Chapter 552: Bloody Battle At Bespin (8)

Chapter 552: Bloody Battle At Bespin (8)

A full 4,500 Starfighters took off and surrounded the Republic Fleet, while 47 Warships of the Republic Fleet were rushing into Bespin's Outer Orbit at high speed.

There is no doubt that this is a very risky move, because if you forcefully launch a landing without repelling the opponent's Fleet, no matter how you cover it, the Landing Ship will always be exposed to the opponent's fire range.

But the Commander of the Republic Fleet, Admiral McGlenn, could only make this risky decision.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Now that the war situation has developed to the present, it has become very clear. The number of Warships on both sides is almost the same. The Republic has 60 Warships, and the Fourth Civilization has 70 Warships. The Fourth Civilization is significantly stronger.

If there is an artillery battle, according to computer calculations, the Galactic Republic Fleet will be defeated within 20 hours.

However, the Republic's Starfighter Formations have an absolute advantage, with a total number of 15,600 vs. 10,000, and among the 10,000 Starfighters of the Fourth Civilization, 9,000 are Vulture Droid Starfighters.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, the two sides are fighting each other. If the strength of the Carrier-Based Aircraft is included, the Fleet of the Republic is indeed capable of completely destroying the Fleet of the fourth civilization.

But here lies the problem, Stealth Starfighter!

The emergence of Stealth Starfighters made the Starfighters of the Galactic Republic Fleet afraid to fight far away from the Warships. In this way, they could not effectively attack the opponent's Warships, and their advantages were out of the question.

Therefore, Admiral McGlenn's choice was very wise. He raided Bespin, forcibly landed, and forced the Starfighters of the Fourth Civilization to come to cover and fight on the fixed battlefield of Bespin Floating Cities!

The two Jedi Masters, Glynn-Beti and Aidan Bok, and their Padawans are also preparing to fight.

However, when she was about to set off, Glynn-Beti suddenly frowned. She and Aidan Ward exchanged glances, walked a few steps quickly to the Holographic Star Map of the battlefield, stared at the Star Map, and then looked back at the porthole.

"Is there any question? General." Admiral McGlenn asked.

Glynn-Beti stretched out her furry fingers, clicked on a blank area on the Star Map, and said, "Here."

"Here is..." Admiral McGlenn frowned.

"And here...here...here..." Glynn-Beti began to mark on the Star Map.

Aidan Bok also came over, clicked on an area near Cloud City, the largest Floating City in Bespin, and said, "Here, I feel death."

The two Jedi Masters kept marking on the Star Map while sensing, and finally made more than one hundred marks!

Seeing the densely packed markings, which almost semi-surrounded the landing zone chosen by their Fleet, Admiral McGlenn was shocked, "Could it be...is this a trap for the Separatists?!"

"Notify the Fleet, separate out some Turrets, and use the lowest power to shoot at these targets to prevent accidental damage to the Floating Cities," Glynn-Beti said.

The order was immediately executed, and the Fleet charged some Turrets, turned down the power and fired directly at the places indicated by Glynn-Beti!

It doesn't matter if the fire is fired, it actually directly stabbed the hornet's nest!

In more than a hundred places, only a small number of tentative shots failed, and the rest actually showed energy ripples under the attack!

"It's a Deflector Shield!! Invisibility!!" Admiral McGlenn was shocked, he was already allergic to the word invisibility.

"This is the Separatist Hangar Defense Platform! There are 80 detected!" An Adjutant said on the side.

"There are a lot of weak responses from the Radar! Stealth Starfighters have taken off! The number is between 600 and 900!" The Radar Operator immediately reported.

A Squadron of V-19 Torrent Starfighters are engaged with a group of Vulture Droid Starfighters. Although they cannot fight the Wraith Starfighters, the V-19 Torrent Starfighters have no problem against the Vulture Droid Starfighters.

Republic Pilots maneuvered their Starfighters to dodge Laser Fire, and their Shields were able to withstand several shots from Vulture Droid Starfighters, blasting out Blaster Cannons to destroy vulnerable targets.

"There are three Radar Responses ahead! It's a Stealth Fighter!" A Pilot said loudly, looking at the shared data sent by the Flight Control Center of the Venator-class Star Destroyer.

"Launch Concussion Missiles!" Several V-19s launched Concussion Missiles, the Air-To-Air Missiles used by the Galactic Republic that still have a Proximity Bombing System, but are less effective than the Gemini II Missiles.

At the same time as the Missiles were launched, the Wraith Starfighters had already turned to avoid them. Their weak Radar Signals slowed down the reaction of the Concussion Missiles. At this time, the Vulture Droid Starfighters on the other side rushed over to intercept all these Missiles, with no results!

"This is the U-9 Squadron. We have encountered Separatist Stealth Starfighters. We request fire support!" The Squadron Leader immediately sent a message for help.

"Received. The AF Turret and AL Turret of the Deceptor will provide 20 seconds of coverage fire." The Flight Controller replied immediately.

Almost at the same time, dense Laser Beams were launched, and several Vulture Droid Starfighters were shot down. Three Wraith Starfighters were also irradiated by the Lasers for a few tenths of a second, but they immediately accelerated to escape with the help of the Auxiliary System.

"Wait a minute! I've locked onto a Stealth Starfighter!" A V-19 Pilot exclaimed and immediately pressed the button to start a burst of intensive shooting.

The Wraith Starfighter was driven away by the close-in firepower of the Battleship. It didn't pay attention to the locking of the Republic Starfighter here. It was hit by several Blaster Energy Beams, the Deflector Shield was broken, and the Invisibility was also broken. Immediately afterwards, it was attacked by other V-19s in the crossfire!

"Yeah!!! We killed a Stealth Starfighter! Hahahaha! We succeeded!!" The Republic Pilot cheered loudly, this excitement seemed to have won the war.

But their joy did not last long, and suddenly 5 Small Spaceships rushed towards them!

According to the Radar Scan, this Spaceship is about 31 meters long, trapezoidal, with two conspicuous Gun Barrels in the front, and a somewhat uncoordinated Engine at the rear end, which looks like a flea.

"Unknown targets appeared! Destroy them!" The Squadron Leader said immediately, and he turned on the Fire Control Radar and began to lock on these Spacecraft.

"As long as they can't be Invisible, these Separatist wrecks are not enough for us to fight!" A Pilot said in the Communication Channel.

The Starfighter Squadron immediately unfolded into a claw-shaped array for air combat assault and flew straight towards these Small Spaceships.

However, at this moment, the Fire Control Radar lock of almost every Starfighter in the entire Squadron failed! These Small Spaceships spread out with incredible flexibility and performed evasive maneuvers. This acceleration and steering flexibility are not inferior to Starfighters!

Not only that, a Ray Launcher under these Small Spaceships fired a Beam of Light on the Republic Starfighters.

The Starfighter Pilot who was irradiated by the beam screamed loudly, "The output of the Thruster continues to drop! My Starfighter is malfunctioning!"

"Rock! Keep up with the formation! Don't fall..." Before the Squadron Leader finished speaking, a Small Enemy Spaceship circled around to aim at the speed-lost Republic Starfighter and opened fire!

With just one shot, the V-19 Torrent Starfighter was blown to pieces even with its shield and fuselage!

This is not over yet, the Strange Beam Emitters on these Small Spaceships began to illuminate the next target, as long as they were illuminated by this Beam, the Thruster output of the Starfighter would decrease sharply, and in such a dangerous and tragic air battle, losing speed means...

Death!

These kinds of Small Spaceships are the Stilat-class Light Frigate and Shriken-class Light Frigate, and it is Tang Xiao's third Secret Weapon to deal with Republic Starfighters!

The Shriken-class Light Frigate can emit Beam Rays that affect the Engine System of the Enemy Ship, while the Beam Ray fired by the Stilat-class Light Frigate can disintegrate the Armor and Defense Systems of the Enemy Ship.

It's just that due to Power and Technical problems, these two types of Beam Rays cannot be enlarged, and their ability to Penetrate Deflector Shields is not enough. So Tang Xiao asked the Military to produce more of these Light Frigates. Starfighters can't beat them, and Frigates can't catch up. This is the positioning of these two Light Frigates, dedicated to fighting against the Republic of Starfighters!