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Chapter 1650 Outpost Battle

October 1390, 10 of the Starry Era.

The large-scale battle, known as "Starfall" in later history books, began at 0455 standard time when the Swan fired its first shot in the dark star field of DPTOS5574, marking the beginning of a major battle in an all-out war between the two huge interstellar nations.

In the cruiser fleet where the battle first broke out, 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 ships converted into aircraft carriers, and a destroyer as the flagship.

On the side of the Xuanshui Federation, there are a total of 100 patrol ships, 20 mobile aircraft carriers, and the special patrol ship Swan.

The battle began in the form of an encounter. The psyker on the Swan discovered the jump signal 18 seconds in advance. The Red Maple Republic fleet, which was completely unaware of this, was hit by a salvo of fire and lost 7 ships on the spot.

Then the two sides started an artillery battle.

At 0503 standard time, the Red Maple Republic was the first to release carrier-based aircraft, mainly cutting-edge magic mechas, and cooperated with battle patrol boats released by aircraft carriers converted from large cargo ships. They formed a large formation of 225 aircraft and passed through points A1 and A2 on the battlefield map in an attempt to outflank from the side and rear.

The Xuanshui Federation Fleet was the first to discover the engine light and urgently launched carrier-based aircraft to intercept it.

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

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

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

At 0556 standard time, after about 10 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 only less than carrier-based aircraft, and all the pilots were rescued by friendly forces. They could use the time for resupply to return to the mobile aircraft carrier and attack again.

In this carrier-based aircraft combat, Hall Hawkins once again distinguished himself. With a modified magic-energy mecha, he achieved twelve consecutive kills that were visually confirmed by friendly forces alone. According to subsequent analysis of the images from the onboard terminal, he destroyed at least 21 enemy aircraft and damaged eight.

This also provided a solid and reliable theoretical support for the Pilot's Manual written by Hall Hawkins in the future to become a must-read book for pilots of all countries. The combat records can be checked, so go and read it if you don't agree.

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

At 0601 standard time, the Red Maple Republic cruiser fleet suffered more than twenty casualties, and both fleets began to turn to avoid a head-on conflict.

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

At the same time, a patrol ship formation under the Third Fleet of the Red Maple Republic arrived at the scene and provided support.

At 0630 standard time, the patrol ship formation under the Fifth Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation took the opportunity to recover the carrier-based aircraft and initiated a jump, escaping the battle area before the enemy support launched an artillery attack. Considering the possibility of it being a trap, the ships of the Red Maple Republic did not launch a pursuit.

The preliminary battle of this war ended with the loss of twenty ships of the Red Maple Republic, the loss of one ship of the Xuanshui Federation, and the damage of 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 was heading to the area for reconnaissance.

The cruiser formation of the Third Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation hit a mine, causing three ships to be sunk on the spot. After that, an artillery battle was launched with the enemy, but no carrier-based aircraft were released. After the two sides lost 7 and 5 warships respectively, they broke contact with each other and retreated separately.

At 0650 standard time, the patrol ship formation under the 9521th Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation discovered that the main force of the enemy was sailing in the dark star field of DPTOS11, but the fleet was dragged down by the main fleet of the enemy and could not jump and retreat. After a desperate resistance, only mobile aircraft carriers successfully broke away under the cover of friendly forces and sent the enemy's position information back to the command center. The rest of the warships were all sunk.

At 0705 standard time, the main fleet of the Xuanshui 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 patrol ship formation of the Fifth Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation returned to the base and attacked again after emergency replenishment. It found traces of the patrol ship formation of the Eighth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic only eighty ar away from the base and launched a pursuit.

At 0745 standard time, the two sides launched another artillery battle. The patrol ship formation under the th Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation arrived and provided support.

The patrol ship formation under the 9th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic failed to evacuate in time and sent a surrender signal one hour later, but due to equipment failure, the signal was not received.

At 0850 standard time, the patrol ship formations under the Ninth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic were completely destroyed, and the patrol ship formations under the Nineteenth and Fifth Fleets of the Xuanshui Federation returned to the base again to resupply the damaged warships and ammunition.

At 0921 standard time, the patrol ship formations of the 231th, th, th and st Fleets of the Xuanshui Federation encountered enemy reconnaissance forces respectively. After a fierce battle lasting about an hour, both sides lost a total of warships and broke off contact.

At 0930 standard time, the Fifth Fleet's patrol ship formation set out again and discovered the enemy fleet fifteen minutes later. It obtained permission and began tracking.

At 0958 standard time, the 7514th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic bypassed the DPTOS dark system and was heading towards the front-line base of the Whirlpool Federation.

However, since the patrol ship formation under the Fifth Fleet discovered their tracks in advance, the Xuanshui Federation Command mobilized the Fifth Fleet to intercept them.

At the same time, the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic and the main fleet of the Xuanshui Federation were only three hours' conventional sailing distance apart, but due to decision-making issues on both sides, the main fleets of both sides did not encounter each other.

At 1012 standard time, the Fifth Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation encountered the Nineteenth Fleet of the Red Maple Republic in the DPTOS7501 Dark Galaxy, and a fleet artillery battle ensued.

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 th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic successfully bypassed the reconnaissance range of the Rotating Water Federation patrol fleet. It was later speculated that the subordinate fleet of the rd 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 through this gap and launched an attack on the front-line base of the Xuanshui Federation.

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

At 1130 standard time, the th Fleet of the Red Maple Republic, which was entangled with the th Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation, began to evacuate. At the same time, the th Fleet of the Xuanshui Federation received news that the front-line base was damaged. The th 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 Xuanshui Federation suffered greater losses. After a few hours, it was far from being clear who would win.

(End of this chapter)