In the Palance galaxy, with a flash of white light, more than 200 warships appeared in the universe.
In addition to the flagship Neimoidia Infinity-class super aircraft carrier, there are 40 Cole II-class heavy cruisers, 10 Martha II-class guided missile heavy cruisers, 70 Minotaur-class heavy cruisers, and 20
There are multiple Double Blade-class electronic warfare light cruisers, as well as more than 80 Raven-class heavy destroyers and more than 50 Promotion-class heavy destroyers.
Looking at the imperial fleet that was waiting in the outer space of the planet Palance, Admiral Mal-Tuk calculated the strength comparison between the two sides and decisively issued an order to start the attack!
He discovered that the Imperial fleet guarding the periphery of the planet Palancei consisted of only 30 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 70 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and about 300 light cruisers.
After scanning, it was found that the Imperial Fleet has about 200 more warships scattered in the spaceports and docks on the periphery of the planet, undergoing emergency repairs. Most of the other warships are missing.
Seeing such strength, Mar-Tuk sneered, "Huh huh huh, trading space for time? How naive! I won't give you time to repair! Attack immediately!"
The Minotaur-class heavy cruiser immediately began to charge the Yamato cannon, aiming at the Imperial fleet and immediately fired a salvo! At the same time, the Cole II-class heavy cruiser also used the two twin-mounted super-matter electromagnetic guns installed on the bow for long-range
Strike!
The other warships immediately opened up their firepower, and the battle broke out instantly.
The Imperial fleet was also ready for battle. Led by the 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 the Imperial fleet in terms of number and size, their firepower steadily suppressed the opponent!
In the long-range artillery battle, the imperial fleet cannot take advantage at all.
Facing the approaching Commercial Combined Fleet, the Imperial Fleet began to retreat, and soon gave way to the outer orbit of the planet Palancy.
The two sides fought for about half a day, and the Imperial fleet lost 4 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and 15 light cruisers. They began to retreat continuously, and finally broke away from the battle, pushing to the next step in the Palance system.
regrouped in the orbit of the planet.
Mal-Took now controls the planet Palansi.
After all, this planet is a financial industry planet, and it is not as important as the Scipio planet. Therefore, although there are defense facilities and planetary shields, there are relatively few orbital defense facilities.
The Commercial Combined Fleet launched a fierce orbital bombardment, and three days later, the planetary shield was breached.
During this period, the Imperial Fleet received some reinforcements and launched a counterattack, but Mal-Took also received a steady stream of reinforcements from the direction of the Birbrin planet. The formation he deployed was perfect and did not give the Imperial Fleet any opportunity to take advantage of.
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During the three days of fighting, the Imperial Fleet once again lost more than 50 capital ships, most of which were Victory II-class Star Destroyers. Facing the new generation of capital ships commonly equipped in the commercial combined fleet, the Victory II-class was completely unable to keep up.
It's time.
Cole II-class, Martha II-class, and Minotaur-class battleships are all cutting-edge battleships with firepower comparable to battlecruisers, but reduced in size to the size of a heavy cruiser. Naturally, they are not comparable to battleships of the previous era like the Victory II-class.
Comparable.
After more transport ships arrived, Mal-Took dispatched marines to launch a landing on the planet Palancy.
The resistance on the planet Palansi is fierce, but it is more fierce than cruel. Many of the resistance forces on the planet are locally recruited troops. There are some self-made tanks and armored vehicles, but the number is not large, especially the air force.
There were so few, 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 bombing, but ordered his army to advance steadily towards the capital of the planet, destroy the highest administrative body of the planet as soon as possible, and then support it.
A new government came to power and stabilized order.
At the same time, Mal-Took is constantly gathering fleets, preparing to find the imperial fleet for a decisive battle.
The transportation from the planet Birbrin to the planet Palancy was very difficult, which is why he did not invest many fleets in the first wave of offensive, and more battleships arrived in the next few days.
There is nothing that can be done about it. The entire planet Birbrin is in the asteroid belt, and the hyperspace channels are also very complicated. The Galactic Empire has classified the hyperspace channel data of this planet as an absolute secret, and only high-level military officials can know it. Therefore.
, now Mal-Took does not have control of all the hyperspace channels on the planet, and it is extremely difficult to navigate from those hyperspace channels that have been proven.
In the past few days after landing on the Palance planet, Admiral Mal-Tuk spent 6 days to finally mobilize his huge commercial combined fleet from the Bilbulin planet to the Palance planet.
He also realized that there might be problems with supplies, so he did not rush towards the core circle of the galaxy. Instead, he sent a large number of reconnaissance drones to scout around, looking for traces of the empire's main fleet.
Fortunately, he found the main fleet of the empire without spending too much effort.
On the planet Vakkar!
For Maltuk, this is a very awkward position.
Because the current hyperspace channel around the planet Palancy is generally in the shape of a cross. The center of the cross is the planet Palancy, and the northern end is the planet Birbrin. If we want to attack the planet Scipio, the financial core of the Galactic Empire,
You need to attack all the way to the south, and the next stop is the planet Borleias.
However, the planet Waqar is located on the west side of this cross-shaped hyperspace channel! It is not in the direction of Mal-Tuk's attack. Moreover, as the planet Wakar continues to the west, there are no habitable planets anymore, it is all a barren star.
group.
This place is equivalent to a dead end. You should continue to go west. Hyperspace lanes are supported, but you will definitely not encounter any inhabited star systems for supplies.
Why is the main fleet of the empire deployed on the planet Vakar?
Admiral Mal-Tuk was in a dilemma. If he ignored the planet Wakar and continued to attack south, he would probably be outflanked by the main fleet of the empire and cut off his retreat, and be attacked from both front and rear.
But what if he attacks the planet Wakar? Then the reinforcements from the empire's core circle can directly threaten the planet Palansi. Whether this financial planet is attacking or defending, you can't expect it to play a big role.
How about allocating part of the force for defense? If you allocate too much, you won't be able to defeat the empire's main fleet. If you allocate less, it means there is no point.
After careful consideration, Admiral Mar-Tooke made a decision——
Divide your forces to defend, then raid the planet Wakar, and have a decisive battle with the empire's main fleet!