Chapter 549: The Bloody Battle of Bespin (Interlude: E-3 Squadron)


    After the previous fierce strangtion, less than 400 of the 1,500 Vulture Droid Starfighters that took off in the first batch of Fourth Civilization were left, and 7 of the 100 Garda-ss k Destroyers were destroyed.


    However, more than 800 of the 2,000 V-19 Torrent Starfighters that took off from the Gctic Republic were destroyed, and the space was full of mutted, frozen and stiff Pilot corpses.


    Although due to the Development of Automation and Intelligent Technology in the Gxy, the threshold for driving Starfighters and even Spaceships has been lowered a lot, every Pilot also needs to go through strict screening and at least 8 months to a year of training, and because the treatment of Pilots is not bad, many of them are able to get married and have children in peacetime.


    But now, perhaps less than 5 minutes after takeoff, together with the Starfighters that had been with them for several months and worth tens of thousands of credits, they turned into dust in the cold space.


    For those in power,unching a war may be just a game that can be yed on the table, and every single digit in the long string of numbers may mean the rise and fall of several families.


    But intelligent creatures still enjoy it.


    From the time when a Primitive Society wielded a Stone Axe to strike on the heads of itspatriots because of the belonging of prey, to the Interster Era when pressing a button canunch a Destructive Weapon that ughters a City or even a...


    War... War Never Changes...


    Just like now, when the wreckage of the previous batch of Starfighters is still floating in the nearby space, the second batch of 2,000 Starfighters of the Gctic Republic has arrived, and the fierce battle is starting again...


    New corpses were also started to be made again.


    Matt Horner once again took off more than 1,000 Vulture Droid Starfighters, and these are the rest of the Vulture Droid Starfighters carried by the 10 Sova-ss Carriers in his hands.


    But it''s not just thest power in his hands.


    A Squadron of Z-95 Headhunter Starfighters passed by at high speed in space. The Squadron Leader looked at the dashboard in front of him to confirm his position.


    "Squadron E-3, you are about to enter the key firing area of the opponent''s No. 16 Battleship. The current distance is 174 kilometers. Their Weapons are aiming in your direction. Please avoid it." The message from Flight Control came through themunication.


    The Squadron Leader looked out the window. Although the position of the No. 16 Battleship was still outside the visual range, under the reflection of the Gas Giant Bespin, some ck spots could still be vaguely seen, and there were constantly shing Light Dots from time to time.


    The alert started to sound in the cabin, which was an rm that he was targeted by the enemy''s Fire Control Radar. The Squadron Leader and other Starfighters immediately began to turn and perform irregr evasive actions.


    Bright Laser Beams continued to shine, but they were all avoided by these Pilots in advance.


    "Confirm the position of the opponent''s No. 14 Battleship." The Squadron Leader said while adjusting the equipment in the cockpit.


    "The Separatist Kol-ss Battlecruiser, No. 14, was prated by our Venator-ss Star Destroyer Revnant, 2 minutes ago. ording to the optical scan, there are 5 fire points. They are elerating at 80G, the current distance is 2103.3 kilometers from you." The Flight Control Center replied.


    "Apply to change the target and attack the opponent''s No. 14 Battleship." The Squadron Leader said.


    "I-5 Squadron, I-7 Squadron and I-10 Squadron are carrying out the attack mission of No. 14 Battleship, and the application is rejected." The Flight Control Center paused for two seconds, and then added, "ording to thetest scanning results, I-10 Squadron has been destroyed, and it has been detected that the Bow Cannon is charging, and they have not lost theirbat effectiveness, attack application approved. The Separatist Battleship has Thick Armor, so be careful."


    At the same time, the view of the No. 14 Kol-ss Battlecruiser came from the flight eyepiece, and the location of the energy response of the central Hypermatter Railgun being charged was marked with light spots.


    "E-3 received." After the Squadron Leader finished speaking, he pushed the joystick and flew directly towards the No. 14 Battleship, followed by other Starfighters in the E-3 Squadron.


    The Anti-Aircraft Firepower from the front is getting denser with more Lasers and Shells, and the Electronic System keeps marking for them the positions of Turrets that charge and fire at them, but even so, they still can''t avoid them all.


    One of the Starfighters in the Squadron was hit by a Laser, the Deflector Shield was overloaded suddenly, and the Capacitor started to catch fire. "I was hit!" The Pilot eximed, and the Starfighter broke away from the formation.


    The Droid on the Starfighter started repairing immediately, but it still couldn''t stop the fire from spreading. At this moment, another Beam of Laser Light was irradiated on the Starfighter, and the entire Z-95 Headhunter Starfighter was turned into a ball of fire by the high temperature and explosively disintegrated.


    "Oh My God, They Killed Kenny!" the other Pilot yelled.


    "It''s a Garda-ss k Destroyer! The distance is 192 kilometers, and it is approaching us! At 7 o''clock!"


    "Keep in Formation, avoid it!" The Squadron Leader said immediately, they fired a wave of ster Cannons ording to the coordinates provided by the Flight Control Center, regardless of whether they were hit or not, the Squadron Leader looked over there and said: "Fire Proton Torpedos!"


    "It''s too far away, captain, it won''t work!" said a pilot.


    "But it will take the pressure off us! Launch!"


    The Proton Torpedo mounted under the wing of the Z-95 Headhunter Starfighter ignited andunched immediately. The Blue sma me was not conspicuous in the dark cosmic background, but it carried extremely powerful power.


    Sure enough, the Anti-Aircraft Firepower in this direction was much less. The Squadron Leader immediately led his men to continue approaching the target. A few secondster, the Electronic System sent a signal that the Proton Torpedos were intercepted, and the frontal Anti-Aircraft Firepower strengthened again.


    Another team of V-19 Torrent Starfighters approached them and said in themunication: "We are here to perform escort. The Starfighters in this area have been cleared. Let''s deal with those Anti-Aircraft Destroyers. Remember to shoot Proton Torpedoes at those separated."


    "Leave it to me, brother." The Squadron Leader replied with a thumbs up on the screen.


    The team of V-19 Torrent Starfighters flew over immediately, fired a wave of Missiles at the Garda-ss k Destroyer in front, and then surrounded them like locusts, continuously firing ster Beams and Missiles, which really attracted the opponent''s attention. The Anti-Aircraft Firepower is crazily firing at these Republic Starfighters.


    At this time, one of our own Battleships in the rear was already aiming at this side, and a Dual Heavy Turbser shot over, directly destroying the Deflector Shield of this Garda-ss k Destroyer, and then it was shot by the ster Energy Beams and Missiles of the V-19 Torrent Starfighters. The hits continued, and the hull began to catch fire, billowing thick smoke.


    However, the remaining 5 Autocannons on this Garda-ss k Destroyer were still firing non-stop and even shot down 3 V-19 Torrent Starfighters, including the one he was talking to just now.


    "A Separatist Hiigaran-ss Battlecruiser is turning to speed up. The route intersects with yours. Be careful to avoid it." Before the Squadron Leader could feel emotional, the voice of the Flight Control Center came from themunication.


    As soon as the voice from the Flight Controller fell, the Squadron Leader only saw a t, streamlined Battleship approaching at an extremely fast speed. Within a few seconds, it quickly approached from beyond the visual distance and upied the entire field of vision!


    The Z-95 Squadron Leader passed by the huge 1009-meter hull of the Hiigaran-ss Battlecruiser, and the Squadron Leader could even see that the Dual Heavy Ion Cannons at the front of the Battleship were turning to aim and then fired a Beam of Dazzling Beams.


    Noticing their team of Z-95 Starfighters, the Anti-Aircraft Firepower above the Hiigaran-ss Battlecruiser fired wildly. The powerful firepower immediately broke up their Squadron, and another Starfighter was shot down.


    "No! Sarah!! You Separatist bastards!" A Pilot yelled, angrily controlled the Starfighter to dive, and fired 4 Proton Torpedoes in session at the Hiigaran-ss Battlecruiser!


    "Andy! Don''t leave the formation! Come back!!" As soon as the Squadron Leader finished speaking, the Starfighter was shot intensively by the Hiigaran-ss Battlecruiser Auto-Cannons and Point Defense Lasers, and it was blown into pieces in an instant.


    At the same time, the Proton Torpedosunched by the Starfighter sted four Light Blue Proton Clouds on the Hiigaran-ss Battlecruiser, the Deflector Shield flickered for a while, and the Battleship quickly flew away.


    "Battleship No. 14! Just ahead! 120 kilometers! Their Deflector Shields haven''t been recircted yet!" a Pilot shouted.


    However, almost at this instant, an iparably Dazzling Ray of Light shot over from there instantly! This Ray of Light is so huge, that it seems to this Starfighter Squadron was in a Dazzling River of Light! For a moment, their eyes were dazzled by this Ray of Light. Fortunately, the Electronic System automatically closed their eyepieces so that their eyes would not be blinded by this Ray of Light.


    This Ray of Light was several kilometers away from them, but its powerful power also caused their Electronic System to flicker.


    "The Starfighter is out of control! I..." Before the Pilot of a Starfighter could finish his sentence, he was hit continuously by the oing Anti-Aircraft fire, and the Starfighter exploded into a ball of fire.


    The speed of the Starfighters was extremely fast, and within a few seconds of all this happening, their target, the figure of the No. 14 Battleship, appeared in front of them!


    This is a Kol-ss Battlecruiser. Its style ispletely different from the Warships of the Gctic Republic. It stimtes their eyes. The Hypermatter Railgun fired, and in the center of the bow, the Muzzle of the Railgun was still red, and white smoke was constantly ejected, which was the cont cooling the Muzzle.


    It can be clearly seen that there are five huge defects in the Battlecruiser, thergest one is almost more than 10 meters wide, and many Spherical Drones are urgently repairing the damage to the Battleship.


    "They are using Drones to repair the Battleship!" A pilot shouted, "There must be a Robotics Cruiser nearby!"


    "Focus on our target! Fire the Proton Torpedos!" the Squadron Leader shouted angrily.


    At this time, the voice of the Flight Controller suddenly came from themunication, "E-3 Squadron, there are a lot of Weak Radar Responses in front of you! Please pay attention!"


    "You bastard, what is a Weak Radar Response!" The Squadron Leader cursed loudly.


    But he knew immediately what it meant!


    In the empty space ahead, more than a dozen Missiles suddenly appeared out of thin air. Since these Missiles wereunched at extremely close range, there was almost no possibility of evasion!


    The three Starfighters in the Squadron were hit almost at the same time, and were instantly blown into countless pieces!


    "It''s a Stealth Starfighter! Be careful!!!" The Squadron Leader eximed, his flying skills were extremely skilled, he immediately rolled several times in the air and fired Electro-Proton Bombs at the same time, and finally escaped. A Weak Radar response finally appeared on the onboard Radar System.


    A one-sided air battle immediately unfolded around the 1,100-meter-long Kol-ss Battlecruiser.


    There was almost no pause at all, and several bursts of Pulsar Lasers were fired. The Squadron Leader almost dodged thepletely unpredictable fire, but the Starfighter was still approached by the Kol-ss Battlecruiser in front of him. The Fire Protection was hit, the Deflector Shield Capacitor was overloaded and damaged, and then the Starfighter was hit by a Pulsar Laser from the Stealth Fighter, and the Navigation Droid was instantly destroyed. Thick smoke billowed in front of the Starfighter, even blocking his sight.


    The remaining Starfighters of the Squadron also entered the fray, shooting indiscriminately at the invisible enemy before being destroyed one by one.


    The Squadron Leader tore off the namete on his shoulder, on which his name and serial number were written - Gctic Republic, Grand Republic Army, 19th Legion, 1102nd Flying Group, E-3 Squadron, Captain, Max. Hometown: Coruscant, 2144th floor, G-7 residential division, street...


    Then he opened a small drawer in the cockpit. At the same time, the small holographic projector projected an image of a family reunion, a wife in her 20s, a 4-year-old little girl, and her 28-year-old husbandMax.


    He put the namete into the small drawer, and looked up at the huge Kol-ss Battlecruiser in front of him, his eyes almost burst into mes, "Come on!! You despicable Separatists!! For the Republic!!!"


    The speed of the Z-95 Headhunter Starfighter was increased as much as possible, and all the Electro-Proton Bombs in the Starfighter were fired, and his target was the biggest damaged gap on this Battleship!


    The Battleship immediately mobilized two Point Defense Lasers to attack him, and there were also a few invisible Wraith Fighters that followed and fired continuously, but Squadron Leader Max was like a god at this time, and unexpectedly avoided Most of the attacks!


    He is obviously a weak Force Sensitive person!


    At this moment, under the burning of his life and soul, he unexpectedly exploded with a strength close to that of a Jedi Padawan!


    But the miracle would notst forever, and the Point Defense Lasers finally hit his Starfighter. At the moment before the Starfighter was hit, Max pressed theunch button as if he had a tacit understanding.


    While the Starfighter waspletely shredded by the Point Defense Lasers, two Proton Torpedoes wereunched, and almost instantly tore into the biggest gap of this Kol-ss Battlecruiser!


    Immediately afterwards, there was a cloud of Light Blue Protons, followed by the Copse and Expansion of Matter, and a huge Burst of Energy...


    ...


    "The Kol-ss Battlecruiser Horizon was hit by a suicide attack by Republic Starfighters and was severely damaged. Its energy supply dropped to 16%. Request to evacuate."


    Matt Horner looked at the report in front of him and nodded expressionlessly.


    At this moment, on the battlefield in Bespin''s Outer Orbit, hundreds of Wraith Fighters suddenly appeared and entered Stealth Mode, and began to carry out an almost cruel and merciless massacre against the invading Gctic Republic Starfighter Group!


    The Starfighters of the Republic have almost no possibility of finding the Stealthy Wraith Fighters at the ideal engagement distance, and the Flight Control Command Center of the Venator-ss Star Destroyer behind them has already been busy, and it is impossible to effectivelymand such Starfighters.


    Countless Starfighters were destroyed and countless Pilots were sacrificed...


    The battle is still going on and getting crueler...


    Like that war,


    War... War Never Changes...


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    [PS: This chapter describes the interster battle from the most subtle individual point of view. ]