The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

783 5 Minutes of Death (Part 1)

[The most impressive battle? That must have been the Battle of Terminus. At that time, no one in the entire galaxy thought we would win, but we won... We defeated the Galactic Republic in a war of attrition... In that battle, everything happened in those 5 minutes...]

——Excerpted from the Fourth Reich, 47 years of the Imperial Calendar, in the Dawn TV special program "Road to Empire", a record of a visit to a veteran who participated in the Clone Wars.

[...The Fourth Reich has experienced countless wars during the decades from scratch all the way to the founding of the country. Unlike the magnificent Battle of Coruscant and the Battle of Corellia, the Battle of Terminus left an indelible impression on this veteran. Looking at the present, we can only feel the fighting spirit of the martyrs of the empire who are not afraid of sacrifice, and the fighting spirit of fighting to the death regardless of the size of each battle... During this process, our great emperor Tang Xiao's wise and decisive Great credit for the decision...]

The host's magnetic voice came from behind the scenes. The host, who was born in the ninth year of the imperial calendar, did not understand the meaning of the Terminus Star Wars.

So far, the Fourth Reich has not fully deciphered the process of the Clone Wars that lasted for four years. The exact process of those countless battles back then is still unknown. From the host's point of view, he can indeed put the Battle of Terminus, a battle in which less than 200 warships participated in the battle, into an irrelevant position.

Not to mention the Battle of Coruscant, which involved over 10,000 kilometer-class large warships, even compared to the Battle of Corellia, which involved more than 6,000 warships, the Battle of Terminus is still nothing. Just a small shrimp.

But there are indeed such rumors on many occasions——

Although the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy, Marshal Matt Horner experienced more than one large-scale defeat in subsequent wars, one of the reasons why his position as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy is still extremely stable is because Terminus Star Wars.

As for why, few people can say clearly.

Many people are just talking about the glorious 5 minutes, but no one can really explain what happened, nor understand how many ups and downs the fate of the Fourth Reich has changed in the process.

Everything is buried in the long river of history, and in the Imperial Zero database of the Fourth Reich, which is full of countless dark secrets.

For Matt Horner, Commander of Fleet A of the Fourth Civilization at the time, everything was from the short 5 minutes when the mass accelerator built on the satellite aimed at the Inspector-class battlecruiser of the Galactic Republic fleet Inside, what happened started.

In these 5 minutes, the situation of the battle was completely reversed.

However, it wasn't 5 minutes of glory. but...

5 minutes of death!

Whether it is the space battlefield or the ground battlefield, what happened in these 5 minutes can even be said to determine the future development direction of the entire galaxy!

Matt Horner, made two gambles.

Success, boundless glory, failure, death.

"All warships! Attack the enemy flagship with full power!!" Matt Horner gave the order.

"General! Where's the shield?" The combat staff officer asked eagerly.

"Don't worry about shields! Don't worry about other things! All firepower, attack that prosecutor-class battlecruiser!" Matt Horner ordered decisively.

"General!"

"Within two minutes, break the shield of the enemy ship! Two minutes!!" Matt Horner shouted with almost all his strength, "This ship rushes forward! As a bait! Attract enemy firepower!"

"Yes Yes!!!"

The Cole-class battlecruiser Northland, the flagship of the fourth civilization, immediately began to accelerate forward. At the same time, the powerful 40m caliber supermatter electromagnetic gun in front of the battleship began to charge!

For the hypermatter electromagnetic gun, in order to fire, the shield must be lowered.

Because of such powerful energy fluctuations, even expensive one-way shields would be affected. In order to ensure a successful launch, the only way is to lower the front shield of the battleship.

And this is also the biggest weakness of the Cole-class battlecruisers. Just like the huge hangar platform of the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, it is a fatal weakness!

The battleships of the Galactic Republic naturally understand this.

When the supermatter railgun of the Cole-class battlecruiser began to recharge, the fleet of the Galactic Republic poured out its strongest firepower!

At the same time, the mass accelerator on the satellite was also launched with that unique 'gift'.

In two minutes, break the shield of the prosecutor-class battlecruiser!

You know, what we are talking about now is a large warship with a length of 2,500 meters!

Even if it is a battleship of the kilometer level, if the shield is broken within two minutes, the generals of the Galactic Republic who graduated from the Naval Academy will sneer.

They will tell you that in these two minutes, they have at least 10,000 ways to make the opposing fleet pay a price far greater than this one battleship.

A mere prosecutor-class ship is not enough to make those generals who are accustomed to relying on the almost unlimited industrial production capacity of the Galactic Republic change their understanding of war.

But, it just happened.

"Launch!!!" With Matt Horner's roar, the entire Fourth Civilization Fleet almost poured all its firepower into the Prosecutor-class battlecruiser.

And this is also the flagship of the Galactic Republic on the planet Terminus!

The fleet of the Galactic Republic launched a resolute counterattack at the same time, and countless powerful turbolaser guns fell on the battleships of the Fourth Civilization.

The Fourth Civilization warships without shields at all suffered heavy losses immediately. Within a minute, a Cole-class battlecruiser was severely damaged by concentrated fire, capsized in the violent explosion and fire, and became an innocent ship. A lifeless space coffin.

In addition, there are countless fourth civilization warships that have suffered heavy losses.

But their goal was still achieved!

The flagship of the Galactic Republic, the Inspector-class battlecruiser suffered a tragic blow, its shield was completely shattered, and the armor of the battleship also suffered serious damage.

Having withstood such a severe blow, the Inspector-class battlecruiser needed at least 20 minutes to recycle her shields. Therefore, the battleship began to retreat continuously, and several Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers flew over, using their bodies to block the shooting angle of the Fourth Civilization battleship.

Under such circumstances, no one seemed to remember that the mass launcher built on the satellite had fired once before.

Because of the limited power, the speed of the launched projectile is not comparable to the Cole-class supermatter electromagnetic gun, and now the projectile is still on the way of flight...