"Fire! Fire! Fire!!!" Republic task force commander Kabayo roared.
The five Knight-class Star Destroyers unleashed their full firepower. Each Star Destroyer was equipped with sixty twin-mounted XX-9 heavy Turbolasers—for a total of six hundred guns! Compared to the Hunter Class Battlecruisers, which had only eight twin-mounted main guns, a single Knight-class Star Destroyer possessed the firepower of eight Hunter Class ships!
The simultaneous barrage from six hundred heavy Turbolasers was simply world-ending—and that was meant literally.
Because the conventional "world," meaning a planet's atmosphere and surface rock layers, simply could not withstand bombardment on that scale!
Yet when such firepower struck the Xuanwu Titan warship, it vanished as though swallowed by the sea.
A faint green radiance spread around the Xuanwu Titan warship. As the Turbolaser fire passed through that pale green glow, much of its energy was neutralized. By the time it reached the warship's Deflector Shield, it was like scratching an itch, unable to even stir a ripple.
"Damn it..." Cold sweat streamed down Kabayo's face as he clenched his fists. He knew that even with five of the Galactic Republic's newest Knight-class Star Destroyers under his command, he stood no chance against the Xuanwu.
Compared to the time of the Eriadu System Campaign, Republic fleet commanders had long abandoned all wishful thinking after extensive simulations and research. Without an overwhelming numerical advantage, there was simply no way to shake the Xuanwu. They no longer entertained any illusions of gaining even the slightest advantage over it.
But now, Kabayo had no choice but to grit his teeth and send his fleet forward to confront the Xuanwu head-on.
The five Knight-class Star Destroyers continued firing madly. Countless bursts of flame erupted across the Xuanwu's shields, yet the enemy ship remained completely unmoved!
"Launch the fighters!" Kabayo ordered.
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