1717. Yago-Durr Counterattack (10)
"Report! Separatists landing troops have entered our ship!! The number is unknown! Seven cabins have lost contact!" An officer panicked and ran to the captain of the Knight-class Star Destroyer to report.
The captain's face was as dark as water, and he asked solemnly, "How many landing craft are coming up?"
The officer's face looked even more frightened, "Four... forty-four ships..."
"Each landing craft like Separatists can carry 20 to 30 soldiers. In other words, even the most optimistic estimate is that nearly a thousand soldiers have entered my battleship! How many Marines can we contact now?" the captain asked again.
"Due to different combat missions, the Marines on our warship is not full of personnel. Initially, there were only 4,000 Marines on the warship. Some of them lost contact during the shelling and raid just now. Only about 3,000 people can be contacted now," the officer said.
Knight-class Star Destroyer
The captain fell into a brief silence, looking at the exploded view of the battleship on the screen in front of him. I only saw that hundreds of locations on the Knight-class Star Destroyer were marked in red, and some locations were still calling the police.
These locations were all the places where the armor was penetrated by artillery fire during the previous battle.
When his ship Knight-class Star Destroyer collided with the Yago-Dur planet, it was in a very bad position and was torn apart by strong gravity. Deflector Shield consumed a lot of electric energy on it. What was even more unfortunate was that at that time all the warships were running around in confusion, and then his warship even hit a transport ship!
There is no doubt that the transport ship was immediately smashed into pieces in front of Knight-class Star Destroyer's huge 1,600-meter-long hull, but this also made the energy loss of his battleship Deflector Shield even worse.
Next, Separatists's battleship suddenly flew out from the planet Yago-Dur, which was beyond the captain's expectation!
Because in his opinion, the Yago-Dur planet, which is flying at high speed and rotating at high speed, should throw out all the things in the synchronous orbit in the process! How could those warships still follow the planet?
You must know that this is not as simple as following the planet, because the rotation speed of the planet itself is also accelerating, so these battleships must correct their position and speed at all times, and use their own engine thrust to ensure that they stay close to the planet.
Only in this process, if there is a slight calculation error, it will be thrown out directly. If it is thrown out by such a strong gravitational force from a planet, the battleship will almost certainly lose control and roll. In this way, the anti-gravity device will be completely damaged in a few seconds, and the crew on the battleship will be knocked unconscious or even hit the bulkhead and killed!
However, a miracle just appeared in front of all Republic fleet officers and soldiers!
This Separatist fleet actually flew close to the Yago-Dur planet, and then used the gravity of the planet to produce a gravitational slingshot effect, accelerated again, and then rushed directly into the center of his formation at an unimaginable speed!
And this is not something that only two battleships can do, but a full 50 battleships!
Under such circumstances, the captain had to order his Knight-class Star Destroyer to start counterattack, although deep down in his heart he really didn't want to do this. However, Knight-class Star Destroyer's firepower arrangement determined that if he turned around and ran away, he would die faster. Knight-class All the firepower is directed at the front. If it turns around, that round and big butt will be defenseless.
The reason why he has no fighting spirit is because the current formation is completely in an extremely unfavorable state!
As we all know, formation is the most important link in fleet battles. Only by maintaining the formation can you maximize your firepower, such as focusing on attacking a certain opponent's warship, or providing fire support to injured friendly ships to cover their retreat.
At the same time, formation is also very important when facing an enemy fighter formation attack. Only when a fleet forms a multi-layered and multi-angle air defense fire circle can it effectively intercept the opponent's fighter jets. This is something that the firepower of a warship cannot do anyway.
There is no formation at all, so there is no need to fight! Without the ability to concentrate firepower, the opponent's warship can retreat calmly after being hit, avoid the shooting angle on our side, and then make emergency repairs and continue fighting. If an anti-aircraft fire circle cannot be formed, the entire battlefield will be left to enemy fighter jets!
But in the current situation, they have no way to intercept the overwhelming assault landing craft!
In the ensuing artillery battle, the Knight-class Star Destroyer was attacked intensively, and was hit by several Yamato Cannon fired by Behemoth-class battlecruiser. The Deflector Shield was finally breached.
When the assault landing craft discovered that the Knight-class Star Destroyer's shield had been broken, they immediately pounced on it like mosquitoes that had seen blood! This is a Knight-class Star Destroyer! Currently, there are only 9 ships left in this Republic fleet, and each ship is very powerful in combat!
So the forty-four assault landing craft, like forty-four blood-sucking mosquitoes, were nailed to the battleship, and they were at the wounds that had penetrated the armored belt during the shelling.
The positions of these assault landing craft were almost everywhere, on the upper deck, sides, rear, belly of the battleship, and one of the landing craft even rushed directly under the bridge!
"Gather all Marines to protect the bridge and power system! After ensuring the safety of these two areas, we will gradually advance and clear out all enemy forces entering our ship!" the captain gave the order.
"Yes!"
However, this wishful command is destined to be just a joke. Knight-class Star Destroyer and Fourth Civilization Marines are stationed in a three-story cabin below the bridge. It is very convenient to go to the loading and unloading platform from their position, but in turn, it is very difficult to go to the bridge and power cabin, and requires a large circle.
Although Knight-class Star Destroyer does not have a hangar, it still has three loading and unloading platforms for transport ships to take off and land, which are used for daily loading and unloading of cargo and transport of troops.
This is inevitable. The only role of Marines on the battleship is to take the transport ship to land on the planet ground as soon as possible to fight. It must be to go to the loading and unloading platform. What do you Marines want to do on the bridge and power cabin when you have nothing to do? Rebellion?
And in fact, even without this reason, the Marines in this Knight-class Star Destroyer can no longer go anywhere else.
boom! boom! boom!! Company One A series of explosions set off outside the barracks area, accompanied by intensive gunfire!
The barracks area and living area, the relatively spacious areas of the two battleships, have now become battlefields!
Six Destroyer droids rolled up quickly, stretched their bodies and deployed their shields. The two twin blaster machine guns installed on their arms fired wildly, and the firepower was extremely fierce!
Such firepower suppressed the Clone Trooper in front so much that they could not even raise their heads. They could only hide behind the bunker and wait for a break in the shooting from the opposite side before they could poke their heads out and fire back.
However, as soon as they poked their heads out, the Fourth Legion warriors following Destroyer droid killed them one by one with one shot!
In this battlefield environment of boarding ships and jumping gangs, Fourth Legion will naturally not forget such a convenient combat weapon as Destroyer droid. In the narrow space inside the battleship, Destroyer droid is almost invincible!
"We need more firepower!! Where is the anti-tank rocket launcher?!" A clone Commander roared loudly at the back.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!! The low firing sound of the blaster machine gun on Destroyer droid's arm kept coming, and the surrounding solid battleship's internal bulkheads were also hit with flames.
"I'm here!" A Clone Trooper immediately picked up the rocket launcher and was about to launch it. But at this moment, Fourth Legion was faster and shot the soldier in the chest.
boom!!! The soldier fell down at the sound, and the rocket launcher in his hand hit the ceiling! Violent explosions and flames immediately covered this area.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the Fourth Legion launched a determined charge! They bypassed Destroyer droid, who could only move step by step in combat status. The Omni-tool on their wrists formed an energy shield, and they rushed forward against the hail of bullets from Clone Trooper!
Their Omni-tool is equipped with a shield module, which can set up a strong energy shield during combat to facilitate combat.
Omni-tool, just like the name, the technology it uses is actually somewhat similar to the "Hard Light" technology in "Halo". Although it does not have as many functions as Hard Light like Forerunner technology, the cost is also much lower. It has been widely used in the technology of "Mass Effect".
As for Fourth Civilization, if there is any technology that is most praised by everyone, it is undoubtedly Omni-tool! This tool can be said to be ever-changing. As long as the corresponding module is installed, Omni-tool can be a personal computer, a dagger, an axe, a hacking tool, various engineering tools, an energy shield... You can't think of it, but it can't be done without it!
What Fourth Legion is now commonly used is the newly developed Omni-tool module - the energy shield module! Moreover, they also installed a melee weapon module, which can directly turn Omni-tool into a variety of convenient melee weapons for use. It is weightless and can even cut through some thin armor!
These Fourth Legion warriors directly broke through the Clone Army's position with energy shields, and then suppressed them backwards.
By the time more Clone Trooper arrived and a new line of defense was established, these Fourth Legion warriors had already regained a foothold. Destroyer droid in the back also curled up again and rolled over here, stretched out, unfolded its shield, and fired again!!
The number of the Clone Army is increasing as troops continue to arrive. There are already more than 2,000 soldiers here. However, they were defeated steadily by the Fourth Legion warriors, who numbered less than 300 people.
Inside Knight-class Star Destroyer, Clone Trooper's numerical advantage cannot be used at all, and they have no chance at all in front of the skilled combat skills of the Fourth Legion warriors!
"More heavy firepower! More! We only have Blaster rifle, how can we fight them!" Another clone, Commander, roared again.
"Over there at the armory!! There are three companies guarding there, and we have sent people to send them over!" Another Clone Trooper said loudly.
"No! We must break through these people's offensive within a short period of time!" Clone Commander looked at the command projected inside the helmet, "The captain's order tells us to go to the power cabin and bridge for reinforcements as soon as possible! But we are stuck here! Once something happens on the bridge, we have no way to go to support!"
"But there's nothing we can do about those Destroyer droids." Clone Trooper pointed at the arrogant Destroyer droids in front.
That solid energy shield didn't even respond to ordinary Blaster rifle's shots!
"Asshole! Get some of my men, rush up and blast them with EMP grenade! Their shields won't react to low-speed objects!" Clone Commander pointed at the soldiers behind him, "You guys! Come on! I'll cover you!"
As he said that, he directly picked up Blaster rifle, stuck his head out and fired wildly!
The other soldiers immediately took out EMP grenade and rushed forward, trying to hide their bodies with obstacles. But even so, several of them were killed by the precise firepower of the Fourth Legion soldiers.
Finally, they rushed to a distance of about 50 meters. At this time, the clone Commander who provided them with cover had been shot directly in the head and died behind.
Clone Trooper threw EMP grenade in his hand. At this moment, Fourth Legion also immediately fired a series of Company One bullets to shoot down these grenades in the air. Only a terrifying warrior like Fourth Legion has the reaction and confidence to do this!
Several grenades were shot down and exploded at a distance. But in the end, more than ten grenades landed in front of those Destroyer droids. The lightning flashed past, and the Destroyer droids that were affected immediately collapsed to the ground.
"Charge!!!" Destroyer droid was mostly destroyed, Clone Trooper's morale was greatly boosted, and they launched a charge one after another!
However, at this moment, an extremely violent explosion suddenly came from the other side of the battleship!!
boom!!! This explosion was so powerful that it even shook the battleship!
"Armory! The armory has been bombed!!" Clone Trooper, who was in charge of communications, shouted loudly.
"Never mind this! Kill me!!" However, the already passionate Clone Trooper didn't care about this. Their unstable spirit made them make the most radical decision!
Meanwhile, over on the bridge.
Captain Knight-class Star Destroyer, who couldn't wait for reinforcements, has fallen into despair, because under the bridge, the cabins one floor after another have lost contact, and they are gradually going up!
There is no doubt that an invasion force is rushing towards the bridge!
Below, in a corridor filled with corpses, a group of the Fourth Legion soldiers were advancing. And the soldier walking at the front of the formation had a pink bunny doll hanging on his waist!