Chapter 344: Annihilation of Jedha! Orbital bombardment! The loser will be eaten!

"I've heard of it, but I don't know it."

Paul answered truthfully.

"Is that so? It doesn't matter if you don't know him. After all, so many years have passed since the war, and many things have changed."

"But I have contacted Karl recently. If there is a chance later, you two can communicate in person."

Guerrera said with a smile, but to Paul's ears, it sounded like he was continuing to test himself.

After all, no matter how good the fake Jedi is, his identity will be revealed instantly when he encounters the real thing!

However, Paul behaved very calmly. He knew that the day would come when the Jedda Star could not wait until everything here would be destroyed by the Death Star.

As long as there are no Jedi here, he will be able to use this status to his advantage.

"Okay, of course that's good." Paul nodded and agreed.

After confirming Paul's identity, Guerrera noticed Jyn Erso behind him.

The two of them seemed to have known each other for a long time. The moment Guerrela saw Qin, she suddenly showed a look of surprise and surprise.

"Jin! It's really you, this is so great!"

Compared to Guerrera, who was extremely happy, Jyn Erso's attitude towards Guerrera seemed very cold. She responded in a cold voice:

"Yeah, you're surprised to see that I'm still alive, aren't you?"

It turned out that Qin had carried out a reconnaissance mission on the planet Tamsiye not long ago.

However, the resistance team at that time was betrayed by the traitor Reese. The Imperial Army sent TIE fighter jets to bomb the factory, causing heavy losses to the resistance forces.

In such a chaotic situation, Saw Gerrera had no choice but to temporarily let Qin hide under the bunker, and then come to pick her up after the incident subsided.

But what Guerrera didn't expect was that after bombing the factory, the Imperial Army actually sent a Star Destroyer and continued a round of orbital bombing!

If Jyn Erso hadn't followed a pilot and sailed the ship in time to escape, she might have died in the orbital bombing.

After learning about the Imperial Star Destroyer's bombing of Tamsiya, Saw Gerrera mistakenly believed that Qin had died in the bunker, so he did not take the risk of sending anyone back to check the situation.

After all, in areas bombed by Star Destroyers, let alone bunkers, even creatures burrowed hundreds of meters under the ground would not be able to survive!

"You are still on our side, right?"

Guerrera asked slightly hesitantly. Obviously, he felt quite guilty for not being able to go back in time to save Qin.

Since her old friend Galen Erso entrusted his daughter to her, Guerrera also regarded Qin as her own daughter.

It's a pity that fate plays tricks on people.

Faced with Guerrera's self-blaming expression, Qin acted very indifferently. She still said coldly:

"The last time we met, you gave me a gun and a knife and asked me to wait for you to come back in the bunker, but what happened? You ran away and never came back!"

"I tried hard to come back to rescue you, but the situation at that time was too complicated. There was a mole in our team, and the Empire sent a Star Destroyer for orbital bombing... I, I'm sorry."

Guerrela knew that no matter what she said, it would be useless.

However, at that time, he did have some selfish motives, and that was to let Qin die in the bombing of the Empire.

Because once Qin is captured by the Imperial Army, Galen Erso will definitely be held hostage by the Empire and forced to continue to create more terrifying Death Star weapons!

As long as Qin dies, the resistance will have a lot less trouble, and Galen, who has no worries, can also die and make a clear decision not to help the empire continue to develop the Death Star.

Aside from being unfair to Jean, it's also good for everyone else.

"You know, since that day, I miss you all the time. I regret leaving you in the bunker, but it's too late."

"Now that you have joined the Rebel Alliance, why did they send you here?"

Guerrera did not regret the past for too long. As the leader of the resistance, he had too many things to pay attention to. This superficial regret was enough.

Guerrera was a little nervous about Qin's purpose this time, because in the recent melee in Jedda City, Captain Cassian and Qin killed a resistance member.

This made Gerrera think that the rebels were planning to challenge him.

Fortunately, Jyn Erso just shook his head and revealed the true purpose of his trip: "The rebels want to find the whereabouts of my father. It is said that my father sent you a piece of weapons information."

"The rebels came to me to help, and I hope you can help them."

Hearing this, Paul, who had been watching the whole show, suddenly became alert. The two finally talked about the most critical intelligence information!

It turns out that the pilots that the Imperial Army was hunting down in Jedha City were the couriers sent by Galen Erso to deliver weapons intelligence.

And that pilot should be in the resistance base now!

In fact, this so-called weapons intelligence is not information about the Death Star design, but the location of the Death Star design and the fatal flaw left by Qyn's father, Galen Erso, on the Death Star.

After all, all the design drawings of the Death Star cannot be stuffed into a thin envelope alone, and only brief key information can be conveyed.

After learning the true purpose of Jyn Erso's trip, Guerrera breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. As long as she wasn't here to seek revenge, everything would be easy.

It just so happened that he didn't know what to do with the pilot for a while.

"Okay, I can give you the information I received, but this may be a trap set by the Empire, you have to be mentally prepared."

After saying that, Gerrera turned around and led everyone to the depths of the base.

...

At the same time, the Death Star, far away in outer space, was gradually approaching Jedha.

At this moment, the super laser cannon built into the Death Star has begun the startup procedure, and the huge calibration system is aiming at the area where Jedha City is located.

Orson Krennic, the director in charge of supervising the construction of the Death Star, and the governor Wilhuff Tarkin sent by the Empire to carry out the suppression operation, are standing in front of the Death Star's central console, examining Jedha not far away.

Facing this Force exploration star that is about to be destroyed, they only feel an unprecedented sense of comfort at this moment, compared to relying on the clone army to destroy a civilization.

It's more satisfying to watch the Death Star destroy a star with one shot!

At this moment, after receiving the order from the front-line warship, Orson turned around and reported to Governor Tarkin:

"Governor, our imperial forces have almost evacuated, and we can officially order the destruction of Jedha in three hours!"

"Now, you can choose to start from Jedha City and conduct a round of orbital bombardment."

"Very good!"

Tarkin nodded with satisfaction. Palpatine, the chief governor of the Galactic Empire, had already issued an order that any area where Jedi Knights appeared must be strictly searched.

The residents of Jedha City actually knew about this but did not report it. According to Law 66, these imperial citizens who sheltered Jedi Knights can only be executed!

"Let's start from Jedha City, and leave no one behind."

Of course, Tarkin knew that there were many rebels hiding in the Jedha City area.

But as long as there was no big chaos, they could completely suppress the uprising with the imperial troops stationed on the ground.

But now, there are traces of Jedi Knights in Jedha City, so Tarkin must do this even if it means that the people of the entire planet will be buried with them.

Otherwise, once the news of the Jedi Knights' return spreads, there will be a frenzy of uprisings in all parts of the Empire, and the situation at that time will not be something they can withstand.

After getting Tarkin's nod of permission, Orson immediately issued an order and conveyed the instructions to his subordinates at the control panel: "Target Jedha Star, prepare to start all reactors."

"Notify them and let the Star Destroyer prepare for orbital bombing to blow Jedha City to pieces!"

"Received--!"

The soldiers in front of the control panel began to mobilize the Death Star's starting device, preparing to bring down the death judgment on Jedha Star.

The messenger passed the order to bomb Jedha City to the Star Destroyer headquarters.

At this moment, Paul, who was far away at the rebel base, was checking the message sent by Galen Erso with Saw Gerrera.

It was a holographic projection. In a brief narration, Galen said that he, like most scientists, was forced to work for the Empire.

However, Galen Erso was smarter than the researchers who were abandoned. He knew how to use the technology in his hands to make himself an indispensable part of the construction of the Death Star.

The original design of the first generation of the Death Star was almost complete. Even without his help, it could be completed with the subsequent efforts of other engineers.

But Galen Erso also improved the new version of the Death Star based on the first generation and designed the prototype of the Starkiller Base!

In addition, Galen also left a hidden and fatal flaw in a certain part of the Death Star. Only one proton torpedo could destroy the entire Death Star space station.

It's a pity that the Empire did not allow Galen to have the design of the Death Star, so he couldn't steal the technology and could only guide everyone to the planet Scarif.

In the database there, a complete engineering file can be found. They can find the weaknesses of the Death Star through the design of the Death Star and get a new upgraded version of the Death Star design!

And this is exactly what Paul needs. He not only wants to get the blueprint of the Starkiller Base, but also wants to take out the inner core of the Death Star.

And this file is the resource they must get!

Just as everyone was listening to Galen Erso's message, there was a sudden commotion outside. It turned out that there was a "solar eclipse" phenomenon in the sky.

The entire star was shrouded by a huge black shadow, leaving only a circle of dim edge halo, which could provide some lighting.

"How is this possible... Jedha doesn't have a satellite that can produce a solar eclipse. What on earth is that thing?!"

Seeing this scene, Saw Gerrera's eyes were full of disbelief. The essence of a solar eclipse is that the satellite moves to the middle of the star and the planet, and the satellite blocks the light of the star.

But Jedha doesn't have a satellite like the moon, so how could such a solar eclipse occur? What exactly blocked the light of the star!

Soon, everyone learned the truth about the Death Star from Paul. The ultimate weapon of the First Galactic Empire was heading here. If they didn't leave, they would only end up dead.

'It seems that the Imperial Army's actions are faster than the headquarters expected! ’

Paul felt the situation was getting more tense, and he urged everyone: "We have to leave here, we can't delay any longer."

As soon as he finished speaking, the orbital bombardment of Jedha City by the Star Destroyer had begun.

When the dense beams of light fell on the distant Jedha City, the entire earth began to tremble and ripple, and waves and ripples spread from all directions.

Countless rocks and soil flew into the air, turning into stone rain and falling on all lands. In the blink of an eye, the former Force pilgrimage site disappeared.

"The Empire's Star Destroyer has begun bombing!!"

The rebel soldiers who had seen the power of the Star Destroyer cried out in fear. They had witnessed this terrible orbital bombing.

After a round of bombing, the buildings in the entire city would be reduced to ashes.

After realizing that the Imperial Army really intended to completely destroy Jedha Star, all the rebels began to land on the spacecraft and prepare to leave this place that was about to become hell.

Paul and Chini recalled the Transformer Spacecraft through a message and began to leave Jedha Star.

Since they had already obtained a definite clue, there was no need to trouble the headquarters to arrange the Sojourner Dreadnought to stop the destruction of the Death Star.

But when everyone was on the spaceship, preparing to leave Jedha, only Saw Gerrera was indifferent, as if he was going to live and die with the rebel base.

Jyn Erso pulled Gerrera to leave together, but Gerrera smiled and shook his head, saying:

"I am already a dying man, I will not run away this time, Jyn, you must complete your mission with the Jedi Knights, and fight against the Empire with the Rebels and the Jedi Knights."

"I will stay here and witness the last moment of Jedha!"

Gerrera knew that he had not much time left, and even if he escaped in a panic, he would not live for long, so it was better to accompany his uprising site to "eternal life".

After persuading Jyn Erso to leave, Gerrera and a few rebel subordinates saw the scene of the Death Star launching the super laser cannon.

When the beam fell on the surface, they felt that the land under their feet became soft as if it was cast by magic, as if it would sink into it in the next second.

In fact, the laser cannon of the Death Star will reach deep into the center of the earth, destroying the center of the earth to cause the collapse and disintegration of the entire planetary structure.

When Paul and Chini drove the transforming spaceship out of the atmosphere and into space, they witnessed with their own eyes how large the killing range of the Death Star's attack was.

The crust of the entire planet began to collapse inward like a broken eggshell, and hot magma gushed out from the center of the earth.

Like blood gushing out of the aorta and spilling into outer space, Jedda is about to come to an end!

But the beams emitted by the Death Star are still accelerating the process of the planet's fragmentation. The collision of the land plates has set off a major earthquake and a tsunami with waves hundreds of meters high inside Jedda.

Countless shocking ground cracks began to emerge continuously, and seawater poured into the deep cracks, emitting bursts of white smoke.

At this moment, Jedda finally couldn't hold on, and began to collapse rapidly from the depths of the earth's core. The matter on the planet began to be thrown out, forming a thick cloud of dust.

Fortunately, the transformable spaceship that Paul and Chini were riding on had a superluminal engine, which allowed them to quickly shake off the rocks and soil behind them and escape from the range of the planetary explosion.

At this moment, Jedda has become countless broken debris, leaving only a large number of rocks ejected outward, and the spaceships that escape slowly can only be forced to "eat dust".

Die with Jedda!

Soon, the planet called Jedda completely ceased to exist, leaving only a sparse asteroid belt that could vaguely outline the former outline of the planet.