Chapter 783 Something went wrong
782. Something went wrong
After this period of constant fighting, constant reinforcements, and constant losses, the fourth civilization’s fleet is now on the planet Terminus. There are 84 warships.
Among them are 7 Sova-class aircraft carriers, 15 Cole-class battlecruisers, 8 Higra-class battlecruisers, 4 Generous-class communications frigates, 8 Masha-class heavy cruisers, Rukli There are 3 Hooker-class battleships, a total of 45 large battleships.
In addition, there are 25 Guard-class light air defense destroyers, 12 Brown Bear-class heavy destroyers, and 2 Xingzi-class maintenance drone carriers.
On the Republic side, there are 110 large and small warships. Among them, the large battleships include 5 Cheer-class assault landing ships, 3 Invincible-class battlecruisers, 1 Prosecutor-class battlecruiser, 10 Chasseur-class battlecruisers, and 15 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, a total of 34 ships.
The others are all small and medium-sized warships such as CR-70 frigates, Corellia DP-20 gunboats, Karak-class light cruisers, and Aquitens-class light cruisers.
In general, the fleets of both sides are close in strength, and no one can do anything to the other.
In fact, the fourth civilization's fleet, under the command of Matt Horner, had already severely damaged the Republic fleet and had the advantage. However, the Republic, under the command of Wilhuff Tarkin, the Governor of the 18th Army, relied on its powerful industrial power to pull back the Republic fleet that was about to collapse by using refueling tactics.
Then they filled it directly with a large number of battleships and officers and soldiers, using lives and steel to delay time, giving the Republic fleet the opportunity to gather more battleships.
After suffering even greater losses, the Republic fleet was able to gain a foothold in the outer space of Terminus. But in Wilhuff Tarkin's words, he can completely accept the battle loss of 5 Jaeger-class ships for 1 Cole-class ship, but the question is, can the Dawn Planet do it?
Not to mention the Dawn Planet, based on the final result of this Clone War that will last for three years, even the Confederation of Independent Systems cannot afford it!
It was under such circumstances that the battle between the two sides became such a meat grinder. Almost everyone is not optimistic that the Dawn Planet can win this battle - because they are facing the Galactic Republic.
Now, Matt Horner is about to break this situation.
He wants to win!
As the Cole-class battlecruiser's 40-meter-caliber super-matter electromagnetic gun was fired, the dazzling light like the sun lit up, and the general attack began!
The fleets of both sides continued to approach and opened fire with their strongest firepower!
Fighters from both sides also took off, flying around the battlefield like locusts, pouring out missiles and proton torpedoes.
The fleet of the Galactic Republic, as usual, occupies the low-Earth orbit of the planet Terminus. On the one hand, it blocks possible orbital bombing by the Fourth Civilization Fleet, and on the other hand, it also aims to unleash the firepower of the orbital defense system on the planet.
In the past, the offensive of the Fourth Civilization Fleet would have been much more cautious, but now, their offensive is crazy! No matter the defense methods of the Republic fleet, there is only one word, attack!
While the battle in space was unfolding, in the core area of the ground battlefield, on the western outskirts of Fermos, the capital of the planet Terminus, the Army of the Fourth Civilization finally began its attack!
In the previous battle, they almost threw out almost two-thirds of the combat robots, just to cooperate with the battle plan. Therefore, now, those who launch the attack are almost all the army soldiers of the fourth civilization.
The clone army of the Galactic Republic immediately went into defense. In the past few days, they increased the number of clone soldiers defending the Fermoth battlefield to 8,000. Almost three-fifths of the clone army on the planet were Already deployed here. Coupled with more than 10,000 mercenaries, their strength can now be said to be very sufficient.
The 180mm caliber siege guns of the siege tanks roared, the cluster rockets launched by the Banshee fighter jets fell like raindrops, the Ghost fighter jets fought in the sky, and the Mastodon armored personnel carriers roared in full of army soldiers. battlefield.
This is an extremely cruel contest!
But as soon as this battle started, it suddenly changed.
When the Fourth Civilization Army launched its attack, the mercenaries who had been brave and fearless when resisting the robot army's offensive now dispersed and ran away!
This run actually does not matter to the elite clone soldiers. They have long been accustomed to fighting surrounded by powerful enemies. However, the most deadly thing is that as soon as these mercenaries escape, large gaps will be opened on the battlefield! Not only are there gaps on the ground, but there are also gaps in the air defense zones manned by mercenary spaceships!
The Army of the Fourth Civilization seemed to have known this result for a long time. Almost all their armored forces and mechanized forces were concentrated in the direction of those mercenaries!
These mechanized corps crossed at high speed, passed through the mercenary positions, formed a pincer-shaped offensive, penetrated directly behind the clone army, and headed straight for the city of Fermos!
And the Fourth Civilization Air Force, whose pressure suddenly eased, immediately seized the opportunity to launch a fierce air attack on the artillery positions of the Republic Army.
Of course all this was arranged by the Hutt gang leader, Oruba Gorensla.
With his influence in the underworld, it is definitely impossible to make those mercenaries risk their lives, break the contract and betray the Republic on the battlefield, but giving them an extra sum of money to let them escape from the battle will be a good idea. That's absolutely fine.
Being able to escape on the battlefield, not only will no one be punished, but you can also get another bounty? Where can I find such a good thing! What's more, this is an order from the Hutt gang leader, which is much more effective than administrative orders or military orders.
Those mercenaries may not listen to the Republic or the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but it is absolutely impossible not to listen to the Hutts.
The clone army realized that the situation was not good, and they immediately began to retreat in an orderly manner, trying to break through the encirclement before it closed, and returned to Fermos City to start street fighting.
These extremely elite warriors have indeed done it.
The clone soldiers first gathered their own armored troops and fought hard to block the assault of the mechanized troops of the fourth civilization. With physical fitness that was almost the limit of human beings and an instinctive fighting consciousness, they withstood the fourth civilization. The attack of the civilized mechanized troops bought valuable time for the following infantry troops.
They began to withdraw back to Fermos City one after another. Now most of the civilians in the city have been evacuated, and almost every building has been temporarily reinforced and has become a fortress.
This place, according to the plan, will become another meat grinder, a meat grinder that will bleed the blood of the Fourth Civilization Army!
However, the commanders of the Republic did not notice what the mercenaries brought with them when they came, and what they left behind when they fled...
Including this time , the Republic commander also did not notice that the mass launcher that Matt Horner had built on the satellite to launch metal garbage, following the rotation of the satellite, was now pointing towards the battlefield where the warships of both sides were strangled.
Yes, the time and place to launch the attack were carefully calculated.
Of course, the Republic commander will not care about this kind of mass launcher that is not very powerful and can only be used to throw some metal garbage at the planet. Because this thing poses no threat to battleships.
But they were wrong again. The mass launcher was not filled with cannonballs.
(End of this chapter)