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Chapter 2521: The First Battle of Bonta Planet (Part )

2522. The First Battle of Bonta (Part )

More than a year ago, the Kingdom of Dawn launched an offensive according to Operation Zero, with the main target in the east being the Galactic Empire's 12th Army.

The original plan was for Admiral Severance Tann to lead the Kingdom of Dawn's main fleet to suppress the Galactic Empire's main fleet on the planet Fondo, rush thousands of miles to quickly support the Eastern Territory, and jointly attack the 12th Army. However, due to Darth Vader's proactive attack, the battle situation became a situation of changing the home, and Severance Tann had to lead the army back to support the planet Yago-Dur.

So General Grievous, who was isolated and helpless, returned empty-handed after trying several attacks.

After this, the Galactic Empire pushed the front line back to the planet Bonta, where it built a military base and constructed a defense line, while the planet Karatooine served as a logistics base.

Originally, with General Grievous's troops, it was impossible to launch a direct attack on the planet Bonta, but over the past period of time, the troops of the 12th Army have been withdrawn.

Since Severance Tann led his army back to support, the Strategic Command of the Galactic Empire has basically determined that the strategic focus of the Kingdom of Dawn is still in the homeland. Especially after the capture of Fangduo Planet, the Kingdom of Dawn has gathered heavy troops in this direction, and it is likely that it will have a decisive battle with the main fleet of the Empire here.

In response, the Galactic Empire began to strengthen its forces in this direction and vigorously strengthened the defense line of the planet Delon. Then Darth Vader's Death Squadron was recalled and no longer deployed on the front line to prevent a surprise attack from the Kingdom of Dawn and heavy losses.

At the same time, because the fleets of both sides in the northern part of the Milky Way fought and both sides suffered losses, no matter what, the extremely powerful God-class Titan battleship is still lurking in the north. When this battleship is renovated, it will be the most deadly threat to the north!

Therefore, in order to strengthen the forces in the direction of Delon Planet and the North, the Galactic Empire transferred a lot of warships from other places, including gradually abandoning the southern frontier and reducing the forces in the east and northeast, freeing up more forces to defend against the possible general attack of the Kingdom of Dawn.

In addition, the rebels are now becoming more and more powerful within the empire, and the imperial military has to maintain a strong force to suppress the rebels' rebellion.

Now that there are the Rak zombies causing trouble in the northeast, the Eastern War Zone, which is closest to the planet Taris, has naturally become the major location for troop deployment.

There is another most important reason. With the problems occurring on the border of the Galactic Empire, how can you, the mere 12th Army, be qualified to ask the top five legions guarding the inner and core circles to send reinforcements?

So in this situation, General Grievous saw the possibility of conquering the planets of Bonta and Karatooine and breaking through the defense line of the 12th Army.

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On January 9, 1 BBY, General Grievous led his fleet to attack the planet Bonta!

When the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet was deployed, Therbon, the governor of the 12th Army stationed on the planet Lantillies in the rear, seemed very nervous.

The 71-year-old veteran was very pessimistic about General Grievous' invasion, and he quickly summoned his fleet commander Admiral Adar Tallon to discuss the matter.

Adar Talon was promoted to admiral only last year. He was originally just a major general.

He was once the ace pilot of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars, and made great achievements when he followed Darth Vader to attack the planet Salukami. Later, when he was transferred to the rear, he also wrote his flight combat experience into a book and promoted it, training a large number of excellent pilots.

Because of this series of achievements, he was promoted from colonel pilot to major general.

Normally, for a commoner like him, the rank of major general is the pinnacle of his career. However, due to the increasingly serious military threat from the Kingdom of Dawn, most of the officers from aristocratic families were simply unable to withstand a blow. Therefore, Darth Vader began to vigorously promote junior officers, and Adar Talon, who had followed him for a long time, also came into his sight.

After repelling General Grievous' invasion last time, Adar Talon was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet and was in charge of the overall fleet command of the Imperial 12th Army.

In fact, Governor Thraben was also a military man and had participated in the Stark Hyperspace War in the late Galactic Republic 40 years ago. This was the largest war the Galactic Republic had ever fought before the Clone Wars.

Therefore, the combination of Thrben and the veteran A'dar Talon with the ace is actually very good, and can produce an effect of 1+1 greater than 2. Because of this, they were able to repel General Grievous' attack last time.

"Your Excellency the Governor, it is confirmed that General Grievous' fleet includes a total of 100 battleships, 80 heavy cruisers, and 1200 light cruisers. The models that can be confirmed... the battleships include 5 Rookery Hook-class battleships, 10 Bountiful-class frigates, 15 Rebel-class destroyers, 20 Cole-class battlecruisers, 20 Behemoth-class battlecruisers, 10 Hell's Angel-class battlecruisers, 5 Providence-class battlecruisers... and 15 battleships of unknown models." Admiral Adar Talon said in a deep voice, "The battleship Destruction is confirmed to participate in the war."

[This force is not enough to shake our defense, but I believe that General Grievous is well prepared.] In the holographic projection, Governor Seben said, [The last battle on the planet Mingban, the battleship Destroyer's burst of combat power in a short period of time has always worried me. Be careful and don't let them succeed.]

At the battle front of the planet Bonta, Adar Talon saluted meticulously and said loudly: "Yes! I will keep General Grievous out of the defense line!"

After shutting down the communication, Adar Talon did not give any orders immediately. He took off a necklace from his neck and opened it gently. A small holographic projection was projected. It was a beautiful wife and two children laughing and running.

A warm and happy expression flashed across his face for a moment, but then he snapped the necklace off and said sternly to the adjutant beside him: "Order the entire army to enter combat mode immediately! All warships must be deployed in all directions! Fight the enemy head-on with combat space stations!"

"Yes!"

The Imperial warships on standby immediately followed the order and dispersed in seven different directions in seven squadrons. 270 capital ships and 1400 small and medium-sized warships followed the order in an orderly manner and deployed in a dispersed manner to avoid being directly destroyed by the high-energy directional electromagnetic pulse of the battleship Destroyer.

At the same time, Adar Talon's flagship, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Giant Blade, also led the First Fleet to rise along the Z axis, with its bow pointing directly at the battleship Destroyer.

On the sides of these warships, there is a spray-painted image of a Twi'lek woman holding a spear, which is the symbol of the Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army.

On the outskirts of the planet Bonta, 27 Golan II-class armed space stations form a solid fixed defense line. As long as General Grievous dares to attack these armed space stations, he will be besieged from all sides by the Imperial fleet!

"Order! All warships strengthen shield energy and turn on electromagnetic protection! All fighter formations prepare for battle, do not take off!" Admiral Adar Talon continued to give orders. His forces had an absolute advantage. Among the 270 battleships, there were 190 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, which far exceeded General Grievous's fleet in both quality and quantity. You know, if facing an outdated warship like the Bountiful-class frigate, one Imperial-class Star Destroyer could easily defeat ten!

So in this case, you just need to defend well and avoid being caused large-scale damage by the opponent's electromagnetic pulse cannon.

A'dar Talon stared at the holographic battle map. He felt that something was wrong... because General Grievous's fleet... was too far away...

He frowned and began to think, but General Grievous didn't give him the time.

"The battleship Destroyer has been detected charging! It's that super laser cannon!" the controller shouted.

"All warships immediately maintain evasive posture! Concentrate shield energy in the front! Fighter formations are ready! Once the enemy ships complete the launch, attack immediately!" said Adar Talon.

At the same time, General Grievous on the battleship Destruction also fiercely issued an order, "Fire!!"

Boom~~~~~Inside the bridge of the battleship Destruction, one could feel a violent tremor and a dull roar. From the giant cannon with three energy rails at the front of the battleship, a terrifying blood-red beam was fired!

At the moment when the Destroyer fired, even the star in the Bonta Galaxy was eclipsed!

The entire 3047-meter-long front structure of the battleship Destroyer is the launch structure of this super star destroyer. This star destroyer is composed of three 2000-meter-long energy rails. At the moment of launch, the energy rails condense and emit destructive plasma rays! Because the energy is too strong, the overflowing energy also forms a terrifying ray stream with a thickness of more than 1000 meters outside the ray. Even if you are not directly hit, the only result of being affected by the ray stream is that you will be completely burned into scrap metal!

The two sides were two light-seconds apart, and the Imperial fleet, which had analyzed the trajectory of the beam through the hyperspace detector, immediately scattered and evaded. Two minutes gave them enough time to escape from the direction of the shooting.

At this time, other warships of the Kingdom of Dawn, including the Cole-class battlecruisers, Behemoth-class battlecruisers, and the 15 unknown battleships, were also firing. Hypermatter electromagnetic cannons, turbolaser cannons, Yamato cannons, missile swarms, and all kinds of long-range firepower flew straight over.

But in Adar Talon's view, these are just a foil. The battleship Destruction is what they really need to worry about.

"Attack immediately!" Adar Talon ordered decisively, "Seize the opportunity to recharge the Destroyer!"

"Yes!"

All the warships of the Galactic Empire immediately rushed towards the Destroyer from all directions.

Almost at this moment, the Super Star Destroyer of the Destroyer also arrived! A huge Golan II armed space station was directly hit, and it had no chance at all. It was blown into a fireball along with its shield! The huge plasma beam was still strong, and after penetrating the armed space station, it even directly irradiated the planetary shield of the planet Bonta, causing a violent ripple.

Compared with the terrifying pressure of the battleship Destroyer, the loss of an armed space station in a single encounter was an expected result.

Next, we must not give the Destruction any more opportunities and let it cause more damage to us. We must attack immediately!

The Imperial warships opened fire while advancing at full speed. The firepower of the Imperial fleet, which was mainly composed of Imperial-class Star Destroyers and Victory II-class Star Destroyers, was still extremely crazy. The heavy turbolaser cannons poured out like raindrops, and each shot carried destructive energy.

However, in this battlefield where monsters have begun to run rampant, this level of firepower has become commonplace.

Faced with the attack of the Imperial fleet, General Grievous's fleet turned around and fled, with no intention of fighting.

Admiral Adar Talon sneered and said, "You want to rely on the battleship Destroyer to fly a kite? Humph! Naive idea! Activate the hyperspace interference device! All ships move at full speed, don't give them any chance!"

Even without the Interdictor-class Star Destroyer here, the Galactic Empire developed its own hyperspace jammer after being inspired by the Dawn Kingdom's hyperspace jammer. Although the effect is not as good as the opponent's, it can still affect the hyperspace jump efficiency of warships in the galaxy to some extent.

The huge fleet advanced from seven directions at the same time, firing crazily. The artillery fire from the Kingdom of Dawn fleet also poured down at this time, but the firepower of those ancient warships was far from being a match for the Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

However, at this moment, Admiral Adar Talon, who was commanding the ship on the bridge, suddenly saw a violent explosion from the corner of his eye! He turned his head sharply and asked loudly: "What happened! Report immediately!!"

Sure enough, just behind the side of the Giant Blade Star Destroyer, another Imperial-class Star Destroyer was attacked and exploded violently. Not only that, it can be seen on the holographic combat star map that three other battleships were also attacked and exploded violently!

At the same time, panicked roars came from the communication channel, [We are under attack! The shield is ineffective! The main armor belt has been penetrated! ]

[Help...Help...The battleship is badly damaged...Please abandon the ship!]

[What the hell is going on! What the hell is going on! My battleship is on fire! The shield is not working! ! ]

[Missile! It’s a missile! ! ]

The communication channel was extremely noisy, and the chaotic messages made Adar Talon feel extremely overwhelmed. He shouted angrily: "Calm down! Organize rescue immediately! Tell me what happened!!"

This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! This is only the enemy's first wave of shooting, why did it directly cause the loss of our warship! ?

Admiral Adar Talon was roaring madly in his heart, he had no idea what was going on!

(End of this chapter)