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Chapter 1668: Battle of Broken Horn (12)

October 1390, 10 of the Starry Era.

At 1950 standard time, a huge explosion of unknown cause was recorded in the main fleet of the Red Maple Republic. It was determined to be an unknown and extremely high-risk weapon, and the source is currently unclear.

At the same time, the classified tactical fleet that arrived at Broken Horn ahead of time used wave absorbers, optical camouflage stealth and special thrusters to secretly reach 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 classified tactical fleet fired a total of twelve rounds. Visual confirmation failed to destroy the reactor jammer, but it was severely damaged and lost its mobility and normal operation capabilities. The classified tactical fleet then evacuated the battlefield.

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

The Swirlwater Federation Command realized that the Battle of Broken Cape was not only huge in scale, but also that the patrol ships had poor survivability and were unable to perform even harassment missions. They were never deployed to Broken Cape again and were always performing patrol, escort and reconnaissance missions during the battle.

At 2140 standard time, two reinforcement fleets from 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 from the Rotating Water Federation arrived and successfully prevented it from leaving.

October 1390, 10 in the Starry Era.

At 0111 standard time, the battle was still going on. 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 Xuanshui Federation exceeded 20%.

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

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

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

Meanwhile, Princess Leia decided to intervene in the battlefield.

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

October 1390, 10 of the Starry Era.

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

The 30rd, 75th, th to nd fleets of the Red Maple Republic were completely destroyed, and the loss rates of the remaining participating fleets ranged from % to %.

In this battle, both sides dispatched their fleets more than 20 times, and the number of Broken Horn warships exceeded 30,000 at its peak. It was not only the largest battle in the history of the Star Cluster Alliance, 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 casualties were countless.

The Xuanshui Federation lost more than 5,000 ships, but due to the retreat of the Red Maple Republic, a large number of ships and personnel were recovered, and the actual casualties were not as high as statistically shown.

But after this battle, the Xuanshui Federation temporarily lost the ability to advance and had to carry out emergency repairs and personnel replenishment on the damaged ships.

As for the Red Maple Republic, almost all of its elite fleets were destroyed. Currently, only the First Fleet retains a relatively complete combat capability. The rest of the fleets are composed of new recruits who have been formed for no more than three months and are unable to defend the capital system. After the war, the capital system of the Red Maple Republic saw the largest protest since the war began. This time, even the police responsible for maintaining order were among them. The people demanded an explanation for the rationality of the war, peace talks with the Rotating Water Federation, and the restoration of the Imperial Government.

In the end, the protests were temporarily ended when the army moved in to suppress them, but almost no one was working in the most important factories, and the severely damaged fleet was extremely difficult to resupply and repair.

The royalists took advantage of the opportunity and 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 launched attacks on officials.

In terms of the results, it is not accurate to say who won the Battle of Broken Horn. It was basically a lose-lose situation for both sides.

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

Although the people in their rear areas were gradually accumulating dissatisfaction with the war, the situation had not yet gotten out of control. After all, compared to battle reports such as how many enemies were killed, at least everyone knew that the front line was constantly pushing forward.

The people of the Red Maple Republic were already very skeptical about the initiation of this war. If they could win with an overwhelming force and end it quickly, the common people would not say much.

Not only were the results pushed back upon us, but the lives of ordinary people themselves were also severely affected, and an outbreak of discontent was foreseeable.

And mixed in with the instigation of the royalists, many older people began to miss the splendor of the empire, which further exacerbated their dissatisfaction with the Republican government.

With the end of this battle, dissatisfaction and great panic began to spread. Demonstrations were just the mildest way of expressing them. For a time, public security was in complete chaos.

Any family that can afford it will choose to take the opportunity to escape. Every day, the spaceport is crowded with people hoping to get a ticket. People who really have no other choice will choose to hide in remote rural areas to try to avoid the impending war.

Although people knew that the Swirling Water Federation would not be at their doorstep anytime soon, panic still caused a large number of people to crowd the transportation system, leading to its paralysis.

The war is almost over, just one step away.

The Swan only joined the battle on the first day and then went into dock for major repairs.

The consequences of facing the main fleet directly were very serious. The Swan was hit by six shells, four of which grazed the side, and two of which were weakened by the shield and hit the armor plate directly. Two of the five engines could no longer operate, and the left wing hanging on the mine dispenser was completely melted and disappeared. More than two hundred attitude control nozzles needed to be replaced, about 30% of the armor plates needed to be completely reinstalled, and about 10% of the lines needed to be repaved.

In short, it was able to make it 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 cruising fleet commanded by the Swan, more than 70 needed repairs, and the rest could only be towed back after the battle was over, resulting in heavy losses.

Despite the shipyard's full efforts to repair her, Swan was unable to regain the ability to redeploy before the end of the battle.

I can only say that I dodged a disaster.

(End of this chapter)