The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

848 , Counting the Harvest

The Halm galaxy suddenly became busy, with a large number of transport ships arriving here, and at the same time, a large number of engineering ships were also brought along.

After snatching 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers in the Blade Fleet, Tang Xiao immediately arranged for the fleet to be repaired on the spot.

Because these warships have been sleeping in the void for 25 years, the internal equipment of the warships needs to be maintained and replaced, and the fuel and energy used also need to be extracted and injected with new energy.

The most important thing is to disinfect the entire ship. After all, the main reason why the Blade Fleet disappeared was because brain plague spread among the crew. Although 25 years have passed, no one can guarantee whether Plague encephalitis bacteria still exist in the cabin.

In addition, these Dreadnought-class warships still need to be reprogrammed and replaced with operating systems. After all, they are all warships of the Galactic Republic, and the systems used are naturally those of the former Republic Judicial Fleet.

As a result, the Halm galaxy became the temporary base of the Blade Fleet. 178 warships were stationed on this planet, making it as stable as a rock.

Under the heavy protection of the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, the Ragnarov-class titan battleship Plague is undergoing emergency repairs.

The Plague has almost completely lost its combat capability: the bridge command center was blown up, one of the energy rails of the hypermatter electromagnetic gun was blown off, and the outer armor of the other three was also severely damaged. Don't underestimate these energy guide rails. The length of each guide rail can reach more than 9,000 meters, and the total weight is hundreds of millions of tons!

Not only that, the battleship hangar platform was completely destroyed, the shield capacitor cabin was completely destroyed, four-fifths of the antimatter manufacturing cabin was destroyed, the projectile processing factory of the supermatter electromagnetic gun was completely destroyed, more than half of the living area was destroyed, and the hyperspace engine was completely destroyed. Badly damaged.

And the battleship's energy supply is less than 20% of the normal level, which is the result of emergency repairs.

The battleship's outer armor belt was penetrated by more than 40%, and more than 1,070 outer compartments were destroyed. The airtightness of the battleship completely disappeared. The only good news is that the gravity generator is still in good condition, which makes it much easier for engineers to drive SCV into the interior of the battleship for repairs.

In the end, according to the assessment of the scientists of the Fourth Civilization, it will take at least five years for the Plague to undergo a complete overhaul in order to regain its glory.

For Tang Xiao, the leader of the Fourth Civilization, this is an out-and-out bad news. Because in the current fleet construction direction of the Fourth Civilization, the integration of fleet shields can be said to be a strong shield, and the spear to attack the enemy is the Ragnarov-class Titan battleship.

The biggest disadvantage of the Ragnarov-class titan battleship is its poor continuous combat capability and its poor resistance to strikes. However, this series of battles are all based on its weaknesses.

Not to mention that the Plague was hunted down for a month or two, in order to provide the fleet with firepower support, the Plague had to stand in front of it to bear most of the firepower.

It was an inevitable result to be beaten like this in the end.

From a political point of view, the Plague's raid on the planet Cato-Neimoidia has greatly changed the attitude of the Trade Federation, which can be said to be a success.

But from a military point of view, although the Plague has killed three 8,000-meter-level Commander-class dreadnoughts of the Republic successively, and there are more than ten or twenty giant ships of more than 1,000 meters in size, but the power of the Plague itself and the Compared to the size, it is still a huge failure.

From Tang Xiao's point of view, this failure was due to Severance Tann's lack of understanding of politics, and his excessive force made the trade union's position almost unstable, and he had to force the Plague to retreat.

But in fact, from the root cause, letting the Titan battleship Plague, which is not known for its mobility, go deep into the core circle of the Galactic Republic to raid the planet Cato-Neimoidia is itself a huge battle. adventures, both political and military.

Being able to achieve this raid, Severance Tann can fully bear the title of the strongest super fleet commander in the Milky Way.

So in other words, Tang Xiao was throwing the blame away.

Although Severance Tann is talented, she has huge personality flaws. Even in the setting Tang Xiao knew before traveling, the evaluation of "neither respecting the enemy nor respecting comrades in arms" is extremely dazzling. She is indeed such a person.

When he was in the territory of the Chiss, Tann was actually a spoiled genius young lady. She has status, looks, and money, but she also has unparalleled talent, which has caused her such a distorted personality.

Afterwards, the destruction of her family made her character even more distorted. In the original plot, she raided Sarabin, sparked the war for a month, and was soon killed by Shen-Jon, who was bent on revenge. Her character was a key factor...

It's not bad to take this opportunity to hit hard.

Naturally, Tang Xiao wouldn't admit that he actually had a good time that day... Needless to say, the feeling of stepping on the cold and vicious-tongued sister Yu to output fiercely.

And it's still at the core of a large-scale battlefield. Outside, the giant ships and cannons are raining bullets, but here he has a different taste...

Fortunately, in the end, it might really be the blessing of luck, Severance Tann actually found the lost Blade Fleet!

It was this huge discovery that turned this defeat into a glorious victory. The acquisition of 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers allowed the Fourth Civilization, which had lost most of its mobile fleet in the Battle of the Terminus planet, to suddenly have a new one again. A mighty fleet.

Tang Xiao will soon be able to continue to attack the 18th Army of the Galactic Republic, threatening the planet Eliadu that he has always dreamed of!

Once it can occupy this economic, political, commercial center and transportation hub located in the middle ring of the galaxy, the fourth civilization can truly radiate its power to the entire western region of the galaxy! Even if the Confederation of Independent Galaxies is defeated in the future, the Fourth Civilization can still occupy such a stable country with the help of the planet Eliadu!

And after counting, he harvested more than 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers.

Because these battleships are all fully loaded in the wartime establishment!

Each battleship has equipment capable of arming 800 fully armed marines, and 1,000 sets of spare equipment. It is equivalent to getting individual equipment that can arm 320,000 troops this time, including combat uniforms, blaster rifles, blaster machine guns, rocket launchers, and mortars.

And it is fully loaded with 12 Z-95 headhunter fighters. These fighters lost some during the battle, but there are still more than 1,700 fighters available.

Although the performance of these fighter jets is not as good as that of the Wraith fighter jets, they are not suitable for the first-line fleet of the Fourth Civilization, but they are dispatched together with the individual equipment of the Marine Corps to serve as local defense forces in important areas including the newly occupied planet Haven. is more than enough.

But the most exciting thing is that these warships of the Blade Fleet are actually full of AT-PT walking mechs!

This biped walking mech, together with the reconnaissance AT-RT, is the predecessor of the AT-ST walking mech commonly used by the Galactic Empire in the future.

The AT-PT is 3 meters high and 4 meters long, and can be operated by one soldier. It is equipped with a dual-mounted MK-1/W ​​blaster and a concussion grenade launcher, with powerful firepower. The maximum running speed can reach 60 kilometers per hour. In off-road conditions, the powerful feet can jump up to a height of about 5 meters, and the mobility is very strong.

The only disadvantage of this kind of mecha is that the two mechanical legs are too fragile, and if the main body suffers a huge impact, the mechanical legs are not enough to support the mecha standing, and it is easy to fall.

But as an individual mecha, it is good enough.

Especially among these Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers of the Blade Fleet, each of them is equipped with 30 AT-PT walking mechs!

In other words, a total of 5340 AT-PTs were obtained this time! According to the establishment of the fourth civilization, this number can completely arm 5 mechanized divisions!

These harvests were enough to dilute the haze brought by the plague to Tang Xiao, and after getting such a big piece of cake, he also began to consider other coveted eyes.