The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2304: Lundili Raid (IV)

2305: Lundili Raid (IV)
Planet Rendili, command center.

"General! It's bad! The Imperial fleet is accelerating again and they are attacking again!" an officer ran over and said loudly.

"This is impossible!" Admiral Trench slammed his fist on the console. "The Imperial Fleet's energy reserves have run out! They can't launch another attack!!"

He thought for a moment and said loudly, "What about the Executor-level movements?"

"The Executor-class Super Star Destroyer and three Commander II-class dreadnoughts are still in the center of the array and have not advanced!" the officer replied immediately.

Admiral Trench narrowed his eyes, and he began to doubt his own judgment. "Could it be that the Imperial Fleet...did not consume much energy? Tsk t ...

The super battleship still had no intention of taking action, indicating that the other party had full confidence in the combat capability of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. Could it be that they really had enough energy?
After thinking for a moment, he raised a hand, "Notify all ships to stop the bombing! Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Re-circulate cooling, shields and main guns! Prepare for the next round of attack! Tsk tsk tsk tsk."

"Yes!"

Admiral Trench continued, "Deploy, reserve fleet, replenish, left wing. Tsk t ...

"Yes!"

He pondered again, turned his head and said to the T-series tactical robot: "With the Imperial Fleet and sufficient energy, conduct a simulation."

The tactical robot's electronic eyes flickered for a while, and then said, "4900 simulated battles. The Imperial Fleet will attack with all its strength when it has sufficient energy. Our fleet will be completely annihilated within 30 hours. The probability is 69%. We will have a chance of victory only after we retreat to our defense facilities."

Admiral Trench looked at the holographic star map and fell silent.

It is impossible to rely solely on defense facilities for defense. The Imperial Fleet is alive, but the defense facilities are dead. The Imperial Fleet can completely break through the defense from the weak point, and then bombard the planetary shield with super-powerful ion cannons. Once the planetary shield is broken, the battle enters the ground combat stage, and the support that can be provided by the planet will continue to decline.

As a result, the space fleet, which has received less support, will fall into a more difficult situation.

A city without support cannot be defended. This principle is still useful in the era of space warfare.

In the previous offensive, his defensive fleet lost 12 Victory II-class Star Destroyers and severely damaged 19. As for the Imperial fleet, only 24 Imperial-class Star Destroyers had their shields penetrated and caught fire, and 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyers were directly destroyed.

Most of the Victory II-class Star Destroyers that were destroyed were destroyed in the final stages by the particle lances of the Disaster-class Battlecruisers.

Such an exchange ratio was achieved by relying on planetary defense. It can be clearly judged that the strength of the Imperial Fleet is far superior to theirs, and once the opponent's super battleships participate in the battle with all their strength, the situation will be even worse!

So why did the Imperial fleet launch an attack again this time?
Admiral Trench stroked the claws at the corners of his mouth and issued another order, "Fleet, keep going, spread your wings. Tsk t ...

"Roger!"...

The Imperial fleet began to speed up, and as before, they continued to detour to the left, firing as they approached in an arc.

And this time, the Imperial fleet really chose to bypass the interstellar base and launch an attack from the North Pole of the planet Rendili!

Countless turbolaser cannons were firing continuously, missiles, lasers, turbolaser beams were firing continuously like raindrops, and they were also falling continuously. Countless fireballs exploded in the universe!

Just like the last time, facing the powerful firepower of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, Admiral Trench's left wing of the fleet collapsed again. The warships on the left wing kept retreating after bearing the pressure, and those warships whose shields were penetrated chose to turn and accelerate at the same time, flying towards the direction of the interstellar base.

More and more warships broke away from the formation, and the left wing formation of the Rendili defense fleet began to become disorganized. The disorganized formation also made their return firepower more dispersed.

"General! Eight Victory II-class star destroyers have been destroyed on the left wing, and the shields of more than 8 battleships have been pierced. They are retreating!" The officer came over and reported loudly to Admiral Trench.

"Does the Imperial Fleet have any energy reserves?!" Admiral Trench slammed his fist on the console.

"Insufficient parameters, unable to simulate." The tactical robot replied rigidly.

"General! Their target is our mobile fleet! If they launch attacks like this repeatedly, after several exchanges, our mobile fleet will be completely destroyed! By then, those fixed defense systems will not be able to stop the mobile attack of the Imperial Fleet!" A naval general walked over and said.

Another combat staff officer also said: "That's true. If we don't launch a counterattack while our strength is intact, and we continue to be cut by the blunt knife of the Imperial Fleet, we may really have no hope!"

Admiral Trench was also hesitant now. The Imperial Fleet's reckless attack had completely made him lose his judgment. He couldn't be sure whether the Imperial Fleet was short of energy... If they had enough energy, and they continued to be cut off repeatedly like this, then as the other staff officers said, after a few more times, their mobile fleet would be completely destroyed, and the result would be - defeat!
But what if the Imperial Fleet is just holding on? If they are really short of energy, then the best solution is to hold on and wait for further combat operations from the Dawn Planet. Because he can use space to trade time. When the left wing is attacked, the right wing will continue to reduce the strength of the Imperial Fleet through long-range bombing. Then the left wing fleet can continue to retreat towards the interstellar base, attracting the battlefield to the vicinity of the interstellar base, maximizing the firepower advantage of the defense system.

There is actually no difference in the combat process between the two, and the biggest difference is whether it lasts. Is the Imperial Fleet only capable of launching one or two offensives, or is it capable of launching more than ten or even more offensives continuously?

So...how to decide?

At this time, the messenger came over, saluted, and reported: "General! Vice Admiral Granger sent a communication that he encountered a fleet of light battleships of the Galactic Empire at the edge of the galaxy. The enemy is breaking through the hyperspace blocker array. Vice Admiral Granger is now exchanging fire with the Empire's light fleet, but the enemy is large in number, and he is not sure if there are any fish that have escaped and broken through the defense line!"

Admiral Trench finally made up his mind after hearing this news. He swung his teaching stick fiercely and said, "Right wing fleet, all forces attack! Attack the Imperial fleet!"

"Yes!!"

"Order all ships to attack!" The order was given immediately.

A total of 40 disaster-class battlecruisers were deployed in the center and on the right wing, and their particle light spears were already ready to go. With a command, 40 dazzling beams of light shot out instantly! After a short recharge, the second round of salvos soon followed!
A large amount of fire immediately exploded in the array of the Galactic Empire fleet. In the holographic image, one could see that one Victory II-class Star Destroyer after another was shot into two pieces under the terrifying power of the particle light spear!
Immediately afterwards, with 10 of the most elite Hell's Angels-class battlecruisers as the vanguard, the right wing of the defense fleet began to turn and launched an active attack on the flank and rear of the Imperial Fleet!

The improved hypermatter electromagnetic cannon of the Cole-class battlecruiser finally opened fire. The 40-meter-caliber super electromagnetic cannon fired devastating projectiles, which together with the particle light spears posed a fatal threat!