The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

Chapter 1614 Yago-Durr artillery battle

1614, Jago-Toure artillery battle

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War is scary, but we should learn to love it. ——"The Record of Generals and Stars of the Fourth Empire", Qi Jian Chapter, Chapter 28, Section 7.

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20BBY, ​​GST, July 21, 19:34 PM.

The Duchy of Dawn's fleet guarding the Yago-Dur galaxy launched an active attack under the command of the commander-in-chief, Admiral Matt Horner!

He couldn't wait any longer.

If the Republic Fleet is allowed to continue to stabilize here, they will further consolidate their logistics, and even build a larger frontline logistics supply base here. After that, they will start to mobilize an extremely large fleet to arrive.

At that time, the Yago-Dur galaxy will have no possibility of defense!

Because the Yago-Dur galaxy does not have nearly unlimited reinforcements and logistical supplies like the Galactic Republic. Moreover, even within the Principality of Dawn, most of the military forces are currently deployed towards the Model sector, and there are no more reinforcements in this direction.

Even when Admiral Matt Horner switched defenses himself, Tang Xiao almost deprived him of the 3,175-meter-long Archon-class aircraft carrier that he had just acquired a few days ago and whose buttocks were not hot. Stay in the Model sector.

Fortunately, he argued hard and told Tang Xiao seriously that because the Yago-Dur galaxy is not suitable for human survival, he must need a sufficiently powerful flagship to ensure command efficiency. Otherwise, what if he was beheaded by the Galactic Republic not long after the battle started? And when it comes to beheading, Severance Tann will not be sleepy, you don't have to ask her how she did it?

After all, he finally brought the Consul-class aircraft carrier over.

So in the final analysis, Matt Horner still has to deal a heavy blow to the Galactic Republic when their foothold is not stable, and then they can maintain their advantage in the next battle.

This is also because the commander of the Republic Fleet now adopts a different tactic.

Prior to this, the fleet commanders of the Republic basically relied on their strong forces to directly overwhelm the main force, striving for a final decision and directly resolving the battle. In fact, this approach is invincible when fighting the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, but it is actually hidden dangers.

Because you put all the main force on at once, the pressure on logistics supplies will increase instantly. If you can't solve the battle in a short time, then the huge force will become a drag instead.

However, the fleet of Dawn Star is not something that the Galactic Republic can solve in a short time.

So this time, Admiral Gideon Tarkin of the Galactic Republic has made full preparations, learned the lessons from the past, and adopted a steady and steady tactic.

He grasped the commander of the Principality of Dawn's mentality that although the battleship technology is higher, but he is very unwilling to suffer too much damage, he used a small number of troops to cover the deployment of the logistics base. And the finishing touch is his flagship, the Commander II-class dreadnought! Because as long as this huge ship exists, the fleet of the Principality of Dawn will never be able to easily defeat the fleet of the Republic!

This is a psychological issue, rather than a comparison of the strengths of the current fleets of the two sides.

It has to be said that Gideon Tarkin's strategy hits Matt Horner's weakness!

But now, Matt Horner has no choice but to lead the fleet to take the initiative to attack!

20 disaster-class battlecruisers began to advance at full speed, and the particle spears were ready to go! The Cole-class battlecruiser is forward, the Martha-class heavy missile cruiser is slightly behind, and the core of the formation is the Dunov-class battlecruiser, which continuously provides the fleet with shield functions and engine boosting support, while the doomsday battlefield-class battlecruiser The cruiser cruised around the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity to interfere with the engine output of the Republic battleship.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, 8 light minutes... 7 light minutes... 5 light minutes...

When the distance between the two sides was less than 3 light minutes, Admiral Matt Horner gave an order and the whole army opened fire! Fighter formations take off!

The particle light spears of the disaster-class battlecruiser and the supermatter electromagnetic guns of the Cole-class battlecruiser fired immediately! Terrible firepower burst out instantly!

The target is the shield ship under the protection of the Republic fleet!

Since the Galactic Republic fleet wants to rely on the protection of shield ships to build a frontline supply base, what Matt Horner has to do is to completely destroy this base!

The logistics supply ship under the protection of the shield ship hastened to move to evade, but now the distance between the two sides has approached 3 light minutes, and the evasion effect is already very small!

This time, at least 8 particle light spears and 5 supermatter electromagnetic guns hit the wide-area shield built by the shield ship in this volley, and there was a violent ripple in the energy shield.

The Commander II-class dreadnought has also completed its turn at this moment, and the super-heavy turbolaser cannon installed directly in front of the battleship fired! The XX-9 heavy-duty turbolaser guns arranged around the battleship also fired at the same time!

The Knight-class Star Destroyer and the Hunter-class Star Destroyer also joined the bombardment.

The ancestral XX-9 heavy-duty turbolaser gun of the Galactic Republic has almost become the standard for measuring the firepower of a fleet, because most of the warships of the Republic are equipped with this dual-mounted turret. And at this moment, in Gideon Tarkin's fleet, there are more than a thousand XX-9 heavy turbolaser guns firing in salvo!

At a distance of 3 light minutes, the hit rate of sub-light speed weapons is not high, but the two sides are already firing wildly now! Never waste even 1% of the hit chance!

Hundreds of warships on both sides attacked while firing salvos, without any intention of dodging at all!

"Fire! Fire freely!! Don't give Separatism any chance!" Gideon Tarkin stood on the bridge of the Commander II-class dreadnought ship as his flagship, and gave an order with a big wave of his hand.

Outside the porthole of the battleship, it was continuously illuminated by the flashes of turbolaser cannon fire. Below the bridge, there is a row of XX-9 heavy-duty turbolaser cannons, which are constantly pouring out dense turbolaser beams.

The Commander II-class dreadnought is a long battleship, and the main gun positions are arranged around the hull. When firing, a circle of light beams will light up around the battleship, which is very beautiful.

(PS: There is no description of the shape of the Commander class, but some fan creations draw it as a triangular structure similar to the Empire-class Star Destroyer. I think it is not appropriate, because the stereotype of the Commander class is several A hundred years ago, the Quarter Power Dockyard at that time did not use the triangular wedge shape as the main shape of its warships. Referring to the cylindrical Invincible-class battlecruisers of the same period, I designed the Commander-class in this book as long strip.)

While the warships of the Republic opened fire, enemy firepower continued to pour in. And now the firepower of the Principality of Dawn's fleet is even more terrifying!

Especially the particle light spear, this weapon is really recognizable. Whether it is the thick and bright beam of light when firing, or the afterimage of red spiral light left after one irradiation, this weapon has become the absolute protagonist on the battlefield.

Gideon Tarkin even saw the impact of several particle light spears with the naked eye, which was a Knight-class Star Destroyer.

Almost at the same time, a communication from the Knight-class Star Destroyer requesting to retreat came from the communication channel.

"Notify the rear that the separatists have launched an active attack, and immediately send reinforcements up!" Gideon Tarkin said.

"Yes!" The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, and then made arrangements immediately.

Only a moment later, the messenger sent a reply, "Governor Octavian Grant personally arrived at the rear base, and he has sent the first batch of reinforcements, 5 Knight-class star destroyers and 20 Arquitect-class light cruisers! Estimated arrival time, 30 minutes later!"

"General! The shield of our Knight-class Star Destroyer Vatan has been penetrated and is retreating!"

"The shield ship returns, the shield is about to collapse!"

There are more battle reports summarized. These messages are urgently needed to be decided by the fleet commander himself, and more battlefield information has already been sent through the data situation. In the command center, there is naturally a staff team and a command team to deal with these problems, so that the fleet commander can concentrate on dealing with the most urgent battle reports.

"Ignore these losses!! All warships keep firing! Don't stop! Stop the Separatist fleet for me!" Gideon Tarkin said loudly, "Take off the fighter formation! Pay attention to the opponent's Martha-class missile heavy cruiser, the fighter jets are scattered After the combat formation, attack from different directions!"

"yes!"

The bows of the Jaeger-class battlecruisers unfolded one after another, revealing the wide hangar platform, and the Galactic Republic V-19 Riptide Light Fighter Formation and V-wing Holy Light Fighter Formation, which were already ready to go, immediately began to accelerate on the electromagnetic accelerator on the take-off runway. , gain enough speed in an instant and rush into the battlefield.

This will prevent the fighter jet from being shot down by the opponent's anti-aircraft fire while still accelerating after taking off slowly.

At the same time, the first batch of fighter jets from the Duchy of Dawn's fleet had already arrived on the battlefield. These fighters are all vulture robot fighters, and the number is about 1,000.

These vulture robot fighters were struggling under the dense anti-aircraft fire of the Republic fleet, and then blindly fired proton torpedoes, but with little effect.

In the fleet establishment of the Republic, the full-time air defense DP-20 gunboat can be described as a fighter jet killer, and as many as 60 XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons on the Knight-class Star Destroyer can also be used for air defense. Because the fire control radar of the knight class is far more advanced than that of the hunter class, it is also the ancestral XX-9 heavy turbolaser gun turret, but the knight class can be used to fight aircraft.

This kind of anti-aircraft firepower is naturally no pressure against vulture robot fighters, which have fallen behind in the war.

But now, after the Republic fighter formation headed by the V-wing fighter joined the battle, it showed a destructive situation!

V-wing fighters now account for an increasing proportion of the carrier-based aircraft of Republic warships, and they can form a greater advantage over the main separatist models, including ghost fighters. The only ones that can compete with it are the triple robot fighters and Viking fighters.

War is always the most efficient driving force for technology promotion. Who would have thought that the V-19 torrent light fighter that was just equipped before the war, and the enduring classic Wraith fighter, would have already Faced with replacement.

While these vulture robot fighters were easily shot down by the V-wing fighter formation, the radar soldiers shouted loudly: "General!! The separatist fleet is taking off the second batch of fighter jets! The number... 5000!!"

"5000? Are you kidding? Where do they get so many fighter jets?" Gideon Tarkin was a little surprised. "Are they all vulture robot fighter jets?"

"At present, no optical images have been obtained. We can only know that these fighter jets are small in size, but extremely fast! More than three times faster than the vulture robot fighter!"

"Triple robot fighters? No, the Separatists don't have so many triple fighters! The Technology Alliance has been half-hearted, and the output of triple fighters is already very low!" The adjutant said loudly.

"We're flying a second batch of fighter jets too!! Be careful!" Gideon Tarkin said.

"Yes! The second batch of fighter jets will take off immediately!"

"Troop! General! Separatist fighter jets are still taking off! Quantity...quantity..." The radar soldiers exclaimed again.

"How much?" Gideon Tarkin noticed that something was wrong, and asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know...too many! The radar signals are completely blurred...but conservatively estimated, the number has exceeded 20,000!" The radar soldiers looked at the data displayed on the screen in disbelief.

"Twenty thousand fighter jets? Are you sure there is no problem with the radar?" The adjutant heard this, and before Gideon Tarkin could speak, he walked over to the radar department to check.

But the images and data he saw made his face pale.

"Could it be because of the huge aircraft carrier of the Separatists?" Gideon Tarkin's eyes fell on a battleship with a flat shape and two pointed bows in the holographic projection.

With a length of 3175 meters, it is a first-class existence even in the navy of the Galactic Republic! At present, only the Commander class and Prosecutor class are larger than it, and the latter two are actually huge and cumbersome warships built under the Ruusan Treaty, which can only be used to scare and frighten backward warships.

But according to the shipbuilding technology demonstrated by Dawn Star as always, this huge aircraft carrier with a length of 3175 meters cannot be puffy at this size!

"General, the opponent's fighter group is approaching. Our sensors have obtained more detailed data... The fighter jets taken off by the opponent are all drones, and there are mainly three types. The largest number of them is less than two meters long. In addition There are more than 2,000 drones that are relatively larger models, but they are still small." The radar soldier said.

Gideon Tarkin snorted coldly: "Don't worry! Such small-sized drones are useless on the space battlefield! The weapon systems they can carry can't even tickle! Inform the fighter formation, Ready to fight!"