Chapter 1303. Rendili’s Ending (Part 2)
1303. Rendili’s Ending (Part 2)
Up to this point in the battle, the technical data of the Conqueror-class battleship is actually very important to the Galactic Republic. It is very clear. Including data such as the number of main guns, main gun power, and shield capacity, relatively accurate data can be obtained quickly after repeated scanning on the battlefield.
The data of the high-energy directional ion pulse cannon, the most important technical parameter of the Conqueror-class battleship, has also been recorded.
After all, the two super battleships, the Fang and the Plague, cast a huge shadow on the Galactic Republic. Therefore, in order to speed up the construction of the second Conqueror-class ship Destruction without much modification in all aspects, many data are also very clear to the Republic military.
In particular, the Republic's military has also mastered these key data through multiple studies and scans, including the range, rate of fire, and pulse wave diffusion speed and range of the ion pulse cannon.
It should be noted that the high-energy directional ion pulse cannon used by the Conqueror-class battleship is not actually a light-speed weapon. The name of this weapon is preceded by 'directional', which is actually a definition of the weapon's attributes. The electromagnetic pulse itself is diffusive, but if you want to make it directional, you need magnetic field confinement.
So in fact, the flight speed of the pulse emitted by the directional ion pulse cannon is equal to the moving speed of the electromagnetic field, which is actually not fast. At least in the hands of a top Jedi like Anakin Skywalker, he could still escape by driving the spacecraft to maximum acceleration.
So in the battles near the planet Rendili in the past few days, Lieutenant General Trinald Skarrid calculated the range of the opponent's Destruction battleship's directional ion pulse cannon to carry out operations. , and it works repeatedly. As soon as the Destruction fired, he outflanked it, forcing the opponent's warships to retreat to cover the Destruction.
After all, the biggest weakness of the Conqueror-class is that it has a large number of main guns but insufficient power. At the same time, the number of carrier-based aircraft is small, making it difficult to cope with the bombing of a large-scale fighter group.
For a time, even when facing Severance Tann, a famous general who made the Galactic Republic military blush, Scared felt confident. He began to think that it was not that Tann was too strong, but that Because the genius himself has not had a fair chance to compete with Tann on the same stage.
Now the opportunity has come, and under direct confrontation, it seems that Tann is nothing more than that.
So this time, Lieutenant General Skarrid was well-prepared for the sudden change in Rendili's defense fleet. He did have the strength to match his confidence, and he immediately judged that the opponent's change of formation should focus on the two sides of the formation. It seemed that he wanted to deal with his own side when the Destruction's ion pulse cannon opened fire. Tactical maneuver.
"All battleships, keep their distance and maneuver to the right wing! They want to divide their forces into two wings, so I will focus on attacking one side!" Lieutenant General Skared said sternly, "Crosso! Your position Unable to evade! Stop moving forward immediately, supply all energy to deflector shields and anti-pulse devices, and prepare to resist the impact! "
"Yes!"
However, just when he gave the order and his Republic Task Force began to maneuver tactically, a sudden change occurred!
Suddenly an extremely bright flash lit up!
"General! The enemy ship Destruction's ion pulse cannon has been detected and fired!!" A soldier in the sensing department screamed. "What?!" Scared was shocked, rushed over, grabbed the soldier's hair and asked loudly: "According to the previous scan results, what is the charging rate of the Destruction's ion pulse cannon?!"
"If the Destruction were charging at its previous rate, they haven't even finished charging yet!" the soldier quickly replied.
"Fire when it's half charged?" Scared suddenly had an ominous premonition, and he suddenly thought, "Wait a minute! If it was only half charged, then the Destruction's steering did not turn to our expected direction. Judge’s position! Recalculate immediately!”
However, before he could finish his words, suddenly an extremely dazzling light came from all the portholes of the battleship! Immediately afterwards, all the electronic systems in the Knight-class Star Destroyer he was on began to flash violently!
"Asshole! The Destruction is coming in my direction! Increase the energy supply of the anti-pulse system immediately!" Lieutenant General Scared said loudly.
Before he finished speaking, he only saw the adjutant pointing at the holographic combat star map and saying: "General! Something is wrong! The opponent's fleet formation has changed!"
Scarrid Zhong The general turned around suddenly and saw that on the holographic combat star map, the situation of both fleets had completely changed!
According to the previous changes in the formations of the fleets of both sides, the Rendili defense fleet is unfolding the battleships into a four-claw shape with the Destruction as the core, while the Republic fleet is continuously spreading out the battleships and maneuvering all the battleships to one side.
If this trend develops, then it is very likely that one wing of the Rendili defense fleet suffered a concentrated attack from the Republic fleet, and had to call back warships from several other directions to assist, so that the formation was once again If they were disrupted, their plan to attack the Republic fleet with the Destruction's powerful directional ion pulse cannon would once again fail.
But now, the Destruction opened fire earlier than expected! At this time, the Destruction's turn was not completed. It was actually leaning to the other side of the Republic fleet formation. At the same time, the Rendili Defense Fleet battleship, which had seemed a bit messy in organizing the attack, at this moment But they have all unknowingly entered a completely different attack position!
And while the Destruction opened fire, the Rendili defense fleet assembled the 5 most powerful warships-4 Victory I-class Star Destroyers and the one previously captured by Darth Malthael. A Knight-class Star Destroyer directly launched a surprise attack on the Republic fleet! And the route they took to launch the raid was the attack range of the ion pulse cannon that Skarrid and the others initially expected!
Now as the ion pulse cannon fires before it is fully charged, the attack range is also reduced, which is equivalent to the direction in which these five Star Destroyers began to attack, which is exactly the direction that the Republic warships had previously avoided!
They pierced directly into the formation of the Republic's special service fleet like a sharp sword, and restricted the movement of the Republic's flagship with ion pulse cannons.
The formation of the Republic Fleet was divided into two. About one-third of the warships were blocked by the Rendili Defense Fleet, while the remaining two-thirds of the warships were still moving towards the original plan. The direction is moving forward, getting further and further away from the battlefield! If they want to support them, they must first complete the U-turn, and the other warships of Rendili Defense Fleet obviously cannot let them leave so easily!
Destruction is firing on all cylinders! 500 medium-sized turbolaser cannons poured out firepower crazily at the two Knight-class Star Destroyers on the Republic fleet! The 4 Victory I-class ships and 1 captured Knight-class ship aimed at the 6 lone Chasseur-class battlecruisers and opened fire fiercely!
In the direction of the main gun position above the Knight-class Star Destroyer, the 20 heavy turbolaser cannon turrets on the starboard side began to turn, aiming at one of the Jaeger-class ships! As for the Chasseur-class, which is facing the enemy, only 4 turrets in this direction can fight back!
Following the captain's order, the 20 odd-numbered heavy guns on the starboard side of the Knight-class turret opened fire! 5 seconds later, the even-numbered turret fired another salvo!
Two main gun volleys were fired, and the powerful power instantly shattered the Jaeger-level deflector shield!
At the same time, the Destruction battleship also deployed 180 turrets to aim in this direction. Although the densely packed medium-sized turbolaser cannons had limited damage to the deflector shield, they could not damage the single layer of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser. As far as armor is concerned, it can have a very significant effect!
Under the continuous bombing, countless balls of fire exploded from the top of the Jaeger-class ship. The port side main gun position was destroyed, a large hole was blown out of the hangar platform, and thick smoke billowed out. The battleship began to try to turn and escape, but in the chaos, it crashed into another Jaeger-class ship!
(End of this chapter)