2691. The Fall of the Fortress (4)
As time goes by, Galactic Empire's current defense tendency in Northern Territory also begins to tilt towards the planet Palin-Minor. Because it seems more and more likely that Kingdom of Dawn will attack the planet Palin-Minor.
Taowu is still hanging around Agamar Planet north of the Palin-Minor planet, and Archangel Titan warship is still secretly repairing on the Oud-Mantel planet, and it seems that even if it suffered accidental damage, Archangel Titan warship still has no intention of leaving the Oud-Mantel planet.
The fleet assembled at Dawn Star Planet did not show any signs of moving, and was still training and preparing in the capital. Moreover, there was not much concealment of their actions, so many the Empire informants and agents hidden in Dawn Star Planet also saw it.
The hyperspace fluctuations in the direction of Bilbrin Planet are non-stop, but the navigation volume of this planet is only so much. Although it seems that Kingdom of Dawn's guard Luo Huacheng is increasing the amount of work, it is still very early before the completion of the star gate.
On the contrary, on the planet Oud-Mantel, the defense level is constantly improving. Although HoloNet has released the blockade, this galaxy has been set as a restricted area and no unauthorized spacecraft is allowed to enter. Otherwise, it will be regarded as an intruder and will be shot down immediately without warning.
The delineation of restricted areas on this scale can be said to be unique. We must know that the vast universe is so vast. To block the surrounding channels of an entire planet requires a very large force. To block the channels of a galaxy requires not only the size of the force, but also very advanced hyperspace technology and a very strict organization.
After expending so much energy, Imperial Intelligence Bureau has reason to believe that Kingdom of Dawn must be making big moves on the planet Oud-Mantel. And what else can be done here? Just prepare to attack the planet Palin-Minor!
Imperial Intelligence Bureau informed Imperial military of this judgment, and Supreme Strategic Command immediately issued an order, requiring Intelligence Bureau to keep a close eye on Dawn Star Planet's fleet. Once this fleet appears at Makito through the star gate, it will immediately be ready for battle.
Because in this case, if Dawn Star Planet's fleet wants to be transferred, he must go through Makito's star gate. So as long as you keep an eye on Makito, you will be able to buy your own fleet three days.
And just in case, Imperial Supreme Strategic Command also formulated an emergency plan, assuming that the star gate of the Oud-Mantel planet is completed ahead of schedule, and Dawn Star Planet's fleet is mobilized through the star gate in this direction. If it is such an extreme situation, Imperial military believes that the reaction time of the Palin-Minor planet is only one day.
This combat plan was sent to Dunn-Vesex, requiring the other party to strictly implement it. Cooperate with the Imperial Intelligence Bureau's investigation operations and be prepared.
However, at this time, a message was forwarded to Emperor Palpatine.
At this moment, Palpatine has arrived at Scipio, temporarily reigning over Reaper Super Star Destroyer, personally taking command and supervising the Northern Territory war.
Palpatine looked at the communication in his hand. There was only a brief sentence on it - [If I were to direct, I would not leave the other party a whole day to respond, not even an hour.]
At present, Palpatine's physical condition is not good, and his mood is also very bad, so he just forwarded this message to Oswald-Marshal Tessik and went to meditate on his own.
Oswald-Tessik looked at this message and felt a little confused. I didn't know who sent it. I could only see the inner confidence and pride between the lines.
However, Palpatine had already started meditating at this moment, and he did not dare to disturb him. He just prepared a written document of his plans and intentions and sent it to the emperor.
This material can be said to be very detailed, listing Kingdom of Dawn's possible combat strategies and possible military deployments, and also explaining Imperial army's response. Not only that, he also analyzed in detail the advantages of Kingdom of Dawn fleet and how Imperial army can organize effective defense when faced with the dispersion of troops on multiple fronts.
It also discusses it from the aspects of military, technology and astronomy, showing that although Kingdom of Dawn may try their best to increase the surprise of military operations, there are still limits to what they can do.
After that, Marshal Tessik continued to prepare according to his established strategy. He is also very busy now, and Northern Territory is just a part of what he needs to worry about. Naturally, he will not adjust his plans for such a message that seems more like showing off.
Because during this period, due to the civil strife in Tagge family, Core Worlds of the Galactic Empire was very unstable. In order to deal with those internal problems, Oswald-Tessik was also working hard. As Grand Commander of the First Galactic Army, and High Sector Governor, who is also temporarily serving as First Army, has the real power of almost one person and more than ten thousand people. Naturally, he also needs to worry about more things.
Handling the affairs of Core Worlds and those Noble House nobles is naturally within the scope of Marshal Tessik's responsibilities.
Of course, Palpatine also racked his brains for such a bad thing. Although he really wanted to kill all the powerful people in Core Worlds right now, he couldn't act too hastily. The fire caused by Tagge family's civil unrest also caught Palpatine by surprise.
The white terror that Director of Imperial Intelligence Bureau Isanne-Isard was previously instructed to set off inside Imperial Core Worlds is just to constantly test the bottom line of Core Worlds's powerful people. However, testing is testing. Before Death Star is actually completed, Palpatine still does not have the strength to directly fall out with Core Worlds's Noble House nobles who have 25,000 years of foundation.
Therefore, at this time, it was the time when the Core Worlds Noble House noble was very angry because of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau's behavior. Previously, representatives of the Noble House nobles such as Meng-Mothma were arrested, which put these nobles into a state of high tension. And now, the Tagge family incident has broken out again, which is likely to directly break the already tense nerves of those Noble House nobles!
On July 32, good news and bad news came at the same time.
The good news is that Lila Super Star Destroyer finally successfully took off from the surface of Doku Planet and returned to space. The warship is currently dismantling those external anti-gravity engines, and is expected to return to the planet Palin-Minor in three days for renovation.
In other words, within a short period of time, the Northern Territory Legion strength of Dunn-Vesex will reach its peak. He will have one Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, two Assertor-class Dreadnought, and a super force of more than 3,000 capital ships!
The bad news on the same day is that the fleet assembled by Dawn Star Planet has disappeared.
This means that a new round of military operations by Kingdom of Dawn is imminent!
Imperial Intelligence Bureau immediately mobilized all intelligence forces, paying special attention to Makito and the planet Oud-Mantel.
A large number of hyperspace outposts and reconnaissance spacecraft equipped with hyperspace detection devices are operating at full power, monitoring hyperspace fluctuations in these places day and night.
Once the location of this fleet emerging from the star gate is confirmed, it means that this direction is about to be attacked!
From the star gate of Dawn Star Planet to the star gate of Makito, it takes about two to four days. This is the result that Galactic Empire Intelligence Bureau has used a lot of resources and collected many observation data samples to barely guess. It is basically the same.
In other words, the time left for the Empire is almost less than five days!
However, at this time, the situation suddenly changed in an almost earth-shattering way!!
On July 35, Bilbrin Planet was suddenly attacked by a large number of Kingdom of Dawn battleships, and the leading battleship was surprisingly Archangel Titan warship!!
Archangel Titan warship's Doomsday Weapon instantly illuminated the entire star field, and several armed asteroids that bore the brunt were instantly destroyed!
Immediately afterwards, with 8 Divinity-class battleship as the vanguard, a large number of warships formed a Claw Formation formation and pressed directly on them.
Consul-class drone carriers released tens of thousands of Swarm II Drones, covering Viking fighter, Shortsword fighters and Sabre-class fighter that took off from Eternal-class Super Carrier to launch the first wave of air strikes against Imperial fleet!
30 Calamity-class battlecruiser and 50 Paladin-class battlecruiser used Particle Beam Lance for long-range bombing directly at the forward base! After all, the theoretical maximum range of these battleships reaches one light-year, and they can attack any point in the planetary system!
The reason why they huddled in the forward base and bombed was not because Kingdom of Dawn and Commander were cowardly. Instead, it was a sign that they were preparing for a full-scale assault without leaving any room for attack - because the other side didn't even want to send warships left to escort them, and immediately used all the warships for a frontal assault!
And because this is a planetary battle, there are a large number of targets that move almost at a constant speed, such as planets, armed space stations, and armed asteroids, so Particle Beam Lance can still exert extremely powerful firepower.
Half an hour after the offensive started, Imperial Navy Lieutenant General Dalmara Holken, who was defending Bilbrin Planet, determined the strength of Kingdom of Dawn's attack——
There are 8 Divinity-class battleship ships, 2 Eternal-class Super Carrier ships, 6 Consul-class drone carriers ships, 250 thousand-meter battleships, and 600 Heavy Cruiser ships above 700 meters! In addition, there are 800 Light Cruiser ships above 300 meters and 1,600 frigates of various types!
This is a joke!!
How could such a fleet appear in Bilbrin Planet!?
Lieutenant General Dharmala Holken's brain almost shut down at that moment, and he immediately reported the battle situation to Imperial Supreme Strategic Command, and then quickly deployed defenses.
However, after the failed offensive launched by Lieutenant General Dagon-Nilz, the forces of Bilbulin Planet were sent back to the rear for repairs. Therefore, the forces here only have 620 capital ships and 1800 light cruisers and frigates.
Imperial fleet has completely lost its military advantage over Bilbrin Planet! Moreover, the opponent also has Archangel Titan warship, as well as 16 super large battleships that are 3,000 meters upward!
What's even more terrifying is that after the battle started, Archangel Titan warship fired two rounds with Doomsday Weapon, and after deploying Phenomenon Generator, he immediately deployed Hyperspace Beacon and began to guide warships from other directions.
Although this seems a bit unnecessary - after all, they have already quietly sent such a powerful fleet into Bilbrin system, and they don't know why they expanded Hyperspace Beacon.
It was only then that Imperial Intelligence Bureau discovered with horror that the fleet that set off from Dawn Star Planet did not go to Makito, nor did it go to the Ord-Mantel planet, but appeared directly at Bilbrin Planet!
How is this possible?
After all, Kingdom of Dawn and Titan warship are equipped with unknown hyperspace technology, which can directly enter hyperspace in many places with complex astronomical environments. Therefore, if it is understandable that Archangel Titan warship appears here, then how did this group of Kingdom of Dawn fleet get to Bilbrin Planet?,
The only explanation is the Star Gate!
But the question is, how could the star gate appear in Bilbrin Planet!?
Fear turned into fear, Imperial Supreme Strategic Command quickly ordered Dunn-Vesex to immediately send troops to attack the planet Ord-Mantel head-on! They need to determine what happened on this planet!
At the same time, they also began to mobilize troops and generals to prepare for reinforcements Bilbrin Planet.
However, the situation has begun to deteriorate rapidly. Detection shows that Kingdom of Dawn has deployed a large number of hyperspace jamming devices around Bilbrin Planet. Unlike Interdictor, the effect of the hyperspace interference device is only to delay the time of the hyperspace jump, but its scope of action is wider and can easily cover the entire planetary system.
Oswald-Marshal Tessik immediately applied for an attack on Emperor Palpatine and led the fleet towards Palanci Planet.
But these actions are all a step too late!
Vice Admiral Dharmala-Holken did not expect that he would be attacked at all. Although his fleet was in combat readiness, it did not enter combat status. One word difference makes a world of difference!
When in a state of combat readiness, the warship will not start the main engine, but will only keep the auxiliary power engine running for a long time, and front-line combatants such as fighter pilots and gunners will not enter combat positions. In other words, the battleship is in standby mode at this time.
At this time, it is necessary to start the engine, rush all combat personnel to enter their posts, and get all systems running. This will take at least 20 minutes to an hour before the warship can enter a combat state where it can launch Deflector Shield and artillery fire.
In other words, when Kingdom of Dawn fleet launched the raid, the fleet of Dalmara-Horken was beaten in vain for nearly an hour, and then one after another they entered combat mode and fired back.
This is just to be able to fire back. To organize effective resistance, you also need to arrange a formation to ensure alternate coverage of crossfire and anti-aircraft barrages. This takes even more time!
The problem is, they don't have time!