1652. Yago-Dour Artillery Battle (End)
Galaxy Republic 20th Army's main fleet retreated in panic. They had realized that they had no chance of winning, so almost all the battleship captains made this choice.
However, this is not good news for Duchy of Dawn fleet under the command of Matt-Hona. Of course he wished that in such a chaotic situation, more Republic warship would stay and fight to the death.
But it is a pity that those captains are not fools. It is only right to take advantage of the situation when the situation is not good.
So the battlefield situation once again became a situation of Galactic Republic running and Duchy of Dawn chasing. Moreover, Knight-class Star Destroyer, who had fought the hardest and had the most firepower, was still running at the front.
We can't blame them, because when Knight-class escaped like this, almost all its weaknesses were exposed - Knight-class Star Destroyer, because of its unique shape design, there was no fire coverage at the rear of the battleship!
To put it bluntly, the general shape of Knight-class is an inverted square cone. No matter how many turrets you arrange on the surface, you can't take care of the direction of the big ass.
This kind of design is actually the result of Lila-Blythex, the chief designer of Kuat Drive Yards, overcorrecting on the basis of Hunter Class. As we all know, the frontal firepower of Hunter Class is not strong. The rear arrangement of the main gun prevents the warship from exerting all its firepower when facing the enemy head-on.
But with a shape like Knight-class, it can unleash the firepower of every gun when facing the enemy head-on! The price is that there is a blind spot for firepower, and there is absolutely no way to deal with the targets in the rear.
This is not just a matter of not being able to fight back when escaping in a fleet battle, but also because the enemy fighter jets can even approach the Knight-class calmly from directly behind, and when the Knight-class's anti-aircraft firepower can reach the fighter jets, the fighter jets can already directly launch the Proton Torpedo.
And now, just like Annaj Planet on the battlefield over there, Hunter Class Battlecruiser once again exerted unexpected power in this escape situation.
The hull of Hunter Class Battlecruiser is basically flat, so as long as the bow of the ship is raised, its eight main guns can be easily fired to the rear, and this posture does not cause a great loss in propulsion.
However, now on the battlefield, we can see dozens of Hunter Class Battlecruisers retreating in unison while raising their bows and firing back. This scene is as ridiculous as it gets.
Although Swarm Drones was still in hot pursuit, it quickly ran out of energy and began to return. After all, the number of Duchy of Dawn's fleet is insufficient, and when communications are interfered with and there is no unified command, it is impossible to fire a salvo and sink enemy warships faster.
In addition, Galactic Republic fleet retreated very decisively, resulting in them only destroying about one-third of the warships in the Republic 20th Army's main fleet.
Matt-Hona is not surprised by this result. He also understood that with the strength of the fleet in his hands, it was not easy to reach this level. It was completely the result of the right time, place and people.
However, the gap in military strength between the two sides is too great. Even if the people are in the right place at the right time and achieve extremely brilliant results, they still cannot bring victory.
Even Starbase B has been severely damaged and Deflector Shield cannot recover in a short time. This will definitely be missed by Republic fleet.
Gideon-Tarkin has a very correct judgment, that is, as long as one interstellar base in the Duchy of Dawn defense line is destroyed, it will be a major lack for the defense system of the Yago-Dur planet!
Therefore, this interstellar base that has been mentioned is also a very serious hidden danger. If Gideon-Tarkin was not a fool, then he would carry out ultra-long-range continuous bombing of this interstellar base.
There is actually a characteristic of the space battlefield, that is, in a vacuum combat environment, if you do not want to pursue accuracy, your attacks can actually reach an unimaginable distance.
Under such circumstances, it is very easy for fixed or regularly moving targets such as planets and interstellar bases to be bombed from very long distances. Of course, for a light-speed weapon like Particle Beam Lance, which can maintain energy focus close to a light-year distance, it is still a black technology level.
Therefore, Republic fleet only needs to continuously fire Turbolaser cannons and long-range missiles to always threaten this interstellar base.
There are only two ways in front of Matt-Hona - lowering Starbase B to the synchronous orbit of the Yago-Dur planet. This can indeed alleviate Republic fleet's bombing of the interstellar base. However, when facing the next wave of attacks from Galactic Republic, the interstellar base that is constantly orbiting the planet will have much less space to play. Moreover, when the Yago-Dur planet changes its orbit, this interstellar base will almost certainly be thrown out during the orbit change process, and will most likely be thrown into the star.
The second way is to carry it to death. Deflector Shield can use one point to count one point, and then gather all the close firepower to carry out continuous concentrated interception. And this interception lasted several days.
Matt-Hona After careful consideration, he chose the first option. He believes that if Starbase B is lowered into planetary synchronous orbit, it will be interpreted as a fearful behavior by Commander on Galactic Republic's side, thereby lowering their vigilance.
At the same time, let your fleet relax a little and be in a better position to face the next counterattack.
And on another battlefield, one day ago. 20BBY, July 26, Modell Sector, Annaj Planet.
Galactic Republic Expeditionary Force has landed on Annaj Planet, and more than 80,000 Galactic Republic clone army have landed on the planet within two days!
Spaarti clone troopers is a quick clone secretly deployed by Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine, and only informed the parliament after the production was completed.
This kind of Clone Trooper can grow and mature in one year, so almost all information input is cramming, which also causes these soldiers to have some mental problems. However, their strong physical fitness and relatively flexible battlefield judgment as Clone Trooper still allow them to defeat the vast majority of robot legions on the frontal battlefield.
With a huge production base, Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command uses Spaarti clone troopers much more roughly.
In many cases, the mechanization level of these Spaarti clone troopers legions is not high. Compared with the previous Kaminoan clone troopers's organization that almost included AT-TE armored assault walkers down to the platoon level, Spaarti clone troopers is more about filling the gap with lives.
And on the ground battlefield of Annaj Planet, this is what is happening.