The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2528: Adar Talon's Determination

The response given by the Imperial military is actually very clear. They must have clearly understood the power of the modernized battleship Destroyer, and they also understand the deterrent power of shield-piercing missiles.

After so many years of fighting, if one still looks down on the technology of the Kingdom of Dawn as before, one would have to doubt whether one has a normal IQ.

So in their reply, they only asked Adar Talon to guard the border, and did not force him to kill General Grievous. This shows that the Imperial military still has a very clear understanding.

However, this reply also revealed a message - reinforcements? You, a general born in a civilian family, don't deserve it.

The focus of the Galactic Empire is still the Lark Ghouls that are wreaking havoc in the northeast, the planets of Fangduo and Delon with tens of millions of troops deployed, and the difficultly supported northern front. In comparison, the eastern border? That has to be put behind.

Adar Talon sighed, shook his head, and continued writing his report. He now judged that the situation on General Grievous' side would definitely not be very good, because if the Kingdom of Dawn really wanted him to take the lead in the attack, then there would definitely be more than just these few ships to cooperate with the battleship Destroyer and the Typhoon-class battlecruiser.

This shows that the Kingdom of Dawn had no intention of attacking, and was just trying to attack and test new weapons and warships, such as the shield-piercing missiles.

After analyzing a large amount of combat videos and data, Adar Talon discovered that even shield-piercing missiles had a considerable chance of failure. They either hit the shield or disappeared without a trace and never reappeared. Moreover, the warheads in the shield-piercing missiles were all destructive ammunition that had a miraculous effect on warship armor, rather than plasma ammunition that had a better effect on shields. This meant that if these missiles failed to penetrate the shield, the damage they caused was extremely limited.

Therefore, he believed that this was the result of the Kingdom of Dawn's weapons testing. The final form would definitely be 100% shield-piercing, which would be terrifying.

Fortunately, the logistical pressure of using this kind of missile must be huge. After all, a missile is 12 meters long, and even for the 1072-meter Typhoon class, the missile reserves must be very limited. Moreover, such a complex missile cannot be produced directly inside the warship.

So, in the absence of reinforcements, to defeat General Grievous, we must strike in his rear.

Behind this is the planet Dak! The Mon Calamari!

The planet Dak broke away from the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. At that time, the Quarren received the support of Count Dooku and Tang Xiao, repelled the army of the Galactic Republic, and established a government dominated by the Quarren. The planet Mon Calamari also changed its name back to Dak.

However, with the defeat of the Confederacy of Independent Systems on the planet Salukami, the separatism was finally completely disbanded. Although the planet Dak was not directly attacked by the Galactic Empire due to its remote location, the planetary government was still forced to surrender and become part of the Galactic Empire.

Not only that, the Free Dak Volunteer Engineering Corps, which served the Independent System Confederation at the time, was also disbanded, and the largest ship industrial zone, Port Parment, was also dismantled. Although most of the dismantled equipment in Port Parment was lost during the dismantling process, the planet Dak still suffered a serious blow.

In this case, there is no doubt that the Mon Calamari will put all the blame on the Quarren, and the conflict between the two races on the planet Dark will intensify again.

All along, the Galactic Empire Intelligence Agency has been pursuing the strategy of winning over the Mon Calamari. However, because the Empire has always been a policy of human supremacy and discrimination against aliens, they are lukewarm towards the Mon Calamari.

But in fact, the conflict between the Mon Calamari and the Quarren is very sharp, and even irreconcilable in a sense. Adar Talon thinks that more investment should be made in this regard, because the Quarren have always been flirting with the Kingdom of Dawn. Once the Quarren have problems, the fleet of General Grievous, who is closest to them, will definitely be affected.

In this way, they can buy enough time, at least for the Imperial Engineering and Scientific Research departments to develop a way to counter the opponent's shield-piercing missiles.

After submitting the report, Adar Talon sighed again. To be honest, he did not think that his suggestion would be accepted.

Although he was an admiral of the Imperial Navy, he understood that this was partly because of Darth Vader's promotion, and partly because the 12th Army needed someone like him to resist General Grievous. His real status was probably not as good as that of some school-level officers sent by aristocratic families to gain military merit and experience.

No matter what, it's time to take a break. Adar Talon looked at the time and realized that he hadn't slept for more than 80 hours. His body had reached its limit.

However, just less than two hours after he slept on the sofa in the office, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the office!

[General! Hyperspace fluctuations detected! The planet Bonta is about to be invaded!] An urgent voice came from the communication.

"...Quick! Get into combat mode immediately!" Adar Talon jumped up with a start, grabbed his military uniform, put it on and rushed out of the office.

When he arrived at the combat command center, the staff on duty had already arrived and was ordering the standby warships to start up immediately.

"General! It should be the separatist fleet! There will be contact in 10 minutes!" a staff officer came over and said.

"Order all ships to deploy in a loose defensive array! Meet the enemy with long-range artillery fire! Do not rush forward rashly!" Adar Talon gave the order.

Just as the Galactic Empire fleet began to adjust its formation, waves of white light flashed continuously, and one after another, the Kingdom of Dawn warships appeared outside the planet! The first to bear the brunt was the battleship Destruction!

General Grievous, again!

"Open fire!" Adar Talon gave the order, and all his warships immediately opened fire! Not only that, the Golan-class armed space stations deployed at the equator of the planet also opened fire at full power!

Countless turbolaser beams and missiles were fired out crazily, and the dense beams seemed to be raining! At this moment, thousands of turrets were madly pouring out that terrible firepower!

However, Adar Talon understood that the firing at this stage was mostly just for show, and the actual effect was probably just average. Because just like last time, General Grievous still deployed his fleet two light minutes away from the planet.

"General! We have detected that the star destroyer cannon of the battleship Destroyer is charging!" the adjutant walked over and said.

"Analyze the trajectory, evade. Keep firing!" Adar Talon closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and gave the order. He had made up his mind this time to hold his ground firmly and not give General Grievous any chance to take advantage of him! "Yes!"

There are no soldiers on the Golan-class armed space stations in front of them now. The space stations are mainly operated by KX series security robots, and there are also a large number of B-1 combat robots. Although the KX series security robots are far superior to B-1 combat robots in terms of computing power, intelligence and strength, their cost is also far higher, and their number is still limited after all.

Therefore, the Imperial military still retains many B-1 combat robots for assistance. Most of these robots were captured when the Confederation of Independent Systems was destroyed. Don't underestimate these captured robots, because of the huge inventory, the Galactic Empire captured billions of B-1 combat robots!

The 1th Army, which was at the forefront of the fight against the Confederacy of Independent Systems, naturally had a large number of B- combat robots. Now, in order to deal with the threat of the battleship Destroyer, Adar Talon's response was to pull out those robots to control those Golan-class combat space stations.

After all, no one is willing to fight on the battle station now. In the war with the Kingdom of Dawn, facing the Kingdom of Dawn fleet with countless fortress attack methods, the battle station has become synonymous with an iron coffin.

A dazzling red beam of light pierced the sky, and sure enough, another Golan-class combat space station was directly destroyed!

Then, they were met with fierce artillery fire from the enemy! As expected, several more warships were hit by phase missiles, their main armor belts were penetrated, and the warships caught fire.

Everything was the same as last time, and there was just as much to do as before.

If he took the initiative to attack, General Grievous would use the same tactics as last time, using the Destroyer as a human shield and the Typhoon-class battlecruiser to attack from the rear. The result would still be the same!

Adal Talon looked at the expressions of the officers around him, which were filled with fear and hesitation. This cannot go on! It is wrong to hold on to the position. If we continue like this, our morale will definitely collapse! He slammed the table and shouted, "Order all ships! Maneuver to the two wings!"

The order he gave was to maneuver rather than deploy, which meant that the Imperial fleet would move forward to the sides instead of maintaining an integrated formation.

"General, if this happens, the planet Bonta will be directly attacked!" said the adjutant.

Adar Talon's bloodshot eyes shone with a fascinating gleam. He gritted his teeth and said, "Divide the troops into two groups and attack directly behind General Grievous! The defense of the planet Bonta will be left to the armed space station and the planetary shield!"

"General, are you crazy?" The adjutant was horrified. "This will definitely be regarded by the Imperial Military as an act of abandoning the position and running away!!"

"Stop talking and follow orders." Adar Talon said viciously.

His orders were faithfully carried out, but the adjutant could imagine the sneers on the faces of the Star Destroyers' captains. Of course, this order that did not require them to face the enemy directly was really great. They did not have to face the terrible Battleship Destroyer, and the blame for leaving the battle was borne by Adar Talon alone. Is there anything better than this?

The Imperial fleet immediately split into two, with more than 120 battleships and more than 400 small and medium-sized warships. They directly started their hyperspace engines and launched a reverse assault in the direction of General Grievous!

However, in this way, his fleet would be isolated and unable to get supplies, and the damaged warships in the battle would hardly have the chance to return to the mainland. And the most fatal thing was that he had no idea where General Grievous's logistics supply point was.

But Adar Talon no longer cared about these. Since the opponent did not give him the opportunity for a head-on confrontation and long-range shooting was not a problem, he might as well disrupt the battlefield completely!

Over the next three days, Adar Talon's fleet conducted a thorough sweep deep into Hutt space. However, the results were minimal. Although he destroyed some of the spaceports and stations set up by the Kingdom of Dawn and the Hutts, he still could not find the headquarters of General Grievous.

Bad news also kept coming. General Grievous spent a day destroying all the armed space stations outside the planet Bonta! The seventeen Golan-class armed space stations have now become a metal debris belt orbiting the planet. He didn't care about Bonta's planetary shield at all, and he didn't even have the interest to fire a nuclear bomb at it.

Then, General Grievous' fleet disappeared. No one knew which direction he left from, or where he went, but he disappeared. The only news we know is that he finally divided his fleet into five parts and evacuated them separately. He broke the whole into small pieces, leaving no chance for the Imperial fleet at all!

Finally, Adar Talon found some supply facilities and two spaceports on Saki. No doubt this was where Grievous had stationed his troops, but now, there was nothing there. Even the spaceports were empty, with no living people to be seen except for the B-1 battle droids that were doing the daily maintenance.

Adar Talon was furious and ordered all these facilities to be blown to pieces! But this was his only achievement.

Two days later, the exhausted Imperial Fleet returned to the planet Bonta. Now, they didn't even have a berth to dock...

Then, Adar Talon, who was commanding the transport fleet to supply his fleet with a numb face, received news that the rear of the 12th Army was attacked by a small fleet of General Grievous, and even a transport fleet carrying supplies to him was destroyed.

In fact, these harassments did not produce much results in general, but they were like loud slaps in the face of Adar Talon.

But at this point he no longer cared.

The next day, he received a call from the governor of the 71th Army, Serben. The -year-old veteran was now haggard. He shook his head and sighed, "Take a rest, General Talon."

"Has the military made the decision?" Adar Talon said expressionlessly.

Thrben said in a deep voice: "To be honest, the situation is very bad. I will try my best. Although this failure is not your fault, it is an indisputable fact that you fell into General Grievous' trap after all."

What he said was already very obscure, but Adar Talon also understood that his act of leading the fleet to abandon the planet Bonta and take the initiative to attack had become the biggest stain.

But what else can I do? If I don't do something, will my fleet just stay here and be called out by the battleship Destroyer?

On the third day, a team of Imperial Intelligence agents came to the command center and put shiny handcuffs on Adar Talon. (End of this chapter)