The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2575: Aggression Like Fire (Part )
The fleet has entered hyperspace navigation. There is nothing but a dazzling band of light outside the portholes.

General Grievous had been standing next to the holographic combat star map, supporting the edge with his hands, staring at the map with his bloodshot eyes, without saying a word.

Lin Nanyi stood aside, feeling somewhat embarrassed. Although he wanted to turn around and leave, he also understood that once he left, this battle would have nothing to do with him.

In any case, the High Command had handed this fleet over to him, and if he simply let it be taken away by General Grievous, then no matter what the outcome, his military career would be over.

Therefore, Lin Nanyi could only stay here. He could say that because General Grievous brought special intelligence, he accepted his opinion and allowed General Grievous to participate in the command of the fleet operations. In this way, at least he could say that he participated in the operations.

General Grievous didn't say much either. He just stood there with his hands supporting himself, and heavy and chaotic breathing could be heard from under his animal bone mask.

This time, General Grievous chose to rush back to Lothal with 10 Revelation-class battleships and 200 heavy cruisers. Because those 200 heavy cruisers were advanced second-generation battleships such as the Minotaur-class, Cole II-class, and Dunov II-class, and had combat capabilities comparable to those of battleships.

At the same time, because these are all cutting-edge warships, according to the Dawn Planet's own technical standards, the level of their hyperspace engines is also higher [Note 1], allowing them to pass through hyperspace channels more quickly.

But in Lin Nanyi's opinion, General Grievous's approach was really too risky.

Because the strength of this fleet did not really reach a crushing advantage, even without considering the Eye of Palpatine, it would take a lot of effort to deal with the fleet of the Galactic Empire. In this case, if the fleet was divided into three, it would be very likely that the Galactic Empire would concentrate its forces to defeat each one.

Once the strength of the main fleet is damaged, it will be passive when confronting the Eye of Palpatine next.

After all, the opponent is a super battleship. If you want to destroy a super battleship, you can basically only attack it head-on. This is a hard power confrontation without any fancy moves.

But at this moment, Lin Nanyi didn't dare to say anything to General Grievous. Just now, he clearly felt that if he said no, General Grievous would definitely kill him on the spot!

As for whether he would be killed immediately by the guards afterwards, it no longer mattered.

Lin Nanyi could only decide secretly that if the war situation developed unfavorably, he would immediately arrest General Grievous and never give him any chance to get close to him!

He turned around and winked at the Marine commander beside him. The commander understood and immediately walked out of the bridge to gather more soldiers.

However, General Grievous ignored these little actions.

Their fleet was traveling at a very fast speed during hyperspace travel. Previously, it took the large force about two days to reach the planet Tugel, but now, the fleet had reached the outskirts of the Losar galaxy in just one day!
However, just as the fleets left hyperspace one after another in the dazzling white light and appeared in the universe, communications in various places were immediately restored, and among them there was a long string of communications, all of which were hyperspace outposts detecting abnormal hyperspace fluctuations! !
[Abnormal hyperspace fluctuations detected! Relative coordinates are being analyzed!] [Confirmed that the fluctuations come from an unknown channel!]

[Hyperspace wave is approaching! The scale is large! Estimated contact time is 5 hours! ]

[Help! The Galactic Empire fleet appears on the planet Lothal! ]

"General! The planet Losar is under attack!!" The signalman turned around and shouted, "The planet is calling for help! The defense fleet is short of manpower and has retreated to the vicinity of the satellite. The Galactic Empire fleet is heading towards the star gate!!"

"What?!" Upon hearing the news, Lin Nanyi jumped up and shouted angrily: "This is impossible!!!"

"Turn the engine to maximum power and head for the stargate as fast as possible!" General Grievous roared.

"Yes!!" At this moment, even the adjutant who had always been suspicious of General Grievous's attempt to seize power understood the urgency of the matter, and he quickly conveyed the order, "Send a telegram to the entire army, advance at full speed!!"

The Galactic Empire fleet that was attacking the planet Lothal at the moment included 200 Imperial-class Star Destroyers and no other warships. Undoubtedly, in order to achieve the fastest raid effect, the Galactic Empire's commander Gideon Tarkin did not bring those slower small and medium-sized warships and the lagging Victory II-class Star Destroyers.

Without any hesitation, General Grievous commanded the fleet to pounce on the enemy! He didn't even adjust the formation of the fleet.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. The Cole II-class and Minotaur-class heavy cruisers that can fire straight ahead have already opened fire. The hypermatter electromagnetic cannons and Yamato cannons are firing frantically in the direction of the Imperial fleet!
The Galactic Empire's warships were also not in a hurry, they bombarded the star gate from a long distance. The dense beams of turbolaser cannons slanted down like raindrops!

The Stargate also has very solid defenses, with a flagship-level deflector shield installed on it. But even so, if it is continuously bombarded by an entire fleet, the Stargate will not last long!

After discovering that the Dawn Kingdom's fleet had returned so quickly, the Imperial fleet commander had obviously made up his mind. He saw that the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, in addition to ordering some side turrets to fire back, still aimed all their fire at the star gate.

They obviously want to destroy the star gate directly!

General Grievous continued to issue orders, adjusting the fleet formation as he advanced. Not only that, he also issued orders to the planetary defense fleet, asking all fleets to attack immediately and attack the Galactic Empire fleet with all their might.

Thousands of fighter jets also took off from the planet's atmosphere and immediately joined the battle!
General Grievous's fleet was still a step too slow after all. When they finally reached the optimal range, the Stargate had already endured several rounds of salvos from the Imperial fleet. The deflector shield was crumbling!
"The Divine Revelation-class battleships continue their assault! Don't stop!!" General Grievous said sternly, "Other battleships, keep moving forward and form a fire reinforcement formation!"
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[Note 1: In the setting of "Star Wars", the lower the level of the hyperspace engine, the faster the speed. But after thinking about it, I think it is easier to understand that the higher the level, the faster the speed. So, let's use the level standard of Dawn Planet itself to make it round. ] (End of this chapter)