Chapter 1650: Outpost Battle
October 12, 1390, Star Cluster Era.
The large-scale battle, known as the 'Starfall' in later history books, was fired by the Swan in the dark star field of DPTOS 5574 at 0455 standard time, marking the beginning of two huge interstellar battles. The major battle of total war between nations begins.
The cruiser formation that first broke out in the battle had no obvious difference in combat power between the two sides on paper. The Red Maple Republic had 78 cruisers, 12 mobile aircraft carriers, 12 aircraft carriers converted from large cargo ships, and A destroyer serves as flagship.
On the side of the Xuanshui Federation, there are a total of 100 cruisers, 20 mobile aircraft carriers, and the special cruiser Swan.
The battle began in the form of an encounter. The psykers on the Swan discovered the jump signal 18 seconds in advance. The unaware Red Maple Republic fleet was hit by a salvo, losing 7 ships on the spot.
Then the two sides started an artillery battle.
At 0503 standard time, the Red Maple Republic took the lead in releasing carrier-based aircraft, mainly cutting-edge magic mechas, combined with battle cruisers released by aircraft carriers transformed from large cargo ships, forming a large formation of 225 aircraft. , passing through points A1 and A2 on the battlefield map, trying to outflank them from the sides and rear.
The Xuanshui Federation fleet immediately discovered the engine light and urgently launched carrier-based aircraft to intercept it.
At 0520 standard time, the two fleets met at point A2 on the battlefield map and started a melee.
Although there is no obvious difference in the paper data between the two sides, the death of a large number of outstanding pilots and the large-scale recruitment that seriously lowered the standards have caused the quality of the Red Maple Republic's pilots to plummet.
The Xuanshui Federation had a total of 154 carrier-based aircraft, which easily blocked more than 200 Red Maple Republic carrier-based aircraft.
At 0556 standard time, after about thirty minutes of fierce fighting, the Red Maple Republic lost about one-third of its carrier-based aircraft and had lost its numerical advantage. The Spinwater Federation only lost less than one-third of its carrier-based aircraft. 10, and all the pilots were rescued by friendly forces. They could use the supply gap to return to the mobile aircraft carrier and attack again.
In this carrier-based aircraft battle, Hall Hawkins once again came to the fore. A modified magic mecha, which was only visually confirmed by friendly forces, was shot down twelve times in a row. According to subsequent analysis of the airborne terminal images, at least 21 enemy aircraft were destroyed and 8 were damaged.
This also provides practical and reliable theoretical support for the pilot manual written by Hall Hawkins to become a must-read book for pilots from all over the world.
But for some unknown reason, the machine called the White Ogre by the Red Maple Republic pilots did not appear on the battlefield.
At 0601 standard time, the number of losses in the Red Maple Republic cruiser formation exceeded 20, and the fleets of both sides began to turn to avoid a head-on conflict.
At 0612 standard time, the fleet completed its turn. At the same time, the Swan received a new space transfer signal. Captain Alyssa ordered the fleet to change its route.
At the same time, the cruise ship formation of the Third Fleet of the Red Maple Republic rushed to the scene and went to provide support.
At 0630 standard time, the cruiser formation of the Fifth Fleet of the Spinwater Federation took the opportunity to recover the carrier-based aircraft and initiate the jump to escape from the war zone before the enemy support launched the bombardment. The Red Maple Republic ship Considering the possibility of a trap, no pursuit was launched.
The frontline battle of this war ended with the Red Maple Republic losing twenty ships, the Spinning Water Federation losing one ship, and damaging four ships.
At 0644 hours standard time, in the dark star field of DPTOS 5524, the cruiser formation of the Seventh Fleet of the Red Maple Republic deployed mechanical mines to ambush the cruiser formation of the Third Fleet of the Spinwater Federation that went to the area to conduct reconnaissance.
The cruiser formation of the Third Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation struck a mine, causing three ships to be sunk on the spot. An artillery battle ensued with them, but no carrier-based aircraft was released. After losing 7 and 5 warships respectively, both sides disengaged and retreated.
At 0650 standard time, the cruiser formation of the 17th Fleet of the Spinwater Federation discovered that the main enemy force was sailing in the dark star field of DPTOS 9521, but the fleet was held back by the enemy's main fleet and could not jump. After retreating and resisting desperately, only 11 mobile aircraft carriers successfully broke away under the cover of friendly forces and sent enemy location information back to the command headquarters. The remaining warships were all sunk.
At 0705 standard time, the main fleet of the Spinning Water Federation received the new route from the headquarters and turned to target the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic.
At 0733 standard time, the cruiser formation of the Fifth Fleet of the Spinwater Federation returned to the base and attacked again after emergency supplies. The Eighth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic was discovered only eighty yal away from the base. Traces of the subordinate cruiser formation and launched a pursuit.
At 0745 standard time, the two sides started an artillery battle again, and the cruiser formation of the Xinshui Federation's 19th Fleet arrived and provided support.
The cruiser formation of the Ninth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic failed to evacuate in time and sent a surrender signal one hour later, but due to equipment failure, the signal was not received.
At 0850 standard time, the cruiser formations of the Ninth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic were completely wiped out. The cruiser formations of the Nineteenth and Fifth Fleets of the Spinning Water Federation returned to the base again to carry out repairs on damaged warships and ammunition. supply.
At 0921 standard time, the cruiser formations of the 7th, 8th, 20th and 21st fleets of the Spinning Water Federation encountered enemy reconnaissance forces respectively. They fought fiercely for about an hour. Both sides lost a total of 231 warships and each broke away from contact.
At 0930 standard time, the cruiser formation of the Fifth Fleet set off again, and found traces of the enemy fleet fifteen minutes later, obtained permission and started tracking.
At 0958 standard time, the 19th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic bypassed the DPTOS7514 dark galaxy and was heading towards the Spinwater Federation frontline base.
However, because the cruiser formation under the Fifth Fleet discovered their traces in advance, the Spinwater Federation command mobilized the Fifth Fleet to intercept them.
At the same time, the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic and the main fleet of the Spinning Water Federation were only three hours away from each other by regular sailing. However, due to decision-making issues on both sides, the main fleets of the two sides did not encounter each other.
At 1012 hours standard time, the Fifth Fleet of the Spinning Water Federation met the 19th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic in the dark galaxy of DPTOS 7501, and a fleet artillery battle began.
At 1039 standard time, the main fleets of both sides each received new orders from the command headquarters to readjust their routes.
At 1102 hours standard time, the Thirteenth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic successfully bypassed the detection range of the Swirling Water Federation cruiser formation. It was later speculated that the squadron of the Third Fleet that was completely destroyed failed to complete the unmanned reconnaissance. The deployment of the network has led to gaps in the defense line.
The Thirteenth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic just entered through this gap and launched an attack on the frontline base of the Spinning Water Federation.
The attack resulted in a total of 3,200 deaths and about 500 missing, including a major general and two brigadiers who were confirmed dead.
At 1130 standard time, the Nineteenth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic, which was entangled with the Fifth Fleet of the Spin Water Federation, began to evacuate. At the same time, the Fifth Fleet of the Spin Water Federation received news that the frontline base was damaged. The Fifth Fleet was ordered to stop the pursuit and return. Forward bases move survivors to other forward bases and adjust tactics for the situation.
It can be said that at the beginning of this war, although the Red Maple Republic lost more ships, the Swirling Water Federation suffered greater losses. After a few hours, it was far from the point where we could say who would win. .
(End of this chapter)