Chapter 170: Battle of Malastare Fjord (3)
168. Battle of Malastal Fjord (3)
A fleet composed of 200 spaceships Assembling, these spaceships are all uniformly painted in blue and white, and are spray-painted with a gear-like logo - this is the logo of the Galactic Republic Navy.
However, even with the logo of the Galactic Republic Navy, this fleet is still extremely shabby compared to the Republic Judicial Fleet, which although in decline, still has many thousand-meter-level cruisers and heavy cruisers.
The core of the fleet is a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser. This type of battleship is 600 meters long and is the core ship type of the Judiciary Fleet. However, this Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser can clearly see that the hull is old, and it is obviously a model that has been eliminated from the main fleet.
In addition, there are 20 Consul-class cruisers and 60 CSS-1 Republic-class shuttles. The former is 115 meters long, and the latter is 80 meters long. From this perspective, having 80 spaceships of about 100 meters should be enough to defeat the motley crew of corporate alliances, most of which are small spaceships with a length of 3 to 50 meters. .
However, both the Consul-class cruiser and the CSS-1 Republic-class shuttle are actually passenger spacecraft, which are used by officials of the Republic at all levels to handle official and diplomatic affairs throughout the galaxy.
In an era when the Galactic Republic's military expenditures are shrinking day by day, and even the judicial fleet can hardly guarantee the replacement of battleships, not to mention these local defense fleets, it would be good to have a few usable ships.
So many of the huge numbers of CSS-1 and Consul-class cruisers have undergone simple modifications, adding weapon pods, and more or less gained some combat capabilities. But they are still essentially passenger spacecraft, and it is useless to expect these spacecrafts to have much combat effectiveness.
In addition, there are as many as 120 PB-950 patrol boats in the fleet. This 37-meter-long small patrol boat was a product of Corellia Engineering Company 300 years ago. Because it is cheap and practical, tens of thousands of them were produced. It belongs to the regional defense fleets of the Galactic Republic at all levels. Massive goods can be seen everywhere.
A shuttle flew into the fleet array and flew towards the 'Lord' Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser as the flagship. The cruiser hangar platform opened to welcome the shuttle as it entered.
A young general in his 30s, wearing a dark blue Republic Navy uniform and a mustache, stepped off the shuttle, gave a military salute to the captain who came to greet him, and said, "I The military observer sent by the Republic, Captain Wolf-Yularen, is here to assist you in this battle."
After Ruusan's reform, the Milky Way basically abandoned all military things. , so the military ranks of the Galactic Republic are not high at this time. As a naval captain, Wolf-Yularen can already command a small fleet. And he was directly appointed by Speaker Finis Valoran, so others had nothing to say about this appointment.
"Hello, Captain Yularen." The captain also gave a military salute, "Now that all the spaceships have been assembled, these are the only ones we can find."
"Actually, the existence of a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser is beyond my expectation. I believe that the pirates found by the Enterprise Alliance are not capable of fighting against this giant ship." Wolf-Yularen said very calmly Speaking of.
"Let's go to the bridge." The captain didn't say much and just led Yularen towards the command center of the bridge.
Out of the hangar, you can see that the spacecraft is crowded with people almost everywhere. Even if the air filter is operating at full capacity, the air is still filled with the smell of sweat and feet. Son.
Wulf-Yularen frowned slightly, but he understood the reason - this was an old model of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser. Even though this spaceship is only 600 meters long, it has as many as 16,200 crew members! Almost every valve on this battleship is so small that it needs to be manually operated, which is extremely inefficient.
So later, the Galactic Republic Army put forward improvement requirements to Rendili Interstellar Engineering Company, the manufacturer of the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser. Later, Rendili's engineers did come up with a modification plan, reducing the battleship's crew from 16,200 to 2,204, and also replaced the weapon system and energy system, greatly improving the combat effectiveness. But I don’t know what happened later. The Republic’s Judicial Fleet originally wanted to order 300 new Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, but only 100 were actually in place. No one can tell what happened in the middle. It can only be thought that a certain official ate up the price difference.
Since it is an old model of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, its combat effectiveness needs to be recalculated. Wolf-Yularen began to calculate in his mind the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two sides in this battle, simulating the battle process over and over again.
Arrived at the bridge, Wolf-Yularen carefully counted the number of spaceships in the fleet, "20 Consul-class ships, 60 Republic-class ships, 100 PB-950s, and 1 Dreadnought-class ship. ...Where are the carrier-based aircraft? "
"Our Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser carries 12 Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets. This is all our carrier-based aircraft," the captain said.
Yularen nodded, "The Z-95 Headhunter fighter jet has excellent performance and is definitely enough to deal with those pirates and bounty hunters' spaceships. I have a battle plan..."
He began to arrange his own warships on the holographically projected star map, while saying: "Because our main spacecraft, the Consul-class cruiser and the Republic-class shuttle are both modified transport ships, there is actually not much of a problem in terms of firepower, but these ships are the largest Its weakness is its lack of flexibility, so what we need is to keep a distance, rely on 12 Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets to protect the integrity of our battleship line, and then destroy the opponent with powerful frontal firepower!”
The captain nodded and said: "Okay, you are the commander of this battle, and I agree with your judgment."
Yularen added: "In addition, according to our intelligence, the Enterprise Alliance spent a lot of time Among the pirates and mercenaries hired by the price, there is a large number of Sikudian pirates. I have fought with these pirates before. They have a lot of ships, but their combat effectiveness is very weak. In fact, these ships. If the modified ship were not extremely adaptable to the Sikudians, it would be impossible to drive it. If it were a human being, he would have died on the ship."
The captain said: "I understand what you mean, if the war situation changes. If it becomes a melee, then the situation will definitely be unfavorable to us, but we have a Dreadnaught class and 80 large ships that are 100 meters long. With our superior firepower, the rabble cannot organize at all, and we have a sure chance of victory."
"Yes. The Enterprise Alliance will also have spaceships to participate, but their largest spaceship should be the 200-meter-long fantail-class destroyer. This kind of warship has average performance, and the Enterprise Alliance does not dare to mass-produce it. The most important thing Yes, I don’t think a group of businessmen will fight,” Wolf-Yularen said confidently.
"Hahaha! It seems that you are confident. In this case, I have nothing to worry about!"
"That's it. Hand over the battle plan to the captains of each ship and prepare to set off!" Captain Wolf-Yularen issued the order with great ambition.
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[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser. 】
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 2: Captain Wolf-Yularen. 】
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(End of this chapter)