The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2403: Death of Mal-Touk (End)

2404. The Death of Mal-Touk (Part )
The emergence of the planetary shield dealt a heavy blow to Mal-Tuk!
When he made the decision to attack the planet Arkania, the first prerequisite was that he must capture the planet Arkania within a short period of time. In this way, he could redeploy the fleet as soon as possible and use Arkania as a new base.

With the logistical support of the planet Arkania, he was able to fight a decisive battle with Thrawn's fleet.

Because even if he could only get partial supplies on the planet Arkania, the commercial fleet he led was stronger than Thrawn's dilapidated fleet.

Arkania is a mining planet. It is impossible to install planetary shields on such planets. It is just a resource planet. Even if there are some factories, they are all for local processing in order to save transportation costs. There are also some weapons and material reserves and arsenals on the planet, and the main purpose of these is to suppress the miners' uprising.

The reconnaissance and scanning results of the planet Arkania sent out by reconnaissance aircraft previously also confirmed this point. This planet does not have a planetary shield, nor does it have any defense facilities such as armed space stations.

Therefore, Mal-Tuk thought it would only take three days at most to capture Arkania. His elite marines could quickly destroy the planet's highest administrative body by landing. They could even launch a miners' uprising, allowing those oppressed miners to jointly resist the rule of the empire.

Among Mal-Tuk's marines, there are more than 2000 elite Kali warriors and 100 Incholi warriors, which are the best elite forces in the Milky Way! The Imperial Guard troops organized to suppress the miners are simply vulnerable.

But now, everything has come to nothing!
There is no doubt that the Galactic Empire spent a lot of money to defeat his commercial fleet. Not only did it abandon the fortress planet Bilbrin that it had operated for hundreds of years, but it also built more than a dozen temporary military bases in a short period of time, which were used once and then discarded. It even installed an extremely expensive planetary shield on a mining planet!

All these actions were accomplished within the nearly one month after abandoning the planet Bilbrin.

Even though the building of the Galactic Empire is leaking everywhere and is on the verge of collapse, its once magnificent architecture still shines brightly under the death knell of doomsday.

At the same time that Mal-Tuk ordered the orbital bombardment, Thrawn also issued an attack order. The Empire's main mobile fleet in the north was dispatched immediately!

There were 140 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 220 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and more than 900 small and medium-sized warships. Compared with the 50 battleships, 380 heavy cruisers, and more than 3000 small and medium-sized warships of the Commercial Combined Fleet under Mal-Touk, both the quantity and quality were very worrying.

But it was this fleet that locked up the Commercial Fleet's last chance of victory!

At 2:23 AM galactic time on February 10, the Imperial fleet arrived outside the Arkanian system and immediately began deploying hyperspace blockers.

The deployment of hyperspace blockers required the Commercial Fleet to break through the blockade of the Imperial Fleet in order to clear the blockades and start the hyperspace drive to return to the planet Palansi.

Admiral Mal-Tuk immediately ordered to abandon Arkania, turn the fleet to face the direction of the Imperial fleet, and sail in the opposite direction of Arkania's orbit. At the same time, he deployed the fleet into an arrow shape.

The intention of this formation was very clear, which was to forcibly break through the blockade of the Imperial fleet, destroy the hyperspace blocker, and then return to the planet Palansi.

At the same time, he also sent a message for help to the rear, asking them to organize a fleet to go to the planet Palansi as soon as possible to provide support.

As soon as the message was sent, the current governor of the Trade Union, Lotte Dude, immediately connected with the Chief of Staff of the Kingdom of Dawn, Qi Jian, and at the same time sent urgent requests for assistance to the co-chairman of the Interstellar Banking Association (M), San Hill, and the supreme director of the Fourth Group, Gross Shelbia.

Almost immediately, the fleet that had stayed on the planet Bilbrin to continue clearing out armed asteroids turned and headed towards the planet Palansi.

At the same time, a new fleet began to gather on the planet Mykito. The Geth, the Interstellar Banking Association (M), the Trade Federation, and the Fourth Group, the main forces of the Kingdom of Dawn in the North, all took out their most powerful fleets.

It is estimated that it will take at least a week to assemble and deploy the new fleet to the planet Bilbrin. The fleet commander is confirmed to be the new generation of generals of the Kali people, Major General "The Killer" Bentiras-San-Skar (in the plot starting from Chapter 1223, he killed Master Sas-Tin who invaded the planet Kali and received the highest military honor of the Kali people - Izvoshra).

And this week is the lifeline of Admiral Mal-Tuk!

On February 2, at 23:19 pm Galactic Standard Time, the battle for Arkania officially began.

This was an extremely brutal battle. The Commercial Union Fleet was fighting for survival. Since they entered the planet of Palansi, they had fought more than ten battles but had not received much replenishment. The fleet's supplies had already run out. Now they only had the last bit of supplies left to support them in a small-scale battle.

But if the battle continues, what awaits them will be the exhaustion of ammunition and food! All the advanced warships will become useless iron coffins!

By then, they will all become lambs to be slaughtered!
As for the Imperial fleet led by Thrawn, they had experienced two previous defeats, and many of their warships were indeed in tatters. Moreover, during the period of time when they accompanied Mal-Tuk's fleet in circles, his warships had suffered more consumption and damage. Although those temporary military bases had enough supplies, those damaged warships could only undergo the most basic maintenance work.

Therefore, this imperial fleet is also a remnant force.

Will it be this remnant of Thrawn's army that will finally stop Mal-Tuk's offensive and eventually trap them completely; or will Mal-Tuk break through Thrawn's blockade, return to the planet Palansi and escape?

And if Thrawn fails to win, then he will be blamed for abandoning the planet Bilbrin. By then, even Dunn-Wessex may not be able to save him! What awaits him is only the cold interrogation room of the Imperial Court!
This is a battle that neither side can afford to lose!

Mal-Tuk launched the attack with his flagship, the Neimoidia, as the spearhead! Although the Neimoidia was a castrated version of the Infinity-class supercarrier, without the triple-mounted particle lances installed on the bow and the hyperspace engine of the Forerunner technology, the other parts were not reduced at all, and it was still a super battleship with extremely powerful firepower!

The original five super-large mass accelerators installed on the bow of the Neimoidia opened fire immediately, launching huge metal projectiles with incomparably terrifying power! This shot also kicked off the battle.

The Commercial Combined Fleet launched a desperate attack, while the Imperial Fleet fought desperately to intercept, risking everything they had!
With the assistance of tactical robots, Admiral Mal-Tuk put all his life's learning into practice, constantly adjusting the offensive formation and launching attacks from all directions according to the changes in the formation of the Imperial Fleet.

Thrawn stood in front of the holographic combat star map, calm and composed, but his hands and mouth never stopped giving orders.

Under his command, the thousands of warships of the Imperial Fleet seemed to be alive, taking turns to cover each other, maneuvering and cooperating with each other tacitly, as if a huge net completely enveloped the Commercial Combined Fleet.

Not only the Imperial fleet in front, but also more Galactic Empire warships from the planet Arkania and from several other hyperspace routes. Most of these warships were light cruisers, which were the warships that Thrawn had left behind to harass the fleet. Now that they had completed their harassment mission, they joined the final decisive battle.

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At this moment, on the bridge of the Neimoidia, the flagship of the Commercial Fleet.

"This stupid Neimoidian has finally put us in a desperate situation!!" Jedi Knight Ferrus Olin cursed angrily.

"That guy who refused to listen to advice insisted on having his own way. We shouldn't have forcibly attacked the planet Arkania." Jax Pavan also shook his head and complained.

Luminara Anduri raised her hand and gently pressed it down, saying, "What we need now is not complaints. During this period of time, I have observed Admiral Mal-Tuk's combat command. Although the decision he made was radical, it cannot be said to be wrong."

As she spoke, she sighed, "The reason why we are in such a desperate situation is that the commander of the Empire is one step ahead in every decision and predicts all our actions. There should also be strong people with the Force in the enemy army, which makes it impossible for me to predict their movements through the Force."

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"Isn't this just a difference in ability? This guy Mal-Tuk is simply an idiot!" Ferrus Olin was still complaining.

In fact, according to the standards of the former Jedi Order, his character was no longer suitable for being a Jedi. He did quit the Jedi Order for a time, wanting revenge. But he was gifted, and even though he was almost blinded by revenge, he did not fall into the dark side, so he later returned to the New Jedi Order.

(According to the setting, his talent is second only to Anakin Skywalker, and he is the most talented among the new generation of Jedi Knights.)
Jax Pavan shook his head and stopped talking. Complaints aside, Ferrus Olin, who had quit the Jedi Order halfway through, had participated in the entire Clone Wars, so he knew that the Neimoidian who was now commanding the fleet was definitely not a mediocre person!

On the contrary, he was a very good general!
The opposing Imperial commander, Lieutenant General Thrawn, is so powerful that he can play with Mal-Tuk, a general who defeated the Galactic Republic/Galactic Empire many times, like a child!
Luminara Anduri brought the two to the command center, where Mal-Tuk was issuing various instructions at a rapid speed.

"Immediately organize a high-speed assault fleet, numbered as the Fourth High-Speed ​​Fleet! Complete the organization within 5 minutes and outflanke the UO-449 area!"

"Anti-aircraft ships reinforce the right wing and monitor the Empire's fighter formations at all times! We can't let them cover the bombers and get close to us!"

"No! No! No! Area G-77 must be blocked! It must be blocked! I don't care what method you use... I know there are 10 Imperial-class ships on the opposite side! But you must block it! There is no reason!"

"First Fleet, break through the T-42 area again!... That's right! Regardless of the losses!... That's enough! I don't care if you can still fire the Yamato cannons, but you must open a gap in the T-42 area! I will send you another 10 Minotaur-class heavy cruisers!"

There were hundreds of staff members in the command center, who were constantly discussing and working, and submitting their opinions and plans. The electronic eyes of the two T-series tactical robots were constantly flashing, and they were obviously constantly issuing orders to the warships in the fleet.

Luminara Anduri did not interrupt Mal-Tuk directly, but said to the tactical robot beside him: "Please tell General Mal-Tuk that we are on standby at all times."

Upon hearing this, Mal-Tuk turned around immediately. He didn't say anything more, but said seriously: "Now I have two areas that are very important! The attack in the T-42 area is blocked. If we can't break through, our formation will not be able to deploy! We are also under great pressure in the G-77 area. If we can't resist the attack of the Imperial Fleet, part of our formation may be cut off!"

He slammed his fist on the control console. "Go ahead and attack. As for where to go, it's up to you to decide."

After saying this, he continued with his combat command.

Luminara Anduri nodded, turned to the other two and said, "Olin, Pavan, you will lead a fighter formation to G-77 and T-42 respectively to assist Admiral Mal-Tuk in fulfilling his combat intentions. I will stay here..."

Her brows furrowed. “I have a bad feeling…it’s happening on this battleship.”

"I understand, Master Anduri. Then I will go to area G-77." Jax Pavan nodded.

"Hmph! We'll have to clean up the mess in the end. Leave the T-42 area to me." Ferrus Olin waved his hand and walked towards the hangar platform.

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The fighter formation led by the Jedi Knights appeared on the battlefield again. Just as they had done countless times before, they relied on their Force foresight to move freely on the battlefield. Ferrus Olin even seized the opportunity to cut into the rear of a damaged Imperial-class Star Destroyer less than ten minutes after entering the battlefield and fired a proton torpedo, successfully paralyzing the Imperial-class Star Destroyer.

At the same time, a formation of black TIE improved fighters was flying at high speed towards the flagship of the Commercial Fleet, the Neimoidia!
This black TIE improved fighter formation is also extremely fast and flexible. Even the Guard-class air defense destroyer cannot stop their advance!