The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2372 Reorganizing the Defense Line
2373: Reorganize the Defense Line

"These bombers are all piloted by Jedi Knights?" Thrawn said solemnly, "Are you sure?"

"No ordinary person or robot can fly a flying vehicle at such a speed. Only we can use the Force." Aegiri said coldly.

"The Kingdom of Dawn cannot possibly have this number of Jedi Knights, and even those who have escaped the net of the Jedi Order will not choose to serve the Kingdom of Dawn," Thrawn said lightly.

However, even though he said this, he had already begun issuing orders to the staff department to adjust the fleet formation.

He was very different from other generals in that he would not wait until something was completely confirmed before making a decision. For example, now, although he was not sure whether there were 200 Jedi Knights on the other side, he only needed to make sure that the other side had sent such a fleet to intercept him and was fully confident that they could destroy him here, and that was enough.

Under his command, although the Imperial Fleet made a gesture of rushing straight towards the Chiss Fleet for a decisive battle, in fact, it had already begun to prepare for retreat.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The Chimera Imperial-class Star Destroyer shook violently, and the soldier in the control center shouted, "General! Our ship's shield has been breached, and the enemy bombers are bombing our ship's engines!"

"How are the hyperspace jump calculations going?" Thrawn asked instead.

"It will take another 20 minutes to prepare," replied Agri.

"Abandon ship and transfer to another warship." Thrawn whispered to Egri, "Do not interrupt the hyperspace jump process. 20 minutes, can you do it?"

"Do you think we have no chance of winning?" asked Egli.

"Even if there is still a chance of winning, we shouldn't gamble. This is the battlefield chosen by the enemy. We have no reason to persist. We should evacuate as soon as possible and preserve our strength." Thrawn said.

"Then, let's set off without further ado." Without saying a word, Agri walked out of the bridge.

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On the Sky-class drone carrier, each drone corresponds to a linker and a priest group. The 12-member priest group constantly chants hymns, continuously providing their spirit and spiritual energy to the linker, and the linker directly binds his soul to the Holy Land drone bomber.

It is equivalent to that the bomber has become her body at this moment. Any thought of hers can be instantly received by the bomber and take action immediately.

Coupled with the psychic enhancement of the priest group, this allows every linker to display a level of control comparable to that of a Jedi Knight!

In the center of the entire spaceship temple, there is also a high priest who is responsible for connecting the psychic energy and spirits of all linkers to form a combat network and coordinate operations at all times.

120 priests performed rituals on their respective altars, commanding drone bombers to attack. When the situation became critical, the chanting became more intense and high-pitched, and when the bombers were leaving the battle, the chanting gradually became soothing.

At this moment, one of the linkers suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and blood also gushed out of her ears and nose. Her 12-member sacrificial team also fell to the ground at this moment.

The drone bomber they were operating was shot down! The medical priests who had been on standby immediately went forward to check and found that the linker was dead, and most of the priests were seriously injured, and 2 people were killed. These medical priests immediately carried out emergency treatment and transferred the injured to the medical room.

The Linker and the bomber become one. If the bomber is shot down, the Linker's soul will also be severely damaged and the chance of survival will be slim.

Some bombers were hit by anti-aircraft fire, and although they were not shot down, they were severely damaged. The Linker was also damaged, but she still had half her life left. The backup priest group immediately took over her control and drove the damaged bomber back.

On the fleet flagship, Vice Admiral Lin Nanyi was looking at the battlefield, his eyes full of admiration, "The Holy Advent Sect is indeed powerful... Your fighter jets are completely comparable to the Jedi Knights. Although you both use the Force to control them, your combat methods are completely different from those of the Archon-class aircraft carriers..."

“The path of unity is vast and boundless, so naturally there will be different understandings.” A priest of the Shenglin sect standing next to Lin Nanyi said lightly.

"That's great." Lin Nan nodded, and he kept his eyes on the holographic battle star map. From the battle situation on the star map, it can be seen that the Imperial Fleet has obviously discovered the powerful combat capability of the Sky-class drone mothership, and they are trying to rush over and destroy the two drone motherships.

But Lin Nanyiyi obviously would not give them this opportunity. He ordered all the warships to hold their formations firmly and not give the imperial warships any chance to take advantage.

Right now, the Kingdom of Dawn's military strength in Chiss Territory is stretched thin, and he doesn't want a fleet decisive battle if the battle can be resolved with drone motherships.

No matter what, it was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer.

Although there are countless ways to destroy an Imperial-class Star Destroyer in the Dawn Kingdom Navy, if it comes to a one-on-one duel, there are really not many kilometer-class battleships of the same level that can defeat an Imperial-class Star Destroyer.

Even the most advanced Hell's Angel class battlecruisers can only fight the Imperial class Star Destroyer on equal terms. Other second generation battleships including the Cole II class can no longer defeat the Imperial class in a one-on-one duel. Going up, only the Revelation class battleship can defeat the Imperial class relatively easily.

There is no way. The Imperial-class Star Destroyer is simply too large. Its length of 1600 meters makes its volume almost two to three times that of all the kilometer-class Star Destroyers currently in service in the Kingdom of Dawn. The energy level increase brought about by this is even more obvious.

Of course, if combat efficiency and construction costs are taken into account, that’s another matter.

In the current situation, if the Imperial Fleet took the initiative to rush towards their fleet, then this would definitely be the best outcome. They would not have to confront the Imperial Fleet head-on, and they could continue to make detours, giving the Holy Land bombers enough time to bomb.

However, as the battle progressed, Lin Nanyi finally discovered something was wrong. Because as the Imperial Fleet continued to charge, their formation did not deploy into an attack formation, but always maintained a mobile formation. This was unreasonable! "No! They want to escape!!" Lin Nanyi shouted, "Order all ships to open fire immediately! Chase the Imperial Fleet! Don't let them escape!!"

But his order was still a step too late. The Imperial fleet made a feint in the direction of Lin Nanyi, then decisively started the hyperspace engine and disappeared in an instant under the bombardment of the Shenglin bombers.

Only three Imperial-class Star Destroyers were left here because their hyperspace jumps were disturbed and failed.

"That bastard! He was planning to escape from the very beginning! Did he see through my strategy of showing weakness?" Lin Nanyi frowned.

But he didn't care much because he had successfully blocked the Imperial fleet.

Because he had been playing chess with Thrawn in the air for the past few days, and Thrawn's actions were unpredictable, leaving him no time to set up a hyperspace blocker in advance, so it was difficult to really block the opponent somewhere and catch him in one fell swoop. After all, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer was also famous for its durability.

However, due to Thrawn's reckless advance this time, he had the opportunity to shoot down more than half of the warships of the Imperial fleet in this blocking battle, including 5 Imperial-class Star Destroyers. Lin Nanyi was still very satisfied with this result.

Now it is basically certain that this force of the Galactic Empire will retreat to its homeland and will no longer pose a threat to Chiss Territory. Then, they can focus on clearing out the rebel forces in Chiss Territory.

However, if Lin Nanyi knew who the person who escaped from his hands this time was and what he was about to do, perhaps he would have ordered all the warships to attack frantically from the beginning, no matter what the result, he would try his best to stop the opponent completely!
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At the same time, on October 11, 10 BBY, the Dawn Kingdom's combined commercial fleet arrived at the defense line of the planet Bilbrin.

The Governor-General of the Ninth Army of the Galactic Empire, King of the North Dunn Wessex, personally went to the headquarters of the entire northern war zone, the planet Palin Minor, which is also the capital of the Ninth Army, to supervise the battle.

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He initially attempted to retrieve Admiral Gilad Pellaeon from the Inquisition, but failed, as the Inquisition refused to release him, insisting that Gilad Pellaeon was solely responsible for the defeat of the Imperial fleet at the Battle of the Mararian Alliance.

Dunn Wessex could only ask Darth Vader for help. Fortunately, there was no feud between him and Darth Vader. After explaining the defense situation of the North, Darth Vader agreed to go to rescue people. Anyway, Darth Vader had no good feelings towards the Tribunal controlled by the black hole, so he was very happy to take this opportunity to disgust the black hole.

However, this matter is still quite complicated, and the failure of the Mararian Alliance Campaign is also a matter of fact. It will take some time to rescue Gilad Pellaeon. Darth Vader is currently gathering his fleet on the planet Fondo to launch a counterattack, and he does not have the energy to return to the center of the empire to deal with Gilad Pellaeon's affairs.

Dunn-Wessex could only appoint Vice Admiral Kendal Ozzel as commander to go to the planet Bilbrin to organize defense.

Vice Admiral Ozzel had no previous military achievements. He was a member of the famous Ozzel family in the inner circle. During the Clone Wars, he served as a lecturer at the Coruscant Naval Academy. He had a solid theoretical foundation, but almost no practical experience.

Dunn Wessex couldn't find a suitable commander for the time being, so he planned to give Kendall Ozil a chance. Anyway, when he talked with Vice Admiral Ozil before, Dunn Wessex was quite impressed by his set of naval combat theories.

On October 10, the vanguard of the Commercial Fleet entered the planet of Bilbrin, but was immediately blocked by the complex hyperspace channels and dense asteroid belts.

Vice Admiral Kendall Ozil immediately organized his fleet into 10 high-speed assault formations, mainly composed of light cruisers, and attacked from all sides. As long as they found any trace of the Commercial Combined Fleet, they would immediately go to intercept it and never give the Commercial Combined Fleet any chance to gain a foothold.

After a few days, I can’t say how effective it is, but at least it’s still in full swing.

No one knew what the Commercial Combined Fleet was planning, and their desire to attack did not seem strong. They just kept sending small groups of troops to harass, and each time they appeared in a different location.

But soon, Vice Admiral Kendall Ozil found the pattern of their actions, and he took the initiative to attack and destroyed the light cruisers sent by the Commercial Union Fleet to harass them in an encounter, including 20 Undertaker-class light cruisers and Osprey-class light cruisers, which was considered a small victory.

This made Lieutenant General Kendall Ozier complacent with the current situation. He believed that as long as he continued like this, the defense line of the planet Bilbrin would be extremely solid.

At this time, because of the appearance of Jedi Knights in the North, the Imperial Inquisitors sent Senior Inquisitor Volytar to lead six inquisitors.

These Inquisitors are independent of the chain of command, and their only combat order is to kill Jedi Knights, for which they have complete independence of authority.

On October 10, Vice Admiral Thrawn led the fleet back to the North and went to the planet Palin-Minor to report on the battle to Dunn-Wessex.

Thrawn was driven out of the unknown star region in disgrace, a result that made Dunn Wessex somewhat unhappy, but since he had once brought a glorious victory, Dunn did not blame him.

Dunn Wessex originally planned to let Lieutenant Thrawn continue to be in charge of the defense of the planet Bilbrin in the future, but he gave up the idea. After all, Thrawn was once Gilad Pellaeon's deputy general, and he had a better understanding of the overall situation of the defense line. In addition, Lieutenant General Kendall Ozier was doing a good job on the defense line of the planet Bilbrin, so there was no reason to replace him now.

As Thrawn was also a lieutenant general, there was no reason for him to serve as the adjutant of Lieutenant General Kendall Ozzel, so Dunn Wessex asked Thrawn to take over the job of Admiral Gilad Pellaeon and take full charge of the command of the entire northern defense line.

Currently, the overall war situation of the Galactic Empire is very dangerous, and the Imperial Military currently has high hopes for the counterattack plan of the Death Squadron under Darth Vader, so their orders to the North are mainly defensive.

As long as the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet is not allowed to threaten the core circle of the galaxy, everything will be fine.

However, in order to cooperate with Darth Vader's counterattack plan, although the North had just suffered a defeat, it still preserved a lot of warships, so reinforcements will not be given to the North.

Even though Dunn-Wessex applied many times and even met Palpatine in person, he was not granted permission.

On October 10, the situation took a sudden turn for the worse. The Commercial Combined Fleet suddenly changed its previous combat style of small-scale fleet exploration and assembled a large-scale fleet to raid the planet Bilbrin!
Lieutenant General Kendall Ozir immediately deployed his troops to fight back, and the battle broke out again on the outskirts of the planet Bilbrin!