934. Battle of the West: Super Line of Defense
[There is a problem with the data in the previous chapter. The length of the Doomsday Arena class is 1049 meters, so it has just entered the battlecruiser category in the fourth civilization classification. 】
The situation on the Tibrin planet is changing so fast that the Intelligence Department of the Galactic Republic is also a little confused, because in their judgment, no matter how good the Tibrin planet is, it will take at least 20 days to complete the change in the political situation.
But now, the day after the Priestess killed Sulibran Tu, the Dark Disciple Thora Balk became the Acting Governor of the Planet Tibrin, along with two other Dark Jedi Knights Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey, as his deputy, stabilized the situation on the planet within three days.
The reason for this is deeply related to Count Dooku's long-term infiltration of the Tibrin planet, and the Ishi-Tibu people's deep hatred of Sulibran Tu.
However, the Galactic Republic does not intend to abandon the Tibrin planet, because with the fall of the Dora planet, the Tibrin planet directly threatens the Dora planet, affecting the Dawn planet to directly attack the Eriadu planet from the Dora planet. Action has become an increasingly critical and realistic option.
On April 18, Jedi Master Roan Shryne arrived on the planet Aiatu 6 and joined the 41st Storm Legion. He jointly commanded the battle with the clone commander Gree of the 41st Storm Legion.
Although Ron Schlien is only 39 years old, he is a very senior Jedi Knight. He entered the Jedi Order at the age of 2 and has served the Force for 37 years.
Among the Jedi Order, there are some people called "The Old Guard" (The Old Guard). These people are considered to have sufficient qualifications and are more closely connected with the Force. They also have a large influence in the Jedi Order. Influence, so generally speaking, when the Supreme Council of the Jedi Order selects substitute members, it will often choose from these people.
The Old Guard is not a formal organization or department, but a title. When a Jedi is often called the Old Guard, then he is.
Dooku, Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, Sever Dias and others were once called the old guard, and Ron Shrien was also one of them, but his reputation was not as good as Those famous masters who are famous all over the world.
However, before Ron Schlien and the 41st Storm Legion took action, the first one to act was the Fourth Civilization!
Later on April 18, Severance Tann led 60 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers to attack boldly and enter the Eriadu system. However, she did not rush directly into the planet Eliadu, but stopped near the sixth planet in the outermost part of the galaxy, the planet Kelliadu.
The planet Coriadu is just a desolate and cold planet, with nothing else on it except some automated mineral mining factories.
At the same time, Matt Horner also led 10 Cole-class battlecruisers and 10 Martha-class heavy cruisers into the Eriadu system from the other direction.
What they faced was the terrifying defense of the planet Eriadu!
The planet Eriadu is located in the fourth orbit of the galaxy, and the fifth planet farther away from the star is a gas giant planet, Tarastra.
The planet Tarastra has 7 satellites. Except for satellites 1 and 7, the other satellites 2 to 6 have relatively solid and stable structures. Now, all five satellites have dug out spaces inside, added support structures, and then transformed them into giant automated defense platforms with powerful firepower!
Although the automated defense platforms on these five satellites are only partially modified, the smallest one has a diameter of more than 400 kilometers! A reactor with a huge capacity is installed on it, which stores a large amount of energy. Thousands of heavy-duty turbolaser cannons and tens of thousands of close-range anti-artillery systems are installed!
Moreover, these satellites actually have hangar platforms with large enough space to support the take-off and landing of thousands of fighter jets. However, these satellites are not suitable for life, so these hangar platforms are empty and cannot station troops inside. However, they can be used as transfer stations and repair stations for fighter jets during battles.
The revolution rate of the Tarastra planet is slightly faster than that of the Eriadu planet. The orbital trajectories of the two planets show that within one revolution cycle, the Eriadu planet can be affected by at least one-third of the time. Covered by the defense facilities on the planet Tarastra.
Four days ago, Matt Horner fired 10 super-matter electromagnetic cannons at the planet Eriadu. The shells were intercepted on the planet Tarastra.
And around the planet Eriadu, there is also a satellite itself. Because Eriadu has a developed economy and a population of 22 billion, this satellite has already formed a very huge industrial base over hundreds of years of development, with a large number of factories, mining areas, power stations, and space ports spread across it. , shipyards, various large-scale orbital defense systems, and even planetary shields!
In addition to such an indestructible natural defense system, the number of warships concentrated on the planet Eriadu has now reached more than 700!
Although these battleships are old and small, there are many outdated large battleships such as the Invincible-class battlecruiser, or small battleships such as the Corellian DP-20 frigate, and there are also old and small battleships such as the CR-70. battleships, but the number is sufficient.
And the total number of fighter jets equipped on the planet has reached more than 60,000! Moreover, the factories on the planet are operating at full capacity, and brand-new fighter jets come off the production line every day and join the defenders.
Due to the lack of enough pilots, the 18th Army Governor Wilhuff Tarkin also issued a wide-ranging recruitment order to the residents of this planet and those mercenaries, recruiting all people who can fly spaceships to join the siege of the planet Eriadu. come in the middle of the battle.
On April 19, Matt Horner's Fourth Civilization A Fleet and Severance Tann's Blade Fleet began to set up hyperspace blockers outside the Eriadu system, although it was impossible to cut off the system's external access. Traffic, however, can have a certain impact.
Afterwards, the two fleets launched a tentative attack on the gas giant planet Tarastra.
60 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, 10 Cole-class battlecruisers, and 10 Masha-class guided missile heavy cruisers launched an indiscriminate bombardment against one of the satellite bases. However, the defense of the satellite base is very strong, and this burst of bombing destroyed more than 50 heavy turbolaser cannons.
Wilhuff Tarkin ordered a quarter of the fleet to press forward and enter the gravity range of the planet Tarastra to assist in the resistance.
