The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2140 Order-37

2141, Order-37

Although Rosa was not a particularly important planet among the major planets of the Trade Union, it was located in the core of the Milky Way after all. In such an environment with extremely developed economy and industry, even the most destitute planet would have strong strength.

What's more, this is the Trade Federation! At its peak, it was the second largest economic entity in the Milky Way!

So the planet Rosa is still armed to the teeth.

Rosa is a planet with immigrants as the main population. Its native Rosa people are actually a very excellent race. Their bodies are flexible and agile, and at the same time they are not lacking in strength. They have four tentacles on their heads and are very sensitive to light. Rosa people are extremely good engineers. They are also one of the first races to establish a trade alliance, so they also have very strong economic and industrial strength.

There are about 40 billion Rosa people on the planet, and more than 90 billion immigrants of other races. Previously, Rosa was a planet with great racial diversity, and it was also one of the most powerful races among the many affiliated races of the Trade Alliance.

However, after the rise of the Galactic Empire, although high-ranking officials and the media did not admit it, the empire that pursued human supremacy was not very friendly to the planet Rosa.

Therefore, when the Galactic Empire declared war on the Trade Federation this time, the Rosa people stood on the side of the Trade Federation without hesitation.

As a result, they were attacked by Darth Vader.

In order to protect their homeland, the Rosa people rose up to resist. Relying on the planetary shield and orbital defense system, they cooperated with the armed space stations and Gauss defense platforms around the planet to launch a resolute counterattack.

  But Darth Vader was also very determined, and the fleet he commanded launched a storm-like offensive. He didn't intend to waste too much time on the planet Rosa, he wanted to destroy the resistance of the planet Rosa in the shortest time!

After three years of the Clone Wars, four years of the siege of Saleukami, and the continuous rebellion and suppression after the establishment of the Empire, Darth Vader had already mastered battlefield command. His fleet was like a huge battle axe, continuously chopping at the defense line of Rosa.

On July 7, three days after the attack was launched, the Gauss defense platforms and armed space stations outside the planet Rosa were wiped out, and the Imperial fleet began to bombard the planetary shield of the planet Rosa.

The orbital defense cannon built on the ground of the planet Rosa continued to fire continuously. The turbo laser beams fired by this giant cannon that is more than 200 meters high are lethal even to an Imperial-class Star Destroyer!

However, the orbital defense cannon has a slow firing rate and a limited coverage area, and cannot truly withstand the siege of the Imperial fleet.

  Two days later, on July 7, the planetary shield of Rosa was broken!

Without any hesitation, Darth Vader, who had been standing on the bridge of the flagship, just waved his hand vigorously. The adjutant behind him immediately stood at attention and saluted, then turned around and said loudly: "The landing ships will be dispatched immediately!"

Two Acclamator-class assault landing ships began to enter the planet's atmosphere directly, followed by more than 130 CSS-1 transport ships loaded with Imperial stormtroopers.

  At this time, a dense swarm of missiles suddenly attacked! Almost caught off guard, one of the transport ships was hit by several missiles that were not intercepted in time, causing a violent explosion, and all the Imperial Stormtroopers transported on it were blown into a fireball!

Dozens of frigates and hundreds of fighter jets appeared in the field of vision. It was the planetary defense fleet that had never appeared before!

Most of those frigates are Javelin-class missile frigates produced by the Principality of Dawn, and many of the fighter jets are export-oriented Ghost fighters, while some are relatively backward Z-95 Headhunter fighters.

  It turns out that all these warships are hiding within the planet’s atmosphere!

Darth Vader immediately ordered the Imperial Fleet's fighter formation to enter the atmosphere and engage in a fierce battle with the fighter formation of Planet Rosa. At the same time, he ordered the landing operation to continue without caring about the lives of the stormtroopers!

The warships of the Imperial Fleet also began to descend in altitude, firing directly from the outer layer of the planet at the warships of the Defense Fleet within the planet's atmosphere. Even if they missed, it didn't matter, they could just treat it as an orbital bombardment.

  After determining the landing direction of the Imperial Fleet, more fighter planes and warships from the Rosa Planet also rushed to the battlefield. The first to bear the brunt were the more than 2000 vulture robot fighters!

Almost all combat forces of the Trade Federation are equipped with a large number of these robotic fighters. Even if their performance is outdated, they can still pose a great threat due to their huge numbers.

In addition, several huge Generosity-class frigates appeared in the atmosphere of the planet Rosa, as well as 1000-class light cruisers, and Apocalypse-class light cruisers, Revenge-class destroyers and other warships imported from the Principality of Dawn.

  The Rosa people are concentrating all their fleets within the planet's atmosphere, fully prepared to fight to the death with the Galactic Empire!

But Darth Vader will not stop, and the Imperial fleet's attack will not stop either.

40 Victory II-class Star Destroyers directly penetrated the planet's atmosphere and engaged in close combat with the defense fleet of the planet Rosa. At the same time, 10 Tracer-class aircraft carriers also descended and entered low-Earth orbit. With the support of the aircraft carriers, thousands of TIE/LN fighters took off densely and rushed towards the planet Rosa like hungry locusts!

On July 7, the sky above the planet Rosa had been basically cleared. The planetary defense fleet was almost completely destroyed, and the fighters did not dare to form a large-scale formation to fight again. They could only break up into small groups and hide in some hidden airports, harassing the Galactic Empire's transport ships from time to time.

At this time, a more brutal battle had already begun on the ground.

The first batch of 6 landing troops of the Galactic Empire have completed the landing 200 kilometers east of the capital of the planet Rosa and established a stable landing site. After completely gaining air superiority, a steady stream of supplies and soldiers began to be transported down.

A ground attack on the planet Rosa also began.

After advancing more than 30 kilometers, the Imperial Army encountered the first ground force from the planet Rosa. This force numbered more than 10 and built a solid defensive position in a town to block the advance of the Imperial Army.

In the sky, TIE bombers kept roaring past, dropping powerful bombs on all exposed firing points. The Imperial Army also set up a few AV-7 self-propelled artillery and launched bombing on the town.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of explosions continued, and a large number of soldiers in the defense force were blown to pieces in the explosions. But this could not extinguish their will to resist.

The Imperial Army launched the first wave of attacks, with Imperial Stormtrooper clone soldiers wearing white combat armor as the vanguard, followed by a larger number of ordinary soldiers wearing gray uniforms. But what greeted them was the crazy firepower network hidden in almost every building!

A large number of Imperial soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. TIE bombers in the sky kept circling and bombing, but they still could not break through the defense line, resulting in heavy losses.

  In the sky, the huge figures of two Victory II-class Star Destroyers flew slowly by, aiming their powerful turbolaser cannons at the town and opening fire directly after reducing the power!

At the same time, Darth Vader, standing on the bridge, coldly issued an order: "Execute Order 37."