unknown. From the host's perspective, he could indeed put the Battle of Terminus, a battle in which less than 200 warships from both sides participated, into an irrelevant position.
Not to mention the Battle of Coruscant, in which both sides participated in over 10,000 kilometer-class large battleships, and even the Battle of Corellia, in which both sides participated in more than 6,000 battleships, the Battle of Terminus was still just a battle. Just a small shrimp.
But there are indeed such rumors on many occasions——
Although the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Navy, Marshal Matt Horner, experienced more than one large-scale defeat in subsequent wars, one of the reasons why his status as Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Navy remains extremely stable is because of Terminus. Battle for Star Planet.
As for why, few people can say clearly.
Many people are just talking about those glorious 5 minutes, but no one can really tell what happened, nor do they understand how many ups and downs the fate of the Fourth Reich experienced during this process.
Everything is buried in the long river of history, as well as in the Fourth Reich's Empire Zero database, which is filled with countless dark secrets.
For Matt Horner, then commander of the Fourth Civilization's A-Fleet, everything began in the short five minutes when the mass accelerator built on the satellite was aimed at the Prosecutor-class battlecruiser of the Galactic Republic Fleet. Inside, what happened started.
In these five minutes, the situation of the battle was completely turned around.
However, these were not 5 minutes of glory. But...
5 minutes of death!
Whether it is a space battlefield or a ground battlefield, what happens in these five minutes can even be said to determine the future development direction of the entire galaxy!
Matt Horner made two gambles.
Success, boundless glory, failure, death and annihilation.
"All battleships! Attack the enemy flagship with full power!!" Matt Horner gave the order.
"General! Where is the shield?" the combat staff asked eagerly.
"Don't worry about the shield! Don't worry about anything else! Attack that prosecutor-class battlecruiser with all your firepower!" Matt Horner ordered decisively.
"General!"
"Within two minutes, break the enemy ship's shield! Two minutes!!" Matt Horner shouted almost with all his strength, "This ship rushes forward! Use it as a bait! Attract enemy firepower!"
"Yes Yes!!!"
The Cole-class battlecruiser Northland, the flagship of the fourth civilization, immediately began to accelerate forward. At the same time, the powerful 40m-caliber super-matter electromagnetic gun in front of the battleship began to charge!
For the super-matter electromagnetic gun, in order to fire, the shield must be lowered.
Because of such powerful energy fluctuations, even expensive one-way shields will be affected. In order to ensure a successful launch, the only way is to lower the front shield of the battleship.
And this is also the biggest weakness of the Cole-class battlecruiser. Just like the huge hangar platform of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, it is a fatal weakness!
The battleships of the Galactic Republic naturally understand this.
When the Cole-class battlecruiser's super-matter electromagnetic gun began to charge, the Galactic Republic's fleet also poured out its strongest firepower!
At the same time, the mass accelerator on the satellite was also launched with that unique 'gift'.
Two minutes to break the shield of the Prosecutor-class battlecruiser!
You know, what we are talking about now is a large battleship with a length of 2,500 meters!
Even if it is a thousand-meter battleship, if someone wants to break through the shield within two minutes, the generals of the Galactic Republic who graduated from the Naval Academy will sneer.
They will tell you that in these two minutes, they have at least 10,000 ways to make the opponent's fleet pay a price far greater than this one battleship.
A mere prosecutor-class ship would not cause those generals who are accustomed to relying on the almost unlimited industrial production capacity of the Galactic Republic to change their understanding of war.
But, that's what happened.
"Launch!!!" With Matt Horner's roar, the entire Fourth Civilization Fleet poured almost all the firepower it could into the Prosecutor-class battlecruiser.
And this is also the flagship of the Galactic Republic on the planet Terminus!
The Galactic Republic's fleet launched a resolute counterattack at the same time, and countless powerful turbolaser cannons fell on the Fourth Civilization warship.
The battleships of the Fourth Civilization, which had no shield protection at all, suffered heavy losses immediately. Within almost a minute, a Cole-class battlecruiser was severely damaged by the concentrated fire. It capsized amidst the violent explosions and fires and became a complete corpse. An inanimate space coffin.
In addition, countless fourth civilization battleships suffered heavy damage.
But their goal was still achieved!
The flagship of the Galactic Republic, the Prosecutor-class battlecruiser, suffered a brutal blow, its shields were completely shattered, and the battleship's armor also suffered serious damage.
After taking such a severe hit, the Inquisitor-class battlecruiser needed at least 20 minutes to recycle its shield systems. Therefore, the battleship began to retreat continuously, and several Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers flew over, using their bodies to block the shooting angle of the fourth civilization battleship.
Under such circumstances, no one seemed to remember that the mass launcher built on the satellite had fired once before.
Due to the limited power, the speed of the fired projectile is not comparable to that of the Cole-class super-matter electromagnetic gun. Now this projectile is still flying...
