The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2308 Raid on Kira Planet (I)

2309: Raid on Planet Kira (I)

In the outer space of the planet Kira, countless warships detached from the berths of the spaceport, flew out, and then formed a formation. Inside the warships, soldiers from various combat departments lined up in neat rows, shouting slogans and running through the corridors, running towards their respective combat positions.

Gunner, take your position; loader, take your position; observer, take your position; pilot, take your position; ground crew, take your position; navigator, take your position; radar operator, take your position; signal operator, take your position; damage control team, take your position...

There were 27 officers and men of all ranks on the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Lusankaya alone. And the total number of crew members in the entire fleet alone exceeded one million!

The huge army, controlling the most advanced war machines, is fully mobilized at this moment!
"The hyperspace outposts remain on high alert to ensure that no disturbance is missed!" Michel Anser ordered.

"Yes!"

Michel Unser checked a small notebook in front of him. This was a habit of his. He often didn't trust computers, so he would write down some of his key ideas in a notebook and check it at all times.

As for this war against the Principality of Dawn, especially the garrison on the planet Eriadu that his fleet was defending against, he had simulated it countless times and recorded the key points.

The total number of garrisons on the planet Eriadu is about 600 warships, the specific types and composition of which are unknown. But what is certain is that they include the warship that the imperial military fears the most - the Anchoron-class Titan battleship, the Basalt!

The Titan battleship Xuanwu has the ability to project energy shields to the entire fleet. It can be said that as long as this Titan battleship remains, the fleet of the Principality of Dawn will be indestructible.

In order to maintain the huge energy consumption of the Basalt, the Principality of Dawn also deployed at least 20 Dunov-class battlecruisers to charge the Basalt.

In addition, the enemy has at least 100 Hell Angels-class battlecruisers, which have extremely thick armor and electric thermal armor that has a strong inhibitory effect on turbolaser cannons, making them difficult to destroy. And there are at least 50 Disaster-class battlecruisers, and the existence of this kind of battlecruisers means particle light spears!

The particle light spear is an energy weapon with a range of even dozens of light days. It is extremely powerful and is also the main threat to the Dawn Principality fleet.

In Michel Unser's notebook, there are many strategies and tactics about how to fight against the Basalt, how to fight against the Particle Light Spear, and how to fight against the Hell's Angels.

For example, they used the Nightwatch-class frigates and the Aquitens-class light cruisers to form a high-speed assault fleet to constantly interfere with the launch of the Disaster-class battlecruiser; for example, they adopted the tactic of luring the enemy deep into their territory, causing the enemy fleet's formation to be constantly pulled apart, thus escaping from the support range of the Xuanwu; for example, they used the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer as the core to divide and annihilate the enemy fleet, ignoring the Xuanwu, and concentrating their firepower to destroy their warships one by one...

His notebooks were filled with hundreds of pages of dense writing, which showed that he had done very thorough homework.

Although he was still a little nervous, Admiral Michel Unser believed that he had made all the preparations. The glorious Executor-class Super Star Destroyer and the glorious Imperial-class Star Destroyer were the source of all his confidence.

"General! The Malastar planet outpost detected hyperspace fluctuations!" the messenger shouted.

"General! The outpost on the planet Ennako detected hyperspace fluctuations!" Another message also came.

Admiral Michel Anser frowned, "A two-pronged attack? Humph!" If the fleet of the Principality of Dawn departs from the planet Eriadu to the planet Kira, the branch hyperspace route in this star region is actually a ring. Going west, it passes through the planets Malastar and Parks, and then to the planet Kira; and going east, it passes through the planet Ennako, passes through the planet Kalinda, and then to the planet Kira.

Naboo, which became famous for the outbreak of the separatist crisis 20 years ago and is also the hometown of the Imperial Emperor, is not on this circular route, but it is adjacent to Ennako and the two places are very close.

The Galactic Empire chose to establish a military base on the planet Kira in order to control the end point of this circular branch channel and monitor the safety of the Hydia Channel, one of the largest hyperspace channels.

"Hold on for now. No matter where the Separatist fleet plans to attack from, as long as they appear, they will never escape our surveillance!" Admiral Unser said in a deep voice.

"The hyperspace blocker near the planet Ennako has been attacked!"

"Planet Parks has also been attacked! According to observations, all the enemy ships are light cruisers!"

Admiral Unser said seriously, "What about the movement of the Xuanwu?"

"The Xuanwu still hasn't appeared." The officer from the radar department replied.

Admiral Unser thought for a moment and said, "Send 20 Imperial-class Star Destroyers to Ennako and Parks respectively to drive away the Separatist light cruisers. Don't fight too long. Once you find the enemy's main force, retreat immediately!"

"Yes!"

40 Imperial-class Star Destroyers quickly activated their hyperspace engines and left the Kira system to reinforce several planets that were harassed. But Admiral Unser felt increasingly puzzled, because under normal circumstances, if they started from Eriadu and made a hyperspace jump, they should have been blocked by the hyperspace blockers deployed on the periphery!

Michel Anser was always very sure in his heart that although the separatist fleet was very powerful, their movements were also very easy to predict - where the Xuanwu was, the main attack direction would be there. Therefore, as long as they kept an eye on the Xuanwu, no matter how they tried to provoke an attack or how they moved, it would be useless.

A few hours later, news came from those Imperial-class Star Destroyers that they had exchanged fire with the Separatist light cruisers, but the other side had no intention of fighting head-on and quickly retreated.

Admiral Anser sneered, "Humph, you are just playing tricks! Continue to strengthen surveillance! If the Xuanwu does not show up, we will not move!"

"Yes!"

And the opportunity he had been waiting for soon arrived!

An hour later, an urgent telegram came from Naboo: The main Separatist fleet was discovered and the enemy was gathering in the Naboo galaxy. There were 400 battleships in total, and the Titan battleship Basalt was confirmed to be among them!
Bang! Admiral Michel Unser punched down fiercely and shouted, "Finally? All forces, attack! Block the Separatist fleet on Naboo!"

His meaning was very clear. First of all, with the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, he was not afraid of a fleet decisive battle with the Separatist fleet. And although the position controlled by the Kira planet had two attack directions, as long as he kept an eye on the movements of the Xuanwu, he could determine the position of their main force!
The separatist fleet is in two completely different states with or without the Xuanwu!
Although the military's battle plan considered Naboo's position awkward, they were prepared for the possibility of not being able to defend Naboo. However, Michel Unser was unwilling to lose the Emperor's hometown in the first battle with the Imperial Fleet in his hands. He had full confidence that he could completely crush the Separatist Fleet with twice the force!
The dazzling white light kept flashing, and the huge imperial fleet set out!