642. Battle of Christophsis (eight)
"Investigate the origin of this fleet immediately!" Wullf-Admiral Yularen said sharply.
An intelligence officer on the battleship immediately began to look through the records, then raised his head and said, "There is no news. All the border posts between us and Separatists have not detected hyperspace navigation records of this scale, and there is no feedback from insiders in various places that any fleet has left the station recently."
"Recover all fighter jets, start resupply immediately, and pilots take shifts to rest. Inform all ships, recirculate the shields, and keep the main guns charged." Wullf-Yularen pondered for a moment and issued the order, "Report to Supreme Strategic Command the news that we encountered Separatists's unknown fleet."
"Calculate the direction in which the enemy ship is coming." Obi-Wan-Kenobi suddenly remembered something and asked.
"It should be... from Tatooine." The radar soldier hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Tatooine? Didn't you say that Hutt closed all hyperspace channels? Even after we rescued Gaddula, they were only willing to open it for a month." Wullf-Yularen was a little surprised.
"Leave these matters to diplomacy. We are just dealing with the enemy in front of us." Obi-Wan-Kenobi said in a deep voice, connected to the disciple's communication and said, "Anakin! Separatists has sent reinforcements again! They may have more conspiracies, so don't act rashly yet."
Afterwards, under the command of Wullf-Admiral Yularen, Republic fleet began to recover the formation. After a series of fierce battles before, they still have 18 Hunter Class Battlecruiser and 12 Aquitenes-class light cruiser, more than 7,600 fighter jets, and more than 400 bombers.
At this moment, General Trench's fleet, huddled in the shadow of the satellite next to Christophsis, only has 14 Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, 3 Generous-class Communications Escort, 3 Defiant-class light destroyer, 5 Luukri-Hok-class battleship, and the Deceiver-class destroyer as his flagship.
As for Vulture droid fighter, there is no one left, and only more than 100 of them have all entered the atmosphere of Christophsis to cover ground troops in operations.
Compared with the fleet that came after the war and subsequent support, General Trench's fleet only had less than half of its strength, which was extremely miserable.
A moment later, white light flashed violently, and 20 large warships left the hyperspace channel and suddenly appeared in the universe.
Among these battleships, 10 are stubby in shape, with a small bow and a large stern, and look like a convex character; while the other 10 battleships are larger and longer, with a flat bow, looking like an I-shaped character, and these battleships are even larger than Hunter Class.
"Scanning completed, 10 warships are 940 meters long, and the other 10 warships are 1,300 meters long! The model is unknown!" the radar soldier said loudly.
Admiral of the Navy Wullf-Yularen looked at the image returned by the sensor and frowned, "What type of warship is this? Immediately notify Intelligence Department to compare! Send an order to all ships to disperse into G battle formation and open fire!"
The eight twin main guns on Hunter Class Battlecruiser are ready to fire and fire instantly! Red blaster beams poured down like raindrops.
The opponent was obviously on guard, and began to adjust their formation to become more dense, and also fired back.
"The enemy ship's formation has been adjusted to a dense bombardment formation!" the combat staff said loudly.
"It seems they don't have many fighter jets, so they can only rely on close formations to cover each other and maximize the power of the battleship's main guns." Wullf-Yularen frowned, "In this case, notify all ships to prepare to take off fighter jets!"
"Separatist fleet is also moving, they are starting to move towards the reinforcements!"
"Those are all warships in incomplete condition and are not a threat! Concentrate your forces to deal with Separatists's reinforcements." Wullf-Yularen commanded the battle calmly, "The first wave of fighters, set off to test!"
The Hunter Class Battlecruisers at the rear of the array deployed the huge Hangar Platforms on the bows. Thousands of V-19 Torrent light fighters took off one after another. In groups of four fighter jets, they flew straight over like locusts.
At the same time, the firepower of the opponent's 20 warships also fell on Republic fleet, and strong ripples suddenly flashed on the shields of the warships hit by laser and artillery fire.
"Report the damage immediately! Calculate the power of the opponent's main gun!" Wullf-Yularen gave the order.
Obi-Wan-Kenobi said from the side, "General Yularen, the command will be left to you. I will also lead a fighter squadron to attack. I always have some bad premonitions. It seems that these 20 battleships are not simple."
After saying that, he quickly ran towards the hangar.
Along the way, rows of Clone Trooper wearing black driver uniforms can be seen lining up and heading towards the hangar. Now as more and more Clone Trooper join the battle, many fighter pilots have been replaced by clone pilots. They are more skilled and calmer in situations. Almost every one of them can be said to be an ace pilot.
Obi-Wan-Kenobi came to the hangar, said hello to the captain of his direct flight squadron, jumped on the Delta-7 fighter jet and took off from the hangar, flying straight out at lightning speed.
At the same time, an intelligence officer quickly ran to Wullf-Admiral Yularen and said, "General, the comparison of the Intelligence Department has been completed. The name of that stubby battleship should be Martha-class heavy cruiser, which is the latest new type of battleship produced by Dawn Star Planet. The other large battleship with a length of 1,300 meters is unknown!"
"Masha-class..." Wullf-Yularen repeated the name, "Although these battleships have been firing since just now, their firepower is very sparse... Looking at this shape, could it be a transport ship? But why are they called Heavy Cruiser?"
He thought about it and decided to take a look first. The first batch of 1,100 fighter jets had already taken off. Now let's test the opponent's situation.
"The enemy warship begins to slow down!"
"They stopped!"
"There is a strong energy response at the front end of the enemy's large unknown warship! There is obvious energy storage!" Radar soldiers continued to report.
Wullf-Yularen felt tight in his heart and said loudly, "Instruct all ships to increase the forward shield output!"
"The fighter group has 140 seconds to engage the enemy!"
"The enemy Martha-class heavy cruiser has changed, wait a moment..."
"It's a missile launcher!" the radar soldier yelled after zooming in on the sensor image, "A large number of missile launchers! Visual inspection shows that each Martha-class heavy cruiser has... 140 groups! Different sizes and specifications! This... this is a guided missile cruiser!!"
Wullf-Yularen felt a stream of cold water pouring down from head to toe. As a general, his intuition told him... something bad was going on!
The battlefield can no longer give him time to think...
Republic fleet 1100 fighter jets are constantly approaching this new Separatist fleet.
At this moment, dense missiles were launched from the densely packed missile launchers on the 10 Martha-class heavy cruiser!
In almost just one minute, 10 Martha-class heavy cruiser launched thousands of missiles!
These missiles did not aim at any target, but spread out and flew directly into an airspace, and then...
Detonate!!