Chapter 1518. Battle of Ennaco (1)
1518. Battle of Ennaco (1)
Admiral Kourney took a deep breath and looked at the documents in front of him, "Well ...Launch an orbital bombing on the planet Ennako...Then the Trade Federation can use this as a reason to strangle the Xuanwu in terms of supplies. You must know that the Xuanwu Titan battleship consumes a very huge amount of supplies and fuel every day. Numbers, in this way, we can force the Xuanwu to leave."
"Don't you think this plan is a bit tricky?" Lynch Hauser said.
“It’s not a child’s play... Because we have to launch an orbital bombardment against the heavily guarded planet Ennako, even within the plan, we may lose at least 10 capital ships. And according to the plan, we will Launch an attack first, and then the Trade Federation will put pressure on the Xuanwu, requiring the Xuanwu to take the preservation of their industry on the planet as its main operational goal, and then they will create loopholes in the defense to give us an opportunity for orbital bombing." The admiral said, "And after the orbital bombing, the Trade Federation will send a large number of transport ships in and out of the vicinity of the planet on the pretext of rescuing civilians and industries on the planet, creating hyperspace fluctuations, making the waterways congested, and making it impossible to transport military supplies in time. At least. , I think this plan is feasible.”
"There are too few factors that we can control in this planning process." Lynch-Hauser said, "What if Lott-Dude suddenly changes his mind? Do we have the ability to counterattack? By then, our fleet will have already Entering the planet Ennaco, you can't retreat even if you want to."
"But he asked our three Commander II-class dreadnoughts not to enter the planet Ennaco immediately... If so. From the perspective that he wants to trap us, shouldn't he first ask three Commander II-class ships to enter the planet Ennaco, and then be destroyed first without support?" Admiral Kourney said, "And we have also preserved the evidence of his meeting with Lot Dude. Once we make this evidence public, I guarantee that he will not be able to get out of Coruscant alive."
Seeing that Lynch Hauser was still a little hesitant , Admiral Kourney continued: "There is no time to hesitate! This is the only thing we can do. Chancellor Palpatine's instructions for us to launch an attack are becoming more and more frequent. He is about to lose his patience. Do it. We can do everything we can, and leave the rest to fate."
Lynch Hauser raised his eyebrows, "I would rather believe in the force, but it's useless to say this now. The Jedi are all traitors."
He paused, his expression finally firmed up, "Let's start! Inform the first task force and go!"
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Several Trade Federation spaceships quietly came to the Vanderhem planet in another direction, and secretly handled the handover with the 17th Army. Next, they only need to wait for the battle on the other side to break out, and the Trade Federation can legitimately take the planet as its own.
Lot Dude, the representative of the Trade Alliance, expressed great satisfaction with this. Then, with an order from Lynch Hauser, the Governor of the 17th Army, on May 34, the main fleet of the 17th Army The first task force set off from the spaceport on the planet Naboo, entered the hyperspace channel, and headed straight for the planet Ennaco!
The Battle of Ennaco breaks out!
The First Task Force of the 17th Army includes 5 Knight-class Star Destroyers, 20 Chasseur-class battlecruisers, 20 Aquitens-class light cruisers, and 20 DP-20 anti-aircraft gunships , 50 CR-70 frigates.
This is already a very huge force!
But at the same time, it is also the most scientific level of the number of warships that can pass through the hyperspace channel from the planet Naboo to the planet Ennako at one time - neither the hyperspace fluctuations caused by reaching the limit of the number will affect the connection. The navigation ships that came down were not too small to threaten the Ennaco planet where the Titan battleship Xuanwu was stationed.
After the First Task Force arrived at the planet Ennako, they found that the separatist Titan battleship Xuanwu was setting up defenses around the space port on the outer edge of the planet.
The planet Ennako is the cargo distribution center of the Trade Federation, so it has a very large spaceport. But don't think this is an advantage, because this kind of civilian loading and unloading spaceport is not equipped with deflector shields.
And because of its extremely large scale, it is often divided into several loading and unloading areas, and each loading and unloading area requires complete storage and logistics facilities, which results in a very fragile structure. General Kourney's plan is to first raid the Trade Federation's spaceport to attract the attention of the Xuanwu Titan battleship, and then use the reinforcements that arrive next to seize the opportunity to conduct orbital bombing of the planet.
The location for the orbital bombing has also been selected. There is a large warehouse of the Trade Federation, and this warehouse really stores a large amount of materials.
According to Lot-Dude, only by causing real losses in this way can he proceed with the next action.
At this moment, the [|]-shaped huge body of the Ankeron-class Titan battleship Xuanwu is in front of the Trade Federation spaceport. Nearby are 4 Sova-class aircraft carriers and 12 Cole-class battleships. Cruisers, 5 Dunov-class battlecruisers, and a battle formation of 10 Apocalypse-class light cruisers.
Through the sensor screen, looking at the huge Titan battleship that looked a bit dazzling under the light of stars, Kabayo, the commander of the First Task Force of the 17th Army of the Republic, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
What is in front of him is the super battleship Xuanwu that has made the entire Galactic Republic blush!
Cabayor knew very well that with his own strength, it was impossible to cause any damage to the separatist fleet supported by the Xuanwu Titan battleship.
But he must move forward!
Just like the name of his fleet - the task force, to put it bluntly, it is the cannon fodder fleet.
But because of his loyalty to the Galactic Republic, Kabayo still led his troops resolutely!
Loyalty is actually not lacking in this Galactic Republic.
"Avoid the opponent's Titan warships and attack the Trade Federation's spaceport!" Kabayo gave an order, and the Republic task force began to advance and began to fire heavy turbolaser cannons at the extreme range.
The Titan battleship Xuanwu also started to move immediately. I saw this battleship began to take the initiative to greet it, and a burst of red light emitted from the hull on both sides of the battleship. Immediately afterwards, under the effect of the group shield, the shield of the entire fourth civilization fleet was strengthened!
Under such a solid defense, it is absolutely impossible for the Republic fleet to cause damage to the warships here.
But this time, the task force’s target is the spaceport!
boom! boom! boom! As several rounds of heavy turbolaser cannons hit, a loading dock in the spaceport that bore the brunt of the explosion immediately began to disintegrate in the explosion.
As if angered by this attack, the Titan battleship Xuanwu directly increased its power and charged forward!
(End of this chapter)