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The development of this landing battle went smoothly beyond imagination, because when communications were cut off, Galactic Republic's power was almost useless, and their warships were a mess flying around, fighting independently.
As mentioned before, Hunter Class Battlecruiser is no match for Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser when it loses its shield. What's more, no fighter jets from both sides have taken off, and Galactic Republic's warships dare not appear in front of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser!
Therefore, when it was discovered that Fourth Civilization's fleet with Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser as the main force arrived in the orbit of Eriadu satellite first, many battleships on Galactic Republic's side chose to be cowardly. Without unified command, this became a herd effect - the first few warships cowered, and the other warships also stopped their engines. They could only watch from a distance as the warship Fourth Civilization landed on Eriadu satellite.
The same is true on the ground battlefield.
Because there was no pressure from space, the landing of the Fourth Civilization Army was not greatly affected. The landing operation was carried out very smoothly, and more than ten stable landing positions were established.
Install fixed anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft missiles, temporary energy shields, mobile radar stations, field hospitals, frontline maintenance centers and other facilities on the landing positions.
At the same time, Indjori's troops had already rushed out first. Their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. For those Republic defense line who have no help defense or crossfire, they can basically be penetrated with one poke.
Although as the war continues to progress, the more than 1 billion troops previously recruited by Galactic Republic have now completed intensive training. The Guardian troops deployed by the 18th Army are also trained troops, but they are not clone troops after all, and they are still not Indjori's opponents.
And Caladanian's army followed closely behind and continued to expand its results.
While the Galactic Republic defenders were struggling to deal with these two powerful fighting races, Fourth Civilization Army had also completed the initial landing deployment.
A large number of bipedal walking mechas stepped off the transport aircraft, lined up, and prepared to enter the battlefield.
These bipedal walking mechas have box-shaped bodies and long anti-joint mechanical feet. They are all AT-PT walking machines! These were all installed in the cargo hold of Blade Fleet, and after Fourth Civilization snatched Blade Fleet, he also received gifts.
Among Blade Fleet, Fourth Civilization received a total of 5,340 AT-PT walking machines, and this time, Ling Liang directly invested 2,000 units!
The reason why a large number of AT-PT walkers were used in Eriadu satellite's landing battle, instead of the Siege Tank commonly used by the Fourth Civilization Army, combined with Mammoth infantry fighting vehicle, Vulture Vehicle, M-9 Wolverine anti-aircraft vehicles, plus the armored unit combination of Goliath Mech and War Wolf Mech, was mainly due to logistical considerations.
Because this battle is likely to be a lonely battle, in this case, it will be more convenient to obtain supplies by using the AT-PT walker seized from Galactic Republic. The supplies seized from Galactic Republic can be used directly on the spot.
During the two hours when the stellar flare was raging, it was a complete nightmare for the Republic 18th Army!
They had no communication, so they could only fight on their own, without a plan. All actions relied on the on-the-spot performance of each basic tactical unit Commander. There was no Planetary Shield, no Fire Control Radar, nothing.
Within 2 hours, Fourth Civilization transported as many as 130,000 army soldiers to land on Eriadu satellite. Not only did it exceed the task of transporting soldiers, but it also transported more supplies, allowing this unit to last longer.
Two hours later, the magnetic field storm generated by the stellar flare finally dropped to a level that was not enough to affect Planetary Shield. Eriadu satellite immediately raised Planetary Shield, completely separating Fourth Civilization Army from the fleet.
But the aftermath of the flare is still there. Although Planetary Shield unfolds, communications are still intermittent, and the interference to the radar is still very serious.
Sefrans-Tann did not flinch because of the deployment of Planetary Shield. On the contrary, when she no longer covered the landing of the landing ship, she began to pursue Republic fleet!
The fleets of both sides continued to fight fiercely in the high orbit of Eriadu satellite!
Republic 18th Army Governor Wilhuff-Tarkin immediately issued numerous instructions after the communication was restored to stabilize the position and have his fleet continuously retreat and arrange into a defensive formation to avoid being cut apart by Fourth Civilization's fleet.
Fleet Commander on both sides each tried their best. Sefrans-Tann had the advantage in battleship performance, while Wilhuff-Tarkin had the support of powerful firepower from a planet and a satellite. Both of them exerted a very high level of command even when communications were greatly interfered with.
This contest can be said to be the contest between Fleet Commander, the current pinnacle of the galaxy.
But the results were quickly revealed - Wilhuff-Tarkin was defeated steadily in front of the artistic battleship command of Sefrans-Tann. Finally, they had to completely withdraw from the high orbit of Eriadu satellite, reorganize the fleet near Eriadu, and wait for the star flare energy to further dissipate.
In these few hours of fighting, Sefrans-Tann finally commanded the fleet of Fourth Civilization, sweeping away the decline caused by the serious losses suffered by Republic defense line before, damaging and sinking a large number of Republic warship.
At 0:34 in the morning on May 6, the energy of the stellar flare finally dissipated to a relatively safe level. Governor Tarkin immediately ordered all fleets to immediately launch a counterattack. At the same time, more than 5,000 fighter jets took off from Eriadu and the satellite's ground airport, as well as Hunter Class Battlecruiser's hangar!
The combat goal of Sefrans-Tann has been achieved. After Galactic Republic's fighter group regained its operational capabilities, she understood that there was no point in continuing to waste time here, so she led the fleet back 0.5 light minutes to confront Republic fleet.
At this distance, Galactic Republic's fighter group needs to fly for a long time to arrive, and it is too far away from its own mothership, so its combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.
At the same time, her fleet did not stop its continuous bombing of Eriadu satellite Planetary Shield.
At the same time, Ling Liang had also entered the temporary command center set up by the Fourth Civilization Army on Eriadu satellite. This was a radio and television center in a colonial city. She regarded it as her headquarters.
The area where the army landed is more than 500 kilometers away from Eriadu satellite and Planetary Shield Generator. With the recovery of communications, the defenders of Galactic Republic finally began to take advantage of their main battle operations.