2357. Disastrous defeat Anselm (middle)
On the bridge of the castrated versions Endless-class Super Carrier and Neimoidia, Admiral Mar-Tuk stood in front of the holographic combat star map and continued to issue instructions and direct the fleet operations.
Because the scale of this fleet is so huge, the energy required to command it is also very large. The number of T-series tactical robot standing next to him has increased to four, assisting him in commanding the four attack directions of the Claw Formation array, that is, the four claws.
Some people may ask why such a large number of warships should be used intensively. Wouldn't this cause waste?
However, in fact, it was not that General Mar-Touk did not want to divide his forces to attack, but that he had no choice but to do so. The fleet formation of Commerce Guild Fleet is not scientific, and the number of battleships is too small, so it can only make up for the shortcomings of the insufficient number of battleships through a large number of Light Cruiser.
Moreover, the Commerce Guild Fleet in his hand actually has hidden dangers.
This fleet includes 1,500 Undertaker-class Light Cruiser and 1,000 Osprey-class light cruiser. These two models of Light Cruiser account for about half of his fleet! Other new warships include Raven-class heavy destroyer and Catalyst-class heavy destroyer, with a total number of approximately 500 ships.
In addition, there are the battleships Valkyrie-class Missile Frigate, Javelin-class missile frigate, Garda Flak Frigate, Grizzly-class heavy destroyer, Star-class Repair Drone Mothership and Blue Sky-class command cruiser that are commonly used by Kingdom of Dawn Navy.
The reason why there are so many Undertaker-class Light Cruiser and Osprey-class light cruiser is that, to put it bluntly, it was Newt Gunray and Thorn Hill's fault.
After they obtained the battleship technology of Caldari and Gallente in "EVE" through the Cooperative Alliance, they happily started the construction work on their own. They didn't even ask for Kingdom of Dawn military's opinion, and directly selected the battleship they liked most and started building a large number of them.
Newt Gunlay chose Undertaker-class Light Cruiser because the main body of this warship was a modified cargo ship, so Trade Federation restored part of the functions of the cargo ship and planned to use this warship to start his own business. What is Trade Federation's line of work? Transport!
Thornhill chose Osprey-class light cruiser because this kind of warship can be equipped with mining lasers. Is he planning to mine?
In short, this led to the fact that when Ling Liang promoted and supervised the preparatory work of Operation Zero and discovered the obviously abnormal shipbuilding plans of Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan, nearly two thousand ships of Undertaker-class Light Cruiser and Osprey-class light cruiser had been built!
Reaper-class and Osprey-class cannot be said to be useless, but it is obviously not used that way! And it is obvious that such a huge quantity is not needed!
The furious Ling Liang immediately scolded Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan and asked them to make rectifications within a time limit. At the same time, a group of military experts was dispatched to Northern Territory to supervise their shipbuilding work.
So there were Raven-class missile destroyer and Catalyst-class destroyer that were later designed and built. Among them, Raven-class missile destroyer is a warship that uses medium-range missiles as its main attack method, serving as a powerful complement to Javelin-class missile frigate and Valkyrie-class Missile Frigate.
The Catalyst-class destroyer is a warship specially designed to fight against enemy frigates and Light Cruiser. It has extremely high maneuverability and extremely powerful firepower, and the fire control system is also very excellent.
Not only that, Ling Liang also asked them to immediately dismantle Osprey-class's mining laser, and Reaper-class's warehouse was also changed back to its proper turret equipment.
But even so, the large number of Osprey-class and Reaper-class still had a great impact on the formation of the fleet. This is also an important reason why Mar-Touk did not divide his troops - he brought all these warships with the mentality of "build them all, don't use them in vain".
Anyway, Trade Federation and InterGalactic Banking Clan have deep pockets, so they don't care about the extra fuel money, right?
In the current battle, Admiral Mar-Tuk deployed all Undertaker-class Light Cruiser at the front of the formation. The revised Reaper-class is 310 meters long. This warship is heavily armored and extremely fast, but lacks long-range attack methods. It can be said to be an upgraded version of Grizzly-class heavy destroyer.
Undertaker-class Light Cruiser, which has strengthened its front armor module, can even withstand several direct shots from Imperial-class Star Destroyer!
These warships accelerated wildly and rushed towards Imperial fleet's formation. The operators inside the battleships are all robots, and they are simply not afraid of death. This is also the biggest feature of these battleships-that is, they can be used as high-quality cannon fodder!
Valkyrie-class Missile Frigate, Raven-class missile destroyer and Javelin-class missile frigate constitute three levels of missile attacks: near, medium and far, providing fire cover for Reaper-class that rushes forward.
At the same time, Osprey-class light cruiser was roaming around in his own formation. This kind of warship is a multi-functional warship equipped with a drone home port. In addition to being equipped with hundreds of Acolyte-class drones, it can also provide battlefield support through armor repair modules, electronic warfare modules and other functions. They are also an important factor in ensuring that Undertaker-class Light Cruiser can successfully break into the local formation.
But even so, the number of Reaper-class as high-quality cannon fodder and Osprey-class as support ships is obviously too many. So Mal-Tuk simply went up with all A's regardless!
The Undertaker-class Light Cruiser clusters that attacked simultaneously from four directions did cause a lot of trouble for Imperial fleet. They were already having a huge headache when facing the improved and miniaturized new warships among Kingdom of Dawn fleet. Now so many Light Cruiser that look like dump trucks are rushing towards them, which is even more troublesome for them.
The most disgusting thing is that these dump trucks are fast and quite resistant to beatings. A Imperial-class Star Destroyer fired a salvo from ten turrets, but it failed to destroy it! The Reaper-class was on fire, but it was still charging wildly!
Gillard-Perine had no choice but to let his Light Cruiser rush forward immediately to try to block the Reaper-class that rushed over at high speed, preventing these battleships from affecting his formation.
However... when everyone in Imperial fleet focused their attention on Commerce Guild Fleet, a sudden change occurred!
The planet Gulla-Anselm suddenly turned on Planetary Shield! At the same time, the orbital defense weapons on the planet were aimed at the sky and fired at the the Empire battleship!
The defense turrets on the spaceport were also firing on all cylinders, aiming at the Imperial-class Star Destroyer that was just around the corner and pouring out all their firepower!
At the same time, violent explosions occurred inside many Imperial-class Star Destroyer! The explosions, without exception, all came from Hangar Platform.
Those were the transport ships transporting supplies from the planet Anselm. They blew themselves up!!
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