1618. The opening of the second battlefield
"Reinforcements! Our reinforcements have arrived!!"
"We are saved!!"
Voices of joy filled the Galactic Republic's fleet communications, as if a drowning man had grabbed the last straw and been dragged ashore.
Looking at this posture, it seems that they did not come to actively invade the Yago-Dur system, but were the passive defensive side.
Even the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Gideon Tarkin, had cold sweat on his forehead. He knew that he had made a miscalculation before. He miscalculated the strength of the Separatist fleet and their determination to attack. He even miscalculated that the initial defeat actually started with the Galactic Republic's most powerful fighter formation.
It's no wonder they were so scared, because they had indeed walked through the gates of hell.
If the reinforcements arrive another hour later, then maybe they will really be wiped out!
This is no joke! Because at that time, the swarm drones had completely taken control of the situation, destroying the Galactic Republic's fighter formations, disrupting the formation of the Republic fleet, and attracting the firepower of the Republic warships. The main fleet of the Dawn Principality, which followed closely, had begun to concentrate its firepower on bombing the Galactic Republic's warships!
The transmatter electromagnetic gun of the Cole-class battlecruiser and the particle light spear of the Catastrophe-class battlecruiser. These powerful weapons will exert more and more terrifying power as the distance between the fleets of the two sides continues to shrink. Especially the latter, at a distance of about 1 light minute, it is almost impossible to avoid!
The Jaeger-class battlecruiser can only withstand a maximum of 5 shots when attacked by particle light spears, but in actual combat, it is often destroyed in less than 5 shots.
Defeat is almost a doomed outcome.
but……
Reinforcements have arrived!
40 Jaeger-class battlecruisers and 100 small and medium-sized battleships!
The Governor of the 20th Army of the Republic, Octavian Grant, who was at the rear, showed his keen strategic sense. He did not send fewer warships and bring more engineering ships and supply ships according to the scheduled plan, but After learning that the separatist fleet took the initiative to attack, he decisively dispatched his main fleet!
The 40 Jaeger-class battlecruisers can theoretically carry 16,000 aircraft!
Now the Galactic Republic has learned its previous lessons and will not fully load the Jaeger-class battlecruisers, because a fully loaded Jaeger-class battlecruiser will not only reduce the efficiency of take-off and landing fighters, but will also suffer heavy losses when it is destroyed. !
You must know that the Jaeger-class battlecruiser is no longer a symbol of invincibility on the battlefield - on the contrary, it means that the skin is thin but the inside is big.
However, even with the current standard aircraft carrying capacity of the Republic Navy, a Jaeger-class aircraft still has more than 250 fighters.
Now after the reinforcements have arrived, the number of fighter jets in the Galactic Republic is almost the same as that of swarm drones!
This gave frontline fleet commander Gideon Tarkin greater confidence. He immediately ordered the fleet that came for reinforcements to immediately take off fighter formations and join the battle to protect his own warships from swarm drone attacks.
At the same time, after reinforcements arrived, Gideon Tarkin finally had his hands free. He ordered all Knight-class Star Destroyers to immediately form a combat formation, with his flagship, the Will Commander II-class dreadnought as the The leader is gathering all the Aquitens-class light cruisers as a mobile force...
Launch an assault!
Target--
Separatism, Archon-class aircraft carrier!
He has already understood that the extremely threatening swarm drones all operate with this huge 3175-meter-long aircraft carrier as the core!
As for the subsequent Sowa-class aircraft carriers, they only exist as warehouses for carrying drones in drone operations, and play a supporting role in flight control and command.
The control core of these swarm drones is on the Archon-class aircraft carrier!
As long as this Archon-class aircraft carrier can be destroyed, all swarm drones will become headless flies! Ran
Then the battle will return to the track they planned!
You have a particle light spear, it’s okay, I’ll use a shield ship to resist, and hundreds of thousands of shield capacitors are waiting to be replaced; you have an interstellar base, it’s okay, I will build my own logistics base and you will spend it slowly; you have the ability to match each other’s combat capabilities Powerful fleet, it's okay, my number of battleships is at least five times yours!
Isn't that bad? Is everyone happy after fighting this battle? You idiots in the outer ring are only meant to be backgrounds, aren't you?
Why bother bringing this up?
Gideon Tarkin, with his usual sense of superiority and keen control of the battlefield, issued the assault order.
The assault formation faced the intensive firepower of the Dawn Principality fleet and faced it directly!
At this time, the swarm drones were recovering supplies and charging in batches after launching their last attack. Gideon Tarkin's attack hit the Dawn Principality fleet at its weakest moment!
The 60-seat XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon on the Knight-class Star Destroyer fired powerful and densely packed turbolaser beams. The extremely powerful firepower covered the Dawn Principality fleet like raindrops.
For a time, countless explosive fires and countless destructive rays of light exploded in the fleets of both sides!
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At the same time... the bridge of the Archon-class aircraft carrier Eridanus, the flagship of the Dawn Principality fleet.
"General! A large number of reinforcements from the Galactic Republic have arrived, and they are launching an assault on our ship!" the adjutant said loudly.
Admiral Matt Horner, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Principality of Dawn and Commander-in-Chief of the Yago-Durr System Campaign, stood with his hands behind his back as straight as a compass in the center of the bridge, looking at the holographic combat star map in front of him.
On the star map, the Republic fleet separated a part of its warships into a forward formation, took off a large number of fighter jets to provide cover, and launched a resolute assault towards its own formation.
However, Matt Horner just shook his head and said: "Do they want to attack? It seems that Eridanus is controlling those swarm drones."
"General, there is no room for error on the Eridanos," the adjutant said.
Matt Horner nodded and issued the order, "Order all Disaster-class battlecruisers to launch a salvo attack on the enemy's flagship, the Commander II-class dreadnought! The Cole-class battlecruisers move forward to cover, and the other battleships begin to turn around. Retreat! Retreat one by one to the protection of the interstellar base!"
"yes!"
All 20 Cataclysm-class battlecruisers immediately began to charge their particle lances, and adjusted their hull angles to aim at Gideon Tarkin's flagship, the Will Commander II-class dreadnought, and fire a salvo!
20 powerful particle light spears arrived in an instant. Even though the Commander II was already evading the attack, he was still hit by several shots.
The huge power of this salvo even caused a fire in one of the shield capacitor compartments of the Will! Under such terrifying power, Gideon Tarkin did not dare to continue the assault with his flagship, because according to the staff's deduction, if it continued to move forward, the Commander II-class dreadnought could withstand at most three to four attacks. If you fire a single salvo, you will be hit hard.
More importantly, on the console of the Commander II-class dreadnought, the alarm kept ringing. Their energy systems and weapons systems have been interfered with by the other party and cannot exert their maximum firepower.
Under such circumstances, Gideon Tarkin also understood that even a giant ship like the Commander II-class dreadnought was in real danger of being sunk!
Therefore, he ordered to stop the assault and retreat.
The Republic's assault fleet conducted a brief assault with loud thunder and light rain. After firing a burst of fierce artillery fire, it also began to retreat.
When Admiral Matt Horner saw this scene, he did not order his fleet to continue the pursuit, but continued to maintain the retreat order.
The Dawn Principality fleet retreated to the best fire coverage of the two Agonev-class interstellar bases, and then began to re-adjust the formation and send the damaged warships to the Jivin shipyard for emergency repairs.
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During this attack, seven Cole-class battlecruisers of the Dawn Principality fleet were severely damaged. One of them had lost power and was towed back by the other three battleships using tractor beams.
The firepower of the Republic fleet is actually very powerful. There are a total of 600 twin heavy turbolaser cannons on the 10 Knight-class ships, and the XX-9 turbolaser cannon has a very fast rate of fire. Under such firepower coverage, the battleships of the Dawn Principality It’s also hard to resist.
If it were not for the Dunov-class battlecruisers that continuously provide shield replenishment, and the Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruisers that are fully powered to interfere with the opponent's Commander II-class dreadnoughts, then this loss would be even greater!
Not to mention anything else, the powerful firepower of the Commander II alone is enough to destroy the capital ships of the Dawn Principality in a short time. You must know that in order to fight against the separatist Titan battleship Xuanwu, Kuat Dynamic Shipyard urgently installed several super laser cannons on this type of battleship.
During the Battle of the Eriadu System at that time, the firepower of the three Commander II-class dreadnoughts was also able to effectively damage the Xuanwu.
Although this kind of huge and clumsy battleship is still powerful, it is still the overlord on the battlefield without the Xuanwu Titan battleship.
In the previous battle, the two sides mainly fired at each other from a distance, and later took off swarm drones as the main attack force. Therefore, only three Martha-class guided missile heavy cruisers in the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet were damaged, and the damage was not severe. With the strong industrial capabilities of the Jiwen people, they could be repaired quickly.
As for why it was the Martha class that was damaged at that stage of the battle, it was mainly because at that time, the Martha class guided missile heavy cruisers all rushed to the front of the formation in order to better enter the launch angle. When the formation was set up later, the Cole-class battlecruisers naturally pushed forward.
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Gideon Tarkin is in a very bad mood right now, and is very frustrated.
His plan was interrupted by Admiral Matt Horner's daring assault, and during the battle between the two sides, he was almost defeated by the annoying swarm drones. Later, he made up his mind to conduct the assault. , also had to be terminated.
The Separatism's powerful electronic warfare capabilities were once again on display. The Commander II-class dreadnought was restricted by the opponent's Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser and was unable to perform. It was also fired at by the opponent's powerful particle light spear, directly Extinguished the anger in Gideon Tarkin's heart.
When he ordered the assault to be terminated and the retreat began, Gideon Tarkin's heart was filled with humiliation.
Now he vowed in his heart that he must let the separatists repay the humiliation he suffered tenfold!
But what he didn't know was that the commander-in-chief of the Dawn Principality, General Matt Horner, was also very aggrieved.
Because of this battle, it seemed that the fleet of the Principality of Dawn took all the advantages. They achieved a very good battle loss ratio. At the cost of 1 battleship being paralyzed, 6 battleships being severely damaged, and 3 battleships being slightly damaged. It destroyed 5 Jaeger-class battlecruisers before and after the Galactic Republic, severely damaged 17 ships, and shot down more than 3,000 Republic fighter jets!
However, such a battle loss ratio cannot bring victory in this battle.
Admiral Matt Horner knows this very well.
And the reason why he was very aggrieved was because the opposing commander was also very decisive, whether he decided to put his flagship on top to stabilize the battle situation when facing his powerful assault, or he did not hesitate to send a large number of troops from the rear. The fleet is extremely fast, or it may later launch a determined assault targeting its core of control, the Archon-class aircraft carrier.
Judging from these decisions, the opponent's commander is also a very powerful and powerful person.
This also allowed Matt Horner to take advantage of the Galactic Republic's unpreparedness to launch an assault and prepare to destroy the opponent's logistics base. His plan ultimately came to nothing.
One of the five shield ships was destroyed, but the remaining four shield ships still maintained a small safe area for the Republic fleet to rest and maintain.
In other words, although he used the powerful combat capabilities of the swarm drones to push the Republic fleet to the ground and beat him up
, but in the end it still failed to achieve its strategic goals.
In the next battle, we can only continue to fight head-on...
until……
The day when a powerful astronomical phenomenon arrived, as Bacher-Banak said.
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On this day, a fierce battle broke out in the Yago-Dur system - 20BBY, the evening of July 21st.
In a hidden unmanned galaxy in the core circle of the Milky Way, another unprecedentedly large fleet is already making final preparations!
I can only see that in this originally barren galaxy, a large number of space stations, space docks, space factories, and space warehouses have been built, forming a huge forward base.
And close to the star of this unmanned galaxy, a huge disk-shaped device with a diameter of more than 20,000 meters has been completely completed. On the periphery of the star, hundreds of energy collection devices spread out huge solar sails tens of kilometers wide, and then concentrated the huge energy and injected it into the disk!
Everything is ready!
