170. Battle of Malathal Fjord (5)

"Hyperspace interference detected!! We are about to leave the hyperspace voyage!!" In the Republic fleet, the navigator screamed loudly.

Woolf-Yularen was shocked, "What's the situation! Now we are 0.07 seconds away from the preset position!!"

"It's a hyperspace blocker!!" the navigator exclaimed.

Just as he was talking, the scenery outside the window suddenly darkened, and the countless bright lights during the hyperspace voyage disappeared instantly, replaced by the black curtain dotted with countless diamonds.

And... a fleet! !

Just less than 200 kilometers away from them! !

"Found the enemy fleet! Distance 189.2!"

"We were ambushed!"

"Raise the shield! Raise the shield!!"

"No! Lower the shields! Prepare to fire!!" Most of the soldiers in this fleet are local defense fleets with slack training.

Woolf-Uralen shouted, "Everyone quiet me! Get ready for battle! All battleships stop advancing, lined up and ready to meet the enemy! Z-95 fighter jets take off immediately to protect our array!"

"The other party has taken off fighter jets! The number is 18, and the speed is 1000 meters per second! The estimated time to contact the enemy is 160 seconds!!"

Yuralen's forehead began to sweat coldly. The distance of 200 kilometers is too close! The other party seems to have completely calculated his plan, and then carefully arranged a trap, waiting for them to step in!

He exclaimed, "Enlarge the optical image of their fleet to identify their ship model!"

"The ship model, a Hammerhead-class cruiser, has been extensively modified! The remaining 71 ships are unidentifiable! The fighter model is a ghost fighter! And 319 other ships followed!" The operator replied.

"Ghost fighters? Are they the ones that are very popular on the black market now?" Captain Yularen felt a little alarmed. "And there are a lot of unidentifiable warships? Which organization is this?"

"Missile attack detected!"

Yularen didn't have time to think, and said loudly: "Turn on the electronic interference! Point the defense turret and get ready!"

Tang Xiao's fourth civilization fleet here has already started to accelerate when it sensed the crisis in advance. When the Republic Fleet was out of hyperspace, the Fourth Civilization Fleet had already completed its acceleration!

The mercenary fleet of the entire Enterprise Alliance is now in a diamond-shaped formation. The Fourth Civilization fleet is in front, the Enterprise Alliance fleet is in the middle, the Scarlet Dawn and White Worm fleets are on the left and right, and the Sicudian pirates follow in a disorderly manner at the end of the main force.

It is not to let the Fourth Civilization fleet be cannon fodder, but to use the best characteristics of their respective fleets. The five fantail-class destroyers of the Enterprise Alliance are only equipped with a large turbo laser cannon, which has powerful firepower, but is not suitable for chaos, and the fleet of the Fourth Civilization, except for the cobalt alloy-class heavy frigates, all other spaceships are A master at melee!

The fleet moved forward at full speed, and the fighter jets took off for the first time!

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, the ghost fighter has entered the range of the Republic Fleet, but from the Republic Fleet's departure from hyperspace to the ghost fighter entering the range, there is only a little more than 2 minutes in total, and it is too late to react!

Now the Republic fleet has only one chance to fire, is it to attack the ghost fighters, or do not fire for a while and wait a few seconds to attack the opponent's fleet?

The cold sweat on Woolf-Yularen's forehead became more and more, and he waved his hand sharply and said loudly: "Z-95 fighter jets ahead to meet the enemy! The near fire cannons fire at full force! Do not fire all spacecraft main guns! Repeat, do not. Waste a shooting opportunity on the opposing fighter!"

At the same time as the order was issued, the fighters on both sides were strangled together!

12 Z-95s against 18 Ghosts!

These 18 Ghost fighters are all from Hammerhead class cruisers, ghost fighters piloted by gnolls!

The Hammerhead-class cruisers Ironfang have been burning and looting on Tatooine in recent months, each with the blood of smugglers and bounty hunters on the hands of these gnolls.

Facing the Republic's fleet at this moment, they are not only not afraid, but excited!

"Squeak!! Kill! Kill, kill, kill!!!" The gnoll pilots opened the public channel one after another, conveying their terrifying dinosaur-like face to every Republic soldier through holographic projection.

At the same time, the control levers in their hands were completely non-stop, and the ghost fighters were controlled flexibly to turn, and they dispersed in an instant before the firepower of the Republic Fleet arrived. And while dodging, they had pressed the launch button!

Gemini missile, salvo!

The 36 Gemini missiles were launched in an instant, and they were shocked by the powerful maneuverability of the Ghost fighter. The Republic driver, whose brains could not keep up with the reaction, was horrified to see these missiles coming!

Almost at this moment, 5 Z-95 fighter jets were destroyed!

Not only the performance gap of fighter jets, how could these pilots of the Republic's local defense fleet, who don't even have many flying missions, be compared with these blood-licking gnolls?

The Republic Fleet can also provide very limited fire support for its own fighter jets. After the 60 CSS-1 Republic-class shuttles were modified, there were only two turbo laser cannons in front, which could only shoot directly in front of them. Although the 20 consul-class cruisers were installed The turret was installed, but because it was retrofitted later, the coverage area was very small.

The powerful Dreadnought heavy cruisers are in the center of the formation because they are flagships, and those cunning gnoll pilots don't get close to the Dreadnought at all, they just circle far away.

In the end, the only one that could provide close fire support was the 120 PB-950 gunboats. However, compared with the Ghost fighter, which is one of the most advanced fighters in the galaxy, this 300-year-old thing has a problem with locking, let alone shooting!

The Z-95 fighter jets were no match for the Ghost fighter jets at all. Three more fighter jets were shot down, and the remaining four fighter jets could only flee towards the core of their own fleet.

"Not good! Our fighter jets are not our opponents!!" The captain of a consul-class cruiser exclaimed ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and opened fire! Fire! Fire all turrets! Support our fighters! "

One spaceship opened fire, and several other spaceships were also opening fire, and Captain Yularen's ban immediately became useless.

"Wait a minute! The opponent's main fleet has approached a dangerous distance! Order all fleets, don't fire attack fighters! Don't fire!" Woolf-Yuralen said a little panicked and loudly.

However, his response has been one step slow!

Countless blue laser beams came in an instant, shining on the shields of the CSS-1 Republic-class shuttles at the forefront of the fleet!

"We're in range! They're firing!!" the messenger shouted hoarsely.

[Attachment 1 of the Easter Egg Chapter: CSS-1 Republic-class shuttle.

[Attachment 2 of the Easter Egg Chapter: Consul-class cruiser.