The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2343: The Mysterious Visitor
That's right, according to the original plan, when the Dawn Kingdom officially declared war on the Galactic Empire, they would have at least two Death Star cannons.

The Death Star cannon is a super cannon that combines hyperspace navigation technology with mass effect technology. The cannon's launch device is 70000 meters long. When it is fired, it uses hypermatter to replace zero element to produce a pseudo-mass effect, making the mass of the cannonball infinitely close to zero, and then opens the hyperspace channel to enter hyperspace acceleration.

This will allow for speeds far exceeding normal hyperspace jumps, and because the mass of the shell approaches zero infinitely, it will hardly be affected by mass projection in hyperspace, so there is no need to follow the hyperspace channel to fly.

The range of the shells fired by the Death Star cannon is about 80000 light years. Beyond this distance, the shells will not be able to maintain the mass effect field, and will gradually return to their original mass, and then will be torn apart by the mass projection in the hyperspace.

Therefore, to build a Death Star cannon, the resources required are extremely huge, and it also requires a huge energy supply. If the Kingdom of Dawn had not completed the Dyson Ring on the planet Vathian, they would not be able to afford the energy to launch the Death Star cannon.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that they are bombing many planets now, with a super nuclear bomb dropping every 5 hours. Well, the frequency of launches has begun to decrease recently because of too many launches. However, behind this seemingly simple bombing is the highest technological achievement of the Kingdom of Dawn!

In addition to the first Death Star cannon built on Hoth, the Kingdom of Dawn also built a second Death Star cannon on Mustafar. However, due to time constraints, the second Death Star cannon was not completed as scheduled, resulting in only one Death Star cannon bombing Fangduo Planet.

This might result in the Death Star artillery's containment and consumption of multiple enemy planets being reduced by half compared to the plan, and might also cause the Galactic Empire to make a different judgment on Severance Tann's desire to attack multiple enemy planets.

Now, the battle report that Tang Xiao was reading was a summary of the current situation of the war sent by Ling Liang. She believed that on the one hand, the Death Star artillery was not enough to contain the enemy's multiple planets, which might make the Imperial fleet there ready to move.

In fact, this is a question of threshold. First of all, the Kingdom of Dawn does hope that the Galactic Empire will take the initiative to attack, but at the same time it does not want the Galactic Empire to attack too hard, otherwise it will be overwhelmed.

The Kingdom of Dawn does not currently have the ability to destroy the entire mobile fleet of the Galactic Empire, otherwise there would be no need to raid Coruscant and they could just attack it head-on.

Therefore, it is necessary to divide the Galactic Empire's fleet through constant strategic detours. However, if the Imperial Fleet closes its eyes and gathers all its troops to rush forward, the Kingdom of Dawn will also have a headache.

This shows the importance of the Death Star cannon bombarding Fangduo. As long as Fangduo is constantly bombarded and weakened, the Galactic Empire will judge that the defensive pressure on Fangduo is increasing, so they will make very cautious moves and maintain a large fleet on Fangduo to defend it.

Only when the number of fleets in other directions is reduced will there be room for Severance-Tann to operate.

The Galactic Empire wants to not lose many planets that are its industrial center, but also wants to take back the markets in the middle and outer rings. This kind of want-it-all mentality is what Operation Zero needs to utilize.

General Ling Liang pointed out in her report that the Galactic Empire has sent Darth Vader to Fangduo, and the number of Imperial warships on Fangduo is still increasing. In this case, Darth Vader is likely to choose to launch a general attack.

In order to avoid this result, Ling Liang said that it is necessary to put enough pressure on the Empire on other fronts, so as to force the Empire to divide its forces in other directions. But now, Severance Tann's progress has obviously slowed down. She is preparing to attack Klatooine, a gateway from Hutt space to the heart of the Empire's 12th Army. Only by taking Klatooine can she continue to attack Boonta and then join forces with Semirs.

Then, together with General Grievous, they attacked the 12th Army from both sides. At that time, the Galactic Empire would become more nervous and send troops to rescue the 12th Army to prevent the th Army from being directly attacked.

However, General Severance Tann's military operation had only taken its first step when Darth Vader's huge fleet could no longer be suppressed by the bombardment of a Death Star cannon!
This is war. No matter how perfect your plan is, you can never be truly sure whether the enemy will act according to your plan.

"Prepare to convene the highest military meeting immediately to discuss the need to recall Severance Tann's Second Task Force and postpone Operation Zero." Tang Xiao pressed the button and said to the other end of the communication.

"Yes, I will arrange it immediately." Helmut Zemo's humble and steady voice came from the communicator.

Tang Xiao felt a little irritated and his face looked a little ugly. He kept tapping the table, thinking about the next battle plan.

However, at this moment, another communication came in.

A beautiful figure appeared in the holographic projection. It was the top director of the Fourth Group, Gross Shelbia. Time had not left any traces on her. Even after more than 20 years, she still looked as beautiful as when she was first awakened.

Tang Xiao and she had always had a negative distance in their communication, but in recent years, her relationship with Tang Xiao had gradually become distant. Compared to the underground lover relationship they once had, they were now more like occasional sex buddies. And the sense of superior-subordinate distance between the two of them was getting stronger and stronger.

Gross bowed very respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, I have a somewhat unique visitor here. I dare not deal with it on my own, so I must report to you."

"Visitor? Who is it?" Tang Xiao frowned.

"It's me." A woman's voice that sounded a little older came from outside the screen. "I think we should have met once. Although it was not a pleasant experience."

Then, a person wearing a very wide black robe and an equally wide headdress appeared in the picture. She lifted the hood of her robe, revealing a face that looked like a tree with a yellowish complexion and markings of discipline. She looked to be nearly 60 years old.

“Hehehe…” Seeing this person, Tang Xiao immediately grinned, “Master Luminara Anduri, it really is… Long time no see.”

Luminara Anduri, at the beginning of the Clone Wars, whether it was the Battle of Geonosis or the Battle of Thule where Count Dooku wanted to activate the Dark Reaper, Tang Xiao had seen her from afar. (End of this chapter)