1522. Battle of Ennaco (End)
General Malcolm Granger begins his own action!
The Fourth Civilization's guerrilla fleet set off from the Ze-Hess planet and went straight to the Parks planet - the place where the guerrilla fleet had previously annihilated the 17th Army's interception fleet.
There are still a large number of salvage ships and garbage ships here at the scene of the last battle. They spare no effort to salvage and scan every broken piece, hoping to find some clues that can tell the Republic Intelligence Department what happened in that battle. What, and exactly what new technology did the Separatists use.
Major General Granger led the guerrilla fleet and pounced ferociously! Seeing the warships jumping over, the garbage ships and fishing boats dispersed one after another. But don't forget, among the guerrilla fleets, there are disaster-class battlecruisers!
The escort fleet of the Galactic Republic here is not large, with only 3 Jaeger-class battlecruisers and more than a dozen small and medium-sized battleships. It is very simple to deal with such a escort fleet. The Hells Angel-class battlecruisers rush forward, and they even There wasn't enough firepower to cause damage to them.
In fact, if the Jaeger-class battlecruisers could still compete with the Cole-class battlecruisers and Higra-class battlecruisers before, then when the Disaster-class and Hells Angel-class came out one after another, there is no doubt that the Jaeger-class has already There is a generational difference.
The most intuitive judgment is that the Jaeger-class 8 twin-linked XX-9 heavy-duty turbolaser cannons, as well as the layout that is not suitable for salvo fire, show that the firepower of this type of warship is far from sufficient. . The huge hangar has become increasingly powerless as the Fourth Civilization has more and more means to counter fighter jets.
After breaking up the convoy, Major General Granger looked cold and issued an order to attack those civilian salvage ships! In his opinion, although these salvage ships are civilian ships, they are undoubtedly working for the military. Therefore, such people cannot be regarded as civilians in battle.
Attacking those civilian ships with a particle light spear is like attacking an ordinary civilian car with a 120mm caliber armor-piercing projectile. You can call him perverted, or you can call him wasteful, but there is no doubt that if one shot is fired, it will be torn into pieces, and no scum will be left.
The ultra-long range of the particle light spear gave these civilian salvage ships no chance to escape. Most of them were quickly destroyed, and the remaining ones finally started their hyperspace engines and escaped before the disaster-class battlecruisers had time to take care of them one by one.
Then, Malcolm Granger began his plan.
He first moved the fleet near the largest piece of debris, then released some small detection ships, and placed bombs on some of the debris, detonating them a moment later.
In fact, these fragments and wreckage were randomly selected and have no meaning. However, in the eyes of the intelligence department of the Galactic Republic, this is the guerrilla fleet destroying corpses and eliminating traces! Blow up some valuable wreckage!
The fleet left behind by the 17th Army on the planet Kira responded immediately. They sent 15 main warships and 60 small and medium-sized warships into the Parkes system to drive away the guerrilla fleet.
But Major General Granger paid no attention to the Republic fleet coming over. He was just looking at his own time and the data coming from the border hyperspace outpost.
He led the fleet to fight and retreat, and then when the transport fleet circulation in the Kira System was about to reach its next peak, he made a sudden move, started the hyperspace engine and flew towards the Kira System instead!
Although the action of the guerrilla fleet was very sudden, it was not very unexpected. After all, they had a history of raiding the Kira system. The Kira Galaxy has very complete defenses, and a defensive fleet immediately went to attack it.
But General Granger took action again. He and the defensive fleet went around in circles, using the thick-skinned Hell's Angels-class battlecruisers to repeatedly attack the defense fleet's formation, and then accurately fired with the particle lance equipped on the disaster-class battlecruisers. The firepower of the five Catastrophe-class ships is very powerful, and they can often destroy a Jaeger-class battlecruiser with a single salvo.
Then he didn't get too entangled with the defensive fleet. He often just left with one attack and circled around. Then, when the hyperspace channel was very busy, he suddenly attacked and dispersed one of the transport fleets in the Kira system under the fire of the defending fleet!
Afterwards, the guerrilla fleet started the hyperspace engine at a very precise time and place, continued deeper, and flowed all the way to the planet Kalinda!
And when the Kira Galaxy's defense fleet wanted to pursue it, they found that their warship's hyperspace navigation computer sent a warning, telling them that the hyperspace channel had reached saturation, and hyperspace fluctuations had occurred in the channel, and they needed to wait until the fluctuations subsided. Only then can navigation continue!
As a result, the Republic's defense fleet could only watch the guerrilla fleet fly away, while it could only wait here dryly! After all, everyone is working part-time, so there is no need to risk being caught in hyperspace fluctuations by forcefully jumping.
The planet Kalinda is between the planet Naboo and the planet Kira. It doesn't have much strategic value, it's just a cargo transfer station. Because of this, compared to the planets Kira and Naboo, which have complete defense facilities at one end of the galaxy, Kalinda planet does not have any defense facilities, not even an orbital defense system.
In fact, this is very simple. Even when you play "Three Kingdoms", the second-tier cities behind the fortress cities that accumulate heavy troops on the front line must have little defense and focus on logistics. After all, no one is rich enough to arm every planet to the teeth, right?
According to Ling Liang's precise calculations, General Malcolm Granger successfully reached the planet Kalinda and blocked the Republic's defense fleet behind him, making it impossible to catch up in a short time.
What is even more exciting is that at this moment, near the planet Kalinda, there are a large number of transport ships loading and unloading cargo or preparing to transfer to the planet Naboo!
The guerrilla fleet rushed to the planet Kalinda, just like a wolf entering the sheepfold!
Crazy fire, crazy shooting! A large number of transport ships were destroyed! The remaining transport ships could only scatter and flee. However, at this moment, the hyperspace channel returning to the Kira Galaxy has begun to produce hyperspace fluctuations, so more transport ships rush towards the Naboo planet. A small number of transport ships that ventured back to the Kira system further aggravated hyperspace fluctuations, preventing reinforcements from the Kira planet from arriving in time.
At this time, due to the destruction of the guerrilla fleet, the Ennako Channel, which was not very smooth in the first place, was even more congested! The Republic had to suspend the navigation of all transport ships in the Ennaco system, and was prepared to immediately dispatch a fleet to destroy the separatist guerrilla fleet of Kalinda planet after the fluctuations in the hyperspace channel subsided, and then resume navigation.
However, such a move put the main fleet of the 17th Army, which was fighting fiercely on the planet Ennako, into a greater dilemma!
As the battle between the fleets of both sides entered the second day, the main fleet of the 17th Army continued to increase its strength. Now more than three-quarters of the warships have entered the planet Ennaco from the planet Naboo.
Moreover, the third Commander-class dreadnought has now arrived at the Ennaco planet battlefield and continues to engage in battle with the Titan battleship Xuanwu.
At the same time, Ling Liang, the governor of the Sethwenna Sector of the Fourth Civilization, also continued to increase troops to the planet Ennaco. Now the number of battleships of the Fourth Civilization outside the planet Ennaco has reached 60!
Moreover, the Martha-class guided missile heavy cruiser and the Doomsday Arena-class battlecruiser also appeared on the battlefield.
And after entering the Fourth Civilization Navy and joining the battlefield, the Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser has become a deeply hated existence among Republic warships!
The Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruisers constantly neutralize the energy systems of Republic battleships, causing their battleships' energy reserves to bottom out again and again, to the point where they can no longer fire when their shields are turned on, and once they fire, the shields have to be lowered!
At this point, what is displayed in front of the main fleet of the 17th Army of the Republic is a complete fourth civilization composite fleet.
The Hells Angel-class battlecruiser is always at the forefront as a human shield, relying on its extremely thick armor and main guns installed on both sides to stalk them.
The Dunov-class battlecruisers continue to replenish energy and shields for their own battleships, while the Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruisers continue to absorb and neutralize the energy reserves of the opponent's battleships, disrupting their operational arrangements.
The Cole-class battlecruiser provides medium-range fire support with a super-matter electromagnetic gun, and can also provide powerful anti-aircraft firepower. The Sova-class aircraft carrier took off and landed fighter jets as mobile reinforcements. After being fully configured, the Fourth Civilization's fighter formations were mainly used for cover and rarely performed ship attack missions.
The Disaster-class battlecruiser is constantly bombarding the Republic fleet with the most powerful particle light spear from the farthest distance!
Of course, the core one is the Ankeron-class Titan battleship Xuanwu! With the existence of the Xuanwu, the group shield and the destruction matrix attack and defend, providing an almost invincible field! In this field, the Fourth Civilization Fleet is almost invincible!
Coupled with the support of the Blue Sky-class command cruiser, the Xingzi-class maintenance drone mothership, the Javelin-class guided missile frigate, and the supplement of the Brown Bear-class heavy destroyer and the Apocalypse-class light cruiser.
With the combination of a variety of warships, the Fourth Civilization Fleet is almost invulnerable!
On the other hand, the warships of the Galactic Republic - the Jaeger class, can do everything; the Knight class, mainly bombardment; the Aquitens class, can do everything; the Karak class, faster, can do everything; CR-79/90 , can do everything; DP-20 gunboat, mainly air defense.
Therefore, except for the Knight-class, which specializes in artillery warfare, and the DP-20, which specializes in air defense, their other warships are all comprehensive multi-functional warships. The Aquitens-class light cruiser actually also carries marines!
If the current fleet of the Fourth Civilization is 1+1+1+1+1>10, then the fleet of the Galactic Republic is 1+1+1+1+1=5 at best, which is purely an increase in strength brought by the increase in quantity. .
Now in the battle on the planet Ennaco, the fleet of the Fourth Civilization relies on its absolutely inferior strength, but it always beats the main fleet of the 17th Army of the Republic.
Currently, the Fourth Civilization Fleet has 60 capital ships and less than 150 small and medium-sized warships. The main fleet of the 17th Army of the Republic already has a total of more than 170 capital ships and more than 300 battleships, including three Commander II-class dreadnoughts. A small and medium-sized warship.
But under such a comparison of strength, it is the 17th Army that is struggling!
The fleets of both sides were fighting around the periphery of the planet Ennako, and they were constantly attrition. Ling Liang's strategy was naturally to keep stalling for time. At first, the 17th Army Admiral Kourney's idea was to stall for time, waiting for more of his warships to gradually arrive through the narrow hyperspace channel, and then form a larger Strength advantage.
Therefore, after confirming that he had been deceived by Lot-Dude, Admiral Kourney's combat strategy was also to focus on defense. After he was ready to accumulate enough strength, he struck hard and destroyed the Xuanwu in one fell swoop.
During this period, in addition to stalling for time, he used his numerical advantage to continue to destroy the Trade Alliance spaceport outside the Ennaco system and increase the difficulty of supplying the opponent's fleet. Since you are fighting at home, I can't do anything about it. If it prevents you from having more supplies, then I will kill your spaceport so that your supplies cannot be easily sent to the battleship. This is enough!
As more and more Republic warships entered the Ennaco system, Admiral Kourney's mood became better and better.
Although he doesn't have much hope for the final victory in the battle, now, he at least has a chance to attack with all his strength and compete fairly!
But he didn't understand that it was fair for the two armies to confront each other? This is the most important thing to give up! Ling Liang never thought of having a fair contest with the main fleet of his 17th Army!
When the news came that the guerrilla fleet had actually flown to the planet Kalinda, destroyed a large number of transport ships, and forced the fleet headquarters on the planet Kira to suspend navigation of the Ennaco Channel, Admiral Kourney was stunned. .
The Ennako Channel is a very simple hyperspace channel. It has almost only one route and no tributaries. It goes straight. So once such a channel is cut off, it means a complete cutoff of supplies!
This is why the 17th Army did not set up the fleet assembly center on the planet Naboo - even though the planet Naboo has very important political significance, they still chose the planet Kira as their fleet assembly area. Because the Ennaco Channel, where the planet Naboo is located, is not suitable for the deployment of a large fleet.
Now, Admiral Kourney is stuck on the planet Ennako, and the supplies stored on the planet Naboo have already been consumed by 70% when his fleet stayed on the planet Naboo and faced off against the Titan battleship Xuanwu. Seven or eighty-eight! The offensive he launched immediately relied more on the logistical supplies shipped from the planet Kira!
He can only hope that the rear can open the channel as soon as possible and send supplies over.
But Ling Liang obviously wouldn't give him this chance!
Following her order, the Fourth Civilization Fleet, headed by the Xuanwu, finally began to take the initiative to attack!
