Knock wonders from the space station

Chapter 435
The news of the Tiancixing rebellion and the fall of the three important logistics bases spread throughout the empire in just a few hours, and the whole country was shocked.

The ruling class was stunned by its plummeting stock and that anyone dared to defy the imperial court.

The people at the bottom were shocked by the outbreak of the war. Not only would the taxes be increased again, but even mandatory military service would follow, not to mention the death and chaos caused by the war.

Prospering people suffer, dying people suffer, this is the true portrayal of the bottom of the empire.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for the imperial court to remain indifferent to the Tiancixing rebellion, and it is inevitable to send troops to suppress it.

Just at the fifth hour of the rebellion, the 5th Army, which was in charge of patrolling the interior of the empire, quickly dispatched and mobilized 4 empire-level formations located in the third star sector to suppress the rebellion.

At the same time, in addition to leaving 3 fleets stationed at the border of the 4rd Military Region, the other 3 fleets also set sail immediately, and under the leadership of an 8000-meter-class dreadnought, they rushed towards the direction of Tianci Star.

In this way, although the Third Military Region could not do its best, with the reinforcements of the Fourth Army, it finally reached an amazing lineup of 7 reorganized fleets and 1 super dreadnought.

This time it is the real hard power of the Imperial Army, and the rebel fleet can no longer use their despicable sneak attacks.

Anyway, the Imperial Army thinks so.

The reason why the reinforcements of the Third Army failed to arrive before the fall of the two bases was because the 026 base had made some manipulations in the fuel sent to the front line. Although it was not enough to blow up the spaceship, it was better in concealment.

This caused the engines of some warships of the imperial reinforcements to malfunction, and it took a lot of effort to successfully start them up. By the time the main reinforcements were back on the road, they had already received news that the two logistics bases had fallen.

The commander-in-chief of the third military region was so angry that he cursed and ordered a thorough investigation of all materials related to the 026 base, so that similar damage must be prevented from happening again!
It was just such a toss, the two bases were completely cold, and became a treasure trove in the hands of the rebels, which made the rebels who were short of supplies fattened. In addition to the lack of troops, the supplies even directly surpassed the imperial military. The imperial military Instead, he became a beggar.

How to prevent the commander of the Third Military Region from being furious.

At the same time, he also knows that there is not much time left for him. Whether it is the power struggle of the imperial court or the endurance of the front-line fleet, he must suppress this rebellion as soon as possible.

He also has a faction, the rebellion happened under his nose, there are many people in the royal court who want his head and position, he must kill the rebels before the imperial guards of the trial court arrive, and make up for it, otherwise his life will be over .

For this reason, he did not hesitate to violate the rules and sent one of the two dreadnoughts that should not have been transferred from the border to the Godsent Star, resulting in an unprecedented serious emptiness of the border defense line.

Even so, he still gambled, for his future and his life.

If the rebellion is not eliminated, he will surely die. Naturally, there will be no worries about losing the border. If the Vigels really come, then let the entire third sector be buried with him!

This is a villain.

Regardless of the character of this veteran military bureaucrat, the fleet in his hands is unprecedentedly strong, so powerful that he doesn't think he will lose.

Naturally, he personally led the counter-insurgency operation, which was a matter of life and future.

The flagship of the Counter-insurgency Fleet, on the 8000-meter-long Warrior-class dreadnought, Admiral Stanton Doyle sits majestically on the central platform of the command room, overlooking the hundreds of crew members who look like ants below, with unlimited ambitions in his heart swelling.

He likes this feeling of superiority, he can't imagine that one day he will fall to the altar, it is more uncomfortable than killing him, so this battle must be won, the two old things Obsidian and Crystal Lan must die, all the rebels must die!
Admiral Doyle's eyes were full of endless anger, and the adjutant standing behind him did not dare to vent his anger. He carefully and professionally studied the data tablet in his hand. He knew all the intelligence and staff analysis by heart, and was ready to answer at any time. Admiral Er's question, and convey more precise instructions for the admiral.

If not, he would definitely lie down and get out from here.

There is no doubt that a colleague before him was shot dead on the spot by an angry general. Until now, he still vaguely feels the floor under his feet is slippery with blood, even though the floor has been cleaned by the cleaning robot.

"How far is it from Base 014?"

Admiral Doyle's cold voice came from his ear.

"Estimated to arrive in 7 minutes, Your Excellency the Admiral!"

The adjutant stood on his heels, held his head high, and replied with a meticulous posture, although Admiral Doyle, who was nestled in the large seat, did not look back at him.

Admiral Doyle did not reply, and glanced at the huge holographic astrolabe suspended in the center of the entire command room. The location information of the rebels was sent back by the reconnaissance ships and displayed on the astrolabe, including local small-scale engagements. There is a display.

The pirates under the command of the rebels who are exchanging fire with the imperial reconnaissance force are just a group of jumping clowns. Admiral Doyle has no interest in them at this time.

He only had 014 Base in his eyes, that was the beginning of his shame, and everything there would pay for it.

Including the surviving Imperial defenders too!

If it weren't for these gangsters who don't do personnel all day long, how could a base be breached so easily, and it didn't even survive for a long time. The waste in the base is more damning than the rebels!

Thinking of this, Admiral Doyle took a deep breath, and the serious chill became even heavier.

After a few minutes...

"Your Excellency, Admiral, you are about to arrive at the galaxy where Base 014 is located!"

"Give me an order, don't let go of any rebels who appear in sight, shoot and kill!"

"Yes! Your Excellency!"

After Admiral Doyle issued the order to kill Dag, the huge combined fleet descended on the 014 galaxy with overwhelming killing intent.

As soon as they left the galaxy channel, the advance fleet in front encountered a minefield of the rebels' subordinates, and clusters of flames lit up all over the imperial battleship, but compared to the sufficient shield strength, these empty mines did not even delay a little bit. less than.

The huge dagger-shaped hull of the Imperial-class battleship smashed through the debris lying across the channel, and headed unstoppably towards the 014 base.

These empty mines were deliberately left behind by the rebels, and they were used in stock that had just been snatched from the 014 base.

The fleet continued to advance, and the gravity well generator of Base 014 had been blown up by the rebels, so after bursts of white light, thousands of imperial warships collectively descended in front of 014, just like the rebels appeared a few hours ago.

"What about people?"

The expected attack did not come, and not even a single rebel ship was visible.

The rebel fleet has left the galaxy.

"The scanners did not find the rebel fleet in this system. It seems that they have escaped, Your Excellency."

"Hmph, that's all, send someone to base 014."

Soon, a large number of storm troopers wearing white polymer armor boarded the 014 base and began to search for traces of the rebels inside.

Not long after, the Stormtroopers reported that not only were there no rebels, but even the huge warehouses had been emptied!
The rebels had been plotting for a long time. Before the landing force had completely occupied the 014 base, thousands of transport ships from the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce had already swarmed up and carried away all the reserves like ants.

Because of this, the scene in front of Admiral Doyle appeared.

"These bloody thieves!"

Admiral Doyle felt that he had a tendency to lose control of his blood pressure, his eyes glowed fiercely, and he said coldly, "Go to Base 039!"

The imperial fleet is immediately ready to set off for 039.

However, just as the fleet began to turn around and reset its course, the huge base close at hand suddenly blew itself up, and terrifying shock waves and fragments swept across the entire fleet, severely weakening most of the fleet's shield capacity. The weak escort ships directly breached the defenses, and the hull was swallowed by the aftermath of the base's self-destruct.

Admiral Doyle no longer knew what mood he was in. He was so angry that he calmed down, and said lightly:

"Leave the damaged ship, instead of going to the 039 base, the fleet will directly attack the Tianci star, prepare the star-destroying weapons, and the first time it reaches the Tianci star's orbit, I want to see that planet turn into ashes!"

"Yes... yes! Your Excellency!"

The expressionless general was obviously even more frightening. The adjutant did not dare to show his anger, and immediately conveyed the general's order without daring to persuade him a word.

Although, this order will kill hundreds of millions of innocent people.

Admiral Doyle was right not to go to Base 039. This base was also evacuated and bombed by rebels. It was a waste of time to go there.

On the way to the Tianci Star, the Imperial Fleet was not intercepted too much, and even if it was, it would be impossible to stop it, unless the rebels planned to give up their geographical advantage and find a place to fight the Imperial Army.

After transiting through several galaxies, the Imperial fleet finally sailed into the territory of the Tianci galaxy. This time, just as they left the state of warp speed, they encountered unprecedented violent shelling by the rebels.

The imperial fleet is so huge that it can't cover up its whereabouts on the way, so the rebel fleet just waits here, and the imperial fleet will immediately start fighting as soon as it shows up.

The too violent artillery fire blinded the imperial army. They couldn't believe that it was only the firepower of three fleets. The experienced captain was sure that the firepower of the rebels here was at least equivalent to five full-fledged main fleets!
The Imperial Fleet fought back hastily, but because the previous shield was depleted by the self-explosion of the 014 base, this time the hasty exchange of fire did not bring much benefit.

"Report the situation!"

Admiral Doyle's cold voice sounded.

"General, the number of rebel fleets exceeds our expectations. In addition to the three strengthened fleets already identified, there are also a large number of armed civilian ships and old warships!

The most important thing is that the opponent has arranged 8 defensive fortresses modified from large meteorites at the exit of the channel, equipped with heavy artillery fire and high-power shields, and their firepower is not weaker than that of an empire-class battleship.

These meteorite fortresses are difficult to maneuver, so the staff recommends a temporary retreat, and then transfer to other adjacent galaxies, and use our fleet's numerical advantage to launch assaults from different channels at the same time, and the rebels will be wiped out! "

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

Admiral Doyle's light words immediately made the adjutant feel cold all over, and he hurriedly explained in horror: "This subordinate dare not."

"Are all the opponent's fleets here?"

"Yes, it is."

"Then what's the point, won't you be able to wipe out the opponent directly in this decisive battle? Is it that complicated? Huh?"

Admiral Doyle didn't want to wait at all, the enemy was right in front of him, and the Imperial Fleet was strong enough to destroy the opponent, so why should he carefully consider it in detail?

Just do it!

He was about to watch the Rebel ships burn to ashes now!

"It's not complicated...it's not complicated, yes, this subordinate will pass on the order!"

The adjutant broke out in a cold sweat, and he sent the order without daring to refute at all, but his heart was already filled with coldness.

The commander's decision cannot be wrong, frontal assault is indeed a tactic, but in this way, the loss of the Imperial Fleet is at least double that of a head-on assault!
But, as long as the Commander is happy...

No matter how many people died in his fleet, anyway, the general's flagship is absolutely safe...as long as the admiral is not offended.

The captains who received the order were quite shocked, but behind them stood Admiral Doyle's direct military police. They did not dare to disobey in the slightest, and immediately began to organize an offensive.

The empire's huge fleet slowly spread out in the flying light beams, and pushed towards the rebel fleet in an encircling manner, and a group of artillery fire kept shooting at the enemy.

The rebels were not surprised but delighted by the reaction of the Imperial Army.

The imperial army didn't know that the rebel army originally planned to forcibly hold back the imperial fleet. Who would have thought that the imperial fleet would be so strong that it would stay and fight against the 8 meteorite fortresses. This will save trouble.

When the enemies of both sides met, they had no intention of warming up at all, and pushed the exchange of fire to a climax.

The 8 fortresses of the rebels have been secretly modified. Hundreds of gun positions have been pulled out on the front to install large and small turbolaser cannons and missile launchers. On the back are fusion reactors, shield generators and sensor arrays.

In general, these fortresses are very poorly remodeled, and they can be seen as temporary facilities at first glance, without even installing power systems and life support systems. The interior of the fortress is even in a vacuum state, and the rebel operators all wear space suits to fight.

If it weren't for the existence of shields, these meteorite bases with air leaks on all sides would be impossible to attack.

Having said that, at least before the shields failed, these fortresses were powerful, and their peak firepower was even comparable to that of an Empire-class battleship, which greatly made up for the lack of firepower of the rebels.

The old-fashioned heavy turbolaser guns fired staggeredly, and the huge recoil force slowly pushed the meteorite away from its original position, but soon the barge following it pushed it back.

Surrounding the meteorite base is the entire fleet of the rebel army, including 3 full fleets and a large number of modified civilian ships and fighter planes.

Different from the imperial side.

The imperial army hides the capital ship as the main export force in the center of the heavy ship array, and relies on the outer escort ships to share the firepower and prop up the air defense network, so as to prevent the capital ships from suffering losses due to shield overload.

On the other hand, on the side of the rebels, all the capital ships are gathered on the front line of the battle, relying on solid shields and hard-resistant hulls to provide cover for the modified ships in the rear, so that thousands of armed civilian ships can fire relatively safely Rather than die in one shot.

The entrenched needs these humble small boats to provide fire support. If left unattended, these small boats will not be able to withstand a full-power turbolaser cannon, morale will collapse, and the battle line will be destroyed.

On the contrary, the energy gathered by these small boats can weaken the shield of the empire little by little, and win opportunities for the main force of the rebel army.

The choice of both parties has nothing to do with right or wrong, but to consider their own circumstances.

In this way, less than half an hour after the battle started, the two Jaeger-class battlecruisers on the rebel side broke through the shields, and the hull was fatally hit by the turbolaser cannon, turning them into stars on the background board of the interstellar war. Two flames.

Not to be outdone, the severely damaged rebels used fighters far outnumbering the Imperial TIE fighters to wipe out the Imperial fighters, and used ion torpedoes and proton bombs to destroy several heavy cruisers, and caused an Imperial-class battleship to withdraw from the battle.

It is still too difficult to forcibly destroy a battleship in front of the powerful imperial army.

The dreadnought ship with the strongest presence on the battlefield once made the rebels despair. The huge 8000-meter ship is equipped with extremely terrifying firepower.

Although it is not equipped with bow shaft guns, its hull is densely packed with tens of thousands of large and small turrets, among which the number of heavy turbolaser cannons and heavy ion cannons exceeds a thousand, and the firepower is equivalent to 8 Empire-class ships. Sum.

In other words, the firepower of this warrior-class dreadnought alone can contend against two empire-class formations. If the dreadnought's shockingly thick shield and armor are taken into account, the final victor may be Dreadnought.

This is why Admiral Doyle dared to fight directly at the rebels' home court.

With this dreadnought around, he can't lose!
The two Jaeger-class ships that had just been blown up were taken away by this dreadnought after the shield was too low. The terrifying light rain that filled the sky at that time made everyone on the battlefield still fresh in their memories.

"Yes, that's it, just tear up the scum little by little, let them turn into cosmic garbage in despair, and become the number on my credit book!"

Admiral Doyle was very satisfied at this time. He didn't care about the loss of his own ships, he only cared about how many ships he killed.

Only by watching the explosions of rebel ships can he relieve his anger a little bit. Of course, the way to calm down in the end must be to see the heads of the two dukes with his own eyes.

A few minutes later, more rebel ships turned into cosmic dust, the third and fourth Jaeger-class ships were destroyed, the first Imperial-class battleship was severely damaged, and the first meteorite fortress was blown apart by the blast energy beam... …

The Imperial Army lost even more escort ships. The originally mighty escort ships are now less than two-thirds of what they were when they first arrived, and the rest have all been turned into space junk.

Too bad the commander didn't care.

If things go on like this, although the imperial escort fleet may end up with none in ten, the rebels will certainly not be able to escape the annihilation of the entire army.

Even so, the rebels still did not retreat.

What are they waiting for?
Admiral Doyle would not know that the rebels were waiting for an unprecedented reinforcement army, a reinforcement army also equipped with dreadnought ships, capable of forming a front and rear flanking reinforcement army.

And the rebels won't know that their planned reinforcements, their long-awaited reinforcements, that armada... may not come.

……

(End of this chapter)