The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2526. The First Battle of Bonta (Part )

The sudden shock wave caught the Galactic Empire fighter pilots who were accelerating and preparing to drop bombs off guard, and hundreds of their planes were shot down in an instant!

Whether it was an ordinary TIE/LN light fighter or the latest TIE interceptor fighter, they were all shot down without distinction!

The fireballs from the explosions of hundreds of fighter jets lit up the battlefield in an instant, and then went out in an instant. The flammable materials in the tiny size of the fighter jets could only sustain combustion for a moment.

The extremely surprised Galactic Empire fighter pilots had to quickly keep their distance and dared not get too close.

However, once the distance was widened, the close defense firepower network of the Kingdom of Dawn warships immediately became deadly! In the process, dozens of Galactic Empire fighters were shot down.

Normally, the tactic of a fighter formation attacking an enemy battleship is to quickly break through the anti-aircraft barrage and approach the enemy battleship, and then conduct a large-scale high-speed attack, so that the anti-aircraft turret of the battleship cannot keep up with the angle of the fighter's maneuver and thus cannot hit it. This is the so-called "speed resistance". As long as the speed is fast enough, others can't hit you, which is equivalent to having resistance.

And now, this full-range explosion impact made the fighters dare not approach the warships of the Kingdom of Dawn. However, once the distance was widened, the fighters were within the best shooting range of close-in defense artillery fire and were also slaughtered.

But what if we continue to launch proton torpedoes at longer distances? Then the proton torpedoes will be easily intercepted, and the fighter jets will be useless.

You know, in the interstellar battlefield, the main reason why fighter jets can exist is as a reusable firepower projection platform with higher penetration efficiency. In other words, missiles with the penetration capability of fighter jets must be extremely expensive and disposable, so there are fighter jets.

Fighters can constantly look for opportunities and then attack from weak defenses, which is something missiles cannot do. At the same time, fighters can also launch proton torpedoes at a very close distance so that proton torpedoes will not be intercepted by close defense artillery fire.

But now, these effects no longer exist!

The warships of the Kingdom of Dawn were constantly emitting explosive shock waves, so that every inch of space within a distance of more than ten kilometers around the warships would be attacked. The fighter planes did not dare to approach at all.

The Galactic Empire's fighter pilots finally understood why, even when they were easily defeated in the air battle, the Dawn Kingdom's fighters simply fled in all directions and did not run to the vicinity of the battleships to seek cover.

There was really no other way. The Galactic Empire's fighter formation also discovered that among the Dawn Kingdom's warships, the Generosity-class, the Resister-class, and the Rookery Hook-class did not launch this kind of global shock wave. They finally had a target to attack and began to attack those old warships.

But this deviates from the most important task assigned to them by Admiral Adar Talon - to sink or interfere with the Typhoon-class battlecruiser!

And at this time, General Grievous had seized this fleeting opportunity. He gave an order for the entire army to immediately turn around and concentrate on attacking the Galactic Empire's high-speed light cruiser formation!

Admiral Adar Talon envisioned that his fighter formation could entangle the Typhoon-class battlecruisers, so that he could lead the battleship formation to besiege the Destruction battleship. At the same time, with the fighter formation entangled, the light cruisers he sent out could further disrupt the formation of the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet, and even seize the opportunity to sink a few Typhoon-class ships.

In this way, the Destroyer will inevitably be besieged, and the fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn will have to go back to support the Destroyer. Then, he can force the other side to engage in a head-on fleet battle with him. In such a situation, even if the other side has shield-piercing missiles, they will definitely not be a match for the Imperial-class Star Destroyers with superior numbers in a head-on confrontation!

But now, those fighter formations equipped with TIE interceptor fighters couldn't even get close to the Typhoon-class battlecruisers. Instead, the Imperial fighters were entangled with those backward battleships. You know, the more or less battleships like the Bountiful-class and the Rebel-class would have no effect on the battle situation at all!

Since the fighter formation did not retreat, the high-speed assault formation of the light cruiser rushed forward as originally planned.

However, what these light cruisers are facing at this moment is the new warships of the Kingdom of Dawn that are not harassed by fighters at all and are in good condition! The combat capabilities of the Hell Angel class, Behemoth class, and Typhoon class warships are simply not comparable to those of the Aquitens class and Carrack class light cruisers.

What's more, there are also a large number of light cruisers in the Dawn Kingdom's fleet!

The Lumberjack-class heavy frigates, Rift-class destroyers, and Storm-class light cruisers, these small and medium-sized warships, under the cover of the main battleships, pounced on the light cruiser formation of the Galactic Empire like a pack of wolves!

At this time, the battleship led by Adar Talon was still hesitating in front of the USS Destroyer. Because just now, the USS Destroyer had completed its recharge and fired the huge star destroyer cannon on the bow! Two more Imperial-class star destroyers were destroyed, which made them even more afraid to move forward.

"Damn it! Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Adar Talon roared, "Let the high-speed light cruiser formation and the fighter formation withdraw!"

However, his order was a step too late, and at this moment his light cruiser formation had already exchanged fire with the fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn. The scene was tragic!

What the Imperial Fleet didn't expect was that the frigates and cruisers equipped by the Kingdom of Dawn were all incredibly fast! Their high maneuverability made them like a pack of wolves, and once they were bitten, they couldn't escape at all!

Adar Talon quickly ordered the battleship fleet to approach the light cruiser fleet as soon as possible to cover their retreat. However, the battleship Destroyer caught up again like a piece of taffy. Not only that, this super battleship once again launched a high-energy directional electromagnetic pulse, paralyzing more than a dozen battleships of the Imperial Fleet.

In the chaos, Adar Talon's light cruiser fleet suffered heavy losses, with more than 400 light cruisers being severely damaged or destroyed.

Finally, General Grievous did not pursue the victory, but instead decided to quit while he was ahead and led the fleet to retreat.

Adar Talon did not dare to think of any pursuit, not because of lack of strength, but because his fleet organization had been completely disrupted, and the morale of officers and soldiers at all levels had dropped to the bottom, making it impossible to launch an attack.

He could only recall his fleet, rely on the defense facilities of the planet Bonta for defense, and repair the damaged warships.

After a quick count, the main fleet of the 16th Army of the Galactic Empire lost 19 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 560 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, more than 400 light cruisers and frigates of various types, and more than fighters and bombers of various types in this encounter!

In comparison, although 14 battleships of the Kingdom of Dawn fleet were destroyed, those were Generosity-class frigates and Resister-class destroyers, which were only cannon fodder used to make up the numbers, and there was no victory result to speak of.

They could only watch as General Grievous led the fleet, after a long period of hyperspace calculations, started the engines and left the battlefield despite the interference of the hyperspace jammers.

Looking at the empty universe, Admiral Adar Talon felt lost. (End of this chapter)