1106. Eriadu air combat (1) [First update, please vote for me and subscribe]
After hearing the report, Admiral Siost turned on the interrupt and looked at the hyperspace fluctuation data. He was quite disapproving and said with a cold smile, "Haha, reinforcements? It seems that Separatists plundered a pitiful small fleet from nowhere. Looking at the scale of this hyperspace fluctuation, there should be about 10 battleships."
"Do you need to respond?" asked another staff officer next to him.
"What's the reaction? Do we have to go to meet them? Ha!" Admiral Siost thought he was humorous and said, "No need, Separatists is finished, completely finished. They looted the fleet that took me who knows how long to get it, and our next batch of reinforcements has already exceeded Three days later, 15 Hunter Classs will arrive, and the warehouses and hangars are full of fighter jets, bringing a total of 12,000 planes! Please be careful to coordinate, because in order to carry more fighter jets, the take-off platforms of these Hunter Classs will be filled."
"This is the strength of Galactic Republic, and it is also our honor, general!" The staff officer stood at attention, saluted, and flattered a little. "When reinforcements arrive, I will immediately arrange these fighter jets properly."
Admiral Siost came to the holographic star map and said loudly with his hands behind his back, "Continue to attack! Don't stop! Don't give Separatists any chance to breathe!"
"Yes!" the staff officer responded.
Galactic Republic fleet continued to press forward, and the Agonev-class star base fleet attacking Eriadu's north and south poles also deliberately adjusted its direction with the revolution of the planet, always maintaining its ability to attack the interstellar base while also cutting off the connection between Separatist fleet and the interstellar base.
The main fleets of both sides continued to fight fiercely near Eriadu satellite.
In fact, in this case, Fourth Civilization fleet has a slight advantage over the main fleet of Galactic Republic, but what is really unstoppable is the huge number of fighters on Galactic Republic Hunter Class Battlecruiser!
In terms of the exchange of fire between the main warships of both sides, Fourth Civilization has more than 130 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, as well as Kohl-class Battlecruiser, Martha-class heavy missile cruiser, and 10 Durov-class Battlecruiser. Even the Sova-class Carrier is equipped with a powerful main gun.
When the two sides first started fighting, Republic fleet suffered a big loss and was hit hard by Fourth Civilization fleet's powerful frontal firepower.
Later, Xiost made timely adjustments, using the fighter cluster as the core of the attack, and constantly disrupted Fourth Civilization fleet's formation deployment, which turned the battle situation around.
Among Fourth Civilization's fleet, Dreadnought-class, Masha-class, and Kohl-class are all very typical artillery battleships. Although they also have anti-aircraft firepower, they are far from strong.
Therefore, their fleet has incorporated a large number of Garda Flak Frigate, and there are also two light frigates, Stilat Class and Shriken Class, used to specifically hunt the opponent's fighter jets.
In addition, the Viking fighter, which has now begun mass production, has firmly surpassed the V-19 Torrent fighter and ARC-170 heavy fighters in terms of performance. Finally, it has not been torn to pieces by the 20,000 Republic fleet fighters.
But the war situation is still very pessimistic until now, because Galactic Republic continues to receive reinforcements, but Fourth Civilization cannot compete with Galactic Republic in productivity.
Now the surrounding planets are also starting to operate at full capacity. After Eriadu was occupied, Salust and Sothropp Corporation immediately put their factories into full operation to provide a large amount of military supplies for Eriadu's Guardian war.
At the same time, the factories on Eriadu satellite are also operating rapidly. Now, because Planetary Shield still exists, this small satellite has become the key to maintaining the war situation in the entire galaxy.
The factory on Eriadu is still operating, but the efficiency is much lower. On the one hand, it had just been occupied, and the people on the planet had experienced months of famine, with billions of people killed and injured. They didn't have much thought on work; on the other hand, Republic fleet also bombed Eriadu without mercy.
Although Galactic Republic fleet's approach was similar to that of Fourth Civilization fleet at that time, they both tried to fire at the rated safe power, but the continuous attacks, coupled with the indiscriminate bombing of thousands of fighter jets, also made the already devastated planet even worse.
Now the problem of famine has been temporarily alleviated on Eriadu, but the main reason for the relief is not the increase in food supply, nor the arrival of more support, but...
Those who could starve to death would probably starve to death.
Eriadu, the population reached 23 billion at its peak, but now, the population on the planet is less than 7 billion! The population has dropped by more than two-thirds!
At this moment, on Eriadu satellite, a large number of orbital defense systems are firing continuously. At the same time, countless Fourth Civilization Wraith fighter, Vulture droid fighter, Hyena-class Droid Bombers, and Viking fighter are also landing in major hangars and spaceports on the planet, receiving maintenance, rotating pilots, and then continuing to take off for combat.
Sova-class Carrier is at the back of the fleet formation. Because of the presence of Eriadu satellite, they do not need to be responsible for the takeoff and maintenance of fighter jets. Therefore, they are dedicated here to coordinate and command fighter combat operations, and also serve as a temporary transfer, so that severely damaged fighter jets can be dealt with as soon as possible.
The same is true for the three Luukri-Hok-class battleship, which assume the same responsibilities as Sova-class Carrier. The giant ships converted from these three cargo ships also have another role, which is to provide supplies to the fleet.
Because it is a home defense operation, units such as Martha-class heavy missile cruiser, Javelin-class missile frigate and Viking fighter, which have very huge logistics requirements, are now throwing away their equipped missiles as if they are free of charge.
That's right, splashing rather than launching!
Fourth Civilization fleet also tried their best to hold the front. They would fire thousands or even tens of thousands of missiles in a single salvo!
"General! Separatist fleet begins to adjust the formation!" the staff officer came to Admiral Siost and reported.
"Is it to cooperate with the reinforcements?" Admiral Siost touched his beard and said, "The opponent's Durov-class Battlecruiser should be about to start charging again, right?"
"Yes, General. According to calculations, Durov-class Battlecruiser of Separatists will recharge in 5 minutes. By then, the overall shield strength of Separatist fleet will increase again." said the staff officer.
"Hmph! Separatists knows how to do these things and make his fleet look like a turtle shell." Xiost slammed the table.