2769. A heavy hammer that breaks the balance
In the past month, Kingdom of Dawn has become calm on many fronts and has not taken any action. The only place where there is military action is outside Chiss territory. The fleet led by Sefrans-Tann is still fighting fiercely with Kilik Swarm.
It's just that Galactic Empire doesn't know what happened to Unknown Regions, so in their opinion, Kingdom of Dawn seems to have died down.
Even in the ground battle on Dantooine, Kingdom of Dawn did not pursue the victory after breaking through and occupying Black Mountain Base with great momentum.
Dantooine Lieutenant General Commander Zell-Johnson, the current highest combat commander in the theater, also mentioned in the report that based on the total amount of supplies Kingdom of Dawn has recently transported, their ground forces are indeed limited by the shortage of supplies and cannot launch another large-scale offensive like before.
This is correct.
After all, the time it took for Kingdom of Dawn to increase troops to Dantooine was still too short, and on this planet with remote waterways, supplies were slowly accumulated. After the supplies were accumulated, a wave of attacks was carried out, and the supplies were gone, and the defense was stopped. Then the accumulated supplies on the opposite side were raised again, and a counterattack was launched, and so on.
But what's different this time is that there are four terrifying Golden Beetles on Kingdom of Dawn's side. Carried by that sleek golden transport plane, these things appear and disappear, harassing Galactic Empire everywhere. 's position. At the same time, Caladanian's troops were also watching. They no longer launched large-scale sneak attacks, but broke into pieces and launched guerrilla warfare over a fairly wide range.
This leaves Galaxy Imperial army to huddle in major bases and cities, with all supply transportation relying on spaceports.
Lieutenant General Zell-Johnson naturally knows that he cannot continue like this, otherwise when Kingdom of Dawn accumulates enough supplies next time, he will be hit hard again. But he really has no way to launch a counterattack, Caladanian has no way The ubiquitous harassment, the powerful power of Golden Beetle, the artillery fire of Thor and Siege Tank, and the indestructible Grizzly Tank are all foreseeable entities that can cause him heavy casualties.
The only way he can think of is to keep asking for reinforcements. He hopes to get more and more advanced fighter jets so that he can gain air supremacy in the planet's atmosphere. With air supremacy, the safest way is to let the air force destroy Golden Beetle.
Zell-Johnson proposed more than once that he needs TIE-Interceptor and TIE-Avenger fighter jets. Only in this way can he ensure his air superiority.
I have to say that Zell-Johnson's idea is correct, and Zerg and Terran liked it one after another.
However, in the face of his request, more fighter jets were indeed sent from the rear, but they were all TIE-Advanced X1, TIE-Advanced X1, TIE-Advanced X1, TIE-Advanced
There is no way, it's all Demetrius-Marshal Zarin's fault.
The problem with the fighter jets has also had a chain reaction. The fighter pilots currently on the Dantooine are not willing to go out to fight against the Sabre-class fighter of the Kingdom of Dawn, let alone fly the TIE-Advanced X1 fighter with obviously lagging performance.
After all, these fighter pilots were learned step by step in the flight academy. They were all selected and each one was a leader from his hometown. After selection at all levels and two years of study, they were finally sent to the battlefield, only to be shot down in pieces by Sabre-class fighter.
Such a sense of disparity is impossible to accept even if you think about it.
Not only that, with the large number of fighter pilots killed in action, the new recruits who are now being added to the front line are seriously inadequately trained. This problem is gradually beginning to appear in the entire Galactic Empire army.
Fighters can increase production, but pilots cannot, and can only be trained step by step. What's more, even if the fighter jets are equipped with more advanced equipment, the pilots also need to increase their training requirements, which becomes an endless cycle.
These constraints made Lieutenant General Zell-Johnson's plan to compete for air supremacy immediately come to nothing.
The result was that during this month, although Zell-Johnson wanted to launch a counterattack, the cruel reality told him that it was completely impossible.
Therefore, although Kingdom of Dawn did not take any action, Galactic Empire was unable to seize the opportunity.
The worst thing happened on October 18th.
On this day, it was the same as usual on Dantooine. As for the Galactic Empire, a large number of transport ships were crowded around the space station and space port, waiting to send a large number of supplies and soldiers to the ground. They did not dare to fly around at will, because once they broke away from the space station's anti-aircraft fire cover, Kingdom of Dawn Air Force, which had been eyeing the surroundings, would kill them like Vulture.
Outside the space station, fighter jets from both sides are constantly probing. The pilot of Kingdom of Dawn wants to lure the fighter jets from the Empire out, while the pilot of the Empire is holding firm and will never leave the cover of the space station.
On the other side, at the North Pole of the planet, a large number of Kingdom of Dawn transport aircraft are also constantly transporting supplies to the ground to meet the needs of the next wave of offensive.
The ground pressure on Kingdom of Dawn is actually very high. Galactic Empire currently has more than 2 million troops stationed on Dantooine. Once these troops are organized and supplied, and then rush out to bloom more, with the current 600,000 troops of Kingdom of Dawn, they will really be unable to survive.
After all, whether it is Golden Beetle or Grizzly Tank, their number is very limited. Moreover, the key to building a position - the number of command center buildings equipped with shield modules is seriously insufficient. As a result, the number of positions set up on the front line of Kingdom of Dawn is not large. If it is on the defensive, it cannot well cope with the all-out attack of the Galactic Empire.
If there are no other surprises, it will be a busy and peaceful day again - both sides are constantly increasing their troops, and it seems that this will continue until the balance of power is broken.
However, no one expected that the heavy hammer that broke the balance would come so quickly!
Galactic Standard Time, In the early morning of October 18, Galactic Empire, the main control radar of the Dantooine orbiting space station suddenly captured an abnormal signal, and then a harsh alarm sounded throughout the space station.
Amid the sirens, the radar operator's pupils shrank suddenly - two huge signal sources were rushing toward the space station at high speed! According to the radar feedback, they were clearly two warships!
"Report! Report! It's a battleship... It's a battleship!!!" the radar soldier yelled at the top of his lungs.
That's right, according to the sensor scan, the incoming battleship is 1,083 meters long... This is clearly a battleship!
Space station Commander scolded sternly, "Don't talk nonsense here! How could a capital ship come here?!"
Dantooine's hyperspace channels are too confusing and complicated. It is already very difficult to satisfy the huge army on the ground. Once transportation stops, the troops on the planet will immediately be cut off from supplies.
In such a state where the transportation volume is almost saturated every day, how can there be any capital ships coming? Not only is it difficult for the capital ships to navigate, but also because the hyperspace channels here are always operating at full capacity, and the hyperspace fluctuations are always floating around the most dangerous threshold.
In order for the fluctuations in hyperspace to stabilize, there needs to be at least a few days without navigation. Only then can the hyperspace stabilize and then large battleships be able to pass through.
Such a time gap is absolutely fatal to the tense situation of Dantooine.
But now, two battleships have appeared here! How did they get here?
"Sir... it's definitely a battleship!" the radar soldier said loudly.
Commander then felt something was wrong. He rushed to the radar screen and looked at the two dazzling signal sources on the screen and the scanning parameters displayed next to him. He felt like a bucket of ice water was being poured down on him.
It's really...
Two battleships!
"Quick! All fighter jets enter combat status immediately! Take off all fighter jets immediately! Blow up that battleship!!" Commander roared loudly, "Quick!!"
The alarm sounded throughout the space station, and the crowded passages here suddenly became chaotic. The army soldiers who had just got off the transport ship wanted to get out, while the pilots who ran out of their barracks wanted to get in. The wailing of the alarm made everyone feel more and more anxious.
TIE fighter took off from the hangar and began to fly towards the incoming battleship.
"Dispatch the escort fleet! Ask for help from the rear! Tell them not to send any more transport ships! I want battleships! Battleships!!" Commander roared, "Also! Evacuate all transport ships now! Let them escape! Now! Immediately!"
A large number of transport ships gathered near the space station quickly began to leave the docking bay and began to turn around and flee. The news of being attacked by the Separatists battleship was like a reminder, making the captains of every transport ship go crazy.
One of the transport ships forcibly launched the spacecraft regardless of the fact that the docking module had not been retracted. The structure caused the docking module to be directly torn apart. A large number of the Empire soldiers and surrounding workers were immediately thrown out and died instantly in the vacuum of space.
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Galactic Empire's escort fleet consisted of three Light Cruiser and 50 frigates. They quickly deployed a defensive formation in front of the space station, with their guns aligned in the direction of the incoming attack.
However, every naval soldier is beating a drum in his heart. What they are facing is a battleship! The energy level alone is no longer the same! The firepower of Light Cruiser will probably not be able to break through the defense!
At this moment, the two battleships were getting closer and closer. The optical sensors also showed their shape - a twin-body structure with a very thick front end and a rear-mounted bridge, which looked like a super-enlarged pistol.
This type of battleship has appeared before.
"Sir! It is confirmed that it is the new model battleship Separatists - King of Kings-class Battlecruiser!" the radar soldier said loudly.
"Get ready to meet the enemy immediately!" Commander's voice was trembling as he spoke.
I only saw that the two King of Kings-class Battlecruisers were charging forward at high speed with their engines at full speed, much faster than the Sublights of ordinary battleships.
Aquitenes-class light cruiser among Galactic Empire escort fleet immediately fired a salvo of main guns, and the fire from the medium-sized Turbolaser guns continued to fall on the two Throne-classs, exploding into bursts of flames.
Those two battleships don't seem to have Deflector Shield!
However, even so, such an attack was still completely unable to shake them. The armor of these two battleships was extremely thick, and even if big holes were blown out of the armor, it would not help at all.
The orbital defense artillery fire on the space station and the space port opened fire one after another. The artillery fire rained down on the King of Kings-class Battlecruiser hull, but still had little effect.
The two Throne-class had no intention of firing, but kept accelerating closer. Soon, the huge figure more than a thousand meters long had already flown to the front of the Imperial fleet formation.
Immediately afterwards, the speed of the two battleships suddenly increased greatly again, and they suddenly rushed forward and rushed into the encirclement of the the Empire battleship.
Then, they opened fire!
The eight large Neutron Rapid-Fire Cannons located on both sides of the battleship instantly spit out terrifying flames at an extremely fast rate of fire. The subatomic particles constrained by the magnetic field were ejected at a speed close to the speed of light, instantly tearing apart the Aquitenes-class light cruiser's shields and armor!
At the same time, Kingdom of Dawn fighter squadrons, which had been watching eagerly from the outside, immediately roared out and pounced on the Galactic Empire's escort fleet like a pack of wolves. The fighter group flexibly shuttled between the battleships, using Concussion Missile and Proton Torpedo to continuously bombard the weak points of the Galactic Empire battleship.
the Empire warships also launched anti-aircraft barrages, but this star field was too chaotic, and many anti-aircraft barrages hit those transport ships.
It would be fine if it was a battleship, but the anti-aircraft barrage would scratch the itch, but those transport ships would be killed! The weak shields and armor of many transport ships were torn apart by the anti-aircraft barrage, and the people and cargo inside were sucked out of the vacuum of space.
The two King of Kings-class Battlecruisers seemed to be desperate for their lives, and they were running rampant here, ignoring the countless artillery fire, lasers and missiles falling on them. Countless cracks were blown out on the surface of the ship's hull, and the main armor belt was as pitted as the surface of a meteorite, but they were still firing.
Soon, the escort fleet from Kingdom of Dawn also arrived, and more than 20 Incasas-class frigate quickly joined the battle, firing wildly at the Galactic Empire's spaceship.
But these are just the icing on the cake.
When the two King of Kings-class Battlecruiser appear here, it is really a dimensionality reduction strike.
In this star area where Light Cruiser can become the core main force, the most powerful firepower is the medium-sized Turbolaser cannon. And what is the Neutron Rapid-Fire Cannon installed on Throne-class? It is a terrifying existence that can directly tear apart the shield and armor of Imperial-class Star Destroyer!
There is no way these two battleships have any natural enemies here!
It is not that there are no Galactic Empire bombers that want to attack with Proton Torpedo, but Kingdom of Dawn's 10 Sabre-class fighters are all dispatched, which will not give them any chance at all!