The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

953. Hyperspace Storm

Compared with the development level of Eliadu planet, which can be said to be one of the most developed planets in the outer ring star region, the Eliadu satellite is also very developed.

There are a large number of airports, space ports, factories, mines, and colonial cities on this satellite with a diameter of more than 2,700 kilometers. The total number of residents is about 100 million, and most of them are military and logistics personnel.

The main reason is that in the low-gravity environment of the satellite, it is much more convenient for fighter jets to take off and land than on the planet Eliadu, so this satellite is also the most important fighter jet in the defense line set up by Wilhuff-Tarkin landing base.

There are 2 million troops stationed on the satellite, all of them are conscripted soldiers of the Republic, and there are no expensive clone soldiers stationed here.

After communications were gradually restored, the Republic's command center could finally coordinate operations in a unified manner.

But what was conveyed to the command center of the Republic at the first time was extremely bad news-the separatist army had established a very stable forward position, and one of the colonial towns had fallen, and the powerful Injoli had even advanced all the way Over 100 kilometers!

Tarkin quickly ordered the guards on the satellite to mobilize their forces, and the planetary shield generator must not be allowed to fall.

There are two ways to set up the planetary shield, one is external and the other is built-in, and the planetary shields of Eliadu planet and satellite are the latter. Although doing so will cause a hole in the planetary shield above the shield generator, but under the protection of the two stars and the protection of a large fleet, this problem is not fatal.

But the problem now is that this planetary shield is facing destruction from the inside out!

On the afternoon of May 6, bad news came again from the satellite ground battlefield. The separatist landing force did not move straight towards the planetary shield generator, but first used a large number of AT-PT walkers to conduct a large-scale interspersed operation.

During the assault, three Republic armies encountered this separatist mechanized force and were completely defeated, with more than 10,000 casualties!

...

At the same time, in the administrative center of the planet Eliadu, Wilhof Tarkin also received even worse news...

"What did you say? The H-4449 transport fleet cannot arrive?" Governor Tarkin roared.

The staff officer on the side bowed his head and said: "Yes, not only the H-4449 transport fleet, but also the other nine transport fleets could not arrive... These fleets suddenly encountered a hyperspace storm during their hyperspace voyage and were forced to withdraw from the hyperspace. Space, now ranging from 5 to 80 light-years from our planet, can only be navigated by sublight engines... I am afraid, they still need help."

"Why did this happen?! Could stellar flares still affect the hyperspace channel?!" Governor Tarkin lifted the collar of the staff officer and roared loudly.

"I have asked the observatory, and their experts said that this is impossible to happen naturally, because the energy that can affect hyperspace is basically impossible to produce in a natural environment, so it is only possible that the separatism is in the process of this stellar flare Hypermatter is added to participate in stellar reactions," the staff officer said.

At this time, a seriously disturbed holographic projection appeared in the communication on the side. It was the bald old man at the observatory. He said solemnly: "...I have to add that this is a very complicated process. It is enough to throw some supermatter on the stars. We have conducted many simulations, but we still cannot establish an accurate astronomical model of the Separatist operation. We can only say that their preparations are much more adequate than we imagined."

"I just want to know the result!" Governor Tarkin's face was gloomy.

The old man said: "Now the hyperspace of the entire Eliadu galaxy is completely messed up, the spacecraft navigation system requires a lot of calculations to enter the hyperspace channel relatively safely, and even this cannot completely guarantee the true safety of navigation. Therefore, in the future period, the hyperspace traffic of the Eliadu galaxy will be almost cut off."

"How long is this time?"

"I don't know, maybe a few days, maybe a few months, maybe even more than a year." The old man said, "We can't reproduce the astronomical model of this stellar flare, so we can't get accurate data. The only thing we can say Yes, the duration of this hyperspace storm will not exceed 410 standard days at most, this is the conclusion we obtained by introducing a maximum function.”

The staff officer looked at Tarkin's expression that was about to explode, and quickly comforted him: "But doesn't this also mean that the logistics of the separatists have also been cut off?"

Tarkin gave the staff officer a cold look, "You have been dismissed, idiot. Now report to the infantry company!"

...

At this time, the Eliadu satellite.

boom! boom! ! boom! ! ! In the thin atmosphere, the explosion sounded a little far away, but it was just as deadly.

More than a dozen AT-PT bipedal walkers with a height of more than 3 meters are raging on the positions of the defenders of the Republic. The blaster cannons equipped under the walkers are constantly firing. flame.

"Two sets! Two sets! Don't stand in front of those walkers!"

"Use bazookas on them!"

"The 4th group's position has lost contact! Send someone there!"

In the comm channels of the Republic Guards, there were constantly noisy shouts—their positions were being torn apart by AT-PT walkers.

The wreckage of several TX-130 Saber-class hovering tanks lay crookedly in front of them. Although these hovering tanks had stronger firepower and faster speed, they were still killed one by one under the concentrated attack of several times the number of AT-PT walkers. destroy.

Without the cover of the armored troops, the infantry has nothing to do in the face of such a steel beast!

A soldier of the Republic was crawling desperately on the scorched ground, and there were constant beams of blast energy passing over his head. The sound of gunshots and explosions was somewhat blurred as if separated by a thin film, which couldn't even cover the full coverage of the helmet. The sound of his heavy breathing.

A huge black shadow enveloped him, and he quickly rolled into a bomb crater on the spot, holding his blaster rifle and gasping for breath.

Immediately afterwards, an AT-PT walker passed over his head, and he clearly saw the blaster cannon under the walker firing three shots in the direction of his own position.

The walker didn't notice him and kept going.

The soldier hurriedly continued to crawl on the ground. Finally, after climbing several tens of meters, he got a rocket launcher from a corpse. That AT-PT walker pulled the trigger!

boom! ! ! The lucky rocket exploded in one leg of the walker, and the walker wobbled and fell to the ground with a thud.

Before the soldier was happy, he heard a crisp gunshot, and he felt his chest was burning hot. Before the severe pain hit, his consciousness had already blurred.

I saw more than a dozen separatist soldiers in dark green combat uniforms rushing over, shooting and saying, "Call the engineering team over here! A walker has been attacked!"

As more and more Separatist soldiers appeared, the soldiers of the Republic finally closed their eyes forever.