Fifteen Hell Angel-class ships nearby acted as troublemakers; before them stood the Xuanwu Titan warship, which, with five Durov-class Battlecruisers continuously replenishing its energy shields and boosting its engine output, had become an impenetrable wall. At medium range were Kohl-class Battlecruisers, likewise supported by five Durov-class Battlecruisers as they continuously fired Hypermatter Railguns for fire support, along with Sova-class Carriers that had launched vast numbers of Wraith fighters to provide air defense.
Farther away, the Particle Beam Lances of ten Calamity-class battlecruisers became the snipers of the battlefield! With their extreme range and enormous power, the Particle Beam Lances gave the Republic fleet no peace. A Hunter Class struck by several shots through a momentary lapse would be heavily damaged or even sunk outright!
Even in the clash between both sides' fighter formations, the Galactic Republic's vaunted fighter groups were having an extremely difficult time.
Because of the Xuanwu Titan warship's Destruction Matrix, Galactic Republic fighters could not operate near the Titan warship for extended periods. They could only circle around the Xuanwu, attempting to break through to the rear of the battlefield and attack those Kohl-class Battlecruisers and Sova-class Carriers.
But the Fourth Civilization fleet had long prepared for this, and Ling Liang's ship deployment had been designed precisely for that purpose.
The Kohl-class Battlecruisers possessed extremely powerful anti-air firepower. Under their saturated anti-air barrage, Republic fighters found it difficult to approach the ships and drop their bombs.
Moreover, the large numbers of Wraith fighters launched from the Sova-class Carriers posed an immense threat! The Fourth Civilization's Wraith fighter model had already been developed and upgraded to Type-G, raising its combat performance by several tiers. Though it was still designated the CF/A-17 Wraith fighter, compared with when it had first entered service, it was practically an entirely different machine.