The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

523 , Bloody Battle Bespin (1)

At the same time, on the morning of May 24, a chaotic and huge fleet left the hyperspace channel and came to the planet Denon.

This fleet includes 18 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, 5 Cheer-class assault landing ships, more than 80 Karak-class light cruisers, and more than 200 ships including CR-70 and Corellian DP-20 gunboats. Frigate class battleship.

You can even see 4 ancient Invincible-class heavy cruisers in the formation. This heavy cruiser is 2011 meters long and was designed more than 3,000 years ago. Although it has long lagged behind the times, it is a large battleship that can enter the atmosphere. , how much can still play some waste heat.

This is the patchwork of the Galactic Republic, which assembled 5 local defense fleets, and a formation composed of warships drawn from the Republic Judicial Fleet, which has now been reorganized into the Grand Republic Navy. Their purpose is to directly kill the Geonosis planet and rescue Master Yoda and the 200,000 clone army.

Among the Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers serving as the flagship, Jedi Master Depa-Bilaba stood in the middle wearing a brown robe, and behind her stood two young girls with blond hair.

The two girls looked to be only 15 or 6 years old, and the childishness on their faces hadn't faded away, but they were already very beautiful and lovely girls. They both had shoulder-length short hair, and a bow was wrapped around their golden hair. ——This is not allowed in the Jedi Order, but because of Depa-Bilaba's doting on them, Bilaba's master, Master Windu, the number two figure in the Jedi Order, did not say anything.

Although the two girls are 70% similar in appearance, their clothes, colors and expressions are completely different, so they are easy to distinguish.

The taller one was wearing a blue robe, and the bow on her head was also blue. She looked very quiet, she just stood there with her head bowed and obediently, without saying a word.

The shorter one was wearing a red robe with a red bow on his head, but his face was full of confidence and even arrogance.

That's right, they are Depa Bilaba's apprentices, and they are also the first group of Force-sensitive people who went out from the Dawn Star to train in the Jedi Order, sisters Luna-Dream and Luna-Huan.

Before 27BBY, Dawn Star sent a total of three batches before and after, adding up to 5 force-sensitive people to the Jedi Order for training, but the most talented and strangest are still sisters Luna-Meng and Luna-Huan. They have the talent of the Force only when they stand together, and they are so talented that they are close to Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen Son, but if they are separated by a certain distance, they are no different from ordinary people.

After 27BBY, with the growing separatist movement, Star Dawn basically cut off contact with the Jedi Order, and naturally no longer sent Force-sensitive people to the Jedi Order.

"General, we can no longer proceed along Hydia's hyperspace channel. It is 15 seconds away from here is the Alantern galaxy. In that star area, there are traitors who have joined the separatism. They are near their respective planets. The hyperspace blocker has been set up. Now we can only turn to the Corellian trade route, go to the planet Marathal, then pass through the planet Naboo, and then reach Geonosis." The commander of the fleet said impressively It was General Wulf Ularen, he turned around and said respectfully to Depa Bilaba.

Not long ago, Speaker Palpatine had just issued an order confirming that if a Jedi knight is in the army, then the rank of the Jedi master is equivalent to that of an admiral, and if an army general is also present, then the status of the Jedi master is higher. General Yu.

Therefore, the commander of the fleet, Admiral Woolf Yularen here also has to obey the command of Depa Bilaba.

"What is the trend of separatism now? Is there any intelligence from the direction of Geonosis?" Depa-Bilaba asked.

"Currently the separatists have launched attacks in 17 galaxies at the same time. The neutral galaxies Bespin has even been attacked by a large fleet of Star Dawn. Generally speaking, the situation is not optimistic. After comparison by the intelligence personnel, after leaving the fleet station, and The separatist fleet that did not appear on any of the frontline battlefields should have been deployed in the direction of the planet Christopher Sis." Wulf-Ularen replied.

"I can feel that Master Yoda and Master Windu are currently safe, but the development of the battle situation is changing rapidly, and we cannot afford more delays." Depa-Bilaba said.

"Then we..." Yularen frowned.

"Continue to jump through hyperspace through the Hydia channel. If it is a man-made blocker, I have the ability to help the fleet break through temporarily. This is actually thanks to the hyperspace theory of Master Cholus Cerbos. Unfortunately, he Already sacrificed during overseas exploration operations," Depa-Biraba said.

"But if it fails, maybe we will be immediately surrounded by the Separatist fleet." Yularen said.

Luna Huan interrupted from the side: "Ah, why are you so noisy, old man, if the master says it can be done, it will definitely be done."

Luna-Meng also said lightly: "If we take a detour from the Corellian trade route, the small warships in our fleet will have to go through more hyperspace jumps and refuel. In that case, we can at least It will take three days to reach the planet Geonosis."

Depa-Biraba nodded and said to the sisters: "Then, when I stabilize the hyperspace channel, you also need to perceive how my force works. This is the hyperspace I have told you many times. theory."

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Planet Bespin, this is an orange gas giant planet with a diameter of 118,000 kilometers, and a metal core with a diameter of 6,000 kilometers at the core.

Due to its huge size, the planet Bespin has extremely high pressure and extremely high temperature, and there are a large number of rare elements that are very rare in the Milky Way, and the reserves are very large, which can be used to process into weapon-level explosive gas, and even Many gases can also be used as conventional fuel for spacecraft after refining.

If this is the case, then Bespin is just a planet with great mining value, but sometimes I have to sigh the magic of the creator of the universe. Between 150 kilometers and 180 kilometers in the outermost layer of Bespin, there is an interlayer whose gas composition is just right for life to survive.

And this interlayer is called the Bespin Life Zone.

After the Bespin life belt was discovered by interstellar explorers, it quickly attracted the attention of many people, and a gaseous mine was opened here. In the era of the Old Republic, Bespin's main product was Tibana, a gas that could be used as a coolant for a spacecraft's hyperspace engine and was very efficient.

Afterwards, Lord Echolesis Figo from the Corellian galaxy discovered the even greater potential of the planet Bespin. From the endless gas of the planet Bespin, he extracted a substance that could be used as blaster ammunition. explosive gas.

Realizing the huge business opportunity, Lord Echolesis immediately commissioned Incom to build him a huge floating city in the middle of Bespin's life zone——Cloud City.

After hundreds of years of development, Yuncheng has become a luxurious city integrating mining, production, tourism, and vacation, bringing countless wealth to the descendants of Lord Figo every year.

And because of the rise of Cloud City, dozens of floating cities of different sizes have been established in the Bespin Life Belt, with a total of 6 million permanent residents living in them.

As the size of the city continued to expand, more capital began to pour in. The Corellia Engineering Company and Income Corporation became the largest investors after Lord Figo's personal consortium, and owned a large number of industries here.

In recent years, the political situation of the Galactic Republic has been unstable, and separatism has intensified. However, Planet Bespin has made a lot of money silently. They neither want to help the Republic nor care about separatism.

So after the outbreak of the war between the two sides, the leadership of Planet Bespin, headed by Yuncheng, immediately declared neutrality.

Then……

The fleet of Dawn Star came to kill after a few hours.

Tang Xiao doesn't care if you are neutral or not. Now that the war has broken out, you are either my friend or my enemy! What's more, the planet Bespin is only 8 seconds away from the Endor galaxy, and even a large-scale fleet invasion can arrive within a few hours.

Coupled with Bespin's rich resources and convenient transportation - a very critical factor is that the planet Bespin is located at the end of the Corellian trade route, and the Corellian trade route is the most important hyperspace route in the galaxy one. The hyperspace of this route is very stable, and even large-scale fleets can pass through smoothly.

For example, Planet Bespin is like a mine near the end of a subway line. Although the end station is a small station and there is no transfer line or anything, it is still on the subway line. Where to go? It's all very convenient.

As far as this point is concerned, it gave Tang Xiao even more reasons to capture this place. If the fleet of the Fourth Civilization passes through Bespin and then proceeds, it will be difficult for the Galactic Republic to grasp the movements of its fleet!

One must know that Bespin's life belt is also within the scope of this gas giant planet. It is too easy to block the news and hide the fleet here!

Out of this series of considerations, Tang Xiao modified the plan given to him by General Grievous to attack the neutral planet Bespin instead!

The Bespin garrison and the local defense fleet of the nearby Galactic Republic already knew about the invasion of the Dawn Star Fleet. After Fleet A left hyperspace, they immediately assembled 150 warships to deal with the fleet that had just left hyperspace and had not had time to deploy its shields. The assault is launched!

Admiral Matt Horner, commander of Fleet A of the Fourth Civilization, came to the battlefield in person. He was in command of a Sowa-class aircraft carrier as the flagship. Around the aircraft carrier, there are three Lantian-class command ships assisting his command, passing every order to every battleship and even every team.

The first round of bombardment by the Republic Fleet caused serious damage. The six Cole-class battlecruisers in front of them were attacked by concentrated fire because they were temporarily unable to open their shields.

However, this is also the arrangement of Admiral Matt Horner. The Cole-class battlecruiser has very heavy armor. When the movement of its own fleet has been determined to be known by the Republic, let the rough-skinned Cole-class bear the burden. The first wave of fire is the only option.

20 Xingzi-class UAV repair ships flew over immediately to carry out emergency repairs on the 6 warships that were damaged and withdrawn from the battle sequence. Thousands of spherical drones flew out, and intense work began immediately, and 150 SCVs equipped with engines were also added to the maintenance work under the control of engineers.

"All warships, turn on the shields! And concentrate the energy of the shields on the front! The first team and the third team immediately rushed forward and took off 500 vulture robot fighters for a tentative attack!" Matt Horner immediately issued an order.

The 10 Cole-class battlecruisers immediately stepped up their horsepower and charged forward. At the same time, the side hangar platform was unfolded, and densely packed vulture robot fighters took off from it, viciously rushing towards the Republic fleet.

Matt Horner looked at the data of the Republic's fleet through the screen, and the surrounding Lantian-class command ships had faithfully displayed the composition of the opponent's fleet on the screen.

The opponent's fleet is mainly composed of the warships of the Corellia Engineering Company, including 30 of the most advanced CR-90 frigates. It can be said that it is the strongest among the 100-meter-class warships in terms of firepower, versatility, and solid structure.

In addition, there are 70 DP-20 gunboats with a length of 120 meters, 40 relatively backward CR-70 frigates, and their main battleships-10 Corellian defensive cruisers with a length of 850 meters (there is no specific name for this kind of battleship. name, but the canon mentions that Corellian Engineering is defending its property with a warship larger than the Cheerer).

Facing the attack of 500 vulture robot fighters, the Republic Fleet also immediately took off hundreds of Z-95 headhunter fighter jets, and 70 DP-20 gunboats immediately spread out to the periphery of the fleet formation, and powerful and precise firepower instantly poured on the vulture robots On the fighter plane.

These vulture fighters are completely used to delay time. After all the battleships completed the shield restart action, Matt Horner decisively ordered, "The second group of Cole-class battlecruisers, the fourth group immediately began to launch electromagnetic guns." Charge up! The first group and the third group launch an assault! Don't take off fighter jets! The Higra-class battlecruiser immediately maneuvers to both sides! The Rookie-class battleship immediately prepares to land on Cloud City! The Sowa-class aircraft carrier formation deploys unmanned missiles Platform, build a line of defense to protect the landing operation!"

Countless orders began to be issued, and the 10 Cole-class battlecruisers that rushed forward immediately accelerated their assault after the shields were opened, and the four heavy-duty laser cannons on the bow opened fire instantly! -

[Easter Egg Chapter Attachment 1: Karak-class light cruiser, the bridge of this type of battleship has a very stupid but very large panoramic porthole that is very suitable for viewing the scenery. 】

[Easter egg chapter attached picture 2: Bespin's Cloud City. 】

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