495. The first step
200 capital ships!
This is the strength of Fourth Civilization Navy now!
These include 50 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, 80 Kohl-class Battlecruiser, 40 Sova-class Carrier, and 30 Martha-class heavy cruiser.
These are thousand-meter-level battleships, among which Kohl-class is 1,100 meters long, Hiigaran-class is 1,009 meters long, Sova-class is 1,300 meters long, and Masha-class is 940 meters long.
In addition, there are more than 600 small and medium-sized warships of various types.
Currently in service among Fourth Civilization Navy, also include Sky Blue-class command ship, Star-class Repair Drone Mothership, Grizzly-class heavy destroyer, Cobalt-class heavy frigate, Revelation-class light cruiser, Revenge-class light destroyer, Javelin-class missile frigate, Valkyrie-class Missile Frigate, Stilat Class Light Corvette, Shriken Class Light Corvette, Garda Flak Frigate.
Among them, Grizzly-class heavy destroyer is the latest battleship to enter the Fourth Civilization Navy compilation. This battleship from "Sins of a Solar Empire" was originally Heavy Cruiser, but because it was only 290 meters long, it was downgraded to a heavy destroyer according to the standards of Fourth Civilization.
This heavy destroyer places great emphasis on defensive capabilities, installing extremely thick armor, and installing a 300mm-caliber super-heavy rapid-fire cannon above and on both sides of the warship. This rapid-fire cannon can fire heavy artillery shells with a diameter of 300mm at a speed of 400 rounds per minute.
And depending on the warhead of the shell, it can also play different roles, including plasma shells, high-explosive shells, electromagnetic shells, and armor-piercing shells.
In order to maximize the power of these three cannons, Grizzly-class heavy destroyer not only has thick armor, but also has a shield with extremely high electric capacity and a powerful engine. This allows this heavy destroyer to achieve an acceleration of up to 3300G! This straight-line speed is even faster than a fighter jet!
Grizzly-class heavy destroyer is when the situation cannot be opened, it rushes directly into the battlefield from an unexpected direction, and then quickly approaches the local warship, pouring out a huge amount of large-caliber shells in a short period of time, giving the opponent's warship a fatal blow.
Of course, such high energy consumption and such high ammunition consumption make Grizzly-class heavy destroyer lack effective endurance.
This kind of combat mode has never appeared in this galaxy.
200 battleships and more than 600 small and medium-sized warships are divided into three main fleets, including Commander of Fleet A Matt-Hona, which has 10 Sova-class Carrier, 50 Kohl-class Battlecruiser and 10 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser.
Fleet B, the commander is Sefrans-Tann, and it has 20 Kohl-class Battlecruiser, 20 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser and 20 Sova-class Carrier.
Fleet C is the central fleet, responsible for Guardian Endor system, which has 20 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, 10 Kohl-class Battlecruiser and 10 Sova-class Carrier.
There are also those 30 Masha-class heavy cruisers that have not yet been outfitted, so they have not yet entered active service. It is expected that in three months, these warships will be strengthened to 10 ships in each fleet.
Matt-Hona and Sefrans-Tann also show their different command methods in their requirements for capital ships.
Matt-Hona is more interested in the powerful firepower of Kohl-class Battlecruiser. His fleet command ideas are relatively traditional, mainly focusing on the artillery battle between the two sides.
Sefrans-Tann's command is more flexible. Influenced by the Chiss Naval Academy's style, Tann pays more attention to late strikes, so Sova-class Carrier is a very important means to contain the enemy in her opinion. And when she needs to use Kol-class Battleship to launch an attack, the overall situation has basically been decided.
The number of fleets reported by Dawn Star Planet to Count Dooku is also this number.
Soon, an appointment was sent from Separatists Supreme Military Command, which was under preparation, and Tang Xiao was appointed as Western Reaches War Zone Commander, Admiral of the Navy, also named Matt-Hona and Sefrans-Tann as Admiral of the Navy.
As for Western Reaches war zone, it is actually because Endor system is relatively close to Western Reaches and Unknown Regions in the Milky Way, and most of the surrounding planets are neutral or simply uninhabited planets, so Dawn Star Planet is actually the only planet with a clear political stance around here.
This is actually a habit inherited from Galactic Republic. Anyone who is qualified to lead a fleet alone in battle must be awarded the military rank of Admiral of the Navy.
And currently Supreme Leader on the Separatist Movement side is Count Dooku, and all War Zone Commander and Admiral of the Navy are directly responsible for Count Dooku.
After that, as the core members of Separatist Movement, Fourth Group and Dawn Star Planet also received their own privileges. They will receive a considerable war tax from each Separatists planet based on the size of their army participating in the battle. This tax will be collected by the Confederacy of Independent Systems administrative agency.
In fact, this is also a way to transfer the cost of war to the people, allowing those innocent people to pay for the war of a few careerists.
In his speech, Count Dooku described the war tax as a "necessary payment by New Order" and said that in order to overthrow the powerful Galactic Republic, The people of Outer Rim Territories have fought for freedom and led everyone to get rid of the exploitation of Inner Rim and Core Worlds. This is not an easy task. We must work together and do everything we can to win.
In other words, the thousands of galaxies that joined Separatist Movement paid their own money to hire those corporate giants and industrially developed planets to help them fight this war.
However, now, those Outer Rim planets who have been exploited by the Galactic Republic aristocratic class and the comprador class can no longer bear it. Even if they know that this road is a glass of poisonous wine, they will drink it without hesitation.
Prime Minister's Office of Fourth Civilization, under the leadership of Francis-Underwood, began to intensively promote Fourth Civilization's own On the other hand, the reform of the administrative structure began to carry out administrative integration and military integration with the soon-to-be-established Confederacy of Independent Systems. At the same time, Tang Xiao was also discussing the first step of the battle plan with Ministry of Defense.
"First of all, I have confirmed with you that if there is no external intervention, then this war will break out on Geonosis within a month under a large number of accidental and inevitable conditions." Tang Xiao looked at the Fourth Civilization senior military official sitting opposite him with a serious face.
Admiral Army General Xian Hui, Deputy Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Cheng Shitao, Commander of the Navy Igor-Zavalov, Navy Fleet Commander Matt-Admiral Horner, Sefrans-Admiral Tann, Military Intelligence Department leader Madam M, and Prime Minister of the Cabinet Helmut-Zemo.
Tang Xiao said seriously, "The first thing we have to do is to reverse this future. On Geonosis, win!"