1689. War of Dawn (7)

Even if we look at the entire history of "Star Wars" battleship development, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser is definitely a weirdo among weirdos, with a total of 420 aircraft, which is unprecedented.

And in order to carry so many fighters, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser sacrificed too many things. Whether it is a single layer of armor, a hangar platform covering the entire bow, or a strangely positioned main gun, they are all designed to free up a lot of space for fighter hangars.

In fact, the large number of aircraft did bring great advantages in the early stages of the war, but this advantage was soon overshadowed by more shortcomings.

For example, the Chaser-class battlecruiser/aircraft carrier, which has been developed by Kuat Dynamics Shipyard and is being submitted to the Galactic Republic Battleship Manufacturing Committee for approval. This 2,200-meter-long large aircraft carrier has a designed carrying capacity of only 144 aircraft, which is equivalent to a hunter. A little more than one-third of the military level.

It is true that the Chaser-class battlecruiser/aircraft carrier is equivalent to a ship that combines the functions of the Chasseur-class and the Cheer-class, and is responsible for transporting 14,000 soldiers. However, as a ship, it is two times larger in length and width than the Chasseur-class. For a large battleship that is twice as large, the 144-carrying aircraft also clearly shows the change in the design ideas of the Kuat Power Dockyard.

Although there are only 144 fighter jets, the Chaser class can provide comprehensive maintenance services for each fighter jet. Each fighter jet has a separate hangar and automated maintenance equipment, which can complete the process of turning a fighter jet from cold to cold within 5 minutes. The whole process to takeoff.

And the Chaser class can launch all fighter jets through catapults within 30 minutes, or launch all fighter jets through anti-gravity engines within 5 minutes. In an ever-changing battlefield, this is a huge advantage.

On the other hand, if the Jaeger-class 420 fighter jets all take off using anti-gravity engines, the whole process will take close to an hour. And if you want to use limited ejection devices to eject all the aircraft, it will probably have to last until night...

Inefficient maintenance brings high losses. Every time the Jaeger-class battlecruiser goes into battle, it causes a large number of losses of aircraft and pilots. Even the Galactic Republic complains that it cannot bear it. Forget about airplanes, the training of pilots takes a longer period after all. Even the Galactic Republic is now inevitably facing the problem of declining pilot quality.

Now in the Galactic Republic Navy, the requirements for pilots who can fly fighter jets have dropped from 1,000 hours of flight training to 300 hours. In other words, including other courses, after more than a month of intensive training, you can go to the battlefield.

However, in this unprecedented scale of battle taking place outside the Dawn Planet, the fighter formation taking off from the Galactic Republic fleet has become their last straw! You can imagine how fragile this straw is!

Fighters continued to be shot down, and warships continued to be damaged. Less than half an hour after the war started, seven Jaeger-class battlecruisers had been sunk, and every remaining battleship was injured!

Normally, the threat posed by frigates to capital ships is almost too small to be ignored. There is no way for the frigate to get close to the battleship. As soon as it enters the battleship's fire range, it will be destroyed within a few minutes and will be unable to fight back.

But what about 1,000 frigates?

Then every gun of the battleship will be involved, spinning around and exhausted, and finally destroying a target is only 1/1000 of the opponent's! how to spell?

However, this is indeed the case in theory, but why are capital ships still the main force of the navy?

This is because if a strategic attack is to be carried out and a long-distance and long-term operation is required, only capital ships can still complete it. Taking the frigate's small hyperspace engine and few supplies reserves, the crew would probably starve to death when they jumped to the target area.

Even if you don't starve to death, you can go all the way to someone else's house to sustain a high-intensity battle for half an hour? What can I do?

Therefore, whether before or now, it is rare for a large number of small warships to besiege a capital ship. Most interstellar battles are battles between capital ships.

But the fourth civilization is different!

For space operations in various situations, the mothership database has a complete theoretical system! The combat system of this small battleship is naturally among them, and it has been studied and familiarized by officers at all levels of the Fourth Civilization Navy.

Today, this tactical theory finally came into use.

After Model Sector Governor Volgograd-Kanidi formulated the plan to further lure the enemy deeper and lead the Republic fleet to attack the Dawn Planet, Kanidi told Tang Xiao about his tactical ideas.

Tang Xiao agreed to the plan and began to mobilize all forces.

He used all the forces at his disposal, not only gang organizations such as Bloody Dawn and White Worm, which he usually had good relations with, but also forces such as the Hutt Oruba Gorensla that he supported. Oruba issued a high reward and hired a large number of desperadoes.

Not only that, he also gathered almost all the escort fleets of the fourth civilization!

Everyone has a convoy fleet. In order to meet the huge material needs, the Galactic Republic escorts various transport fleets. If the total number is to be counted, it is at least a thousand times more than that of the Principality of Dawn. But this time, Tang Xiao came with the mentality of a strong man breaking his wrist!

He took back all the escort fleets, which meant that the entire supply transportation of the Dawn Principality came to a standstill.

Don't think that they are not afraid of pirates because they accept both black and white in the Principality of Dawn. On the contrary, there are not a few active pirates in the Principality of Dawn.

However, the stagnation of material transportation resulted in nearly 2,000 warships!

So within seven days after the plan was formulated, Tang Xiao continued to mobilize fleets from other places and ambush outside the Dawn Planet. In this way, when Casio Tagg finally bites the hook and crashes into the Dawn Planet, these small sea-like battleships can be used to lay siege to the Republic fleet!

That's right, the main force of this siege is actually the Dawn Principality's own fleet. The fleets of Bloody Dawn, White Worm and those mercenaries can be the icing on the cake, but if they are really allowed to go up and fight against more than 60 Republic capital ships, they will definitely not be willing to do so.

After all, if the escort sea tactic is to be implemented, another problem that needs to be faced is the decline in morale or even collapse caused by a large number of casualties. Because to put it bluntly, under such tactics, every frigate is actually a human shield for other warships. The only thing they can hope for is that the guns of the Republic's battleships will not be pointed at them.

That's why Tang Xiao personally led the Glory mothership to rush forward to attract firepower, and the escort fleet warships moved forward and opened fire without fear of death. Under such circumstances, people like Bloody Dawn and White Worm rushed forward together with the mentality of picking up the slack.

But no matter what, the siege is now complete, and the two battle groups A and B led by Casio Tag have no chance of winning!