Chapter 1614. The Artillery Battle of Yago-Dour
1614. The Artillery Battle of Yago-Dour
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War is terrible, but we should learn to like it. ——"Records of Generals of the Fourth Empire", Qi Jian Chapter, Chapter 28, Section 7.
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20BBY, Galaxy Standard Time, July 21, 19:34 pm.
The Dawn Principality fleet guarding the Yago-Dur system launched an active attack under the order of the commander-in-chief, Admiral Matt Horner!
He could no longer wait.
If the Republic fleet is allowed to continue to settle here, they will further consolidate their logistics and even build their frontline logistics supply base here even larger. After that, they will begin to mobilize an extremely large fleet to arrive.
At that time, there will be no possibility of defense in the Yago-Dur galaxy!
Because the Yago-Durr system does not have nearly unlimited reinforcements and logistical supplies like the Galactic Republic. And even within the Principality of Dawn, most of the military forces are currently deployed towards the Model star sector. In this direction, there are no more reinforcements.
Even when Admiral Matt Horner changed his defense, Tang Xiao almost got him. Just a few days ago, he didn't even sit on the flagship of the heat - 3175 meters long. The officer-class aircraft carrier was deprived of remaining in the Model sector.
Fortunately, he argued with reason and told Tang Xiao seriously that because the Yago-Dur system was not suitable for human survival, he must need a powerful enough flagship to ensure command efficiency. Otherwise, what if he was beheaded by the Galactic Republic not long after the battle began? And when it comes to beheading, Severance Tann is no longer sleepy. You have to ask her how she does it?
After all the hard talk, we finally got the Archon-class aircraft carrier.
So in the final analysis, Matt Horner still has to deal a heavy blow to the Galactic Republic when their foothold is not stable, and then he can maintain his advantage in the next battle.
This is also because the commander of the Republic fleet now adopts unique tactics.
Before this, the fleet commanders of the Republic basically relied on their powerful troops to directly overwhelm the main force in an effort to have the final word and directly resolve the battle. In fact, this approach is unfavorable when fighting against the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but it actually has hidden dangers.
Because you put all the main force at once, the pressure on logistical supplies will increase instantly. If the battle cannot be resolved in a short time, the huge force will become a drag.
However, the fleet of Dawn Planet is not something that the Galactic Republic can solve in a short time.
So this time, Admiral Gideon Tarkin of the Galactic Republic was fully prepared, learned the lessons of the past, and adopted a steady and steady strategy.
He caught the mentality of the commander of the Dawn Principality that although the warships were more technologically advanced, he was reluctant to suffer too much battle damage, so he used a small number of troops to cover the deployment of the logistics base. And the finishing touch is his flagship, the Commander II-class dreadnought! Because as long as this giant ship exists, the fleet of the Principality of Dawn will never be able to simply defeat the fleet of the Republic!
This is a psychological issue, not a question of the strength comparison of the current fleets of both sides.
It has to be said that Gideon Tarkin’s strategy plays right into Matt Horner’s weakness!
Now, Matt Horner has no choice but to lead the fleet to attack!
The 20 disaster-class battlecruisers began to advance at full speed, and the particle light spears were ready to go! The Cole-class battlecruiser comes forward, the Masha-class heavy missile cruiser is slightly behind, and the core of the formation is the Dunov-class battlecruiser, which continuously provides shield function and engine efficiency support to the fleet, while the Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser The cruisers cruised around the battlefield, waiting for opportunities to interfere with the engine output of the Republic battleships.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, 8 light minutes...7 light minutes...5 light minutes...
When the distance between the two sides was less than 3 light minutes, Admiral Matt Horner shouted and gave an order, The whole army opens fire! Fighter formation takes off!
The Disaster-class battlecruiser's particle lance and the Cole-class battlecruiser's transmatter railgun fired immediately! Terrible firepower burst out instantly!
The target is the shield ship protected by the Republic fleet!
Since the Galactic Republic fleet wants to build a frontline supply base relying on the protection of shield ships, then what Matt Horner has to do is to completely destroy this base!
The logistics supply ship under the protection of the shield ship quickly began to move to evade, but now the distance between the two sides was close to 3 light minutes, and the evasive effect was already very small!
In this salvo, at least 8 particle light spears and 5 super-matter electromagnetic cannons hit the wide-area shield built by the shield ship, and the energy shield caused a violent ripple.
The Commander II-class dreadnought has also completed its turn at this moment, and the super-heavy turbolaser cannon installed directly in front of the battleship opened fire! The XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon batteries arranged around the battleship also opened fire at the same time!
Knight-class Star Destroyers and Chasseur-class Star Destroyers also joined the bombardment.
The ancestral XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon of the Galactic Republic has now almost become the standard for measuring the firepower of a fleet, because most of the warships of the Republic are equipped with this kind of twin turrets. At this moment, in the fleet under Gideon Tarkin, there are more than a thousand XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons firing!
At a distance of 3 light minutes, the hit rate of sublight speed weapons is not high, but both sides are now firing wildly! Never waste even 1% chance of hitting!
Hundreds of warships from both sides fired salvos while attacking, with no intention of evading at all!
"Fire! Fire freely!! Don't give the Separatists any chance!" Gideon Tarkin stood on the bridge of the Commander II-class dreadnought as his flagship and gave the order with a wave of his hand. .
The battleship's porthole windows were constantly illuminated by the flashes of turbolaser cannons firing. There is a row of XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon battery positions under the bridge, which are pouring out dense turbolaser beams at this moment.
The Commander II-class dreadnought is a long battleship, with main gun positions arranged in circles along the hull. When firing, you will only see a circle of light beams lighting up around the battleship, which is very beautiful.
(PS: There is no description of the appearance of the Commander class, but some fan creations have drawn it into a triangular structure similar to the Empire-class Star Destroyer. I think it is not appropriate, because the Commander class was finalized in a few years. A hundred years ago, the Quat Power Dockyard at that time did not use the triangular wedge shape as the main shape of its battleships. Referring to the tubular Invincible-class battlecruisers of the same period, I designed the Commander class in this book. Long strip. )
While the Republic battleships were firing, enemy firepower was also pouring in. And now the firepower of the Dawn Principality fleet is even more terrifying!
Especially the particle light spear, this weapon is so recognizable. Whether it is the thick and bright beam of light when firing, or the red spiral light afterimage left after an exposure, this weapon has become the absolute protagonist on the battlefield.
Gideon Tarkin even saw with his naked eye the landing points of several particle light spears, which were a Knight-class Star Destroyer.
Almost at the same time, a message from the Knight-class Star Destroyer requesting to retreat came from the communication channel.
"Notify the rear that the Separatists are launching an active attack and send reinforcements up immediately!" Gideon Tarkin said.
"Yes!" The adjutant stood at attention and saluted, and then made arrangements immediately. Just a moment later, a reply came from the communications unit, "Governor Octavian Grant arrived at the rear base in person. He has sent the first batch of reinforcements, 5 Knight-class Star Destroyers and 20 Aquintens-class light cruisers! Estimated arrival time, 30 minutes later! "
"General! The shield of our Knight-class Star Destroyer Vatan has been penetrated and is retreating!"
"Shield ship reports, the shield is about to collapse!"
There are more battle reports compiled. These messages are in urgent need of personal decision-making by the fleet commander, and more battlefield information has already been sent through the data situation. There are naturally a staff team and a command team in the command center to deal with these issues, so that the fleet commander can concentrate on handling the most important battle reports.
"Ignore these losses!! All battleships continue to fire! Don't stop! Hold back the Separatist fleet for me!" Gideon Tarkin said loudly, "Take off the fighter formation! Pay attention to the opponent's Martha class After the missile heavy cruisers and fighters dispersed into combat formations, they attacked from different directions! "
"Yes!"
The bows of the Jaeger-class battlecruisers unfolded one after another, revealing a broad On the hangar platform, the Galaxy Republic V-19 Riptide light fighter formation and the V-wing Holy Light fighter formation, which were already ready for departure, immediately began to accelerate on the electromagnetic accelerator on the take-off runway, gaining sufficient speed in an instant before rushing into the battlefield.
This will prevent the fighter jet from being shot down by the opponent's anti-aircraft fire while it is still accelerating after slowly taking off.
At the same time, the first batch of fighter jets from the Dawn Principality fleet had also arrived on the battlefield. These fighters are all Vulture robot fighters, and there are about 1,000 of them.
These vulture robot fighters were struggling under the dense anti-aircraft firepower of the Republic fleet, and then blindly launched proton torpedoes, but with little effect.
In the Republic's fleet establishment, the DP-20 gunboat, which specializes in air defense, can be said to be a fighter killer, and the Knight-class Star Destroyer's 60 XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons can also be used for air defense. Because the fire control radar of the Knight-class is far more advanced than that of the Chasseur-class, it also has the ancestral XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon turret, but the Knight-class can be used for masturbation.
Such anti-aircraft firepower naturally has no pressure against the Vulture robot fighter, which has already fallen behind in the war.
And now, after the Republic fighter formation headed by V-wing fighters joins the battle, it is even more devastating!
V-wing fighters now account for an increasing proportion of the Republic's warships' carrier-based aircraft, and they can form a greater advantage over the main Separatist aircraft models, including the Ghost fighter. The only ones that can compete with it are triple robot fighters and Viking fighters.
War is always the most efficient driving force for technological promotion. Who would have thought that the V-19 Torrent light fighter, which was just equipped before the war, and the long-lasting classic model Phantom fighter, only a few years after the outbreak of the war. In two years, it has already faced upgrading.
While these vulture robot fighters were easily shot down by the V-wing fighter formation, the radar soldier shouted loudly: "General!! The separatist fleet is taking off the second batch of fighter jets! The number... 5,000! !”
“Are you kidding? Where did they get so many fighter planes?” Gideon Tarkin was a little surprised, “Are they all vulture robot fighters?” Obtaining optical images, we can only know that these fighters are small in size, but extremely fast! They are more than 3 times faster than the Vulture Robot Fighter! ”
"Triple robot fighters? No, the separatists don't have that many triple fighters! The technical alliance has long been half-hearted, and the output of triple fighters is already very low!" the adjutant said loudly from the side.
"We are also taking off the second batch of fighters!! Be careful!" Gideon Tarkin said.
"Yes! The second batch of fighter jets will take off immediately!"
"Troops! General! The separatist fighter jets continue to take off! Number...number..." the radar soldier exclaimed again stand up.
"How many?" Gideon Tarkin asked in a deep voice, sensing something was wrong.
"I'm not sure... there are too many! The radar signal is completely blurred... but a conservative estimate is that the number has exceeded 20,000!" The radar soldier looked at the data display on the screen in disbelief.
"Twenty thousand fighter jets? Are you sure there is no problem with the radar?" Upon hearing this, the adjutant walked over to the radar department to check before Gideon Tarkin could speak.
But the images and data he saw made him look a little pale.
"Is it because of the huge Separatist aircraft carrier?" Gideon Tarkin's eyes fell on a flat battleship in the holographic projection, with the bow divided into two sharp corners.
With a length of 3175 meters, it is one of the best even among the navy of the Galactic Republic! Currently, only the Commander-class and Prosecutor-class are larger than it, and the latter two are actually large and cumbersome backward warships built under the Rusan Treaty that can only be used to scare people.
But according to Dawn Planet’s consistent display of shipbuilding technology, the size of this huge 3,175-meter-long aircraft carrier is definitely not fat!
"General, the opponent's fighter group is approaching. Our sensors have obtained more detailed data... The fighter jets taken off by the opponent are all drones. There are three main types. The most numerous of them is only 30 meters long. Less than two meters. There are also more than 2,000 drones that are relatively larger, but they are still small," the radar soldier said.
Gideon Tarkin snorted coldly: "Don't worry! Such small-sized drones are completely useless in the space battlefield! The weapon systems they can carry can't even scratch the itch. Arrive! Notify the fighter formations and prepare to fight!"
(End of this chapter)