2373. Reorganize defense line
"These bombers are all flown by Jedi Knight?" Thrawn looked solemn, "Are you sure?"
"No ordinary person or robot can fly the aircraft to such a speed. Only we using the Force can." Egri said coldly.
"It is impossible for Kingdom of Dawn to have this number of Jedi Knight, and even those Jedi Order who slipped through the net will not choose to work for Kingdom of Dawn." Thrawn said lightly.
However, even though he said this, he had already begun to issue instructions to the Staff Department to adjust the fleet formation.
One thing that is very different between him and other generals is that he will not wait until something is truly and completely confirmed before making a decision. For example, now, although he could not be sure whether there were two hundred Jedi Knight on the opposite side, he only needed to be sure that if the opposite side sent such a fleet to intercept, he would be fully confident that he would be completely wiped out here, then this would be enough.
Under his command, although Imperial fleet made a gesture of rushing towards the Chiss territory fleet for a decisive battle, in fact, it had already begun to prepare for retreat.
boom! boom! boom! boom!! Chimaera Imperial-class Star Destroyer There was a violent tremor, and the soldiers in the control center shouted loudly, "General! Our ship's shield has been broken, and enemy bombers are bombing our ship's engine!"
"How is the hyperspace jump calculation going?" Thrawn asked instead.
"It still takes 20 minutes to prepare." Egri replied.
"Abandon the ship and move to another battleship." Thrawn whispered to Egri, "Don't interrupt the hyperspace jump process. Can you do it in 20 minutes?"
"Do you think we have no chance of winning?" Egri asked.
"Even if there is still a chance of winning, we shouldn't gamble. This is the battlefield chosen by the enemy. We have no reason to persist and evacuate as soon as possible to preserve our strength." Thrawn said.
"Then, without further ado, let's set off." Egri walked towards the outside of the bridge without saying a word.
On the sky-level Drone Carrier, each drone corresponds to a linker and a sacrificial group. The 12-member sacrificial group constantly chants hymns, continuously providing their own spirits and Psionics to the linker, and the linker directly binds his soul to Holy Advent Unmanned Bomber.
It was equivalent to the bomber now becoming her body. Any thought she had could be instantly received by the bomber and acted upon immediately.
Coupled with the Psionics enhancement of the sacrificial group, this allows every linker to exert a control level comparable to Jedi Knight!
In the center of the entire spaceship temple, there is also a chief priest. She is responsible for connecting the Psionics and spirits of all linkers to form a combat network and coordinate operations at all times.
120 sacrificial groups performed rituals on their respective altars, controlling Unmanned Bomber to attack. When the situation becomes critical, the chants become louder and louder, and when the bombers are disengaging from the battle, the chants gradually become more soothing.
At this time, one of the linkers suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of blood, and blood spurted out from her ears and nose. Her 12-member sacrificial group was also swaying around at this moment.
The Unmanned Bomber they controlled was shot down! The medical priest who had been on standby immediately went to check and found that the linker was dead, while most of the priest group was seriously injured, and 2 people were killed. These medical priests immediately provided emergency treatment and transferred the injured to the medical room.
The linker and the bomber become one. If the bomber is shot down, the linker's soul will also be severely damaged, and the chance of survival is slim.
Some bombers were hit by anti-aircraft fire and suffered heavy damage although they were not shot down. The linker was also injured, but still had half a life left. The backup priest group immediately stepped in, took over her control, and drove the damaged bomber back.
On the fleet flagship, Lin Nanyi Lieutenant General looked at the battlefield, his eyes full of admiration, "Holy Advent Cult is indeed powerful... Your fighter jets are completely comparable to Jedi Knight. Also using Force manipulation, your fighting method is completely different from Consul-class aircraft carrier..."
"The Unity is vast and boundless, so naturally there will be different understandings." A Holy Advent Cult priest standing next to Lin Nanyi said lightly.
"That's good." Lin Nanyi nodded, always paying attention to the holographic combat star map. It can be seen from the battle situation on the star map that Imperial fleet has obviously discovered the powerful combat capabilities of Aeria Drone Host. They are trying to attack with the entire army and rush over to destroy the two drone carriers.
But Lin Nanyi obviously would not give them this opportunity. He ordered all the warships to maintain their formation and not give any opportunity to the the Empire warship.
Now, Kingdom of Dawn and Chiss territory's troops are stretched thin. If the battle can be solved by drone mothership, he does not want to have a fleet decisive battle.
No matter what, it's Imperial-class Star Destroyer.
Although there are countless ways to kill Imperial-class Star Destroyer among Kingdom of Dawn Navy, if you want to fight one on one, there are really not many thousand-meter-class battleships of the same level that can defeat Imperial-class Star Destroyer.
Including the current most advanced Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser, it can at most be a 50-50 tie with Imperial-class Star Destroyer. Other second-generation battleships including Kohl II-class can no longer defeat Imperial-class in a duel. If you continue to go up, then only Divinity-class battleship can kill Imperial-class relatively easily.
There is no way, Imperial-class Star Destroyer is too big. With a length of 1,600 meters, its volume is almost two to three times that of Kingdom of Dawn, all kilometer-class Star Destroyer currently in service. The energy level increase brought by this is even more obvious.
Of course, if you include combat efficiency and construction costs, that's another story.
Under the current situation, if Imperial fleet takes the initiative to rush towards its own fleet, then this is definitely the best result. There is no need to confront Imperial fleet head-on, but they can also continue to make detours, giving Holy Advent Bomber enough time to bomb.
However, as the battle progressed, Lin Nanyi finally discovered something was wrong. Because as Imperial fleet continued to charge, their formation did not expand into an attack formation, but always maintained a mobile formation. This is unreasonable!
"No! They want to run!!" Lin Nanyi said loudly, "Order all ships to open fire with all their strength immediately! Chase Imperial fleet! Don't let them run away!!"
But his order was still a step late. Imperial fleet fired a feint in the direction of Lin Nanyi, then decisively turned on the hyperspace engine, and disappeared without a trace in an instant despite the bombardment of Holy Advent Bomber.
There are only three Imperial-class Star Destroyer left here because the hyperspace jump was interfered with and the jump failed.
"Asshole! He planned to escape from the beginning! Did he see through my strategy of showing weakness?" Lin Nanyi frowned.
However, he didn't care much because he also successfully blocked Imperial fleet.
Because he has been playing against Thrawn in the air these days, Thrawn's actions are unpredictable, and he has no time to set up Interdictor in advance. Therefore, it is difficult to really block the opponent somewhere and catch them all. After all, Imperial-class Star Destroyer is also famous for its toughness and durability.
However, due to Thrawn's aggressive advance this time, he had the opportunity to shoot down more than half of the Imperial fleet warships in this blocking battle, including 5 Imperial-class Star Destroyer. With this result, Lin Nanyi is still very satisfied.
It is now basically certain that Galactic Empire's force will return to its homeland and will not continue to pose a threat to Chiss territory. Then, they can concentrate on cleaning up the rebel forces of Chiss territory.
However, if Lin Nanyi knew who the person who escaped from him this time was and what he was about to do, maybe he would order all the warships to attack frantically from the beginning. No matter what the outcome, he would try to leave the opponent behind as completely as possible!
At the same time, on October 1, 11BBY, Kingdom of Dawn Commerce Guild Fleet came to the Bilbrin Planet defense line.
Galactic Empire's Ninth Army Governor, King of the North Dunn-Vesex personally visited the entire Northern Territory war zone general headquarters and was also the capital of the Ninth Army on the planet Palin-Minor to supervise operations.
He initially tried to bring back Admiral Gillard-Perine from Inquisitorius, but failed. Inquisitorius refused to let go, and insisted that Gillard-Perine need to bear full responsibility for the failure of Imperial fleet in Malarian Alliance Battle.
Dunn-Vesex could only go to Darth-Vader for help. Fortunately, there was nothing bad between him and Darth-Vader. After explaining Northern Territory's defense situation, Darth-Vader agreed to rescue people. Anyway, Das-Vader has no favorable impression of Inquisitorius controlled by Blackhole, so he just took this opportunity to disgust Blackhole, and he was very happy to do so.
However, this matter is still relatively complicated, and the failure of Malarian Alliance Battle is also on the table. At this time, it will take some time to save Gillard-Perine. Moreover, Das-Vader is currently gathering the fleet at Fondor Planet, preparing to launch a counterattack. He does not have the energy to return to the Imperial Center area to deal with the matters of Gillard-Perine.
Dunn-Vesex can only appoint Kendal-Ozir (Kendal Ozzel) Lieutenant General as Commander, go to Bilbrin Planet to organize defense.
Ozir Lieutenant General had no record before this. He is a member of the famous Core Worlds family Ozzel family. During Clone Wars, I served as a lecturer at Coruscant Naval Academy. I have a rich theoretical foundation, but almost no practical experience.
At present, Dunn-Vesex can't find the suitable Commander for a while, so he plans to give Kendall-Ozir a chance. Anyway, when I was talking with Lieutenant General Ozir before, Dunn-Vesex was quite impressed by his set of naval combat theories.
On October 3, the forward troops of Commerce Guild Fleet entered Bilbrin Planet, but were immediately blocked by complex hyperspace channels and dense asteroid belts.
Kendall-Ozir Lieutenant General immediately organized the fleet in his hands into 10 high-speed assault formations, with Light Cruiser as the main force, and attacked from all sides. As long as there were traces of Commerce Guild Fleet, he would immediately go to intercept them and never give Commerce Guild Fleet any chance to gain a foothold.
After a few days, let's not say how effective it was, but at least we were still fighting in full swing.
Commerce Guild Fleet didn't know what they were planning. Their desire to attack didn't seem to be strong. They just kept sending small groups of troops to harass them, and their positions were different every time.
But soon, Lieutenant General Kendall-Ozir found the pattern in their actions. He took the initiative and destroyed the Light Cruiser sent by Commerce Guild Fleet to harass them in an encounter. Among them are 20 ships of Undertaker-class Light Cruiser and Osprey-class light cruiser, which is considered a small victory.
This makes Lieutenant General Kendall Ozir complacent about the current situation. He believes that as long as this continues, Bilbrin Planet's defense will be extremely stable.
At this time, because Jedi Knight appeared in Northern Territory, Imperial Inquisitorius sent High Inquisitor Volytar (Volytar) to lead 6 magistrates.
These magistrates are independent of the command system. Their only combat order is to kill Jedi Knight, for which they have completely independent authority to act.
On October 4, Lieutenant General Thrawn led the fleet back to Northern Territory and went to the planet Palin-Minor to conduct a combat report on Dunn-Vesex.
Thrawn was kicked out in disgrace at Unknown Regions. This result made Dunn-Vesex a little unhappy, but because he had brought a brilliant victory after all, Dunn did not blame him.
Dunn-Vesex originally planned to let Lieutenant General Thrawn continue to be responsible for the defense of Bilbrin Planet, but gave up this idea. After all, Thrawn was once the deputy general of Gillard-Perine. He has a better understanding of the overall situation of the defense. In addition, Lieutenant General Kendall-Ozir is now doing a pretty good job on Bilbrin Planet's defense. There is no reason to replace him now.
Thrawn is also a lieutenant general, and there is no reason to serve as the adjutant of Lieutenant General Kendall-Ozir. Therefore, Dunn-Vesex asked Thrawn to take over the work of general Gillard-Perine and fully take charge of the overall command work of Northern Defense Line.
At present, the overall battle situation of the Galactic Empire is very dangerous, and Imperial military currently has high hopes for the counterattack plan of Death Squadron in the hands of Das-Vader, so their orders to Northern Territory are mainly defensive.
As long as Kingdom of Dawn fleet doesn't threaten the galaxy Core Worlds, then everything will be fine.
However, in order to cooperate with Dath-Vader's counterattack plan, although Northern Territory has just suffered a defeat, it still saved a lot of warships after all, so reinforcements will not be given to Northern Territory.
Even though Dunn-Vesex applied multiple times and even met Palpatine in person, they still did not get permission.
On October 7, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. Commerce Guild Fleet suddenly changed the combat style of the previous small fleet trial, assembled a large fleet, and raided Bilbrin Planet!
Lieutenant General Kendall-Ozir immediately mobilized his troops, tit for tat, and the battle broke out again outside Bilbrin Planet!