Chapter 2180 The End of Tarkinism (Part 1)

2180. The Last Period of Tarkinism (Part 1)

"Captain! The opponent's fighter jets are behaving strangely. They seem to want to get close at any cost!" the radar soldier shouted.

The captain looked at the screen in front of him, and he could see that those vulture robot fighters were not interested in fighting at all, not entangled with the V-wing fighters of the clones, but approached the battleship frantically. He couldn't help frowning, "What do they want to do? The shield of the battleship hasn't been penetrated yet, do they still want to hit it?"

He thought for a while, and then said: "Let all the fighters form a circular array, and don't let these vulture fighters approach! In addition, the warships temporarily stop ground support, and concentrate their firepower to destroy the incoming fighters!"

The firepower of the point defense turrets on the two Jaeger-class cruisers and the two Cheer-class assault landing ships became more and more fierce, and thousands of fighter jets around them also bit each of the incoming vulture robot fighters. Because now as the Republic army lands, they have also occupied a large number of airports. These aircraft can now take off directly from the airport without being limited by the throughput of the battleship's own hangar landing platform.

With the near-fire capability of the four battleships and the cover of 1,000 fighter jets, no matter from which angle you look at it, it is impossible for the mere 400 vulture robot fighter planes to pose any threat to the battleship!

However, the accident just happened! Just when the confederation's vulture robot fighters paid heavy losses and finally approached less than a kilometer away from the Republic battleship, suddenly, a terrifying explosion erupted from the stern of one of the Jaeger-class cruisers! boom! ! boom! ! ! This explosion also produced a large number of blue proton clouds, which continuously annihilated the surrounding matter, it was a proton torpedo! !

With just one blow, the shield of this battleship was pierced, and the outer armor was also damaged! Because there is no enemy aircraft behind the battleship, the operator of the battleship naturally did not allocate too much energy of the deflector shield to the direction of the stern! However, in such an impossible place, the battleship was hit! ! !

"The battleship Blue Sea was hit by a proton torpedo! The deflector shield at the stern was penetrated!!" the communications soldier shouted.

"What's the situation!! There is no enemy plane launching a proton torpedo at all! And there is no enemy plane at the stern of our ship!" The captain jumped onto the screen and said loudly.

"I don't know! We didn't find anything unusual!!" said the radar soldier.

However, as soon as the words fell, all of a sudden, I saw the Jaeger-class cruiser Lan Hai, which had been penetrated through the shield just now, suddenly shaken, and then I only saw the direction of the tail of the battleship suddenly swell, as if something blew a blow inside. The tone was the same, and immediately after the inside of the swollen and deformed stern, countless flames suddenly burst out! A series of explosions exploded from the inside out, almost at the same time,

The entire thousand-meter-long giant ship lost all power immediately, and plummeted towards the ground with billowing smoke! ! !

"Blue Ocean!! Report the situation immediately! What happened!??" The captain of another Hunter-class cruiser said loudly.

"This is the blue ocean cruiser. I don't know what happened. I only know that the engine of the warship was suddenly attacked! We lost all the motivation! Ah ......................" There has been no saying there is nothing to say there yet After being covered by a burst of explosions and roars, the captain turned his head to look, and saw from the porthole that the cruiser Blue Ocean had fallen from a high altitude to the ground. An uncontrollable fear welled up in his heart!

"Retreat! Retreat immediately!! Inform the other two Cheerers to retreat too!!" the captain roared loudly.

"Captain? Why are you retreating?" a combat staff officer asked.

"Haven't you noticed yet? The opponent can shoot down a hunter-class cruiser without us reacting at all!! We can't stay here until we figure out why the Blue Sea was shot down!!" said the captain loudly.

The Jaeger-class cruiser and the other two Cheer-class assault landing ships immediately turned around and retreated towards the rear at high speed. Without the air support of the battleship, the attack of the mechanical life corps on the ground became more and more fierce! They are constantly attacking the positions of the clone legion.

Jane Connor looked coldly at the retreating battleship in the sky, turned his head and said to the Kuriwa commander next to him: "Our time is limited, order the whole army to attack! Colonel Miguel!"

However, the rebel officer hadn't recovered from the shock just now. He said blankly: "What happened? They shot down a battleship in an instant!!"

"It's just a little bit of new technology, and this thing is limited in our hands. If it is used repeatedly, it will be targeted by the Republic soon, and it will be useless at that time. Therefore, we can only scare them. Fight back as soon as possible, this time I will fight in person!" Jane Connor waved his hand and said.

This thing is naturally the Space Rider III Space Fighter. The production of this kind of fighter has not yet started, so Jane Connor only brought more than a dozen of them over for a small-scale actual combat test. The previous tactics were also very simple. First, 400 fighter jets were used to attract the attention of the warships of the Republic, and then several Type 3 fighter jets filled with proton torpedoes approached quietly. After entering the 1000-meter teleportation range, they immediately activated the teleportation device.

The first Type 3 fighter sent to the rear of the Blue Sea, and then detonated all the proton torpedoes, directly blowing through the tail shield with a low energy supply priority. The second Type 3 fighter was even more ruthless, and it was directly sent to the engine compartment of the Blue Ocean battleship! !

This tactic actually has a lot of loopholes. First of all, you have to be close enough to the opponent's warship, and you must also destroy the opponent's shield. If the Republic realizes that there is equipment that can teleport through space, they will adopt more conservative tactics. For example, give priority to ensuring the energy supply of the shield, such as taking off more fighter jets, such as strengthening the point defense turret of the battleship.

That is to say, if the appearance of Type 3 fighters with teleportation devices on the battlefield is already normal, then having the opportunity to teleport directly into the opponent's warship can only be icing on the cake. Because if you can break through the defensive network formed by the opponent's fighter jets and point defense turrets, and destroy the opponent's deflector shield, you can actually ride on the battleship and do whatever you want at this time.

However, Miguel, a Curiva, obviously didn't know what was going on behind this, and he just thought it was some secret weapon in Jane Connor's hands. Of course, it was true in a sense. He also cheered up immediately, threw his fist violently and shouted loudly: "Then let's go!! Turn the southern plain into a meat grinder!!"

Fran also jumped up happily at the side: "Fran is going too! Fran is going too!!"

A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Jane Connor's mouth. When she raised her hand, the Annihilation Hammer appeared from her personal space. She carried the giant hammer on her shoulder and walked out of the command center.

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At the same time, seeing his own warships begin to retreat, Master Bor Chatak suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. In the sky, the vulture robot fighter planes of the Confederation had retreated one after another, but they did not leave completely. They just hovered far outside the battle airspace, as if they were preparing for the second wave of offensive. With such a gesture, coupled with the fact that the cruiser Blue Sea was shot down by a mysterious weapon, the Republic really did not dare to rashly send the battleship into the battlefield again.

Even so, the Army of the Republic still holds air supremacy. The air force on the planet Murkana is very weak. In addition to less than 300 backward space fighters, there are only 10000 to 2000 fighters in the atmosphere. And Jane Connor didn't bring too many fighters down when he landed. He only brought 3,000 fighters with him, and at least half of them were destroyed in Tarkin's orbital bombing. In contrast, the total number of fighter jets dispatched by the Republic reached 15,000, easily occupying air supremacy.

In fact, this is also the normal state of war between the Confederation of Independent Galaxy and the Galactic Republic. The Republic has more powerful battleships and fighter jets, as well as clone pilots with better driving skills, and the number of fighter jets on the battleship far exceeds that of the Confederation. Therefore, in every battle, the Confederacy always used a large number of robots to advance against the gunfire of the Republic fighter jets, and suffered heavy losses. This point has not been greatly improved even now that Tang Yu, a big butterfly, is flapping its wings.

It is precisely because of this that Master Bor Chatak did not retreat. In her opinion, even if the battleship cannot participate in the battle, under the cover of 3,000 fighter jets allocated to her side, it is enough to deal with all the offensives of the Confederacy.

However, when the sea-like robot legion rushed out towards the Republic Army's position, Chatak realized that she was wrong!

Jane Connor not only gathered all the mechanical life corps that could be mobilized in the vicinity, a total of 100,000 troops, but also mobilized a large number of Murkana local troops for the first time! This made the total force of her offensive exceed 300,000! Her meaning is very clear, since you are here to fish, then very good, I will let you catch a shark!

A fierce battle unfolded in the southern plains. The Confederate army besieged the Republic army from all directions with its superior strength, while the Republic resisted with its superior armored forces and absolute air supremacy. The two sides fought bloody rivers on the southern plains!

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At the same time, on the asteroid belt outside the planet Murkana. Admiral Trench suddenly summoned all senior officers and issued an order, "After three hours, launch an attack on the orbital defense line of the Republic Fleet!"

Emma Frost nodded and said: "The Blade Fleet has completed its maintenance and will arrive at the battlefield in 20 hours. Is it too early to launch an attack now?"

Then she nodded suddenly, suddenly realized, "Oh~~~~~"

Trench did not give her room to speak, and immediately said: "The Blade Fleet is a clear card, and both parties know it, so there are very few actions that can be done on it. However, there are still ways to make the Blade Fleet play some role." Unexpected effects, such as... time difference. So we are launching an attack now, mainly to give Admiral Tarkin an illusion. For this illusion, I plan to sacrifice 5 warships."

At this time, a captain with the rank of colonel said: "But with all due respect, if General Emma makes a move, our strength is enough to break through the defense of the Republic." He is the captain of the fleet that Emma Frost belongs to. Naturally know Emma better.

"No, no, no, General Emma will not take action in this offensive, so I mean literally, sacrifice five Generosity-class frigates. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..." Trench replied.

"But, at such a terrible price, is there any point in doing so?" asked the captain.

"The significance is that we can still annihilate the enemy fleet just by breaking through the line of defense. Tsk tsk tsk..." Trench clapped his palms with the pointer, "So let's start now, put the human crew on the 5 Bountiful-class frigates All evacuated to other warships, and then these warships were all controlled by robots. Three hours later, the attack was launched."

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The Republic's Outer Orbital Defense Line.

When the ground war was in full swing, Admiral Tarkin adjusted the defense line. He recalled 10 Jaeger-class cruisers from the battlefield in the atmosphere of the planet Murkana, which increased the number of Jaeger-class cruisers on the defense line to 84 ships, he divided these warships into four clusters, arranged in four directions. However, the formation he arranged is a bit strange, because the central part of this formation is empty. Of course, in terms of the weapon range of the space battleship, this is not a big weakness at all.

"General! Hyperspace jump fluctuations have been detected!" the radar soldier turned around and said.

"Hehe, I've been waiting for you for a long time! Chatak's plan is going very well, and now those separatist troops are desperately fighting with our ground forces. It seems that they are in a hurry, hehehe." Admiral Tarkin sneered Woke up, he didn't give an order to prepare for battle, because this fleet has already made all preparations for battle!

The light flickered, and 41 Confederate battleships jumped out of hyperspace and appeared in space. The two sides did not make any more moves, just pressed the button to fire the main gun!

In the beginning, the Confederate Fleet just launched artillery battles with the Republic Fleet from a distance. Their formation was spread out, and the combat distance was controlled at about 700-900 kilometers. down to the limit. Apparently the Confederate fleet wanted to buy time.

But Admiral Tarkin was confident, because he knew very well that these separatists should be the ones who are anxious now!

The two sides fought for 4 or 5 hours, but there was no result except wasting some energy. The Confederate fleet seemed a little panicked. They began to speed up and shorten the combat distance further, 600 kilometers, 500 kilometers, 400 kilometers... Confederate The fleet approached step by step and tried step by step, but the defense line of the Republic Fleet stood still!

Finally, after the battle lasted for 12 hours, it seemed that the restless Confederate fleet finally lost their last patience. They began to advance at full speed, wanting to rush up and fight desperately with the Republic fleet, which surpassed their own in both quantity and quality!