2629, Bilbrin Outpost Battle (2)
Fiery red explosion flames exploded instantly around Bilbrin Planet, and an asteroid with a diameter of more than 70 meters was blown into pieces! Melted Rock and metal fragments flew everywhere.
These asteroids have been transformed into heavy-duty Turbolaser Turret. Based on simple AI judgment, they can carry out devastating blows to all units that are close and do not respond to the identification friend or foe code.
Bilbrin Planet has a very complex space environment. The most difficult thing is the large asteroid belt surrounding the planet that has been transformed into turrets!
Kingdom of Dawn Northern Fleet almost charged over in a rampage. Archangel-class Titan Warship acted as the leader, leading 10 battleships and 55 Heavy Cruiser to arrive first.
When arriving at the outer perimeter of Bilbrin Planet's defense line, Archangel-class Titan Warship opened fire with eight groups of Flagship-class laser array installed on the disc structure in front of the battleship.
The flash of X-ray is invisible and fleeting, but in the flash of light, a huge amount of energy has directly heated the target to millions of degrees!
In the first round of attacks, more than 40 armed asteroids were destroyed.
The Bilbrin defense line's counterattack was also extremely fierce. Thousands of asteroid turrets located in this direction turned their muzzles and fired wildly. There are one or two turrets installed on smaller asteroids, and even dozens of turrets can be installed on larger asteroids. The intensive firepower instantly enveloped Archangel-class Titan Warship.
Not only that, the reason Bilbrin Planet was built as a fortress planet was because of the planet's chaotic hyperspace environment. No matter how large the enemy's fleet is, the hyperspace channel can only accommodate so many warships, and they will be blocked behind them.
Then, the Third Sub-fleet defended by the Galactic Empire can deal a brutal blow to the enemy ship that has just arrived.
This kind of use of natural astronomical phenomena to create a local area where more can defeat less is the most perfect strategic location!
Therefore, when Archangel Titan warship appeared with a small fleet, the commander-in-chief Galactic Empire's Northern Territory Third Sub-fleet and Horst-General Strege decisively issued an order - the entire army moved forward and gave Separatist fleet a head-on attack!
Third Sub-fleet equips 400 battleships, including 250 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, 50 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, and 50 Victory II-class Star Destroyer. The flagship of this fleet is a behemoth 4,800 meters long!
Archon MK-II-class battlecruiser (Praetor Mark II-class battlecruiser)!
This is a battlecruiser plan proposed by Kuat Drive Yards a few years ago, which is to gain battlefield advantages through this multi-functional, high-speed battleship.
This is one of the three main battleships of the old Galactic Republic, an upgraded and enlarged version of the Consul-class battlecruiser. Among the three major battleships, the 8,000-meter Commander-class is the most popular. Not only has the initial version been modernized and modified, but also the subsequent Type II version has been launched, and now it has been further upgraded to Bellator-class Dreadnought.
As for the 4,000-meter Governor-class dreadnought, this design was directly abandoned. Even the existing Governor-class dreadnought has been dismantled due to its high maintenance costs.
The 2,500-meter Consul-class battlecruiser is relatively more active among the Clone Wars, and has performed well on multiple battlefields. Therefore, Kuat Drive Yards's Chief Engineer Lila-Vesex decided to take out the design of the Consul-class battlecruiser and design subsequent ship types.
At that time, her father, Willix-Blythex, was still kidnapped by Kuat Drive Yards, so Lila-Vesex forced Willix to improve the design of Consul-class. However, the design of Archon MK-II was just halfway through when Willix-Blythex escaped.
Lila-Vesex asked his expert team to take out the half-finished plan of Willix and improve it. Therefore, the Archon MK-II class battlecruiser was completed.
The Archon MK-II class battlecruiser is a multi-functional battleship that can carry up to 120 TIE fighter, as well as 14,000 soldiers and the armored vehicles they use. In terms of weapons, the innovative model uses the quadruple-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser cannon produced by Kuat Drive Yards. This is a compact spherical turret. Finally, the ancestral XX-9 double-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser cannon is no longer used.
The biggest difference between this warship and the Star Destroyer produced by other Kuat Drive Yards is that it no longer uses the typical T-shaped towering bridge of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, but uses a ridge-type slope-shaped overall bridge. So it's very recognizable.
However, overall, the firepower of the Archon MK-II class battlecruiser is still weak. In the design, a lot of space is used in modules such as personnel maintenance, Hangar Platform, and the command center. Therefore, in Anaxes ship classification standard implemented by the Galactic Empire, it is only classified as a battlecruiser.
Although Lila-Vesex had high hopes for the Archon MK-II class battlecruiser, this design was not favored in the subsequent Imperial Navy battleship review. Galactic Empire Navy still prefers Imperial-class Star Destroyer, which specializes in artillery combat, or Super Star Destroyer, which is larger in size, such as the 19,000-meter Executor-class. At the very least, it should be the Commander II-class with a length of 8,000 meters, or the Bellator-class Dreadnought with a follow-up length of 7,200 meters.
Therefore, the 4800-meter Archon MK-II class battlecruiser was left out in the cold. Only a dozen Galactic Empire were produced in total, and many of them were assigned to some sector fleets for use as flagships.
Now the flagship of Horst-General Strege is one of the Archon MK-II class battlecruisers.
Seeing Kingdom of Dawn fleet approaching, he issued an order very decisively, "All warships attack immediately! Before their reinforcements arrive, be sure to severely damage the opponent's Titan warship!"
He turned back to the operator and said, "Always monitor the enemy Titan warship's bow orientation and main gun charging status! Avoid being hit by the opponent's main gun!"
In the last Northern Territory battle, Archangel-class Titan Warship's terrifying firepower impressed almost all Imperial Navy officials, and Doomsday Weapon and Phenomenon Generator made them even more frightened. Therefore, Archangel-class Titan Warship's limited combat records were collected and studied at all times to avoid being hit hard the next time they fight.
According to the research of Imperial Navy technicians and staff, it is believed that the only way to face Archangel-class Titan Warship is to gather superior forces to carry out a saturation attack and be prepared to suffer heavy losses.
However, the research report also specifically mentioned that during a battle, special attention should be paid to avoiding the bow position of the Archangel-class Titan Warship, especially the own flagship, which must maintain high-speed maneuvers. It must not be directly decapitated by the main gun of the Archangel-class as soon as the battle begins.
Horst-General Strege immediately kept their flagships at a distance, and continued to evade in the distance while releasing all fighter jets.
"Detect the fluctuations of the hyperspace channel!" He turned to the hyperspace department and asked.
"General, the fluctuations in the hyperspace channel from Dorin Planet to Bilbrin Planet have exceeded the threshold and are unnavigable," the navigator replied immediately.
General Strege nodded solemnly and said, "Assault with the whole army! Before the channel is restored to navigation, at least severely damage the enemy Titan warship! Then retreat immediately!"
"Yes!"
This is the plan of Horst-Strege, and it is also the defensive battle plan formulated by Gillard-Perine. They fully considered the terrifying combat effectiveness of Kingdom of Dawn Archangel-class Titan Warship and believed that if a large-scale fleet battle broke out, they would probably not be their opponents. Therefore, they must form a local strength advantage of more than five times to fight Archangel-class.
The complex channel conditions of Bilbrin Planet are the biggest reliance.
But this is not the place for the final battle. After all, the area controlled by Kingdom of Dawn in Northern Territory is still concentrated in a small area of Northwest Territory, accounting for about a quarter of the entire Northern Territory area. They are actually semi-surrounded by the Galactic Empire's dominion.
So, they have three routes. One is heading from the north to the edge of the Milky Way, detouring through Dantooine. This channel is ignored for the time being, and the other two are from the former Galactic Empire Eighth Army capital, the planet Oud-Mantel. Branches - one branch leads to the Ninth Army, which is also the capital of the entire Northern Territory, the planet Palin-Minor, and the other branch leads directly south from Dorin Planet to Core Worlds.
Bilbrin Planet is the fortress built on the channel leading to Core Worlds.
Under such a defensive arrangement, Galactic Empire can use its own strength advantage to harass and attack Kingdom of Dawn's main fleet from multiple directions. The deeper Kingdom of Dawn fleet goes, the bigger the gap is exposed behind them, and the more they face the danger of being cut off by Imperial fleet's supply line.
Now, according to the message previously sent by the commander-in-chief Northern Territory, Gillard-Perine, his main fleet, including a huge fleet of 800 battleships, has already moved towards Ithor Planet. After the assembly was completed, they began to attack the planet Oud-Mantel, threatening Kingdom of Dawn fleet's flanks and rear, forcing them to divide their forces.
Therefore, in order to coordinate the actions of the main fleet, the mission of Horst-General Strege is to hold back the incoming fleet of Kingdom of Dawn at Bilbrin Planet, and give up Bilbrin Planet when necessary and continue to retreat, trading space for time.
The plan of General Gillard-Perine is to replicate the glorious battle in which Lieutenant General Thrawn severely damaged Kingdom of Dawn Commerce Guild Fleet and killed the opponent Admiral of the Navy Mar-Tuk.
After Bilbrin Planet is abandoned, the complex hyperspace channels here will become a rope that chokes Kingdom of Dawn's logistics supply line. This makes it impossible for them to flexibly maneuver the mobile fleet, let alone ensure the supply of a large-scale fleet.
Therefore, as long as Bilbrin Planet is still there, regardless of whether the planet is under the control of the Galactic Empire, it can play the role of a fortress planet, making it impossible for Kingdom of Dawn's large fleet to pass and threatening Imperial Core Worlds.
With such advantages, General Strege naturally has more confidence.
The scale of the Kingdom of Dawn invasion fleet is not large now. The only threat is the Archangel-class Titan Warship. If we take this opportunity to concentrate our forces and severely damage it, then this Northern Territory offensive will be disintegrated immediately!
Under the decisive command of Horst-Strege, the Empire Third Sub-fleet launched a resolute raid.
Archangel-class Titan Warship was not polite and immediately turned on all firepower. The powerful Flagship-class laser array is invincible. Even Imperial-class Star Destroyer cannot sustain a few shots under this terrifying power.
At the same time, as expected, the Doomsday Weapon launch array on the bow of the Archangel-class Titan Warship ship has begun to charge! And the battleship began to turn, preparing to target Galactic Empire fleet's flagship-Archon MK-II class battlecruiser!
At this moment, General Strege's battleship is running wildly. Constantly performing evasive maneuvers, turning irregularly, accelerating and decelerating irregularly. In short, you must not be exposed to the range of Archangel-class Titan Warship for more than ten seconds!
However, after waiting for a long time, Titan warship's Doomsday Weapon never fired. At this moment, the controller of the hyperspace sensor on the bridge suddenly shouted, "Hyperspace fluctuations appear again!! Another spaceship is coming!"
"What did you say!?" General Strege was shocked, "Instead of firing the main gun, you deployed Hyperspace Beacon?"
He secretly resented it, because now almost all Stalker-class Star Destroyer in Northern Territory had been mobilized to the north to intercept the leader of Kingdom of Dawn - Tang Xiao. Now he does not have Stalker-class Star Destroyer in his hand, so he cannot make any countermeasures against Archangel-class Titan Warship's Hyperspace Beacon!
"Before the reinforcements arrive, charge again! Don't be reluctant to fight after that, prepare to retreat!" General Strege made a decisive decision and immediately issued the order.
Kingdom of Dawn This small fleet with Archangel Titan warship as the core collided with Galactic Empire's Northern Territory Third Sub-fleet! The strength of the latter is eight times that of the former!
400 Star Destroyer, coupled with the three-dimensional firepower of countless armed asteroids, have a numerical advantage of only 65 ships against Kingdom of Dawn including Heavy Cruiser!
At this time, Archangel-class Titan Warship had completed the guidance of Hyperspace Beacon, and the super battleship started Phenomenon Generator without any hesitation!
Almost the entire space was enveloped by Titan warship's force field wave, and almost all warships on the battlefield were affected.
All Kingdom of Dawn battleships and Deflector Shield on the battlefield showed a light blue light visible to the naked eye. This is a phenomenon caused by the continuous overcharging of the shield capacitor. In a situation like this, the shield capacitor's cooling cycle is much faster than normal!
With the help of Phenomenon Generator, Archangel Titan warship took the lead and rushed forward without any fancy tricks! It did not launch Doomsday Weapon, but instead continuously used Flagship-class laser array to consume the Empire's warships.
Kingdom of Dawn's plan is very simple. Just use the thick-skinned Archangel-class Titan Warship to lead the battle, and then use Hyperspace Beacon to guide more warships.
This is a decisive battle posture from the very beginning!
Cold sweat ran down General Strege's forehead. Although he was now at an absolute advantage, he was still not sure he could sink Emissary in a short time.
But he thought about it, and the huge risks and huge benefits made him choose the latter. He slammed the table and said loudly, "Increase the firepower output! Hyperspace Beacon's navigation capability is limited! We still have time!!"
He stared at Archangel Titan warship on the sensor screen.
However, at this moment, another burst of white light flashed, and the first reinforcements arrived! There is only one ship!
But just this reinforcement made General Strege feel like it fell into an ice cave...
What comes is...
Ankollon-class Titan warship, Taowu!
Finally I can use the illustration function hahaha