2305. Rendili Raid Battle (4)
Rendili Planet, command center.
"General! It's bad! Imperial fleet is speeding up again, they are attacking again!" An officer ran over and shouted.
"This is impossible!" General Trench punched the console, "Imperial fleet's energy reserve has bottomed out! They can't launch another attack!!"
He thought for a while and said loudly, "Where are Executor-class's movements?"
"Executor-class Super Star Destroyer and three Commander II-class Dreadnought are still in the center of the array, with no forward thrust!" the officer replied immediately.
General Trench's eyes narrowed, and he began to doubt his judgment, "Could it be that Imperial fleet... doesn't consume a lot? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk..."
The super battleship still has no intention of taking action, which shows that the other party has full trust in Imperial-class Star Destroyer's combat capabilities. Could it be said that they really have enough energy?
After thinking for a while, he raised a hand and said, "Notify all ships to stop bombing! Tsk tsk tsk tsk... recycle cooling, shields and main guns! Prepare for the next round of attacks! tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk."
"Yes!"
General Trench then said, "Put in, prepare the fleet, supplement, left wing. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
"Yes!"
He meditated again, turned to T-series tactical robot and said, "Use Imperial fleet to simulate with sufficient energy."
The electronic eyes of the tactical robot flickered for a while and said, "After 4900 simulated operations, Imperial fleet attacks with all its strength when it has sufficient energy. Our fleet will be wiped out within 30 hours. The probability is 69%. Only after retreating to the defense facilities can we have a chance of victory."
General Trench looked at the holographic star map and fell into silence.
It is impossible to rely entirely on defense facilities for defense. Imperial fleet is alive, but the defense facilities are dead. Imperial fleet can completely break through the defense from the weak point, and then bombard Planetary Shield with a super-powerful ion cannon. Once Planetary Shield is broken through and the battle enters the ground combat stage, the support that can be given on the planet will continue to decline.
As a result, the space fleet with reduced support will fall into a more difficult situation.
A defenseless city cannot be defended. This principle is still useful in the era of space warfare.
In the previous offensive, the defensive fleet in his hands lost 12 Victory II-class Star Destroyer ships and severely damaged 19 ships. As for Imperial fleet, only 24 Imperial-class Star Destroyer ships had their shields penetrated and caught fire. In addition, 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyer ships were directly destroyed.
Most of those Victory II-class Star Destroyers that were destroyed were destroyed by Particle Beam Lances of Calamity-class battlecruisers in the final stage.
This kind of exchange ratio is achieved by relying on planetary defense. It can be clearly judged that Imperial fleet is far stronger than them, and once the opponent's super battleship fully participates in the battle, the situation will be even worse!
So this time, Imperial fleet launched another attack, why?
General Trench stroked his chelicerae at the corner of his mouth and gave another command, "Fleet, continue to maintain, spread the wings. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
"Roger!"
Imperial fleet began to speed up. Just like before, they continued to circle to the left, firing and shooting while making an arc and starting to approach.
And this time, Imperial fleet really chose to bypass the interstellar base and launch an attack from the North Pole direction of Rendili Planet!
Countless Turbolaser cannons were fired continuously, and missiles, lasers, and Turbolaser beams were fired like raindrops, and they were also falling at the same time. Countless fireballs exploded in space!
Like the last time, facing the powerful firepower of Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the left wing of General Trench's fleet collapsed again. The left-wing battleship continued to retreat after receiving pressure. Those battleships whose shields were penetrated invariably chose to turn and accelerate, flying towards the interstellar base.
More and more warships broke away from the array, and Rendili Defense Fleet's left wing formation began to become scattered. The scattered formation also made their counterattack firepower more dispersed.
"General! Eight Victory II-class Star Destroyers have been destroyed on the left wing, and more than 40 battleships have had their shields penetrated and are retreating!" The officer came over and reported loudly to General Trench.
"Imperial fleet, do you have any energy reserves?!" General Trench punched the console heavily.
"There are insufficient parameters to simulate." The tactical robot replied rigidly.
"General! Their target is our mobile fleet! If they launch attacks like this repeatedly, after several exchanges, our mobile fleet will be completely lost! By then, those fixed defense systems will not be able to stop Imperial fleet's mobile attack!" A naval general came over and said.
Another combat staff officer also said, "That's true. If we don't launch a counterattack while our strength is intact, and we continue to be cut by blunt knives like Imperial fleet, we may really have no hope!"
General Trench was also hesitant now, and Imperial fleet attacked without hesitation, making him completely lose his judgment. He couldn't be sure whether Imperial fleet had insufficient energy... If they had sufficient energy and continued to let them cut their flesh repeatedly, then it would indeed be like what other staff officers said. If they did this a few more times, their mobile fleet would be completely lost, and the result would be - inevitable defeat!
But what if Imperial fleet is just supporting it? If they are really short of energy, then the best solution is to hold on and wait for further combat operations from Dawn Star Planet. Because he can trade space for time, if the left wing is attacked, the right wing will continue to reduce the strength of Imperial fleet through long-range bombing. Then the left wing fleet can continue to retreat towards the interstellar base, attracting the battlefield to the vicinity of the interstellar base, and maximizing the firepower advantage of the defense system.
There is actually no difference in the combat process between the two, but the biggest difference is whether it lasts. Does Imperial fleet only have the ability to launch one or two offensives, or does it have the ability to continuously launch more than ten or even more offensives?
So... how to decide?
At this time, the messenger came over and gave a military salute and then reported, "General! Lieutenant General Granger sent a communication and encountered the Galactic Empire light battleship formation at the edge of the galaxy. The opponent is breaking through the Interdictor array. Now Lieutenant General Granger is exchanging fire with Imperial light fleet, but the opponent is in large numbers. He is not sure if any fish have escaped the net and broken through the defense line!"
This news made General Trench finally make up his mind. He waved his pointer fiercely and said, "Right wing fleet, all assault! Attack Imperial fleet!"
"Yes!!"
"Call all ships to attack as a whole!" The order was issued immediately.
A total of 40 Calamity-class battlecruiser and Particle Beam Lance, which have been deployed in the center and right wing, are already ready to go. With a command, 40 dazzling beams of light suddenly shot out! After a short recharging, it was soon the second salvo!
A large amount of fire exploded immediately in Galactic Empire fleet's array. In the holographic screen, one can see Victory II-class Star Destroyer one after another shooting directly into two pieces under the terrifying power of Particle Beam Lance!
Immediately afterwards, with the 10 most elite Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser as the forward, the right wing of the defense fleet began to turn and launched an active attack on the sides and rear of Imperial fleet!
Kohl-class Battlecruiser's improved Hypermatter Railgun finally opened fire. The 40-meter-caliber super electromagnetic gun fired devastating projectiles, which together with Particle Beam Lance, posed a fatal threat!