2087, Battle of Christophsis (Part 1)

Christophsis planet, outer space.

A fleet consisting of two Providence-class cruisers, four Defiant-class destroyers, and three Generosity-class frigates escorted a Rookery Hook-class battleship in the center of the array, arranged in a defensive formation and hovering in the distance from Chris.

A place 100,000 kilometers away from the planet Tofsis.

This Rookery Hook-class battleship is the flagship of this fleet. Although this battleship was originally modified from a cargo ship, it has many shortcomings. For example, the strange donut-like shape makes the turret layout of the spacecraft very awkward.

Ideal, there are a lot of blind spots for shooting. Once it is approached by local space fighters, the battleship's close-in firepower cannot effectively attack the opponent's fighters, and it is even easy to hit itself when shooting. Moreover, the armor of this kind of battleship

It is very weak. Once the deflector shield is broken, the firepower of just a few bombers is enough to deal a fatal blow to this giant warship with a diameter of 3170 meters.

However, the Rookery Hook-class battleship also has incomparable advantages. First of all, the 1,029-meter-diameter spherical core spacecraft in the middle of the donut has a huge carrying capacity and can even carry up to more than 300,000 B-1 robots.

! And the hangar platform space on the ring is very large. It can load 1,500 Vulture robot fighters and 50 C-9979 transport aircraft. If some space for loading robots is sacrificed, it can even put down more than 6,000 AAT tanks!

And although the turret cannot cover the blind spot of the spacecraft itself, once the distance is extended, the firepower of the Rookery Hook-class battleship is also incredible in a long-range artillery battle! It is equipped with 42 large quadruple-mounted turbolaser turrets

, 472 medium laser turrets, 164 point defense laser turrets, and 48 fixed turbolaser cannons! In long-range artillery battles, the Rookery Hook-class battleship can fire while rotating, allowing those who rotate to the rear to

The turbolasers are given time to cool down and recharge, keeping the ship's firepower constant!

Therefore, every time the Republic sees the Rookery Hook-class battleship, it is not willing to let its own battleships go up to fight head-on. Instead, it will concentrate a large number of space fighters to attack. But even so, with its powerful firepower and powerful

The carrying capacity of even one Rookery Hook-class battleship often means the fall of a planet. There is no doubt about this.

In the Battle of Naboo 10 years ago, the Trade Federation used 12 Rookery Hook-class battleships to show off its military power. At that time, the Republic's judicial fleet did not even think about using force and only dared to send people to negotiate. It can be seen that this

The deterrent power of a kind of battleship. It is also for this reason that you can see how critical the 18 Rookery Hook-class battleships that Emma Frost saved for the Confederacy of Independent Systems in the Battle of Geonosis were crucial!

In Cambridge, Fox Fairy was browsing the information on the Rookery Hook-class battleship in the database, while constantly sighing in his heart. If the Guardian Empire on his side, the Lanxiang Team could possess this kind of battleship, even if it was a

If there is a ship, then it can be said that it can move sideways in the platinum group!

Unfortunately, after the end of the Clone Wars, most of these battleships were dismantled by the Empire, and owning such a battleship would be considered a felony by the Empire. It is a very dangerous thing to obtain and take the battleship back.

But at least the good news is that the battle on the ground is going very smoothly now, and the troops have surrounded Tofin, the largest city on the planet Christophsis. In fact, the population and cities on the planet Christophsis are very dense.

The total population of the planet has reached an astonishing 35 billion! This is also a common problem of many planets in the Galactic Republic: over-urbanization, overpopulation, lax armament, and heavy reliance on supplies from other planets.

Therefore, the strategy decided by the Fox Fairy is to first capture the important town of Tofin and the capital Chaldonia on the planet Christofsis before the defenders of this planet gather together, to collapse their will to resist. Then let the Confederacy

More reinforcements were sent to implement a comprehensive occupation of the planet.

At this time, a human soldier from the Guardian Planet who was operating the spacecraft detector turned around and said loudly: "Detected hyperspace jump reaction, distance 577 kilometers, quantity, 20!"

Admiral Trench, who had been sitting on the other side reading a book, suddenly stood up, opened the hologram, tapped the triangular red dot representing the enemy ship with the pointer in his hand, and said: "It looks like the fleet of the Republic is coming.

Yes! Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”

Fox Fairy also closed the information he was checking, stood up and asked the soldier: "How intense is the hyperspace reaction?"

"Judging from the reaction, there is no doubt that there are 20 Jaeger-class cruisers!" the human soldier replied loudly.

"Notify each ship to adjust its direction, and the bow of the ship should be pointed in the direction of the enemy's incoming attack! The flagship moved backward, coordinates 332.790! The first wave of Vulture fighter jets took off, 400 in number! The fighter jets surrounded the flagship to protect it, and moved the surrounding warships around

Clear the airspace!" Admiral Trench immediately issued a series of instructions.

"As you command!"

"As you command!"

"Received." A series of responses came, including from human soldiers and B-1 robots.

About 2,000 human soldiers from the Guardian Planet were selected to serve on this Rookery Hook-class battleship. Together with more than 8,000 other B-1 robots originally equipped, they formed the crew of the battleship to improve their experience.

The human soldiers who can be selected are all the best among the best, and with the help of the brain information injection system, they are already familiar with the operation of the battleship.

At this time, more than 500 kilometers ahead, there was a sudden flash of light in the empty space, and then 20 warships suddenly appeared out of hyperspace! These warships were all Jaeger-class cruisers, and even the Akui used for fire support

There are no Tens-class light cruisers, and the determination of the Republic to storm the blockade of the planet Christophsis is evident!

Seeing this comparison of forces, Fox Fairy also felt a little nervous. The forces on their side were two Providence-class cruisers, four Defiant-class destroyers, three Generosity-class frigates, plus a Rookery-class battleship.

Among them, only the Providence-class cruiser's combat effectiveness is on par with that of the Jaeger-class cruiser, or even slightly inferior. The other Defiant-class destroyers and Generous-class frigates are absolutely unable to defeat each other, not to mention such a huge gap in military strength!

The intervention of the Guardian Planet is like the wings of a butterfly, slowly beginning to affect the course of the war. In the original plot, the Battle of Christofsis did not break out so quickly, but after the Battle of Jabiem Planet

It took about 7 weeks to break out. Moreover, the first round of counterattack by the Galactic Republic was not that strong. The first batch of reinforcements led by Anakin Skywalker only had 7 Jaeger-class cruisers.

However, after seeing the military strength of the Guardian Planet, Count Dooku ordered them to launch an attack on the planet Jabim and Christofsis at the same time, preempting the arrival of this battle. And because the Republic was on the planet Jabim,

The losses suffered were greater than in the original plot, and the Guardian Planet's army's offensive on the planet Christophsis was more violent, which made the Republic pay more attention to the Guardian Planet, so it actually concentrated 20 Jaeger-class ships at once.
Chapter completed!