Chapter 1519, Battle of Ennaco (Two and Three)
1519, Battle of Ennaco (Two and Three)
“Fire! Fire! Fire!!!!” Commander of the Republic Task Force Kabayo roared loudly.
The five Knight-class Star Destroyers are at full firepower. Each Star Destroyer is equipped with 60 twin-mounted XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons. Together, this is 600 cannons! Compared to the Chasseur-class battlecruiser, which only has eight twin-mounted main guns, one Knight-class Star Destroyer has the firepower of eight Chasseur-class ships!
A salvo of 600 heavy-duty turbolaser cannons was so powerful that it was literally devastating.
Because the heaven and earth in the traditional sense, that is, the planet's atmosphere and surface rock and soil, are absolutely unable to withstand this level of bombing!
However, when such firepower fell on the Titan battleship Xuanwu, it disappeared without a trace, just like a mud cow entering the sea.
A faint green light emitted around the Xuanwu Titan battleship. When the turbo laser cannon passed through this light green light, the energy was directly neutralized in large quantities, and finally fell on the battleship as if it was being tickled. There was not even a ripple on the deflector shield.
"Bastard..." Kabayo was sweating now, clenching his fists. He knew that even if there were 5 of the Republic's latest Knight-class Star Destroyers in his army, it would be impossible for him to do so. It's Xuanwu's opponent!
Compared with the previous Battle of Eriadu System, the current Commander of the Republic Fleet has long given up all illusions after a long period of simulation and research. The Xuanwu cannot be shaken. Therefore, they will not have any illusions about taking any advantage on the Xuanwu.
But now, Kabayo had to bite the bullet and let his fleet rush forward and fight the Xuanwu head-on.
The five Knight-class Star Destroyers were still firing wildly. Countless flames exploded on the Xuanwu's shield, but the opponent remained motionless!
"Take off the fighter jets!" Kabayo gave the order.
The Jaeger-class battlecruiser, which had been ready for departure, immediately unfolded its hangar platform, and a large number of combat secrets took off densely.
But the hulls on both sides of the Xuanwu once again emitted a dazzling red light, and then the electronic equipment and energy equipment of almost all warships in the Republic fleet were interfered with at the same time! Not only that, the outer shells of those fighter jets also began to erode.
"It's the destruction matrix!! Let the fighter formations disperse as soon as possible!" Kabayo said loudly.
The Destruction Matrix is a very powerful electromagnetic interference field. It can not only interfere with the electronic systems of enemy warships, reduce energy output and weapon charging efficiency, but also cause continuous erosion of the armor of enemy warships. destroy.
It would be fine if it were a capital ship such as the Knight-class or the Chasseur-class, but if it were a fighter jet, it would not be able to sustain it for too long under this interference field and would be destroyed!
The Xuanwu is such a terrifying battleship. Not only can it make itself indestructible, it can also prevent its opponents from using their strongest firepower.
Under the circumstances, Xuanwu became difficult to shake.
"The capital ships continue to attack the Xuanwu! Other warships disperse! Attack the Trade Federation's spaceport!" Kabayor issued the order according to the battle plan.
If we must say that the Xuanwu has any weaknesses, it is that the terrifying combat systems on this Titan battleship do not cover a very wide range, at least compared to the two large-scale fleets. For a battlefield tens of thousands of kilometers long, the Xuanwu's range of effect can only cover a small area of it.
So using high-mobility fast battleships to conduct large-scale detours is also one of the solutions proposed by the Republic's military research department.
At this moment, General Cabayo used his 5 Knight-class Star Destroyers and 20 Jaeger-class Star Destroyers as bait. After irritating the Xuanwu, he continued to stay here as a human shield. Other small and medium-sized battleships and fighter groups, including the Aquitens-class light cruiser, bypassed the Titan battleship and rushed towards the Trade Federation's spaceport.
A burst of bombardment!
The cargo loading and unloading spaceports of the Trade Federation are unable to withstand such bombings, and the other battleships of the Fourth Civilization, including the Cole-class battlecruisers, are not large enough to withstand the Galactic Republic's large number of fighter groups and central carriers. Small fast battleship.
If we talk about which battleships of the Galactic Republic have an advantage in terms of performance among the battleships of both sides, then there is no doubt that the Azerbaijan was designed by Willix Blissex himself. The Quintus-class light cruiser is definitely one of them.
This 325-meter-long light cruiser, which is heavily equipped by the Galactic Republic, surpasses the 344-meter Apocalypse-class light cruiser and the 290-meter Brown Bear-class heavy destroyer currently used by the fourth civilization in terms of combat performance. . Of course, this is also because the 288-meter Enforcer-class heavy destroyer of the Fourth Civilization has not yet been deployed on a large scale.
Such a division of troops and harassment really made the Xuanwu battle group focus on one thing and another, because this battle group did not have many battleships, and the five Dunov-class battlecruisers and Sova-class aircraft carriers also had to follow. Provide support around the Xuanwu. But the Cole class alone cannot deal with the Republic light cruisers and fighter groups flying around like locusts.
In a violent explosion, another Trade Alliance spaceport was destroyed and exploded into countless pieces. Some Neimoidian transport planes swarmed out of the spaceports that were under attack, trying to escape, but they were all caught up by the Galactic Republic fighter pilots who were red-eyed and killed, and they were destroyed one by one.
However, while achieving such a record, the price was that the five Knight-class Star Destroyers and 20 Jaeger-class battlecruisers suffered extremely heavy losses under the concentrated attack of the Xuanwu battle group.
In less than an hour of fighting, 9 Jaeger-class ships were destroyed, and the remaining warships were basically damaged to varying degrees.
"Don't stop! Continue to destroy the Trade Federation's spaceport facilities!" Kabayo roared loudly.
Just when he was about to lose it, a communication finally intervened, and he saw a Neimoidian wearing a high hat saying in panic: "Please stop! Stop! Don't bomb anymore. Our spaceport! We surrender...surrender..."
Kabayo finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You want to surrender? Then you must first close the planetary shield and stop all resistance!"< br>
The trade alliance executive was still hesitant, "Closing the planetary shield will..."
"Then I will continue to attack!" Kabayo said coldly.
"No! No! It is too difficult to turn off the planetary shield. We are willing to turn off all close fire defense systems and orbital defense systems first..." said the Neimoidians.
"As soon as possible!"
"Yes...yes..."
Soon, the armed space stations and defense platforms that were still firing wildly stopped resisting. At the same time, Xuanwu's attacks became more violent, and the orange lasers emitted by the eight heavy pulse laser cannons equipped on the Titan battleship continued to sweep across the Knight-class Star Destroyer.
Finally, the shield of a Knight-class Star Destroyer was broken, and the main gun group on the deck above the battleship was attacked by pulse lasers. It was immediately heavily damaged, and the battleship's combat effectiveness also dropped sharply. Upon seeing this, Kabayo quickly sent a message to the rear.
A moment later, white light flashed violently in the space, and the huge 8,000-meter-long bodies of two Commander II-class dreadnoughts suddenly appeared, followed by 10 other Hunters. Soldier-class battlecruiser!
At the same time after leaving the hyperspace jump, the powerful main guns of the two Commander II-class ships opened fire on the Xuanwu Titan battleship! At the same time, the newly joined Jaeger-class battlecruiser also launched more fighters.
They seized the current opportunity. The destruction matrix system of the Titan battleship Xuanwu had just stopped due to overheating and started a cooling cycle again. At this time, the fighter group could finally act unscrupulously!
Without the destruction matrix that could erode through the outer shell of a fighter jet within 10 minutes, the Republic's fighter jets were finally able to play their role. They rushed over like locusts and fought fiercely with the fighter jets taking off from the Separatist side. And launched all the proton torpedoes it carried.
Admiral Kourney was on one of the Commander II-class dreadnoughts, watching the battle situation coldly.
He will not think that he has the advantage, because from the beginning of the battle to the present, they have paid so many losses, and the other party, let alone the Xuanwu, even those protected by the Xuanwu's group shield The Cole-class battlecruisers below did not suffer much damage.
The battle lasted for more than an hour, and only 7 Cole-class ships suffered varying degrees of damage. They were retreating towards the rear of the array and receiving repairs from the Xingzi-class maintenance drone mothership.
According to research by the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic, there are only two ways to defeat the Titan battleship Xuanwu. The first way is to use a large number of high-speed battleships to fight in a roundabout way, bypassing the coverage of the Xuanwu, and carrying out attacks on other parts of the battlefield. blow. The second way is to use superior forces or other super battleships to cause irreversible damage to the Xuanwu and its battle group in a short period of time, and then win the battle in one fell swoop.
It can be said that if the victory cannot be established one hour after the battle begins, then the result will only get worse if the battle continues.
It is a pity that due to the poor hyperspace channel conditions between the planet Naboo and the planet Ennaco, Admiral Kourney can only adopt such refueling tactics to confront the Xuanwu.
What a super battleship like the Xuanwu likes most is the opponent's refueling tactics.
In fact, many times, the commander himself knows the disadvantages of refueling tactics, but sometimes he still has to adopt them. Many of these are caused by objective reasons such as logistical supplies.
For example, Admiral Kourney is very helpless now. The development of the war situation is actually exactly as he expected. He simply couldn't concentrate his superior forces to besiege the Xuanwu, so he could only use refueling tactics to attack. In this way, he couldn't even hurt a hair of the Xuanwu.
"Continue to attack the Xuanwu! Don't let it have the opportunity to reinforce the planet Ennaco! Other warships, continue to bombard the Trade Federation's spaceport and planetary shield!" Admiral Kourney continued to order, " Inform General Kabayo to retreat temporarily and rest!"
"Yes!"
New forces joined in, and General Kabayo's task force finally paid a heavy price to serve as a human shield. Able to retreat. The Republic fleet began to redeploy with the two Commander II-class dreadnoughts as the core and continued to engage the Xuanwu.
"Lot-Dude is still okay over there?" Admiral Kourney has always maintained communication with Governor Lynch-Hauser.
"He said that the management staff on Ennaco Planet have been shaken. As long as we put some more pressure on them, he can make them surrender naturally." Lynch-Hauser also looked nervous.
Kurney nodded, turned around and said loudly: "Notify the planet Ennako with a clear message! Put down your weapons immediately, lower the planetary shield, and declare neutrality! We will ensure that we abide by the principle of neutrality and will not treat Ennako The planet will conduct any military operations! Otherwise, our fleet will rather die together with the planet!"
"Yes!" The communications soldier immediately sent a message.
But there was no response from the planet Ennaco.
"Lot-Dude said that the pressure we put on is not enough! The planet Ennaco still believes that the Xuanwu can protect them." Lynch-Hauser said, "There is no other way, one way Go to the end!”
Kourney nodded grimly.
The two Commander II-class dreadnoughts began to turn around and flew towards the planet Ennako against the firepower of the Xuanwu Titan battleship, and the powerful main guns no longer attacked the Xuanwu. Turn the muzzle and start bombing the planet Ennako!
During this process, of course, the Xuanwu and its battle group could not just watch from the sidelines. They poured out their most powerful firepower!
Boom! boom! boom! ! The Commander II's main cannon bombarded the planetary shield, creating an extremely strong ripple.
The planetary shield equipped on the planet Ennaco is not a very powerful one. It is mainly used to defend against pirates. Under the attack of two dreadnoughts, it was overwhelmed.
boom! boom! boom! ! Lasers and missiles continued to fall on the battleship, causing dull explosions and violent vibrations. Admiral Kourney stared at the projection of the holographic star map and said through gritted teeth, "This should be enough!"
"General! There is communication access again in the direction of the planet Ennaco!" Signal Corps said loudly.
Admiral Kourney felt that the big stone in his heart finally fell, and he quickly said: "Take it!"
The holographic projection once again appeared the Nemoy wearing the top hat The Diaman, he put his hands on his chest in the unique posture of the Neimoidians, looking extremely cowardly.
"I am the director of the planet Ennako..." The Neimoidian looked horrified, "Communicating again, with sincerity, I want to say...say..."
The expression on his face suddenly became strange, revealing a sarcastic sneer, "How could the planet Ennaco compromise with a group of dying people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the radar department suddenly There was a shrill scream, "General!! A short-distance hyperspace jump in the galaxy has been detected!"
(End of this chapter)