Chapter 556: The bloody battle at Bespin (twelve)
554. The bloody battle at Bespin (twelve)
“General! Our landing force encountered stubborn resistance and suffered heavy losses!” Combat Staff Officer Republic Admiral McGlenn reported to the flagship with a serious look on his face.
"Give me a combat analysis immediately!" Admiral McGrane said.
The adjutant immediately projected a large amount of data and video images on the screen and said: "The separatists have set up a large number of artillery positions in Yuncheng. The artillery fire coverage of these artillery positions overlaps with each other, and there are almost no blind spots. We mobilized Airpower carried out bombings, but these self-propelled guns were highly maneuverable and, coupled with the protection of the Separatist stealth fighters, had little effect."
He switched to some more pictures and videos, and could see some of the figures, "In addition, the separatists have a well-trained army and are well-equipped. Their standard combat uniforms have good defensive capabilities and do not affect their actions. , our soldiers have seen more than once that their protective plates were hit by blasters, but they quickly stood up again. Correspondingly, although the weapons they used were projectile weapons, their initial speed was extremely fast. Capable of causing damage to our most advanced polymer alloy armor plates."
"I heard from people at Rossana Heavy Engineering that the polymer alloy armor they developed is resistant to gunpowder and current-driven projectiles. Weapons have good energy absorption and buffering effects and should not be penetrated unless the force exceeds the limit of the material." McGlenn said.
“But this is not the main reason for the defeat of our soldiers... The cooperation between the separatist soldiers and robots is very good. They often use robots to draw firepower forward, and then their own soldiers outflank them. This kind of tactical literacy far exceeds that of our army," the adjutant said, "In the end, under the order of frontline commander Rasma, we gathered more than 400 fighter jets to conduct concentrated bombing on the east side of Yuncheng, and then we grabbed a piece of it. The landing site is concentrating its efforts on delivery. Now more than 20,000 people have successfully landed, and we are increasing the delivery volume to send more AT-TE walkers. "
Admiral McGrane shook his head. He shook his head and said, "Doing this will make it impossible to take advantage of our numerical advantage in fighter jets... Because the battlefield is concentrated, the fighter jets cannot be fully deployed. However, Rasma has his own considerations and I agree. Since there is a big gap in the quality of the soldiers, then Enhancing mechanical firepower is the only option. He is the frontline commander, and I will not interfere with his decision."
"Then we..."
"We still have Jedi Knights!" Admiral McGlenn said proudly, but his eyes were no longer so firm. "Try your best to cover the ground troops. No matter what, we have the air superiority! We must destroy Cloud City's Take the top level! Use the freed fighters to strengthen the offensive against the Separatist fleet!"
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Bespin Life Zone.
In this 30-kilometer-high, tens-of-thousand-kilometer-long life zone, the fierce air battle has not stopped.
The fleet of the Fourth Civilization and the fleet of the Republic are constantly firing at each other with safe power that will not cause atmospheric damage. Although such firing is not efficient, the cumulative effect can still cause damage to the opponent's warships.
Of course, the protagonist of the battlefield has become a fighter jet.
Matt Horner dispatched almost all of his fighter jets and tried his best to fight against the overwhelmingly superior fighter group of the Galactic Republic. Moreover, the guard-class light anti-aircraft destroyers in the fleet also entered the Bespin life zone to assist the Air Force. battle.
Not only that, the anti-aircraft firepower on those floating cities was also fully activated, pouring firepower towards all approaching enemy planes.
This is an uncomfortable battle for both sides. The Republic fleet has begun to widen the gap with the Fourth Civilization fleet in artillery battles, and the number of the Fourth Civilization's Vulture robot fighters is getting smaller and smaller. The Ghost fighters and The pressure on the Spear-class and Manghan-class frigates is increasing.
Fortunately, the fourth civilization has an absolute advantage on the ground battlefield.
The Fourth Civilization has a total of 3 infantry divisions here, more than 50,000 people, as well as 700,000 B-1 combat robots and 20,000 B-2 super combat robots. Although it was an infantry division, considering the upcoming battle, Tang Xiao also strengthened this army with more than 400 siege tanks. The army training of the Fourth Civilization has been very harsh since the founding of the army. Even dozens to hundreds of soldiers die every year during training. In addition, there are a huge number of battle cases and data in the database for reference. , among the batch of talents who initially hibernated, there were also many outstanding soldiers and officers.
The later addition of Army General Xian Hui brought the training level of the Fourth Civilization Army to a higher level. Such an army is naturally unmatched by the motley army of the Republic. of.
Of course, the Republic also has an army that is comparable to the Army of the Fourth Civilization - the Clone Legion, but this army is still trapped on the planet Geonosis eating mud.
Matt Horner was also listening to reports in his flagship. Xiao Guanghua, the frontline commander of the Fourth Civilization, kept sending good news. He seemed to be able to experience the frontline in person and was in a very happy mood. He was much happier than before. The Army Chief was much better when he sat in his office all day.
At this time, Matt Horner suddenly realized that there was an extra person beside him!
He looked back suddenly, only to find Darth Malthael standing there quietly in a black cloak.
"Mr. Governor! When did you come?" Matt Horner quickly stood at attention and saluted.
He then realized that he seemed to be the only one in the entire bridge who knew that the Governor was coming. Others were busy as usual, and there were even a few staff officers who gave him strange looks as he was saluting in the air. look.
"You don't need to call me Governor, now...I am the Death Angel..." Tang Xiao said lightly, "I accept your command here, you only need to tell me when you need me to attack, Just kill the opponent’s Jedi.”
He glanced at Matt Horner, "I have felt the fear in the opponent's commander's heart. As long as we can kill the Jedi, this battle will be our victory."
Matt - Horner nodded, turned around and looked at the combat holographic projection and said: "The Jedi Knights of the Galactic Republic have been dispatched, a total of 4 of them, flying Delta-7 fighter jets. It is precisely because of the existence of the 4 of them that our Stealth fighters have suffered heavy losses. So far, they have shot down more than 30 stealth fighters. If this continues, when the stealth device runs out of energy, our ground forces will be without air support for a long time."
< br>After speaking, he thought for a while and said: "Although I don't understand the power of Mr....Mr. Nephew, but now these four Jedi Knights are still under the heavy protection of thousands of fighter jets, and they have to be killed. They are obviously in great danger."
"If there is no opportunity... create an opportunity... an opportunity that only a Jedi can seize." Darth Malthael said: "I have covered myself. They can't sense the danger from me through the force, so what you need now is to give them a chance."
Matt Horner thought for a while and said to the messenger: "Call to frontline commander Xiao Guanghua to step up the offensive! Break through the Republic's defense line at the landing site at all costs, overwhelm all robot legions, and make them feel the pressure regardless of losses! Then..."
He said proudly, "Fleet A spreads out its formation! The flagship moves forward! I will be the bait myself!"
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