2422.Thrawn's Pincer (Part 1)
Day of Judgment!
Doomsday Weapon shot Iron Moon towards Palin-Minor planet for the third time. This time, nothing can stop the arrival of Judgment day!
The sea of fire completely spread to every part of the satellite, completely igniting the satellite's atmosphere! Almost everything that could burn on the satellite's surface burned violently. The entire fortress-like satellite with a diameter of 700 kilometers has now turned into a fireball with a diameter of 700 kilometers!
Terrible flames are constantly burning on the satellite. There are a large number of factories, energy facilities, power plants, fuel factories, and ammunition reserves built by the Galactic Empire on the planet. These are all high-quality combustibles. At extremely high temperatures, even metal begins to burn!
The fire will continue to burn until it gradually dies out over the course of several months!
At this moment, everyone on the planet Palin-Minor watched helplessly as the largest barrier on their planet was completely destroyed in just a few hours!!
If it were in the past, Iron Moon suspended in the sky would always emit a faint blue light. On Boxing Day, the huge holographic projection device built on this side would also project some holiday greetings. Sometimes when Governor Dunn is in a good mood, he will also perform some holographic projection performances.
Not only that, as a fortress-like satellite, Iron Moon has a diameter of 700 kilometers, the powerful Planetary Shield, and the huge orbital defense cannon. These are all telling the people of the Palin-Minor planet that this place is as solid as a rock! And Galactic Empire's official media indeed promoted it this way.
According to those media, the defense force of Iron Moon alone can withstand at least the concentrated attack of 200 Imperial-class Star Destroyer! Even not counting the mobile defense fleet, relying on the power of Iron Moon and the competing Palin-Minor planet defense system, at least 1,000 Imperial-class Star Destroyers are needed to capture the Northern Territory core of the Galactic Empire!
And the King of the North fleet stationed on the planet Palin-Minor is not a vegetarian. A Executor-class Super Star Destroyer is stationed here at all times, and there are hundreds of the most advanced capital ships. This power is enough to beat any fleet that dares to attack here to a bloody head!
But now, where is Super Star Destroyer? Where is the fleet? Where is the planet's defense system? Why...Iron Moon, which was blown up to the sky, was destroyed in front of everyone?
The burning satellite remains faithfully floating in planet-synchronous orbit, just as it has been for hundreds of years. Under the adjustments of Galactic Republic engineers, the tidal force between the satellite and the planet Palin-Minor reached a perfect balance, allowing the satellite to always face the planet and remain in the synchronous orbit of the planet's capital.
And such a perfect defense system is now also perfectly capable of displaying the dead fireball of Iron Moon after its destruction in front of the residents of the Palin-Minor planet, especially the residents of the capital. Day and night, all the time, I will never leave.
The satellite is constantly burning, and the jumping flames can be seen even on the ground, and everyone can easily conclude that there is no way any living thing can survive on the satellite.
Iron Moon includes an army of 150,000 people, 500,000 logistics and civilian personnel, in addition to three towns and more than 6 million residents. Among these people, those who can leave alive may not exceed four figures. And many of them are relatives and friends of the residents of the planet Palin-Minor...
The fear that Archangel-class Titan Warship and Doomsday Weapon brought to them is always displayed in front of everyone!
Even if people close their eyes in fear, when they open their eyes, the death fireball is still hanging in the sky, unchanged.
Countless people have even suffered from traumatic stress disorder because of this, and one of these people is King of the North, Governor of the Ninth Army—Dunn-Vesex!
At this moment, in the array of Kingdom of Dawn Northern Fleet, a large amount of white smoke is being emitted around Archangel Titan warship. This smoke condenses in a gravity-free environment and floats around Titan warship, casting a mysterious veil over this extremely powerful battleship.
These smokes are all the heat dissipation medium of Titan warship, which is a liquid with extremely high heat absorption coefficient, which can discharge the ultra-high temperature generated when Doomsday Weapon is launched. But now, this kind of heat dissipation liquid, whose storage environment is below zero Baidu, is spread around Titan warship, and the temperature can even reach thousands of degrees!
All functions of Titan warship have been offline, and engineers and technicians are nervously checking every instrument and equipment of Titan warship. After all, with such a high-intensity continuous fire, it is necessary to ensure that each system will not malfunction due to overheating.
Sefrans-Tann and General Trench discussed in front of the holographic combat star chart.
"This is my gift to Dunn-Vesex. I hope the governor likes it." Sefrans-Tann said proudly.
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Iron Moon turned into a ball of fire. tsk tsk tsk tsk... There is nothing more mocking than this..." General Trench was also very satisfied.
The reason why Archangel Titan warship did not directly bomb the Palin-Minor planet is because according to their calculations, it is almost impossible to directly destroy Planetary Shield on the Palin-Minor planet with the power of Archangel Titan warship alone.
Because the Palin-Minor planet is no longer an industrial planet, it also has a complete industrial system and a large number of factories on it. When being bombarded by Doomsday Weapon, it can be repaired and supported at the same time. The production capacity and resources of an entire planet are enough to sustain it under the bombing of Doomsday Weapon.
Therefore, such a protracted bombing of the Palin-Minor planet cannot have a shocking effect at all.
But...Sefrans-Tann and the others discovered the existence of Iron Moon! This 700-kilometer satellite is almost a perfect target. With the power of Doomsday Weapon Day of Judgment, this satellite can be destroyed in a short time!
A 700-kilometer-diameter fortress-like satellite may be a despairing existence in front of other warships, but in front of Emissary, it is just fish on the chopping board!
This is like an extremely strong bastion. In the era of front-loaded artillery, it was also extremely despairing. Without 10 times the strength, it is not even worthy of taking a look at it. But at this moment, its opponent took out a ground-penetrating tactical nuclear weapon...
If Iron Moon is destroyed and the ruins of this satellite are allowed to float over the planet Palin-Minor, the shocking effect will be enough to scare everyone on the planet! At this point, no matter how many experts tell them that such firepower is not enough to destroy the entire planet, these terrified residents will not believe it.
"In this way, we can... wait, tsk tsk tsk... wait for Dunn-Vesex, and send Thrawn's fleet over... tsk tsk tsk tsk..." General Trench said proudly.
However, Sefrans-Tann shook his head and said, "No, this is still not enough, Thrawn will not come."
"Oh? Could it be that the pressure is not enough?" General Trench clapped his palms with the pointer, and at the same time stroked his chelicerae at the corner of his mouth.
I have to say that having six hands is convenient and you can do a lot of things at the same time.
"We bombed Iron Moon, but not the planet Palin-Minor. This technique is okay to scare ordinary people, or it should also be effective against idiots like Dunn-Vesex. However, for For someone like Thrawn, he can see our purpose clearly at a glance," Sefrans-Tann said, "From the first shot I fired at Iron Moon, he knew that I would not attack the planet Palin-Minor."
General Trench Six's movements on his hands stopped several times, and he asked doubtfully, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk... In that case, why did you fire the second and third shots?"
"Because even if Thrawn won't come here, I must put enough pressure on Dunn-Vesex. Let Dunn, this idiot, turn into a magnet and firmly attach Thrawn... here." Sefrans-Tann clicked on a planet on the holographic star map.
Ithor Planet!
That's right, Northern Fleet started from the planet Oud-Mantel and passed through Kinasar Planet and Ithor Planet before entering the Palin-Mantel system.
After they launched their action, Thrawn's Imperial fleet also adopted the same strategy of tailing as when they fought with Admiral Mar-Turk's Commerce Guild Fleet. They stopped just after they captured Dorin Planet and Oud-Mantel planets.
Therefore, before Sefrans-Tann bombed Iron Moon, the fleets of both sides faced off between the planet Palin-Minor and the planet Oud-Mantle respectively. Between them, there are Kinasar Planet and Ithor Planet.
However, after Iron Moon was directly attacked, Thrawn's fleet took action. According to the reconnaissance aircraft report left by Tann, Thrawn's fleet passed directly over Kinasar Planet without stopping and entered the range of Ithor System.
It is obvious that Thrawn is suffering from the huge pressure of Dunn-Vesex at this moment! King of the North Dunn-Vesex, now that he is the second person in the military below Emperor Palpatine in the Galaxy, there will be no doubt at all! Even Palpatine's disciple Das-Vader needs to seriously consider the opinions put forward by Dunn on many occasions!
Now Dunn-Vesex is in deep fear. You can imagine the pressure that his hysteria has put on Thrawn!
"So, here is the cemetery I chose for Thrawn - Ithor Planet!" Sefrans-Tann laughed ferociously, "He will not take the initiative to come to the planet Palin Minor, in front of me. So, I need to take the initiative to find him!"
"However, he is likely to continue to escape, tsk tsk tsk tsk... As soon as we withdraw our troops, the pressure on him from Dunn-Vesex will be reduced." General Trench said.
"Then let him escape!" Sefrans-Tann said, "Archangel Titan warship has the most advanced jump engine. If they really run, they can't escape."
She clicked on the hyperspace channel marked on the star map, "Thrawn can only escape into the turtle shell of Bilbrin Planet. And we chased all the way from Ithor Planet to Bilbrin Planet, how many the Empire battleships can we destroy? I'm looking forward to it... hehehehe..."
Tann grinned and licked his lips, then waved his hand and said loudly, "Send the order! First Fleet immediately turned around, returned to Ithor Planet, and fought Imperial fleet! Remember, after leaving hyperspace, deploy Hyperspace Jammer as soon as possible!"
"Yes! Execute immediately!" Adjutant Ma Guocheng immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Hyperspace Jammer is a widely used technology in "Sins of a Solar Empire". It has a similar purpose to Interdictor, which is widely used in this universe, but the method is different.
Interdictor functions like a roadblock, used to block spacecraft that are making hyperspace jumps. To be effective, it is best to deploy it in the middle of the channel. Because if deployed at Qidian, the opponent's spacecraft can simply bypass the scope of action, or simply destroy the blocker.
However, Hyperspace Jammer is different. This device is equivalent to a fog, making it difficult for others to see the road ahead. Simply put, it will disrupt the fluctuations of hyperspace and increase the pressure on the hyperspace engine, causing the spacecraft to require a greater amount of calculations to enter hyperspace, which will greatly delay time. And because Hyperspace Jammer directly generates hyperspace fluctuations, it will be affected throughout the galaxy!
Sefrans-Tann believes that Thrawn's fleet can be completely entangled by First Fleet carrying Hyperspace Jammer back to Ithor Planet. First Fleet has a lot of troops, including 50 battleships and all 5 Divinity-class battleship of Northern Fleet!
Although this force is only one-sixth of the Imperial fleet in the hands of Thrawn, it can still delay a lot of time with a combination of hit and run. As long as it can be delayed until Archangel Titan warship arrives, then this will be the end of Thrawn!!
About an hour after First Fleet set off, Archangel Titan warship also completed its cooling cycle, and all systems that were overloaded and offline due to the launch of Doomsday Weapon were also restored. Sefrans-Tann waited for another hour to ensure that Titan warship was in the best condition and also waited for the hyperspace channel to calm down. After that, she ordered Archangel Titan warship to lead Second Sub-fleet to set off immediately to Ithor Planet!!
Among Ithor System, after a burst of white flash, the extremely huge figure of Archangel Titan warship appeared in the empty space.
Along with Emissary, there were 25 battleships and 160 small and medium-sized warships. The main reason is that the hyperspace channel between the planet Palin-Minor and Ithor Planet is not very "wide", so the fleet needs to pass through it in batches.
Before Tann launched the attack, it took a day to assemble and organize the fleet.
However, after coming to Ithor System, Severance-Tann was completely shocked!
Ithor System, empty, nothing!!
What about Thrawn? What about First Fleet???