535, Bespin Defense Line
"60 Hunter Class Battlecruiser?" Matt-Hona frowned, "According to our intelligence, this is a warship about the same size as Kohl-class Battlecruiser."
"And there is no doubt that relying on Kuat Drive Yards's profound manufacturing heritage, the reliability of this kind of battleship is definitely higher than that of our current main battleship Kohl-class Battlecruiser. But there is good news, Hunter Class Because has a huge hangar, their firepower is not comparable to Kohl-class," Head of Military Intelligence Madam M said during the holographic projection.
"Since Galactic Republic is so confident that sending 60 Hunter Class Battlecruiser can defeat our deployment in Bespin Planet, then they must have their own reasons." Matt-Hona said, "I must prepare for the worst."
"In addition, His Excellency the Governor also said that Sefrans-General Tann's secret military operations are expected to start within 15 standard days. Once that happens, Galactic Republic will have to invest the main force in her direction. At that time, Bespin Planet's war situation will turn around." Madam M said.
"15 standard days? I understand, I will deploy based on this premise." Matt-Hona raised his wrist and looked at the perpetual calendar on the watch, set a date reminder for himself, then put his hands behind his back again, and said very seriously, "I will definitely guard Bespin Planet."
After ending the communication, Matt-Hona turned around and looked through the porthole into outer space, where hundreds of engineering ships were working tirelessly to build a large number of space defenses.
This is the defense system of Trader Emergency Coalition from "Sins of a Solar Empire", which mainly includes a small Gauss Cannon Firepower Platform and a space hangar.
Gauss Fire Platform is actually a small space station 60 meters high and more than 30 meters wide. It is equipped with two 500mm caliber heavy electromagnetic guns, two 16-unit pulse rocket launchers and two close-range defense laser cannons. In fact, according to the design of Trader Emergency Coalition, this firepower platform should also be equipped with a meson ray cannon, but this weapon is still under development and has not been able to catch up with this battle.
Hangar Platform is a small space station with a height of 50 meters and a width of 120 meters. It is equipped with four twin-mounted close-range laser cannons and two hangars. Each hangar can carry a squadron of 12 Wraith fighter, or 24 Vulture droid fighter, and has relatively complete maintenance and supply equipment.
This kind of Hangar Platform is mainly used to liberate the main battleships and disperse the battleships and fighter jets on the planet so that they will not be blocked by the enemy. And once there is no need to take off and land fighter jets, the shields of the main battleships will be more concentrated.
You must know that in various battle cases, there are many cases where warships are directly hit hard by local fighters because they have to take off and land fighter jets.
In order to enhance the concealment of Gauss Fire Platform Hangar Platform, Fourth Civilization engineers also installed stealth equipment for this small space station. Although the stealth must be stopped as soon as a fighter is fired or takes off and lands, it also greatly improves the concealment of these two interstellar defenses.
Currently, a strong line of defense is being built around Bespin Planet, mainly around Bespin Life Belt located near Cloud City, and Matt-Hona.
In addition to the 80 unmanned missile platforms previously deployed by Sova-class Carrier to block Bespin, 20 Hangar Platform and 180 Gauss Fire Platform are also being built here.
Not only that, Matt-Hona also deployed 20 empty minefields. These empty minefields are mainly arranged around Cloud City and several other largest Floating Citys. Anyway, there is no cost. If you can sneak into the landing ship of Galactic Republic, you will make a lot of money.
But this is not enough!
Matt-Hona understands in his heart that now that hyperspace channels connect the entire galaxy, it only takes less than a day to sail from one end of the galaxy to the other. This situation has led to an extremely fast-paced and brutal war, and industrial capacity will also be the most important factor.
In other words, if one party has strong industrial capabilities, then they can build a large number of warships and launch attacks from multiple directions simultaneously within a day, and their numerical advantage will be infinitely expanded.
The other side can only block the opponent's maneuvers by setting Interdictor. Moreover, if the hyperspace channel passes large-scale warships at high density in a short period of time, it will also cause disturbance. In this way, there is still some resistance.
In other words, Matt-Hona understands that it is not easy to defend Bespin for 15 days!
The most important thing is that Republic fleet can't afford to lose, and Fourth Civilization's fleet can't afford to lose!
Matt-Hona pondered for a long time, and another combat plan began to take shape in his mind. He thought for a while and connected to the communication of Fourth Civilization Navy Commander Igor-Zavalov.
Going back six days, Fourth Civilization's fleet moved in three directions. In addition to Fleet A who attacked Bespin Planet, Sefrans-Tann also sent her adjutants to lead the main force of Fourth Civilization B Fleet to Cerea.
After Cerea ended the civil war and established a regime that was alienated from Galactic Republic and was willing to accept technological products, Elder Dor-Fermi-Bonmi became the supreme ruler of Cerea.
But when Separatists really started to rise, Grand Elder Dor's attitude became a little ambiguous. Although he and Separatists are relatively close, they have always maintained a vague distance, neither supporting nor opposing. Whenever Count Dooku hopes to sign a treaty with him, he will always say that Cerea has just begun to develop and cannot withstand such a war.
On May 21, when Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems officially met at war, Cerea Grand Elder Dor-Fermi-Bonmi announced that Cerea was neutral.
From the perspective of their planet, this decision is understandable.
But from the perspective of Fourth Civilization and Confederacy of Independent Systems, this is betrayal! Because you made an ambiguous statement to us at the beginning, and we also spent real money to help you build an industrial and technological system. Now you have turned your back and declared neutrality?
Sorry, no.
On May 23, the main force of Fleet B set off.
In the early morning of May 24, Fleet B arrived at Cerea.
When bursts of extremely strong white light appeared outside the planet's gravitational circle, and then one thousand-meter-level giant ships appeared here one after another, the entire Cerea fell into panic.
20 Kohl-class Battlecruiser, 20 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, and 20 Sova-class Carrier. Such power can easily burn Cerea into a glass ball in one day.
Grand Elder Dor-Fermi-Bonmi was horrified. He never thought that a planet like his with no industrial capabilities could actually attract such a huge fleet?
He quickly asked the diplomat to connect the communication of Fourth Civilization fleet Commander, hoping to solve the problem through diplomatic channels.
What if Separatist fleet appears here and further attracts Republic Fleet! -
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Gauss Fire Platform and Hangar Platform.]