626. Battle of Christophsis (4)
Christophsis, peripheral space, 22BBY, August 1.
White light flashed intensively, and a total of 20 Hunter Class Battlecruiser ships emerged from the hyperspace channel. Before these battleships could stop, a violent attack struck, and dozens of particle beams shone over, lighting up the dark universe.
Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet, which was deployed along the equatorial orbit of Christophsis, opened fire and attacked at the same time it detected the hyperspace jump. 30 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, 1 Deceiver-class destroyer, 5 Munificent-class communications frigate and 6 Luukri-Hok-class battleship launched full firepower to attack Republic fleet.
Hunter Class Battlecruiser was also unceremonious, raised his shield, pointed forward and opened fire immediately. All battleship engines were running at full speed and began to rush towards Confederacy fleet's defense line.
When the distance between the two sides approached 10 light seconds, Hunter Class Battlecruiser launched Hangar Platform on the bow one after another, and large groups of fighter jets took off one after another, attacking Confederacy of Independent Systems's defense line like locusts.
These fighters are still mainly V-19 Torrent light fighters. The Z-95 Headhunter fighter jets have basically begun to be gradually phased out of the Republic Navy active service. The existing Z-95 is undergoing modernization and modification.
The Galactic Republic fighter jets have the same tactics as before. They plan to first use the V-19 fighter jet to gain sufficient air superiority, and then start to take off Y-wing bomber to attack the opponent's warships.
"Take off, Vulture fighter, protect our battleship... tut tut tut tut..." On the Deceiver-class destroyer as the flagship, General Trench gave the order word by word.
All Hangar Platforms on Luukri-Hok-class battleship unfolded, and thousands of Vulture droid fighters flew out densely, heading towards the Galactic Republic fighter group.
Countless lasers and missiles suddenly exploded in the universe, and the dark starry sky seemed to suddenly have a large patch of stars, becoming more gorgeous.
"The second wave of fighters is ready to take off! The first and second squadrons maneuver to both wings! Notify the Light Cruiser fleet to enter hyperspace immediately!" On the Republic fleet flagship, On Negotiator (Negotiator) Hunter Class Battlecruiser, Fleet Commander Wullf-Yularen issued instructions in an orderly manner.
Soon, more fighter jets took off and began to strangle Confederacy of Independent Systems's Vulture droid fighter. Hunter Class Battlecruiser also began to arrange themselves in a claw-shaped array, and Turbolaser Turret fired non-stop.
However, in this long-distance artillery battle, Hunter Class Battlecruiser's firepower was still suppressed by Confederacy fleet. Hiigaran-class battlecruiser The two-door double-mounted heavy-duty Particle Beam Cannon is extremely powerful. Every time it is irradiated, the shield of Hunter Class flashes violently.
Moreover, the gunfire of Munificent-class communications frigate is also very fierce. Although the overall performance of these warships is very different from Hunter Class, in this situation, their strengths can best be used.
Under the command of General Trench, Confederacy of Independent Systems's warships advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, constantly adjusting their formations according to the opponent's firepower to ensure that their own warships were not attacked by concentrated fire.
The Wullf-Admiral Yularen on the opposite side are doing the same thing.
Sometimes this kind of space fleet battle is like this. There is no conspiracy or fancy, just like two chess players playing chess, testing each other, and no one dares to take a step beyond the limit.
But soon, Wullf-Admiral Yularen took action!
The hyperspace detection device in the General Trench flagship sounded a loud siren, followed by a flash of white light, and 15 new warships joined the battlefield, and it was Aquitenes-class light cruiser!
After this 325-meter-long Light Cruiser broke into the battlefield, it immediately used its mobility to continue to circle to both sides, and helped its own V-19 fighter group to destroy Confederacy of Independent Systems's Vulture droid fighter faster.
Wullf-Admiral Yularen's previous arrangement came into effect. He had his fleet spread out to both wings from the beginning, which also forced General Trench to change his fleet accordingly.
And now the addition of 15 Aquitenes-class light cruiser has gradually turned Republic fleet's formation into a pocket, putting Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet's flanks under serious threat.
General Trench is also very experienced. Now Galactic Republic has begun to take advantage in terms of mobility and fighter jets. He did not continue to be led by the opponent, but took the initiative to shrink the formation and try his best to take advantage of the firepower of his own warships.
But in this way, there is a loophole in his blockade of Christophsis!
The six Acclamator-class assault ship then left the hyperspace channel and joined the battle. Under the command of Wullf-Admiral Yularen, they began to rush directly to Christophsis and launch a landing!
"It seems that our first phase of the operation has been successfully completed." Wullf-Admiral Yularen looked at the screen in front of them. Four Hunter Class Battlecruiser ships were severely damaged, one ship lost its combat capability, and seven ships were slightly damaged.
On the opposite Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet, 2 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser and 2 Generous-class frigate were destroyed, and 13 Hiigaran-class were visually detected on fire, of which 3 were seriously on fire and had obvious defects in their outer armor.
For Republic fleet, this is indeed a satisfactory answer.
Moreover, the Galactic Republic fighter force killed more than 1,000 Vulture droid fighters of the opponent despite losing more than 200 V-19 Torrent fighters, and firmly controlled the airspace as always.
Obi-Wan-Kenobi, who stood next to Admiral Yularen, crossed their arms and frowned as they looked at Confederacy fleet who was shrinking his defense line on the screen, "I always feel, Separatist fleet was defeated too quickly, and they seemed to be eager to start retreating... Although this inference is unfounded, the Force has been troubling my senses. It is not dangerous, but it is pregnant with darkness."
"I won't leave your the Force alone. All I can do is judge the battle situation. Next, I will take off the Y-wing bomber group and conduct further attacks on Separatist fleet." Wullf-Admiral Yularen said.
Obi-Wan-Kenobi nodded slowly and said, "Where is Anakin? Our ground forces still need his command."
"He just got in touch with our Communications Department 10 minutes ago. He is at the free port of Rodian planet. He has commandeered a cargo ship and is on his way." Wullf-Yularen said.
On the Christophsis, the huge bodies of the six Acclamator-class assault ship passed through the atmosphere, ignited the surrounding clouds, and descended surrounded by flames. Almost at the same time, powerful firepower began to bomb the area controlled by Confederacy of Independent Systems army, then landed on the ground and began to unload the ground combat troops.
Participating in the battle were Grand Army of the Republic clone troops 327th Star Corps and 501st Legion. They first went to Teth Planet a day ago, cleared away the remaining robot troops there, and put Captain Rex and the remaining more than 100 Clone Trooper were rescued. After Hutt let go of Tatooine's channel, they came here via Tatooine.
In addition to these troops, they also carried a large amount of supplies to support Christophsis's resistance operations.
It's a dark day for Confederacy of Independent Systems's ground Commander Volm-Lotham.
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Aquitenes-class light cruiser.]
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