The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1541. Ennaco's Ending

So on the sixth day of the Battle of Ennako, and the third day when the supply line of the 17th Army of the Republic was cut off, the guerrilla fleet led by Major General Malcolm Granger circled a large circle, from The Republic Fleet rushed back to the planet Ennako, and the main fleet of the 17th Army finally couldn't hold it anymore.

Although at this time, strictly speaking, it was Malcolm Granger's guerrilla fleet that couldn't bear it first, otherwise he wouldn't have given up the harassment and ran all the way back.

The subsequent reinforcements and reserve fleet of the 17th Army are still very strong. Under the command of Governor Lynch Houser, they first stopped all the activities of the transport fleet and emptied the traffic flow of the hyperspace channel. In this way, no matter the guerrilla No matter how the fleet tosses, first of all, it is impossible to cause hyperspace fluctuations with just a few warships.

In this way, Granger's guerrilla fleet can only achieve the purpose of disrupting the hyperspace waterway by driving away the transport ships and civilian ships on the planet Kalinda. But no matter how important the planet Kalinda is as an important transit station, the number of spaceships in it is limited after all.

After being unable to continue to cause hyperspace fluctuations, the follow-up fleet of the 17th Army was finally able to break into the planet Kalinda to pursue the guerrilla fleet.

Therefore, Malcolm Granger can only rely on the particle light spear of the disaster-class battlecruiser and the thick-skinned Hell's Angel-class battlecruiser to fight and retreat. As for their own supplies, there is no rush. They have robbed many spaceports before, and the resources they got are very rich.

The furious 17th Army fleet divided into several teams to encircle Granger. Seeing that the planet Kalinda couldn't stay any longer, he fled to the planet Naboo.

The defense force of Naboo planet is much stronger, and there are many orbital defense systems. So Malcolm Granger had to retreat again after spending a day here, heading directly to the planet Ennaco.

Therefore, if Admiral Kourney can persist a little longer, he might be able to wait for reinforcements and supplies.

But it was him who collapsed first.

Supplies that are seriously depleted due to high-intensity combat are on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is the morale of the navy officers and men-when everyone is looking forward to the supply and reinforcements from the rear, what is waiting is not their own transport fleet, but It is a ferocious separatist fleet with a group of desperadoes, although it seems to be in a hurry!

In front is the desperately hard Titan battleship Xuanwu, but there is another intercepting guerrilla fleet behind. How can this be played?

What made people even more desperate was that when Ling Liang saw the guerrilla fleet coming back, he immediately commanded the Titan battleship Xuanwu to go on a rampage, crossing the line of the Republic fleet and running to the guerrilla fleet.

At this moment, the main fleet of the 17th Army can only watch the Xuanwu ship come and go as it wants in their formation, but there is nothing they can do.

Then a green light curtain shrouded the battleships of the guerrilla fleet, group shields!

At this time, Admiral Kourney's order to concentrate firepower and give priority to destroying the severely damaged guerrilla fleet that came from behind had just been issued.

The tattered-looking guerrilla fleet became indestructible under the protection of the group shield!

Admiral Kourney was extremely aggrieved, he just wanted to shout to the sky - I just wanted to fight a serious battle! ! !

It was this scene that completely broke the will of the Republic fleet to fight. Many warships started to turn around and run away, scatter away from the battlefield, and then launched a hyperspace jump to leave this hell.

Ling Liang immediately commanded the fleet to pursue frantically, capturing and destroying the warships of the Republic that had lost their battle formation one by one. And this is the screen that was broadcast publicly during the ceremony where Tang Xiao served as the Grand Duke of Liming. This screen was broadcast to almost everyone along with the live broadcast ceremony throughout the galaxy.

The main fleet of the 17th Army finally left more than 40 Jaeger-class battlecruisers and all 5 Knight-class star destroyers, as well as the wreckage of about one-third of the small and medium-sized warships, and fled in a panic. Two of the three Commander II-class dreadnoughts returned, one of which still had to be overhauled.

Even the escaped warships were devastated and would not be able to go to the battlefield in a short time.

The entire 17th Army's main fleet, the destroyed and captured warships reached 30% of the total force! And if you want to calculate the battle damage, then the loss even exceeds 70%!

In fact, if Admiral Kourney calmed down a little after the supply line was cut off, and instead of being irritated by the approaching Xuanwu, but adopted a conservative and procrastinating strategy, then he was fully capable of waiting until the supply line was opened. Although it will suffer serious losses, it will definitely not be so much.

After all, the overall firepower of the fleet in Ling Liang's hands is not strong. Her original plan was only to severely deplete the strength of the main fleet of the 17th Army and delay their attack time.

But under a series of possibilities, either accidental or inevitable, a war of attrition turned into a war of annihilation.

...

"Forgive me, my Grand Duke." Standing in front of Tang Xiao, Qi Jian, the chief of staff of the Principality of Liming, said solemnly, "The victory of the Ennaco galaxy is both a good thing and a bad thing."

Tang Xiao was currently trying out several different dresses with the help of Jarno, and he was already preparing to set off for the Laxus sub-planet to attend the ceremony where Earl Dooku became the chairman of the Confederation of Independent Galaxies.

Hearing this, he turned to look at Qi Jian, and said with some displeasure, "What's so bad about a big victory?"

"A big victory is certainly a good thing, but it may increase our defensive pressure on the planet Yago-Dur. It may also spread to other planets-such as the Model star area, or the Christofsis planet .” Qi Jian said.

"Say." Tang Xiao waved his hand.

"After this battle, the 17th Army of the Republic basically lost the ability to take the initiative to attack, and the next stage of the offensive of the Galactic Republic will undoubtedly focus on our direction." Qi Jian said, "So their offensive It will still unfold."

"If they still don't see us and treat us as a serious threat after we have caused such a heavy loss to the Republic, I will look down on Darth Sidious." Tang Xiao snorted coldly.

"That's the problem. The Republic's next stage of offensive will undoubtedly be in the Yago-Dur galaxy, and their original strategic deployment is in the two directions of the Yago-Dure galaxy and the Eliadu galaxy. , One south and one north exert pressure at the same time, and disperse our defensive forces, so that it is possible for us to focus on one thing and lose another." Qi Jian said.

Tang Xiao frowned, "So you mean, after the direction of the Eliadu galaxy is scrapped, the Republic may find a way to open up a new front?"