848. Counting the Harvest
Halm system suddenly became busy. A large number of transport ships continued to arrive here, and a large number of engineering ships were also brought with them.
After snatching 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser among Blade Fleet, Tang Xiao immediately arranged for the fleet to be repaired on the spot.
Because these battleships have been sleeping in the void for 25 years, the internal equipment of the battleships needs to be maintained and replaced, and the fuel and energy used also need to be extracted and injected with new energy.
The most important thing is to disinfect the entire ship. After all, the main reason why Blade Fleet disappeared is because Brain Plague spread among the crew. Although 25 years have passed, no one can guarantee whether the Brain Plague germ still exists in the cabin.
In addition, these Dreadnought-class battleships also need to be reprogrammed and replaced with operating systems. After all, they are all Galactic Republic battleships, and the systems used are naturally those of the previous Republic Judicial Fleet.
So Halm system became the temporary base of Blade Fleet. 178 battleships were stationed on this planet, making it rock-solid.
Under the heavy protection of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, Ragnarok-class Titan warship Plague is undergoing emergency repairs.
Plague has almost completely lost its combat capability: the bridge command center was blown up, one of Hypermatter Railgun's energy rails was blown off, and the outer armor of the other three was also seriously damaged. Don't underestimate these energy guide rails. The length of each guide rail can reach more than 9,000 meters, and the total weight is hundreds of millions of tons!
Not only that, the battleship Hangar Platform was completely destroyed, the shield capacitor cabin was completely destroyed, four-fifths of the anti-matter manufacturing cabin was destroyed, the projectile processing plant of Hypermatter Railgun was completely destroyed, more than half of the living area was destroyed, and the hyperspace engine was seriously damaged.
Moreover, the battleship's energy supply is less than 20% of its normal capacity, which is the result of emergency repairs.
More than 40% of the battleship's outer armor belt was penetrated, more than 1,070 outer compartments were destroyed, the battleship's airtightness completely disappeared, and air leaked wildly in all directions as soon as the life-support device was turned on. The only good news is that Gravity Generator is still intact, which makes it much easier for engineers to drive the SCV into the interior of the battleship for repairs.
Finally, according to the evaluation of Fourth Civilization scientists, it will take at least 5 years for Plague to undergo a complete overhaul to regain its glory.
For Fourth Civilization leader Tang Xiao, this is out-and-out bad news. Because in the current fleet construction direction of Fourth Civilization, the integration of Fleet Shield can be said to be a solid shield, and the spear to attack the enemy is Ragnarok-class Titan warship.
The biggest shortcoming of Ragnarok-class Titan warship is its poor continuous combat capability and poor ability to withstand strikes. However, this series of battles are all based on its weaknesses.
Plague was hunted for a month or two. In many cases, in order to provide fire support for the fleet, Plague had to bear most of the firepower himself.
Being beaten like this in the end is the inevitable result.
Politically speaking, Plague's raid on Kato-Neimoidia caused a great change in Trade Federation's attitude, which can be said to be a success.
But from a military perspective, although Plague killed three Galactic Republics, three 8,000-meter-class Commander-class Dreadnoughts, and more than ten or twenty giant ships of more than one kilometer, large and small, it was still a huge failure compared with the power and size of Plague itself.
In Tang Xiao's view, this failure was due to Sefrans-Tann not understanding politics and using too much force, which almost caused Trade Federation's position to become unstable and had to force Plague to retreat.
But in fact, from a fundamental point of view, letting the Plague Titan warship, an Titan warship that is not known for its mobility, go deep into the Galaxy Republic Core Worlds to conduct a raid on the Kato-Neimoidia is itself a huge adventure, both politically and militarily.
Able to achieve this raid, Sefrans-Tann can fully bear the title of the strongest super super Fleet Commander in the current galaxy.
So in other words, Tang Xiao is taking the blame.
Although Sefrans-Tann is talented, she has huge character flaws. Even in the setting that Tang Xiao knew before traveling through time, the comment that she "neither respects the enemy nor her comrades" is extremely harsh. In fact, she is indeed such a person.
When she was in Chiss's territory, Tann was actually a spoiled genius. She has status, looks, and money, but she also has a talent that no one can match, which is why she has such a twisted character.
Later, the destruction of her family made her character even more distorted. In the original plot, she raided Sarapin and shined in the war for a month. She was soon killed by Shen Qiaoen, who was bent on revenge. Her character was a key factor...
It's not a bad idea to take this opportunity to give it a good hammering.
Tang Xiao naturally wouldn't admit that he was actually quite happy that day... It goes without saying that he felt like he was trampling the cold-tongued Yu Jie under his feet and brutally destroying her.
And it was still at the core of a large-scale battlefield. Outside, huge ships and cannons were raining bullets, but here it was a different flavor...
Fortunately, in the end, perhaps it was the God of Luck who really blessed us, and Sefrans-Tann actually found the lost Blade Fleet!
This huge discovery turned this failure into a brilliant victory. 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser were acquired, allowing Fourth Civilization, which originally lost most of its mobile fleet among Battle of Terminus, to suddenly have a powerful fleet again.
Tang Xiao can immediately continue to attack Galactic Republic 18th Army, threatening his coveted Eriadu!
Once it is able to occupy this economic, political, commercial center and transportation hub located in Mid Rim, Fourth Civilization can truly radiate its power to the entire Western Reaches of the galaxy! Even if Confederacy of Independent Systems is defeated in the future, Fourth Civilization can still seize such a stable country with Eriadu!
And after counting, he gained more than 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser.
Because these battleships are all fully loaded during wartime!
Each battleship contains equipment that can arm 800 fully armed Marines, as well as 1,000 sets of spare equipment. This is equivalent to getting individual equipment that can arm an army of 320,000 soldiers this time, including combat uniforms, Blaster rifle, blaster machine guns, rocket launchers, and mortars.
And it is fully loaded with 12 Z-95 Headhunter fighters. Some of these fighters were lost in the battle, but there are still more than 1,700 that can be used.
Although the performance of these fighter jets is not as good as that of Wraith fighter and is not suitable for use by the Fourth Civilization front-line fleet, together with the individual equipment of Marines, it is more than enough to be assigned to important areas including the newly occupied Hoth Planet as a local defense force.
But the most exciting thing is that these battleships of Blade Fleet are actually filled with AT-PT walking mechas!
This bipedal walking mecha, together with the reconnaissance AT-RT, is the predecessor of the AT-ST walking mecha commonly used by the Galactic Empire in the future.
The AT-PT is 3 meters high and 4 meters long. It can be operated by a single soldier. It is equipped with a twin MK-1/W blaster cannon and a concussion grenade launcher, and has powerful firepower. The maximum running speed can reach 60 kilometers per hour. In off-road conditions, its powerful feet can jump up to a height of about 5 meters, making it very maneuverable.
The only disadvantage of this kind of mecha is that the two mechanical legs are too fragile, and if the main body suffers a huge impact, the mechanical legs are not enough to support the mecha standing, and it is easy to fall.
But as a single-soldier mecha, it is excellent enough.
Especially among these Blade Fleet and Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, each one is equipped with 30 AT-PT walking mechas!
In other words, a total of 5,340 AT-PTs were obtained this time! According to the establishment of Fourth Civilization, this number can completely arm 5 mechanized divisions!
These gains were enough to dilute the haze brought by Plague to Tang Xiao. After getting such a big piece of cake, he had to start thinking about other coveting eyes.