The Empire: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 177

Unexpected Guest

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175. Uninvited guests

Malastare Narrows.

In this battlefield, the wreckage of the battleship is already floating everywhere, broken parts, broken hulls, cold limbs, and twisted corpses, all floating in this cold and dead universe.

However, if you look carefully, you will see that most of the wreckage floating in the universe are Republic fleet spacecraft, Consular-class cruiser, Republic-class shuttle, PB-950 gunships...

Most of the mutilated corpses were wearing Galactic Republic Navy gray military uniforms. On their chests, the gear-shaped Galactic Republic badge had been scorched black by the flames.

But the fierce battle continued. Hundreds of large and small spaceships surrounded the remnants of Republic fleet. However, they seemed to have some scruples and just stayed out of range. From time to time, they broke into small groups and rushed into one of them to blast randomly and then returned to the formation.

Republic fleet has only more than 50 spacecraft left, including 10 Consular-class cruiser, more than 20 Republic-class shuttle and more than 20 PB-950 gunboats. In the previous battles, the weak PB-950 gunboat was shot down the most. This kind of gunboat could not even defeat Wraith fighter in a one-on-one firefight.

However, their backbone still exists - Lord Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser!

This 600-meter-long behemoth has extremely powerful firepower. It is equipped with a total of 20 quadruple laser cannons, 10 Turbolaser cannons, and 10 single-mounted heavy laser cannons. When firing a salvo of firepower, it looks like a hedgehog.

Corporate Alliance's mercenary fleet conducted a charge under the command of General Trench, and 20 spacecraft were destroyed in almost 3 minutes. Although the broken ships of Sikudian pirates were mainly destroyed, they still gave a great shock to the mercenary fleet Joiner.

The fleets of Crimson Dawn and White Worm Gang flinched, and Tang Xiao also told General Trench very tactfully that it was best not to push Galactic Republic too hard, otherwise the road ahead would be difficult, and the next thing should be left to the people at the negotiating table.

General Trench is also helpless, although according to his command style, he should directly pull it from multiple directions at the same time, let Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser's firepower be dispersed, and then concentrate the superior firepower to directly destroy it.

But he also knows that the current situation is impossible, because according to the firepower configuration of the mercenary fleet, the task involving the firepower of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser will definitely fall on the more mobile Fourth Group fleet and Crimson Dawn fleets. The final general attack task should be handed over to Corporate Alliance fleet, which has five Fantail-class destroyers.

But if this is the case, it will inevitably give Fourth Group and Crimson Dawn some bad excuses. Originally, everyone is here to make money, but you insist on letting them take the lead and die, and then your own fleet is still hiding behind, waiting to collect people. Does this make sense?

General Trench is not the kind of person with zero emotional intelligence, but he is also unfair in his heart. He believed that if the fleet configuration were exchanged, if his fleet were high-speed battleships and Fourth Group fleet was a heavy-firepower battleship, he would lead the battle and let Fourth Group take the lead. The problem is that others don't believe it!

As a result, the situation could only remain in a stalemate. Trench could only intermittently organize small teams to carry out assaults and kill several Galactic Republic's spaceships. Then wait until the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser loses the cover of other spacecraft, and then concentrate all your efforts to destroy it.

But this takes time.

The only thing to blame is the arrival of large capital ships like Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, which is simply a dimension-reducing blow to those pirates and mercenaries!

However, at this moment,

Tang Xiao was in the bridge, and suddenly he felt something. He suddenly turned his head and looked in one direction, with a ferocious expression on his face.

There was a visceral feeling of disgust in his heart, like a fly covered in shit flying around him, buzz... buzz... ah, sorry, it's a swarm of flies surrounding him!

Buzz~~~buzz~~~buzz~~~buzz~~~~

Tang Xiao just wanted to grab the fly, squeeze its belly, pull out its intestines, strangle its neck and pull hard~~~~Ah, the whole tongue came out! Then he raised the knife and dropped it with a click!

Finally feel relieved...

That's what it feels like.

But Tang Xiao still forcibly suppressed the inner impulse, and Dark Side Force on his body immediately became calm, without any trace of it being noticeable. This is also the first lesson his master Das-Pregas taught him - to hide yourself.

At the same time, a sudden siren sounded, and three fighter jets with hyperspace rings broke away from hyperspace navigation and appeared on the edge of the battlefield.

Tang Xiao turned back to the radar soldier and said, "Zoom in the optical image and see who is coming?"

The holographic projections of these three fighter jets appeared on the screen. They were three flat triangular fighter jets, fixed in a ring-shaped device by slots. This ring is a hyperspace ring, itself a hyperspace engine that can carry fighter jets for hyperspace jumps.

A technician turned back and said, "The database comparison is completed, there are three Delta-6 fighter jets!"

Tang Xiao frowned, "It looks like Jedi Knight is here."

The Delta-6 fighter is an advanced fighter produced by Kuat Drive Yards. This series of fighters is known for its outstanding performance and high cost, and is often used by Jedi Knight.

Before the development of the more advanced Delta-7 is completed, the emergence of the Delta-6 fighter jet is basically equivalent to announcing the arrival of Jedi Knight. Because Galactic Republic's military doesn't have much military spending to begin with, so it simply won't order such expensive fighter jets.

Sure enough, a moment later, information was accessed from the public channel, and a middle-aged human woman wearing a robe appeared in the holographic projection.

"I'm Kep-Qian, and I'm here on behalf of Jedi Order." The middle-aged woman said slowly.

Tang Xiao waved his hand at Commander Igor-Zavalov, indicating not to connect to the channel, but just listen.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Jedi Master, what are you doing here? Tsk tsk tsk tsk..." General Trench connected to the communication and asked directly.

"Jedi Order hopes that Corporate Alliance can lift the blockade of Malastare and return to the negotiating table. The losses caused by the Corporate Alliance to Republic fleet will be calculated separately." Kep-Xian said lightly.

General Trench sneered, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Is there Republic fleet here? No, there is only Malastare planet here that wants to be stubborn. The mercenaries brought in for resistance, tut tut tut. Where is Republic fleet? Where is the document that Galactic Senate agreed to send troops to intervene? Tut tut tut tut..."

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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Delta-6 fighter jet.]

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