2576. Invasion like fire (Part 2)
"General...Divinity-class battleship, it's time to fire." The adjutant came over and said.
"Keep going!" General Grievous growled, without saying much.
"Yes..." The adjutant immediately made a military salute and conveyed the order.
Divinity-class battleship, because the six groups of Flagship-class laser array it is equipped with are arranged on both sides of the battleship, three groups on each side. Therefore, to fire, the battleship must be turned sideways. But in this way, if you want to fire straight ahead, you will not be able to maintain a full speed forward posture.
But General Grievous's choice is not to fire and continue the assault!
He has only one goal - to use these 10 Divinity-class battleships to engage in a face-to-face melee with Galactic Empire's fleets!
Under his command, Dunov II-class Heavy Cruiser continued to provide additional engine output and shield capacity to Divinity-class battleship, ensuring that these warships could exert combat effectiveness far beyond normal levels.
But at this time, Vice Admiral Lin Nanyi turned pale and fell into deep self-doubt. He held his head and muttered, "This is impossible! This is impossible! Why did they appear in Lothal Planet? Why?"
General Grievous glanced back at him and said coldly, "The Eye of Palpatine is out of control, Galactic Empire fleet must take the initiative, so the only question is when they will take the initiative. Considering the strength comparison between the two sides, if If a waterway takes three days to reach the combat target, then any action unless the time is compressed into one day is to seek death. Therefore, Galactic Empire will not choose Lothal Planet, but will choose other targets."
His voice was as ugly as a broken bellows, and it was obvious that something was wrong with his current state. However, he continued, "But according to the intelligence, Galactic Empire's fleet did not choose any target and just continued to stay where it was. This is an abnormal situation. Since it is abnormal, there is only one possibility - they have already taken action. Cough cough cough cough!"
General Grievous coughed violently, and then stopped talking. He supported the edge of the holographic star map with his hands and stood quietly.
After hearing General Grievous's explanation, Lin Nanyi also clearly felt that he was not in good condition. This was obviously him trying to improve himself. Under such circumstances, Lin Nanyi can no longer be hostile to General Grievous's behavior.
He also understood that this time it was obvious that he was too reckless.
Without finding out the situation of the battle, he blindly set the goal of destroying the Eye of Palpatine, and took away all his main fleet to a place far away from his headquarters. This obviously gave the other party an opportunity to take advantage of.
In fact, if he could continue to investigate the battle situation and not act rashly while ensuring Lothal Planet's safety, he would not be able to give Imperial fleet any chance.
The strength of his fleet is obviously higher than that of Imperial fleet who lost control of the Eye of Palpatine. With this premise, as long as he is not in a hurry, his strategic space will be far greater than that of the Galactic Empire.
It's just that the eagerness for quick success and the two consecutive assassinations on Dak Planet made Lin Nanyi have a wrong judgment and made him think that the current situation was on the verge of getting out of control, so he took the risk.
Little did he know that it was precisely because he took the risk that the situation got out of control!
Indeed, as General Grievous said, if Galactic Empire were to launch an attack, it would be absolutely impossible to follow the three-day route in a disciplined manner. And they definitely can't stay there and wait for the Eye of Palpatine to be destroyed, so they definitely need to take action.
If the problem of the voyage to Lothal Planet cannot be solved, then Imperial fleet will definitely choose other targets. In short, it will definitely move.
Well, the previous intelligence has always been that they did not take any action, but this definitely shows that they did take action, but they did strategic deception!
Lin Nanyi was not aware of this, and instead took this strategic deception as a reason for him to take the initiative. This was a serious oversight on his part as a solo Fleet Commander!
There is intrigue and deception on the battlefield, and information is true and false. If you cannot make a correct judgment among the massive amounts of true and false information, then you are not a qualified general!
Judging from the fact that Galactic Empire has arrived first to attack Lothal Planet, when he was still complacently ordering a general attack on the Eye of Palpatine, Galactic Empire's fleet was already on the way to Lothal Planet!
In this case, General Grievous returned at the critical moment and forcibly seized the command of the fleet, and then quickly returned to rescue Lothal Planet in the most extreme time. This can only be said to be God's blessing Fourth Civilization!
At this moment, 10 Divinity-class battleships have directly penetrated into the center of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer array. The Flagship-class laser arrays on both sides of the battleships have risen and expanded into a cylindrical shape, and a series of faint lights flashed quickly.
In sharp contrast to this insignificant flash, Imperial-class Star Destroyer, which was surrounded by laser flashes, exploded into large fireballs and explosions!
The most terrifying and extreme weapons often appear in the most unpretentious form.
There are no gorgeous lights and shadows, no gorgeous colors, just the destructive energy output!
This completely lifeless fighting style shocked Imperial fleet. Admiral Gideon-Tarkin, who was commanding the battle in his flagship at the moment, looked at the star gate that was on fire and punched the table unwillingly.
One hour! At most there is an hour left! He can cause serious damage to the Star Gate!
But... he doesn't have an hour left!
On the one hand, the destructive laser weapons of the 10 Divinity-class battleships were on the one hand, but the firepower erupted from the 200 Heavy Cruisers in the distance was equally terrifying.
The upper and lower two-door double-mounted Hypermatter Railgun installed on Kohl II-class Heavy Cruiser, and the improved Yamato Cannon installed on Minotaur-class Heavy Cruiser. Even if the firepower output of these warships is still slightly different from Imperial-class Star Destroyer, there is no doubt that it has reached the level of a thousand-meter-class battleship!
Imperial-class Star Destroyer No matter what, it is impossible to ignore such powerful firepower.
And the almost invincible Divinity-class battleship!
Admiral Gideon-Tarkin quickly made a judgment. If he fought for this fleet, he would undoubtedly be able to destroy the star gate. But once he does, what's the result?
This battle that broke out in the distant Eastern Territory will not have more reinforcements, but it is not just Kingdom of Dawn.
Even if he destroys the star gate, but Kingdom of Dawn's main fleet is still there, then the battle situation will collapse quickly, and Galactic Empire will completely lose Eastern Territory's control.
Staring at Divinity-class battleship who was wreaking havoc in his formation, General Gideon-Tarkin squeezed out one word from between his teeth, "Retreat!"