1634. Half a catty
In the battlefield in the outer space of the planet Annaji, the fleets of both sides almost collided with each other in an extremely violent manner.
Under the command of Volgograd-Kanidi, the 10 Hells Angel-class battlecruisers of the Dawn Principality fleet rushed directly to the front, turned the ship sideways, and opened fire with eight heavy laser cannons on the sides. !
The intensive firepower of the Galactic Republic fleet also poured in, and most of the firepower was directed at the Hell's Angels at the front. However, the Hell's Angels-class battlecruisers were equipped with thick armor and strong electrothermal armor coatings, which effectively absorbed the firepower of the turbolaser cannons, making their attacks futile.
Republic Fleet Commander Casio Tagg also quickly discovered the clues. He ordered the last five Knight-class Star Destroyers he currently has here as the lead, and then dispatched the five 4,000-meter-level Governor-class ships. Cover and carry out a forward attack.
In addition to the 60-seat XX-9 twin heavy turbolaser cannons, the Knight-class Star Destroyer is also equipped with 60 ion cannons dedicated to destroying shields. It's just that the ion cannon has a short range and needs to be close before it can exert its power.
As a top student, Casio Tagg still has some real qualities. He discovered the heat-absorbing function of the outer armor of the Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser from the battlefield data scan, and immediately thought of using the ion cannon attack of the Knight-class Star Destroyer to increase the energy supply pressure of the Hell's Angel-class through electromagnetic damage.
But the number of Knight-class Star Destroyers is still too small after all. The heavy hull of the Governor-class battleship is also equipped with 40 ion cannons, which can also provide some help, so Casio Tagg also brought the Governor-class Sent up.
Volgograd-Kanidi also responded tit-for-tat. He immediately ordered the Disaster-class battlecruisers at the rear to target the Governor-class battleships of the Republic Fleet and shoot at them. The powerful power of the particle light spear and the speed of light attack pose the most direct threat to the Governor-class battlecruiser!
And the five Dunov-class battlecruisers moved closer to the Hells Angels, using their own engine overload and remote power transmission equipment to quickly replenish energy for the Hells Angels to avoid armor coating failure due to power outages. Once the armor coating fails, the outer armor belt will quickly melt and fall off under intensive attacks, exposing the fragile internal structure of the battleship.
At the same time, the Behemoth-class battlecruiser began to use Yamato cannons to bombard the Jaeger-class battlecruisers of the Republic fleet. After all, the Jaeger-class battlecruisers had the numerical advantage, and the bombardment from both sides was temporarily uneven.
At this moment, a change occurs in the second battle group!
That fleet of the dead!
Darth Malthael took off again in a fighter jet after the Red Comet was recharged. Not surprisingly, the Force-sensitive people on the Republic side also took off dozens of Eta-2s. Fighters attack.
But this time, Darth Malthael took a completely different approach!
On the one hand, he ordered the 6 Knight-class Star Destroyers and 4 Chasseur-class battlecruisers of the Second Battle Group to rush forward in a completely indomitable manner, as if they were going to collide. At the same time, the warships continued to fire.
Although under the control of those walking zombies, the bombardment is almost inaccurate, but the firepower density of the 60 XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannons of the Knight class can still be hit by a lot of artillery fire.
At the same time, Darth Malthael also began to focus on roaming and not fighting head-on with those ETA-2 fighters.
On the contrary, he also began to fly towards the Republic's fleet at high speed. And he repeated his old trick. Once he found out that the opponent was chasing him, he immediately hid himself under the fire cover of the second battle group and continued to advance.
This trick was indeed tried and true. After noticing the Red Comet's movements, the dozens of ETA-2 fighter jets wanted to rush forward, but were forced back by the anti-aircraft firepower of the second battle group. And Darth Malthael was determined not to fight them head-on. He just looked for every opportunity to get closer to the Republic fleet.
Upon seeing this, the commander-in-chief of the Galactic Republic Fleet, Cassio Tagg, had no choice but to let his fleet start to retreat to avoid the second battle group. At the same time, 200 fighter jets were taken off to reinforce, intending to continue to entangle Darth Malthael. So under the unreasonable assault of Darth Malthael and the Second Battle Group, the battle situation once again turned into a chase and escape situation.
In such a battle, the fleet of the Principality of Dawn naturally had the advantage, destroying the Republic's four Jaeger-class battlecruisers in the pursuit battle. However, they themselves only had two Hell's Angels that were severely damaged and needed to be towed back for repairs.
The Republic Fleet also unexpectedly discovered this time that in such a battlefield situation of turning its back on the enemy and escaping, the Chasseur class performed much better than the Knight class.
Because of the strange turret layout of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, the eight XX-9 heavy turbolaser cannon turrets are installed with four on each side of the bridge, that is, at the rear end of the battleship. The front section of the Jaeger-class is entirely a hangar platform, so naturally it cannot install a turret.
In this way, when the two sides are facing the enemy head-on, it is difficult for the Chasseur-class to use its full firepower. When escaping, because the turrets are all in the rear half, you only need to lift the bow a little, and your back is turned to the enemy. The ship can still use its full firepower.
I wonder what Willix Blissex, the chief designer of the Chasseur class, would think when he knew that his masterpiece actually played a great role in escaping.
During this battle, Darth Malthael chased the Republic warships for more than 200,000 kilometers, and continued to deal with the ETA-2 fighter jets flown by those who were sensitive to the dark side. . The second battle group, controlled by the B-1 combat robot and the walking dead, was also rushing forward crazily.
In the end, Darth Malthael shot down five Eta-2 fighters again, and at the same time, he rushed over and used the power of death to control two Jaeger-class battlecruisers that failed to escape.
As for the Second Battle Group, all four Jaeger-class battlecruisers were destroyed under the extremely frightened but crazy shooting of the Galactic Republic.
In this battle, Darth Malthael received a notification from the hyperspace outpost, saying that he stopped because of another fluctuation in hyperspace.
The Dawn Principality’s fleet and the second battle group of the Death Fleet returned to the outer perimeter of the Annaji planet’s defense line and re-defended.
Thirty minutes later, white light flashed violently, and 20 Jaeger-class battlecruisers left the hyperspace jump and appeared in the Annaji galaxy.
The Sixth Battle Group of the Galactic Republic arrives on the battlefield!
The situation on the battlefield began to shift in an extremely unfavorable direction for the Principality of Dawn.
There is no doubt that the Galactic Republic will have seventh, eighth, and even ninth battle groups! But the Principality of Dawn has no more reinforcements. (End of this chapter)