2429, Battle of the Twin Heroes (中)
In the barren cosmic space between Ithor System and the Palin-Minor system, this extremely fierce battle is intensifying.
Archangel Titan warship shows its power on the battlefield. The 12 high-energy laser arrays are like 12 Reaper scythes that harvest lives, harvesting the lives of countless Galactic Empire Navy soldiers.
Sefrans-Tann Although there are not many battleships under her command now, she still tried her best. On the one hand, she moved the severely damaged First Fleet battleships to the cover of Titan warship, and then asked these battleships to turn on their hyperspace engines as soon as possible and return to Ithor System.
On the other hand, Sefrans-Tann very accurately targeted the the Empire battleships that were also damaged! She ordered Archangel Titan warship to concentrate firepower to destroy those warships that had been damaged in previous battles. It is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten of them. If a large number of casualties are caused in a short period of time, the morale of the Galactic Empire Navy soldiers will be very fatal.
In less than 20 minutes at the beginning of the battle, Archangel Titan warship had already destroyed 4 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, 2 Aquitenes-class light cruiser, and 7 Kallak-class light cruiser.
Thrawn is also tit for tat. He lets Lila Executor-class Super Star Destroyer keep advancing while focusing all his firepower on Archangel Titan warship. He did not let the damaged warships retreat, but directly assumed a posture of going forward indomitably. If Emissary continued to ignore Lila, then Lila would rather suffer serious damage than drag Titan warship into the water!
The firepower of Executor-class Super Star Destroyer is also very terrifying, including 2,000 4-mounted medium-sized multi-functional Turbolaser cannons, 2,000 double-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons, 250 Proton Torpedo launchers, 250 heavy ion cannons and 500 point defense laser weapons. Being targeted by Executor-class Star Destroyer, what is waiting is the firepower projection like raindrops, which will be torn into pieces by tens of thousands of Turbolaser in a short time.
Sefrans-Tann has now completely given up. She no longer cares about strategies or tactics. What she wants is to directly destroy Thrawn's fleet with the invincible combat power of Archangel Titan warship!
After discovering that Lila was approaching, Tann decisively ordered to fire four consecutive rounds of salvos at Lila! Compared with the seemingly majestic attack of Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, the high-energy laser array of Archangel Titan warship is much more low-key. Each irradiation only lasts for a few tenths of a second, and the laser emitted is almost undetectable. If you look at it with the naked eye, it is even difficult to detect its attack.
But it can be seen from the violent flickering on Lila Super Star Destroyer's shield that even Executor-class cannot withstand Archangel Titan warship's continuous attacks for a long time!
Thrawn began to let Lila and other warships attack alternately. When Lila's Deflector Shield could not hold on, he let other Imperial-class Star Destroyer go up to give Super Star Destroyer time to recirculate the shield.
But whenever this happens, it means that at least two to three Imperial-class Star Destroyer will be severely damaged or even sunk by Emissary!
From the beginning of the siege of First Fleet until now, Thrawn has lost more than 50 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, as well as various types of Light Cruiser and more than 400 frigates. This is equivalent to one-fifth of his military strength!
In the case of deliberate and unintentional surprise attacks and ambush operations, such battle losses can be said to be very ugly. This also fully demonstrates the generational difference in battleship technology between the Galactic Empire and Kingdom of Dawn, especially Divinity-class battleship and Archangel Titan warship. Even with Thrawn's superb command art, the only thing he can do is to keep letting Imperial-class Star Destroyer fill in the gaps.
Because in many cases, those locked Imperial-class cannot even retreat! As long as they dare to turn around in front of Divinity-class battleship, their engines will be destroyed by several shots in minutes, and then they will be taken away by several rounds of salvos!
Thrawn even believes that if Lila Super Star Destroyer had not participated in the war, with the number of troops currently equivalent to six times that of First Fleet, I am afraid that at least one-third of the warships would have to be lost before the final victory could be achieved.
He can also easily conclude that if the number of Divinity-class battleship increases in the future, once more than 20 Oracle-class appear in a certain star area, then the Empire will not be able to withstand any star level force!
"We discovered the Empire's special battleship, General Tann." General Trench came to the side of Sefrans-Tann who was concentrating on commanding the battle, and said in a deep voice, "4 ships, strange, Imperial-class Star Destroyer. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
Sefrans-Tann looked at the holographic combat star map, nodded and said, "I just noticed the difference in the appearance of these battleships. What do they do?"
"Our technicians have located the location of the gravity source. It is confirmed that they are these four battleships. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..." Trench said, "Destroy them and our beacon will take effect."
Sefrans-Tann looked at the holographic combat star map and hesitated.
Because the four strange Imperial-class Star Destroyers are located in the four directions of the battlefield, and they are all under heavy protection of the the Empire battleships.
General Trench was also thinking about countermeasures. He shook his head and said, "If we launch an assault. Thrawn, we will most likely annihilate all the remaining ones, First Fleet. Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Moreover, it is impossible to confirm how effective it will be to destroy only one of them."
Sefrans-Tann looked at the star map and suddenly said, "No, there is a flaw. The special Star Destroyer on the right wing is guarded by only more than 20 frigates... During the attack by Thrawn just now, the 10 Star Destroyer that were originally guarding there were transferred away."
"If it's Thrawn, this is probably... a trap. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..." General Trench said.
Sefrans-Tann sneered, "He is copying a trap he used when dealing with Admiral Mar-Tuk. He deployed at least 60 battleships around him, aiming in this direction with long-range firepower. As long as we rush here, he will make us withstand at least 5 salvos from 60 battleships at the expense of that special Star Destroyer."
General Trench shook his head, he also felt that this method was not feasible.
However, Sefrans-Tann suddenly said, "But this is an opportunity! Such a deployment shows that Thrawn is also worried about us attacking those four special Star Destroyer!"
"Hmm... interesting idea." General Trench said.
"Send the order to put the remaining warships of First Fleet into a defensive formation. The two Divinity-class battleships will follow our ship and launch a surprise attack! Once one of the special Star Destroyers is destroyed, the First Fleet warships will retreat immediately!" Sefrans-Tann's eyes became extremely sharp.
"Then for 30 minutes, we will be alone and helpless." General Trench stroked his chelicerae and made a tsk-tsk sound.
"But after 30 minutes, we will get a new force." Sefrans-Tann said in a deep voice.
"Hmm..." General Trench said nothing. He was also deep in thought about this gamble-like tactic.
Sefrans-Tann said, "I'm just telling you this. Implement it immediately!" She said the last sentence to T-series tactical robot who was standing aside.
"Roger!" The tactical robot responded immediately and made arrangements.
"Get ready, three-dimensional bomb. Tsk tsk tsk tsk... give Thrawn a little surprise." General Trench finally agreed to the plan, "This will buy us more time. tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
After determining the next tactics, Archangel Titan warship immediately began to turn under the command of Sefrans-Tann. At the same time, the two Divinity-class battleship also accelerated forward. They hid their bodies behind the huge disk in front of Archangel Titan warship.
Since the firepower of Divinity-class battleship is arranged on both sides, this formation can allow the front of the battleship to be covered by Archangel Titan warship, and at the same time, it can also exert its own firepower on the sides.
The remaining warships of First Fleet began to shrink their formation, preparing to seize the opportunity to evacuate from the battlefield.
Archangel Titan warship did not attack the right wing that seemed to have weak defenses. She did the opposite and headed towards the left wing where Thrawn deployed the most defenses! In this direction, more than 40 capital ships are protecting one of the Stalker-class Star Destroyer.
This seemed like an extremely crazy move, but Sefrans-Tann, who was directing the battle, coldly issued an order, "Phenomenon Generator, start."
"Yes! Phenomenon Generator is activated!" An officer on the other side immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Behind the officer, there were five operators. They immediately started operating on their consoles, inputting parameters, turning on switches and circuit breakers at all levels. As rows after rows of indicator lights lit up, the entire battleship began to make a buzzing sound.
At this time, some subtle changes seemed to have occurred in this battlefield area.
"General! The opponent Titan warship began to advance!" Thrawn's adjutant Rael Benting said loudly, "They abandoned all warships except two Divinity-class battleship and began to attack our Stalker-class Star Destroyer!"
Thrawn had a cold smile on his lips. He shook his head and said, "It seems that Sefrans-Tann intends to make those damaged warships retreat as soon as possible, and then take Titan warship to break through directly, destroy one of Stalker-class, and open the gap. In this way, there will be a flaw in the artificial gravity well we deployed, allowing her reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible."
Rael Benting frowned and said, "Compared to the strong attack on Lila Super Star Destroyer, or the consumption of on-site defense, Tann's choice is the only way to break the situation. We... seem to have no choice."
His subtext is actually very obvious, that is, Tann is now directly overtaking Archangel Titan warship with its performance advantage. Such a simple and crude method actually hits Imperial fleet's weakness!
Thrawn said, "Tann thinks her move is gambling? No... In fact, deep down in her heart, she still chooses to be conservative."
"General?" Rael Benting couldn't understand.
Thrawn shook his head and said, "If it were me, as soon as I discovered the existence of Stalker-class Star Destroyer, I would directly use Doomsday Weapon to bomb. Then rely on the cover of other warships and the strong protection capabilities of Titan warship to support the arrival of reinforcements. It's a pity..."
His expression at this moment seemed to be sincerely sorry for Sefrans-Tann, "She believed that First Fleet fell into the trap precisely because of her radical strategy, so she took it seriously and chose to play it safe and steady.. Now that she has discovered our flaw, she wants to break the situation in one fell swoop, but deep down she is still afraid of suffering more losses. She asked the remaining First Fleet to retreat, and it was for this reason that she did not use Doomsday Weapon.
He tapped on the armrest of the seat, "She thinks I left the right wing to her, so she can do the opposite and attack the left wing? No... my left wing is really powerful. Pass the order! The 7th assault fleet immediately moves to the rear! Fourth Sub-fleet immediately attacks the remaining enemy fleet! Stalker-class Star Destroyer retreats, Lila Super Star Destroyer, blocks in front..."
After the Company One series of instructions were issued, the entire Imperial fleet seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand and immediately began to change the formation in an orderly manner. Hundreds of warships headed in their own directions, and soon formed a huge web of death!
"This time, even if it is Titan warship, I will sink it for you to see!" Thrawn's eyes became sharp.
What gave him this confidence was the news that had just arrived 10 minutes ago - Dunn-Vesex had led the defense fleet of Palin-Minor and repelled the rear-end fleet of Sefrans-Tann. He would arrive here soon!
However, at this moment, Lila Super Star Destroyer suddenly sent a message: [Unknown astronomical phenomenon detected! The intensity of cosmic radiation in this region is increasing!]
As Super Star Destroyer, Lila has more complete functional departments, such as a team of astronomy experts.
"Astronomical phenomenon? Or is it Titan warship's secret weapon?" Thrawn frowned.
Lila quickly sent a reply, [In terms of expression, compared to man-made weapons, it is closer to natural astronomical phenomena. But in fact, astronomy experts on our ship believe that this is likely to be a weather controller that acts on the space environment.]
"What's the effect?!" Thrawn asked quickly.
[Still under analysis. At present, it can be found that the increase in cosmic radiation intensity has increased the shield energy consumption of our warships by about 10%!]
"General! This is true! I have received feedback from the shield control department!" Adjutant Reil Benting said eagerly.
But at this time, they no longer needed to analyze. They only saw Archangel Titan warship suddenly flashing away with a laser, and the Victory II-class Star Destroyer in front of it began to collapse and disintegrate! Then the second laser was fired, and the battleship immediately turned into a huge fireball!!
Emissary's laser has changed! From the previously undetectable invisible state, it turned into an obvious yellow beam! I'm afraid the power has also improved a lot!