2219. Dangerous attack
Colonel Connally Then I realized that this was a carefully planned trap!
The opponent Fleet Commander is of extremely high level, at least not something that I, the temporary acting captain, can fight against!
Fortunately, Eternal Super Carrier still showed strong combat effectiveness in such a desperate situation. Although the engine was damaged, the backup engine was quickly started and approximately half of the speed was restored. Since the energy supply system was still intact, the weapon system was not affected.
The opposing fleet started a frontal attack at this time. It was obviously worried that reinforcements would arrive, so it wanted to completely destroy Eternal before the reinforcements arrived. However, once the battle reaches this point, mobility and tactics no longer matter, all that is left is head-on confrontation!
Eternal put up a resolute resistance. With strong firepower and tenacious the Will, the sneak attack fleet finally returned without success.
In addition to the Nightdragon-class battlecruiser that was destroyed before, another Victory II-class Star Destroyer in the opponent's fleet was destroyed, and most of the other capital ships retreated with injuries. Of the 10 Light Cruisers, 4 were destroyed.
However, Eternal paid the price of loss of power and severe damage to the hull. Moreover, all five Twinblade-class EW light cruisers it carried were sunk, and all 210 carrier-based aircraft it carried were shot down.
There is no doubt that this is a disastrous defeat at both the strategic and tactical levels!
After studying Shien-Morabito, it was ordered that Colonel Connally be stripped of his military post and transferred to a military court for further review. At the same time, he ordered Chiss territory to enter the alert state again.
As for Dawn Star Planet, after receiving the news from Governor Shien-Morabito about the attack on Eternal Super Carrier, they immediately convened the highest military meeting.
The first thing that can be confirmed is that the opponent's fleet includes Imperial-class Star Destroyer, which means that this is the fleet secretly sent by the Galactic Empire. And Nightdragon-class battlecruiser and Groundlion-class heavy cruiser also appeared among them, which shows that the remnants of the local family of Chiss territory have also colluded with the Galactic Empire.
At the same time, although the departure of Eternal Super Carrier is public, the route is kept secret. Not only that, this is Unknown Regions! The hyperspace channel here is called a tangle. It can be said to be extremely complex and changeable, but the opponent can ambush Eternal very accurately.
This is a very serious issue because there may be a traitor in the military. Moreover, to be able to launch such a precise sneak attack in a complex hyperspace channel, not only the location, but also the time when the opponent launched the sneak attack was stuck in the hyperspace fluctuations and communication was poor. The opponent must also be very familiar with the hyperspace channel of Unknown Regions!
It can't even be explained by familiarity, because such an attack with just the right time and space can be said to be a miracle!
The third is the cunning art of command.
Because after the message was sent back to Dawn Star Planet, General Staff Headquarters immediately organized multiple combat simulations. Eternal's military strength at that time, in addition to its own super combat effectiveness, also had 5 Dagger-class light cruisers and fully loaded carrier-based aircraft, a total of 150 Wraith fighters, 50 Viking fighters and 250 F-99 Wombat drones.
And with such a force against the opponent's 10 battleships and 10 Light Cruiser, and among them are Nightdragon-class battlecruiser and Groundlion-class heavy cruiser, such backward warships produced by Chiss territory, it stands to reason that they should have the advantage. But the result was shocking. If the reinforcements had not arrived in time, Eternal was almost sunk!
This result is also the reason why the Governor Shien-Morabito decided to transfer Colonel Connally, who commanded the operation, to a military court - he believed that Colonel Connally was unfavorable in the operation and might have malfeasance in his duties.
And during the battle review, Colonel Connally once said that from beginning to end, he wanted to use the three Particle Beam Lance doors on the bow of the Eternal ship to carry out a devastating blow to the enemy ship. But throughout the entire battle, he never found a chance.
After several hours of fighting, Particle Beam Lance on Eternal didn't even have a chance to fire!
However, according to the simulation results of General Staff Headquarters, Eternal can at least use Particle Beam Lance to destroy at least four of the opponent's capital ships!
Such a result made Chief of Staff Qi Jian look solemn. He said to Carl-Walton, who temporarily took over Commander of the Navy, that if Colonel Connally is not too stupid, then it is the other party's Commander... very scary!
General Carl Si-Walton is already a veteran. He is also one of the founders of Fourth Civilization Navy and was awakened very early. He initially served as the deputy general of Fourth Civilization's first Commander of the Navy, Igor-Zavalov, and served as deputy commander after the establishment of the Naval Department.
Later, Igor-Zavalov died of illness. Carl Si-Walton took the initiative to apply for transfer to a second-line position for retirement, and gave the opportunity to the new Commander of the Navy Matt-Hona's own team.
Now that Matt-Hona resigned, General Carl Si-Walton was re-invited by Tang Xiao to take charge of Duchy of Dawn Navy, and he will wait until a more suitable candidate is in place before relinquishing his position in favor of someone else.
Regarding this attack, Carl Si-Walton said that this must be Galactic Empire's response to the recent Trade Federation war, and Duchy of Dawn's response to the Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal war. And this kind of attack is definitely just the beginning, and there will definitely be more serious attacks after that.
Chief of Staff Qi Jian suggested that we immediately send additional troops to Chiss territory.
However, Defense Minister Cheng Shitao raised objections to this suggestion. He said that if we increase troops at this time, we can only tell the people of Qisi Territory that the Dawn Principality is unable to control the situation in the territory and can only maintain its rule by continuously increasing troops. From the perspective of the people of Chisiland, this is a sign of weakness.
There are already enough troops stationed at Chiss territory. Duchy of Dawn has 70 battleships, plus Chiss territory's own more than 50 battleships, a total of more than 120 battleships, plus more than 600 cruisers and frigates. Such a force can only be maintained through the Star Gate, so even if Galactic Empire has a fleet going to Chiss territory, the scale will definitely not be large.
Therefore, Chiss territory's existing troops are sufficient to solve the problem. At this stage, no additional troops can be added until the situation becomes clear.
After discussion, Duchy of Dawn Supreme Military Command agreed to this suggestion and not to increase troops. And Chiss territory Governor Shien-Morabito is required to use his own troops to quickly and perfectly solve the Imperial fleet invasion of Chiss territory.
At the same time, Duchy of Dawn Ministry of Foreign Affairs also began to prepare a speech, preparing to condemn Galactic Empire's interference in Chiss territory's internal affairs in public opinion.
Don't be surprised, because now Galactic Empire and Duchy of Dawn are actually a family, and Duchy of Dawn still admits that he is a vassal of the Galactic Empire in name. Many things must be done according to rules.