938. Western Reaches Campaign: Battle for Talastra (Part 1)
Eriadu system, Planet 5, gas giant planet, Tarastra, Satellite 3.
This is a large satellite with a diameter of more than 1,500 kilometers, Galactic Republic orbital defense position.
In the center of this large crater with a diameter of more than 200 kilometers, more than 500 heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons are densely installed. Now these Turbolaser cannons all point their muzzles at the sky, and then continuously fire out powerful blaster beams.
With almost every shot, hundreds of scorching bright blaster beams illuminated the satellite for an instant. You can't see the effect of the attack at all here, but you can only see a place among the numerous starry sky that is constantly twinkling with starlight.
In the sky of the satellite, thick beams of light continued to fall from the sky, setting off waves of horrific explosions on the ground. One Turbolaser Turret after another was destroyed by this powerful firepower. In some places, energy leakage even produced seas of fire that could not be extinguished in the vacuum of space.
The originally thin atmosphere of this satellite was directly blown away by this extremely powerful attack. Due to the gravitational effect of Talastra Planet, a Star Ring was formed around the satellite and was directly connected to the gas giant planet.
Fourth Civilization's Viking fighter and Wraith fighter kept passing over the satellite and launched powerful cluster missiles.
The more than a thousand close-range anti-aircraft guns installed on the ridge of the crater also fired wildly at the sky, forming an almost airtight net in the sky!
Fighters were shot down, missiles were intercepted, and gorgeous explosions never stopped in the sky.
During the fierce battle, finally due to the fearless battle of the fighter pilots of Fourth Civilization, three Big Ivan-type super proton torpedo launched from Ogrov Torpedo Cruiser finally broke through the defense and landed on the satellite!
The light blue proton cloud, which was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it, swept everything in an instant! This was followed by the collapse and release of proton energy, and the entire crater formation was completely destroyed in an instant, leaving only a large sea of lava with a diameter of 200 kilometers.
The battle continued in other directions, but after the crater position was destroyed, dozens of assault landing spacecraft took off from Corsev Battlecruiser in outer orbit, and then landed directly on the outside of the crater position.
The gravity of this satellite is very small, so there is no need for a powerful force like Fourth Legion. Ordinary army soldiers can also meet the requirements of this low-intensity Orbital Drop.
These Fourth Civilization Army soldiers wearing fully enclosed Liberator II combat suit immediately installed the equipment that was airborne at the same time, established a landing position on the satellite ground, and set up a crustal drilling equipment.
Orbital Drop is still going on. Under the cover of Fourth Civilization fleet and fighter jets, ten crustal drilling equipment were installed, and then these armies quickly evacuated.
These mining beams sent from United Mining Group were extremely efficient and immediately began to operate automatically, drilling more than 100 kilometers deep in just over ten hours! Immediately afterwards, another wave of robots airborne. These robots directly dropped a Big Ivan Super Proton Torpedo from the drilled hole!
Another gorgeous and terrifying explosion!
Satellite 3 was blown to pieces in just a few minutes!!
During this period of time, Galactic Republic 18th Army's fleet and Fourth Civilization's fleet continued to exchange fire, and reserve forces from both sides continued to arrive, and then took over the injured warships to continue fighting.
Sefrans-Tann sent Corsev Battlecruiser to continuously launch Orbital Drop against the five satellite bases of Talastra Planet, trying to get the airborne troops to install mining beam equipment, and then destroy these satellites directly from the inside.
But Wilhuff-Tarkin, who had suffered a loss, responded immediately. As soon as Corsev Battlecruiser appeared, Galactic Republic's fighter jets immediately rushed forward with the momentum of moths rushing to the flame to prevent them from landing.
Even if they can't stop it, they will send clone troops to conduct anti-landing operations and destroy those mining beam platforms.
Sefrans-Tann In this case, Eriadu System Campaign showed uncharacteristically great patience. She did not take risks and launch a surprise attack that would be both profitable and dangerous. Instead, she took a steady approach.
It was at this time that her basic skills as a top student at the Chiss Naval Academy were revealed!
Chiss Naval Academy's teaching purpose is always to strike before anyone can! As Chiss is a rare top student and genius in a century, this is the true tactical level of Sefrans-Tann. The previous aggressive surprise attack was not actually her special skill.
Fourth Civilization fleet's formation is airtight and constantly moves with the movement of Republic defense line, ensuring that his fleet will not be attacked by more than two directions at the same time.
At the same time, every attack she launched was a very complex joint operation. Even if it is an orbital landing operation, it will be a three-dimensional operation that requires the use of fighter units, warships for cover, mobile fleets to pull in, and fire coverage.
She skillfully used the combat command computer and the assistance of T-series tactical robot to make all of this a part of her own brain, and then installed the entire campaign into it!
Major General of the Army, deputy battle commander Ling Liang, has been following Sefrans-Tann, learning her combat methods, and also using his own methods to assist Tann's command.
Although the two still don't like each other, at least for now, when the enemy is facing them, their cooperation is relatively harmonious.
If this were not the case, with the orbital defense facilities set by the 18th Army on the five satellites of Talastra Planet, the fleet of Fourth Civilization would not be able to sustain it for long after a frontal attack.
Gerrenthum Planet, a giant spaceport built for battle. This space port is a ring with a diameter of more than 10,000 meters, which can accommodate 50 kilometer-level warships at the same time, and carry out basic maintenance and supply work.
There are two such space stations on Gerrenthum Planet.
A white light flashed past, and a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser instantly escaped from hyperspace navigation and appeared here. Almost as soon as the battleship left hyperspace, explosions and disintegration occurred in some areas of the battleship, and the entire battleship was filled with flames and thick smoke.
Raloz-class Heavy Constructor, which had been prepared for a long time, flew over immediately and used a heavy tractor beam to seize the Dreadnought-class. At the same time, Star-class Repair Drone Mothership also began to operate. The mothership flew over and sprayed gel materials used to extinguish fires in a vacuum. At the same time, thousands of maintenance drones flew out from the drone hangar densely and began to repair the outer shell of the battleship.
The hospital ship was also ready. They attached themselves to the battleship and sent a rescue team to rescue the crew inside the battleship.