1511. Kira Raid Battle (Part 2)
Peng!
A thick stack of information was thrown in front of the head of the Intelligence Department, Ai Lan. A PAD terminal placed on top of the information fell directly to the ground. The holographic projection was knocked open when it fell, projecting a Large swathes of debris and wreckage.
Admiral Kourney of the 17th Army of the Galactic Republic was livid. Looking at the middle-aged woman in her 40s in front of him, his tone contained endless anger, "This afternoon at the latest! I want to know what happened to my fleet. What!
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Ailan, the director of the intelligence department, quickly stood up and said: "Our investigators have followed the salvage team to the battlefield. We will carefully analyze every detail and strive to fully restore what happened. But... the scene is really too chaotic. Even sorting out the wreckage will take at least five days."
"Five days?! Do you know that the Separatist Titan battleships are in the Ennaco system and are eyeing the planet Naboo? Do you know that the Separatist guerrilla fleet destroyed our interceptor fleet and also destroyed one of our ships? Medical outpost?!" Kourney was furious and yelled.
"Yes...yes..." Faced with the admiral's anger, Ailan did not dare to speak out.
"Listen! I only give you one day! Find out the reason why our fleet failed!
Kourni shouted loudly, "Remember, if we can't investigate the situation of this encounter, then we won't even be able to stop the separatist guerrilla fleet!" But you have to know that we are the 17th Army! 17th Army!
In order to fight against that bullshit Titan battleship, our fleet strength can even rank among the top five in the Republic!
But now, even a mere guerrilla fleet can ride on our face and shit!
"
"Yes...I'll do it right away." Ailan responded quickly.
On the outskirts of the planet Kira, almost all the garrison fleets entered combat mode. They patrolled around the planet and even expanded the patrol scope to the entire galaxy!
Thousands of engineering ships are dealing with the debris flying everywhere. These are the debris of the destroyed space port. These debris are flying everywhere due to the aftermath of the explosion, causing secondary damage to the surrounding warships and facilities. .
Who would have thought that the Galactic Republic had assembled a large number of troops on the planet Kira, only to be easily overwhelmed by more than a dozen Separatist warships and even have a spaceport destroyed? Not to mention, none of the fleet sent out to intercept actually came back, and was completely wiped out by the opponent's small guerrilla fleet?
Such shame is simply unacceptable! Lynch Hauser, the governor of the 17th Army, has now rushed to Coruscant to explain to Chancellor Palpatine face to face.
At this moment, on the planet Kira, in an interrogation room exclusive to the Intelligence Department, more than 100 soldiers are being held separately, and intelligence personnel are questioning them repeatedly, trying to restore the entire combat process.
You know, the Republic warships sent out to intercept the guerrilla fleet included a total of 5 Knight-class and 20 Jaeger-class ships, and they also carried 4,000 fighter jets! When tens of thousands of naval troops go out, less than 2,000 people come back? ! It’s incredible!
Especially since there are 5 Knight-class ships in this fleet! You must know that the entire 17th Army is only equipped with 10 of this new type of warship. Therefore, this fiasco has also attracted great attention from the people at Quarter Power Shipyard. Chief Engineer Lila Blissex personally presided over the investigation and has sent an engineering investigation team to come, also hoping to find The reason why the knight class was destroyed so easily.
For Kuat Power Shipyard, this is also a matter of life and death!
Because once the investigation results show that there is a problem with the performance of the Knight-class Star Destroyer, then the Galactic Republic, which has spent a lot of money on ordering the Knight-class Star Destroyer, will undoubtedly make it difficult for the Kuat Dynamics Shipyard to go around.
Before the investigation team left, Lila Blissex even gave the team leader a crystal card, which contained a huge sum of 50 million credit points. She was already prepared for the worst. If it really was a knight-level performance problem, she would have to wipe it out even if she was trying to hide it.
To put it bluntly, these 50 million credits are used for bribes.
In other words, daring to make such small moves is actually the reason why Lila Blissex has always had a smooth career. She is a woman who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals.
As the interrogation progressed, many details on the battlefield began to be restored.
"... After the fighter formation approaches the opponent, the engine output is significantly reduced? Are you sure? What is the range? Does it affect the weapon power? Is there a duration? Are there any abnormalities in the fighter equipment?"
"I need you to confirm again! Was it that small black spacecraft that destroyed the Knight-class Star Destroyer you were on?"
"No response? Why no response? According to the combat regulations of the Republic Navy, turning on the anti-stealth radar during combat should be normal! Why didn't you discover the other side's hidden stealth spacecraft until the end?"
"How many stealth ships are there? Are they 5 or 10? Don't give me any signal confusion! The Knight-class Star Destroyer is equipped with the most advanced detection radar!"
"When did you get hit by the opponent's particle light spear when you were approaching? What evasion plan did you adopt?"
"... Is it confirmed that it is called the Hell Angel class? So is this kind of warship a professional anti-aircraft warship? Why are the colorful lasers? What is unique about it?"
A large amount of information began to be compiled, and the Republic intelligence personnel began to draw a preliminary conclusion-after the battle began, because the two sides were 4 light hours away, the Republic interception fleet immediately began to maintain an evasive attitude and move forward at full speed. At the same time, in order to hit enemy warships faster, the Republic's interception fleet took off a group of fighter jets.
During this process, the separatist guerrilla fleet never moved, and the long-range particle lance bombardment only lasted less than 20 minutes. It stopped shooting after it was found that it was not effective against moving targets. The Intelligence Department judged that the separatist fleet should have deployed some traps in place, so they stayed put.
Unfortunately, the Republic fleet commander interpreted this move of the Separatist fleet as fear. He believed that the Separatist warships were afraid of close combat with the Republic warships, so they kept as far away as possible.
Afterwards, the fighter group contacted the enemy fleet, but encountered deceleration at a distance of 0.5 light minutes from the enemy fleet, and was shot down in large numbers by Hell's Angels.
Next, the Republic fleet continued to approach, and both sides continued to fire and bombard. However, in terms of long-range bombardment, they were no match for the particle light spear, and the Republic fleet suffered continuous losses.
After the two sides entered a close battle, some small black spacecraft suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and then five Knight-class Star Destroyers in the Republic fleet were destroyed in less than 20 minutes!
The remaining Jaeger-class battlecruisers were extremely aggressive during the artillery battle, and were quickly defeated by the attacks of the Hell's Angels and Catastrophes! In the end, 5 Jaeger-class battlecruisers tried to escape, but 4 of them were destroyed by particle lances. The other took the risk to start a hyperspace jump, and was torn into pieces by the stellar mass projection in the hyperspace at the moment of the jump. The fragments are now integrated into the central star of the Parkes Galaxy.
During the entire battle, only two Hells Angel-class battlecruisers and one Catastrophe-class battlecruiser of the Separatist guerrilla fleet were destroyed, while the Republic fleet was completely annihilated.
At the same time, work on salvaging and analyzing the wreckage at the battle site is also underway. The wreckage of dozens of warships and thousands of fighter jets formed a large debris belt. The twisted corpses and broken hulls inside were shocking to see.
When the Separatist fleet evacuated, it completely blew up the wreckage of the warships that could not be taken away. After the Republic's salvage force spent a lot of time salvaging the wreckage of the Separatist warships, they found that there were not many valuable things at all.
Therefore, they can only focus on salvaging the wreckage of the Republic's own warships, especially the wreckage of the five Knight-class Star Destroyers.
In the end, those professional teams found a lot of useful information.
"It's a torpedo!" Intelligence Minister Alan took the analysis report and handed it to Admiral Kourney and said firmly.
"You mean, it was torpedoes that destroyed those Knight-class Star Destroyers?" Kourney asked with a frown.
Ailan nodded and said: "It's a torpedo. But it's not a proton torpedo, but a brand new torpedo. This torpedo is very powerful. Based on our analysis of the distribution of the wreckage and escape speed, it can destroy the Knight-class fighter The power of a starship's torpedo explosion can even blow an asteroid in half! Those small black warships in the report should be the carriers carrying such super torpedoes."
"A torpedo boat? But how can such a small spacecraft fly close to the Knight-class Star Destroyer with a tight air defense network?" Kourney was also an old-school general, and he immediately grasped the key.
"That's right, fired at close range." Aylan nodded, "This is the only way this kind of torpedo can hit our warships. We don't know exactly how this small warship can fly very close before being discovered. ——According to the memories of the survivors, they had been fighting the separatist warships for a period of time while they were getting closer, and then they discovered that these spacecraft suddenly appeared."
"So the key points we need to investigate are four points. First: What is the combat capability of the Hell's Angels? What is the role of the colorful lasers? Second: How did those small spacecraft get close to our spacecraft. Third: What exactly is the principle of a torpedo that can directly destroy a Knight-class Star Destroyer? Finally: What is the thing that can slow down our fighters?" Kourney said.
"The opponent's small spacecraft should have been shot down." Aylan said. "One of the survivors said that he heard the communication team saying that the Tok'ra Star Destroyer shot down one, but the damage to the Tok'ra Star Destroyer was too great. We are still trying to extract the information in the battleship database, but the situation is not optimistic. The on-site salvage team has also begun to search for the wreckage of the downed black spacecraft." Bajie Zhongwen.com
Kourney took a deep breath and lay down on the sofa. He lit a low-strength spice for himself. In this rotten situation, only the stimulation of the spice could clear his mind.
After a long time, he asked again: "Assess, if the separatist Titan battleship Xuanwu leads a fleet to attack the planet Naboo, consider the disaster-class battlecruiser, Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser, and the small black spacecraft With super torpedoes, what is our chance of winning if our main fleet relies on the planet Naboo?"
Alan shook his head and said: "There are too many variables and it is difficult to determine. But one thing we can understand is that the particle light spear equipped on the disaster-class battlecruiser can launch attacks at ultra-long distances, although it does not pose a threat to the battleship. It’s big, but for a fixed target like a spaceport, it’s a devastating blow, and if the opponent’s target is the planet itself…”
Kourney's face changed slightly and he said: "That means we can't rely on the planet's own defense system to defend, but can only take the initiative? Do you know if we take the initiative to launch an attack on the separatist fleet supported by the Xuanwu? What does it mean??"
"Even if we can win, our 17th Army will have very few main fleets left," Aylan said.
Admiral Kourney directly threw the PAD terminal in his hand aside and said: "Ask for help. Send the investigation results to Governor Lynch-Hauser, and then tell him that with the emergence of new separatist warships, our military The existing strength is no longer able to stop the actions of the separatist fleet."
Alan looked embarrassed, "With all due respect, General. According to some of our recent intelligence on Coruscant, Bail Organa and a group of congressmen are impeaching Speaker Palpatine. Sending a message asking for help at this time is equivalent to Adding insult to injury..."
"Hmph!" Kourney snorted coldly, "He was the one who launched Order 66 to hunt down the Jedi, so he will have to bear the consequences now! If there were Jedi Masters here, we would not be so passive in this battle! Also, Aren’t the people from the Quat Power Shipyard here? Scare them and tell their investigation team that all their Knight-class Star Destroyers were destroyed in less than 20 minutes. We have reason to believe that there are huge flaws in the performance of the battleship."
"Is it okay to threaten them like this?" Ailan was stunned.
"If you don't scare them, how can they obediently take out the benefits?" Kourney said coldly, "After encountering such a big failure, don't I need to take care of it and make it a small matter? Shouldn't I? Is there some compensation for mental losses?”
Ailan immediately showed an understanding expression, "Okay general, I'll go find Kuart's investigation team immediately."
"Don't forget to ask their Kuat people to go to Coruscant and help us implement the reinforcements! Only in this way will we cooperate with them and settle the matter of the Knight-class Star Destroyer. ." Kourney waved his hand.
"OK."
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At the same time, the capital of the planet Eriadu, Erixiang City, is the governor's palace and command center of the Sethwenna Sector of the Fourth Civilization.
Ling Liang, the general of the Army of the Fourth Civilization and the Governor of the Seswenna Sector, was also checking the combat documents of this battle, but even though he won a complete victory in the battle, Ling Liang's eyebrows were still furrowed.
"Of the 12 purification-class stealth special service ships, only 5 came back?" Ling Liang looked at the Salarian engineer on the side, "Do you know how much these 12 purification-class ships cost? If the battle loss ratio continues to be this, we will It’s impossible to win this war. To say the least, it’s difficult for you to get purification-level orders.”
