1648. Yago-Dour Artillery Battle (3)
"Huh..." Matt-Hona took a deep breath and asked the adjutant beside him, "Starbase B, how long can Deflector Shield last?"
"According to the current attack intensity, Republic fleet will launch a large-scale salvo in 5 minutes. It is expected that Deflector Shield on Star Base B will be destroyed within 7 to 9 minutes." The adjutant said.
Matt-Hona raised his wrist, adjusted the watch, and then said loudly, "Notify all ships to enter the attack position immediately! In 10 minutes, launch a counterattack!"
"Yes!"
At the same time, the Givin great mathematician Baher-Banak pestered the scepter in his hand and said, "The intensity of this electromagnetic radiation storm will reach its peak in 37 minutes."
"This... is better." Matt-Hona's eyes became sharp.
When Gideon-Tarkin was still very excited that he had caught this unusual astronomical phenomenon and launched an attack, he did not expect that the Givin, who had lived in the Yago-Dour star system for tens of thousands of years, had already reached a meticulous level in observing and forecasting these astronomical phenomena!
They can calculate the motion pattern of the Three-Body star with an accuracy of more than 80%, and it is no problem to calculate an electromagnetic radiation storm.
boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!!!
Inside Starbase B, even though all bombings were isolated by the powerful Deflector Shield, and the thick armor also blocked most of the energy shock waves, the vibrations and sounds generated by the violent explosions also caused slight earthquakes inside the interstellar base at all times.
"Quick! Get in position immediately! The shield is about to be broken!!"
Team Damage Control Department quickly ran over with a large number of engineering robots, going to their respective areas of responsibility to prepare for the upcoming bombing directly facing the armor.
"There's a fire in the No. 7 shield capacitor compartment! Hurry up and put out the fire!"
"We can't get through the No. 7 warehouse! Just open the airtight cabin and let the vacuum put out the fire!"
"Then Warehouse No. 7 will be completely destroyed!"
"That's better than losing another team of damage control!"
"The capacitance of No. 9 warehouse exceeds the limit! Cut off all connections immediately!"
The shield maintenance department in the interstellar base is extremely busy. They must deal with situations where the capacitor compartment catches fire or even explodes due to explosive heating, and they must keep the shield running at all times.
The replacement ultra-high temperature capacitors are actually processed in the same way as Galactic Republic. Such a high temperature is wasted if not used. Rather than struggling to find ways to dissipate heat and cool down, it is better to directly launch it as a high-explosive bomb.
Based on this thinking, in fact, in a structure like an interstellar base with a huge volume and huge capacitance capacity, there will be several mass accelerators near the shield capacitor bin, so that the shield maintenance department can launch these burning capacitors. Not to mention the utilization of waste, at least it can give these shield maintenance personnel who have been passively beaten some opportunities to vent their anger.
Let's not talk about the hit rate. This setting can also increase the morale of the maintenance personnel by three, which is perfect.
boom!!! There was an extremely violent explosion, followed by more than a dozen heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons falling on the armored belt of the interstellar base! Unprecedented loud noises and vibrations suddenly resounded throughout the interstellar base!
"The shield has been broken!! Be prepared for impact!!"
Boom! boom! boom! boom!!! More artillery fire fell on the thick armor belt of the interstellar base, and the armor and turrets were constantly being blown away.
Seeing that the shield of the interstellar base was broken, the battleships Commander of the Galaxy Republic 20th Army main fleet were even more excited. They seemed to have seen the interstellar base being completely destroyed.
At the same time, the high-speed assault fleet sent by Gideon-Tarkin had begun to approach the Calamity-class battlecruiser formation. In order to avoid the loss of the precious Particle Beam Lance, the Calamity-class battlecruiser formation began to move closer to other own warships. And this also involved the energy of the defensive fleet, making their defensive strength even more stretched.
At the same time, on Consul-class aircraft carrier, a slight vibration came from the watch on Matt-Admiral Horner's wrist. He waved his hand suddenly and said loudly, "All the troops, fight back immediately!! Swarm Drones, take off!!"
"As ordered." The female voice with an electronic tone responded immediately.
At the same time as the order was issued, countless drones suddenly flew out of Starbase B and Hangar Platform that were being bombed!
Two sets of engines are arranged on both sides, and there is a thick barrel in the center. It looks like a telescope or a Q version of fly-shaped drones swarming out! The number reaches more than 20,000!
As soon as these Swarm Drones appeared, they rushed directly towards those Republic warship! Dense plasma rays were instantly emitted, as if countless hedgehog-like light bands suddenly appeared around the battleship.
At this moment, Republic fleet was completely unprepared for the appearance of Swarm Drones! They are concentrating on bombing Starbase B! More than 20,000 Swarm Drones almost instantly tore through all the defense lines of Republic fleet!
In the previous battle, the reason why Gideon-Tarkin was extremely afraid of those Swarm Drones was actually not because of how strong firepower these Swarm Drones were. To put it bluntly, although the plasma rays of Swarm Drones are also very powerful, tens of thousands of them can indeed pose a threat to battleships, but after all, this threat is not as good as the Proton Torpedo carried by bombers.
But he is still so afraid. The main reason is that the current Republic Navy's main battleships have shortcomings in anti-aircraft firepower. The existence of this flaw allowed Swarm Drones to cause great interference to his warships, and was thus crazily killed by Separatists's Particle Beam Lance in the fleet battle.
Take the most advanced Knight-class in Galactic Republic Navy and the later Imperial-class Star Destroyer as an example. The main anti-aircraft firepower is 40 point defense cannons and 60 XX-9 heavy Turbolaser cannons. In addition, the 60 plasma cannons cannot count on air defense because the projectile speed is too slow.
You read that right, the ancestral XX-9 is also responsible for air defense functions!
In the design, the Knight-class/Imperial-class air defense fire network has two circles. The inner circle is composed of point defense guns, and the outer circle is composed of XX-9 heavy Turbolaser guns. During air defense, the XX-9 heavy Turbolaser guns can reduce the power and increase the rate of fire, forming the same dense barrage.
However, once XX-9 goes to do other things, such as Orbital Bombardment or attacking ships, then Star Destroyer will only have 40 point defense guns left to attack the air, and only one layer of Air Defense Circle will be left! In this way, even some high-speed incoming missiles cannot be intercepted!
And this is what happened when Republic fleet was concentrating on bombing Starbase B, and they faced the attack of Swarm Drones!