The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2307 A blow to the head

2308: A Blow to the Head

The bridge of the Executor.

The atmosphere here was as stagnant as death. No one dared to breathe, and even some timid officers were trembling slightly.

The source of this terrifying atmosphere was the devil-like man standing in the middle of the bridge.

Black armor, black helmet, black cloak, even the eyes were completely covered. Standing in front of him, he could only see his own terrified face reflected on the smooth helmet.

Just half an hour ago, everything was going in the right direction. Although their fleet was short of supplies, energy, and exhausted, they had managed to drag the Separatist fleet into a fleet decisive battle.

Even though most of the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers were dissatisfied or even angry about this decision, the outstanding officers in the staff and command were still able to see how wise it was to fight this fleet decisive battle now.

In other words, although the outcome of this fleet decisive battle will not be decided immediately, they can completely take advantage of the situation and, after severely damaging the Rendili defense fleet, retreat to the edge of the galaxy, drive out the enemy squadron, open up rear-end communications, and receive supplies.

After the replenishment is completed, we will attack the planet again in a complete state and conquer it in one fell swoop without any suspense.

But... a piece of news turned all these efforts into nothing.

Planet Kira has been captured!

How is this possible! It has only been two days since the two sides declared war on each other on August 8! Even if part of the fleet stationed in the Kira system was withdrawn, there are still 6 battleships and more than 1100 small and medium-sized auxiliary warships left. In addition, with the cooperation of the armed space station and the planetary shield, how could it be captured in two days?

The capture of the Kira system means that the entire Hydia Channel will be opened, and the fleet of the planet Dawn will be able to directly threaten the inner ring of the Milky Way through the Hydia Channel.

(It's a bit late today, I'll draw a star map tomorrow.)
This would mean that the Galactic Empire would have to redeploy its fleets in various regions. In order to prevent the main fleet of the Principality of Dawn from penetrating into the inner ring and causing serious political consequences, the Galactic Empire would have to mobilize more mobile fleets to block the advance of the Principality of Dawn's fleet.

The troops being mobilized are most likely their fleet that is attacking the Rendili galaxy!

This is why Darth Vader immediately ordered to withdraw from the battle when he received the news that the Kira planet fleet was defeated. Once they retreated, the Rendili planet would have a chance to breathe, and it would be almost impossible to find such a good opportunity next time.

After this lesson, the next time, the commander of the Separatists will definitely hold their ground and will not take the initiative to attack no matter how they are provoked. What awaits the Galactic Empire will be a head-on battle!

As expected, Galactic Emperor Palpatine personally ordered Darth Vader to immediately organize a mobile fleet to return to defense, to block the advance of the Separatist fleet and strive to eliminate the enemy commander - Severance Tann!

…Let’s go back to two days ago, August 8th.

Immediately after the Principality of Dawn declared war on the Galactic Empire, according to the arrangements of Operation Zero, the fleets stationed on the two most important gateways and military bases of the Principality of Dawn, the planets of Eriadu and Yago-Dur, were immediately organized into the First Task Force and the Second Task Force to launch attacks on the predetermined targets.

As a direct threat to the planet Malastar, the planet Kira, which blocked the fleet of the planet Eriadu of the Principality of Dawn, immediately entered the highest level of combat readiness.

The highest commander of the Kira planet garrison fleet, Imperial Navy Admiral Michael Unther, has arrived at the combat command center and issued an order: "All warships, immediately leave the spaceport and enter combat formation!"

"Yes!"

The fleet stationed on the planet Kira has a total of one Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, which is also the fleet's flagship - Lusankya.

2 Commander II-class dreadnoughts, 4 Commander I-class dreadnoughts, 560 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 50 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer experimental models, 100 Knight-class Star Destroyers, 10 Interdictor-class Star Destroyers, 200 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, 50 Victory I-class Star Destroyers, 50 Jaeger-class battlecruisers, and 5 Tracker-class aircraft carriers.

The warships of this garrison are of very high quality, and there are 50 Imperial II-class Star Destroyers. This is an improved model launched by Kuat Power Dockyard after learning from the problems encountered by the Imperial-class Star Destroyers and the Knight-class Star Destroyers in actual combat, but this model has not yet been fully finalized and needs further combat testing.

However, this fleet is not completely without hidden dangers. For example, what puzzled Michel Unser the most was that one of the biggest changes to the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer was the removal of all the close-in defense turrets, making energy transmission more integrated and centralized, thus obtaining more powerful artillery and stronger shields.

In other words, the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer was being improved towards a battleship for fleet decisive battles. Perhaps it was to deal with the powerful battleships of the Principality of Dawn, such as the Hell Angels-class battlecruisers, and some battleships that the intelligence department did not get exact data on, but looked very scary.

But this does not mean that the carrier-based aircraft units of the Principality of Dawn are not a threat! The combination of Ghost Fighters and Viking Fighters, even now, the Galactic Empire has no way to crack it.

So the way to crack the Kuat Power Dock is not to crack it?

Another hidden danger is that Michel Unser believes that the proportion of Imperial-class Star Destroyers in his fleet is a bit too high. Although the Imperial Navy keeps talking about building a diversified, comprehensive, and three-dimensional navy, in the end, a large number of orders still fly to the Kuat Power Dockyard, and then build Imperial-class Star Destroyers day after day.

But this is not a problem that Michel Unser needs to consider. Even if there are some hidden dangers, he is still confident in the fleet in his hands. He is a very typical imperial officer - born in a wealthy merchant family, he has excellent grades after entering the Imperial Naval Academy, and he is full of confidence in the new order of the empire. Then he started as the captain of a cruiser, climbed all the way, and finally became an admiral guarding a place.

For Michel Anser, it is his honor to be able to command such a powerful fleet. He also hopes that under his leadership, this powerful fleet can achieve great achievements and expand the empire's territory.

The Galactic Empire and the Principality of Dawn declared war on each other, and when the war broke out again, Michel Unser was somewhat excited.

Because the time to show his value has finally come!