1647. Yago-Dour Artillery Battle
Therefore, in the view of Gideon Tarkin, the frontline commander of the main fleet of the 20th Army, it is difficult for the forces in his hands to have any explosive growth in the future.
So when astronomers observed a storm of electromagnetic radiation erupting due to the close proximity of two stars, Gideon Tarkin decided to seize this opportunity.
attack!
In his opinion, in such a harsh environment, even the fighter jets of the Galactic Republic can only take off cautiously and cannot perform missions too far away from the mothership. They have basically lost the ability to serve as the main offensive force. So separated. The smaller swarm drones of ism should be even more unbearable.
Now it is estimated that those drones will not be able to take off at all.
So if that's the case, let's take this opportunity to gather our troops and fight to the death!
Under the command of Gideon Tarkin, the Galactic Republic has more than 200 battleships, including 19 Knight-class Star Destroyers, 77 Jaeger-class battlecruisers, 1 Commander II-class dreadnought, and more than 60 Ark-class battleships. Such a powerful force as the Quintense-class light cruiser can directly press forward!
In the Principality of Dawn, Matt Horner, who only had about 100 warships, ordered all warships to retreat, leaving the two Agonev-class interstellar bases exposed in front to absorb firepower, while other warships served as long-range firepower reinforcements.
But Gideon Tarkin had already fully foreseen such a situation. He ordered his warships to carry out long-distance orbital bombing of the planet Yago-Dur, assuming that if you don't come out, I will blow you up.
But for the planet Yago-Dur, the Jiwen people are really not afraid of his tricks.
Now all the Given people have hid in the refuge cities deep in the planet's crust, and the crust around these refuge cities has been artificially reinforced. Ordinary orbital bombing cannot harm this place at all.
Not to mention that the planet Yago-Dur itself also has a very powerful planetary shield.
In fact, what I want to say here is that at this time, the so-called "star destroyer" of the Star Destroyer of the Galactic Republic Navy actually refers to burning glass, that is, destroying the surface of the planet, rather than blowing up a planet. into pieces.
So after the Death Star appeared, this kind of weapon that could blast the planet into minerals with one shot shocked the entire galaxy. Then in the later period of the Galactic Empire, some super battleships began to be able to blow up planets. Such battleships were often defined as super battleships and could not be mass-produced.
Just think about it, for example, the main weapon of the Empire-class Star Destroyer is the 60 ancestral xx-9 heavy turbolaser cannons. This kind of weapon is used for orbital bombing. Isn't that just burning glass?
After the Galactic Republic fleet launched an assault, the distance between the fleets of both sides became closer and closer, and the exchange of fire became more and more intense!
Although the opponent's 20 Catastrophe-class battlecruisers continue to pose serious threats to the Republic fleet, Gideon Tarkin is also very satisfied to see that on the Separatist side, the 3,175-meter-long Archon-class aircraft carrier is constantly Fall back, and then hide yourself behind the Argonev-class starbase so that it will not be affected by the firepower of the Republic battleships.
And as expected, the Archon-class aircraft carrier did not take off swarm drones!
This gave Gideon Tarkin endless confidence!
He immediately issued numerous orders. First, he assembled 20 Aquitance-class light cruisers and 20 Karak-class light cruisers to form a high-speed assault fleet and launch an attack in the direction of the Disaster-class battlecruiser, intending to interfere with the opponent's particles. Light spear bombardment.
At the same time, concentrate all firepower to bomb the Separatist No. B Agonev-class interstellar base!
This interstellar base has a side length of meters and is the relatively smaller of the two interstellar bases. Based on the idea that it would be better to cut off one of his ten fingers, Gideon Tarkin prepared to gather superior troops and firepower to directly pull out one of the interstellar bases!
That's right, when he came this time, he didn't plan to use any tricks, he just wanted to kill all the enemies that stood in his way!
Unlike other Galactic Republic admirals, Gideon Tarkin has been working on logistics since the beginning of the war. He established a forward base in a nearby unmanned system as a transit, and also relied on shield ships to establish a frontline supply base in the Yago-Dur system.
His strategy is to fight a protracted war!
Because the Republic's reinforcements are unlimited for him, but this is not the case for the separatism of Dawn Planet. This is his core strategic thinking.
And this time, even if he is still defeated in the end, if he can destroy an interstellar base of the opponent, it will be a huge victory.
Because he can completely withdraw the fleet, repair the lightly damaged battleships on the spot under the cover of the shield ship, drag the severely damaged battleships back to the forward base for overhaul, and then wait for more battleship reinforcements to arrive. Even if the pace of reinforcements is slowing down due to problems at the Quat Power Dockyard, the Galactic Republic military cannot let this problem continue to exist. There are so many large industrial companies in the Milky Way, so naturally there are solutions.
For example, this is the case with the Vindicator-class heavy cruiser that Sina Fleet Systems will soon provide.
However, it is no longer possible for the separatists to build another interstellar base in the Yago-Dur system!
Countless artillery fire fell on the interstellar base, exploding countless energy ripples on the deflector shield. Even the interstellar base's firepower was also very powerful, but under the continuous bombing, Gideon Tarkin believed that it could not hold on for too long. Long.
At the four corners of the interstellar base, four huge pulse laser cannons fire continuously. This pulse laser cannon is actually a set of four laser transmitters. After being connected in parallel, the power of the lasers emitted increases exponentially. The same technology is also used on the Ankeron-class Titan battleship, because only a large enough energy core can support such a large launch unit.
Every time the pulse laser is fired, it can cause extremely huge damage. A Jaeger-class battlecruiser was directly cut into two pieces under the continuous illumination even before the shield was broken!
In terms of single-shot power, the interstellar base's pulse laser cannon is much higher than the particle light spear.
Suffering huge losses, Gideon Tarkin asked all the battleships to concentrate their firepower. In order to enhance the attack effect, he even risked the interference of electromagnetic radiation storms and forcibly took off a group of Y-wing bombers. These bombers will not leave the mothership too far, but will only surround the battleship as a mobile proton torpedo launching platform. Anyway, the interstellar base is basically a fixed target and can be hit no matter what.
The swarm drones still haven't taken off. This is Gideon Tarkin's biggest reliance!
However, at the same time, Matt Horner, who was commanding on the bridge of the flagship, opened the communication and asked, "Can you?"
"Okay." A female voice with a hint of electronic sound replied emotionlessly.
