The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

754. Raid on Cato-Neimoidia (Part 1) [Two in One]

"Hahahaha!" Darth Lilim laughed and said, "I know! I know! Why did you propose a plan to raid Cato-Neimoidia at that time. You..."

She leaned in front of Severance Tann, and teased, "You...you are trying to figure out what you want. You are thinking, what kind of strategy is the master's favorite... Hahahaha! Assault on Kato Neimoidi Ya, this action requires the support of the trade alliance, if it is based on your own character, you will never propose this strategy! But... you are thinking, the master will be very happy to propose this strategy."

Silky arms climbed onto Severance Tann's neck, and the orchid-like breath blew in her ears, "...you...you know, the master has been trying to pull the trade alliance over..."

Severance Tann pushed Darth Lilim away, and said coldly: "What do you think you have seen through? As a senior military general, I naturally need to think about strategy from an overall perspective." ...And in the entire Fourth Civilization, the highest position is naturally the governor, it is normal to think from his perspective."

"Actually... I like you very much." Darth Lilim licked his lips.

"Then make yourself more useful. Until now, you are still just a vase." Severance Tann snorted coldly, and continued to give instructions to the other side, "Take off 100 vulture robot fighters ! Take the initiative to attack the enemy fleet!"

"yes!"

The Plague doesn't have many carrier-based aircraft, but Tann doesn't want to gain air superiority because of this. Immediately after the 100 vulture robot fighters took off, they flew directly towards the Republic Fleet.

And the Republic Fleet, after its flagship was destroyed by a single blow, immediately exploded and rushed towards the Plague.

The fighter group of the 7th Squadron bears the brunt, and thousands of fighter jets rush over like locusts. Although there are still a large number of backward Z-95 fighter jets inside, such a huge number is still a very terrible threat.

"Revenge for General Rivers!!"

"Kill! Charge up! No matter how powerful it is, it's just a battleship!!"

"Fighter squadron to keep up!!"

"The Dax! Full fire! Fire at will!!" The combat communications of the Republic Fleet were filled with all kinds of angry roars, blood for blood, tooth for tooth.

But there is anger, revenge, and sadness in the combat communication, but there is only one thing missing-tactics.

After the flagship of the 7th Squadron was destroyed, another Commander-class dreadnought immediately took over the command, but the new commander did not know all the previous arrangements of Admiral Rivers. go again.

Ask the intelligence department for the data of the plague number, send a signal for help, reorganize the formation, and arrange a counterattack strategy according to the battle situation.

But all this takes time!

At this time, the fighter group and warships of the 7th Squadron had already rushed forward. After the Plague took off 100 vulture robot fighters, they immediately rushed towards these fighters and fired wildly.

In the eyes of the new commander, such behavior has little effect on the battle situation. After all, the other side only has one battleship, maybe this battleship is really powerful, but after all, they have enough battleships, even if the super cannons are called one by one, they have to be called 100 times, right?

However, the intelligence sent by the Ministry of Intelligence for the second time poured a bucket of ice water on the commander!

He slammed in the direction of the radar team and shouted loudly: "Enlarge the sensor image of the enemy ship for me immediately!!"

The radar soldiers operated immediately, and a magnified image of the Plague appeared on the screen. Now this huge battleship was under attack from top to bottom, and the light of countless energy shields flickered on its body.

But the commander didn't pay attention to this. He looked at the shape of the four super-giant guide rails that make up the super-super-super-cannon of the Plague. Sure enough, the front of the four guide rails opened slightly, forming a trumpet shape! !

"Quick! Notify all fighter formations, spread out! Spread out!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the Plague once again emitted a dazzling light like a star!

Almost at the same time, the status of each fighter formation displayed on the side screen instantly turned red! !

The main gun of the Plague, scatter!

Countless projectiles and explosions instantly covered an area of ​​thousands of kilometers, turning everything here into a dead zone!

At least more than 1,000 fighter jets were destroyed by this gun, and more than 10 small warships were also seriously injured in this scattering.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Plague continued to move forward. The four guide rails of the main gun began to close and recharged. Obviously, this time, it was an ordinary projectile.

And at this time, the Plague took off with its main fighter group.

48 fighter jets took off one after another, 36 of which were ghost fighters, and the other 12 were heavy fighters with a stubby shape and two five-unit missile launchers on their backs.

It is exactly the same as the red fighter that Darth Masail drove before, but the size is about 1 meter smaller.

This is the new generation fighter of the Fourth Civilization, the Viking fighter!

This is also the next-generation new fighter that will replace the Ghost fighter in the "StarCraft" database. The standard length is 16.5 meters, which is shorter than the 18-meter-long Ghost fighter. However, because the overall shape of the Viking fighter is short and thick, it is much larger than the Ghost fighter. .

The Viking fighter has much more powerful firepower than the Wraith, and is equipped with two powerful blast energy laser cannons and the new "turbulence" missile (Ripwave). This kind of missile combines the anti-matter missile technology that the fourth civilization has just developed, and its lethality to large and medium-sized targets is very terrifying.

It is also because of the technological leap of the fourth civilization that the MT-50 Lanzel missile equipped with the original version of the Viking fighter was not developed directly, but skipped over and directly equipped with the turbulence missile. At the same time, turbulence missiles can also be equipped on giant mechs to further enhance the air defense capabilities of giant mechs.

What's even more unique is that the Viking fighter can transform into a robot form and be used for ground combat.

Of course, the current Viking fighters have undergone many optimizations. For example, the original two six-tube 30mm caliber electromagnetic cannons were converted into two blast energy cannons, which could free up the ammunition compartment and make the fighter more portable. This also makes the Viking fighter look more bulky, but in fact, the speed is faster than the Wraith fighter, but the steering performance is slightly lacking.

Of course, this will also increase the energy demand, but the current energy engine technology of the Fourth Civilization, after fully learning from and integrating with the technology of the current "Star Wars" world, is more powerful than the original engine of the Viking fighter, which can fully meet this requirement. aspects of demand.

When Tang Xiao ordered the development of the Viking fighter, he asked the scientific research department to develop a deformable version and a non-deformable version at the same time. After all, the latter can save a lot of cost. The mass-produced ones now are also non-deformable versions.

And because the deformation function is removed, the fighter has a lot of space to install a more powerful energy core, and a shield generator is installed to further enhance the air combat capability.

In other words, only non-transformable Vikings can be equipped with shields.

What Tang Xiao was driving before was a custom-made elite-level Viking fighter, which was larger in size and adopted more new technologies, allowing his fighter to have all the functions and extremely powerful combat capabilities.

As for the deformable version of the Viking fighter, the Fourth Civilization is also producing, but the current output is not large. But this kind of fighter will also have many opportunities to perform in subsequent battles, because in the current civil war in the galaxy, it is not how many troops you have that restricts the scale of battles, but how many troops you can transport.

Under such circumstances, Viking fighters that can fly to the sky to fight in the air and land to fight on the ground will naturally save a lot of transportation costs. After all, unlike in the game, Viking fighter jets can also fire blast cannons in the sky, and missiles on the ground.

The service of the Viking fighter does not mean that the Ghost fighter will retire from active service, because the powerful firepower configuration of the Viking fighter is more suitable for attacking large targets, and for small targets like fighter jets, the Ghost fighter is better through simulation.

The Wraith fighter is also constantly improving, and the technical department is currently developing an improved new model-the Wraith fighter. This is a fully upgraded version based on the Ghost Fighter, and it can be produced without adjusting the mature production line of the Ghost Fighter.

During this raid on the Plague, the most elite naval fighters of the Fourth Civilization were assembled, and of course the Viking fighter jets that had just been commissioned were also among them.

36 Wraith fighters and 12 Viking fighters took off aggressively, and flew towards the fighter group of Galactic Republic 7th Squadron who had been completely stunned by a scattering of the Plague just now, and at the same time, turned on the stealth system.

That's right, as a new generation of fighter jets, the Viking fighter is naturally equipped with a stealth system!

The flagship was destroyed, and more than 1,000 fighter jets were destroyed by a scatter just now. Now the fighter group of the Republic is completely fighting on its own, let alone fighting invisible fighter jets through the command of the battleship! Dozens of fighters were quickly shot down.

At the same time, 12 Viking fighters also launched turbulent missiles at several CR-70 frigates under the cover of the stealth system! Under the advanced fire control system, the two five-unit missile launchers on the Viking fighter's fuselage fired directly, and 120 turbulent missiles shot directly at the past densely!

The anti-matter missile is super fast, and it also has a built-in AI program to evade air defense firepower, improving the penetration rate.

Dozens of turbulent missiles hit the target, and the powerful force directly blew up the shield of the CR-70 frigate. Immediately afterwards, the armor-piercing warhead penetrated the frigate's armor, and the anti-matter warhead detonated directly inside the spacecraft!

Three 120-meter-long CR-70 frigates disintegrated in a violent explosion. This backward frigate was completely unable to fight against the new generation of fighter jets.

But with the passage of time, the Seventh Squadron of the Republic finally regained its organization, and the commander and staff team on the Commander-class dreadnought that succeeded the flagship began to play a role. After sorting out the existing information, they began to effectively command the fleet to re-deploy the formation, and let the formation of small battleships and fighter jets start to detour towards the two sides of the Plague.

This is finally grasping the weakness of the Plague!

Because although the Plague is densely packed with all kinds of powerful turrets and missiles, after all, the most powerful super cannon can only fire straight ahead. As long as you can avoid the bow of the Plague, you can avoid being destroyed. hit.

Moreover, they can also judge whether the next shot is a normal projectile or a scattered projectile based on whether the current shape of the Plague cannon is trumpet-shaped.

But Severance Tann didn't care about this at all, she just ordered the Plague to keep moving forward, and the speed kept increasing! Looking at this momentum, it's all about rushing directly into the Republic's defense line regardless!

The fighter jets that took off from the Plague were only playing a diversionary role to avoid being continuously attacked by the fighter jets of the Republic in the direction of the engine. After all, the number of these fighter jets was too small.

And at this moment, the largest warships in the 7th Squadron also opened fire!

Two 8,000-meter-long Commander-class dreadnoughts, one 4,000-meter-long Governor-class battleship, and three 2,500-meter-long Prosecutor-class battlecruisers are the largest battleships of the 7th Squadron. These warships are backward warships of the previous era, and their effectiveness in launching offensive operations is far inferior to that of the Jaeger-class battlecruisers, but after all, they are super-large giant warships, and they are still qualified for defensive or blockade operations.

Countless turbo lasers fell on the Titan battleship Plague, and the readings of the deflector shield dropped sharply.

"General! The enemy fleet's firepower is too fierce, and our shields can last up to 10 minutes!" The technicians of the shield department eagerly reported to Severance Tann.

Darth Lilim stood aside with his arms folded and said, "Why didn't the main gun fire? At least it can kill the opponent's new flagship again."

Severance Tann glanced at her, "Use your brain, now the opponent's flagship has concentrated most of its energy on the shield, and our main gun needs two attacks to destroy it. Instead of , it’s better to wait for the time to mature, and then kill it directly.”

Darth Lilim laughed again, "So, are you waiting for the Trade Federation's fleet? It's been so long since the war, but they haven't moved. Are you still betting that you just trust my master? "

"What I believe in is the judgment of the current situation and the battlefield." Severance Tann said.

"Hehehehe...I like you like this." Darth Lilim smiled charmingly, "Then, I will help you of course."

With that said, she turned and left the bridge.

A moment later, a purple Viking fighter took off from the hangar of the battleship. This Viking fighter is slightly larger than the standard model, and it is impressively elite!

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While the 7th Squadron began to encircle and suppress the Plague Titan battleship, the Trade Alliance defense fleet outside the planet Cato Neimoidia received instructions not to act rashly for the time being.

At the same time, the Trade Federation Governor Newt Gunray also received another frightening communication-Darth Sidious.

"I heard that the battleship Plague appeared on the planet Cato Neimoidia..." Darth Sidious said in a distorted voice, "It seems that they are eyeing your property, Newt Gunray."

"Master Sidious!" Newt Gunley was still full of fear, but for some reason, since he had a face-to-face conversation with Darth Malthael, his fear of Darth Sidious seemed to have eased a lot , "According to the battle plan, the battleship Plague is here to help us out."

"Hehehe..." Darth Sidious sneered, and then spit out a few words, "I order you to destroy the Plague."

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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Viking fighter. 】