2485, Operation Poseidon (1)
"Unregistered hyperspace jump!!" Orson-Krennic Even the heartbeat paused at this time. What does this mean? It means invasion by foreign enemies!
It means that the Empire's highest level confidential project has been leaked!
If the invisible agent that Prophetess Tana had driven away just now had the last bit of luck, thinking that it was just some new equipment of those Geonosians, then now it is invaded by foreign enemies, which means that the DS-1 combat space station project has been known to Kingdom of Dawn and Rebel Alliance!
No matter which company it is, as long as it gets the news, it will definitely share it with the other company. Orson-Krennic can know this without thinking at all - Death Star's deterrent power, His Majesty Palpatine's previous public speech in the parliament has already explained everything.
Sure enough, with bursts of dazzling white light flashing, one warship after another broke away from the hyperspace channel and appeared out of thin air in the outer space of Tarassia!
"Quick! Let the fleet attack!! Kill those invaders!!" Orson-Krennic is now a little glad that he left the flagship Ravager. If it is still on the flagship and is involved in a fleet battle, if it is sunk, then there will really be nothing.
But when he came to the battleship that came over, he breathed a sigh of relief.
There are not many enemy ships. There are only thirty Victory II-class Star Destroyer and Kohl-class Battlecruiser in total. There should be two Sova-class Carrier and some small warships.
Imperial defense fleet immediately began to turn and attack the enemy ship. The Imperial fleet, which owns 10 Imperial-class Star Destroyer and 50 Light Cruiser, has an advantage over these backward warships.
[Confirmed to be Kingdom of Dawn fleet! But it's not their active front-line battleship! ] During the communication, Fleet Commander said loudly, [In addition, it is confirmed that there are a large number of transport ships!]
"Then I will give you full command! Shoot them all down!" Orson-Krennic said with a gloomy face.
[ah? Me... me?]Fleet Commander is a little confused, he is just Staff Colonel! Where do you get the qualifications to command such a squadron? Not to mention anything else, one of the 10 captains of Imperial-class Star Destroyer has the rank of Rear Admiral! How can he command Staff Colonel?
"Who else could it be if you weren't the commander? Since the other side is full of backward warships, then kill them! As long as you can succeed, you can become a rear admiral next month!" Orson-Krennic said sternly.
[Yes... yes!]Fleet Commander had no choice but to agree.
In fact, Orson-Krennic cannot be blamed for this matter, because the DS-1 combat space station is still in the outfitting stage, and the highest Commander of the entire project is himself. It is impossible for Imperial Navy to send professional Admiral of the Navy here to command the garrison fleet. So under normal circumstances, he is actually the one commanding this fleet.
It's just that it's a bit difficult for him to let a technical officer like Orson-Krennic command the fleet operations. In addition, he is not on the flagship now, so he can only leave it to Fleet Commander, who is Staff Colonel, to take command. From a procedural point of view, this is no problem.
However, a program is a program, and the battlefield is a battlefield. Just when Colonel Commander commanded Imperial fleet to start turning, Kingdom of Dawn fleet had already fired a salvo of artillery fire!
The heavy Turbolaser cannons on Kohl-class Battlecruiser's Hypermatter Railgun and Victory II-class Star Destroyer were on full fire, firing wildly at Imperial fleet.
Imperial fleet, which was still turning, endured two rounds of volleys before reluctantly entering a combat position and starting to attack.
This wave of attack team Imperial fleet did no substantial damage, but it was very insulting. The Star Destroyer captains who were under salvo of artillery fire ignored the command of a mere colonel and began to act based on their own combat judgment.
Some battleships are ready to rush forward and end the battle directly with the performance advantage of Imperial-class Star Destroyer, while some battleships plan to fly in the direction of Death Star to protect this the Empire's most important asset. As a result, this resulted in a disconnect in the Imperial fleet formation. Some battleships began to advance forward, while some battleships remained in place.
However, Imperial-class Star Destroyer and Aquitenes-class light cruiser still had the absolute advantage. When Imperial-class Star Destroyer started firing, the battle situation was reversed in an instant!
After a burst of intensive artillery fire, the first one to suffer losses turned out to be Kingdom of Dawn fleet. A Victory II-class Star Destroyer fired a salvo because it had just left the hyperspace channel, but the Deflector Shield did not rise. Then it was particularly unlucky. Several rounds of heavy Turbolaser cannons hit the bridge above the battleship. After a violent explosion, the entire superstructure of the battleship was directly bombarded to the ground!
But such losses did not scare the Kingdom of Dawn battleships. Instead, they rushed forward bravely and fearlessly!
On the flagship Kohl-class Battlecruiser, a T-series tactical robot is standing in front of the console. Only seeing a large number of data lines connected to the battleship through its body, the electronic eyes of the tactical robot kept flashing.
I only saw that in other combat positions on the battleship bridge, all the people controlling the battleship were B-1 combat robots. These combat robots are also operating the battleship quickly, and their electronic eyes are also flashing.
[Roger Roger!]
[Roger Roger!]
[Roger Roger!]
No instructions were heard, but these B-1 combat robots kept repeating responses, as if a silent voice was giving them various instructions quickly.
In fact, this is the state where the tactical robot enters automatic command mode. All instructions are transmitted directly through the computer, and fleet command is completed directly through the data stream.
This kind of battle mode is actually rare, because whether it is Kingdom of Dawn or the former Confederacy of Independent Systems, although they both use a large number of combat robots to participate in the battle, no matter what, their Commander will always be human.
But now this fleet is undoubtedly controlled by robots!
As soon as these robot-controlled warships entered the battlefield, they immediately rushed towards Death Star! They didn't care about the gunfire of the the Empire battleship, and just fired back as much as possible while rushing towards the Death Star. He was so brave that he rushed over to die with Death Star without fear of death!
"Quick! Stop them quickly!!" Imperial Navy fleet Commander issued the order angrily, "We must not let them harm the DS-1 combat space station!!"
In fact, there was no need for him to give orders, the Star Destroyer captains naturally knew their priorities. So Imperial fleet flew in the direction of Death Star again, preparing to prevent the enemy ships from destroying Death Star. At this time, even the Aquitenes-class light cruiser formation among Imperial fleet was minding its own business and headed towards Death Star.
In this chaos, Fleet Commander of the Empire has actually lost control of the battle situation.
If Wilhuff-Tarkin were here, it would be absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen. In any case, Governor Tarkin is also a soldier. It is impossible for him to be sneaked in so easily, let alone make a low-level mistake during combat command——
The large group of transport ships that have been staying behind the Kingdom of Dawn battleship formation, and those aircraft carriers! Not just two Sova-class Carriers, but also more than ten Grey Horse-class escort carriers!
The task of interfering with these aircraft carriers was originally supposed to be completed by the high-speed formation composed of Light Cruiser.
While Imperial fleet was heading towards Kingdom of Dawn fleet, the large group of transport ships immediately began to take action and flew straight towards Tarassia!
Among these transport ships are full of Geonosians, who has the flame of revenge burning in his heart!
At this time, the battleships of both sides were already strangled together near Death Star, and the battle was very fierce. Although the warships of Kingdom of Dawn were generally lagging behind and were vulnerable to Imperial-class Star Destroyer, after all, they had a numerical advantage and could not tell the winner for a while.
Galactic Empire's fleet Commander also noticed the movement of the transport ship at this time, and he quickly ordered the Aquitenes-class light cruiser formation to intercept the transport ship.
The order was immediately executed, and a large number of transport ships were destroyed under the hunt of Aquitenes-class light cruiser. From the wreckage of the transport ship, countless Geonosians corpses were flying everywhere, and the scene was extremely tragic.
However, those transport ships still did not stop, they just rushed towards Tarassia!
So, when everyone finally completely ignored the existence of aircraft carriers, those aircraft carriers began to release fighter jets. A large number of Wraith fighter took off from the Gray Horse-class aircraft carrier, immediately entered stealth mode, and killed Imperial fleet.
Some Imperial-class Star Destroyer also noticed these stealth fighters, and they also took off the TIE fighter carried on their respective battleships to attack them.
However, among the current Imperial defense fleet warships, there are not many carrier-based aircraft left. Most of their fighter jets were sent to Tarassia to provide fire support for suppressing the rebellion, and then got caught in a fight with the fighter jets captured by Geonosians. Others are currently fighting within Death Star and are also suppressing the rebellion of Geonosians.
And the small number of TIE fighter formations can't stop those Wraith fighters at all!
Unlike all battleships, which are all commanded and operated by robots, the pilots on Wraith fighter are all real Kingdom of Dawn Ace Pilot!
These pilots all participated in Rebirth Plan, and they were not afraid of death at all!
Lieutenant Colonel Li Yifei has entered the battlefield with his flight formation. The oncoming TIE fighter, like all the Empire pilots facing stealth fighters, have become stiff and slow in their actions.
This is because they began to direct operations through the flight control center of Star Destroyer. The airborne radar on TIE fighter cannot detect stealth fighters at all.
Now Galactic Empire already has Star Destroyer specially used for Anti-Stealth and flight control command to assist in operations. These Star Destroyer are equipped with extremely powerful radar and communication command systems. However, now, in this Guardian Death Star fleet, there is no such role.
"Is this 'Death Star'..." Li Yifei looked through the cockpit at the huge spherical battle space station in front of him that was more than half completed, and couldn't help but sigh, "This thing is really an artificial planet!"
Beep beep beep! The siren started to sound, indicating that he had been targeted by Fire Control Radar, but he did not panic at all. With a slight movement of his wrist and a push of the control stick forward, the improved Wraith fighter he was driving dodged the oncoming Company One series blaster cannon fire. While dodging, he had completed his own aiming lock.
emission!
A Gemini air-to-air missile was fired at close range, directly exploding the TIE fighter into a fireball.
[Brothers of Wraith Squadron! It's time to make history! Let this unprecedented super weapon become the biggest trophy of our squadron!]Li Yifei Lieutenant Colonel said loudly in the communication.
[yes! Kill Death Star!]
[I want the scene of the Death Star explosion to be tattooed on my back! Ha ha ha ha!]
Wraith Squadron's fighter jets immediately began to turn around and fly in all directions. This left the Galactic Empire TIE fighter pilot who was maintaining the formation flying formation at a loss as to what to do.
But then, there were attacks from all directions!
One TIE fighter was destroyed one after another, and there was no way to fight back! Even though the mobility of TIE fighter is actually better than that of Wraith fighter, with the support of Rebirth Plan, Wraith Squadron, who has almost completely participated in most of the air battles since Clone Wars, is simply not comparable to those Imperial Flight Academy mass-produced pilots!
The TIE fighter formation of Imperial fleet was quickly defeated, and those Wraith fighter of Kingdom of Dawn took advantage of the chaos and flew directly into the Death Star!
The current Death Star is far from finished, and at least one-third of it is still exposed, making it the best stage for the Ace Pilot Gate.
Even inside Death Star, Kingdom of Dawn's ace pilot was able to move freely, but those TIE fighter that followed crashed into the vertical and horizontal frame structures one after another.
The entire battlefield was instantly beaten to pieces...
In the current situation, the main ships of both sides are fighting near Death Star, while the battlefield of fighter jets has reached inside Death Star. Imperial fleet's Light Cruiser chased the transport ship full of Geonosians and flew towards Tarassia.
The situation is already chaos.
However, at this moment, a Imperial-class Star Destroyer suddenly exploded without warning! The explosion started from the rear of the battleship and spread to the reactor in the center of the battleship in less than a minute. Then with a violent explosion, the entire battleship was blown into two sections!
Before the Empire Fleet Commander could react, the second Imperial-class Star Destroyer was destroyed!
This was not done by a battleship at all!!
At this time, the operator of the Star Destroyer detector who finally reacted shouted, "An enemy stealth frigate has been detected! No... it's Separatist stealth operative ship! Confirmed to be Purifier-class!!"