1519. Battle of Ennaco (II, III)
"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
! "Kabayo, the commander of the Republic Task Force, roared loudly.
The five Knight-class Star Destroyers are at full firepower. Each Star Destroyer is equipped with 60 twin-mounted XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons. Together, this is 600 cannons! Compared to the Chasseur-class battlecruiser, which only has eight twin-mounted main guns, one Knight-class Star Destroyer has the firepower of eight Chasseur-class ships!
The volley of 600 heavy-duty turbolaser cannons was devastating, literally.
Because the heaven and earth in the traditional sense, that is, the planet's atmosphere and surface rock and soil, are absolutely unable to withstand this level of bombing!
However, when such firepower fell on the Titan battleship Xuanwu, it disappeared without a trace, just like a mud cow entering the sea.
A dull green light emitted around the Xuanwu Titan battleship. When the turbolaser passed through this dull green light, the energy was directly neutralized in large quantities, and finally fell on the deflector shield of the battleship as if it was being tickled. on, not even causing a ripple.
"Asshole..." Kabayo was sweating now, clenching his fists. He knew that even if there were 5 of the Republic's latest Knight-class Star Destroyers in his army, he would never be a match for the Xuanwu!
Compared with the previous Battle of Eriadu System, the current Commander of the Republic Fleet has long given up all illusions after a long period of simulation and research. Without an absolute superior force, it is impossible to shake the Xuanwu. Therefore, they will not have any illusions about taking any advantage on the Xuanwu.
But now, Kabayo had to bite the bullet and let his fleet rush forward and fight the Xuanwu head-on.
The five Knight-class Star Destroyers were still firing wildly. Countless flames exploded on the Xuanwu's shield, but the opponent remained motionless!
"Take off the fighter jets!" Kabayo gave the order.
The Jaeger-class battlecruiser, which was already ready for departure, immediately deployed its hangar platform, and a large number of combat secrets took off densely.
However, the hulls on both sides of the Xuanwu once again emitted a dazzling red light, and then the electronic equipment and energy equipment of almost all warships in the Republic fleet were interfered with at the same time! Not only that, the outer shells of those fighter jets also began to be eroded.
“It’s the destruction matrix!
Let the fighter formations disperse as soon as possible! Kabayo said loudly.
The destruction matrix is a very powerful electromagnetic interference field that can not only interfere with the electronic systems of enemy warships, reduce energy output and weapon charging efficiency, but also cause the enemy ship's armor to be continuously eroded and damaged.
It would be fine if it were a capital ship such as the Knight-class or the Jaeger-class, but if it were a fighter jet, it would not be able to sustain it for too long under this interference field and would be destroyed!
The Xuanwu is such a terrifying battleship. Not only can it make itself indestructible, it can also prevent its opponents from using their strongest firepower.
Under the circumstances, Xuanwu became difficult to shake.
"The capital ships continue to attack the Xuanwu! Other warships disperse! Attack the Trade Federation's spaceport!" Kabayor issued the order according to the battle plan.
If we must say that the Xuanwu has any weaknesses, it is that the range that the terrifying combat systems on this Titan battleship can cover is not too wide, at least compared to the tens of thousands of kilometers of battlefields of the two large fleets. Said, Xuanwu's range of effect can only cover a small area of it.
Therefore, large-scale detours through high-mobility fast battleships are also one of the solutions proposed by the Republic's military research department.
At this moment, General Cabayo used his 5 Knight-class Star Destroyers and 20 Chasseur-class Star Destroyers as bait. After irritating the Xuanwu, he continued to stay here to act as a human shield. Other small and medium-sized battleships and fighter groups, including the Aquitens-class light cruiser, bypassed the Titan battleship and rushed towards the Trade Federation's spaceport.
A burst of bombardment!
The cargo loading and unloading spaceports of the Trade Federation are unable to withstand such bombings, and the other battleships of the Fourth Civilization, including the Cole-class battlecruisers, are not enough in number, and it is difficult to block the large number of fighter groups and central vehicles of the Galactic Republic. Small fast battleship.
If there are any other battleships of the Galactic Republic that have an advantage in performance among the battleships of both sides, then there is no doubt that the Aquitens-class light cruiser designed by Willix Blissex himself Definitely one of them.
This 325-meter-long light cruiser, which is heavily equipped by the Galactic Republic, greatly surpasses the 344-meter Apocalypse-class light cruiser and the 290-meter Brown Bear-class heavy destroyer currently used by the fourth civilization in terms of combat performance. Of course, this is also because the 288-meter Enforcer-class heavy destroyer of the Fourth Civilization has not yet been deployed on a large scale.
Such division of forces and harassment really made the Xuanwu battle group focus on one thing and the other, because this battle group did not have many battleships, and the five Dunov-class battlecruisers and Sova-class aircraft carriers also had to follow the Xuanwu to provide support. . But just looking at the Cole class alone would not be able to deal with the Republic light cruisers and fighter groups flying around like locusts.
In a violent explosion, another Trade Alliance spaceport was destroyed and blown into countless pieces. Some Neimoidian transport planes swarmed out of the spaceports that were under attack, trying to escape, but they were all overtaken by the Galactic Republic fighter pilots who were red-eyed after being killed, and were destroyed one by one.
However, while achieving such a record, the price was that the five Knight-class Star Destroyers and 20 Jaeger-class battlecruisers suffered extremely heavy losses under the concentrated attack of the Xuanwu battle group.
In less than an hour of fighting, 9 Jaeger-class ships were destroyed, and the remaining warships were basically damaged to varying degrees.
"Don't stop! Continue to destroy the Trade Federation's spaceport facilities!" Kabayo roared loudly.
Just when he was about to lose his hold, a communication finally intervened, and he saw a Nemoyindian wearing a high hat saying in panic: "Please stop! Stop! Stop bombing our spaceport!" We surrender... surrender..."
Cabayo finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Want to surrender? Then you must first close the planetary shield and stop all resistance!"
The Trade Federation executive was still hesitant, "Closing the planetary shield will..."
"Then I will continue to attack!" Kabayo said coldly.
"No! Don't! It's too difficult to turn off the planetary shield. We are willing to turn off all near-fire defense systems and orbital defense systems first..." said the Neimoidians. Bajie Zhongwen website
"ASAP!"
"Yes Yes……"
Soon, the armed space stations and defense platforms that were still firing wildly stopped resisting. At the same time, the Xuanwu's attack became more fierce. The orange lasers emitted by the eight heavy pulse laser cannons equipped on the Titan battleship continued to sweep across the Knight-class Star Destroyer.
Finally, the shield of a Knight-class Star Destroyer was broken, and the main gun group on the deck above the battleship was attacked by pulse lasers. It was immediately damaged and the battleship's combat effectiveness also dropped sharply.
Upon seeing this, Kabayo quickly sent a message to the rear.
A moment later, white light flashed violently in the universe, and the huge 8,000-meter-long bodies of two Commander II-class dreadnoughts suddenly appeared, followed by 10 other Jaeger-class battlecruisers!
At the same time after leaving the hyperspace jump, the powerful main guns of the two Commander II-class ships opened fire on the Xuanwu Titan battleship! At the same time, the newly joined Jaeger-class battlecruiser also launched more fighters.
They seized the current opportunity. The destruction matrix system of the Titan battleship Xuanwu had just stopped due to overheating and started a cooling cycle again. At this time, the fighter group could finally act unscrupulously!
Without the destruction matrix that could erode through the outer shell of a fighter jet within 10 minutes, the Republic's fighter jets were finally able to play their role. They rushed over like locusts, fought fiercely with the fighter jets taking off from the Separatist side, and used the protons they carried All torpedoes were launched.
Admiral Kourney was on one of the Commander II-class dreadnoughts, watching the battle coldly.
He would not think that he had the advantage, because from the beginning of the battle to now, they had paid so many losses, and the opponent, not to mention the Xuanwu, even the Cole-class ones protected by the Xuanwu's group shield None of the battlecruisers suffered much damage.
The battle lasted for more than an hour, and only seven Cole-class ships were damaged to varying degrees. They were retreating towards the rear of the array and receiving repairs from the Xingzi-class maintenance drone mothership.
According to research by the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic, there are only two ways to defeat the Titan battleship Xuanwu. The first way is to use a large number of high-speed battleships to fight in a roundabout way, bypassing the coverage of the Xuanwu, and carry out attacks on other parts of the battlefield. blow. The second way is to use superior forces or other super battleships to cause irreversible damage to the Xuanwu and its battle group in a short period of time, and then win the battle in one fell swoop.
It can be said that if the victory cannot be established one hour after the battle begins, then the result will only get worse if the battle continues.
It is a pity that due to the poor hyperspace channel conditions between the planet Naboo and the planet Ennaco, Admiral Kourney can only adopt such refueling tactics to confront the Xuanwu.
What a super battleship like the Xuanwu likes most is the opponent's refueling tactics.
In fact, many times, the commander himself knows the disadvantages of refueling tactics, but sometimes he still has to adopt them. Many of these are caused by objective reasons such as logistical supplies.
For example, Admiral Kourney is very helpless now. The development of the war situation is actually exactly as he expected. He simply couldn't concentrate his superior forces to besiege the Xuanwu, so he could only use refueling tactics to attack. In this way, he couldn't even hurt a hair of the Xuanwu.
"Continue to attack the Xuanwu! Don't let it have the opportunity to reinforce the planet Ennaco! Other warships, continue to bomb the Trade Federation's spaceport and planetary shield!" Admiral Kourney continued to order, "Inform General Kabayo, temporarily Retreat and rest!”
"yes!"
New forces joined in, and General Cabayo's task force was finally able to retreat after paying a heavy price to serve as human shields. The Republic fleet began to redeploy with the two Commander II-class dreadnoughts as the core and continued to engage the Xuanwu.
"Is Lot-Dude okay there?" Admiral Kourney has always maintained communication with Governor Lynch-Hauser.
"He said that the management staff on Ennaco Planet have been shaken. As long as we put some more pressure on them, he can make them surrender naturally." Lynch-Hauser also looked nervous.
Kourni nodded, turned around and said loudly: "Notify the planet Ennako with a clear message! Put down your weapons immediately, lower the planetary shield, and declare neutrality! We will ensure that we abide by the principle of neutrality and not conduct any military operations on the planet Ennako! Otherwise, our fleet will rather perish together with the planet!"
"Yes!" The communication soldier immediately sent out a communication.
But there was no response from the planet Ennako.
"Lot-Dude said that the pressure we put on is not enough! Planet Ennaco still believes that the Xuanwu can protect them." Lynch-Hauser said, "There is no other way, let's go all the way!"
Kourney nodded grimly.
The two Commander II-class dreadnoughts began to turn around and flew towards the planet Ennaco despite the firepower of the Xuanwu Titan battleship. Moreover, the powerful main guns no longer attacked the Xuanwu, but turned their muzzles and began bombing. Planet Ennaco!
During this process, the Xuanwu and its battle group certainly couldn't just watch from the sidelines. They poured all their most powerful firepower into it!
boom! boom! boom!
The Commander II's main cannon bombarded the planetary shield, creating an extremely strong ripple.
The planetary shield equipped on the planet Ennaco is not a very powerful one. It is mainly used to defend against pirates. Under the attack of two dreadnoughts, it was overwhelmed.
boom! boom! boom!
Lasers and missiles continued to fall on the battleship, causing dull explosions and violent vibrations. Admiral Kourney stared at the projection of the holographic star map and said through gritted teeth, "This should be enough!"
"General! There is communication access again from the direction of the planet Ennako!" the communication soldier said loudly.
Admiral Kourney felt that the big stone in his heart finally fell, and he quickly said: "Take it over!"
The Neimyindian wearing a high hat appeared again in the holographic projection. He put his hands on his chest in the unique posture of the Neimyindians, looking extremely cowardly.
"I am the director of the planet Ennaco..." The Nemo Yindia looked horrified, "I am communicating again, with sincerity and fear. I want to say... say..."
The expression on his face suddenly became strange, revealing a sarcastic sneer, "How could Planet Ennaco compromise with a group of dying people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a shrill scream suddenly came from the radar department, "General!"
A short hyperspace jump within the galaxy has been detected! "
