1511.Kira Assault (Part 2)
Bang!! A thick stack of data was thrown in front of the Intelligence Department supervisor Alan. A PAD terminal placed on top of the data fell directly to the ground. The holographic projection was knocked away when it fell, projecting a large piece of debris and debris.
Galaxy Republic 17th Army Admiral of the Navy Kurny's face was ashen. Looking at the middle-aged woman in her 40s in front of her, her tone contained endless anger, "This afternoon at the latest! I want to know what happened to my fleet!!!"
Intelligence Department Director Alan quickly stood up and said, "Our investigators have followed the salvage team to the battlefield. We will carefully analyze every detail and strive to fully restore what happened. However... the scene is really too messy, and even sorting out the wreckage will take at least 5 days."
"Five days?! Did you know that Separatist Titan warship was eyeing Naboo at Enarc system? Did you know that Separatists's guerrilla fleet destroyed one of our medical outposts after destroying our interceptor fleet?!" Kurny was furious and roared.
"Yes... yes..." Facing Admiral of the Navy's anger, Alan did not dare to express his anger.
"Listen! I only give you one day! Find out for me the reason why our fleet failed!!" Kourni shouted loudly, "Remember, if we can't investigate the situation of this encounter, then we won't even be able to stop the separatist guerrilla fleet. Stop! But you have to know that we are the 17th Army! In order to fight against that piece of shit, our fleet can even rank among the top five in the Republic!!
"Yes... I'll do it right away." Alan responded quickly.
Outside Kira planet, almost all the garrison fleets entered combat mode. They patrolled around the planet and even expanded the patrol scope to the entire galaxy!
Thousands of engineering ships are dealing with the debris flying around. These are the debris of the destroyed space port. These debris are flying everywhere due to the aftermath of the explosion, causing secondary damage to the surrounding warships and facilities.
Who would have thought that Galactic Republic assembled a large number of troops at Kira planet, only to be easily ridden in the face by more than a dozen warships from Separatists, and even a spaceport was destroyed? Not to mention, even one of the fleets sent out to intercept failed to come back and was completely wiped out by the opponent's small guerrilla fleet?
Such shame is simply unacceptable! Lynch Hauser, the governor of the 17th Army, has now rushed to Coruscant to explain to Chancellor Palpatine face to face.
At this moment, in Kira planet, in an interrogation room exclusive to the Intelligence Department, more than 100 soldiers are being held separately, and intelligence personnel are questioning them repeatedly, trying to restore the entire combat process.
You know, the Republic warship sent out to intercept the guerrilla fleet, a total of 5 Knight-class and 20 Hunter Class, also carried 4,000 fighter jets! When tens of thousands of naval troops go out, less than 2,000 people come back?! It's incredible!
Especially there are 5 Knight-class in this fleet! You must know that only 10 of this new type of warships are equipped in the entire 17th Army. Therefore, this fiasco has also caused the people of Kuat Drive Yards to pay close attention to this. Chief Engineer Lila-Blythex personally presided over this investigation and has sent an engineering investigation team to come. They also hope to find out why Knight-class was destroyed so easily.
For Kuat Drive Yards, this is also a matter of life and death!
Because once the investigation results show that there is a problem with the performance of Knight-class Star Destroyer, then Galactic Republic, which has spent a lot of money on the order of Knight-class Star Destroyer, will undoubtedly make Kuat Drive Yards suffer.
Before the investigation team left, Lila-Blythex even gave the team leader a crystal card, which contained a huge sum of 50 million credit points. She was already prepared for the worst. If it was really a performance problem with Knight-class, she would have to wipe it out, even if it was to deceive others.
To put it bluntly, these 50 million credits are used for bribes.
In other words, the courage to do such small actions is actually the reason why Lila-Blythex has always had a smooth career. She is a woman who will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals.
As the interrogation progressed, many details on the battlefield began to be restored.
"... After the fighter formation approaches the opponent, the engine output is significantly reduced? Are you sure? What is the range? Does it affect the weapon power? Is there a duration? Are there any abnormalities in the fighter equipment?"
"I need you to confirm again! Was it that small black spacecraft that destroyed the Knight-class Star Destroyer you were on?"
"No response? Why no response? According to the Republic Navy combat regulations, the Anti-Stealth-shaped radar should remain normal when turned on during combat! Why didn't you discover the opponent's hidden stealth spacecraft until the end?"
"How many stealth spaceships are there? Are they 5 or 10? Don't give me any signal confusion! Knight-class Star Destroyer is equipped with the most advanced detection radar!"
"When you were getting close, when did you get hit by Particle Beam Lance? What evasion plan did you adopt?"
"... Is it confirmed that it is called Hell Angel-class? So is this kind of warship a professional anti-aircraft warship? Why are the colorful lasers? What's unique about it?"
A large amount of information began to be compiled, and Galactic Republic intelligence personnel began to draw a preliminary conclusion-after the battle began, because the distance between the two sides was 4 light hours, the Galactic Republic interception fleet immediately began to maintain an evasive attitude and move forward at full speed. At the same time, in order to hit the enemy warships faster, the Galactic Republic interceptor fleet took off a group of fighter jets.
During this process, the Separatists guerrilla fleet never moved, and the long-distance Particle Beam Lance bombing only lasted less than 20 minutes. After finding that the effect on moving targets was not good, the shooting stopped. Intelligence Department judged that Separatist fleet should have deployed some traps in place, so they stayed put.
Unfortunately, Republic fleet commander interpreted Separatist fleet's action as fear. He believed that Separatists's warship was afraid of fighting at close range with Republic warship, so he kept as far away as possible.
After that, the fighter group came into contact with the enemy fleet, but encountered deceleration at a distance of 0.5 light minutes from the enemy fleet, and was shot down in large numbers by Hell Angel-class.
Next, Republic fleet continued to approach, and both sides continued to fire and shell. However, in terms of long-distance shelling, Particle Beam Lance was no match for Particle Beam Lance, and Republic fleet suffered continuous losses.
After the two sides entered a close battle, some small black spacecraft suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and then five of the Republic fleet Knight-class Star Destroyer were destroyed in less than 20 minutes!
The remaining Hunter Class Battlecruiser was extremely stretched during the artillery battle, and was quickly defeated by the attacks of Hell Angel-class and Calamity-class! In the end, 5 Hunter Class Battlecruiser wanted to escape, but 4 of them were destroyed by Particle Beam Lance. Another one took the risk to start a hyperspace jump, and was torn into pieces by the star mass projection in the hyperspace at the moment of the jump. Now these fragments have been integrated into the star in the center of Paks System.
During the entire battle, only 2 Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser and 1 Calamity-class battlecruiser of the Separatists guerrilla fleet were destroyed, while all Republic fleet were annihilated.
At the same time, work is also underway to salvage and analyze the wreckage at the battle site. The wreckage of dozens of warships and thousands of fighter jets formed a large debris belt. The twisted corpses and broken hulls inside were shocking to see.
During the evacuation, Separatist fleet completely blew up the wreckage of the battleship that could not be taken away. After Galactic Republic's salvage team spent a lot of time salvaging the wreckage of the Separatists battleship, they found that there were not many valuable things at all.
Therefore, they can only focus on salvaging the wreckage of Galactic Republic's own warships, especially the wreckage of the five Knight-class Star Destroyer.
In the end, those professional teams found a lot of useful information.
"It's a torpedo!" Intelligence Department Chief Alan took the analysis report and handed it to Admiral of the Navy Kurny and said firmly.
"You mean, those Knight-class Star Destroyer were destroyed by torpedoes?" Kurny asked with a frown.
Alan nodded and said, "It's a torpedo. But it's not Proton Torpedo, but a brand new torpedo. This torpedo is very powerful. According to our analysis of the distribution pattern and escape velocity of the wreckage, the torpedo explosion that destroyed Knight-class Star Destroyer was so powerful that it could even blow an asteroid in half! Those small black warships in the report should be the carriers carrying this super torpedo."
"A torpedo boat? But how can such a small spacecraft fly near Knight-class Star Destroyer, which has a strict air defense net?" Kurny is also an old-school general, and he immediately grasped the key.
"That's right, launched at close range." Alan nodded, "This is the only way this kind of torpedo can hit our warships. We don't know exactly how this small warship was able to fly very close before being discovered - according to the memories of the survivors, they had been approaching Separatists's warship for a while before they discovered that these spacecraft suddenly appeared."
"So the key points we need to investigate are four points. First: What is the combat capability of Hell Angel-class? What is the role of the colorful laser? Second: How did those small spacecrafts get close to our spacecraft. Third: What is the principle of the torpedo that can directly destroy Knight-class Star Destroyer. Finally: What is the thing that can slow down our fighter jets?" Kurny said.
"The opponent's small spacecraft should have been shot down." Alan said, "The survivor said that he heard the communication team saying that Tokra Star Destroyer shot down one, but Tokra Star Destroyer is too completely damaged. We are still trying to extract the information in the battleship database, but the situation is not optimistic. The on-site salvage team has also begun to search for the wreckage of the downed black spacecraft."
Kurny took a deep breath and lay down on the sofa. He ordered a low-strength spice for himself. In this messy situation, only the stimulation of the spice could clear his mind.
After a long time, he asked again, "Assess, if Xuanwu Titan warship of Separatists leads the fleet to attack Naboo, taking into account Calamity-class battlecruiser, Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser, and the black small spaceship and super torpedo, what is the winning rate of our main fleet relying on Naboo?"
Alan shook his head and said, "There are too many variables and it is difficult to determine. But one thing we can understand - Particle Beam Lance equipped by Calamity-class battlecruiser can launch attacks at ultra-long distances. Although it is not a big threat to battleships, it is a devastating blow to fixed targets such as spaceports. And if the opponent's target is the planet itself..."
Kurny's face changed slightly and he said, "That means that we cannot rely on the planet's own defense system to defend, but can only take the initiative to attack? Do you know what it means if we take the initiative to launch an attack on Separatist fleet who is supported by Xuanwu??"
"Even if we can win, our 17th Army's main fleet will be depleted." Alan said.
Admiral Kurny directly threw the PAD terminal in his hand aside and said, "Ask for help. Send the investigation results to Governor Lynch-Hauser, and then tell him that with the emergence of Separatists's new warship, our military's current strength is no longer able to stop Separatist fleet's actions."
Alan looked embarrassed, "With all due respect, General. According to some of our recent intelligence in Coruscant, a group of congressmen including Bail-Organa are impeaching Chancellor Palpatine. To send a message asking for help at this time would be like adding insult to injury..."
"Hmph!" Kurny snorted coldly, "He was the one who launched Order 66 to hunt down Jedi Knight, so he will have to bear the consequences now! If Jedi Master is here, I will fight this time We won't be so passive! Also, aren't the people from Kuat Drive Yards here? Let's scare them and tell their investigation team that all their Knight-class Star Destroyers were destroyed in less than 20 minutes. We have reason to think that there is a huge flaw in the performance of the warship."
"Is it okay to threaten them like this?" Alan was stunned.
"If you don't scare them, how can they obediently take out the benefits?" Kurny said coldly, "After encountering such a big failure, don't I need to take care of it and make it a minor issue? Shouldn't I be compensated for some mental losses?"
Alan immediately showed an understanding expression, "Okay general, I'll go find Kuat's investigation team immediately."
"Don't forget to ask their Kuat people to go to Coruscant and help us implement the reinforcements! Only in this way will we cooperate with them and settle this issue with Knight-class Star Destroyer." Kurny waved his hand.
"Okay."
At the same time, the Eriadu capital, Eri-Xiang City, Fourth Civilization Sector Governor Sethvenna government and command center.
Fourth Civilization Army General and Sector Governor Sethvenna Ling Liang were also checking the combat documents of this battle, but even though they won a complete victory in the battle, Ling Liang's eyebrows were still furrowed.
"Out of 12 Purification-class stealth special operations ships, only 5 came back?" Ling Liang looked at the Salarian engineer on the side, "Do you know how much the 12 Purifier-classs cost? If the battle loss ratio remains at this level, it is impossible for us to win this war. At least, it will be difficult for you to get orders for Purifier-classs."
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