550. Bloody Battle Bespin (8)
A full 4,500 fighter jets took off, surrounding Republic fleet, while Republic fleet 47 warships were rushing into Bespin Planet at high speed.
There is no doubt that this is a very risky move, because if you force a landing before repelling the opponent's fleet, no matter how you cover it, the landing ship will always be exposed to the opponent's firepower.
But Republic fleet commander, Admiral of the Navy Magellan could only make this risky decision.
Now that the war situation has developed, it has become very clear. The number of warships on both sides is almost the same. Galactic Republic has 47 ships left out of 60, and Fourth Civilization has 59 ships left out of 70. Galactic Republic has the advantage in total shield capacity, but Fourth Civilization has significantly stronger firepower.
If an artillery battle begins, according to computer calculations, Galactic Republic fleet will be defeated within 20 hours.
However, the Galactic Republic fighter fleet has an absolute advantage, with a total number of 15,600 versus 10,000, and 9,000 of the 10,000 Fourth Civilization fighter jets are ultra-light Vulture droid fighter.
In other words, in a normal battle between the two sides, if the strength of the carrier-based aircraft is taken into account, Republic fleet is indeed capable of completely destroying Fourth Civilization's fleet.
But the problem arises here, the stealth fighter!
The emergence of stealth fighters makes Galactic Republic fleet's fighter group dare not fight far away from the warships. As a result, they cannot effectively attack the opponent's warships, and the advantage is impossible to talk about.
Therefore, Admiral Magellan's choice was very wise. He raided Bespin, forced a landing, forced Fourth Civilization's fighter jets to come to cover, and fought on the fixed battlefield of Bespin Floating City!
The two Jedi Master Green Betty and Aiden Ward and their apprentices are also preparing to join the battle.
However, when she was about to set off, Green Betty suddenly frowned. She and Aiden Ward looked at each other, walked a few steps quickly to the battlefield holographic star map, stared at the star map, and then looked back at the porthole.
"Is there any problem? General." Admiral Magellan asked.
Green-Betty stretched out his furry fingers, clicked on a blank area on the star map, and said, "Here."
"Here is..." Admiral Magellan frowned.
"And here... here... here..." Green Betty began to mark on the star map.
Aiden Ward also came over, clicked on an area near Bespin's largest Floating City Cloud City, and said, "Here, I feel death."
The two Jedi Master kept marking on the star map while sensing, and finally made more than a hundred marks!
Seeing these densely packed marks, which almost semi-surrounded the landing zone selected by their fleet, Admiral Magellan was shocked, "Could it be... Is this a trap for Separatists ers?!"
"Notify the fleet to separate some turrets and shoot at these targets with the lowest power to prevent accidental damage to Floating City." Green-Betty said.
The order was immediately implemented, and the fleet deployed some turrets, lowered the power, and fired directly at the place indicated by Green Betty!
It doesn't matter if he fires, he actually pokes a hornet's nest!
In more than a hundred places, only a few of the exploratory shots failed, while others actually showed energy ripples under the attack!
"It's an energy shield!! Invisible!!" Admiral Magellan was shocked. He was now allergic to the word invisible.
"This is the invisible Hangar Platform of Separatists! There are 80 seats!" an adjutant said from the side.
"The radar has a large number of weak reactions! Stealth fighters have taken off! The number is between 600 and 900!" the radar soldier reported immediately.
"Separatists's main fleet is moving! They are starting to speed up!"
"A large number of Vulture droid fighter took off in the direction of Floating City! The number is 2,400! There are also small spaceships of unknown type, the number is 400!"
Green-Betty said firmly, "I think we have seen through Separatists's conspiracy. Their rhythm has been disrupted. This is our best chance! Attack immediately! Forcefully log in to Bespin Planet!"
When Republic fleet suddenly opened fire at those invisible Hangar Platform without warning, Matt-Hona gritted his teeth. Even he who had always been calm couldn't help but curse out for the second time, "Damn Jedi Knight!"
"It is recommended to attack immediately before Hangar Platform is destroyed." T-series tactical robot said from the side.
Matt-Hona nodded, this is the only way now.
That's what war is like, you can never predict how the other side will play, and that's still the case now. Republic fleet was forced to land by force by the stealth fighter, and Fourth Civilization's fleet had to take the initiative because of Jedi Master's predictive ability.
Bespin Planet must not give up, because no matter how remote this place is, it is still part of Corellian Trade Route, one of the largest hyperspace channels in the galaxy. If Fourth Civilization retreats here, then with the establishment of the Galactic Republic's 19th Army regiment, they will lose their strategic initiative, because the messy hyperspace channels near Endor system are not conducive to the operation of large-scale fleets.
So if Bespin Planet is lost, Fourth Civilization will cost 5 times or more to get it back.
700 Wraith fighter took the initiative to attack, and Vulture droid fighter, which was assisting in the defense of Floating City, also took off 2,400 to cover. Not only that, Matt-Hona ordered the Fourth Civilization main fleet to start pressing forward, which would bring a greater blow to Republic fleet.
Another air battle of greater scale started again near Bespin Life Belt!
The huge fleet of Galactic Republic 4500 fighter jets and Fourth Civilization 3100 fighter jets collided fiercely in space like locusts.
Wraith fighter activated the stealth mode, and Gemini II air-to-air missile launched wildly at the beginning of the battle, with thousands of missiles shooting over the sky.
At the same time, the close-range anti-aircraft guns on the Galactic Republic, Hunter Class Battlecruiser and Fourth Civilization invisible hangars were all deployed, and countless small lasers lit up all the time, like a net.
Gemini II air-to-air missile is an improved version of Gemini missile. It is equipped with an anti-matter warhead and a more advanced propulsion engine and enemy detection system. It has a damage capability more than 10 times higher than that of the ordinary Gemini missile. The anti-matter warhead allows the missile's proximity explosion system to have sufficient lethality at a distance of 1 kilometer from the target.
These missiles changed directions irregularly in the air after being launched, but the enemy tracking system always locked on their targets!
Countless explosions exploded among the Galactic Republic fleet, and countless fighter jets were destroyed. The missiles launched by the Galactic Republic fighter jets at the same time also exploded among the Vulture droid fighter cluster. These 3.6-meter-long ultra-light fighter jets were shot down one by one like swatting flies.
But stealth Wraith fighter is always the biggest threat! Although they took the initiative to attack, the distance was close to the distance where Hunter Class Battlecruiser's radar could detect invisibility, but after all, Hunter Class had to share the radar data with its subordinate fighter jets, and then let the pilots make real-time judgments on tactical actions, which was ultimately a step too slow.
A large number of fighter jets from both sides were destroyed, and among them, no more than 20 Wraith fighter were shot down!
But even so, the landing ship in Galactic Republic fleet still took off without fear of death! They have enough fighter jets to protect them. Even if they are completely at a disadvantage against Wraith fighter, they can at least attract firepower to the transport ship.
Four squadrons of Y-wing bomber broke into the range of Cloud City. While dropping bombs at the scheduled landing site, one after another transport ships fully loaded with Fourth Civilization Marines began to land. This was also the first batch of Republic Marine to set foot on Cloud City.
The ground battle between the two sides finally begins!
Fourth Civilization's Wraith fighter also began to target the transport ships that kept going back and forth between Floating City, but their number was not enough after all. With the guidance of the warships, Galactic Republic The fighters of were more or less capable of fighting. At this time, the Galactic Republic fighter group with an absolute advantage in numbers was finally able to compete with Wraith fighter with a large amount of battle damage.
Republic fleet kept taking off fighter jets, and Admiral Magellan was also desperate. He used every fighter jet he could take off and began to expand the landing area.
Thousands of transport ships began to burn the flames of war into every Floating City among Bespin Life Belt! Moreover, due to the guidance of Jedi Master Green-Betty, the pre-arranged minefields of Matt-Hona were completely ineffective. Except for 4 transport aircraft that were accidentally forced into the air minefield by Wraith fighter and hit mines and exploded, no results were achieved in the other air minefields.
At this time, the third trump card Tang Xiao prepared for Galactic Republic's fighter sea finally showed its fangs!
A group of V-19 Torrent fighter is fighting a group of Vulture droid fighter. Although it cannot fight against stealth Wraith fighter, V-19 Torrent fighter still has no problem dealing with Vulture droid fighter.
Galactic Republic pilots drove fighter jets to nimbly avoid the robot fighter's shots. Their shields could withstand several shots from Vulture droid fighter, while they continuously fired blaster beams to destroy those vulnerable targets.
"There are three radar reactions ahead! They are stealth fighters!" A pilot said loudly while looking at the shared data sent by the flight control center of Hunter Class Battlecruiser.
"Launch Concussion Missile!" Several V-19 fighters launched Concussion Missile. The air-to-air missile used by Galactic Republic still has a proximity-explosion system, but its efficiency is lower than that of the Gemini II missile.
At the same time as the missiles were launched, Wraith fighter had already begun to turn to avoid it. Their weak radar signal made Concussion Missile slow to react. At this time, Vulture fighter on the other side rushed over and intercepted all these missiles, with no results!
"This is the U-9 Squadron. We encountered the Separatists stealth fighter, requesting fire support!" The squadron leader immediately sent a message for help.
"Received. AF turret and AL turret of Fire Sea Battleship will provide 20 seconds of coverage shooting." The flight controller replied immediately.
Almost at the same time, dense laser beams were launched, and several Vulture droid fighters were shot down. Three Wraith fighters were also irradiated by lasers for a few tenths of a second, but they immediately accelerated and avoided with the help of the auxiliary system.
"Wait a minute! I've locked onto a stealth fighter!" A V-19 pilot exclaimed, then immediately pressed the button and unleashed a burst of intense shooting.
The Wraith fighter was driven away by the close-in firepower of the battleship. It did not pay attention to the lock of the Galactic Republic fighter here. It was immediately hit by several blaster beams. The energy shield was broken and the invisibility was broken. Then it was destroyed by the crossfire of other V-19 fighter jets!
"Yeah!!! We killed a stealth fighter! Hahahaha! We succeeded!!" The Galactic Republic pilot cheered loudly, as excited as if he had won the war.
But their joy did not last long, as five small spacecraft suddenly rushed towards them!
According to radar scanning, this kind of spacecraft is about 31 meters long and trapezoidal. There are two very conspicuous gun barrels in the front, and a large and uncoordinated engine at the rear end, which looks like a flea.
"Unknown targets appear! Kill them!" the squadron leader said immediately. He opened Fire Control Radar and began to lock on these spacecrafts.
"As long as they can't be invisible, these Separatists small broken ships are not enough for us to fight!" a pilot said in the communication channel.
The fighter squadron immediately deployed into a claw-shaped array for air combat and flew straight towards these small spacecraft.
However, at this moment, the Fire Control Radar lock on almost every fighter in the entire squadron failed! These small spacecraft spread out with incredible flexibility and performed evasive maneuvers. Their acceleration and steering flexibility were no less than that of fighter jets!
Not only that, a ray emitter under these small spacecrafts emits a beam of light and shines on the Galactic Republic fighter.
The fighter pilot who was illuminated by the beam screamed loudly, "The engine output continues to decrease! My fighter plane is malfunctioning!"
"Rock! Keep up with the formation! Don't lose..." Before the squadron leader could finish his words, an enemy small spacecraft came around and aimed at the Galactic Republic fighter that had lost speed, and opened fire!
With just one shot, this V-19 Torrent starfighter was blown to pieces with its shield and body!
This is not over yet. The strange beam emitters on these small spacecrafts begin to shine on the next target. As long as they are illuminated by this beam, the engine output of the fighter jets will decrease sharply. In such a dangerous and tragic air battle, losing speed means...
Lose your life!
This kind of small spacecraft is Shriken Class and Stilat Class Light Corvette, which is the third secret weapon used by Tang Xiao to deal with Galactic Republic fighter jets!
Stilat Class frigate can emit rays that affect the engine power of enemy ships, while Shriken Class frigate can emit rays that can disintegrate the armor of enemy ships.
However, due to power and technical issues, these two rays cannot be enlarged, and their ability to penetrate shields is insufficient. So Tang Xiao asked the military to produce more Stilat Class Light Corvette. Fighters can't beat it, and frigates can't catch up. This is the positioning of these two frigates, dedicated to fighting Galactic Republic fighters! -
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