The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

915. Battle in the Western Territory: Assault

The 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers of the Fourth Civilization actually camouflaged external anti-matter thrusters on their hulls! !

When did you do it? no one knows.

However, now, these Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers began to fly towards outer space quickly with the help of antimatter thrusters!

This turn of events shocked everyone in the entire army of the Galactic Republic!

Why are they doing this? Don't you know that doing this is equivalent to directly abandoning your own ground troops? But looking at those external antimatter thrusters, this is their premeditated plan.

So, what exactly are they planning? !

However, it was too late, no matter what the separatist fleet was planning now, they had no time to stop it!

What can be used to stop it?

In the atmospheric environment, especially the gravity of an A-class planet like Marathal is a very troublesome thing. Ordinary fighter jets must go through long-distance acceleration to reach the third cosmic speed and break free from the planet's gravity.

And now even if those 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers leave, there are still more than 2,000 triple robot fighters in the atmosphere! In such a situation, do you still want to give up the fight, speed up to outer space, and make yourself a target?

This is especially true for the 10 Hunter-class temporary cruisers and 3 Cheer-class assault landing ships that have already entered the atmosphere. If these massive warships want to return to space, they also need to concentrate all their energy into the engines for acceleration. just work.

All this takes time.

The 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers of the Separatists made up for this by installing anti-matter thrusters.

They can speed up and leave the planet directly!

Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was commanding operations on the ground battlefield, picked up the binoculars and looked at the Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers that were speeding up towards space, and suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale, "Not good! Their target, Master Cap-Xie from the beginning!!"

Also thinking of this is Master Kepu-Xie himself.

She looked at the holographic projection of the battlefield with a solemn expression, "We have been tricked! Separatism has already prepared anti-matter thrusters. On the surface, they are huddling in the atmosphere to delay time, but they are actually waiting for us to break into the atmosphere. Within! Then they can immediately return to space with the antimatter thrusters, hitting us with a time difference!"

She suddenly turned her head to look at the intelligence department, "How many troops does the separatist have on the planet Marathal now?"

The intelligence officer shook his head, "The intelligence on the planet Marathal is in chaos. They say that the separatists have only over 50,000 troops, and then they say that their total strength exceeds one million. But according to our tests at nearby outposts, before and after A total of three Rukrihook-class battleships have been here, that is to say, the separatist ground forces should be between 300,000 and 500,000."

"But they just gave up this army? Let this ground force be exposed to the firepower of our warships? Why?" Cape-Xie was still puzzled, "Anyway, get ready to fight! Raise your shields , adjust all weapons to combat frequency!"

"yes!"

As dozens of powerful turbo laser cannons were fired directly from the direction of the planet, the few hits caused a strong ripple on the shield of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser.

Thirty-five Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers broke free from the gravitational pull of the Marathal planet, and the external antimatter thrusters also completed their mission. After a burst of explosions, the connecting pendant was blown away, and the thrusters fell off from the battleship, becoming a floating ship. of space junk.

At the same time, the 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers were arranged in an artillery formation like hungry wolves, and powerful artillery fire continued to pour towards the Republic fleet.

At this time, Cape Xie, the commanders of the Republic Fleet, discovered that the 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers had actually been pre-arranged in an artillery formation in the atmosphere! It's just that in ground combat, such a formation lacks three-dimensional depth, and it's not very obvious on the surface.

But now, the 35 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers didn't need to adjust their positions at all, and just fired directly.

At the same time, the 10 Jaeger-class battlecruisers in outer space have already taken off all their fighter jets, so now they can only start an artillery battle with each other!

Severance Tann's fleet came prepared, and after dividing the Republic's fleet, they took the opportunity to launch a crazy attack.

The Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser kept rushing forward with the Jaeger-class firepower to close the distance. The Republic fleet was already advancing, and it was only 40,000 kilometers away from the planet. After the fleet of the Fourth Civilization rushed out, the two sides fell into a melee in a short time attitude.

This kind of situation is undoubtedly the favorite of the Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers originally designed as gunboats. Their shields are strong, and the turbolaser cannons have a wide and powerful range. Although they are only 600 meters long, they are not as huge. Hangar platform to accommodate more than 400 fighter jets!

The battle situation put the Galactic Republic Fleet in a desperate situation almost immediately!

"General! The shields of the battleships Skye and Tomorrow have been broken! The shields of the other four battleships have dropped to the 20% danger zone! We can't hold on for long!" The fleet commander ran to Cape Xie and said loudly.

"It will take another 40 minutes for the battleship on the planet Marathal to recover the fighter and return to space!"

"The formation of ARC-170 fighters has begun to rush towards space, and the separatist triple robot fighters are stopping it! They are expected to arrive within 10 minutes!"

"General! We have to do something!"

Jedi Master Kepu Xie looked serious, what else can he do now? Escaping is impossible, and the current situation simply cannot escape. It is impossible to wait for reinforcements. After the reinforcements arrive, the 10 warships without fighter jets have already suffered heavy losses.

Not to mention how much damage would be caused by the enemy seizing the opportunity to force fighter jets and warships to protrude out of the atmosphere!

She immediately made a decision, "Order all the ships to rush into the atmosphere of the planet Marathal immediately! Let all the units in the atmosphere continue to maintain a combat state, and don't come for reinforcements!"

"But... breaking into the atmosphere under such circumstances is also tantamount to exposing us to the firepower of the main battleship!" said the staff officer.

"So hurry up! I will personally fly the fighter jets to cover you!" Cape Xie said.

"yes!"

...

"General, the warship of the Republic is charging towards us instead." In the Fourth Civilization Fleet's flagship Blade, the combat staff officer said to Severance Tann, who was sitting firmly on the chief seat.

"Breakthrough into the planet's atmosphere is their only chance. But this will expose their battleships to our firepower. Tell the firepower team not to miss this opportunity. In addition..." Severance Tann looked at the side Master Adi Gallia, "The opponent will definitely have Jedi Knights take off to cover, then, I will leave this to you."

"Why do you think... that I will draw my sword against my former comrade-in-arms?" Adi Gallia said coldly.

"Because you should understand that for the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, this is a dead end. Do you place your hope on the doomed Jedi Order? Or do you place your hope on us who are fighting against fate? You, yourself Choose." Severance Tann said coldly without moving.