Fourth Scourge of Star Wars

550, Bloody Battle of Bespin (8)

A full 4,500 fighters of Wuyang Wuyang took off, surrounding the Republic Fleet, and the Republic Fleet 4seven battleship was rushing into Besping planet at high speed.

There is no doubt that this is a very risky move, because forcibly launching the landing without repelling the opponent’s fleet, then no matter how much you cover, the landing ship will always be exposed to the opponent’s fire range under.

But Commander Republic Fleet, Admiral McGlen of the Navy, had to make this risky decision.

Now that the battle situation has developed to the present, it has become very clear. The number of battleships on both sides is similar. The Republic has 60 ships and the remaining 4seven, Fourth Civilization has 70 ships and the remaining 59 ships. But Fourth Civilization has significantly more firepower.

Republic Fleet would be defeated within 20 hours, according to computer calculations.

But Republic’s fighter formation has an absolute advantage. The total number is 15,600 to 10,000, and 9,000 of Fourth Civilization’s 10,000 fighters are still ultralight Vulture Droid Fighters.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, the two sides are fighting, and if the strength of the carrier-based aircraft is counted, Republic Fleet is indeed capable of completely destroying the Fourth Civilization’s fleet.

But here’s the problem, stealth fighters!

The appearance of stealth fighters made Republic Fleet’s fighter group dare not stay away from the battleship, so that it would not be able to effectively attack the opponent’s battleship, and there would be no advantage.

So, McGlen Admiral’s choice was very wise, raiding Bespin, forcing a landing, forcing Fourth Civilization fighters to come to cover, and fighting on the fixed battlefield of Bespin Floating Void City!

And two Jedi Masters, Green Betty and Aiden Ward, and their apprentices, are also ready to fight.

However, when she was ready to go, Green Betty suddenly frowned, she and Aiden Ward looked at each other, walked a few steps to the battlefield holographic star map, stared at the star map, and then again. Looking back at the porthole.

“Any questions? General,” McGlen Admiral asked.

Green-Betty stretched out a furry finger, tapped an empty area on the star map, and said, “Here.”

“This is…” McGlen Admiral frowned.

“And here…here…here…” Green-Betty began to mark on the star map.

Aiden Ward also came over, nodded in an area near Bespin’s largest Floating Void City, and said, “Here, I feel death.”

The two Jedi Masters kept marking the star map while sensing, and finally made more than 100 marks!

Seeing the densely packed sign, and almost the location where the landing strip chosen by their fleet was in a semi-encircled state, Admiral Admiral turned pale in fright, “Could it be… this is Separatist’s Trap?!”

“Inform the fleet, separate some turrets, and shoot at these targets with minimum power to prevent accidental damage to Floating Void City.” Green-Betty said.

The order was immediately executed, the fleet separated some turrets, turned down the power and fired directly at the places indicated by Green-Betty!

It doesn’t matter if this fire is fired, it actually stabbed the hornet’s nest!

In more than 100 places, only a few exploratory shots failed, and the others actually showed ripples of energy under the attack!

“It’s the energy shield!! Stealth!!” Admiral McGlen turned pale in fright, now allergic to the word stealth.

“This is the Separatist stealth hangar platform! There are 80 seats!” said an adjutant.

“There are a lot of weak radar responses! There are stealth fighters taking off! The number is between 600 and 900!” The radar soldier immediately reported.

“The Separatist main fleet is moving! They are starting to speed up!”

“A lot of Vulture Droid Fighters have taken off in the direction of Floating Void City! 2400 units! There are also unknown models of small spaceship, 400 ships!”

Green-Betty said firmly: “I think we’ve seen through the separatist conspiracy, their rhythm has been disrupted, and this is our best chance! Now! Strike! Forcibly land on Bespin planet!”

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Matt Horner gritted his teeth as the Republic Fleet suddenly and unpredictably fired on those invisible hangar platforms. Even the always calm he couldn’t help but scolded a second time, “Damn Jedi!”

“It is recommended to strike immediately before the hangar platform is destroyed.” The T-series tactical droid on the side spoke. said.

Matt Horner noddéd, this is the only way now.

That’s how war is, you can never predict how the other side will play, and it’s the same now. Republic Fleet was forced to land by stealth fighter, and Fourth Civilization’s fleet had to take the initiative because of Jedi Master’s predictive ability.

Bespin Planet must not give up, because no matter how remote it is, it is also a part of the Corellia trade channel, one of the largest hyperspace routes in the galaxy. If Fourth Civilization retreats here, they will lose the strategic initiative with the establishment of the 19th Legion of the Galactic Republic, as the cluttered hyperspace route near the Endor Star System is not conducive to large fleet operations.

So if you lose the Bespin planet, Fourth Civilization will cost 5x or more to get it back.

700 Wraith Fighters took the initiative, and Vulture Droid Fighter, which was helping Floating Void City, also took off 2400 to cover, not only that, Matt Horner ordered the Fourth Civilization main fleet to start pressing forward, which would give Republic Fleet delivers an even bigger blow.

Another larger-scale aerial battle is once again unfolding near the Bespin Life Belt!

Galactic Republic 4500 fighters and Fourth Civilization 3100 fighters, the huge swarms collide fiercely in space like locusts.

Wraith Fighter activated stealth mode, Gemini II air-to-air missiles were launched frantically at the beginning of the battle, and thousands of missiles were fired from hiding the sky and covering the earth.

Meanwhile, the near-fire cannons on the invisible hangars of Republic’s Venator-class Cruiser and Fourth Civilization were all deployed, and countless tiny lasers were lit up non-stop, like a net. .

The Gemini II air-to-air missile is an improved version of the Gemini missile, equipped with an anti-material warhead, a more advanced propulsion engine and an enemy search system, and has more than 10 times the damage capability than the ordinary Gemini missile. And the antimatter warhead allows the missile’s close-range system to have enough lethality at a distance of 1 km from the target.

These missiles swerve irregularly in the air after launch, but the enemy tracking system is always locked on to their target!

Countless explosions exploded in the Republic’s fleet, and countless fighters were destroyed. The missiles fired by the Republic fighter at the same time also exploded in the Vulture Droid Fighter’s group. These 3.6 meters long Super light fighters are shot down one by one like swatting flies.

But the invisible Wraith Fighter is always the biggest threat! Although they took the initiative to attack, this distance is close to the distance at which the radar of the Venator-class Cruiser can detect the stealth, but after all, the Venator-class should share the radar data with its subordinate fighters, and then let the pilots make real-time judgments of tactical actions. It was a beat after all.

A large number of fighters on both sides were destroyed, and among the Wraith Fighters that were shot down, there were no more than 20!

But even so, the landing ships in the Republic Fleet still took off for the fierce and unafraid of death! They have enough fighters to escort them, and even if they’re completely at a disadvantage against the Wraith Fighter, they can at least draw firepower to the transport ship.

4 squádron Y-wing bombers broke into the range of Cloud City, and at the same time they dropped bombs at the scheduled landing site, one after another transport ships loaded with Marines began to land, which was also the first batch to set foot on Cloud City Republic marine.

The ground battle between the two sides has finally begun!

Fourth Civilization’s Wraith Fighter also began to target the transport ships that are constantly going back and forth between Floating Void City, but they are not enough after all. With the guidance of the battleship, Republic’s fighters have more or less The strength of a battle, at this time, the Republic fighter group with an absolute advantage in numbers can finally compete with the Wraith Fighter with a large number of battle losses.

Republic Fleet kept taking off fighters, and McGlen Admiral also went out of his way. He used every fighter he could take off and began to expand the landing area.

Thousands of transport ships begin to burn the flames of war into every Floating Void City in Bespin’s Life Belt! Moreover, due to the guidance of Jedi Master Green-Betty, Matt Horner’s pre-arranged minefields were completely invalid. Except for four transport planes accidentally forced into the minefield by the Wraith Fighter, the other minefields did not achieve any results at all. .

At this time, Tang Xiao’s third killing move for Galactic Republic’s Fighter Sea finally showed his fangs!

A team of V-19s are fighting a group of Vulture Droid Fighters, and while they can’t fight the stealth Wraith Fighters, V-19s have no problem with Vulture Droid Fighters.

Republic pilots maneuver their fighters to evade the Droid Fighter’s fire, and their shields can withstand several shots from the Vulture Droid Fighter, while firing blaster beams to destroy vulnerable targets.

“Three radar responses ahead! It’s a stealth fighter!” a pilot loudly said, looking at the shared data from the Venator-class Cruiser’s flight control center.

“Launch concussion missiles!” Several V-19 fighter jets fired concussion missiles, the air-to-air missiles used by the Galactic Republic that still have a proximity-explosive system, but are less efficient than Gemini II missiles.

At the same time as the missile was launched, the Wraith Fighter had already turned to avoid it. Their weak radar signal made the shock missile respond slowly. At this time, the Vulture Fighter on the other side rushed over and intercepted all these missiles. No results!

“This is U-9squádron, we encountered separatist stealth fighters, requesting fire support!” Chief Squádron immediately sent a message for help.

“Received. The AF turret and AL turret of the battleship fire sea will provide 20 seconds of coverage shooting.” The flight control replied immediately.

At about the same time, a dense laser beam was launched, several Vulture Droid Fighters were shot down, and three Wraith Fighters were also irradiated by the laser for a fraction of a second, but they were immediately in the auxiliary system. Helped to speed up and dodge.

“Wait a minute! I’m locking on a stealth fighter!” A V-19 pilot creds out in surprise, and then immediately hits the button for a burst of fire.

The Wraith Fighter was chased away by the battleship’s point defense firepower. It didn’t pay attention to the Republic fighter’s lock. It was hit by several blaster beams, the energy shield was broken, and the stealth was broken. Get destroyed by the crossfire of other V-19fighters!

“Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we got it!!” the Republic pilot exclaimed with excitement as if the war had been won.

But their excitement didn’t last long, and they suddenly rushed over to five small spaceships!

According to radar scans, this spaceship is about 31 meters long and has a trapezoid shape. There are two very conspicuous gun barrels in the front, and the rear end is an uncoordinated engine that looks like a Like fleas.

“Unknown targets appear! Kill them!” Squádron said immediately, he turned on the fire control radar and started to lock on these spaceships.

“As long as they can’t be invisible, these little separatist wrecks are not enough for us to fight!” a pilot said in a communication channel.

The fighter squadron immediately unfolded into a claw-shaped array of aerial combat, moved towards these small spaceships and flew straight over.

However, at this moment, the fire control radars of almost every fighter in the entire squádron failed! These little spaceships spread out with incredible agility, making evasive maneuvers, and the acceleration and steering agility are nothing compared to fighters!

Not only that, but a ray launcher below these small spaceships emits a beam of light on the Republic fighter.

The fighter pilot who was illuminated by the beam exclaimed loudly, “The engine output continues to drop! My fighter is malfunctioning!”

“Rock! Keep up with the formation! Don’t drop… “Before Squádron could finish his sentence, a small enemy spaceship came around and aimed at the lost Republic fighter and fired!”

With just one shot, this V-19 torrent fighter was blown into pieces even with its shield and body!

This is not over yet, the strange beam launchers on these small spaceships begin to irradiate the next target. As long as they are irradiated by this beam, the output of the fighter’s engine will be drastically reduced, and in such a sinister and tragic air battle , losing speed means…

Losing life!

Such small spaceships are Shriken-class and Stilat-class Light Frigate, the third secret weapon that Tang Xiao uses against Republic fighters!

Stilat-class Frigate fires beams that affect the power of an enemy ship’s engines, while Shriken-class Frigate fires beams that disintegrate enemy ship’s armor.

It’s just that because of power and technical issues, these two types of rays can’t be enlarged, and their penetrating ability to shields is also insufficient. So Tang Xiao asked the military to produce more Stilat-class Light Frigates. The fighters couldn’t beat them, and the frigates couldn’t catch up. This is the positioning of these two frigates, dedicated to fighting against Republic’s fighters!

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【Easter Egg Chapter Attachment 1: T-series tactical droid. ]