The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2522: The First Battle of Bonta Planet (Part )

2523. The First Battle of Bonta (Part )

Adar Talon felt unbelievable when faced with such a situation!

Because according to the communication received, a total of four warships in his fleet were attacked in the previous attack, and all of them had their main armor belts penetrated! One of the Victory II-class Star Destroyers was no longer able to fight, and it was parked there crookedly, with flames coming out all over its body.

This situation can never happen!

Because even though the Kingdom of Dawn has brought out many advanced warships, in the current battlefield of the Milky Way, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer still remains one of the most powerful battleships in the entire galaxy due to its huge size and powerful energy output.

The only battleships that can be stronger than the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, besides the Titan battleship, are the Revelation-class battleships. Other main battleships, even the Hell's Angel-class battlecruisers, are much smaller than the Imperial-class, so they can only fight the same.

In other words, the existence of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer is that the Galactic Empire relies on its strong industrial strength to make up for the technological gap between the two sides with larger size and stronger energy output.

In other words, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer is actually very difficult to sink on the battlefield. After all, the 1600-meter length, coupled with the super energy output of the L-A2B solar furnace, allows the Imperial-class Star Destroyer to provide enough energy to the deflector shield, allowing the warship to withstand a large amount of firepower.

Therefore, in this case, in the previous battle, no matter how the battle situation developed, it was absolutely impossible for their Imperial-class Star Destroyer to suffer heavy damage at the beginning of the exchange of fire. After all, the deflector shield can withstand a large amount of firepower.

But now, General Grievous's ragtag army, with just a sparse salvo, actually caused heavy damage to two Victory II-class Star Destroyers and two Imperial-class Star Destroyers!

"Report the battle situation immediately! Why were we attacked!" Adar Talon said sternly.

"General, the analysis is in. It was a missile." The adjutant came over and said, "It was a Separatist missile that penetrated the shield of our battleship and directly hit the armor belt!"

Even the adjutant's face was filled with disbelief.

"Through the shield?" Adar Talon thought of countless possibilities, but he never thought that such a thing would happen.

Deflector shield, useless?

While he was extremely surprised, the fleets of both sides were still exchanging fierce fire. General Grievous's fleet fought and retreated, and gradually left the Destroyer at the end of the formation, facing the Imperial fleet alone.

Soon, the second wave of fire from both sides arrived. Countless turbolaser beams, lasers and missiles flew everywhere. Through the images sent back by the hyperspace probe, it can be seen that several warships in the separatist fleet were also severely damaged. However, they were all old warships, such as the Bountiful-class frigate that was being blown into a fireball.

However, on the Imperial Fleet side, the situation was the same as last time. The shields of two more Imperial-class Star Destroyers were penetrated, and the armor belts were directly hit by missiles, causing a violent explosion! One of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers even had its explosion-proof compartment penetrated by a missile, and the internal equipment caught fire. The engineering team was urgently trying to put out the fire.

In this brief exchange of fire, the Imperial Fleet, which had a clear advantage in both the quality and quantity of its warships, was the one that suffered greater losses!

"Order all ships! Prioritize intercepting enemy missiles! There's something wrong with their missiles!" Admiral Adar Talon gave the order loudly.

In fact, he didn't need to remind them, as all the captains of the warships had noticed this. The missiles fired by the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet could really penetrate the shield!

Adar Talon began to sweat coldly. This news was like a bolt from the blue to him. Because all along, even dating back to the beginning of the interstellar era, the warships of the Galactic Republic have always used deflector shields as their main means of protection. Deflector shields are so comprehensive. Energy shields can block heat, and particle shields can block kinetic energy. Moreover, if any point is attacked, its energy will be spread to the entire shield system to neutralize it, leaving almost no blind spots.

The Jaeger-class battlecruiser produced before the Clone Wars is a typical product of the Galactic Republic's emphasis on deflector shields and disregard for armor. Even when the Imperial-class Star Destroyer was launched, with enhanced armor, it still relied heavily on the defense of deflector shields, as shown by the fact that many of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers' equipment was installed outside the armor, such as the communication system and shield generator.

In the battle manual of the Imperial Navy, once the deflector shield of a battleship is broken, the captain has the right to immediately request to retreat to the rear of the battle line, because this indicates that the battleship has suffered great damage.

But now, the missiles of the Kingdom of Dawn can penetrate the shield and attack the armor directly without any loss. This is equivalent to a very terrifying thing - that is, all the imperial warships are fighting in a seriously injured posture!

"Concentrate on intercepting the enemy's missiles! Have the technical department analyze the situation of the enemy's missiles immediately!" Adar Talon was also experienced in combat. He did not panic, but kept issuing orders, "Analyze the missile trajectory! Find the warship that launched the missile!"

"General! We've finished our analysis. These missiles all came from the 15 strange-model battleships of the Separatists! And they are all large cruise missiles!" The technical officer responded immediately, "The small missiles launched by other warships have not penetrated our shields!"

Adar Talon nodded seriously. "In this case, the situation is a little better. We just need to focus on intercepting those large cruise missiles."

He stared at the warships on the holographic battle star map that were retreating while continuously firing missiles. He saw that these 15 warships were generally cylindrical in structure, with irregular shapes, and a rough look from the industrial era. In general, the shapes of these warships were quite similar to the Invincible-class battlecruisers that had served in the early days of the Galactic Republic.

"Notify the fighter formation to target the enemy's unfamiliar warships!" Adar Talon gave the order.

"Yes!"

At this moment, the Imperial fleet began to reduce the energy supply of the deflector shield, output more energy to the weapon system to obtain a faster firing frequency, and then concentrated firepower to intercept the incoming shield-piercing cruise missiles.

However, they also discovered a problem. The flying speed of those large cruise missiles was extremely fast! More than twice as fast as the current missiles in service in the Galactic Empire!

Interception was more difficult than expected.

What's worse is that General Grievous's fleet has now completed its formation adjustment.

The battleship Destroy fell to the end of the formation, like a wall, blocking the Imperial Fleet alone!