The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2633 The Battle of Bilbulin (Part Six)
2633, The Battle of Bilbo Nymph (Part 6)

Seeing his own fighter squadron being slaughtered, Galactic Empire Admiral Holster-Stretch's face turned ashen. He stared intently at the holographic combat map, his teeth clenched.

The performance of those advanced fighter jets made his eyelids twitch, especially the heavy fighters, which were truly terrifying! These heavy fighters were over 20 meters long, significantly larger than almost all the fighters currently in service with the Galactic Empire. And their size didn't diminish their maneuverability; in fact, their maneuverability and instantaneous acceleration were unbelievably strong. Even in one-on-one dogfights, the Galactic Empire's TIE advanced fighters wouldn't stand a chance.

Admiral Streich has confirmed with intelligence that this fighter jet is indeed the Dawn Kingdom's YSS-1000 Sabre fighter. This fighter has been in service with the Dawn Kingdom's navy for some time and has received considerable attention from the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, but its specific combat capabilities have yet to be determined.

But now he knew. And in such a tragic way!
The situation on the battlefield changed after those two giant ships, which should have been aircraft carriers, entered the battlefield.

First, his own fighter squadron was slaughtered, forcing him to send anti-aircraft warships to intercept the enemy's fighter squadron. This allowed the Dawn Kingdom's warships, freed from fighter harassment, to concentrate their firepower and shields on the front of the ships, enhancing their ability to engage in direct combat.

Furthermore, the Dawn Kingdom's fighter squadron suffered almost no losses and was heading towards the Imperial fleet. They would soon engage the Imperial's second fighter squadron and the defensive line formed by its anti-aircraft warships.

However, Straitch had no hope for the outcome of this battle.

He gave a complete report on the battle situation here to Gerald Perein, the commander-in-chief of the Northern First Fleet.

Meanwhile, Straitch also discovered that with the continuous arrival of reinforcements, the Dawn Kingdom's Divine Messenger Titan warship had recovered. The Divine Messenger Titan warship's deflector shield had now completed its cooldown cycle for at least 10 minutes, and its shield capacitors had likely recovered considerably.

In other words, he has lost his best chance to severely damage the Titan warship, the Divine Messenger.

With the opportunity for victory lost, Admiral Streich had to start considering the timing of his retreat. However, before retreating, he hoped to take advantage of their current overwhelming numerical superiority to inflict as many losses as possible on the Dawn Kingdom's fleet.

In fact, as the battle has progressed, the Dawn Kingdom fleet has suffered heavy losses due to being constantly besieged. Currently, 10 capital ships and more than 30 heavy cruisers have been destroyed or severely damaged and rendered combat ineffective. Even the two initial reinforcements, the Prophecy-class battleships, have been lost, with one sunk and the other severely damaged.

These two battleships were defeated after their battle systems, which were overloaded by engines, became ineffective due to overheating, and they were besieged by hundreds of Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

This marks the first time the Galactic Empire has confirmed the destruction of a Prophecy-class battleship on the front lines!
However, as these warships fought desperately, more and more Dawn Kingdom warships joined the battle. It was clear that their determination to completely conquer the fortress of Bilbrin was extremely strong!
Furthermore, Admiral Holst-Stretch was quite certain that, given the current strategic situation, once Bilblin was captured, it would be impossible for the Galactic Empire to retake it as easily as before!

This defeat will mean the complete fall of Bilbrin. The passage for the main fleet of the Dawn Kingdom to enter the inner circle of the Empire from the North will be completely open.

The Dawn Kingdom's fleet is now supporting the battlefield with two Prophecy-class battleships that arrived later.

Furthermore, reinforcements continued to arrive, with an additional 20 Hellsangel-class battlecruisers and 2 Archon-class aircraft carriers following.

Upon arriving at the battlefield, the Archduke-class aircraft carrier immediately released tens of thousands of Swarm II interceptor drones. This cloud of drones is currently still advancing and has not yet joined the battle.

It's conceivable that once these drones penetrate the battlefield, they will further disperse the firepower of our own fleet, giving the Kingdom of Dawn more opportunities to guide more fleets to arrive!
And some new types of frigates, all black and looking incredibly menacing, began to be deployed to the battlefield.

The number of these new frigates is increasing, now reaching 150, and they appear to have completed initial formation and are ready to be deployed!
General Holster-Stretch waited anxiously, and soon, a reply arrived from General Gerard Perrin.

Based on this message, General Streich realized that the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn were now engaged in a three-pronged war in the Northern Territory!
Besides the main force of the Dawn Kingdom launching a fierce attack on Bilblin, another of their fleets is making a surprise attack on Dantoin to the north. Gilard Perein has also responded by sending more than 100 capital ships to reinforce Dantoin, and the two sides are engaged in fierce fighting on the planet's outskirts.

Moreover, because Dantuin is too far away, neither side has deployed a large-scale fleet. Instead, a fierce land battle is taking place on the surface of Dantuin.

The Kingdom of Dawn has already forcibly landed on the planet Dantuin. According to current estimates, at least 10 army soldiers have landed on Dantuin and established at least three landing sites, located at three military bases of the Galactic Empire on Dantuin.

More army troops are en route.

The Galactic Empire, however, was equally ruthless, dispatching five Cheerleader-class assault landing ships as the core, initially assembling an army of 800,000 to reinforce Dantuin! Tens of thousands of transport ships had already assembled, ready to set sail!
On the other side, towards the planet Ode-Mantel, the Dawn Kingdom has also assembled a large fleet, seemingly intending to launch a preemptive attack on the planet Isol, threatening Palin-Minor, the administrative center of the Galactic Empire's northern border.

However, as the battle on Bilbrin broke out, Gerald Perrin decided to take the initiative, sending his army through Isol to Od Mantel.

The two fleets are still gradually deploying and are currently engaged in long-range firefights.

Admiral Gerald Perrin recognized that both of the enemy's Titan warships were on Bilblin and saw this as a golden opportunity, which is why he launched a decisive attack.

His First Northern Fleet comprises 700 capital ships and 5000 medium and small warships. It is a formidable force, and this time it has come out in full force, intending to seize the planet Ode-Mantel in one fell swoop, directly threatening the flank and rear of the Dawn Kingdom's main fleet.

However, because this fleet was so large, it couldn't all traverse the hyperspace route from Isol to Od-Mantel in one go. Therefore, while sending out the vanguard fleet to attack, he was also waiting for the arrival of the follow-up fleet. The Dawn Kingdom's defensive forces deployed on Od-Mantel were also formidable. Not only had they built an Agonev-class interstellar base on the planet's perimeter, but they also had a powerful force there, including 150 capital ships, 200 heavy cruisers, and 2000 medium and small warships, ready for battle.

Furthermore, there are 40 Paladin-class battlecruisers and 30 Cataclysm-class battlecruisers deployed next to the Agonev-class star base, firing wildly with particle lances.

Therefore, although the battle on the planet Ode-Mantel has not yet fully begun, long-range artillery fire has already started from both sides, and it is clear that the Galactic Empire's fleet is not in a superior position.

This is destined to be another fierce battle.

In the instructions sent by Admiral Gerald Perrin to Admiral Holster Streich, it was explicitly demanded that Admiral Streich delay the fall of Bilbrin as long as possible. Otherwise, if Bilbrin fell, and the two Titan warships of the Dawn Kingdom turned their attention to Od Mantel, the consequences would be unimaginable!

After weighing the situation, Holster-Stretch made a decision. He reorganized his main fleet, abandoning his reckless offensive posture and instead began to devise contingency plans.

He began to withdraw some of the damaged warships, and some warships with severely deflected shields also retreated. These warships would form a second line of defense behind his own first line of battle. At the same time, he ordered Bilbrin Planet to immediately dispatch a transport fleet to repair and resupply the warships in the second line of defense.

He planned to retreat to the second line of defense in stages when the first row of warships was severely damaged.

This process involves continuously depleting the Dawn Kingdom's warships while preserving as much of its own strength as possible. The plan is to retreat the battle line back to the vicinity of the armed asteroid on the planet's outskirts and switch entirely to a defensive posture.

At this moment, Admiral Holst-Stretch received a report—[Enemy Titan main guns detected charging!]

He was immediately alarmed and quickly ordered: "Telegram to the entire army! Pay attention to the enemy Titan's main guns! This ship must accelerate and retreat!"

Meanwhile, on the Titan warship Divine Messenger, six energy focusing devices had been deployed on its massive disc-shaped structure, and six terrifying energies were visibly converging at the center. A terrifyingly condensed sphere of energy was continuously gathering!

Such a terrifying scene filled almost every Galactic Empire warship present with dread.

Everyone knows the terrifying power of the main cannon of the Titan warship Divine Messenger. A mere Imperial-class Star Destroyer couldn't even withstand it for 0.1 seconds!
Instantly, the previously orderly formation began to crumble. Some warships decided to fight to the death, firing wildly in an attempt to disrupt the Titans' main guns. However, the captains of the majority of Imperial-class Star Destroyers issued orders to retreat, ignoring the formation and turning to flee.

Faced with such chaos, Holster-Stretch was completely helpless—because his own flagship was also fleeing!

In fact, he had no other thoughts at the moment, only one—to wait until the enemy's main gun fired, and if he was still alive, then seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack!

This plan, once he came to his senses, filled him with immense shame! How could they possibly continue after such a humiliating defeat?!
Fortunately, I heard that the advanced technology alliance in the rear has already come up with a plan to deal with the terrifying main guns of the Dawn Kingdom's Titan warships, but it will take about a month.

Could this mean he was the last sucker on the Divine Messenger-class Titan warship? Admiral Holst thought bitterly.

At this moment, the doomsday weapon has completed its charging!

Almost everyone saw a light comparable to a star suddenly illuminate the area. After a brief period of blindness, they were horrified to discover that the doomsday weapon... had split apart!

The energy that had been gathering in front of the Divine Messenger-class Titan warship was instantly unleashed. However, instead of converging into a massive beam of light, it instantly split into dozens of tiny beams after being launched, directly illuminating the array of the Galactic Empire fleet!
The Titan warship "God Messenger" was not targeting him! Admiral Holster-Stretch felt secretly relieved, but when he saw the situation on the battlefield, he was filled with extreme horror!

The split beam of the doomsday weapon struck dozens of capital ships directly! At this moment, most of these capital ships had already begun to catch fire and explode, with only a few escaping unscathed!
Explosions were erupting from the hit Imperial-class Star Destroyers, flames spewing from the gaps in their outer armor. Visibly, the areas of the ships struck by the fire had been melted, leaving holes hundreds of meters in diameter!
Violent explosions began to erupt from the large hole, spreading throughout the entire warship, which was then blasted into several burning fragments!
The communication channel was filled with noise: screams, shouts, roars, and even weeping.

The power of doomsday weapons is terrifying!
Admiral Streich gritted his teeth, calming his trembling lips, and roared into the communicator, "Task force, move out immediately! Concentrate your firepower! Their Titans are at their most vulnerable right now!"

"Charge! Sink the Titans at all costs!!" Admiral Streich's roar echoed through the communication systems of every warship in the Imperial fleet.

The Imperial Fleet responded immediately.

They are no longer the greenhorns who knew nothing about war during the Clone Wars. The Galactic Empire's navy is now a battle-hardened elite force that has experienced more than a decade of war.

As planned, a high-speed formation consisting of all Imperial Class II Star Destroyers, 160 Arquitenths-class light cruisers, 100 Karak-class high-speed light cruisers, and 200 Night Watcher-class frigates quickly assembled and launched a desperate charge against the Titan warship, the Divine Messenger!
Admiral Streich began preparing to reorganize the fleet, but at that moment he was horrified to discover that with the destruction of about 29 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, a huge gap had appeared in the Imperial fleet's formation.

And his flagship was right there in that gap!