2825. The Fall of Charos IV (Part 2)
Amidst the piercing sirens, the Charos IV orbital defense platform exploded one after another, and the peripheral defenses began to be bombarded by the General Grievous fleet.
The dazzling flames tore through the dark sky, and the debris of the orbital platform fell into the atmosphere like meteors. More wreckage of battleships also flew everywhere with the explosion, and many of the debris also fell directly into the atmosphere.
Now Charos IV Planet, if you stand on the surface of the planet, you will despair and see countless fire rain falling from the sky. It is a scene of doomsday.
That's right, the fleet led by Lieutenant General Ramon is no match for General Grievous!
Because Imperial fleet here, although there are as many as 200 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, is simply a remnant! Because Governor Seben is worried that his home base and Lantilis Planet will be threatened, so he transferred all 150 Imperial-class Star Destroyer originally stationed at Charos IV Planet back to Lantilis Planet.
However, these 150 Imperial-class Star Destroyer should have been the most powerful force in his hands, because these Star Destroyer are all Wilhuff-Tarkin from the Fourth Army Reinforcements came from. Not only are these new ships that have just entered service, but they have a lot of unreasonable modifications compared to the old model Imperial-class, and many of them are Imperial II-class Star Destroyer.
And the officers and soldiers operating these 150 Star Destroyer are all talents who graduated from Inner Rim and Core Worlds's Naval Academy. They all have extremely high quality, and Fourth Army has sufficient Military expenses also ensure that their military pay is guaranteed, and they continue to train and have high morale. The most important thing is that these officers and soldiers from Inner Rim and Core Worlds, because their family and property are here, belong to a vested interest group, and their loyalty is also extremely high.
But in order to retaliate against Tarkin family, Governor Seben actually transferred all of this elite fleet to Lantilis Planet, and also transferred all the well-trained officers and soldiers to the Logistics Department. The new ones Firstly, the officers and soldiers are not familiar with these battleships that have been modified in many details. Secondly, with their Twelfth Army financial resources and education system, the quality of the soldiers they can recruit is visibly low, and there are even many Rebel Alliance sympathizers among them.
Forget about transferring these elites away. Even though Kingdom of Dawn had visible thoughts about Charos IV Planet, Seben also concentrated the main force on Lantilis Planet - for no other reason than that he was afraid of being beaten and needed a little sense of security.
What are the defenders left in Charos IV Planet now? They are the remnants of the Saleucami planetary battle that were defeated last time. Although there are as many as 200 Star Destroyers, they are all incomplete and severely damaged and need to be repaired. Moreover, with the industrial capabilities of Charos IV, there is no way to repair so many Star Destroyers in a short time!
The correct approach should be to send these remnants back to Lantilis Planet and rely on the planet's developed shipbuilding industry system to complete repairs as soon as possible, while the 150 elite warships stay in Charos IV for defense. In this way, although Lantilis Planet's defense power will weaken in a short time, Kingdom of Dawn fleet will not be able to defeat it for a while, so there is no need to worry at all.
But when Governor Seben does the opposite for the sake of his own sense of security, punishment will come.
Mis-Lo-Nurudo-Thrawn's words have been confirmed countless times - when the enemy decides to launch an attack, you will not be left with an hour's reaction time!
Especially, when the opponent is General Grievous!!
Although there are only 120 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the situation of these warships is much better than that of the defeated Charos IV, and all of these warships are operated by B-1 combat robots. The main one is fearless of death, and it is profitable to sink one ship and sink two others.
And the nine Purifier aircraft carrier are the finishing touch - those aircraft carriers are also in extremely bad condition. After all, when they beheaded Gideon-Tarkin, they passed through the middle of the 150 Imperial-class Star Destroyer and suffered an extremely brutal baptism of artillery fire.
However, on the one hand, the technological strength of Protoss is far from comparable to that of the empire. On the other hand, as drone motherships, they only need to be able to restore the function of taking off and landing drones to restore their full combat effectiveness. Especially when there are 120 Imperial-class Star Destroyers ahead that can be used as human shields!!
General Grievous's strategy is very simple. It is to use the 120 Star Destroyers as human shields. Even if they collide, they will break a gap in Charos IV Planet's defense line! Then the nine Purifier aircraft carriers will release a large group of interceptors from behind for crazy output.
Charos IV Planet The fighter formations that took off from the orbital space station were all quickly destroyed. Generally speaking, Hainan Airlines is larger than the mainland aviation, and the elite pilots were all wiped out in Saleucami planetary battle. The remaining ones stationed on the planet are second-line pilots and second-line fighters. These things are not enough for Purifiers Interceptor drone.
Facts have proved that General Grievous is still too cautious.
Because the Charos IV Planet defenders did not put up any effective resistance at all, three of the 200 shabby Imperial-class Star Destroyers were almost destroyed in one encounter. You must know that this is not a fighter jet that can be broken at a touch, but a huge 1,600-meter-long Star Destroyer!
Lieutenant General Ramon's defenders could hardly be organized. He looked at the holographic screen in front of him, the 200 Star Destroyer icons on it, oh no, there are 197 of them now. Almost every icon is yellow and red, which represents damage. On these 197 icons, you can't even see much green, which represents the normal system.
After determining that the opponent's Star Destroyer was unable to resist, General Grievous left Purifier aircraft carrier to continue attacking the Imperial fleet whose formations had begun to scatter. He personally led the Star Destroyer driven by 120 robots to directly attack the orbital facilities around Charos IV Planet.
When fire rained down on the surface of Charos IV Planet, Lieutenant General Ramon almost collapsed. He frantically sent a letter to Governor Seben asking for reinforcements, but after Seben learned of Kingdom of Dawn fleet's movements, he just cowered in Lantilis Planet and did not dare to come out!
Because General Grievous has divided its forces again!
After confirming that Charos IV Planet's defeated army would not pose a threat, he moved his flagship to Purifier aircraft carrier and used Protoss technology's excellent hyperspace jump technology to bypass Charos IV and arrive at Balamak Planet, which is the logistics transfer station between Lantilis Planet and Charos IV Planet!
The fear of being slipped away by the 10 Purifier aircraft carrier ships once again appeared in Governor Seben's mind. He immediately ordered to stand still! Let Lieutenant General Ramon wait for reinforcements!
Where to defend?--Charos IV, riddled with holes.
What kind of assistance are you waiting for?--Imperial Center's assistance.