2392. The end of the battle (Part 2)
"In that case, prepare to start detonating. The fleet is ready to retreat." Darth Vader said, "Inform the ground troops that they only have three days to do so. Retreat. During this period, all combat tasks will be handed over to the robot troops. "Yes! Execute the retreat order immediately!" the staff officer stood at attention and responded loudly. The relief was evident in his voice.
During this period of time, the battle to land on the planet Yago-Dur was too difficult, and it was simply difficult.
Even under Darth Vader's strict order to die for those who retreated, the Imperial Army suffered heavy losses and still only occupied three underground cities. For this reason, more than 170,000 Imperial stormtroopers were killed and more than 400,000 robot troops were destroyed.
Currently, there are only less than 150,000 stormtroopers and about 300,000 robots left fighting underground.
Starting yesterday, Darth Vader asked them to continue the attack, but these troops are generally severely attrited, dissatisfied with their organization, and have almost no heavy armored units. The results of such a forced attack can be imagined.
The staff officers are even worried that if this continues, it may be difficult for the Imperial Army to maintain its existing results in the underground battlefield, and it may be pushed back by the separatist Army.
Now Darth Vader has finally given the order to retreat. Although it is unlikely that all ground troops will be withdrawn in three days, at least for these officers, this tortured battle, It's finally over.
The order to retreat was issued quickly, but in batches to ensure the orderly conduct of the retreat. A large number of transport aircraft began to transport combatants back to the fleet in large numbers, and they abandoned medium-sized equipment including AT-AT walkers, and even abandoned those wounded who were too late to be transported.
Because in such a retreat, what Darth Vader needs is to preserve his strength, not to talk about human rights or humanity, or to let the wounded evacuate first.
Nothing!
However, what the staff officer was worried about did not happen. The battle has now begun, and the underground battle on the Yago-Dur planet has been going on for nearly two months, and both warring parties have paid a heavy price. Therefore, even if the Jivin defense forces on the planet Yago-Dur discovered that the imperial army was retreating, they would not have the energy to launch a counterattack.
The real counterattack is on the space battlefield. The First Task Force led by Ling Liang has been harassing Darth Vader's fleet, preventing him from concentrating all his forces to bomb the planet. In addition, more than 100 capital ships and more than 400 small and medium-sized warships have been reinforced from Dawn Planet, which has expanded Lingliang's forces and made the threat even greater.
Although it is still unable to shake Darth Vader's main fleet, the existence of General Ling's first task force also forces Darth Vader to remain vigilant at all times and detach a part of the fleet. , launched constant attacks, trying to completely annihilate Ling Liang's fleet.
Ling Liang would never give him a chance for a decisive battle, and the two sides just maintained a cat-and-mouse situation. In this way, the planet Yago-Dur can persist for a longer period of time.
Compared to the Galactic Empire, whose news was blocked, Ling Liang could get the latest battle situation on Fang Duo Planet every day. She now understands that Fondo City, the old capital of Fondo Planet, has been captured, and the ground troops of the Kingdom of Dawn are currently approaching the new capital city of Auridin.
Then, this means that General Severance Tann’s main fleet will soon be free to attack Darth Vader’s main fleet from both front and rear!
Ling Liang has already started a counterattack plan. As soon as Severance Tann is notified, she will immediately lead the fleet forward and strive to hold back Darth Vader. However, General Ling still underestimated Darth Vader's determination.
On January 25, an extremely terrifying explosion suddenly erupted inside the planet Yago-Dur! The explosion almost completely covered the three cities captured by the Galactic Empire in the previous battle. Not only that, it also spread to further places!
This explosion immediately triggered a violent earthquake, and many support pillars inside the planet also broke under the detonation of the proton bomb!
Then, through optical imaging, Ling Liang witnessed an extremely terrifying scene with her own eyes -
The planet Yago-Dur actually split open right in front of her! ! A huge fragment with a diameter of more than 2,000 kilometers was split from the planet, and a large hole was missing from the planet!
The interior of the planet at this moment is a complete disaster!
Not only were the 100,000 Imperial Stormtroopers who had no time to retreat, most of whom were wounded, but also all the more than 300,000 combat robots that had been abandoned and broken up, were all wiped out in the explosion.
And the explosion also affected more cities on the planet Yago-Dur, causing millions of casualties!
Ling Liang felt a rush of hot blood rushing to her forehead. Her eyes were bloodshot, and her anger almost made her lose control!
"Darth Vader!! How dare you do this! How dare you do this!!!" Ling Liang roared loudly and punched the console hard, his fist dripping with blood.
She wanted to launch an attack immediately, but looking at the waiting imperial fleet, she still suppressed the anger in her heart. Ordered his first task force to continue to maintain a defensive posture.
Because of this huge explosion, the communication on the Yago-Dur planet was completely cut off, and the situation inside the planet was completely unknown. But judging from the cross-section of the planet in a sea of fire, the situation is definitely not optimistic!
Soon, Bacher Banak, a mathematician from the Jiwen University who was building his new home on the planet Losar, sent a message. He witnessed the tragic situation of the planet Yago-Dur and said the same angrily. Speechless.
Then, Bacher Banak immediately led his team to start intensive calculations.
At night, Ling Liang finally got news from General Severance Tann. The main force of the Second Task Force led by Tann has left the Fondo planet and will attack Darth Vader's logistics supply base on the planet Ghorman in the early morning of the next day.
But at this moment, Darth Vader's main fleet has also begun to retreat. Although Ling Liang pursued them, it had little effect. She could only follow Darth Vader's fleet from a distance, constantly harassing them, and ensuring that they could never leave comfortably.
Immediately afterwards, Bacher-Banak also gave his calculation results-based on the current observed situation, preliminary estimates indicate that the rotation of the Yago-Dur planet will become smaller due to the reduction in mass and changes in shape. Faster, the length of a planetary day will be shortened by about one-third.
Although the Given people's unique appearance and sturdy underground cities prevent them from dying on a large scale due to environmental changes, the planet will become uninhabitable.
The bigger problem is that the planet Yago-Dur will gradually change its current orbit, and this planet may be destroyed in 55 years. (End of this chapter)