The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2356, The Defeat at Anselm (Part 1)

Admiral Gilad Pellaeon thought for a long time, then turned to his adjutant and said, "Telegram all ships to retreat immediately, return to Gler-Anselm for repairs, and prepare for battle!"

"General, are we not going to attack?" the adjutant asked.

In fact, in the eyes of many naval officers, although the Separatist warships have strong combat effectiveness, they will definitely win in the end!

Because they are operating powerful Imperial-class Star Destroyers! Not only on Anxin, but also on Gler-Anselm in the rear, there are more than 200 Star Destroyers coming to reinforce here.

Their fleet had just fought a bloody battle with 10,000 Geth warships not long ago and won. The crushing momentum of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers against the Geth ships boosted everyone's morale.

Now they are taking advantage of their victory to attack Anxin Planet. The battle has just started not long ago, and their reinforcements have not yet arrived. Even though the Separatist fleet has shown unexpectedly strong combat power, the officers of the Imperial Navy do not think they will lose.

There are indeed not many people who can make accurate judgments through a short exchange of fire.

"The number of Separatist reinforcements is unknown, and we have been fighting for a whole day. We need to rest. Retreat to Gler-Anselm Planet, recuperate, and then fight the Separatists in a decisive battle." Gilad-Pellaeon did not want to explain too much, just waved his hand and made the final decision.

"Yes!" The adjutant nodded angrily, and then went back to issue orders.

Admiral Gilad-Pellaeon shook his head. He knew that even retreating to Gler-Anselm Planet was not a very safe choice. In fact, the best option is to return to the defense line of Bilbrin Planet, and then send a small fleet to harass the Separatists. After confirming the opponent's force size and strategic intentions, decide whether to launch a fleet decisive battle.

However, it was not only Dunn-Wessex who could not accept the withdrawal to the planet Bilbrin, but also the officers and soldiers at all levels in his own fleet.

Girard Pellaeon was originally hated by many people because he became an admiral at the young age of 40, but he relied on his numerous military exploits to consolidate his position. However, if he was afraid of the enemy's main force before fighting after winning a victory, his position in the army would also suffer a devastating blow.

Therefore, even on the battlefield, the commander's decision is often affected by factors outside the battlefield, which is definitely not something that a third party can judge from a God's perspective.

Taking a step back and retreating to the planet Gler-Anselm for rest is the best choice Girard Pellaeon can make at present.

At this moment, with the revolution of the planet, the distance between the fleets of both sides has been pulled to about 10 light minutes, which is also beyond the maximum effective range of the weapons. The Imperial Fleet began to turn and retreat, and was not blocked by the Commercial Combined Fleet.

On September 22, the Imperial Fleet returned to Gler-Anselm and occupied the planet's spaceport, where it began to rest and resupply.

Girard Pellaeon ordered his men to bring over the Governor of Gler-Anselm, Darsana, and said coldly: "Now because of the war, our army needs to requisition the spaceport facilities and all material resources of Gler-Anselm. I hope you will cooperate. After the battle, you can go to the Imperial Treasury with my warrant to claim reimbursement."

Darsana said humbly: "Of course, of course. Please give me a communicator and I will arrange this matter immediately. All facilities on Gler-Anselm belong to the Empire."

Other captured senior officials of the planet also expressed their willingness to cooperate.

Things were arranged smoothly. Although Gler-Anselm was not an industrial planet, it was built by the Interstellar Banking Association according to the standards of a wealth planet. The planet had abundant spaceports and various supplies, and Dalsana quickly arranged to deliver all the supplies needed by the Imperial Fleet.

Hypermatter fuel rods, food, medicine, replacement parts, and even some core elements! Seeing this, Gilad Pellaeon cursed in his heart. You know, core elements are controlled by the Galactic Empire and are one of the few things that can surpass the technological level of the Kingdom of Dawn. Now they can be found on the planet Gler-Anselm? !

This clearly shows that there are many termites in the empire!

Gler-Anselm also sent engineering ships to help repair the damaged warships, but Gilad Pellaeon only arranged for them to help weld the fallen main armor belts and did not let them touch any electronic equipment.

However, this busy rest period did not last long. Just one day later, amid the alarm of the hyperspace detector, bursts of dazzling white light flashed, and densely packed warships appeared at a distance of 60 light minutes outside the planet Gler-Anselm!

Mal-Tuk's main fleet finally arrived from Chiss Territory. After assembling, they launched an attack on the planet Gle-Anselm!

His fleet has now joined forces with the Mararian Alliance's defense fleet, and the number of main battleships has increased to 250. At the same time, there are more than 200 new warships that can only be considered heavy cruisers, but whose firepower is close to that of main battleships, and more than 5,500 light cruisers and frigates!

Girard Pellaeon's fleet includes 700 battleships, including 400 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 250 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and about 50 Imperial II-class, Victory I-class Star Destroyers, and Tracer-class aircraft carriers. In addition, there are 10 Vindicator-class heavy cruisers, 2,000 small and medium-sized warships, mainly Aquitens-class light cruisers, Nightwatchers, Predators, and CR-90 frigates.

The total number of fleets on both sides is close to 10,000 warships! Although it is mainly composed of small and medium-sized warships, this scale of battle is completely unique!

Under such a fleet scale, all conspiracies and intrigues are useless, there is only a confrontation between iron and fire!

As before, Admiral Mal-Touk arranged his fleet into a claw-shaped array and launched an attack from four directions! Gilad Peraune commanded the fleet to defend the outer space port of Gler-Anselm and formed a defensive formation to meet the attack.

Nearly 10,000 warships, countless turbolaser beams, missiles, lasers, and supermatter electromagnetic cannons almost ignited the entire universe!

The flames of the explosion did not stop for a moment, and the wreckage of the destroyed warships kept rolling under the impetus of the explosion, and countless fragments flew everywhere.

The originally peaceful and peaceful tourist planet Gler-Anselm is now completely surrounded by war!