He knew very well that when the Separatist fleet rushed over with the Yago-Dur planet, his failure was already doomed.
In other words, their astronomers had already lost when they miscalculated the evolution pattern of this three-body galaxy.
Admiral Gideon Tarkin spent a lot of effort trying to reorganize the formation of his fleet, but all failed. And for a fleet battle, formation is the most critical link. If the formation cannot be maintained, then even if the Separatism
The strength of the fleet is only one-third of his own, so he is still the one who loses.
The same is true regardless of the factor of gang-hopping.
Ever since his fleet was scattered by the planet Yago-Dur, he has no chance of victory.
Gideon Tarkin was very decisive and immediately ordered a retreat, returning the entire line to the forward base established in the unmanned system, and then making plans.
He will not think about the glory of the military like Casio Tagg. He will only think about what will happen next once his fleet is all handed over to the Yago-Dur system?
He is very clear about the current situation of the Galactic Republic. An entire expeditionary force has been destroyed in the Model sector. It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 300 capital ships left inside. If you add in his own battle in the Yago-Dur system,
A disastrous defeat, which means that the Galactic Republic lost nearly 500 capital ships in just one month!
Even with the current industrial capabilities of the Galactic Republic, this loss is absolutely devastating!
This will mean that the Galactic Republic will not be able to replenish these battleships for at least the next six months, and multiple theaters across the galaxy will face a vacuum of military strength!
The Galactic Republic is not just under attack from one side.
The Geth in the north and the Interstellar Banking Association and the Fourth Group, which have an ambiguous relationship with the Geth, the Confederation of Independent Systems in the northeast and south, the Principality of Dawn in the southwest. Even the Hutt space in the east, because of
The Hutts became very unstable due to the struggle between the Desiligic and Besadi families.
Under such circumstances, a one-time loss of 500 battleships will also result in the loss of a reliable mobile fleet in the future. So, it is actually not difficult to imagine the outcome.
Speaker Sheev Palpatine's previous bill to disband and recycle all local defense fleets did allow the Galactic Republic to add tens of thousands of warships out of thin air, but most of these warships were previously consumed in the counterattack against the Confederation of Independent Systems.
Don't say that the Confederacy of Independent Systems did not play any role, just because the perspective is not on them.
A long time before the Battle of the Model Sector, the main fleet of the Galactic Republic was all attacking the Confederation of Independent Systems. The robots and fleets of the Confederation of Independent Systems, led by General Grievous, were in Saluka
Planet Mi has stabilized its position and is holding on to this day. Their contribution to resisting the Galactic Republic is no worse than that of the Principality of Dawn, and is even much higher.
Moreover, the frigate sea tactics used by the Principality of Dawn in the Battle of Dawn Planet were actually used by the Galactic Republic in its counterattack against the Confederation of Independent Systems.
Otherwise, how could the Galactic Republic, which was short of troops at that time, drive out all the separatist fleets in the middle of the galaxy?
You must know that the Confederacy of Independent Systems almost split the Galactic Republic in two through General Grievous's Festival Offensive that directly penetrated the Milky Way, and later the Central Rim Attack Operation. However, the Galactic Republic relied on the enemy forces it collected from various places.
The motley crew of small and medium-sized battleships formed by the Chinese defense force suddenly drove the Confederacy of Independent Systems out of the Central Ring!
The price paid is of course huge. The crews who control small and medium-sized warships to fight against the capital ships of the Confederation of Independent Systems can only face unequal battles one after another in despair until they die in space.
Both sides of this war have reached their limit.
Therefore, Admiral Gideon Tarkin must not ruin the Galactic Republic's precious mobile fleet just because of his own whim.
You can't be like the feudal civilized Donglin Party of a certain Blue Star. They talk loudly on weekdays, but when disaster strikes, you die. However, you are dead and have a reputation, but what about the country?
Admiral Gideon Tarkin made a prompt decision and issued an order to use his flagship as the last resistance force to launch a counterattack against the Separatist fleet.
His flagship is a Commander II-class dreadnought, currently the most powerful warship in the Galactic Republic Navy.
The 8,000-meter hull is extremely large, and the redesigned and modified power system and energy transmission system provide powerful power that the Commander-class dreadnought does not have.
The Commander II-class dreadnought is currently the only warship in the Galactic Republic that can barely compete with the Ankeron-class Titan battleship. Although defeat is certain, at least before that, it can still take advantage of the Xuanwu Ankeron-class Titan battleship.
Bite off two pieces of meat.
In the absence of the Titan battleship Xuanwu, the Commander II-class dreadnought's huge body, terrifying energy level, powerful main guns and solid shields are unmatched by other battleships in the Kingdom of Dawn.
Including now that Admiral Matt Horner has chosen to join forces to fight, but because he still cannot break the deflector shield of the Commander II-class dreadnought, the assault landing craft still go around here.
"All battleships, move closer to the flagship! At any cost!" Admiral Gideon Tarkin repeated over and over again in the intermittent communication, ensuring that every battleship could hear his orders, "The flagship will be behind, and we will fight for you.
The last time! Retreat immediately! Retreat immediately! Don’t be reluctant to fight! Save the last bit of fire for the Galactic Republic Navy’s mobile fleet!”
His order finally gave hope to some of the battleships of the Galactic Republic fleet. These battleships began to desperately shake off the enemy ships and try to get closer to Gideon Tarkin's flagship.
However, more Republic battleships fell into deep despair because of this order!
Because of the position of these battleships, they cannot rendezvous with the flagship! In addition, Gideon Tarkin's order actually declared the failure of the battle. Those battleships that could not come to rendezvous were actually sentenced to death!
One after another, the Galactic Republic's warships were destroyed! It was impossible to stop them!
The battleships of the Principality of Dawn are not just the ace of the Fourth Legion and the Inchori Avenger 102 who jumped into gangs, but their battleships themselves also formed an absolute firepower advantage under such a situation.
Although Matt Horner does not have a Hells Angel-class battlecruiser, the Yamato cannon of the Behemoth-class battlecruiser and the super-matter ion cannon of the Cole-class battlecruiser can pose a fatal threat to the Republic battleship.
At the same time, the particle light spear of the disaster-class battlecruiser is even more powerful at such a close range!
The light speed attack of the particle light spear can hit almost anywhere, and at such a close range, all the energy acts on the Republic battleship with almost no attenuation!
Under such circumstances, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser can carry at most two or three particle light spears, and it will be destroyed directly! What's more, the deflection shields of these battleships have been issued when the planet Yago-Dur is raging.
When it reaches its limit, the particle light spear sometimes even penetrates the entire shield and ship with one shot!
In contrast, the Chasseur-class battlecruiser, the main component of the Republic fleet, could only use its eight heavy turbolaser cannons on both sides to fight back, and the effect was evident.
The last straw that broke the Republic's fleet was the almost forgotten Matt Horner's flagship, the 3,175-meter-long Archon-class aircraft carrier, and the 20,000 swarm drones it carried!
After the Yago-Dur planet moved away and the gravitational turbulence in this airspace was reduced, the Archon-class aircraft carrier once again released all the swarm drones!
The fear of being dominated by these micro-drones was once again recalled by all Republic Navy officers and soldiers. Now, they have lost the possibility of resistance, both psychologically and factually.
The main fleet of the 20th Army of the Galactic Republic began a frantic escape. The lucky warships were able to get cover from the flagship Commander II-class dreadnought, and then broke away from the battle and entered hyperspace to jump away. However, most warships still did not have this opportunity.
Admiral Gideon Tarkin stood on the bridge of the flagship, his face extremely solemn. He was also calculating the time for his evacuation. After the break, he never thought of leaving himself here.
His own life is countless times more precious than those of ordinary soldiers. In this regard, Gideon Tarkin has such a sense of pride and superiority.
The reason why he can persist now is mainly because there are enough Republic warships here. There are more than 70 capital ships, more than 130 small and medium-sized warships, more than 80 transport ships of various types, and auxiliary ships including 4 shield ships.
There are about 20 large ships.
And with such a number, even if there is chaos, it will take a while for the Dawn Principality fleet to kill. And the Dawn Principality fleet obviously has no intention of provoking his Commander II-class dreadnought, and it has basically been acquiescence.
Let him escape.
He just stood in front of the holographic star map, feeling unwilling to do so.
Although he had already foreseen failure, it was still difficult for him to accept that it failed so quickly and in such an incredible way.
At this time, Gideon Tarkin's adjutant came over and said to him: "General, look!"
Gideon Tarkin looked along his finger, but it was the radar department's sensor that discovered something new.
This is a shipyard composed of three U-shaped structures. Although it is very simple, in the middle of this shipyard, there is a three-body warship with a low degree of completion!
Seeing this, Gideon Tarkin's pupils suddenly tightened, and he couldn't help shouting, "It's the new Xuanwu! They are indeed producing Titan battleships in the Yago-Dur system! This shipyard used to be here.
!!”
Indeed, as the second star moved very violently to the other side of the galaxy, the Yago-Dur planet was also thrown out. Along with the thrown out, there were some other stars that were interfered with and torn apart by each other during the movement of the three stars.
Nebula-like material produced below.
After these coverings were removed, the Titan battleship dock hidden behind finally revealed its true appearance!
"It turns out that the dock of the Titan battleship is at that location... I remember that we scanned it before, but due to interference, there were no results." Gideon Tarkin sighed, "It seems that this is the second ship of the Titan battleship Xuanwu.
, it seems that the completion rate is almost over 40%... Soon, we will face two Xuanwu ships."
"Didn't the people at Kuat Power Shipyard say that although the Eclipse-class super Star Destroyer plan has been shelved, their newly developed Executor-class super Star Destroyer can also easily hunt down the Xuanwu?" the adjutant asked.
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"You don't know about the battle in the Model Sector. Under such circumstances, do you still want to trust Quat's gang?" Gideon Tarkin smiled coldly, "The Executor-class Super Star Destroyer
?It’s probably another scam to fool Chancellor Palpatine into investing in them! It’s exactly the same as the so-called Eclipse class!”
He took a deep look at the Titan dockyard, waved his hand and asked, "How many of our battleships escaped?"
"There are now more than 20 small and medium-sized battleships, 3 Knight-class Star Destroyers and 17 Jaeger-class battlecruisers that have escaped." The adjutant replied, "They will first return to the nearby unmanned galaxy.
Advance to the base and wait for your instructions, you can counterattack at any time!"
"The Galactic Republic no longer has the ability to counterattack." Gideon Tarkin shook his head and said, "We are also preparing to evacuate. Let them seek their own blessings for the remaining battleships... It is better to go to the advance base first and reorganize the remaining ones.
We will wait at most one day for the warships. After one day, we will blow up all the space stations and various supplies in the forward base and make a full retreat."
"Yes." The adjutant was also a little disappointed. He gave a military salute and walked over to make arrangements.
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20BBY, August 7. Following the failure of the assault battle in the Model sector, the battle that broke out in the Yago-Dur system also ended in a disastrous defeat for the Galactic Republic.
On these two battlefields alone, the Galactic Republic lost nearly 400 capital ships and more than 200 small and medium-sized battleships! Almost more than half of the Galactic Republic's existing mobile battleships were destroyed. As Gideon Tarkin said, the Galaxy Republic
The Republic has now lost the ability to conduct strategic offensives.
And in the east direction, another fleet of the Galactic Republic's attack on the planet Salukami guarded by General Grievous was still very unsatisfactory.
Originally, the fleets of both sides went through several battles on the Salukami planet, and the Galactic Republic also made a lot of progress. However, soon, the second Ragnarov-class Titan battleship Shaman, produced by the Confederation of Independent Systems, suddenly joined.
battlefield, and then destroyed a intact Jaeger-class battlecruiser with one shot.
Seeing this situation, the Republic Fleet also chose to retreat.