2400, Battle of Bilbrin Planet (Part 2)
Palanci Star System, accompanied by a flash of white light, more than 200 warships appeared in the universe.
In addition to the leading flagship, Neimoidia Endless-class Super Carrier, there are 40 Kohl II-class Heavy Cruiser, 10 Martha II-class missile heavy cruiser, 70 Minotaur-class Heavy Cruiser, more than 20 Twinblade-class EW light cruiser, more than 80 Raven-class heavy destroyer, and more than 50 Catalyst-class heavy destroyer.
Looking at Imperial fleet, who was waiting in Palanci Planet's outer space, Admiral Mar-Tuk calculated the strength comparison between the two sides, and decisively issued an order to start the attack!
He found that among Imperial fleet and Guardian outside Palanci Planet, there were only 30 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, 70 Victory II-class Star Destroyer, and about 300 Light Cruiser.
After scanning, it was found that Imperial fleet has about 200 more warships scattered among the spaceports and docks on the periphery of the planet, undergoing emergency repairs. Most of the other warships are missing.
Seeing such strength, Mal-Tuk sneered, "Hmph, hey, trading space for time? How naive! I won't give you time to repair! Attack immediately!"
Minotaur-class Heavy Cruiser immediately began to charge Yamato Cannon, and aiming at Imperial fleet immediately launched a volley! At the same time, Kohl II-class Heavy Cruiser also uses the two twin-mounted Hypermatter Railgun installed on the bow of the ship to conduct long-range strikes!
The other warships immediately opened up their firepower, and the battle broke out instantly.
Imperial fleet was also ready for battle. Led by Imperial-class Star Destroyer, densely packed Turbolaser cannons immediately fired back.
What is surprising is that even though the fleet led by Mar-Tuk was inferior to Imperial fleet in terms of quantity and size, their firepower steadily suppressed the opponent!
In the long-range artillery battle, Imperial fleet cannot take advantage at all.
Facing the pressing Commerce Guild Fleet, Imperial fleet began to retreat, and soon gave way to the outer orbit of Palanci Planet.
The two sides fought for about half a day, and Imperial fleet lost 4 Imperial-class Star Destroyer ships, Victory II-class Star Destroyer 17 ships, and Light Cruiser 15 ships. They began to retreat continuously, and finally broke away from the battle and pushed to the orbit of the next planet Palanci Star System to regroup.
Mal-Tuk now controls Palanci Planet.
After all, this planet is a financial planet, and it is not as important as Scipio. Therefore, although there are defense facilities, Planetary Shield still has them, but there are relatively few orbital defense facilities.
Commerce Guild Fleet launched a fierce Orbital Bombardment, and three days later, Planetary Shield was defeated.
During this period, Imperial fleet received some reinforcements and launched a counterattack, but Mar-Tuk also received continuous reinforcements from the direction of Bilbrin Planet. The formation he deployed was perfect and did not give Imperial fleet any opportunity to take advantage of.
During the three days of fighting, Imperial fleet once again lost more than 50 battleships, most of which were Victory II-class Star Destroyer. Facing the new generation of battleships commonly equipped among Commerce Guild Fleet, Victory II-class has completely fallen behind the times.
These battleships Kohl II-class, Marauder II-class, and Minotaur-class are all cutting-edge battleships with firepower comparable to that of battlecruisers, but reduced in size to the size of Heavy Cruiser. Naturally, they cannot be compared with battleships from the previous era like Victory II-class.
After more transport ships arrived, Mal-Tuk dispatched Marines to launch a landing on Palanci Planet.
The resistance on Palanci Planet was fierce, but it was more than fierce but not cruel. Many of the resistance forces on the planet were locally recruited troops. There were some homemade tanks and armored vehicles, but the number was not large. The air force was even less, and they were all destroyed on the first day.
Faced with such a planet, and also a planet in the financial industry, Mal-Tuk naturally did not order a large-scale Orbital Bombardment, but ordered his army to advance steadily towards the planet's capital, destroy the planet's highest administrative agency as soon as possible, and then support the New Deal government to come to power and stabilize order.
At the same time, Mal-Tuk is constantly gathering fleets, preparing to find Imperial fleet for a decisive battle.
The traffic from Bilbrin Planet to Palanci Planet was very difficult, which is why not many fleets were invested in his first wave of offensive, and more warships came one after another in the next few days.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Bilbrin Planet is entirely in the asteroid belt, and the hyperspace channels are also very complicated. Galactic Empire classifies the hyperspace channel data of this planet as an absolute secret, and only senior military officials can know it. Therefore, Mal-Tuk currently does not have access to all hyperspace channels on the planet, and it is extremely difficult to navigate from those hyperspace channels that have been discovered.
In the past few days after landing on Palanci Planet, Admiral Mar-Tuk spent 6 days to finally mobilize his huge Commerce Guild Fleet from Bilbrin Planet to Palanci Planet.
He also realized that there might be a supply problem, so he did not rush towards the Milky Way Galaxy Core Worlds. Instead, he sent a large number of reconnaissance drones to investigate everywhere, looking for traces of Empire main fleet.
Fortunately, it didn't take him too much effort to find Empire main fleet.
In Vakar Planet (Vakkar)!
For Maltuk, this is a very awkward position.
Because now the hyperspace channel around Palanci Planet generally shows a cross shape. The center of the cross is Palanci Planet, and the north end is Bilbrin Planet. If you want to attack Scipio, the financial core of the Galactic Empire, you need to attack all the way to the south end. The next stop is Borleias Planet (Borleias).
However, Vakar Planet is located on the west side of this cross-shaped hyperspace channel! Not in the direction of Mal Touk's attack. And Vakar Planet continues to the west, there are no habitable planets anymore, it is all a barren star cluster.
This place amounts to a dead end. You should continue to go west. The hyperspace channel supports it, but you will definitely not encounter any inhabited star systems for resupply.
Empire main fleet is deployed in Vakar Planet, why?
Admiral Mar-Touk was in a dilemma. If he ignores Vakar Planet and continues to attack south, he is likely to be outflanked by Empire main fleet, cutting off his back, and attacking from both front and back.
But what if he attacks Vakar Planet? Then the reinforcements from Imperial Core Worlds can directly threaten Palanci Planet. Whether this financial planet is offensive or defensive, you don't expect it to play a big role.
How about dividing up some of the troops for defense? If you get too many points, you can't beat Empire main fleet. If you get too few points, you won't get any points.
After careful consideration, Admiral Mar-Tooke made a decision——
Divide your troops to defend, then attack Vakar Planet, and have a decisive battle with Empire main fleet!