The Battle of Christophsis (4)

Christophsis, Outer Space, 22BBY, 1 August.

White light flickered densely, and a full 20 Venator-class Star Destroyers escaped from the Hyperspace Lane. Before these Battleships stopped, a violent attack struck, and dozens of Particle Beams irradiated over, lighting up the Dark Universe.

The Confederacy of Independent Systems Fleet, which was deployed along the Equatorial Orbit of Christophsis, opened fire at the same time it detected the Hyperspace Jump. 30 Hiigaran-class Battlecruisers, 1 Providence-class Destroyer, 5 Munificent-class Frigates and 6 Lucrehulk-class Battleships opened fire and attacked the Republic Fleet.

The Venator-class Star Destroyer was also unceremonious, raising its Deflector Shield, aiming at the front and firing immediately. All the Battleship Thrusters were running at full capacity, and they began to rush straight towards the Confederacy Fleet's Defense Line.

When the distance between the two sides was close, the Venator-class Star Destroyers deployed the Hangar Platforms at the bow one after another, and a large group of Starfighters took off one after another, rushing straight at the Confederacy Defense Line like locusts.

These Starfighters are still mainly V-19 Torrent Starfighters. Z-95 Headhunter Starfighters have basically begun to be phased out of the active service of the Republic Navy, and the existing Z-95s are undergoing modernization.

The Republic Starfighters have the same tactics as before. They are going to use the V-19 Torrent Starfighters to gain enough Air Superiority first, and then start to take off the BTL-B Y-wing Bombers to attack the opponent's Warships.

"Take off, Vulture Droid Starfighters, protect, our Battleship... tsk tsk tsk..." Admiral Trench gave the order word by word on the Flagship Providence-class Destroyer.

The Hangar Platforms on the Lucrehulk-class Battleships were fully deployed and Thousands of Vulture Droid Starfighters flew out densely and greeted the Starfighter Group of the Republic.

Countless Lasers and Missiles suddenly exploded in the Universe, and it seemed that a large number of stars suddenly appeared in the dark starry sky, making it even more splendid.

"The Second Wave of Starfighters is ready to take off! Squadron 1 and Squadron 2 maneuver to the wings! Inform the Light Cruiser Fleet and enter Hyperspace immediately!" On the Flagship of the Republic Fleet, the Negotiator, Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Fleet Commander Wullf Yularen gave orders in an orderly manner.

Soon, more Starfighters took off and began to strangle the Confederacy Vulture Droid Starfighters, and the Venator-class Star Destroyers also began to be arranged in a Claw-Shaped Formation, and the Heavy Dual Turbolaser Turrets fired non-stop.

However, in this Long-Distance Artillery Battle, the firepower of the Venator-class Star Destroyer was still suppressed by the Confederacy fleet. The 2 Dual Heavy Ion Cannons, 4 Arbiter Kinetic Burst Cannons and 4 Pulsar Beams of the Hiigaran-class Battlecruiser are extremely powerful, and every time they irradiate, the Deflector Shields of the Venator-class Star Destroyer flicker violently.

The Laserfire of the Munificent-class Frigates is also very fierce. Although these Warships are far behind the Venator-class Star Destroyer in terms of overall performance, they can best use their strengths on this occasion.

Under the Command of Admiral Trench, the Warships of the Confederacy advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and constantly adjusted their formation according to the opponent's firepower to ensure that their own Warships would not be attacked by concentrated fire.

Admiral Wullf Yularen on the opposite side is doing the same thing.

Sometimes this kind of Space Fleet Battle is like this, there is no trick, and there is no fancy, just like two chess players playing a game, testing each other, no one dares to take a step beyond the thunder pool rashly.

But soon, Admiral Wullf Yularen made a move!

The alarm of the Hyperspace Detection Device in Admiral Trench's Flagship sounded loudly followed by a flash of white light, and 15 new Warships joined the battlefield, and they were the Arquitens-class Light Cruisers!

Immediately after this 325-Meter-Long Light Cruiser entered the battlefield, it used its maneuverability to continue to detour towards both sides and helped its own V-19 Torrent Starfighter Group destroy the Confederacy Vulture Droid Starfighters faster.

Admiral Wullf Yularen's previous arrangements began to work. He spread his Fleet to both wings from the beginning, which also forced Admiral Trench to change his Fleet accordingly.

Now the addition of 15 Arquitens-class Light Cruisers has gradually turned the formation of the Republic Fleet into a pocket, posing a serious threat to the flanks of the Confederacy of Independent Systems Fleet.

Admiral Trench is also very experienced. Now that the Republic is gaining an advantage in mobility and Starfighters, he does not continue to be led by the nose, but actively begins to shrink the formation, trying to give full play to the firepower advantage of his own Warships.

But in this way, a loophole appeared in his blockade of Christophsis!

6 Acclamator-class Assault Ships left the Hyperspace Lane and joined the battle. Under the Command of Admiral Wullf Yularen, they began to rush directly to Christophsis and landed!

"It seems that our first phase of the battle has been successfully completed." Admiral Wullf Yularen looked at the screen in front of him. 4 Venator-class Star Destroyers were Severely Damaged, 1 lost Combat Capability and 7 were Slightly Damaged.

On the opposite side of the Confederacy of Independent Systems Fleet, 2 Hiigaran-class Battlecruisers and 2 Munificent-class Frigates were destroyed, 13 Hiigaran-class Battlecruisers visually caught fire, and 3 of them were seriously on fire and had obvious defects in their Outer Armor.

For the Republic Fleet, this is indeed a satisfactory answer.

Moreover, the Starfighter Force of the Republic killed more than 1,000 Vulture Droid Starfighters of the other side while losing more than 200 V-19 Torrent Starfighters, and firmly controlled the Air Supremacy as always.

Standing next to Admiral Yularen, Obi-Wan Kenobi folded his hands, watching the Confederacy Fleet shrinking its defenses on the screen, frowning, "I always feel that the Separatist Fleet is being defeated too quickly, it seems to be they couldn't wait to start retreating... Although this inference has no basis, The Force has been stirring my feeling, not to mention danger, but it is gestating Darkness."

"All I can do is to judge the situation of the battle, but I will keep it in mind. Next, I will take off the BTL-B Y-wing Bomber Group to carry out further attacks on the Separatist Fleet." Admiral Wullf Yularen said.

Obi-Wan Kenobi nodded slowly, and said, "Where is Anakin? Our Ground Forces still need his Command."

"He just got in touch with our Communication Department 10 minutes ago. He is in the Spaceport of Rodia, and he has requisitioned a Freighter and is coming." Wulf Yularen said.

On Christophsis, the huge bodies of the 6 Acclamator-class Assault Ships passed through the atmosphere, ignited the surrounding clouds, and descended surrounded by flames. Almost at the same time, powerful firepower began to bomb the area controlled by the Army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, then landed on the ground and began to unload the Ground Troops.

Participating in the battle were the 327th Star Corps and the 501st Battalion of the Clone Troopers of the Grand Republic Army. They first went to Teth a day ago, cleared away the remaining Droid Troops there, and took Captain Rex and the remaining more than 100 Clones to the ground. After the Hutts opened Tatooine's Hyperspace Lane, they came here via Tatooine.

In addition to these troops, they also carried a large number of supplies to support the resistance operations on Christophsis.

It was a dark day for Confederacy Ground Commander Whorm Loathsom.