The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2485: Operation Poseidon (I)

"Unregistered hyperspace jump!!" Orson Krennic's heart even stopped beating at this time. What does this mean? It means foreign invasion!

This means that the empire’s highest level secret project has been leaked!

If the invisible agent driven away by the prophet Tana just now still held on to a last bit of luck, thinking that this was just some new equipment of the Geonosians, then now that it has been invaded by foreign enemies, it means that the DS-1 combat space station project has been known by the Kingdom of Dawn and the Rebels!

No matter which company it is, as long as they get the news, they will definitely share it with the other company. Orson Krennic knows this without even having to think about it - the deterrent power of the Death Star has already been explained by His Majesty Palpatine's public speech in the parliament.

Sure enough, with flashes of dazzling white light, one warship after another broke away from the hyperspace channel and appeared out of thin air in the outer space of the planet Talasia!

"Quick! Get the fleet to attack! Kill those invaders!" Orson Krennic was now somewhat glad that he had left the flagship, the Devastator. If he was still on the flagship and was involved in the fleet battle, if it was sunk, he would really have nothing.

However, when he arrived at the warship that was coming towards him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The number of enemy ships is not large, there are only thirty Victory II-class star destroyers and Cole-class battlecruisers in total, there should also be two Sova-class aircraft carriers and some small warships.

The Imperial garrison fleet immediately turned and attacked the enemy ships. The Imperial fleet, which had 10 Imperial-class star destroyers and 50 light cruisers, had an overwhelming advantage in the face of these backward warships.

[It is confirmed that it is the fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn! But it is not their active frontline warships!] During the communication, the fleet commander said loudly, [Also, it is confirmed that there are a large number of transport ships!]

"Then I'll leave it to you to take full command! Take them all down for me!" Orson Krennic said with a gloomy face.

[Ah? Me... Me?] The fleet commander was a little confused. He was just a staff colonel! How could he be qualified to command such a squadron? Not to mention the others, the captains of the 10 Imperial-class Star Destroyers were all rear admirals! How could a staff colonel like him command them?

It's just that it's a bit difficult for Orson Krennic, a technical officer, to command the fleet, and he's not on the flagship now, so the fleet commander, who is a colonel in the staff department, can only take charge. There is no problem with this procedure.

However, procedures are procedures, and the battlefield is the battlefield. Just as the colonel commander commanded the Imperial Fleet to turn, the Dawn Kingdom's fleet had already opened fire!

The hypermatter electromagnetic cannons of the Cole-class battlecruisers and the heavy turbolaser cannons on the Victory II-class star destroyers opened fire at full power, firing frantically at the Imperial fleet.

The Imperial fleet, which was still turning, was hit hard by two salvos before it could barely get into combat position and begin to fight back.

This wave of attack did not cause any substantial damage to the Imperial fleet, but it was extremely insulting. The captains of the Star Destroyers that were under fire ignored the command of a mere colonel and began to act based on their own combat judgment.

Some warships were ready to rush forward and end the battle directly with the performance advantage of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, while some warships planned to fly to the Death Star to protect the most important asset of the Empire. As a result, the Imperial fleet formation was disconnected, some warships began to advance, and some warships remained in place.

However, the Imperial-class Star Destroyers and Aquitens-class light cruisers still had an absolute advantage. When the Imperial-class Star Destroyers began firing, the situation on the battle was instantly reversed!

After a burst of intensive artillery fire, the first to suffer losses were the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet. A Victory II-class Star Destroyer had just left the hyperspace channel when it opened fire, and as a result, it did not raise its deflector shield. Then, it was particularly unlucky and was hit by several consecutive heavy turbolaser cannons on the bridge above the battleship. After a violent explosion, the entire superstructure of the battleship was directly blasted to the ground!

But such losses did not scare the warships of the Kingdom of Dawn. Instead, they rushed forward bravely and fearlessly!

On the flagship Cole-class battlecruiser, a T-series tactical robot was standing in front of the console. A large number of data cables were connected to the battleship through its body, and the tactical robot's electronic eyes kept flashing.

All the other combat positions on the battleship's bridge were controlled by B-1 combat robots. These combat robots were also operating the battleship quickly, and their electronic eyes were constantly flashing.

【Roger Roger! 】

【Roger Roger! 】

【Roger Roger! 】

No commands were heard, but these B-1 combat robots kept repeating their responses, as if a silent voice was giving them various commands at a rapid speed.

In fact, this is the state when the tactical robot enters the automatic command mode. All instructions are directly transmitted through the computer, and the fleet command is completed directly through the data stream.

This kind of combat mode is actually rare, because whether it is the Kingdom of Dawn or the former Confederation of Independent Systems, although they have used a large number of combat robots to participate in combat, no matter what, their commanders are always human.

But now this fleet is undoubtedly controlled entirely by robots!

As soon as these robot-controlled warships entered the battlefield, they immediately rushed towards the Death Star! They ignored the artillery fire of the Imperial warships and just fired back as much as possible while rushing towards the Death Star. They were fearless and were ready to die together with the Death Star!

"Quick! Stop them!" The commander of the Imperial Navy fleet gave an order in a rage, "We must not let them harm the DS-1 battle station!"

In fact, he didn't need to give orders, because the captains of the Star Destroyers knew what was important and what was not. So the Imperial Fleet swarmed towards the Death Star again, ready to stop the enemy ships from destroying the Death Star. At this time, even the Aquitens-class light cruiser formation in the Imperial Fleet rushed towards the Death Star on its own.

In this chaos, the Imperial fleet commander had actually lost control of the battle situation.

If Wilhuff Tarkin was here, such a thing would never happen. In any case, Governor Tarkin was also a military man, it was impossible for him to be infiltrated so easily, and it was even more impossible for him to make a low-level mistake when commanding the battle.

The large group of transport ships that had been staying behind the Dawn Kingdom's battleship formation, as well as those aircraft carriers! Not only the two Sova-class aircraft carriers, but also more than a dozen Gray Horse-class escort aircraft carriers!

The task of interfering with these aircraft carriers was originally supposed to be accomplished by a high-speed formation of light cruisers.

While the Imperial Fleet was charging towards the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet, a large group of transport ships immediately took action and flew straight towards the planet Talasia!

Aboard these transports are Geonosians whose hearts are burning with the flames of revenge!

At this time, the battleships of both sides had already clashed together near the Death Star, and the battle was very fierce. Although the warships of the Kingdom of Dawn were generally backward and vulnerable to the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, they had the advantage in numbers after all, and it was still impossible to determine the winner for a while.

The Galactic Empire's fleet commander also noticed the movement of the transport ship at this time, and he quickly ordered the Aquitens-class light cruiser formation to intercept the transport ship.

The order was immediately executed, and a large number of transport ships were destroyed by the Aquitens-class light cruisers. From the wreckage of the transport ships, countless Geonosian bodies flew everywhere, and the scene was extremely tragic.

However, the transport ships did not stop, they just rushed towards the planet Talasia!

So, when everyone finally completely ignored the existence of the aircraft carriers, they began to launch fighter planes. A large number of ghost fighters took off from the Gray Horse-class aircraft carriers, immediately entered stealth mode, and rushed towards the Imperial fleet.

Some Imperial-class Star Destroyers also noticed these stealth fighters, and they also launched the TIE fighters on their respective warships to intercept them.

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However, there are not many carrier-based aircraft left in the Imperial garrison fleet. Most of their fighters were sent to the planet of Talasia to provide fire support for suppressing the rebellion, and then got into a tangle with fighters captured by the Geonosians. Some are now fighting inside the Death Star, also suppressing the Geonosian rebellion.

And the small number of TIE fighter formations could not stop those Ghost fighters at all!

Unlike all the battleships that are commanded and operated by robots, the pilots of those ghost fighters are all real ace pilots of the Kingdom of Dawn!

These pilots have all participated in the rebirth plan and they are not afraid of death at all!

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Lieutenant Colonel Li Yifei and his flight formation have entered the battlefield. The oncoming TIE fighters, like all Imperial pilots facing stealth fighters, have become stiff and slow in their movements.

This is because they began to command the battle through the Star Destroyer's flight control center, and the onboard radar on the TIE fighter was simply unable to detect the stealth fighter.

Now the Galactic Empire already has Star Destroyers specially used for anti-stealth and flight control command to assist in combat, and these Star Destroyers are equipped with extremely powerful radar and communication command systems. However, at present, there is no such role in the fleet guarding the Death Star.

"Is this the Death Star?" Li Yifei looked through the cockpit at the huge spherical battle space station in front of him that was already more than half completed, and couldn't help but sigh, "This thing is really an artificial planet!"

Beep, beep, beep! The alarm began to sound, indicating that he had been targeted by the fire control radar, but he did not panic at all. With a slight movement of his wrist and a push of the joystick forward, the improved Ghost fighter he was driving dodged the oncoming series of blaster cannon fire. While dodging, he had already completed his aiming and locking.

emission!

A Gemini air-to-air missile fired at close range turned the TIE fighter into a fireball.

[Brothers of the Wing Squadron! The time to make history has come! Let this unprecedented super weapon become our squadron's greatest trophy!] Lieutenant Colonel Li Yifei said loudly in the communication.

[Yes! Destroy the Death Star! ]

[I want to get a Death Star explosion tattooed on my back! Hahahaha!]

The fighters of the flying wing squadron immediately began to turn and fly in all directions, which made the Galactic Empire TIE fighter pilots who were maintaining the formation flying formation completely at a loss for a moment.

However, what followed was attacks from all directions!

TIE fighters were destroyed one after another, without any chance of fighting back! Even though the maneuverability of TIE fighters had long been stronger than that of Ghost fighters, the flying wing squadrons, which had participated in most of the air battles since the Clone Wars with the support of the Rebirth Plan, were simply not comparable to the pilots who were quickly trained by the Imperial Flight Academy!

The Imperial fleet's TIE fighter formation was quickly defeated, and the Dawn Kingdom's Ghost fighters took advantage of the chaos and flew directly into the Death Star!

The Death Star is far from completed now. At least one-third of it is still exposed, making it the best stage for ace pilots.

Even inside the Death Star, the Dawn Kingdom's ace pilots were able to move freely, but the TIE fighters that followed in were destroyed one after another by the criss-crossing frame structure.

The entire battlefield was shattered in an instant...

In the current situation, the battleships of both sides were fighting near the Death Star, while the fighters were already fighting inside the Death Star. The light cruisers of the Imperial Fleet were chasing the transport ships full of Geonosians all the way to the planet Talasia.

The situation is already in chaos.

However, at this moment, an Imperial-class Star Destroyer suddenly exploded without any warning! The explosion started at the rear of the battleship, and in less than a minute it immediately spread to the reactor in the center of the battleship, and then with a violent explosion, the entire battleship was blown into two sections!

Before the Imperial fleet commander could react, a second Imperial-class Star Destroyer was destroyed!

This is not what a battleship did! !

At this time, the Star Destroyer probe operator who finally reacted shouted, "An enemy stealth frigate has been detected! No... it's a Separatist stealth special forces ship! Confirmed to be a Purification-class ship!!"