1662. General ground attack
After some twists and turns, the commander of the Galactic Republic Expeditionary Force Casio Tagg once again assembled a strike fleet composed of 60 capital ships and began to launch a fierce attack on the planet Annaji!
This attack indeed verified what Volgograd-Kanidi said before. Even though the Galactic Republic is now distracted by a considerable part of its attention on landing operations, their strength is still incomparable to the defense fleet of the Dawn Principality.
60 capital ships brazenly broke through the fleet defense of the Principality of Dawn, approached the planet's low-Earth orbit and began orbital bombing of the ground battlefield!
This orbital bombing did not last long and did not use the maximum power, but it still caused a devastating blow to the Kati City area. The entire city was almost engulfed in a sea of fire! In the burning city, Lickers running around and covered in fire could be seen everywhere, and then they were blown to pieces by a new round of bombing.
The supply team that passed through Kati City before was also completely destroyed during the bombing.
Immediately afterwards, under the cover of a large number of fighter jets, the Galactic Republic once again sent a large number of transport ships to land on the surface of the planet.
At the same time, a cheerer-class assault landing ship was also moving towards the Kati City area in the atmosphere, preparing to hover above that airspace to provide fire support.
CSS-1 Republic-class transport ships landed one after another, opened the hatch, and a large number of Sparti clone soldiers filed out, regrouped into formation, and then spread out to expand the control area in the surrounding direction.
In fact, these Sparti clone soldiers, in terms of the number of soldiers who landed and the quality of equipment, are completely incomparable to the Kamino clone soldiers in their heyday. Of course, the former is more, and the latter is directly a beggar’s version.
There are not many of them who can carry out rapid airdrops on AT assault transport boats, and there are also very few armored troops accompanying the landing. More of them are to fill the cabin of the CSS-1 transport ship directly, and then land directly. They were driven out of the cabin like ducks.
But it is undeniable that there are enough of them.
Cassio Tagg made up his mind to re-close the battle lines in the Kati City area, and directly invested 4 clone legions in this direction, many people!
Moreover, the combat goal of these troops is not to blockade, but to stabilize their landing site as a strategic rear and immediately prepare to attack the capital of the planet Annaji.
Everything is just waiting for the order from Major General Casio Tagg!
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20bby, July 34, the 8th day after the ground battle on the planet Annaji began, Casio Tagg issued the general offensive order!
Around the capital of the planet Annaji, in addition to the east and southeast battlefields that had been suffering counterattacks and could not successfully close the front line, the Galactic Republic divided its troops into nine groups and launched a full-scale attack from several other directions!
Total strength, 170,000! All clone troopers!
There are three Cheer-class assault landing ships floating in the sky, providing fixed air fire support in three directions.
In the higher outer orbit of the planet, Casio Tag also gathered the power of 80 battleships to launch an assault on the synchronous orbit above the planet's capital!
Once these battleships enter geostationary orbit, they will conduct orbital bombing of the capital area!
In addition to the warships in this direction, there are more than 140 warships scattered in several other directions to ensure smooth transportation at the landing site.
And there are a total of 220 warships, all of which are capital ships!
The resistance of the Dawn Principality is crazy! Under the command of Volgograd-Kanidi, the Dawn Principality assembled 40 capital ships and 110 small and medium-sized warships to launch a frantic counterattack.
Although the Dawn Principality's fleet is small in number, Volgograd-Kanidi's command capabilities are outstanding. Under his command, the Dawn Principality fleet constantly changed targets, or divided into small fleets to continuously harass the Republic's transport fleet, destroying their transport ships transporting supplies, or they gathered together to attack Republic warships trying to break into synchronous orbit for orbital bombing. Make a strong attack.
In such a melee, the Hells Angels-class battlecruisers shine. This kind of heavily armored battle cruiser has almost become a nightmare for the Galactic Republic warships on the battlefield. They have powerful firepower and thick armor. Whenever a war starts, they rush into the formation of the Republic fleet, causing a lot of damage.
If it weren't for the fact that there were only 10 Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, the Republic fleet would not be able to resist it!
Even if there are 30 Hell's Angels, Casio Tag's fleet, with the Jaeger-class battlecruisers as the main force, doesn't even dare to think about planet-synchronous orbit! !
And in fact, the Republic spaceships that are most afraid of the Hells Angels are undoubtedly those transport ships. Once the transport fleet is found by the Hells Angel-class battlecruiser, the Hells Angel-class will directly ram it at full speed, and the surrounding Republic escort battleships will not be able to stop it at all!
You must know that among the navy of the Principality of Dawn, the only one that truly plays the role of assault battleship is the Hells Angel-class battlecruiser! Other battleships, including the Behemoth class, actually tend to be fire support, or as all-rounders on the battlefield.
Only the Hell's Angels take the word "assault" to the extreme!
But even so, the powerful Republic fleet still firmly grasps the advantage on the battlefield. Every battle ended with the fleet of the Principality of Dawn temporarily retreating, but the Republic fleet was never able to achieve its combat goals.
But if this situation continues, the wear and tear and damage to the warships of the Principality of Dawn will become more and more serious. Compared with the Republic fleet, which can be easily rotated, it may not be long before the Principality of Dawn has no warships available. .
Major General Casio Tagg also knew this, so he gritted his teeth and suffered huge battle losses, and had to fight head-on with the Dawn Principality's fleet to the end!
The battlefield on the ground is also more brutal!
After the Republic ground forces launched a general offensive, Volgograd-Kanidi immediately asked the defenders on Annaji to hold their positions.
He mobilized a total of 2.8 million troops, which was almost 20 times the number of Republic clone soldiers!
The defenders on Annaji's planet shared the same hatred and launched wave after wave of counterattacks against the Republic's positions!
But no matter how cheap, mass-produced, or mentally unstable the Sparti clone soldiers are, their combat skills and physical fitness are still far superior to those of ordinary people.
In addition, the Republic had absolute air superiority. After taking control of the air, the Republic's fighter formations bombed the Annaji planet defenders indiscriminately at almost every moment, causing heavy losses!
They are almost fighting against the steel torrent of the Galactic Republic with their flesh and blood!
On the second day after the battle began, the farthest arm of the Republic's armies advanced more than 40 kilometers.
At this time, this army suddenly disconnected all contacts at some point. At the same time, when the Republic reconnaissance plane was conducting reconnaissance, it only sent back one sentence-'They are marching towards us! '
After that, the reconnaissance plane also disappeared.
The location of this unit is on the battlefield on the north side of the capital area... and in the eyes of some talented people, in that direction, black mist fills the sky with death! Just by looking at it, it feels like my soul is being torn apart by countless resentful spirits!
The northern side of the capital area has become a world of death in just one hour.
