The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2305. Rendili Raid (4)

Rendili planet, command center.

"General! It's not good! The imperial fleet is speeding up again, and they are attacking again!" An officer ran over and shouted.

"This is impossible!" Admiral Trench punched the console. "The energy reserves of the Imperial fleet have reached the bottom! They can't launch another attack!!"

He thought for a while and said loudly: "Where are the movements of the Executor class?"

"The Executor-class super Star Destroyer and the three Commander II-class dreadnoughts are still in the center of the array, with no forward thrust!" the officer replied immediately.

Admiral Trench's eyes narrowed, and he began to doubt his own judgment, "Isn't it true that the Imperial fleet... doesn't consume a lot? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk..."

The super battleship still has no intention of taking action, which shows that the other party has full trust in the combat capabilities of the Empire-class Star Destroyer. Could it be said that they really have enough energy?

After thinking for a while, he raised a hand and said, "Inform all ships to stop bombing! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk... Recycle cooling, shields and main guns! Prepare for the next round of attacks! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk."

"yes!"

Admiral Trench continued: "Commit, prepare the fleet, supplement, left wing. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

"yes!"

He meditated again, turned to the T-series tactical robot and said: "Conduct a simulation with the imperial fleet and sufficient energy."

The electronic eyes of the tactical robot flashed for a while and said: "Simulated combat 4900 times. The imperial fleet will attack with all its strength when it has sufficient energy. Our fleet will be wiped out within 30 hours. The probability is 69%. Only after retreating to the defense facilities, Only then can we have a chance to win.”

Admiral Trench looked at the holographic star map and fell into silence.

It is impossible to rely entirely on defense facilities for defense. The Imperial fleet is alive, but the defenses are dead. The Imperial fleet can break through the defenses from weak points and then blast the planetary shields with super-powerful ion cannons. Once the planetary shield is breached and the battle enters the ground combat stage, the support that can be provided on the planet will continue to decline.

As a result, the space fleet with reduced support will fall into a more difficult situation.

A defenseless city cannot be defended. This principle is still useful in the era of space warfare.

In the previous offensive, the defensive fleet in his hands lost 12 Victory II-class Star Destroyers and severely damaged 19. As for the Imperial fleet, only 24 Imperial-class Star Destroyers had their shields penetrated and caught fire. In addition, 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyers were directly destroyed.

Most of the Victory II-class Star Destroyers that were destroyed were destroyed by the Cataclysm-class battlecruiser's particle lance in the final stages.

This kind of exchange ratio is achieved by relying on planetary defense. It can be clearly judged that the strength of the imperial fleet is far superior to them, and once the opponent's super battleships fully participate in the battle, the situation will be even worse!

So this time, the imperial fleet launched another attack. Why?

Admiral Trench stroked his chelicerae at the corner of his mouth and gave another order, "Fleet, continue to maintain, spread the wings. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk..."

"Roger!"

…

The Imperial fleet began to speed up, and just like before, they continued to circle to the left, firing and shooting while making an arc to approach.

And this time, the imperial fleet really chose to bypass the interstellar base and launch an attack from the north pole of the planet Rendili!

Countless turbolaser cannons were fired continuously, and missiles, lasers, and turbolaser beams were fired like raindrops and kept falling at the same time. Countless fireballs exploded in space!

Like the last time, facing the powerful firepower of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the left wing of Admiral Trench's fleet collapsed again. The left-wing battleship continued to retreat after receiving pressure. Those battleships whose shields were penetrated invariably chose to turn and accelerate, flying towards the interstellar base.

More and more warships broke away from the array, and the left wing formation of Rendili's defense fleet began to become scattered. The scattered formation also made their counterattack firepower more dispersed.

"General! Eight Victory II-class Star Destroyers have been destroyed on the left wing, and more than 40 battleships have had their shields penetrated and are retreating!" The officer came over and reported loudly to Admiral Trench.

"The Imperial Fleet, do you have any energy reserves?!" Admiral Trench punched the console hard.

"There are insufficient parameters to simulate." The tactical robot replied rigidly.

"General! Their target is our mobile fleet! If they launch attacks like this repeatedly, after several exchanges, our mobile fleet will be completely lost! By then, those fixed defense systems will not be able to stop the imperial fleet's movement. Attack!" A naval general came over and said.

Another combat staff officer also said: "That's true. If we don't launch a counterattack while our strength is intact, and we continue to be cut by the blunt knives of the imperial fleet, we may really have no hope!"

Admiral Trench was also hesitant now. The imperial fleet attacked without hesitation, which made him completely lose his judgment. He was not sure whether the Imperial Fleet was short of energy... If they had sufficient energy, and they continued to cut their flesh like this, then indeed, as other staff officers said, their mobile fleet would be lost after so many more attacks. All is exhausted, and the result is - inevitable defeat!

But what if the Imperial Fleet is just holding on? If they are really short of energy, then the best solution is to hold on steadily and wait for further combat operations from the Dawn Planet. Because he can use space to exchange time. When the left wing is attacked, the right wing will continue to reduce the strength of the Imperial Fleet through long-range bombing, and then the left wing fleet can continue to retreat towards the interstellar base, attracting the battlefield to the vicinity of the interstellar base, and maximizing the firepower advantage of the defense system.

There is actually no difference in the combat process between the two, and the biggest difference is whether it is durable. Is the Imperial Fleet only capable of launching one or two offensives, or is it capable of launching more than ten or even more offensives continuously?

So...how to decide?

At this time, the messenger came over, saluted, and reported: "General! Vice Admiral Granger sent a communication that he encountered a light battleship formation of the Galactic Empire at the edge of the galaxy, and the other side was breaking through the hyperspace blocker array. Now Vice Admiral Granger is exchanging fire with the Empire's light fleet, but the other side is large in number, and he is not sure if there are any fish that have escaped and broken through the defense line!"

This news finally made Admiral Trench determined. He waved his pointer fiercely and said: "Right-wing fleet, all assault! Attack the Imperial fleet!"

"Yes!!"

"Telegraph all ships, all assault!" The order was issued immediately.

A total of 40 disaster-class battlecruisers that have been deployed in the center and the right wing have been ready to go with particle light spears. With an order, 40 dazzling beams of light shot out! After a short recharge, the second round of salvos soon came!

A large amount of fire immediately exploded in the array of the Galactic Empire Fleet. In the holographic screen, one could see that one Victory II-class Star Destroyer after another was directly shot into two pieces under the terrible power of the particle light spear!

Then, with 10 of the most elite Hell Angels-class battlecruisers as the vanguard, the right wing of the defense fleet began to turn and launched an active attack on the side and rear of the Imperial Fleet!

The improved hypermatter electromagnetic cannon of the Cole-class battlecruiser finally opened fire. The 40-meter-caliber super electromagnetic cannon fired destructive projectiles, which, together with the particle light spear, posed a fatal threat!