1541. The ending of Ennaco
So on the sixth day of the Battle of Ennaco, and on the third day when the supply line of the 17th Army of the Republic was cut off, the guerrilla fleet led by Major General Malcolm Granger made a big circle. The Republic fleet fought back to the planet Ennaco from behind, and the main fleet of the 17th Army finally couldn't hold it anymore.
Although at this time, strictly speaking, it was Malcolm Granger's guerrilla fleet that could not be resisted first, otherwise he would not have given up the harassment and ran back all the way.
The subsequent reinforcements and reserve fleets of the 17th Army were still very powerful. Under the command of Governor Lynch-Hauser, they first stopped all transport fleet activities and emptied the traffic of the hyperspace channel. In this way, regardless of the guerrillas No matter how the fleet works, first of all, it is impossible to cause hyperspace fluctuations with just a few battleships.
In this way, Granger's guerrilla fleet can only achieve the purpose of disrupting the hyperspace channel by driving away the transport ships and civilian ships on the Kalinda planet. But no matter how important the Kalinda planet is as a transfer station, the number of spaceships on it is ultimately limited.
After being unable to continuously cause hyperspace fluctuations, the subsequent fleet of the 17th Army was finally able to break into the planet Kalinda to pursue the guerrilla fleet.
Therefore, Malcolm Granger could only rely on the Disaster-class battlecruiser's particle lance and the thick-skinned Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser to fight and retreat. As for their own supplies, they are not in a hurry. They have robbed many spaceports before and the resources they obtained are very abundant.
The angry 17th Army fleet divided into several small groups and surrounded Granger from all sides. Seeing that he could no longer stay on the planet Kalinda, he fled to the planet Naboo.
The defense force of the planet Naboo is much stronger, and there are many orbital defense systems. So after being around here for a day, Malcolm Granger had to retreat again and go directly to the planet Ennako.
Therefore, if Admiral Kourney could persist a little longer, he might be able to wait for reinforcements and supplies.
But it was him who collapsed first.
On the one hand, supplies were seriously lost due to high-intensity combat, but on the other hand, it was the morale of the naval officers - when everyone was eagerly looking forward to supplies and reinforcements being sent from the rear, what was waiting was not their own transport fleet, but It is a ferocious separatist fleet that, although it looks dusty and homeless, is full of desperadoes!
The front is the hopelessly tough Titan battleship Xuanwu, but an intercepting guerrilla fleet is coming from behind. How is this going to work?
What made people even more desperate was that when Ling Liang saw that the guerrilla fleet was back, he immediately commanded the Titan battleship Xuanwu to rush straight through the lines of the Republic fleet and ran to the guerrilla fleet.
At this moment, the main fleet of the 17th Army could only watch helplessly as the Xuanwu came and left at will in their formation, but there was nothing they could do.
Then a green light curtain enveloped the guerrilla fleet's warship, a group shield!
At this time, Admiral Kourney's order to concentrate firepower and give priority to destroying the severely damaged guerrilla fleet that was encircling behind had just been issued.
The tattered-looking guerrilla fleet became indestructible under the protection of the group shield!
Admiral Kourney was extremely aggrieved. He just wanted to look up to the sky and scream - I just wanted to fight a serious war! ! !
It was this scene that completely destroyed the will of the Republic fleet to fight. Many warships began to turn around and run away, scattering away from the battlefield, and then launched hyperspace jumps to leave this hell.
Ling Liang immediately commanded the fleet to pursue them wildly, catching and destroying the Republic warships that had lost their combat formation one by one. And this was the scene that was played publicly at the ceremony where Tang Xiao became the Grand Duke of the Dawn. This scene was also broadcast for almost everyone to see along with the ceremony that was broadcast live across the galaxy.
The main fleet of the 17th Army finally left behind more than 40 Jaeger-class battlecruisers and all five Knight-class Star Destroyers, as well as the wreckage of about one-third of the small and medium-sized battleships, and fled in a panic. Two of the three Commander II-class dreadnoughts have returned, and one of them must be overhauled.
Even the escaped battleships were in devastation and could not be repaired in a short time.
Go to the battlefield again.
The entire main fleet of the 17th Army, the number of destroyed and captured battleships reached 30% of the total strength! And if we want to calculate the battle losses, the losses even exceed 70%!
In fact, if Admiral Kourney calmed down a little after the supply line was cut off, and did not be angered by the approaching Xuanwu, but adopted a conservative delaying strategy, then he was fully capable of waiting until the supply line was opened. Although there will be serious losses, they will definitely not be this much.
After all, the overall firepower of the fleet in Ling Liang's hands was not strong. Her original plan was just to severely deplete the strength of the main fleet of the 17th Army and delay their attack.
But under a series of possibilities, either accidental or inevitable, a war of attrition turned into a war of annihilation.
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"With all due respect, my Grand Duke." Qi Jian, Chief of General Staff of the Dawn Principality, stood in front of Tang Xiao and said in a solemn tone: "The victory of the Ennaco Galaxy is both a good thing and a bad thing."
At this time, Tang Xiao was trying on several different dresses with the help of Jarno. He was already preparing to leave for Laxus subplanet to attend the ceremony where Count Dooku was inaugurated as the chairman of the Federation of Independent Systems.
After hearing this, he turned around and looked at Qi Jian, and said with some displeasure: "What's wrong with a big victory?"
"A big victory is certainly a good thing, but it may increase our defensive pressure on the Yago-Dur planet. It may also affect other planets - such as the Model sector, or the Christophsis planet. ." Qi Jian said.
"Say." Tang Xiao waved his hand.
"After this battle, the 17th Army of the Republic basically lost the ability to take the initiative to attack. The next stage of the Galactic Republic's offensive will undoubtedly focus on our direction." Qi Jian said, "So their attack It will still unfold."
"If they still pretend they can't see us and don't regard us as a serious threat after we caused such heavy losses to the Republic, I will look down on Darth Sidious." Tang Xiao snorted coldly.
"Here's the problem. The Republic's main attack location for the next stage of the offensive is undoubtedly the Yago-Dur system, and their original strategic deployment was in the two directions of the Yago-Dur system and the Eriadu system. , exerting pressure from the south and the north at the same time to disperse our defensive forces, so that we may lose sight of one thing." Qi Jian said.
Tang Xiao frowned, "So you're saying that after the Eriadu system is scrapped, the Republic might find a way to open up a new front?"
