Chapter 1668 Battle of Broken Horn (12)

Star Cluster Era 1390, October 12.

At 1950 standard time, a huge explosion of unknown cause was recorded in the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic. It was judged to be an unknown and extremely risky weapon, and the source is not clear yet.

At the same time, the confidential tactical fleet that arrived at the Broken Corner in advance used absorbers. Optical camouflage stealth and special thrusters secretly arrived at the attack position and launched a surprise attack on the Red Maple Republic reactor jammer.

The experimental ion beam thunder pattern sea snake cannon fired three salvos, and the confidential tactical fleet fired a total of twelve rounds. It was visually confirmed that the reactor jammer failed to be destroyed, but it was severely damaged and lost its mobility and normal operation ability. The confidential tactical fleet immediately evacuated the battlefield.

At 2030 standard time, the cruiser formation recovered the carrier-based aircraft and disengaged, and then returned to the third forward base for repairs and supplies.

The headquarters of the Rotating Water Federation realized that the battle of Broken Cape was not only huge in scale, but also because the cruiser had poor survivability and could not even perform harassment missions. It was never deployed to Broken Cape again, and always performed patrol, escort and reconnaissance missions during the battle.

At 2140 standard time, two reinforcement fleets of the Red Maple Republic arrived. The severely damaged reactor jammer tried to take the opportunity to evacuate the battlefield, but twenty minutes later, two reinforcement fleets of the Rotating Water Federation arrived and successfully prevented it from leaving.

October 13, 1390, Star Cluster Era.

At 0111 standard time, the battle continued. The Ninth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic suffered heavy casualties and had to withdraw from the battle sequence. The loss rate of the First, Third and Fifth Fleets of the Rotating Water Federation exceeded 20%.

At 0602 standard time, the planetary fortress fortress artillery completed emergency repairs and fired. It was confirmed that 151 warships were destroyed, the reactor jammer was completely silent, and the Red Maple Republic lost the ability to quickly end the battle.

At 0813 standard time, the reinforcement fleet of the Rotating Water Federation arrived to replace the severely damaged First Fleet. Intelligence pointed out that the Red Maple Republic was mobilizing the remaining fleet.

At 1031 standard time, the reinforcements of the Red Maple Republic arrived, totaling three fleets, but because they were all old ships and the crews were untrained, they failed to exert their combat effectiveness.

At the same time, Princess Leia decided to intervene in the battlefield.

At 1515 standard time, the Rotating Water Federation withdrew two fleets again and reinforced one fleet. Both sides maintained the mode of withdrawing 2 to 4 fleets every day and rotating until the end of the battle.

October 16, 1390 of the Star Cluster Era.

At 0203 standard time, the large-scale fleet artillery battle that lasted nearly five days ended with the withdrawal of the Red Maple Republic. Both sides suffered extremely serious damage in this battle.

The third, ninth, seventeenth to twenty-second fleets of the Red Maple Republic were completely destroyed, and the loss rate of the remaining participating fleets ranged from 30% to 75%.

In this battle, both sides dispatched their fleets more than 20 times. The number of Broken Horn warships exceeded 30,000 at the most. It was not only the largest battle in the history of the Star Cluster Union, but also the largest battle in the known universe.

The Red Maple Republic lost more than 7,000 warships, several fleets were completely eliminated, and the loss of personnel was countless.

The Rotating Water Federation lost more than 5,000 ships, but due to the retreat of the Red Maple Republic, a large number of ships and personnel could still be recovered, and the actual casualties were not as high as the statistics.

However, after this battle, the Rotating Water Federation temporarily lost the ability to advance and had to carry out emergency repairs and personnel supply for the damaged ships.

On the Red Maple Republic side, the elite fleet was almost completely destroyed. At present, only the First Fleet still retains a relatively complete combat effectiveness. The rest of the fleets are recruits who have been formed for no more than three months and are unable to defend the capital system.

After the war, the largest protest since the war broke out in the capital system of the Red Maple Republic. This time, even the police responsible for maintaining order were among them. The people demanded an explanation of the rationality of this war, peace talks with the Rotating Water Federation, and the restoration of the imperial government.

In the end, the protest was temporarily ended with the army entering the scene to suppress it, but almost no one was working in the most important factories, and it was extremely difficult to resupply and repair the severely damaged fleet.

The royalists took the opportunity to exert their strength. Princess Leia intervened in the internal broadcasting lines of the Red Maple Republic many times. The dissatisfaction among the people reached its peak, and radical elements had already attacked officials.

In terms of the results, it is not accurate to say who won the Battle of Broken Cape in the end. It was basically a lose-lose situation.

But if we consider the post-war period, there is no doubt that the Swirling Water Federation has a greater advantage.

Although the people in their rear are also gradually accumulating dissatisfaction with the war, it has not yet reached the level of being out of control. After all, compared with the battle reports of how many enemies were annihilated, at least everyone knows that the front line is constantly pushing forward.

The people of the Red Maple Republic were very skeptical about the launch of this war. If they could win all the way and end it quickly, the people would not say much.

The result was not only pushed back, but the lives of the people themselves were also seriously affected. The outbreak of dissatisfaction was foreseeable.

And mixed with the incitement of the royalists, many people who are a little older will begin to miss the splendor of the empire, which further aggravates the dissatisfaction with the republican government.

With the end of this battle, dissatisfaction and great panic began to spread, and demonstrations were just the mildest way to express it. For a time, public security was completely messed up.

Any family that can afford it will choose to take the opportunity to flee. Every day, the spaceport is crowded with people who hope to get a ticket. People who really have no choice will choose to hide in the rural areas of the poor and remote areas to try to avoid the upcoming war.

Although the people also know that the Swirling Federation cannot be at their doorsteps immediately, the panic still makes a large number of people squeeze the transportation system, which in turn leads to the paralysis of the transportation system.

This war is about to end, and it is just one step away.

The Swan only joined the battle on the first day and then lay in the dock for overhaul.

The consequences of facing the main fleet are very serious. The Swan was hit by six rounds, four of which were sideways, and two were directly hit on the armored plate after being weakened by the shield. Two of the five engines can no longer operate. The wing on the left side of the mine spreader was completely melted and disappeared. More than two hundred attitude control nozzles need to be replaced, about 30% of the armor plates need to be completely reinstalled, and about 10% of the lines need to be re-laid.

In short, it was able to sail back, on the one hand, thanks to the effective damage control, and on the other hand, because of the effective airtight doors of the Swan, otherwise it would have been destroyed long ago.

Of the 112 warships in the patrol fleet commanded by the Swan, more than 70 needed repairs, and the rest could only be towed back after the battle, resulting in heavy losses.

Despite the full efforts of the dock to repair, the Swan did not have the ability to recover and redeploy before the end of the battle.

It can only be said that it was a narrow escape.