1635. Surprise victory
Darth Malthael returned to the hangar platform of a Knight-class Star Destroyer. The ground crew composed of B-1 combat robots immediately came over to refuel his Red Comet. energy, replace the capacitor.
At this time, the commander of a blue-painted B-1 combat robot came over and said: "Sir, those low-temperature humans were seriously damaged in the battle, and we need to replenish them."
< br>"Cryogenic human?" Darth Malthael was stunned by this strange title.
"Sir, those low-temperature human processors are too low-level and cannot execute the buffer program when attacked. When the battleship vibrates, it hits the console and cannot get up." B-1 robot commander The officer said.
"Inform the planet command and send more B-1 robots up." Darth Malthael said.
"RogerRoger!" The B-1 robot commander gave a funny-looking military salute.
Darth Malthael also ignored these B-1 combat robots who had learned new terms for some reason. He went straight to the bridge of the battleship and connected with Commander Volgograd. - Canidi's Newsletter.
"Your Excellency the Grand Duke." Volgograd-Kanidi said straight to the point: "According to the current situation, we cannot defend the Annaji galaxy... We don't know how many battleships the Galactic Republic has, but According to what the little girl from Lundili Interstellar Power Company said, the number will not be less than 300. "In other words, the ones here now are less than half of their strength?" Darth Malthael's tone was cold, "There are about 110 warships here now. Counting the ones we destroyed and captured, there are almost 150."
"This is just an optimistic estimate. I don't think that as a competitor, Kuat Dynamics Shipyard will let the representatives of Lendili Star Dynamics see their full background." Volgograd-Kanidi said, "And ours There are only 80 main battleships. Even if we add more than 300 small battleships, they cannot withstand an offensive like the Galactic Republic."
The number of kilometer-class battleships that the Galactic Republic can send can be matched. The frigate on his side... Darth Malthael looked grim.
The gap in productivity between the two sides is indeed huge.
Before the war began in the Principality of Dawn, there were about 150 to 200 main battleships. The main battleships at that time were basically Cole-class battlecruisers, Higra-class battlecruisers, and even Martha-class guided missile heavy cruisers. Not many in number either. After several fierce battles with the Galactic Republic, this fleet suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Terminus and basically lost its ability to actively attack.
At that time, the Supreme Military Command of the Fourth Civilization, including Darth Malthael, had begun to formulate a plan to use Terminus, a transportation hub in the Outer Rim, as a base to confront the Galactic Republic. . However, due to a strange combination of circumstances, Severance Tann accidentally found the Blade Fleet when she led the Titan battleship Plague and was hunted down by almost the entire Galactic Republic.
Then they snatched 178 of the Blade Fleet's total 200 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, and used this as the core to reorganize a wave of offensive that was completely unexpected by the Galactic Republic. Finally occupying the planet Eriadu and firmly occupying the most important transportation hub in the middle of the galaxy, the strategic space of the fourth civilization is extremely vast.
In the next nine months or so (a year and ten months in the "Star Wars" world), the Fourth Civilization quietly completed the replacement of naval warships.
With the cooperation with corporate giants such as the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Federation, as well as the help of the Salarian people, the Behemoth-class battlecruiser, Catastrophe-class battlecruiser, Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser, A series of new warships such as the Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser have been developed successively. Then these new warships also formed effective combat effectiveness. In these 9 months, the Dawn Principality obtained about 120 ships. Except for the small number of new warships defended in the Yago-Dur system, other It's all here.
You must know that the production of these warships also deducts the quantities retained by the corporate giants themselves and delivered to the Fourth Group for use in the northern battlefield - add these up , the total production of new warships can be almost close to 300 ships.
Compared with before the war, the industrial level of the Dawn Principality can be said to have improved rapidly. Moreover, if the Lundili trade channel can be opened in the future and the population and industrial capacity of the Lundili planet can be absorbed, the industrial development of the Dawn Principality will have a long period of dividends.
But even so, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the industrial production capacity of the Galactic Republic.
"Your Majesty the Grand Duke, we must consider the worst case scenario." Volgograd-Kanidi said.
"Tell me about your plan." Darth Malthael asked directly.
“If we let the two sides compete for fleet strength like this, we will definitely lose. Even with your power, we can only contain a small number of the opponent’s warships. I believe that the number of warships in the Republic’s fleet When there are more than 200 ships, they will launch an attack that cannot be resisted," Canidi said.
"Why 200 ships?"
"With 200 capital ships, they can divide the fleet into three, and they can ensure that they are evenly matched with all our defensive fleets in every direction." Canidi said, "Actually, I think they are constantly escaping from hyperspace in different directions with this weird hyperspace jumping method. Their original intention is to form a direct encirclement and then launch attacks in all directions..."
He looked at it Looking at Darth Malthael, there was also a hint of fear in his eyes, "But because of your powerful power, their plan was thwarted. So they will only assemble the fleet in one direction and then divide their forces to attack. Although This will put less pressure on our dispersed defense, but their strength is still substantial."
"Since you can't fight head-on, what method can you use to win by surprise?" - asked Malthael.
“I don’t have the commanding talent of General Severance Tann, so I can’t win unexpectedly in such a situation where both sides are almost clear-cut.” Volgograd Canidi shook his head and sighed. , "But I do have a plan to disperse the forces of the Galactic Republic."
"Say."
"Give them more combat targets." Canidi said, "They have come from afar, and what they urgently need most is to occupy a planet as an advance base. Planet Annaji is the best The choice... Now that the residents of the planet are constantly evacuating towards the suburbs, we can deliberately expose the loopholes and allow the Galactic Republic to land on the planet..."
His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally murmured Said: "I just hope that after victory, you will not forget the contribution of the people of the Model Sector..."