762. Determined to win
"Terminus Planet also has a hidden Galactic Republic fighter?" Matt-Hona frowned, "This is a trap. Galactic Republic has been prepared for our actions and has roped in Terminus Planet, just to set up such a trap."
"Then what should we do? Retreat?" the combat staff asked with a cold sweat on his head.
"Our combat analysis has made it clear that now is the best opportunity to capture Terminus Planet!" Matt-Hona's eyes were extremely firm. He said decisively, "Ignore the target on Terminus Planet! Our biggest enemy is always Republic fleet! Leave the matters on the planet to our ground troops."
"Yes!"
At this time, another alarm came from the sensor, and 20 Galactic Republic Aquitenes-class light cruiser broke away from the hyperspace channel and joined the battle. What is deeply disturbing is that the alarm of hyperspace fluctuations has not stopped.
Matt-Hona took a deep breath, stared at the holographic star map, and murmured, "I hope our army can withstand this test."
Fourth Civilization fleet continued to retreat, broke away from the gravitational circle of Terminus Planet, formed a combat formation, and recalled all fighters and bombers heading for planet bombing, preparing to engage the enemy and start a fleet battle.
Galactic Republic Army obviously had a clear plan. The Z-95 Headhunter fighter hidden on Terminus Planet did not break out of the atmosphere to fight Fourth Civilization fleet.
In fact, this is a very wise choice. As a fighter of the previous era, Z-95 Headhunter has proven in countless battles that it is no match for Wraith fighter. Therefore, guarding the planet's atmosphere is the correct tactic.
But what was the correct tactic for them meant that once again the plan failed for Matt-Hona.
Then, all that's left is a head-on battle.
Matt-Hona's gaze became extremely sharp. He waved his hand suddenly and shouted, "Kohl-class Battlecruiser, ship No. 11 to ship No. 20, recharge Hypermatter Railgun!"
"Yes!!"
"Calculate the distance, preview the target, and fire!!" Matt-Hona shouted again.
The salvo of the main guns of the 10 Kohl-class Battlecruisers kicked off the frontal battle of the fleet.
Galactic Republic fleet continued to advance, and after entering the optimal range of 1 light minute, the firepower was fully activated, and a large number of fighter jets took off to prepare to attack Fourth Civilization fleet.
The Turbolaser cannon and the heavy X-ray were intertwined, while thousands of fighter jets from both sides were also engaged in a fierce battle in the air.
As in the previous battle, Galactic Republic's fighter jets had an absolute advantage in numbers, while Fourth Civilization's fighter jets relied on their stealth devices to tangle with them.
Moreover, the new generation fighter jets from both sides were also put into actual combat in this battle.
Galactic Republic ARC-170 fighter jets have been installed, and more than 300 of them are equipped in this fleet!
The Fourth Civilization Viking fighter was also put into mass production, and 100 of them participated in this battle - and this is also a stealth fighter.
The warships of Galactic Republic are still rushing to the battlefield one after another. After half an hour, 20 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser also joined the battle!
What is disappointing is that although the hyperspace fluctuations have weakened a lot, they are still continuing!
Matt-Hona formed all the warships into a defensive formation, and Kohl-class Battlecruiser's Hypermatter Railgun did not continue to fire after two salvos and chose to save ammunition.
The fleets of both sides continued to exchange fire.
However, because there was a large gap in the time when Republic fleet arrived, a strong concentrated firepower had not yet formed. They did not continue to attack forward, but chose to stop at a distance of 0.8 light minutes and assemble the fleet on the spot.
Follow-up warships are still arriving. After 5 2000-meter-level Invincible-class battleship, 15 Kallak-class light cruiser, and more than 40 Corellia DP-20 gunboats arrived on the battlefield, no more warships arrived.
Like Fourth Civilization, this fleet is also one of the few mobile fleets that Republic 18th Army can free up when it is attacked from two directions.
It's not that these warships don't want to arrive at the same time, it's mainly because these warships are hugely different in terms of performance, age and size, and the hyperspace engine levels they are equipped with are also completely different. So even if they set off at the same time, they can only arrive at the battlefield one after another in the end.
But even so, this fleet has already formed a numerical advantage over Fourth Civilization's fleet.
After the battleships were assembled, Republic fleet took back the 2,000 fighter jets that had taken off before, and then took off again with 2,000 new fighter jets.
At the same time, all the warships formed a wedge formation and launched an attack!
Matt-Hona commanded the fleet very carefully and defended desperately. Kohl-class Battlecruiser protected Sova-class Carrier in the rear, and Sova-class Carrier began to retreat, trying to stay away from the combat zone.
In fact, according to various plans in the combat plan, Galactic Republic had not considered the possibility of early intervention. However, in this case, High Command's judgment was to retreat immediately.
But after thinking about it, Matt-Hona chose to continue fighting.
First, the number of Republic fleet is not as large as they imagined.
Second...Fourth Civilization... it needs space too much...
Hyperspace channels are almost something Fourth Civilization dreams of.
Bespin Planet allowed Fourth Civilization to get the first planet on the main hyperspace channel, but there was only one direction, and it was also blocked by the Republic 18th Army.
What they want now is another direction of attack.
This is just like Jingzhou is to Liu Bei. If you lose Jingzhou, you will lose the world... Because only Liu Bei of Yizhou is left, and this is the only direction left.
The same is true for Fourth Civilization. Only by occupying Terminus Planet can we gain more strategic attack directions, and then defeat 18th Army, completely opening up the passive strategic situation.
Now... cannot retreat!
Matt-Hona gritted his teeth and made up his mind.
"General! High Command sent an order, requiring us to withdraw from the battlefield immediately according to the combat plan." The combat staff came over and took out an authorization message from High Command and said.
Matt-Hona took a deep breath, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Return the call. Judging from the situation on the front line, our army still has the possibility of capturing Terminus Planet. Please continue the attack plan! Terminus, we Fourth Civilization are determined to win!! I am the Calamity!"
The combat staff's eyes also became firm, he stood at attention, saluted fiercely, and said loudly, "I am the Calamity!"
Matt-Hona waved his hands suddenly and said loudly, "Call to all ships! Fight to the death, I am the Calamity!!"