Chapter 644: The Battle of Christophersis (8)
642. The Battle of Christophersis (8)
“Investigate the origin of this fleet immediately!” Woolf-Yularen the admiral snapped.
An intelligence officer on the battleship immediately began to look through the records, then raised his head and said: "There is no news. All the border posts between us and the separatists have not detected hyperspace navigation records of this scale. Moreover, there is no feedback from insiders about which fleet has recently left the station."
"Recover all fighter jets and start resupplying them immediately. The pilots will take turns to rest, and the shields will be recirculated and the main guns will be kept charged. Status." Wolf-Yularen pondered for a moment and gave the order, "Report the news of our encounter with the unknown separatist fleet to the Supreme Strategic Command."
"Calculate the direction in which the enemy ship is coming." Obi-Wan Kenobi suddenly remembered something and asked.
"It should be... from the planet Tatooine." The radar soldier hesitated and answered.
"Planet Tatooine? Didn't it mean that the Hutts had closed all hyperspace channels? Even after we rescued Gardura, they were only willing to open it for a month." Wu Wolf Yularen was a little surprised.
"Leave these matters to diplomacy. We are only dealing with the enemies in front of us." Obi-Wan Kenobi said in a deep voice, connected to his apprentice's communication and said: "An Najin! The Separatists have sent reinforcements! They may have more conspiracies, so don’t act rashly.”
Then, under the command of Admiral Wulf-Yularen, the Republic Fleet began. Recycling formation. After a series of fierce battles before, they still have 18 Jaeger-class battlecruisers and 12 Aquitens-class light cruisers, more than 7,600 fighter jets, and more than 400 bombers.
At this moment, Admiral Trench's fleet, huddled in the shadow of the satellite next to the planet Christophsis, only has 14 Higra-class battlecruisers, 3 Generosity-class communications frigates, 3 Defiant-class light destroyers, and 5 Luxury destroyers. The Kerry Hook-class battleship, and the Divinity-class destroyer that served as his flagship.
As for the Vulture robot fighter planes, there is no one left. There are only more than 100 that have all entered the atmosphere of the planet Christophsis and are used to cover ground troops in combat.
Compared with the fleet that came after the war and subsequent support, Admiral Trench's fleet only had less than half of its strength, which was extremely miserable.
A moment later, white light flashed violently, and 20 large battleships left the hyperspace channel and suddenly appeared in the universe.
Among these warships, 10 are stubby in shape, with a small bow and a large stern, which look like a convex character; while the other 10 warships are larger and longer, with a flat bow. It looks like an I-shaped battleship, and these battleships are even larger than the Jaeger-class.
"Scanning completed, 10 warships are 940 meters long, and the other 10 warships are 1,300 meters long! The model is unknown!" the radar soldier said loudly.
Admiral Wolf-Yularen looked at the image returned by the sensor and frowned, "What type of warship is this? Immediately notify the intelligence department for comparison! Send an order to each ship to disperse into G Battle formation, fire!”
The eight twin main guns on the Jaeger-class battlecruiser are ready to fire instantly! Red blaster beams poured down like raindrops.
The opponent was obviously on guard, and began to adjust their formation to become more dense, and also fired back.
"The enemy ship formation has been adjusted to a dense bombardment formation!" the combat staff officer said loudly.
"It seems that they don't have many fighters and can only rely on close formations to cover each other and maximize the power of the battleship's main guns." Wolf-Yularen frowned, "In this case, inform all ships, Prepare to take off the fighter jets!"
"The separatist fleet has also moved, they are beginning to move towards reinforcements!"
"Those are incomplete warships and are not a threat! "Reinforcements." Wolf-Yularen commanded the battle calmly, "The first wave of fighters, set off to test!"
The Jaeger-class battlecruisers at the rear of the array deployed their bows. On the huge hangar platform, thousands of V-19 Torrent light fighters took off one after another. In groups of four fighters, they flew straight over like locusts. At the same time, the firepower of the opponent's 20 warships also fell on the Republic fleet. Strong ripples suddenly flashed on the shields of the warships hit by laser and artillery fire.
"Report the damage immediately! Calculate the power of the opponent's main gun!" Wolf-Yularen gave the order.
Obi-Wan Kenobi said from the side: "General Yularen, the command will be left to you. I will also lead a fighter squadron to attack. I always have some bad premonitions. It seems that this 20 battleships is not simple.”
After saying that, he quickly ran towards the hangar.
Along the way, rows of clone troopers wearing black pilot uniforms can be seen lining up and heading towards the hangar. Now as more and more clone troopers join the battle, many fighter pilots have been replaced by clone pilots. They are more skilled and calmer in situations of trouble. Almost every one of them can be said to be an ace pilot.
Obi-Wan Kenobi came to the hangar, said hello to the captain of his direct squadron, jumped on the Delta-7 fighter jet and took off from the hangar, flying straight out at lightning speed.
At the same time, an intelligence officer quickly ran to Admiral Wolf-Yularen and said: "General, the Intelligence Department has completed the comparison. The name of that stubby battleship should be the Martha-class heavy cruiser. The latest new type of battleship produced by Dawn Planet. And the information about another large battleship with a length of 1,300 meters is unknown!"
"Martha class..." Wolf-Yularen repeated the name, "These battleships Although they have been firing since just now, their firepower is very sparse...Looking at this shape, is it a transport ship? But why is it called a heavy cruiser?"
He thought for a while and decided to go first. Let's take a look. The first batch of 1,100 fighter jets has taken off. Let's test the opponent's situation now.
"The enemy warships began to slow down!"
"They stopped!"
"There is a strong energy reaction at the front end of the enemy's large unknown warship! There is obvious energy storage!" Radar soldiers continued to report.
Wulf-Yularen's heart tightened and he said loudly: "Instruct all ships to increase the forward shield output!"
"The fighter group still has 140 seconds to engage the enemy!"< br>
"The enemy Masha-class heavy cruiser has changed, wait a minute..."
"It's a missile launcher!" The radar soldier enlarged the sensor image and yelled, "A large number of missiles are launched Equipment! Visually, there are...140 groups on each Martha-class heavy cruiser! Different sizes and specifications! This is...a guided missile cruiser!"
Wolf-Yularen only felt a stream of cold water pouring down from head to toe. As a general, his instinct told him... something bad was going on!
The battlefield can no longer give him time to think...
The 1,100 fighter jets of the Republic Fleet are constantly approaching this newly emerged separatist fleet.
At this moment, dense missiles were fired from the densely packed missile launchers on the 10 Martha-class heavy cruisers!
In almost just one minute, 10 Masha-class heavy cruisers launched thousands of missiles!
These missiles did not aim at any target, but dispersed directly, flew directly into an airspace, and then...
Detonated! !
(End of this chapter)