The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2373 Darth Vader's Counterattack

2374: Darth Vader Strikes Back

Ord Pardron, in the outer rim of the Milky Way, on the edge of Hutt Space.

This planet is the headquarters of the Iron Lance, the 13th Army of the Galactic Empire. Since the days of the Galactic Republic, the military has monitored the entire Hutt space from here.

However, with the end of the Hutt Civil War, the Gorensla family became the dominant force and attempted to establish a unified Hutt regime. The control of the 13th Army was greatly challenged and it has gradually lost its deterrent power over Hutt space.

The last news they got was that the Gorensla family was working with a group of 'interstellar pirates' to develop their own fleet of pirate ships.

After the Galactic Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Dawn, the Gorenzla family claimed that the Hutts would remain neutral, but in fact took the opportunity to cut off the connection between Hutt space and the Galactic Empire.

And after that, a squadron of the Kingdom of Dawn set out from the planet Christophsis, and after defeating the patrol fleet of the Galactic Empire on the planet Farin, it broke into the Hutt space and began a fierce exchange of fire with the Thirteenth Army.

The commander of the Kingdom of Dawn who commanded this fleet, according to the communication intercepted by the Galactic Empire, was named C and was a major general. No one knew his real name, and no one knew what he looked like - because he always wore a mask.

Compared with the power to independently command a fleet, the rank of major general is obviously too low. I don't know what the considerations are.

However, General C commanded his own fleet and defeated the Galactic Empire's fleet many times.

Although the Galactic Empire had almost no strength left near the planet Christophsis in the southern border, this little-known General C still demonstrated his outstanding abilities by repeatedly defeating the Imperial fleet.

With the Outer Rim region cut off from the Empire's homeland, on September 11, 9 BBY, General C led the fleet to begin besieging the planet Odd-Padron.

The governor of the Thirteenth Army, Bilul, had already fled back, but he did not have the courage to return to the center of the empire, so he could only flee to the planet Alderaan.

On October 10, General Severance Tann led the main force of the Kingdom of Dawn, the Second Task Force, to capture the planet Karatooine in the east, broke into the jurisdiction of the 4th Army of the Galactic Empire, defeated an imperial defense fleet on the planet Boonta, and approached the planet Salukami.

Just as the Galactic Republic opened a passage to the core area of ​​the Confederation of Independent Systems after besieging the planet Salukami, if Salukami is captured by Severance Tann, the Kingdom of Dawn will be able to contact the core planets of the Confederation of Independent Systems such as Semirs, Felucia, and Laxus again, further expanding the victory.

However, the Galactic Empire could no longer tolerate this. On October 10, the Dark Lord Darth Vader led the main fleet of the Galactic Empire, with the Death Squadron as its core, from the planet Fondo to attack the planet Yago-Dur!

And according to the precise calculations of astronomers, the Yago-Dur galaxy is currently in a stable period. That is to say, attacking at this time will not lead to the same fate as the previous Yago-Dur galaxy battle, where the enemy was unable to cope with sudden astronomical phenomena and thus fell into a desperate situation.

Darth Vader's attack completely destroyed the Dawn Kingdom's plan to quickly take over the entire Outer Rim and Middle Rim star regions.

The original plan was to use at least two Death Star cannons to continuously bombard Fangduo Planet, keeping it on the brink of collapse. In this way, the Imperial Fleet would be more cautious in choosing whether to abandon this industrial core and take the initiative to attack.

This can at least create a favorable environment for General Severance Tann's actions, and at least buy her enough time to capture the planet Salukami and gain sufficient strategic advantage.

But now, due to Darth Vader's decisive and resolute attack, Admiral Severance Tann had to lead the fleet to evacuate from the front line of the planet Saleukami and prepare to return to the Kingdom of Dawn. Severance Tann still underestimated Darth Vader's determination to attack. In fact, the Dark Lord not only did not have any scruples because of the continuous bombardment of multiple planets by the Death Star cannon, but was also not frightened by the tragic defeat of the planet Kira. On the contrary, this stimulated the ferocity in his heart, and he vowed to give the Kingdom of Dawn a fatal blow!
At the same time, General Ling Liang led the First Combined Fleet, with the Xuanwu Titan battleship as the core, to defend the planet Yago-Dur, preparing to delay time and wait for Severance Tann's fleet to return.

That afternoon, led by the Super Star Destroyer Executor, the Imperial fleet broke through the hyperspace jump and appeared on the planet Yago-Dur.

Almost at the same time, the Disaster-class battlecruiser opened fire, and dozens of dazzling lights illuminated the cold universe of the Yago-Dur galaxy.

The Third Battle of Yago-Dur begins!

Under the command of Darth Vader, the Imperial Fleet rushed towards the planet Yago-Dur like crazy, just as Anakin Skywalker did during the Clone Wars - attack, attack, and attack again!

Before General Severance Tann's main fleet came back to help, they had to capture the planet Yago-Dur! Darth Vader was determined to attack this time. Even if Severance Tann chose to change his home and lead the main fleet to directly attack the planet Fangduo, he would not hesitate!

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No matter what, Darth Vader now has only one goal - the planet Yago-Dur! He would rather lose the industrial world of Fondo, which took thousands of years to build, than remove the thorn in the eyes of the Galactic Empire!
Darth Vader deployed more than 300 Imperial-class Star Destroyers in the first wave of offensive, and fleets departing from the planet Fondo continued to arrive.

Such a crazy attack made General Ling Liang feel tremendous pressure.

Darth Vader was simply crazy. He commanded his Executor Super Star Destroyer to charge directly at the front. The insane firepower of up to 5000 heavy turbolaser cannons poured almost continuously on the Basalt Titan battleship!

In fact, it has been proven that only in this way can the advantages of the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer be brought into play to the greatest extent! Compared with the Lusankaya Super Star Destroyer, which was besieged and finally sunk in an extremely frustrating battle, the Executor's crazy firing now obviously poses a fatal threat to the Xuanwu Titan Battleship!
General Ling Liang had to dispatch ten Doomsday Battlefield-class battlecruisers to fire powerful destructive devices at the Executor to weaken the firepower of the Super Star Destroyer as much as possible. The shield of the Xuanwu was broken three hours after the battle began, and it was now relying on the fleet shield and its own extremely thick armor to resist.