Chapter 1046. The Second Battle of the Model Sector (1)
1045. The Second Battle of the Model Sector (1)
Time: 21BBY, June 27.
Location: The outer ring of the Milky Way, the Western Territory, the Model Region, the Zuma Sector, the Kuna Star Cluster, and the outer orbit of the Kuna Fang Planet.
Twenty Jaeger-class battlecruisers are moving in orbit outside the planet. They perform their respective duties and begin to clean up the Gaussian automatic defense platform set up on the periphery of the planet. They also begin to deploy a blockade defense line using the planet's equator as the baseline.
The main gun group under the Jaeger-class bridge continued to fire, and blue turbine laser beams continued to shoot out, causing ripples on the shield of the Gauss weapon platform. Then the shield shattered, and after violent explosions, the weapon The platform disintegrated into countless fragments.
The naval officers and soldiers of the Galactic Republic are now very familiar with the Gauss weapon platform widely used by the Fourth Civilization. This kind of weapon platform is a disgusting thing - it is small and has no maneuverability. It has two 500mm caliber heavy electromagnetic cannons, two 8-link missile launchers, and two close-in defense laser cannons.
The firepower of these weapon platforms is simply insignificant for a large battleship like the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, but it would be very annoying if there are too many.
Especially after the Fourth Civilization upgraded the target downlink and networked the fire control systems of the Gaussian weapon platforms around all the planets, this made them a greater threat. Sometimes the combat computers of these weapon platforms They will even directly use those two main guns to lock onto the fighter jets!
And don’t tell me, under the coordinated control of those advanced central control hosts built on the planet, the fighter pilots of the Republic will be hit accidentally. Once these overloaded 1,000-G, 1.8-ton shells are hit, the fighter jet will fall apart and not even a single part can be retrieved.
And this kind of weapon platform is actually very cheap to build. It is mainly made up of outdated technologies, and all the advanced gadgets are in the ground command center. Therefore, there are basically at least 3,400 Gauss weapon platforms around the planets controlled by the fourth civilization. Some core planets, such as the planet Havin, are even densely packed with thousands of them!
The ammunition load of each Gauss defense platform is not high, with 20 electromagnetic artillery shells, 48 missiles and two sets of laser batteries. Anyway, if you can throw out all these ammunition during the battle, you will win.
Of course, the naval officers and soldiers of the Galactic Republic have also figured out countermeasures. They usually do not take off fighter jets, but directly use battleships to attack them. It will take a little more time at most, but they can always clean up these weapon platforms with almost no damage. .
Now, more than 400 Gauss weapon platforms outside the Fang of Kuna planet are gradually being cleared, and then after a gap appears in the defense line, the Republic fleet launches a landing operation.
Because there is no Cheer-class assault landing ship, it is still very troublesome for the Republic fleet to land. They must let the Jaeger-class battlecruiser enter the atmosphere, and then use a large number of LAAT assault transport boats to repeatedly transport soldiers.
Therefore, the first two Jaeger-class ships to enter the atmosphere carried almost no land forces. They were loaded with hundreds of LAAT assault transport boats and an equal number of fighter jets. After entering the atmosphere, they released all fighter jets to seize air superiority, and let all LAAT fly out to bomb ground targets under the cover of fighter jets.
After this, the Jaeger class full of clone soldiers will continue to enter the atmosphere, and then those LAATs that stayed in the atmosphere first will transport the soldiers to the ground to form positions. Letting the battleship land directly on the ground is an option that is simply impossible to consider. Just the consumption of repeatedly entering and exiting the atmosphere is enough to make the Republic fleet commander Theoste feel pain, not to mention the energy consumed by landing and taking off again is almost 5 times that of entering and exiting the atmosphere!
On the Fang of Kuna planet, the army of the Fourth Civilization’s Model Sector Legion finally put up a very determined resistance.
A large number of vulture robot fighters took to the sky, competing with the Republic fleet for air supremacy in the atmosphere. And the anti-aircraft firepower deployed on the planet was also in full force. Countless missiles, lasers and artillery fired continuously into the sky. Countless explosions and flames almost illuminated the entire sky red.
There is only one orbital defense cannon on the planet, which is also constantly firing at the Republic fleet outside the atmosphere. This is also the main target of the Republic army.
The Jaeger-class battlecruiser that entered the atmosphere flew directly against the anti-aircraft firepower on the planet's surface, and used the battleship's main gun to continuously bomb the position of the orbital defense cannon, and finally completely destroyed the cannon. destroy. The battleship's shields were also severely hit by ground fire, and it had to climb back out of the atmosphere in an emergency.
On the Fang of Kuna planet, the resistance of the Model Sector Legion of the Fourth Civilization is crazy! They knew very well that the Republic fleet's ability to project ground power was limited, so they organized a quick reaction force, riding in a transport spaceship converted from a cargo ship. As soon as they found where the Republic troops were landing, they would immediately rush over and use their absolute numerical superiority to clone the Republic. The army launched an attack.
Master Yoda responded immediately. He sent an additional ARC-170 fighter squadron from the battleships in outer orbit to enter the atmosphere, and then conducted concentrated bombing of the airports and spaceports on the Fang of Kuna. , intending to destroy the opponent's global delivery capability, and then concentrate its forces to establish a stable landing site 300 kilometers away from the planet's capital, Noire City, and concentrate its forces to gain a firm foothold first.
This strategy achieved very good results. After a quick reaction force of the Model Sector Corps exchanged fire with the Republic clone army, their transport ship was destroyed by an ARC-170 heavy fighter that suddenly fell from the sky. As a result Instead, they themselves became a lone force and were completely defeated by the Republic clone army, which was constantly supported by the air, and suffered heavy casualties.
After destroying all the airports and spaceports on the planet of Kuna's Fang, at least on the surface, Blackhorn City became an isolated city. Although there are still a large number of troops on the planet, they lack transportation power and cannot come for reinforcements in a short time. At this time, the number of clone troops landing has increased to 20,000, and they began to attack the Model sector troops who came to attack. counterattacked.
The clone troops once again exerted extremely strong combat effectiveness. Even though the number of Model sector troops gathered here to try to launch an attack while their footing was not stable was close to 50,000, they still held their position firmly and continued to attack. After launching a counterattack, it only took 2 hours to completely defeat the opponent.
The army in the Model sector collapsed, with more than 15,000 casualties, and the rest basically surrendered.
At this moment, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed from the periphery of the Fang of Kuna planet, and then a fleet jumped out of hyperspace and arrived here.
Volgograd-The main fleet in the hands of Kanidi finally appeared!
(End of this chapter)