But now, because the 17th Army of the Galactic Empire was completely destroyed, the 15th Army of the Galactic Empire was also completely exposed to the attack range of the Kingdom of Dawn fleet.
The 15th Army, also known as the Hook Nebula, was established in the early days of the Clone Wars and was one of the 20 armies established by the Galactic Republic. However, the strategic location of the 15th Army is relatively remote, and most of the time there will be no outbreaks.
fighting, so they are actually just a reserve army.
Within the jurisdiction of the 15th Army, there are no developed planets. At most, there are only a few agricultural planets and planets that provide labor. Including Qeimet, the capital of the 15th Army, which was originally an uninhabited planet.
It is a planet inhabited by humans, but the hyperspace route this planet is located in is quite convenient, mainly because it can monitor the Five Veils Route, so a military base was set up here.
The Wusha Channel is a relatively prosperous trade channel within the territory of the 15th Army. It can also be said to be the greatest value of the 15th Army. The Galaxy Republic originally hoped that the trade volume generated by controlling this trade channel would bring some financial revenue, but later
Facts have proved that this meager income can barely sustain the expenses of the 15th Army.
After the military base on the planet Kemit was established, the Galactic Republic successively immigrated there and established colonies, with a permanent population of approximately 10 to 20 million and a floating population of 50 to 80 million.
Therefore, when the 17th Army was destroyed, the 15th Army had no power to resist at all.
After occupying the planet Vogel, Severance Tann dispatched a fleet composed of an Apocalypse-class battleship, 70 Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, and 40 Minotaur-class heavy cruisers to enter the Five Yarn Route
, and quickly broke through the defense line of the Galactic Empire's temporary organization and arrived at the planet Kemit.
The imperial army on the planet Kemit wanted to continue to resist, but the army of the Kingdom of Dawn had little interest in this planet that did not have much strategic value, and directly launched an orbital bombing of the imperial colony on the planet.
Two days later, the top management of the planet Kemet, who were hiding in underground fortifications and struggling to survive, had no choice but to crawl out of the ground and surrender. However, by this time, only less than 200,000 people remained on the planet out of more than 70 million people.
At this point, the 15th Army of the Galactic Empire was declared destroyed!
On September 7, Tang Xiao, the King of Dawn, personally went to the planet Vogel. He held a surrender ceremony at the former Galactic Empire Naval Academy on the planet Vogel.
Those captured to participate in the surrender ceremony were the principal, vice-principal of the Vogel Imperial Naval Academy, instructors at all levels and about 7,000 trainees. In addition, there were also prisoners or surrenders during the military operations in the past month.
A senior officer of the Galactic Empire.
Among them, there are a total of 12 lieutenant generals, 35 major generals, and more than 700 school-level officers. Officers with lower military ranks are not eligible to be presented as trophies to the King of Dawn.
The Imperial Naval Academy on the planet Vogel has a long history. It has been in existence since the beginning of the Galactic Republic and has trained a large number of naval officers for the Republic and the Empire. Because this naval academy was opened on the planet Vogel 7 in Central, many
From time to time, it also recruits some civilian students, so it also has a high reputation.
Now, with the destruction of the 17th Army and the 15th Army, and the occupation of the Vogel Imperial Naval Academy, it means that the forces of the Galactic Empire in the Central and Outer Rim have once again suffered a heavy blow.
During the surrender ceremony, Tang Xiao, the King of Dawn, looked at the academy instructors and colleges under the high platform who represented the future of the Galactic Empire Navy, as well as the current senior officers who represented the Galactic Empire Navy. He laughed heartily and blocked France on the spot.
-Tane is the admiral of the navy.
And Tang Xiao told everyone that when the planet Fangduo falls, she will become the second marshal of the Dawn Kingdom Navy! Second only to Matt Horner, who is currently living in seclusion in the unknown star field.
After the 17th Army and the 15th Army were destroyed one after another, the Kingdom of Dawn's fleet has swept across the entire southern territory of the Milky Way. Now here, except for a few planets that are still resisting, it is completely within the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Dawn.
However, because the areas under the jurisdiction of these two legions are too large, and there are very few planets with developed economies and industries, the Dawn Kingdom, which is currently investing all its energy in the Zero Operation Plan, has not spent much effort to rule these places.
The Dawn Kingdom authorities only dispatched local officials to some relatively obedient and stable planets, or they directly appointed some local bosses who were willing to obey the Dawn Kingdom to take care of these planets.
In addition, at least half of the planets under the jurisdiction of these two legions are in turmoil, and many planets have even been occupied by the rebels.
After the rebel army occupied these planets, they immediately established an autonomous government on the planet. All internal affairs of the planet were decided by the planet itself, and no external forces were allowed to interfere.
The emergence of these autonomous governments has made the situation in the star areas under the jurisdiction of the 15th and 17th armies more chaotic and complicated. However, neither the Kingdom of Dawn nor the Galactic Empire intends to pay attention to these places.
The 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, and 19th armies were all destroyed, and the reconstruction of the 14th army failed. Now the only strength of the Galactic Empire in this area is the 13th army, the 16th army, and the 20th army.
The 13th Army, "Iron Lance", with its capital on the planet Ord Pardron, is the army with the widest jurisdiction among all the armies, and is also the army with the most embarrassing status. Because the area under the jurisdiction of this army covers
He took over the entire Hutt space...and the Hutts naturally never intended to be obedient.
Moreover, the strength of the 13th Army is also lower among the 20 armies. Its main function is to monitor the Hutts not to mess around during the war. The planet Oud-Padron is just a military base built on an asteroid.
, there is no industrial foundation in itself.
So the 13th Army has basically been abandoned now, and it is completely impossible to withstand Severance Tann's powerful military front. When did Severance Tann feel that she needed to add a small stroke to her military medals?
, then when will be the end of the 13th Army.
The 16th Army and the 20th Army are now respectively guarding the hyperspace channels leading to the inner ring of the Milky Way. The 16th Army has deployed defenses on the planet Chardan to block the Hydia Channel; the 20th Army has deployed defenses on the Fangdo planet to blockade Reima.
Trade Routes and Corellian Trade Routes.
So up to now, the Galactic Empire has lost three-quarters of its sphere of influence in the outer ring of the galaxy.
The entire Southwest Territory and the Southern Territory have been completely lost; the Southeast Territory and the Eastern Territory belong to the Hutt space, and the 13th Army is nominally monitoring it, but even in name it is just surveillance. The Northeast Territory was the core control area of the former Independent System Confederation.
, now the remnants of the separatists in that direction are revolting everywhere in response to the war in the Kingdom of Dawn; the northwest has long been completely controlled by the Fourth Group, the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Federation, plus the assistance of the geth.
Therefore, the only outer star areas that the Galactic Empire can barely control are the areas where the 9th, 10th, and 11th Northern Legions are located.
But even these places are not at peace. Now the commercial fleet led by the famous Neimoidian general Mar-Tuk is advancing towards the outer star area of the north. It is likely to sweep across the outer star area and destroy the Milky Way.
The empire is completely driven out.
Faced with such a comprehensive retreat, Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire was naturally furious.
He personally ordered the arrest of the 17th Army Governor Lynch-Hauser and more than 40 senior naval admirals who had been defeated on various fronts, and then directly executed them in public!
After that, Palpatine issued a death order to prevent the Kingdom of Dawn from entering the inner ring of the galaxy at all costs! Anyone who backslides will be punished!
In other words, even the Central Sector is considered strategic depth by him.
In addition, although Lynch-Hauser, the governor of the 17th Army, was shot, Kintaro, the governor of the 15th Army who also lost his own army, was not punished.
Although Quintano was not on the front line but at the center of the empire when the 15th Army was destroyed, his position as the Governor of the 15th Army was only part-time. He was promoted at the end of the Clone Wars and served concurrently as the Governor of the 15th Army and
of the Minister of Defense of the Republic.
After the Republic was reorganized into the Empire, Quintano continued to serve as the Empire's Minister of Defense and held a high position. At the same time, he and Dunn Wessex were close friends, so they colluded with each other and had great power in the military.
Therefore, even if Palpatine wanted to liquidate a group of officers, he could not be liquidated.
At the same time, since most of the Outer Rim Sectors either fell or lost contact, the Galactic Empire also transferred anti-rebellion fleets from various places to the Central Rim and Sectors for defense.
It just so happened that most of the planets where riots and uprisings occurred were also in the Outer Rim Star Region. In this way, the Galactic Empire lost a lot of burdens and could gather more troops.
Now the Galactic Empire is determined to defend the inner ring sector, delaying some time for its fleet to regroup, and then attack with superior force to defeat Severance Tann's fleet in one sentence!
Moreover, although the Outer Rim Sector has basically fallen, this situation is not unfamiliar to the Galactic Empire. In the early days of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems also relied on Count Dooku's extremely high reputation and swept over half of the galaxy.
The separatist movement almost drove the Galactic Republic out of the Outer Rim.
However, the final winner was the Galactic Republic.
Why? Because the strength of the inner and core planets of the Milky Way, whether industrial or economic, far exceeds the sum of the middle and outer star regions. And this exceedance is not just a little bit more, but several times or dozens of times.
gap!
Therefore, the middle ring and the outer ring actually only have advantages in population and resource stock. But in fact, the difference in population between the inner ring and the core ring is not much. Most of these places are super planets with hundreds of billions of people.
As for the advantage of resources, in fact, when technology continues to develop until resources on stars can be mined, there will be no shortage of inner rings and core rings with huge numbers of stars.
The inner ring and the core circle are the true ruling centers of the Galactic Empire. Since ancient times, even the most prosperous Infinite Empire, the Sith Empire, the Mandalorian Crusaders, and the Eternal Empire have never been shaken!
On September 16, Darth Vader led a powerful fleet including 500 capital ships to the planet Fondo, and more fleets were arriving one after another.
After inspecting the battlefield, he angrily scolded Governor Octavian Grant and Admiral Gideon Tarkin for being cowardly, and then immediately led the entire fleet to attack General Ling's fleet.
At this moment, the defenders of Fangduo Planet already have 1,600 capital ships and more than 7,000 small and medium-sized warships, giving them an absolute advantage in numbers. But Gideon Tarkin is still worried. After all, a star is being built at the location of Planet Three.
Door.
If Severance Tann's main fleet suddenly appeared from the Star Gate, the strength of 1,600 capital ships would not be enough to defeat that powerful fleet!
But Darth Vader's answer to Gideon's question was very direct. He directly used the Force to grab Gideon Tarkin's neck and threw him ten meters away until he was half dead.
As for Wilhuff Tarkin's younger brother, Darth Vader was able to spare his life because of Emperor Palpatine's face.
Then, the army went straight to planet No. 3!
Facing the aggressive Darth Vader fleet, General Ling simply chose to retreat. She did not give the Imperial fleet a chance to fight. As soon as she discovered that Darth Vader was coming to kill him, she decisively turned around and ran away, leaving behind the repaired ship.
Most of the stargates and fixed base facilities on Planet Three returned to the planet Yago-Dur.
Darth Vader retook Planet Three almost effortlessly, but when faced with the star gate that had not yet been repaired, Darth Vader did not hesitate and directly ordered the bombardment.
The powerful artillery fire of the Imperial Fleet completely destroyed this "Star Gate" within a few minutes! At the same time, he also ordered a direct orbital bombing of the facilities on Planet 3, which also destroyed the facilities in just ten minutes.
It's all destroyed.
Only then did Octavian Grant discover the problem!
This half-built star gate, as well as the military base built with great fanfare, are all fake! General Severance Tann fired a false shot on the Fangdo planet, scaring the defenders here into not daring to act rashly.
, and then he turned around and destroyed the 15th Army and the 17th Army, completely clearing away the imperial forces in the southern border of the Milky Way.
Not only that, Severance Tann's military action also allowed the Galactic Empire to hand over a large number of troops to Darth Vader and rush to the aid of the Fondo planet. You know, the Galactic Empire does not have the mobility of the Stargate!
The reinforcements brought by Darth Vader, plus the subsequent battleships that are gathering towards the Fangduo planet, will total more than 3,000 battleships!
Then coupled with the 2,500 capital ships deployed in the northern territory, it is equivalent to the Galactic Empire deploying nearly half of its fleet in the northern and western territories. Remove the fleet that must be used to defend the empire center and key planets in the core circle, and now the Galactic Empire can
The mobile fleet used in other directions is already stretched thin!
So under such a situation, the Battle of Port Parment, the Battle of Ord-Padron and the Battle of Malarian Alliance started at the same time in three different directions of the galaxy! (End of this chapter)