The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

755、Determination

"I order you to destroy the Plague!"

Darth Sidious's voice was eerie, terrifying, and distorted. As always, it planted terrible fear in Newt Gunray's heart, making him back again and again.

However, for some unknown reason, another figure always appears in Newt Gunray's mind, darker, more terrifying, and...

Even closer!

In Newt Gunray's view, if Darth Sidious is a terrifying spider that spreads its webs across the galaxy, then Darth Malthael is a silent cheetah.

And this cheetah has come behind him! !

The powerful and dark figure of Darth Malthael began to overlap with Tang Xiao's expression with a warm smile at that moment.

He began to recall every time he talked and laughed with Tang Xiao in the past, when discussing cooperation on Planet Dawn, when they toasted together to celebrate independence on Planet Geonosis, when they decided on major issues in the parliament of the sub-planet Lasax. when……

Unknowingly, in those beautiful memories, Tang Xiao's modest appearance was replaced by Darth Malthael's eerie appearance.

This feeling made him shudder...

He's already behind me, and he will continue to be behind me for the foreseeable future.

he will kill me! Any time is fine! !

For a long time, Newt Gunley's impression of Tang Xiao was that he was young, good-tempered, and even a good ally who would stand firmly on the side of the trade union in many cases.

There is no shortage of such people for such a terrifying size of the Trade Union, but with the gradual development of the Dawn Star, Newt Gunley also found that Tang Xiao's things, even if they are not as good as the Trade Union, are still there. Indeed, he has the capital to be able to talk with him on an equal footing.

A complete military industrial system, the ability to independently design and manufacture large-scale warships, there are many things in it that even the trade alliance itself can't dream of.

And later, when Tang Xiao was on the planet Geonosis, he began to mention some things about the Sith Lord intentionally or unintentionally, and when Earl Dooku mentioned Darth Sidious, he found that Tang Xiao Xiao also seemed to know this person.

So at that time, Newt Gunley regarded Tang Xiao as someone who, like himself, was coerced and oppressed by Darth Sidious and had to board a pirate ship. As a result of pity for each other, his affection for Tang Xiao increased a lot.

So later, he also instructed the trade alliance to gradually deepen the cooperation with Dawn Star, and the two sides signed many orders for large-scale projects.

But it was only now that he realized that Tang Xiao was not coerced by others, the reason why he knew this was because he himself was the Lord of the Sith! ! !

Yes, compared to Darth Malthael, the threat of Darth Sidious seems to be much smaller.

Newt Gunley gritted his teeth sharply, and summoned up his courage to say: "My lord, this may lead to serious consequences. After the battleship Fang was destroyed, the Plague has become an independent star... the pillar of the separatist forces! Public opinion reports on the situation of the Plague almost every day, if the Plague is destroyed because of me, then..."

"Coward!!" Darth Sidious yelled, "Have you forgotten our plan? What I want is this Republic, this galaxy! Not a simple civil war! Just destroy Plague, my position will be more stable, and I will naturally help you more! And after the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are finally destroyed, you will have enough merit to become the hero who ended the war."

Darth Sidious held out a mechanical hand and squeezed it hard.

Seeing this action, Newt Gunley's heart jumped suddenly. He did remember that, it seemed that ten years ago, the chairman of the Galactic Council, Schiff Palpatine, had been wearing a glove on his left hand.

However, at this moment, his heart is full of thoughts like "it's just as it should be", and what Darth Malthael said is actually right!

Sidious doesn't care about the outcome of this war at all, because he is always the winner!

"In this case, even if we stand still, if the battle here is reported back to Lassex, Earl Dooku will not let me go... My lord, this is different from our agreed plan..." Newt - Gunley said.

"Don't worry, Earl Dooku...will not do anything to you. You also know that he is my apprentice." Darth Sidious said with a grim expression: "Do it for me now! Destroy Plague! Then, we are one step closer to the success of our plan."

"Yes... yes..." After all, Newt Gunray didn't dare to disobey Darth Sidious face to face, so he reluctantly agreed, and then he didn't know what to do, so he cut off the communication in a hurry.

He didn't realize that his behavior was equivalent to hanging up the phone of his direct leader.

After calming down for a while, he looked at the hologram of the battlefield sent by the planet Cato-Neimoidia.

I only saw the huge Titan battleship Plague rushing forward at high speed, while the warships of the Seventh Squadron of the Republic were besieging. Among them, the most threatening ships were the largest ships - the 8,000-meter Commander class , 4000 meters for the governor level and 2500 meters for the prosecutor level.

Newt Gunley gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind, picked up the communication and shouted loudly: "Tokez! Let your fleet set off immediately! Meet the battleship Plague!"

A diminutive Neimoidian wearing a pair of glasses appeared in the holographic projection, and he immediately responded: "Yes! Governor!"

With his order, the defenders of the planet Cato-Neimoidia finally moved!

The warships, which were always on combat readiness, opened up their firepower almost immediately, firing a salvo directly at the rear of the 7th Squadron of the Republic!

The Seventh Squadron was originally on guard against the defenders of the planet, but with their flagship destroyed, all attention was focused on the Plague. Now even if there are warships still on alert, they are no longer Pay attention to these defenders who have been afraid to take any action since the start of the war.

A salvo directly destroyed 5 Corellian gunboats, and 1 Arquitens-class light cruiser was severely damaged.

Immediately afterwards, the fleet of the Trade Alliance defenders rushed forward and launched a second salvo on the two Commander-class dreadnoughts of the 7th Squadron!

Under this formation, the 30 Generosity-class communication frigates among the trade alliance defenders were finally able to exert their only advantage-frontal firepower.

Dozens of powerful turbo lasers fell on the two Commander-class dreadnoughts, causing the battleship's shields to flicker violently.

The Republic Fleet under attack immediately began to adjust its formation. Some warships continued to besiege the Plague, and the other part began to turn around to intercept the Trade Federation fleet.

But the result of wanting to take care of both ends in this way is that both ends cannot be held back.

Seizing the fleeting opportunity, Severance Tann pointed at the second flagship of the 7th Squadron and roared, "The main guns are firing!!"

An extremely dazzling flash of light bloomed instantly, and at the same time, the side of the new flagship of the 7th Squadron was hit directly by the supermaterial electromagnetic gun of the Plague!

The Commander-class dreadnought that was firing towards the rear Trade Alliance fleet happened to be in a state where the shield was not running at full power!