1690, Battle of Dawn (eight)
Countless frigate-level small battleships are wreaking havoc among Republic fleet, besieging every Galactic Republic Hunter Class Battlecruiser. Hunter Class could only barely resist with their meager firepower, and even took off fighter formations while resisting.
That's right, even in the current Republic fleet establishment, it is almost impossible to fully carry carrier-based aircraft. Basically, a Hunter Class can only carry about 200 fighter jets. However, the shortcomings of Hunter Class itself have not been solved - that is, the very low take-off efficiency.
Because if Hangar Platform is to be fully unfolded, it means exposing its huge weaknesses. But if it is not fully deployed and can only take off the fighter jets bit by bit, how long will it take to complete the flight of more than 200 fighter jets?
Anyway, since Duchy of Dawn's frigate sea launched its attack, most of Hunter Class Battlecruiser have not yet taken off all their fighter jets.
So these warships could only take off fighter jets while avoiding attacks and firing at the same time. Moreover, the captains of these warships are still struggling with the issue of whether to close Hangar Platform.
What's even worse is that as more fighter jets run out of ammunition and fuel, more and more fighter jets want to return! But at this time, those Hunter Class Battlecruiser fighters were still taking off, occupying all the limited take-off space!
Chaos began to spread, and in the end even the flight control department was unable to effectively command the fighter formations of its own warships!
Because some fighter jets could not land on this warship, they flew to other warships in desperation to request landing, completely disrupting the organization!
In fact, each warship and the carrier-based aircraft in it are an independent command system. Fighter formations will be organized and divided within the warship, and then after taking off for combat, they will also accept unified coordination and command from the ship's flight control center. Only in this way will there be no confusion.
Just like some people's comments about Battle of Midway, they said that Nagumo only needs two aircraft carriers to be responsible for landing, and two aircraft carriers are responsible for taking off. It is just as stupid. Because once this is done, basically only Gestalt consciousness can maintain the combat effectiveness of the fighter formation without causing chaos. Because this is equivalent to disrupting the entire fighter formation and then reintegrating it.
Discipline and organization are always the most necessary conditions for ensuring the combat effectiveness of the regular army.
The fatal problem facing Republic fleet's fighter formation now is that they can no longer maintain an effective organization and have almost no discipline at all!
Cassio-Tagge When facing the siege of more than 4,000 frigates and almost the same number of fighter jets, the decision made in a hurry was the most correct decision, but also the most wrong decision.
There is nothing wrong with taking off a fighter formation to deal with the enemy's fleet of small battleships, and it is also a standard tactic written into the Republic Navy Academy textbook.
However, Cassio-Tagge ignores the performance limitations of Hunter Class Battlecruiser itself!
The result is that the efficiency of take-off fighter jets is not high, and it is almost impossible to recover fighter jets. The firing of guns is affected by the surrounding fighter jets that are taking off and landing. What about defense? Hangar Platform is wide open. Anyone who has been to kindergarten will know that he wants to shoot into the big pit of Hangar Platform.
An excellent Commander will know how to learn from each other's strengths and make up for their weaknesses, and try to maximize the advantages and characteristics of their own warships. For example, Sefrans-Tann.
The mediocre Commander will only forcefully apply dogma based on his own subjective assumptions. No matter how excellent the warship is, it will only be used as a different weapon.
Hunter Class Battlecruiser, a battleship with outstanding advantages and disadvantages, under the command of Cassio-Tagge, became a waste that could not do anything!
But is Hunter Class really a waste? In the face of the endless new battleships Confederacy of Independent Systems and Duchy of Dawn, the battleships that can still persist to this day are the proud works of talented designers Willix-Blythex. Naturally they are not waste.
Another Hunter Class Battlecruiser shield was broken, the armored belt was also besieged by more than 200 frigates, and fires broke out almost everywhere. The battleship lost control visibly to the naked eye, the gravity gyro failed, and the ship began to tilt... Then a large ball of flames mixed with a large amount of debris and thick smoke erupted from the engine nozzle, and then completely lost power.
But those frigates still didn't give up. They still surrounded the Hunter Class Battlecruiser and bombarded it indiscriminately for several minutes. They didn't disperse to attack other targets until the bridge of the battleship was completely destroyed.
The battle has progressed so far, Cassio-Tagge has completely lost command of the fleet. The chaotic battlefield made his mind go blank, and he didn't even know what he should do now to save the defeat.
But maybe it was God's favor, and the chance for him to save the defeat finally came!
I only saw a violent flash of white light outside Endor gas giant, followed by 30 more Hunter Class Battlecruisers jumping out of hyperspace and arriving at the battlefield!
C Battlegroup!
They arrived at the battlefield more than 3 hours earlier than scheduled!
If they had followed the original plan, they would have only been able to collect the corpses of the two battle groups A and B when they came here, and at the same time, they would have put themselves in to face the entire Duchy of Dawn defense fleet in full force.
But now that they have arrived, the two battle groups A and B have not been completely paralyzed, and they still have the strength to fight!
Seeing C Battlegroup arrive, Cassio-Tagge's gray eyes finally shone with passion! He rushed over, grabbed the communicator, and almost roared loudly, "C Battlegroup! Be on alert immediately! Take off fighter jets in batches! Maintain a long-range shooting posture!!"
After all, he was a top student in the military academy, so he finally made the most correct judgment.
There are still 30 Hunter Class Battlecruiser. As long as we stabilize our position and take off fighter jets in batches to avoid chaos, we can indeed pose the most deadly threat to the motley crew with small frigates as the main force!
As for his A and B Battlegroups, Hunter Class Battlecruiser which still has certain combat capabilities, there are still 42 ships after all. As long as these 42 warships are allowed to break through in the direction of C Battlegroup and join forces, the outcome is still uncertain!
However, at the same time that C Battlegroup 30 Hunter Class arrived, Grand Duke of Dawn Tang Xiao was already watching them on the holographic star map through sensor signals.
In the holographic projection next to Tang Xiao, it is Governor of Modell Sector—Volgograd-Kanidi!
"Didn't they think carefully about why these reinforcements could arrive at Endor system smoothly?" Kanidi said coldly, "Why couldn't it be that we deliberately closed down Hyperspace Jammer in a specific area?"
"Keep on performing, Kanidi. So far, you have done a good job." Tang Xiao put his hands behind his back and did not look directly at Kanidi, his tone was a little cold.
"I will protect Modell Sector! I will also protect the border of Fourth Civilization! Until forever!" Volgograd-Kanidi said firmly.
Tang Xiao A cold smile appeared on his face.
"All battleships! Break out in the direction of C Battlegroup! Kill!!" On the other side, Cassio-Tagge also issued breakout orders.