546. Bloody Battle Bespin (5)
Before the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, Matt-Hona gave an order, "Hypermatter Railgun! Fire!!"
Buzz~~~~!! Strong vibrations could be felt even inside the bridge. The 40m-caliber giant Hypermatter Railgun equipped in front of the 50 Kohl-class Battlecruisers opened fire instantly, and 50 extremely bright lights shot out instantly!
However, what was waiting was waves of light blue energy light curtains, and all 50 huge solid projectiles were blocked. After this burst of firepower, what came into view were a total of 60 uniform flat dagger-shaped warships!
Hunter Class Battlecruiser!
At this moment, the shields of eight battleships in Hunter Class's array were destroyed, and they were methodically adjusting their formations to evade backwards. At the same time, Hangar Platform were fully deployed above all Hunter Classs, and overwhelming black fighter jets flew over!
"The attack didn't work!" The tactical analyst on the side turned around and said, "Republic fleet adjusted its coordinates and escaped from hyperspace 0.03 seconds earlier! This allowed them to avoid Space Mine Array, which we set up a pre-explosion, and deployed their shield!"
"Jedi Knight." Matt-Hona's expression was a little gloomy. He had heard countless Jedi Knight legends from Tang Xiao, and today would be the first time he truly faced Jedi Knight.
He did not hesitate, waved and said, "Fighters take off! Prepare to engage the enemy! All ships open fire with all their strength!"
Fourth Civilization, Fleet A All warships opened fire, the 4 heavy laser cannons in front of the 50 Kohl-class Battlecruisers, and the two heavy Particle Beam Cannons in front of the 10 Hiigaran-class battlecruisers all opened fire. Hundreds of bright beams of light instantly illuminated the Republic fleets.
At the same time, Galactic Republic fleet also began to fight back. Hunter Class Battlecruiser's main guns placed on both sides of the bridge fired thick blue blaster beams.
The empty universe was suddenly filled with countless death-filled beams. As the first batch of 2,000 V-19 Torrent light fighters that took off from Galactic Republic opened and accelerated, the battlefield suddenly became extremely tragic.
Fourth Civilization took off the first batch of 1,500 Vulture droid fighter fighters. These fighters fought under the protection of the battleship's anti-aircraft guns and would never go overboard to fight Galactic Republic fighters alone.
At this moment, the 100 Guard-class anti-aircraft ship hidden in the Fourth Civilization fleet formation began to show off their power. The eight point defense laser cannons equipped on the air defense ships kept firing. Under the targeting of the powerful fire control system, countless lasers accurately hit the Galactic Republic fighter jets.
The strangulation of thousands of fighter jets can be described as cruel, but this is just the beginning!
Almost within 5 minutes of the air battle, more than 300 fighter jets from both sides were shot down!
Under the deployment of Matt-Hona, all Fourth Civilization battleships remained motionless, maintaining a front-facing posture facing the enemy, and all sides were covered by their own fighter jets and the Guard-class anti-aircraft ship next to them.
Lasers and blaster beams continued to fall on the warships of both sides. One Kohl-class Battlecruiser had to retreat because its shield was seriously damaged, followed by the second, third, and fourth ships. A total of 9 Kohl-class Battlecruiser and 2 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser shields were broken.
During this artillery battle, only four of the Galactic Republic and Hunter Class Battlecruiser ships had their shields penetrated.
"Analyze the combat data of both sides." Matt-Hona said.
"After the analysis, the shield strength of Hunter Class Battlecruiser is 47% higher than ours. Our Kohl-class main gun and four X-ray laser cannons need to be continuously irradiated, but Hunter Class can evenly distribute the damage of laser irradiation to the shield. In combat, Hiigaran-class and Particle Beam Cannon perform better." The technical supervisor on the side immediately replied.
"Gauss Fire Platform! Fire!" Matt-Hona gave the order, and the 180 Gauss Fire Platform deployed outside Bespin Planet broke away from their stealth state. The two 500mm caliber heavy cannons had already been loaded, and they sprayed out long tongues of flame in the direction of Republic fleet.
At the same time, the 16-unit pulse rocket launcher equipped on Gauss Fire Platform also fired out pulse rockets like raindrops!
Suddenly hit by an unexpected blow, Galactic Republic fleet seemed to fall into a brief chaos, but they immediately reorganized their formation and took off the second batch of fighter jets.
1,000 V-19 Torrent light fighters covered the takeoff of 200 BTL-B-Y-wing bomber, preparing to start clearing those Gauss Fire Platform at designated locations.
At this time, the Galactic Republic fighter group that attacked Fourth Civilization fleet began to retreat, and Hunter Class Battlecruiser took off again with the third batch of fighters, 1,000 V-19 Torrent light fighters and 1,000 Z-95 Headhunter fighters!
Reducing the number of full-time air superiority V-19s and sending out Z-95 multi-function fighters indicates Republic fleet commander's next plan. He is preparing to attack Fourth Civilization's battleship directly.
Seizing this short gap, Kohl-class Battlecruiser of Fourth Civilization, Fleet A started charging Hypermatter Railgun again.
A Gauss Fire Platform began to adjust its direction under the action of the steering engine, aiming at a Hunter Class Battlecruiser ahead. The two 500mm caliber heavy cannons were loaded and fired in one shot!
Two high-explosive shells were fired instantly and hit the shield of Hunter Class. The warhead of the shells immediately reacted violently. The explosive gas burned rapidly and exploded to form a plasma mass. The high temperature of millions of degrees instantly burned the shield, but it was quickly offset by the shield.
Three V-19 Torrent fighter launched an assault on this fire platform. They dived and fired lasers, causing the shield of the fire platform to ripple. The two point defense laser cannons installed on the top and bottom of the fire platform were also firing desperately to attack the incoming fighter jets.
At this time, a Y-wing bomber flew quickly from behind. The pilot of Galactic Republic in the cockpit was wearing a full-coverage helmet. His expression could not be seen, but he moved calmly and steadily, opened the safety cover on the joystick, and pressed the launch button.
A small Proton Torpedo was launched instantly and accurately hit Gauss Fire Platform!
A light blue proton cloud spread instantly, followed by a violent explosion. The Gauss Fire Platform, which took a day to build, was immediately blown into countless pieces.
Before the fire of the explosion here was extinguished by the vacuum, the countless dazzling beams of light that lit up in the distance immediately eclipsed the explosion.
Hypermatter Railgun, second salvo!
This salvo resulted in more tragic results than before. The shield of a Hunter Class Battlecruiser was destroyed, and before it had time to withdraw from the battle, it was directly penetrated by a 40m caliber shell!
The entire hangar at the front of the battleship was torn into pieces by this cannonball carrying terrifying kinetic energy, leaving only the rear half of the battleship that was constantly on fire, burning, exploding, and tilting... Under this horrific blow, only less than 10 rescue capsules could be seen being launched, which meant that except for these few, all the 7,400 crew members on the entire battleship had perished in the vacuum of the universe.
Not only that, there were two other Hunter Class Battlecruiser that were also penetrated by cannonballs. However, due to location issues, they were only shot in from above and out from below. Although they lost their combat capabilities, at least the entire battleship was not destroyed.
Fourth Civilization fleet also paid the price. In the process of lowering the shield to recharge Hypermatter Railgun, the two warships were also hit by Republic warship's concentrated fire. They were severely damaged, completely incapacitated, and turned into steel coffins.
Immediately afterwards, the third batch of Galactic Republic fighter jets arrived, and the fierce air battle began again!