The Fourth Scourge of Star Wars

$2400, Battle of the Bilbrin Planet (Part 2)

In the Palansi galaxy, accompanied by a flash of white light, more than 200 warships appeared in the universe.

In addition to the leading flagship, the Neimoidia Infinity-class supercarrier, there are 40 Cole II-class heavy cruisers, 10 Martha II-class missile heavy cruisers, 70 Minotaur-class heavy cruisers, more than 20 Double-blade-class electronic warfare light cruisers, more than 80 Raven-class heavy destroyers, and more than 50 Promotion-class heavy destroyers.

Looking at the Imperial fleet waiting in the outer space of the Palansi planet, Admiral Mal-Tuk calculated the strength comparison between the two sides and decisively issued an order to start the attack!

He found that the Imperial fleet guarding the outer perimeter of the Palansi planet had only 30 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 70 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and about 300 light cruisers.

After scanning, it was found that the Imperial Fleet had about 200 other warships scattered in the spaceports and docks outside the planet, undergoing emergency repairs. Most of the other warships were missing.

Seeing such a force, Mal-Tuk sneered, "Hehe, trading space for time? Too naive! I won't give you time to repair! Attack now!"

The Minotaur-class heavy cruiser immediately began to charge the Yamato gun, aiming at the Imperial Fleet and immediately fired a volley! At the same time, the Cole II-class heavy cruiser also used the two twin-mounted hypermatter electromagnetic guns installed on the bow for long-range strikes!

The other warships immediately opened fire and the battle broke out instantly.

The Imperial Fleet was also ready for battle, led by the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, and the dense turbolaser cannons immediately fired back.

Surprisingly, even though the fleet led by Mal-Tuk was inferior to the Imperial Fleet in terms of number and size tonnage, their firepower firmly suppressed the opponent!

In the long-range artillery battle, the Imperial Fleet could not take advantage at all.

Faced with the pressing commercial fleet, the Imperial Fleet began to retreat and soon gave up the outer orbit of the planet Palansi.

The two sides fought for about half a day, and the Imperial Fleet lost 4 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and 15 light cruisers. They began to retreat continuously, and finally withdrew from the battle and pushed to the orbit of the next planet in the Palansi system to regroup.

Mal-Tuk had already taken control of the planet Palansi at this moment.

After all, this planet is a financial planet, and it is not as important as the planet Scipio, so although there are defense facilities and planetary shields, there are relatively few orbital defense facilities.

The Commercial Fleet launched a fierce orbital bombardment, and three days later, the planetary shield was broken.

During this period, the Imperial Fleet received some reinforcements and launched a counterattack, but Mal-Tuk also received reinforcements from the direction of the planet Bilbrin. The formation he deployed was seamless and did not give the Imperial Fleet any opportunity to take advantage of.

During the three-day battle, the Imperial Fleet lost more than 50 battleships again, most of which were Victory II-class star destroyers. Facing the new generation of battleships commonly equipped in the Commercial Union Fleet, the Victory II class has completely failed to keep up with the times.

The Cole II class, Martha II class, and Minotaur class are all new battleships with firepower close to that of battlecruisers, but their size is reduced to that of heavy cruisers. Naturally, they are not comparable to the battleships of the last era such as the Victory II class.

After more transport ships arrived, Mal-Tuk sent out the Marines to land on the planet Palansi.

The resistance on the planet Palansi was fierce, but it was fierce and not cruel enough. Many of the resistance forces on the planet were local conscripted troops. There were some homemade tanks and armored vehicles, but the number was not large, and the air force was even smaller. They were all destroyed on the first day.

Faced with such a planet, and also a financial planet, Mal-Tuk naturally did not order a large-scale orbital bombardment, but ordered his army to steadily advance towards the planet's capital, destroy the planet's highest administrative body as soon as possible, and then support the new government to come to power and stabilize the order.

At the same time, Mal-Tuk was constantly assembling fleets, preparing to find the Imperial Fleet for a decisive battle.

The transportation from Bilbrin to Palansi was very difficult, which is why his first wave of offensives did not involve many fleets, and more warships arrived in the next few days.

This was also unavoidable. Bilbrin was located in the asteroid belt, and the hyperspace channel was also very complicated. The Galactic Empire classified the hyperspace channel data of this planet as absolutely confidential, and only the military high-level officials could know it. Therefore, Mal-Tuk did not have all the hyperspace channels of the planet at present, and it was extremely difficult to navigate from those hyperspace channels that had been explored.

In the few days of landing on Palansi, Admiral Mal-Tuk spent 6 days to finally mobilize his huge commercial joint fleet from Bilbrin to Palansi.

He also realized that there might be a problem with supply, so he did not rush to the core circle of the Milky Way, but sent a large number of reconnaissance drones to scout around and look for traces of the Empire's main fleet.

Fortunately, he did not spend too much effort to find the Empire's main fleet.

On the planet Vakkar!

For Mal-Tuk, this is a very embarrassing position.

Because the hyperspace channel around the planet Palansi is roughly in the shape of a cross. The center of the cross is Palansi, and the north end is Bilbrin. If you want to attack the financial core of the Galactic Empire, Scipio, you need to attack all the way to the south, and the next stop is Borleias.

However, the planet Wakar is located on the west side of this cross-shaped hyperspace channel! It is not in the direction of Mal-Tuk's attack. And if Wakar continues to go west, there are no habitable planets, all of which are barren star clusters.

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This place is equivalent to a dead end. If you continue to go west, the hyperspace channel supports it, but you will never encounter any inhabited star systems for supplies.

Why is the main fleet of the Empire deployed on the planet Wakar?

Admiral Mal-Tuk was in a dilemma. If he ignores the planet Wakar and continues to attack southward, he will most likely be surrounded by the main fleet of the Empire and cut off from his retreat, attacking from both sides.

But what if he attacks the planet Wakar? Then the reinforcements from the core circle of the Empire can directly threaten the planet Palansi. You can't expect this financial planet to play a big role in both offense and defense.

What if he divides part of the troops for defense? If he divides too much, he can't defeat the main fleet of the Empire. If he divides too little, it's the same as not dividing anything.

After careful consideration, Admiral Mal-Tuk made a decision--

Divide the troops for defense, then raid the planet Wakar, and fight the main fleet of the Empire!