The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2694 Empty City Strategy

2694. The Empty City Stratagem
Under the dual protection of deflector shields and fleet shields, the Imperial warships' firepower interception had little effect. Super proton torpedoes hit their targets one after another, and pale blue proton clouds exploded on the Imperial-class star destroyers!

The proton cloud collapsed within a fraction of a microsecond, then suddenly expanded and exploded, causing devastating destruction! Moreover, these super proton torpedoes all hit the side and rear of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers, and some even exploded directly on the engines!

The deflector shields on the side and rear of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer were simply unable to withstand such an attack and were destroyed on the spot. The ship's thick armor was also completely unable to withstand the power of the super proton torpedo.

Violent secondary explosions began to erupt inside these Imperial-class Star Destroyers, their terrifying power instantly destroying one Star Destroyer after another!

In less than twenty minutes, this defensive formation, comprised of over 200 capital ships, was subjected to a central detonation attack by the Titan-class battleship, the Taotie. More than 50 Imperial-class Star Destroyers were destroyed immediately, and with the second wave of super-proton torpedoes launched by the Ogre-class siege cruisers, even more Star Destroyers were blasted into fragments.

The Divine Messenger Titan had anticipated this outcome. After guiding the Taotie Titan, the Divine Messenger Titan had already begun charging its doomsday weapon again.

At the same time, Admiral Trench, commander of the Dawn Kingdom fleet, immediately mobilized 5 Prophecy-class battleships, more than 40 Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, and 100 heavy cruisers to launch a targeted attack in this direction!

The flagship laser array of the Prophecy-class battleships flashed incessantly, devastating beams of light relentlessly striking the Imperial warships. The Minotaur-class heavy cruisers also completed their firing preparations, their improved, faster-firing, and smaller Yamato guns forming a dense barrage of long-range fire. Simultaneously, the Cole II-class heavy cruisers began firing their improved twin-mounted hypermatter electromagnetic cannons.

The Dawn Kingdom's navy has long since formed a three-dimensional firepower system encompassing long, medium, and short ranges. Before the Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, which act as human shields, could even penetrate the enemy fleet's front, the dense long-range firepower had already destroyed more than a dozen Imperial-class star destroyers!
At this moment, the Titan-class battleship Taotie had done everything it needed to do. Captain Lars, looking at the Imperial light cruisers and frigates that were constantly converging on the holographic combat map to intercept the super proton torpedoes, decisively issued the order: "Load the 3D bombs immediately! Fire!!"

The 3D bombs equipped on ordinary warships have a large range but low power, and can basically only be used to deal with fighter jets flying around. However, the huge size of the Anchoron-class Titan warships allows them to be equipped with much more powerful large 3D bombs, which can even threaten light cruisers that are two or three hundred meters long!

A massive spherical pulse wave exploded rhythmically, bearing the brunt of the approaching escort ships and inflicting severe damage. After several consecutive 3D bomb explosions, dozens of escort ships were destroyed. The already chaotic formation completely collapsed!

Under this pincer attack from both inside and outside, the defensive array composed of more than 200 capital ships was quickly dismantled! The Dawn Kingdom's fleet soon broke through the defenses!

As the battle has progressed, the defensive fleet of Planet Bilbrin has lost more than half of its ships! The Dawn Kingdom, on the other hand, has only lost less than 20 capital ships and more than 40 heavy cruisers. Even with a frontal assault, the casualty ratio between the two sides is still close to four to one!

Vice Admiral Dalmar-Holken had no choice but to take final action. He ordered all warships to immediately enter the atmosphere of Bilbrin, preparing for a last stand using the planetary shields. However, this order also effectively cut off any possibility of the Imperial fleet's warships escaping the battle. At the same time, it gave the Dawn Kingdom's warships the opportunity to conduct unbridled orbital bombardment, amounting to a fight to the death.

On the spot, the captains of more than a dozen star destroyers refused to accept the order. Instead, they turned around and tried to break away from the planet, hoping to escape this hell.

The Dawn Kingdom's fleet unexpectedly spared these warships, even clearing a path for them to safely escape the planet's gravitational well. This outcome undoubtedly encouraged the Imperial warships that wanted to flee, and more and more warships began to turn back and escape.

The Imperial fleet that ultimately entered Bilbrin's atmosphere consisted of 150 capital ships and over 600 medium and small warships, all determined to perish with the planet. Approximately 100 other capital ships chose to escape, moving away from the planet's gravitational pull and immediately activating their hyperspace engines to depart.

Next, a brutal battle of attack and defense unfolded once again around the planetary shield!

The flash of the Titan Messenger's doomsday weapon once again illuminated the entire starry sky. The powerful doomsday beam pierced directly through the two Golan II-class armed space stations and shone on the planetary shield! The terrifying energy shockwave was so intense that the light was even clearly visible on the planet's surface!
After defeating the guard fleet, there was no longer any obstruction between the planet Bilbrin and the Dawn Kingdom fleet!
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Meanwhile, Dunn-Wessex also began its attack on the planet Od-Mantel.

However, to his surprise, the planet Ode-Antel did not have many defenders, and it surrendered immediately after putting up only a token resistance.

Dunn-Wessex then realized that the Kingdom of Dawn had actually withdrawn as many troops as possible from the planet Od-Mantel during the period of blockade!
However, having captured the planet that had once served as a military base for the Kingdom of Dawn, Dunn-Wessex immediately sent a report to the Imperial Central Command, describing the victory as a glorious triumph once again.

Then, Dunn-Wessex immediately organized forces to clean up the Dawn Kingdom's legacy on the planet Od-Mantel. His first target was naturally the stargate built on the outer edge of the planet!
There is a stargate on the planet Ode-Mantel that is nearing completion. The Imperial Intelligence Agency has a series of accurate intelligence reports on this, so the Supreme Strategic Command will take this stargate into account when formulating its strategy.

Stargate technology is listed as the most dangerous technology and the one that poses the greatest threat to the Empire's security in the threat rating of the Galactic Empire's Supreme Strategic Command, without exception!

Don't forget, the Galactic Empire chose to go to war because it learned of the existence of Stargate technology!
However, when Dunn Wessex rushed to the location of the stargate, he found only a meaningless empty shell—the stargate of the planet Od Mantel had vanished!