Chapter 1652, Yago-Dur Artillery Battle (End)
1652, Yago-Dur Artillery Battle (End)
The main fleet of the 20th Army of the Galactic Republic retreated in panic; Realizing that they had no chance of winning, almost all battleship captains made this choice.
But this is not good news for the Dawn Principality fleet under the command of Matt Horner. Of course he wished that in such a chaotic posture, more Republic warships would stay and fight to the death.
But it is a pity that those captains are not fools. It is the right thing to directly take advantage of the situation when the situation is not good.
So the situation on the battlefield once again turned into a situation where the Republic ran and the Principality of Dawn pursued. Moreover, the Knight-class Star Destroyers, which had fought the most fiercely and had the most intense firepower, were still at the front.
This cannot be blamed on them, because when the Knight-class escaped like this, almost all its weaknesses were exposed - the Knight-class Star Destroyer, because of its unique shape design, there was no fire coverage at the rear of the battleship. of!
To put it bluntly, the general shape of the Knight class is an inverted square cone. No matter how many turrets you arrange on the surface, you can't take care of the direction of the big ass.
Such a design is actually the result of Lila Blissex, the chief designer of the Quat Power Dockyard, overcorrecting on the basis of the Jaeger-class. As we all know, the frontal firepower of the Jaeger-class is not strong, and the arrangement of the main gun at the rear prevents the warship from exerting all its firepower when facing the enemy head-on.
But with a shape like the Knight-class, it can unleash the firepower of every cannon when facing the enemy head-on! The price is that there is a blind spot for firepower, and there is absolutely no way to deal with the targets in the rear.
This is not just a problem of not being able to fight back when escaping in a fleet battle, but also because enemy fighter jets can even approach calmly from directly behind the Knight-class, and when the Knight-class anti-aircraft firepower can reach the fighter, the fighter It is already possible to directly launch proton torpedoes.
And now, just like the battlefield on the planet Annaji, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser once again exerted unexpected power in this escape situation.
The hull of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser is basically flat, so as long as the bow is raised, its eight main guns can be easily fired to the rear, and this posture has a great impact on the propulsion. The loss is not very big.
It’s just that now on the battlefield, seeing dozens of Jaeger-class battlecruisers retreating in unison while raising their bows and firing back, how ridiculous this scene must be. How funny.
Although the swarm drones were still in hot pursuit, their energy was quickly exhausted and they began to return. After all, the Dawn Principality's fleet is insufficient in number, and when communications are interfered with and there is no unified command, it is unable to fire salvos and sink enemy warships faster.
In addition, the Galactic Republic fleet retreated very decisively, resulting in them only destroying about one-third of the warships of the main fleet of the Republic's 20th Army.
Matt Horner is not surprised by this result. He also understood that with the strength of the fleet in his hands, it was not easy to be able to fight to this level. It was entirely the result of the right time, place and people.
But the gap in military strength between the two sides is too great. Even if the right people at the right time and place achieve extremely brilliant results, they still cannot bring about victory.
Even interstellar base B has been severely damaged, and the deflector shield cannot be restored in a short time. This will definitely be taken into consideration by the Republic fleet.
Gideon Tarkin has a very correct judgment, that is, as long as one interstellar base in the Duchy of Dawn's defense line is destroyed, it will be a major gap in the defense system of the planet Yago-Dur! Therefore, this interstellar base that has been mentioned is also a very serious hidden danger. If Gideon Tarkin was not a fool, then he would carry out ultra-long-range continuous bombing of this starbase.
There is actually a characteristic of the space battlefield, that is, in a vacuum combat environment, if you do not want to pursue accuracy, your attacks can actually reach an unimaginable distance.
Under such circumstances, it is very easy for fixed or regularly moving targets such as planets and interstellar bases to be bombed from very long distances. Of course, for light-speed weapons such as particle spears, which can maintain energy focus close to a light-year distance, it is still a black technology level.
So the Republic fleet only needs to continuously fire turbolaser cannons and long-range missiles to always threaten this interstellar base.
In front of Matt Horner, there are only two ways - to lower the B interstellar base to the synchronous orbit of the Yago-Dur planet. This can indeed alleviate the bombing of the interstellar base by the Republic fleet. , but when facing the next wave of attacks from the Republic, the interstellar base that is constantly orbiting the planet will have much less space to play. And when the Yago-Dur planet changes its orbit, this interstellar base will almost certainly be thrown out during the orbit change process, and will most likely be thrown into the star.
The second way is to carry it to death. The deflector shield can be used one by one, and then all the close firepower can be gathered for continuous concentrated interception. And this interception lasted several days.
After careful consideration, Matt Horner chose the first option. He believed that lowering Star Base B to planet-synchronous orbit would be interpreted by the commanders of the Galactic Republic as an act of fear of war, thus lowering their vigilance.
At the same time, let your fleet relax a little and face the next counterattack with a better attitude.
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And on another battlefield, one day ago. 20BBY, July 26, Model Sector, Annaji Planet.
The Galactic Republic Expeditionary Force has landed on the planet Annaji. Within two days, the number of the Galactic Republic clone army that landed on the planet has exceeded 80,000!
The Sparti clone trooper is a quick clone secretly deployed by the Republic Speaker Sheev Palpatine, and only informed the Congress after the production was completed.
This kind of clone soldiers can grow and mature in one year, so almost all information input is cramming, which also causes these soldiers to have some mental problems. However, their strong physical fitness and relatively flexible battlefield judgment as clone soldiers still allow them to defeat the vast majority of robot legions on the frontal battlefield.
With the huge production base, the Supreme Strategic Command of the Galactic Republic used the Sparti clone soldiers much more roughly.
In many cases, the mechanization level of these Sparti clone trooper legions is not very high. It is similar to the previous Kamino clone trooper organization that almost had AT-TE armored assault walkers below the platoon level. Compared with the Sparti clone troopers, they only use their lives to fill it up.
And on the ground battlefield on the planet Annaji, this is what is happening.
(End of this chapter)