The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2533: Destruction Assault

2534: Destruction Assault

General Grievous began to constantly test the movements of the Galactic Empire fleet, and he soon discovered that Gideon Tarkin guarded his border very well, leaving him almost no opportunity to take advantage.

If we continue like this, we will not be able to contain the power of the Imperial Fleet.

In order to deal with Gideon Tarkin's defense line, General Grievous finally decided to take a risk - the modernized battleship Destroyer was equipped with a new jump engine!

Basically, the Kingdom of Dawn's warships above 5000 meters have enough space and energy supply to install jump engines, and the battleship Destroyer has also been modified in this regard during the modernization process. However, because the fleet assigned to General Grievous is too uneven, he has never used this function.

Because once the jump engine is used for a surprise attack, it means that other warships will not be able to keep up with the actions of the Destroyer, leaving it to fight alone.

General Grievous made a very careful plan for this. After careful selection, he decided to target the raid as the planet Kashyyyk!

Kashyyyk is the home of the Wookiees and an important planet in the Central Ring of the Milky Way. This planet has a very important strategic position and is also a transportation hub connecting the Outer Ring and Inner Ring of the Milky Way. Most importantly, by attacking Kashyyyk, it will threaten the capital of the 12th Army of the Galactic Empire, Lantilis.

And because of the racial policy of the Galactic Empire, the Wookiees were cruelly exploited and suppressed by the Empire. Riots and uprisings have long occurred here, making it a very chaotic planet. The Galactic Empire's 12th Army also maintains a fleet here, dedicated to monitoring and suppressing the Wookiee's resistance.

General Grievous' plan was to raid Kashyyyk, relying on the powerful force of the battleship Destroyer to destroy the Imperial fleet and threaten the core position of the 12th Army. This would force Gideon Tarkin to worry about the rear, so there might be a chance on the border front.

However, there is no direct hyperspace channel connecting Kashyyyk and the Hutt space where General Grievous is located. There is only one channel that is affected by the black hole and can only be used for a few times. That channel is basically only used by smugglers and criminals who take risks and risk their lives for money, and regular fleets will not use precious warships to take risks on such a channel.

But... Battleship Destroyer, yes!

However, just as General Grievous was still planning, he suddenly received news from the Intelligence Department. Intelligence showed that the Mon Calamari, one of the two major races on the planet Dak, might have colluded with the Galactic Empire!

This news is not new, because since the end of the Clone Wars and the fall of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Mon Calamari have been flirting with the Galactic Empire. However, according to intelligence analysis, the Galactic Empire, which advocates human supremacy, will not try to win over the Mon Calamari too much. In addition, the Mon Calamari are deeply rooted on the planet Dak. It is definitely not a good idea to provoke them for such a small matter and force them to defect.

Moreover, on the planet Dak, the population of the Mon Calamari is more than ten times that of the Quarren. This is also an important reason why they have become the overlord of the planet. If they really want to turn against the Mon Calamari, then even the industrial production of the Quarren will be greatly affected.

The two races have fought for thousands of years, and have also cooperated and coexisted for thousands of years. They cannot be separated just like that. The Quarren have many mining companies that provide raw materials for Mon Calamari companies, and Mon Calamari also have a large number of engineers and laborers working in Quarren factories.

But now, this intelligence clearly shows that the cooperation between the Mon Calamari and the Galactic Empire has taken substantial steps! Not only that, less than two days after receiving the intelligence, Hutt Space was attacked!

A fleet of high-speed cruisers from the Galactic Empire suddenly appeared near the planet Oseon on the edge of Hutt space, destroying the Kingdom of Dawn hyperspace outpost there and damaging a supply station. After that, the fleet continued to advance, captured two transport convoys, and destroyed them all without mercy.

Although the loss was not great, this incident meant that the Galactic Empire seemed to have mastered a hyperspace channel that could lead to the edge of Hutt space and bypass the defense line set up by General Grievous!

The Military Intelligence Department of the Kingdom of Dawn immediately analyzed the intelligence. They believed that this route had not been used by the previous Imperial Fleet Commander Adar Talon. So this might be the information brought by Gideon Tarkin, or it might be given by someone else.

If we consider the recent secret collusion between the Mon Calamari and the Galactic Empire, then it is very likely that the route was provided by the Mon Calamari!

This matter was taken very seriously by the Dawn Kingdom's Supreme Command, because if the Mon Calamari really defected, then on the one hand, the planet Dak would fall into civil war, which would greatly affect the production of the Quarren. On the other hand...

Planet Losar!

On the planet Losar, the Givens were suppressing the local natives while building their own settlements. Although a star gate had been built here, it was too far away from the Kingdom of Dawn. Even if it was a star gate, it would take a long time to reach it, but it just saved the time for transfer.

If the Galactic Empire relied on the support of the Mon Calamari to launch an attack on the planet Lothal, the Dawn Kingdom's Supreme Command really had no confidence that it could successfully defend this star gate while ensuring that there were no problems on other fronts!

The Supreme Command immediately asked General Grievous to take action as soon as possible to put more pressure on the Galactic Empire militarily. If there were some local victories, it might delay the Mon Calamari's determination to betray.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Dawn also began to mobilize its fleet to reinforce the Eastern Territory. Not only their own fleet, but the Supreme Command also asked the current commander of Hutt Space, Oluba Gorensla, to provide them with more warships.

This news strengthened General Grievous's determination to raid the planet Kashyyyk.

Three days later, he organized a fleet to attack the border defense line of the eastern part of the Galactic Empire. At the same time, the battleship Destroyer secretly returned to the Kosher satellite, started the jump engine from here, and directly passed through the unstable hyperspace channel and went straight to the planet Kashyyyk!

Five days later, the battleship USS Destruction suddenly appeared on the planet Kashyyyk accompanied by a dazzling white light, immediately shocking the commanders at all levels of the Empire's 12th Army!

They had no idea how the Destroyer, which was outside the border, suddenly appeared here?!

The governor of the 12th Army, Seben, quickly notified Gideon Tarkin and asked him to return to the rescue as soon as possible to prevent the destruction of the 12th Army's capital planet Lantilis.

However, Gideon Tarkin ignored him. He continued to defend the border and only sent a squadron back.

At the same time, the battleship Destroyer and a total of 8 Imperial-class Star Destroyers of the Imperial fleet that were suppressing the Wookiee uprising on the planet Kashyyyk engaged in a head-on battle!