The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2665 The Rebel Army's Crushing Defeat
2665. The disastrous defeat of the rebel army

Darth Vader's actions this time were incredibly swift; he returned to Dron and immediately led his army into battle, acting with unparalleled decisiveness.

Even though the southern region of the galaxy is now incredibly chaotic, with rebels, libertarians, the Kingdom of Dawn, and space pirates all mixed together, making a large-scale military expedition extremely risky, Darth Vader still launches an attack, just as he did years ago when he crossed half the galaxy to besiege the planet Sarukami.

They swept through everything in their path, and no one dared to stand in their way.

Even the Southern Fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn, under the command of Vice Admiral Malcolm Granger, remained inactive, holed up on Christophersis. This time, with Darth Vader's forces directly targeting the Rebel Alliance, Vice Admiral Granger was more than happy; he certainly wouldn't provoke the Galactic Empire.

Darth Vader's actions mean that he will not be attacking Fantasia anytime soon.

This also relieved General Ling, who was stationed on the outer space station of Fangduo Planet. After all, according to the previous operational plan from the General Staff, half of the garrison on Planet Eliadu had been transferred to support the operations in the North.

In the current situation, if Darth Vader were to recklessly charge in, the battle on Fondo would likely escalate into a brutal ground conflict. At that point, the planet's industrial production would be severely impacted, and if the Galactic Empire were even more determined, it wouldn't be impossible to halve its industrial capacity.

Now, Ling Liang can rest assured and wait for the new main fleet to be formed on Dawn Planet, with the third Anchoron-class Titan warship, the Chaos, as its core.

Once this main fleet is fully assembled and deployed to the planet Eriadu as planned, her total strength in this direction will reach 700 capital ships, approximately one-third of the Galactic Empire's fleet. While an offensive offensive is still beyond her capabilities, relying on the planets of Fangduo for defense is more than sufficient.

Therefore, it can only be said that Darth Vader's military operation was clearly for political rather than military purposes.

Darth Vader divided his forces and took control of all the surrounding planets, especially Ode Pardoran, the original capital of the Thirteenth Army. It was completely isolated by 50 Star Destroyers blocking all hyperspace routes around it.

Afterwards, Darth Vader quickly led 100 Imperial-class Star Destroyers to surround Ujio. Faced with such a powerful force, Jarl Akbar's Deep Sea Fleet did not dare to show itself.

Meanwhile, the rebel warriors on Ujio looked on in despair when they saw the star destroyers that blotted out the sky.

At the same time, the Galactic Empire's fleet began launching thousands of transport planes to forcibly land on the planet.

The rebels who had previously occupied the administrative center of Ugio were unable to mount an effective resistance. They had even scattered their forces across the planet’s major cities and were subjected to a devastating air raid before they could regroup.

Faced with the overwhelming TIE bombers and TIE advanced X-1 fighters, over 100 T-65B/X-wing fighters took off from Planet Ugio to intercept them. However, this interception was too hasty, and the X-wing fighters could not fully utilize their maneuverability advantage in such atmospheric combat. Even the X-wing fighters were no match for the Galactic Empire's fighter fleet, which numbered 1200 in the first wave.

The capital of Ugio was captured three days later. Soldiers of the Galactic Empire, led by the 501st Legion, carried out a massive search and arrest operation in the city. Any resident who was even slightly suspected of having any dealings with the rebels was arrested and interrogated, regardless of the circumstances.

Meanwhile, Darth Vader led his fleet back suddenly and surrounded the former capital of the Thirteenth Army, Ode Pardoran, the following day!

Two lightning-fast attacks left the rebel forces with no time to retreat. Moreover, the rebels were still basking in the joy of destroying the Galactic Empire's Thirteenth Army and expanding their sphere of influence once again, so some within the rebel ranks naively wanted to hold out on Ode Pardoran.

However, Jal-Akbar's deep-sea fleet never appeared, and the rebel warships left on Ode Pardoran were some warships captured when the XIII Army Governor Biruul was captured. There were only 8 Imperial-class Star Destroyers and 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyers. It was a joke to think that such a force could defend this planet.

Darth Vader besieged Od Pardoran without attacking, and easily quelled the uprising on Ujio within three days. His army then pressed forward immediately, giving the rebels no chance to regroup.

The rebels on Od Pardoran fought back fiercely, trying to buy themselves as much time as possible by using the former Legion capital planet to give them an opportunity to strike at the Imperial fleet's logistics.

It must be said that there are still opportunities. As the capital of the Thirteenth Army, Ode-Pardoran has a very complete industrial system and infrastructure. It has long been surrounded by the Hutt Space, so it also has strong self-sufficiency.

According to the Galactic Empire's military standards, Ode-Pardoran has sufficient production capacity and material reserves to withstand an attack for more than a year.

But...it didn't work.

To conquer Od Pardoran, Darth Vader deployed a torpedo ball. This massive spherical spaceship, 19000 meters in diameter, easily destroyed the planet's shield within a single day, and Darth Vader handled the rebels' desperate counterattack with ease.

New equipment, including the Lancer-class air defense frigate and the Gladiator-class heavy cruiser, also made their debut. Together with warships such as the Defender-class heavy cruiser, the Night Watchman-class frigate, and the Marauder-class frigate, they gave the rebels no chance.

Od Pardoran was completely captured after only five days. Surrounded by soldiers of the 501st Legion, Darth Vader personally ascended the building of the planet's administrative capital.

The Cogblade of the Galactic Empire once again rose on the planet Od Pardoran, marking a swift and efficient victory.

A large number of high-ranking officials of the uprising army were captured.

In order to plan this uprising that would destroy the Galactic Empire's 13th Army, the rebels invested a great deal of resources, activating a large number of deeply hidden agents, from the Imperial Council to the commanders of the defense forces.

The rebels wanted to replicate their previous feat of destroying the Galactic Empire's Fourteenth Army's reconstruction plan, and then connect the territories of the Fourteenth and Thirteenth Armies to form a vast sphere of influence.

In addition, the still chaotic Southern Free Trade Zone of the Kingdom of Dawn will provide the rebels with a powerful base.

However, Darth Vader only needed a week to show the rebels the truth...

dream!