Chapter 914: Battle of the West: Radical Strategy
913, Battle of the West: Radical Strategy
The droidtri-fighter is a product of CollaDesigns and Ford, a subsidiary of the Technology Alliance. Jointly designed by Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries and produced on the industrial world planet Korra IV.
The original intention of designing this fighter is to have a robot fighter with stronger firepower and faster speed to deal with the powerful ARC-170 heavy fighter of the Galactic Republic.
The triple robot fighter is equipped with one heavy laser cannon and three light laser cannons, and is also equipped with 12 concussion missiles. In order to meet the huge energy needs, the fighter jets are not even equipped with shields. This kind of fighter is extremely fast, and its steering flexibility is slightly inferior to that of the Vulture Robot Fighter, but its firepower is more than one level higher.
This is a very successful design. A triple robot fighter is 5.4 meters long and costs less than 30,000 credits. Compared to the Vulture robot fighter, which is 3.6 meters long and costs 19,000 credits, both the volume and the cost increase. It's not much, but the improvement in combat effectiveness is a leap.
Because the firepower of the Vulture robot fighter is difficult to pose a threat to the ARC-170 heavy fighter, but the triple robot fighter can easily do so.
And the results shown in this battle, the Republic's V-19 Torrent light fighter is no match for them at all!
As a core member of the Confederation of Independent Systems, and in addition to the upcoming attack on the planet Eriadu, this new type of fighter jet, whose output is currently not high, has also been prioritized for deployment to the Dawn Planet.
Now over the planet Marastal, a large number of triple robot fighters have caused heavy damage to the Republic fighter group. When the Republic's fighter jets entered the effective range and could threaten those Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, they had already shot down more than 500 of them by anti-aircraft firepower and triple robot fighters!
The Republic fighter jets that broke into the atmosphere were like countless meteor showers falling from the sky. The friction of the air caused the fighter jets to be surrounded by flames.
Immediately afterwards, a larger sea of fire suddenly appeared in the sky!
Rolling fire clouds are constantly churning in the sky, and the burning atmosphere is constantly emitting scorching energy. This is a flame produced by friction when a huge object enters the atmosphere at high speed.
Then the clouds were penetrated, and three 794-meter-long Cheer-class assault landing ships flew down. After reaching a suitable altitude, the hangar door opened, and hundreds of LAATs full of clone soldiers were revealed. /I Assault transport boats descended from the sky and made a forced landing under the cover of fire from battleships and fighter jets.
The clone troopers were divided into three battle groups and landed around Pixel City.
Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and clone commander CC-2224 Cody led the 212th Assault Regiment to land in the north of the city. The clone soldiers quickly established a temporary position using portable shield generators and immediately began to form combat teams. Heading towards the interior of Pixel City.
More cargo LAAT/C transport boats followed, transporting more armored units from the battleships, such as AT-TE all-terrain tactical assault walkers, TX-130 Saber-class battle tanks, AV-7 self-propelled artillery, Swoop-G hover motorcycle, etc.
After the AT-TE walker was in place, the clone troopers skillfully deployed the heavy howitzer on the back of the walker, established a long-range fire position, and then conducted the first round of the city area that had been identified as occupied by the separatists. Fire coverage.
In the sky, groups of triple robot fighters, after getting rid of the entanglement of the Republic's escort fighter jets, swooped down towards the Republic's artillery position, launching a ruthless and indiscriminate bombardment.
"General! Our landing site has been established, and artillery positions have been set up at coordinates G-9, H-11, and J-4. Next, our transport aircraft will mainly transport ammunition. "Clone Commander CC-2224 Cody came over to report to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Obi-Wan Kenobi picked up his telescope and looked at the war-torn Pixel City in the distance. He then looked at a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser in front of him that was adjusting its direction and flying towards him. He shook his head and said, "Inform the battleship that we We can't build a landing site here, we must first advance to the outskirts of Pixel City! Do you see that factory? Let our AT-TE advance in that direction immediately!" "Yes!" Cody gave a military salute.
Obi-Wan looked at the telescope again, frowning, "This Dreadnought seems to have a slightly different shape... Has it been modified by the Separatists?"
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At the same time, in the outer space of Malastar planet, Pixel City is in synchronous orbit.
"Master Cape, our landing force has successfully entered the ground. The first batch of 8,000 clone soldiers have landed from three directions. The progress is going smoothly." Obi-Wan Kenobi's holographic projection appeared and he said.
Commander-in-Chief Cape Xie, standing on the bridge of the flagship, nodded, "However, the air battlefield is still a hidden danger. Currently, the separatist warships are still at high altitudes, and their combat targets are still our fighter jets. , but there is no guarantee that they will adjust their strategy to target our ground forces."
"The Air Force is doing its best to fight, but it is indeed very difficult for the new triple robot fighter used by the separatists. The number is 2,000. This kind of fighter is very advanced. With the firepower of their warships, it is difficult for us to gain an advantage. "The projection of Jedi Master Luminara Anduri appeared in the communication, and she is now on the fighter.
Kep-Xie thought for a while and said: "We cannot let the separatist warships continue to threaten our combat plan! I will let the main formation approach the planet 50,000 kilometers away and intensify the bombardment."
"This is too dangerous." Obi-Wan Kenobi said: "Our warships can only fire at safe power in space, but the Separatist warships don't have so many concerns about aiming in the direction of space."< br>
"Fighters are our main force, and we must gain air superiority on the ground battlefield. How long will the assault teams at the North and South Poles last?" Kep-Xie continued to ask.
The projections of two other Jedi Knights appeared, and they reported: "The Antarctic assault team is expected to contact the four Separatist Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers in one hour, and we have already launched our fighter jets."
"The Arctic Assault Team is expected to make contact in 37 minutes. Our fighter jets are fighting the separatists, but the threat from the opponent's triple fighter jets is too great. Considering the plan for continued operations, we have not made the fighter formations more aggressive. "
Kep-Xie said seriously: "A radical strategy must be adopted! Before the separatist warships bombard our ground troops, their combat formations must be broken up!"
"Yes! ! ”
Cape Xie looked at the holographic battlefield map and said to himself in a deep voice: "If you just delay time in the atmosphere, then your strategy will undoubtedly fail... The famous general who shocked the entire Republic, Severance- Tann, that’s not all you have, right?”
(End of Chapter)