The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2361 A desperate charge
2362: Death Charge

"The third Star Destroyer formation, turn to the side and rear! Destroy the enemies coming from the U-97 area! General Nadel, the 17th High-Speed ​​Fleet is under your command. Make sure to protect the Starlight Tracker-class aircraft carrier! Area NL-14... Damn it! Order the Black Snake Commander II-class dreadnought to block there with your body and let them bomb! We must not let the Separatist fleet pass through this area!" Admiral Gilad Peraeon quickly issued various combat orders in front of the holographic combat star map.

He had tried his best to keep the Imperial fleet in formation, but it was still extremely difficult. The Imperial fleet had been betrayed by the planet Gle-Anselm earlier, and then attacked by more than 1500 Undertaker-class light cruisers, and then faced the front and back attacks of the Geth fleet. Countless changes had already overwhelmed those warships.

You know, Gilad Perrine is only the commander-in-chief. The orders he issues can only be regional general orders, while the specific tactical command is decided by the theater commander and the captains of each warship. Even more specifically, the gunner of a turret of an Imperial-class Star Destroyer may have other ideas.

The fact that the Imperial fleet has been able to hold out until now without chaos is a testament to Girard Pellaeon's outstanding command ability.

And now Gilad Perrine was in a state of bitterness. He had to grit his teeth and hold on, and he absolutely could not issue an order to retreat. In fact, many defeats started with such an order to retreat. On the surface, such a retreat seemed to allow more warships to escape, but in fact, only the first few warships could escape. The rest of the warships would be entangled by the enemy and would not be able to escape at all.

Not only that, but the formation would be scattered and the possibility of resistance would be completely lost. The devastating defeat in the battle of Kira Planet was caused by the commanders' orders to retreat.

Gilad Perrine had to command the fleet to resist firmly, and then, when the time was right, drop some of the remaining warships to cover the escape of the main force.

But even this is easier said than done!
Now the formations of both sides are intertwined, and the Undertaker-class light cruisers are flying everywhere, making it difficult for the Imperial fleet to form an effective cluster.

Gilad Perrine's brain seemed to be overclocked as he thought about countermeasures. After a moment, he gave an order in a deep voice: "Second Squadron, immediately attack the enemy's main force! Other warships, abandon the enemy's main battleships and do your best to destroy the enemy's light cruisers!"

"General! Do you want us to die?!" the commander of the Second Fleet said gritting his teeth.

Gilad Perrine's expression became unusually ferocious, and he said word by word, "Charge forward, the entire Second Squadron will be martyrs. You will receive adequate pensions, and your families will be treated well. If you shrink back, the Imperial Fleet will regard you as deserters and execute you on the battlefield! Your families will also bear the infamy for the rest of their lives, and their lives will be worse than death!"

"You bastard!" the commander of the Second Squadron cursed.

"Follow orders!" Girard Perrine said in a deep voice.

At the same time, next to the commander of the Second Fleet, several clone soldiers had walked up, with the cold barrels of blaster rifles in their hands pressed against his forehead.

"Execute...the order!" Gilad Perrine repeated it again with a grim look on his face.

The commander of the Second Squadron stared at Gilad Perrine with a look that seemed to be on fire. He squeezed out a word from his throat, "Notify all ships in the fleet to charge to the death! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" About 70 battleships of the Second Squadron launched a desperate charge against the battleships of the Kingdom of Dawn. This squadron was extremely ferocious, and it seemed that they would not stop until they had a head-on collision.

In this state, the huge body and powerful energy supply of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer finally came into play. The fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn had to allocate most of its firepower to deal with these desperate Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

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"These Imperials are trying to run!!" In the fierce battlefield, Ferrus Olin and Jax Pavan led their respective Viking fighter formations and shuttled through the dense fire network.

No matter what kind of artillery fire, they can't hit their fighters! They have predicted all attacks through the Force! And the Viking fighters behind are all ace pilots who have experienced hundreds of battles. They also try their best to keep up with the two Jedi Knights.

Although such an action is almost equivalent to suicide, for these ace pilots who have joined the rebirth plan, death is nothing more than a reload.

Ferrus Olin piloted his fighter through countless anti-aircraft fire and headed straight for one of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers!
In the long river of the Force, he has seen everything that happened afterwards.

In ten seconds, the deflector shield of this Imperial-class Star Destroyer will be broken! And now, he has driven the fighter into the best launching position!
"Follow my instructions! 3, 2, 1... fire!" Ferrus Olin gave the order and immediately pressed the launch button. A proton torpedo was launched instantly. At the same time, the Viking fighters also launched proton torpedoes!
When more than a dozen proton torpedoes were fired directly at the bridge of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer from the side and rear, suddenly there was a continuous flash of light, and several Yamato cannons hit the battleship directly!
The deflector shield, which had already been overwhelmed, flickered and disappeared immediately.

At this moment, the proton torpedo launched earlier had already flown over! Even though this Imperial-class Star Destroyer activated the backup shield on the bridge immediately, it was too late!
The Jedi Knights seized the short gap of less than 10 seconds and more than ten proton torpedoes directly hit the bridge!
In a series of violent explosions, the bridge of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer was completely destroyed. The battleship, having lost its command center, suddenly lost control and flew forward under the action of inertia.

Ferrus Olin accelerated immediately, passed through the flames of the explosion, and flew towards the next target.

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At the same time, several Viking fighters immediately flew over to join his formation on the battlefield, replacing the fighters that had been lost previously.

"These people... aren't they afraid of death..." Ferrus Olin glanced at the fighter formation following behind him with a gloomy look. He couldn't even feel the fear of these pilots through the Force!

What kind of army can be so indifferent to death? This is the common question in the minds of the three Jedi Knights who participated in the battle.

The Commercial Combined Fleet does not have many carrier-based aircraft, but the activeness of the three Jedi Knights, Ferrus Olin, Jax Pavan, and Luminara Anduril, has made the Imperial Fleet truly experience the despair that the Confederacy of Independent Systems once felt when facing the Jedi Knights!