1522.Enarc Campaign (final)
Malcolm-General Granger started his own action!
The Fourth Civilization guerrilla fleet set off from the Ze-Hess planet and went straight to Paks Planet - the place where the guerrilla fleet had previously annihilated the 17th Army interceptor fleet.
There are still a large number of salvage ships and garbage ships here at the scene of the last battle. They spare no effort to salvage and scan every broken piece, hoping to find some clues that can tell Republic Intelligence Department what happened in that battle and what new technology Separatists used.
Major General Granger led the guerrilla fleet and pounced ferociously! Seeing the warships jumping over, the garbage ships and fishing boats dispersed one after another. But don't forget, among the guerrilla fleet, there is Calamity-class battlecruiser!
Galactic Republic's escort fleet here is not large, with only 3 Hunter Class Battlecruiser and more than a dozen small and medium-sized warships. It is very simple to deal with such a escort fleet. Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser rushes forward, and they don't even have enough firepower to cause damage to them.
In fact, if Hunter Class still had a way to compete with Kohl-class Battlecruiser and Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, then when Calamity-class and Hell Angel-class came out one after another, there is no doubt that the generation gap has begun to exist with Hunter Class.
The most intuitive judgment is - Hunter Class's mere 8 twin-linked double XX-9 heavy-duty Turbolaser guns, as well as the layout that is not suitable for salvo fire, show that the firepower of this type of warship is far from sufficient. The huge hangar has become increasingly powerless as Fourth Civilization has more and more means to counter the fighter jets.
After breaking up the convoy, Major General Granger looked cold and issued an order to attack those civilian salvage ships! In his opinion, although these salvage ships are civilian ships, they are undoubtedly working for the military. Therefore, such people cannot be regarded as civilians in battle.
Using Particle Beam Lance to attack those civilian ships is like using a 120mm armor-piercing bullet to attack an ordinary civilian car. You can call him perverted, or you can call him wasteful, but there is no doubt that if one shot is fired, it will be torn into pieces, and no scum will be left.
The ultra-long range of Particle Beam Lance gives these civilian salvage ships no chance to escape. Most of them were quickly destroyed, and the remaining ones finally started their hyperspace engines and escaped before Calamity-class battlecruiser had time to take care of them one by one.
Then, Malcolm Granger began his plan.
He first moved the fleet near the largest piece of debris, then released some small detection ships, and placed bombs on some of the debris, detonating them a moment later.
In fact, these fragments and wreckage were randomly selected and have no meaning, but in the eyes of the Republic Intelligence Department people, this is the guerrilla fleet destroying corpses and exterminating traces! Blow up some valuable wreckage!
17th Army The fleet left behind Kira planet responded immediately. They sent 15 main warships and 60 small and medium-sized warships into Paks System, hoping to drive away the guerrilla fleet.
But Major General Granger didn't pay any attention to Republic fleet who came over. He was just looking at his own time and the data coming from the border hyperspace outpost.
He led the fleet to fight and retreat, and then when the circulation of Kira system's transport fleet was about to reach the next peak, he made a sudden move, started the hyperspace engine and flew towards Kira system instead!
Although the action of the guerrilla fleet was very sudden, it was not very unexpected. After all, they had a history of raiding Kira system. Kira system has a very complete defense, and a defensive fleet immediately went to attack it.
But General Granger took action again. He went around in circles with the defense fleet, using the rough-skinned Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser to repeatedly attack the defense fleet's formation, and then used Particle Beam Lance equipped with Calamity-class battlecruiser to fire accurately. The firepower of the five Calamity-classs is very powerful, and one Hunter Class Battlecruiser can often be destroyed in one salvo.
Then he didn't get too entangled with the defensive fleet. He often just left with one attack and circled around. Then, when the hyperspace channel was very busy, they suddenly attacked and dispersed one of the Kira system transport fleets under the fire of the defending fleet!
Afterwards, the guerrilla fleet started the hyperspace engine at a very precise time and place, continued deeper, and flowed all the way to the planet Kalinda!
And when Kira system's defense fleet wanted to pursue it, they found a warning from their warship's hyperspace navigation computer, telling them that the hyperspace channel had reached saturation, and hyperspace fluctuations had occurred in the channel, and they needed to wait until the fluctuations subsided before navigation could continue!
Therefore, the Galactic Republic defense fleet could only watch the guerrilla fleet fly away, while he could only wait here dryly! After all, everyone is working part-time, so there is no need to risk being caught in hyperspace fluctuations by forcefully jumping.
Kalinda Planet is between Naboo and Kira planet. It doesn't have much strategic value here, it's just a cargo transfer station. Because of this, compared to Kira planet and Naboo, which have complete defense facilities in this galaxy, Kalinda Planet does not have any defense facilities, not even an orbital defense system.
In fact, this is very simple. Even when you play "Three Kingdoms", the second-tier cities behind the fortress cities that accumulate heavy troops on the front line must have little defense and focus on logistics. After all, no one is rich enough to arm every planet to the teeth, right?
According to Ling Liang's precise calculations, Malcolm-General Granger successfully ran to Kalinda Planet, and blocked Galactic Republic's defense fleet behind, making it impossible to catch up in a short time.
What is even more exciting is that at this moment, near Kalinda Planet, a large number of transport ships are loading and unloading cargo or preparing to transfer to Naboo!
The guerrilla fleet rushed to Kalinda Planet, just like a wolf entering the sheepfold!
Crazy fire, crazy shooting! A large number of transport ships were destroyed! The remaining transport ships could only scatter and flee. However, at this moment, the hyperspace channel returning to Kira system has begun to produce hyperspace fluctuations, so more transport ships rush towards Naboo. A small number of transport ships ventured back to Kira system, but they further aggravated hyperspace fluctuations, preventing Kira planet's reinforcements from arriving in time.
At this time, due to the destruction of the guerrilla fleet, Enarc hyperspace lane, which was not very smooth in the first place, fell into a congestion! Galactic Republic had to suspend the navigation of all transport ships in Enarc system, preparing to immediately dispatch a fleet to destroy Kalinda Planet's Separatists guerrilla fleet after the fluctuations in the hyperspace channel subsided, and then resume navigation.
However, such a move put the main fleet of the 17th Army, which was fighting fiercely at Enarc, into a greater dilemma!
As the battle between the two fleets entered the second day, the main fleet of the 17th Army continued to increase its strength. Now more than three-quarters of the battleships have entered Enarc from Naboo.
Moreover, the third Commander-class Dreadnought has also arrived at the Enarc battlefield and continues to fight with Xuanwu Titan warship.
At the same time, Fourth Civilization Sector Governor Sethvenna Ling Liang also continued to add troops to Enarc. Now the number of Fourth Civilization battleships outside Enarc has reached 60!
And Martha-class missile heavy cruiser and Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser also appeared on the battlefield.
And after entering the Fourth Civilization Navy establishment and joining the battlefield, Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser has become a being that Republic warship deeply hates!
Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser continuously neutralized Republic warship's energy system, causing their battleship's energy reserves to bottom out again and again, to the point where they could no longer fire when the shield was turned on, and the shield had to be lowered once the shield was turned on!
At this point, what is displayed in front of the Republic 17th Army main fleet is a complete Fourth Civilization composite fleet.
Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser is always at the front as a human shield, relying on its extremely thick armor and the main guns installed on both sides to stalk it.
Durov-class Battlecruiser continuously replenishes energy and shields for its own warships, while Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruiser continuously absorbs and neutralizes the energy reserves of the opponent's warships, disrupting their operational arrangements.
Kohl-class Battlecruiser uses Hypermatter Railgun to provide medium-range fire support, and can also provide powerful anti-aircraft firepower. Sova-class Carrier took off and landed fighter aircraft as mobile reinforcements. After being fully configured, Fourth Civilization's fighter formation was mainly used for cover and rarely performed ship attack missions.
And Calamity-class battlecruiser is constantly bombarding Republic fleet with Particle Beam Lance, the most powerful firepower in the farthest place!
Of course, the most important thing is Ankolon-class Titan Warship Xuanwu! With the presence of Xuanwu, group shield, and Destruction Matrix attacking and defending, it provides an almost invincible field! In this field, Fourth Civilization fleet is almost invincible!
Plus support for Blue Sky-class command cruiser, Star-class Repair Drone Mothership, Javelin-class missile frigate, and additions for Grizzly-class heavy destroyer and Revelation-class light cruiser.
Combined with a variety of battleships, Fourth Civilization fleet is almost invulnerable!
On the other hand, Galactic Republic's warship - Hunter Class, can do everything; Knight-class, mainly bombards; Aquatens-class, can do everything; Karrak-class, is faster and can do everything; CR-79/90, can do everything; DP-20 gunboat, mainly air defense.
Therefore, except for Knight-class, which specializes in artillery warfare, and DP-20, which specializes in air defense, their other warships are all comprehensive multi-functional warships. Like Aquitenes-class light cruiser, it is also equipped with Marines!
If the current fleet of Fourth Civilization is 1+1+1+1+1>10, then Republic Fleet is 1+1+1+1+1=5 at best, which is purely an increase in strength brought about by the increase in number.
Now in the battle of Enarc, Fourth Civilization's fleet relies on its absolutely inferior force, but it always beats Republic 17th Army's main fleet.
At present, Fourth Civilization fleet has 60 capital ships and less than 150 small and medium-sized warships, while the Republic 17th Army main fleet already has a total of more than 170 capital ships and more than 300 small and medium-sized warships, including three Commander II-class Dreadnought.
But under such a comparison of strength, it is 17th Army who is struggling!
The fleets of both sides were fighting outside Enarc, and they were constantly attrition. Ling Liang's strategy is naturally to keep stalling for time, and at first 17th Army Admiral of the Navy Kurny's idea was also to stall for time, waiting for more of his warships to gradually arrive through the narrow hyperspace channel, and then form a greater military advantage.
Therefore, after confirming that he had been deceived by Lot-Dude, Admiral Kurny's combat strategy was also to focus on defense. After he was ready to accumulate enough strength, Heavy Fist struck out and defeated Xuanwu in one fell swoop.
During this period of time, in addition to stalling for time, he used his numerical advantage to continue to destroy the Trade Federation spaceport outside Enarc system, making it more difficult for the opponent's fleet to supply. Since you are fighting at home, I can't stop you from having more supplies, so I will kill your spaceport so that your supplies cannot be easily sent to the battleship. This is enough!
As more and more Republic warship enter Enarc system, Admiral Kurny's mood becomes better and better.
Although he didn't have much hope for the final victory in the battle, now, he at least had a chance to attack with all his strength and compete fairly!
But he didn't understand that it was fair for the two armies to confront each other? This is the most important thing to give up! Ling Liang never thought of having a fair contest with his 17th Army main fleet!
When the news came that the guerrilla fleet had actually flown to Kalinda Planet, destroyed a large number of transport ships, and forced Kira planet's fleet headquarters to suspend Enarc hyperspace lane's navigation, Admiral Kurny was stunned.
Enarc hyperspace lane is a very simple hyperspace channel. It has almost only one route and no tributaries. It goes straight. So once such a channel is cut off, it means a complete cutoff of supplies!
This is why 17th Army did not set the fleet assembly place at Naboo - even though Naboo has very important political significance, they still chose Kira planet as their fleet assembly place. Because Enarc hyperspace lane, where Naboo is located, is not suitable for the deployment of a large-scale fleet.
Now, Admiral Kurny is stuck in Enarc, and the supplies stored by Naboo have been exhausted even when his fleet stayed at Naboo and Xuanwu Titan warship faced each other from afar! The offensive he launched immediately relied more on the logistical supplies delivered by Kira planet!
He can only hope that the rear can open a channel as soon as possible and send supplies over.
But Ling Liang obviously won't give him this chance!
Following her order, Fourth Civilization fleet, headed by Xuanwu, finally began to take the initiative to attack!