Chapter 1650 Outpost Battle

Star Cluster Era 1390, October 12.

The large-scale battle called "Starfall" in the history books of later generations, at 0455 standard time, the first shot was fired by the Swan in the dark star field of DPTOS5574, marking the beginning of a major battle of all-out war between two huge interstellar countries.

The cruiser formation that first broke out in the battle, there was no obvious difference in the combat power of the two sides on paper. The Red Maple Republic had 78 cruisers, 12 mobile aircraft carriers, 12 large cargo ship-converted aircraft carriers, and a destroyer as the flagship.

On the side of the Whirlwater Federation, there were a total of 100 cruisers, 20 mobile aircraft carriers, and the special cruiser Swan.

The battle began in the form of an encounter. The psychic on the Swan discovered the jump signal 18 seconds in advance. The Red Maple Republic fleet, which knew nothing about it, was hit by a salvo, and 7 ships were lost on the spot.

Then the two sides started an artillery battle.

At 0503 standard time, the Maple Republic first released carrier-based aircraft, mainly cutting-edge magic mechas, and cooperated with the battle patrol boats released by the aircraft carrier converted from a large cargo ship, forming a large formation of 225 aircraft, passing through the battlefield map A1 and A2 points to try to outflank from the side.

The Xuanshui Federation fleet discovered the engine light at the first time and urgently launched carrier-based aircraft to intercept.

At 0520 standard time, the aircraft groups of both sides met at the battlefield map A2 point and started a melee.

Although there was no obvious difference in the paper data of the two sides, the death of a large number of excellent pilots and the large-scale conscription with seriously lowered standards caused the quality of pilots of the Maple Republic to plummet.

The Xuanshui Federation had a total of 154 carrier-based aircraft, which easily blocked more than 200 carrier-based aircraft of the Maple Republic.

At 0556 standard time, after about 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the Red Maple Republic lost about one-third of its carrier-based aircraft, and had lost its numerical advantage. The Xuanshui Federation lost less than 10 carrier-based aircraft, and all the pilots were rescued by friendly forces. They could return to the mobile aircraft carrier during the supply gap and attack again.

In this carrier-based aircraft battle, Hall Hawkins once again emerged. A modified magic mecha had twelve consecutive kills confirmed by friendly forces. According to the subsequent analysis of the images of the airborne terminal, at least 21 enemy aircraft were destroyed and 8 were damaged.

This also provided a practical and reliable theoretical support for the pilot manual written by Hall Hawkins to become a must-read book for pilots of various countries. The record can be checked. If you don’t agree, go and see it.

But for some reason, the body called the White Ogre by the Red Maple Republic pilots did not appear on the battlefield.

At 0601 standard time, the Red Maple Republic cruiser formation lost more than 20 people, and the fleets of both sides began to turn to avoid head-on conflict.

At 0612 standard time, the fleet completed the turn, and the Swan received a new space transfer signal. Captain Alyssa ordered the fleet to change its route.

At the same time, the patrol fleet of the Red Maple Republic's Third Fleet arrived at the scene and went to support.

At 0630 standard time, the patrol fleet of the Fifth Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation took the opportunity to recover the carrier-based aircraft and started the jump, and escaped from the battle area before the enemy support launched the artillery attack. The Red Maple Republic ships did not pursue them considering the possibility of a trap.

The outpost battle of this war ended at the cost of the Red Maple Republic losing 20 ships, the Rotating Water Federation losing one ship, and damaging four ships.

At 0644 standard time, in the dark star field of DPTOS5524, the patrol fleet of the Seventh Fleet of the Red Maple Republic deployed mines to ambush the patrol fleet of the Third Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation that went to the area for reconnaissance.

The cruiser formation under the Third Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation hit a mine, causing three ships to be sunk on the spot. Then they engaged in an artillery battle with the enemy, but did not release carrier-based aircraft.

After losing 7 and 5 warships respectively, both sides broke contact with each other and retreated separately.

At 0650 standard time, the cruiser formation under the Seventeenth Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation discovered that the main force of the enemy was sailing in the dark star field of DPTOS9521, but the fleet was dragged by the main fleet of the enemy and could not jump and retreat. After desperate resistance, only 11 mobile aircraft carriers successfully broke away under the cover of friendly forces and sent the enemy's position information back to the headquarters. The rest of the warships were all sunk.

At 0705 standard time, the main fleet of the Rotating Water Federation received the new route from the headquarters and turned to target the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic.

At 0733 standard time, the cruiser formation of the Fifth Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation returned to the base and attacked again after emergency replenishment. It found traces of the cruiser formation of the Eighth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic only 80 yars away from the base and launched a pursuit.

At 0745 standard time, the two sides launched an artillery battle again. The cruiser formation of the Nineteenth Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation arrived and provided support.

The cruiser formation of the Ninth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic failed to evacuate in time and sent a surrender signal one hour later, but the signal was not received due to equipment failure.

At 0850 standard time, the cruiser formation of the Ninth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic was completely destroyed. The cruiser formations of the Nineteenth and Fifth Fleets of the Rotating Water Federation returned to the base again to replenish the damaged warships and ammunition.

At 0921 standard time, the cruiser formations of the Seventh, Eighth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Fleets of the Rotating Water Federation encountered enemy reconnaissance forces respectively. After about an hour of fierce fighting, both sides lost a total of 231 warships and each broke contact.

At 0930 standard time, the patrol fleet of the Fifth Fleet set out again, and found the enemy fleet fifteen minutes later, obtained permission and began to track.

At 0958 standard time, the 19th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic bypassed the DPTOS7514 dark galaxy and was heading towards the front-line base of the Rotating Water Federation.

But because the patrol fleet of the Fifth Fleet discovered their traces in advance, the Rotating Water Federation Command mobilized the Fifth Fleet to intercept.

At the same time, the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic and the main fleet of the Rotating Water Federation were only three hours away from each other, but due to decision-making problems on both sides, the main fleets of both sides did not encounter each other.

At 1012 standard time, the Fifth Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation met the 19th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic in the DPTOS7501 dark galaxy, and then launched a fleet artillery battle.

At 1039 standard time, the main fleets of both sides received new orders from the headquarters and readjusted their routes.

At 1102 standard time, the 13th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic successfully bypassed the reconnaissance range of the patrol fleet of the Rotating Water Federation. It was later speculated that the subordinate fleet of the 3rd Fleet, which was completely destroyed, failed to complete the deployment of the unmanned reconnaissance network, resulting in a gap in the defense line.

The 13th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic just entered from this gap and attacked the front-line base of the Rotating Water Federation.

The attack caused a total of 3,200 deaths and about 500 missing, including a major general and two brigadier generals who were confirmed dead.

At 1130 standard time, the 19th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic, which was entangled with the 5th Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation, began to evacuate. At the same time, the 5th Fleet of the Rotating Water Federation received news that the front-line base was damaged. The 5th Fleet was ordered to stop the pursuit, return to the front-line base to transfer the survivors to other front-line bases, and adjust the tactics according to this situation.

It can be said that at the beginning of this war, although the Red Maple Republic lost more ships, the Rotating Water Federation suffered greater losses. After a few hours, it was far from the point where it could be said who would win.