Chapter 2399 Battle of Birbrin Planet (Part 2)
2400, Battle of Birbrin Planet (Part 2)
Palanxi galaxy, accompanied by a flash of white light, more than 200 warships appeared In the universe.
In addition to the flagship Neimoidia Infinity-class super aircraft carrier, there are also 40 Cole II-class heavy cruisers, 10 Martha II-class guided missile heavy cruisers, and 70 Minotaur-class ships. Heavy cruisers, there are more than 20 Double Blade-class electronic warfare light cruisers, more than 80 Raven-class heavy destroyers, and more than 50 Promotion-class heavy destroyers.
Looking at the imperial fleet that was waiting in the outer space of the Palance planet, Admiral Mal-Tuk calculated the strength comparison between the two sides and decisively issued an order to start the attack!
He discovered that the Imperial fleet guarding the periphery of the planet Palancei consisted of only 30 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 70 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and about 300 light cruisers.
After scanning, it was found that there are about 200 more warships in the imperial fleet scattered in the spaceports and docks on the periphery of the planet, and they are undergoing emergency repairs. Most of the other warships are missing.
Seeing such strength, Mal-Tuk sneered, "Hmph, hey, trading space for time? How naive! I won't give you time to repair! Attack immediately!"< br>
The Minotaur-class heavy cruiser immediately began to charge the Yamato cannon, and aimed at the Imperial fleet, it immediately launched a salvo! At the same time, the Cole II-class heavy cruiser also uses two twin-mounted super-matter electromagnetic guns installed on the bow to carry out long-range strikes!
The other warships immediately opened fire, and the battle broke out instantly.
The Imperial fleet was also ready for battle, headed by the Imperial-class Star Destroyer, and densely packed turbolaser cannons immediately fired back.
What is surprising is that even though the fleet led by Mar-Tuk was inferior to the Imperial fleet in terms of number and size, their firepower steadily suppressed the opponent!
In the long-range artillery battle, the imperial fleet cannot take advantage at all.
Faced with the approaching Commercial Combined Fleet, the Imperial Fleet began to retreat, and soon gave way to the outer orbit of the planet Palancy.
The two sides fought for about half a day, and the Imperial fleet lost 4 Imperial-class Star Destroyers, 17 Victory II-class Star Destroyers, and 15 light cruisers. They began to retreat continuously, and finally broke away from the battle and pushed to the orbit of the next planet in the Palance system to regroup.
Mal-Took now controls the planet Palansi.
After all, this planet is a financial planet, and it is not as important as the Scipio planet. Therefore, although there are defense facilities and planetary shields, there are relatively few orbital defense facilities.
The Commercial Combined Fleet launched a fierce orbital bombardment, and three days later, the planetary shield was broken.
During this period, the Imperial Fleet received some reinforcements and launched a counterattack, but Mal-Took also received a steady stream of reinforcements from the direction of the Bilbrin planet. The formation he deployed was perfect and did not give any space to the Imperial Fleet. Any opportunity.
During the three days of fighting, the Imperial fleet once again lost more than 50 capital ships, most of which were Victory II-class Star Destroyers. Facing the new generation of capital ships commonly equipped in the commercial combined fleet, the Victory II class has completely failed to keep up with the times.
Cole II-class, Martha II-class, and Minotaur-class battleships are all cutting-edge battleships with firepower comparable to that of a battlecruiser, but reduced in size to the size of a heavy cruiser. Naturally, they are not comparable to battleships of the previous era like the Victory II-class. Comparable.
After more transport ships arrived, Mal-Took dispatched marines to launch a landing on the planet Palancy. The resistance on the planet Palansi is not without fierceness, but it is more than fierce but not cruel enough. Many of the resistance forces on the planet were locally recruited troops. There were some homemade tanks and armored vehicles, but the number was not large. The air force was even less, and they were all destroyed on the first day.
Faced with such a planet, and also a financial planet, Mal-Took naturally did not order a large-scale orbital bombing, but ordered his army to move steadily towards the planet's capital. Advance, destroy the planet's highest administrative body as soon as possible, and then support a new government to come to power and stabilize order.
At the same time, Mal-Tuk is also constantly gathering fleets, preparing to find the imperial fleet for a decisive battle.
The transportation from the planet Birbrin to the planet Palansi was very difficult, which is why he did not invest many fleets in the first wave of offensive, and more warships arrived in the next few days.
There is nothing we can do about this. The entire planet Birbrin is in the asteroid belt, and the hyperspace channels are also very complicated. The Galactic Empire has classified the planet's hyperspace channel data as an absolute secret, and only senior military officials can know it. Therefore, Mal-Tuk currently does not have access to all hyperspace channels on the planet, and it is extremely difficult to navigate from those hyperspace channels that have been discovered.
In the past few days after landing on the Palansi planet, Admiral Mal-Tuk spent 6 days to finally mobilize his huge commercial combined fleet from the Bilbulin planet to the Palance planet.
He also realized that there might be problems with supplies, so he did not rush towards the core circle of the galaxy. Instead, he sent a large number of reconnaissance drones to scout around, looking for traces of the empire's main fleet.
Fortunately, he found the main fleet of the empire without spending too much effort.
On the planet Vakkar!
This is a very awkward position for Maltuk.
Because the hyperspace channel around the planet Palansi now generally shows a cross shape. The center of the cross is the planet Palansi, and the north end is the planet Birbrin. If you want to attack the planet Scipio, the financial core of the Galactic Empire, you need to attack all the way to the south. The next stop is the planet Borleias.
However, the planet Wakar is located on the west side of this cross-shaped hyperspace channel! Not in the direction of Mal Touk's attack. Moreover, as the Wakar planet continues to the west, there are no habitable planets anymore, it is all a barren star cluster.
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This place amounts to a dead end. You should continue to go west. The hyperspace channel supports it, but you will definitely not encounter any inhabited star systems for replenishment.
Why is the main fleet of the empire deployed on the planet Vakar?
Admiral Mar-Took was in a dilemma. If he ignores the planet Wakar and continues to attack south, he is likely to be outflanked by the empire's main fleet, cutting off the way back, and attacking from both front and rear.
But what if he attacks the planet Vakar? Then the reinforcements from the empire's core circle can directly threaten the planet Palancy. Whether this financial planet is offensive or defensive, you don't expect it to play a big role.
How about dividing up some of the troops for defense? If you score too much, you won't be able to defeat the Empire's main fleet; if you score too little, you won't be able to defeat the main fleet.
After careful consideration, Admiral Mar-Tuk made a decision -
Divide his forces for defense, then raid the planet Wakar, and have a decisive battle with the empire's main fleet!