2308. A blow to the head
Executor bridge.
The atmosphere here now seems as stagnant as death. No one dared to express their anger, and even some timid officers were trembling slightly.
The source of this terrifying atmosphere is the man standing in the middle of the bridge, looking like a demon.
Black armor, black helmet, and black cloak, even his eyes were completely covered. Standing in front of him, he could only see his fearful face reflected in the smooth helmet.
Just half an hour ago, everything was going in a good direction. Although their fleet lacked supplies, energy, and exhausted officers and men, they succeeded in dragging Separatist fleet into a fleet decisive battle.
Even though most of the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers were dissatisfied or even angry with this decision, Staff Department and the outstanding officers in the command headquarters could still tell clearly how wise it was to fight this decisive battle of the fleet now.
In other words, after this fleet battle, although the winner will not be determined immediately, they can definitely give up when they are ready. After severely damaging Rendili Defense Fleet, they can recover to the edge of the galaxy, drive away the opponent's squadron, open up connections with the rear, and receive supplies.
After the supplies are completed, attack the planet again in a complete posture, and it will be conquered in one fell swoop, without any suspense.
But... a piece of news turned all these efforts into nothing.
Kira planet, captured!
How is this possible! It has only been two days since the two sides declared war on each other on August 6! As for the fleet stationed at Kira system, even if part of it is mobilized, there are still 1,100 capital ships and more than 3,000 small and medium-sized auxiliary warships left. Coupled with the cooperation of the armed space station and Planetary Shield, how could it be captured in two days?
The capture of Kira system means that the entire Hydian Way will be opened, and Dawn Star Planet's fleet will be able to directly threaten Inner Rim of the galaxy through Hydian Way.
(It's a bit late today, I will draw a star map tomorrow.)
This will mean that Galactic Empire must redeploy its fleets in various places. In order to prevent Duchy of Dawn's main fleet from penetrating deep into Inner Rim and causing serious political consequences, Galactic Empire must mobilize more mobile fleets to block Duchy of Dawn fleet's advance.
The mobilized troops are probably their fleet that is attacking Rendili system!
This is why Das-Vader immediately ordered to leave the battle when he received the news that Kira Planet fleet was defeated. Once they retreat, Rendili Planet will get a chance to breathe. It will be almost impossible to find such a good opportunity next time.
After this lesson, next time, Commander on Separatists's side will definitely hold their ground and will not take the initiative no matter how provocative they are. What awaits Galactic Empire will be a head-to-head battle!
Sure enough, Galaxy Emperor Palpatine personally ordered Das-Vader to immediately organize a mobile fleet to return to defense, be sure to block Separatist fleet's advance, and strive to destroy the enemy Commander - Sefrans-Tann!
The time goes back to two days ago, August 6th.
Immediately after Duchy of Dawn declared war on the Galactic Empire, according to Operation Zero's arrangement, Duchy of Dawn's fleets stationed at Eriadu and Yago-Dur planet, the two most important portals and military bases, immediately formed First Task Force and Second Task Force to launch an attack on the intended target.
As a direct threat to Malastare and blocking the fleet of Duchy of Dawn Eriadu, Kira planet immediately entered the highest level of combat readiness.
Kira planet is stationed at Fleet's Highest Commander, Imperial Admiral Michel-Anser (Michael Unther) has arrived at the combat command center and issued an order, "All battleships, immediately sail out of the space port and enter combat formation!"
"Yes!"
There is a total of Executor-class Super Star Destroyer in the fleet stationed at Kira planet, and it is also the flagship of the fleet - Lusankya (Lusankya).
Commander II-class Dreadnought 2 ships, Commander I-class Dreadnought 4 ships, Imperial-class Star Destroyer 560 ships, Imperial II-class Star Destroyer test model 50 ships, Knight-class Star Destroyer 100 There are 10 ships of Stalker-class Star Destroyer, 200 ships of Victory II-class Star Destroyer, 50 ships of Victory I-class Star Destroyer, 50 ships of Hunter Class Battlecruiser, and 5 ships of Pursuer-class aircraft carrier.
The warships in this garrison are of very high quality, and there are also 50 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. This is an improved model launched by Kuat Drive Yards after absorbing the problems encountered by Imperial-class Star Destroyer and Knight-class Star Destroyer in actual combat. However, this model has not yet been fully finalized and requires further combat testing.
However, this fleet is not completely without hidden dangers. For example, what puzzles Michel-Anser the most is that one of the biggest changes to Imperial II-class Star Destroyer is to dismantle all close-in defense turrets, making energy transmission more integrated and centralized, resulting in more powerful artillery fire and stronger shields.
In other words, Imperial II-class Star Destroyer is being improved towards a battleship for fleet decisive battles. Perhaps it is to deal with Duchy of Dawn powerful battleships, such as Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser, and some Intelligence Department gates have not obtained exact data, but they look very scary battleships.
But this does not mean that Duchy of Dawn's carrier-based aircraft force is no longer a threat! The combination of Wraith fighter and Viking fighter, even now, Galactic Empire has no way to crack it.
So the cracking method of Kuat Drive Yards is not cracking?
Another hidden danger is Michel-Anser. He believes that the proportion of Imperial-class Star Destroyer in his fleet is too high. Although Imperial Navy kept talking about building a diversified, comprehensive, and three-dimensional navy, in the end, a large number of orders still flew to Kuat Drive Yards, and then Imperial-class Star Destroyer was built day after day.
But this is not an issue that Michel-Anser needs to consider. Even if there are some hidden dangers, he is still confident in the fleet in his hands. He is a very typical the Empire officer - he was born into a wealthy businessman's family. After entering Imperial Naval Academy, he achieved outstanding results and was full of confidence in the Empire's New Order. Then he started as the captain of a cruiser, climbed up the ranks, worked steadily, and finally became a Admiral of the Navy guarding one side.
For Michel-Anser, it is his honor to be able to command such a powerful fleet. And he also hopes that under his leadership, this powerful fleet can make contributions and expand territory for the Empire.
Galactic Empire and Duchy of Dawn declared war on each other. When the war broke out again, Michel-Anser was a little excited.
Because the time has finally come to show his value!