2124 、 The First Battle of the Edge
The Milky Way, the Outer Ring, Sector BY-419, Planet Guardian.
A fierce but cruel aerial battle was underway. The 198 Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers belonging to the Edge Fleet were constantly firing their cannons at the Republic Fleet's defensive line.
The reason why there were only 198 of them was because when they received this fleet, they had a conflict with the Black Sun Fleet led by Prince Xizo. In the end, Prince Xizo launched a suicidal ramming attack in desperation, and he really did hit one of the Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers. What was even more tragic was that the main cannon of the collided cruiser was just about to fire, so it was abruptly knocked askew, and the main cannon just happened to hit the bridge of the other Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser!
As for why a single collision caused so much damage, apart from the fact that Prince Xizo had used all the luck in his life before his death, there was another important reason. The Edge Fleet at the time was completely strong on the outside, but weak on the inside. They did not even have an energy shield up!
In fact, at the beginning, when Shi Mingdong learned from Vigo Perry that Prince Xizo was coming in person, Tang Yu was actually a little nervous.
Although Tang Yu had hidden a batch of transport ships from the fourth planet of the Guardian Galaxy, the bandits brought by Zhou Qing from Tatooine, and the privateer fleet brought by Taber Zane from Nar Xada, the warehouse was also crammed with G-3 operating robots. All in all, there were only 500,000 people in the warehouse.
Even the Rukelhouk-class battleship that General Trench temporarily transferred back from the frontline of Planet Kristofsith did not carry many carrier-based aircraft. Instead, it was used to replace the damaged parts in the Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers. After all, the Edge Fleet had been floating in the unmanned deep space for ten years without any maintenance. Moreover, because of the outbreak of brain plague, a fierce conflict broke out between the rational crew members and the crazy crew members in the battleship, and the interior of the battleship was more or less damaged.
Moreover, Prince Xizo assembled the fleet and attacked very quickly, even exceeding the expectations of Shi Mingdong and the others. This person was worthy of being an ambitious and ruthless person. His decisiveness was worthy of admiration. After receiving this unclear and ridiculous information, he was able to make a judgment immediately, gather the fleet, and set off immediately. Just this decisiveness alone was enough to explain why he could control such a huge organization like Black Sun.
Therefore, at that time, the Blade Fleet could not engage in a real battle at all. It was already good enough that they could fly and fire cannons, and there was no way they could deploy an energy shield. At that time, in addition to the privateer fleet's one Favus-class frigate, three broadside class missile cruisers, and 20 CR-90 support ships, there was also a Rukrihouk-class battleship brought by Admiral Trench and two Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers that Tang Yu had purchased a long time ago for training. With this force, even with the Predators' fleet, they would not be able to face Prince Xizo's 18 battleships.
Therefore, under Admiral Trench's planning, they set up such a trap. The only person Tang Yu could invite now was a master tactician who could lead a large fleet in battle, and he did not disappoint Tang Yu. A perfect lure and ambush directly buried the fleet led by Prince Xizo. If it weren't for his luck before he died, Tang Yu's losses could be said to be almost zero!!
This was the difference in command between a high-ranking admiral in the regular army and a member of a gang!
However, the situation on Planet Guardian was urgent now. After leaving the privateer fleet there to reorganize and receive the surrendered battleships of Black Sun, Admiral Trench led the Blade Fleet to charge straight at Planet Guardian with Shi Mingdong, Clichy, Talon Calder, and the others!
They repaired as they sailed, and finally managed to barely form combat power. At the very least, they could open the energy shield and attack from afar. That's right, this was what they were doing now. 200 Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruisers that looked strong but were actually weak set up densely. Turbolaser cannons opened fire at full force, and dense explosive laser beams were fired at the Republic fleet!
The Republic fleet that participated in the attack on Planet Guardian had a total of 54 Hunter Class Cruisers. In fact, such a force should still have the strength to fight back in front of the Blade Fleet. But the terrible thing was that they had been besieging Planet Guardian for a month, and their supplies had been on the red line for a long time. Moreover, in a long-term battle, even the clone soldiers would be more or less affected. What's more, there were many natural people in the Republic fleet. Otherwise, with the crew of 7,400 people on a Hunter Class Cruiser, 3 million clones would not be enough.
The quality of these natural people was naturally far inferior to the clones. In fact, many of them were veterans of the Republic's judicial fleet. Under such a continuous and tense battle, they had reached their limit.
And most importantly, after the 198 main battleships of the Blade Fleet rushed over to join the battlefield, the entire Republic's 13th Army that had landed on Planet Guardian was already in danger of destruction!!
Now, on Planet Guardian, with Yu City, the Sahara Desert base, and the Australian base as the core, the three battlefields were incomparably fierce!! The Mechanical Life Army of Planet Guardian attacked the Republic's defense line in units of 100,000, completely disregarding the losses. The clone soldiers of the 13th Army were facing attacks that were ten times or even a hundred times their own at almost every moment!
They had completely switched from strategic attack to strategic defense. Every LAAT gunship took off dozens of times almost every day, pouring firepower over the Mechanical Life Army that was attacking like a tidal wave. Even though the air power of the Mechanical Life Army had been completely destroyed in the air battle three days ago, and the heavy equipment had all been destroyed within a week of the outbreak of the war, the Mechanical Life Army still continued to launch attacks.
In a month, they had lost tens of millions of robots! On average, they were losing more than 300,000 robots every day! But Jane Connor, who was in command of the battle, did not even frown. This was because they had an army of 60 million robots. A hundred kilometers underground of Yu City, the miniature version of the Sacred Mountain was also constantly operating. Hundreds of millions of mechanical lives were constantly moving about inside, repeatedly entering and exiting their new bodies, repeatedly joining in every battle.
If it were not for the 20 Warbler class assault ships and 10 CR-90 support ships constantly bombarding the Mechanical Life Army, the 13th Army would have long been drowned by countless robots! But now, the Republic's situation was still precarious. Two Warbler class assault ships had been shot down, and three of them were heavily damaged when they first landed. The remaining 15 had almost no time to rest and reorganize. Sometimes, they could only fight while replenishing ammunition and fuel through transport ships.
Therefore, the 13th Army's commander, Governor Bilur, had requested to carry out orbital bombardment. He understood that if they did not carry out orbital bombardment in this battle, the entire 13th Army would probably be annihilated in the sea of steel on Planet Guardian!
However, with the arrival of the Blade Fleet, this only chance of victory had disappeared without a trace!
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