The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2810. Salukami's Blood Debt (Part 2)
General Grievous's fleet began their operation.

He did not order the fleet to launch an immediate attack. Currently, the remaining warships of the Galactic Empire are mostly on the other side of the battlefield, firing at Lin Nan's fleet from a distance.

There were approximately 400 warships, roughly divided into three clusters. They appeared very loosely organized, suggesting that the groups were likely formed through personal relationships or shared interests.

But for General Grievous, this deployment became his best hunting ground!
He did not launch a direct attack on the imperial warships, because doing so would only incite the captains' fear of death and lead them to choose to fight to the death.

Furthermore, Lin Nanyi is already working on inflicting direct casualties on those reckless warships, thus deterring their captains from advancing for fear of becoming cannon fodder.

What Grievous had to do was destroy their last will to resist!

He divided his fleet into seven squadrons, which dispersed and roamed around the battlefield, attacking the Imperial warship clusters from seven different directions.

Faced with overwhelming hatred, Griffiths has become surprisingly calm.

General Griffiths brought his art of command to its fullest potential. He seemed to have returned to thirty years ago when he led the Kali guerrillas, constantly maneuvering against the Yamri in the jungles of Kali, and finally pulling them out of their formation one by one to kill them!
Thirty years ago, he led warriors from the age of cold weapons against invaders from the age of interstellar space. Under his command, his guerrillas transformed into ghosts, wolves, and sharks, constantly navigating complex terrain.

He is very patient and will never act rashly before his opponent reveals a fatal flaw.

His vertical pupils, brimming with bestial instincts, gleamed with the light of a hunter. He keenly observed every move his enemies made, analyzed their every intention, and finally, when they were most relaxed or most tense...

One hit kill!

Thirty years later, on the planet Sarukami, Griffiths led his 100 capital ships and 40 heavy cruisers against an Imperial fleet three times his size, and he didn't even have a powerful weapon like the Prophecy-class battleship!
But it didn't matter; he was very patient.

Greaves' command was precise and efficient. He observed every warship in the Imperial fleet formation and carefully deployed his seven combat squadrons to constantly patrol and harass the enemy.

Whenever an Imperial warship turns to bombard Lin Nanyi, that warship will always be the first to be ambushed, forcing them to turn back to fight.

He was in no hurry to destroy those Imperial warships; he was waiting for the captains to lose patience.

That's right, with the death of Admiral Gideon Tarkin on Chalos IV, the eye of the storm in the entire eastern region of the Galactic Empire has now become the planet Lantilis!
How to gain the greatest benefit in this round of power reshuffling is the most pressing question these captains are considering.

They wanted to defeat the enemies on Sarukami as soon as possible and return to Lantilis to fight for their own power.

However, General Grievous wanted to tell them that defeating the Dawn Kingdom's fleet was impossible, so... hurry up... take your warships back to Lantilis and fight for the power that belongs to you... The Tarkin family is a thing of the past here, and a huge power vacuum awaits you...

It's alright, General Grievous, you're very patient.

At this moment, he was a completely different person from the ruthless robot general during the Clone Wars. He no longer laughed loudly or attacked wildly; he was simply pacing, pacing patiently.

At this moment, a Purifier aircraft carrier flew in from another direction. After half a day of emergency repairs, the carrier was now operational. More than 30 Purifier reconnaissance aircraft were mounted on its outer armor; these were also relatively less damaged and combat-ready. The arrival of this battered "fresh force" made General Grievous's harassment even more effective.

The 200 unmanned interceptors launched from this Purifier aircraft carrier, along with the more than 30 Purifier reconnaissance aircraft, became the best choice for this harassment operation.

The Purifier reconnaissance aircraft's antimatter missiles are extremely powerful. If they manage to get behind an Imperial-class Star Destroyer and bomb it, a dozen or so antimatter missiles can often penetrate the weak rear shields and then directly attack the warship's engine nozzles!
The harassment from the Purifier drones was like a swarm of mosquitoes—not deadly, but annoying enough—and this harassment exacerbated the anxiety of the Imperial fleet captains.

More than a dozen Star Destroyers have already been destroyed.

Finally, some captains of the Imperial fleet could no longer sit still. They began to exchange ideas and discuss the situation. Eventually, one of the groups, consisting of about 130 capital ships and more than 500 medium and small warships, began to turn around and actively charge towards General Grievous's fleet!
General Grievous let out a sinister laugh as his mechanical fingers swept across the battle map. The seven battle squadrons immediately changed direction and charged towards the Imperial warship group.

The two sides immediately engaged in fierce fighting.

General Grievous once again demonstrated his superb command skills, directing seven combat formations to constantly rotate and maneuver, preventing the Imperial-class Star Destroyers from unleashing their full firepower.

All seven squadrons seemed to have their attention focused on this leading Imperial warship group.

Then, something interesting happened...

One of the warship groups that had been harassed, seeing that General Grievous was fully focused on dealing with the vanguard, suddenly began to accelerate towards the outer edge of the battlefield! They were preparing to escape the complex battlefield environment and leave this place!

An angry shouting and cursing immediately came through the Imperial Fleet's communication channels, and then the third warship group began to move away from the outer edge of the battlefield.

They couldn't sit still any longer! They started running...

Meanwhile, chaos broke out in the warship group that launched the attack, and the captains began to plan to leave to avoid becoming cannon fodder.

To die here, on the battlefield of Sarukami, would be dishonorable. It would be a humiliating defeat, a result of overwhelming odds!

In comparison, wouldn't it be better to leave this sea of ​​shame and return to the planet Lantilis to fight for power and profit?
Staying here means facing the humiliation of defeat, or even the risk of death. Returning to Lantilis, on the other hand, offers the possibility of getting a share of the spoils in this power reshuffle.

How to judge? Those captains have already made their choice through their actions.

The entire battlefield had completely collapsed. The Imperial fleet was divided into four parts: one part was being pursued by Lin Nan, another part was being entangled by Grievous's fleet, and the remaining two parts fled in two different directions.

General Grievous coldly surveyed the battlefield, letting out a chilling laugh, "Heh heh heh heh... heh heh heh... heh heh heh... Run away! Be afraid! Collapse! And then..."

The robotic arm slowly gripped in front of me, emitting a whirring sound of mechanical transmission.

"Die!!" (End of Chapter)