Chapter 2400 The Death of Martuk (Part 1) [Construction Completed]
Chapter 2400 The Death of Mar-Tuk (Part 1) [Construction Completed]
2401,Death of Mal-Tuk (Part 1)
Just as Admiral Mal-Took was determined to attack the planet Vakar with all his strength, Vice Admiral Thrawn was also sitting on the bridge of his flagship, the Chimera, sitting very calmly on his seat and watching coldly.
Look at the holographic star map in front of you.
"General, as you expected, Mal-Took mobilized the entire main fleet to the planet Palancy before completely wiping out the remaining forces on the Birbrin planet." Adjutant Voss Parker said with admiration.
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Thrawn smiled slightly, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said: "Maltuk's judgment is actually not wrong. The main reason why our fleet cannot confront him head-on is that after two defeats, the condition of many battleships
They are all very bad and in urgent need of repair and maintenance. So he took advantage of this advantageous period to pursue us fiercely and did not give us any time to rest. This is right. Moreover...he must also think that we are trading space for time."
Voss-Parker was stunned and asked: "Uh... General, isn't it?"
"We threw away the planet Bilbrin, a fortress that took hundreds of years to build, and what we exchanged for it was far more than time." Thrawn shook his head, "Maltuk wants to enter the core circle, I will give him
If you want a base to advance, I will give it to him. If you want to control the movements of my main fleet, I will give it to him... But, you want a decisive battle? Haha..."
Thrawn stood up, tapped twice on the holographic star map, shook his head and sighed, "No."
He turned around and said to Voss Parker: "Instruct all ships to immediately start hyperspace navigation calculations to ensure that we can start hyperspace jump within 10 minutes."
"Yes!" Voss-Parker was extremely excited, stood at attention and saluted and responded loudly.
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10BBY, February 13, at 8 pm Galaxy Standard Time, Admiral Mal-Took led the leading troops to leave the hyperspace channel and enter the Wakar system.
He left more than 500 small and medium-sized battleships and 50 heavy cruisers to defend the planet Palansi, and then the vanguard included 10 capital ships, 150 heavy cruisers and 1,700 small and medium-sized battleships.
Densely packed warships appeared in the outer space of the planet Waqar with dense white flashes of light, making this planet with few people coming and going immediately become lively.
Without any hesitation, Admiral Mal-Took immediately ordered the attack! He did not intend to give the Imperial fleet any breathing space.
However, at this moment, the Imperial fleet was all gathered in the synchronous orbit of the planet Vakar. They gradually distanced themselves as the planet revolved. Then, after a symbolic counterattack, they started their hyperspace engines and escaped!
Seeing the Imperial fleet disappearing on the holographic star map, Admiral Mal-Took was furious. He punched the console and roared: "What are they doing! What are they doing!! This guy Thrawn
Does he know where he is going? There is an uninhabited planet after Waqar. Does he eat dirt there?!?!"
"General, do you want to pursue?" the T-series tactical robot asked from the side.
"What is the purpose of the Imperial Fleet heading to the unmanned galaxy?" Mal-Tuk asked, the muscles on his face twitching twice.
"According to the simulation, the most likely scenario is to extend our supply line." The T-series tactical robot answered immediately.
Mar-Tuk raised his voice and yelled angrily: "Our supply line is extended, then do they have supplies?! We can transfer supplies from the planet Palancy, can they?"
"We need to consider the possibility of the Galactic Empire establishing a supply depot in an unmanned galaxy." said the T-series tactical robot.
Mar-Tuk's expression changed and he became thoughtful.
He suddenly found that although he was making great progress, he fell into a very embarrassing situation. It was true that he occupied the planet Palancy, but the problem was that the planet Palancy was located at a transportation hub and belonged to multiple hyperspace lanes.
In the center, no matter where you plan to go, you can't avoid Planet Palancy.
However, Planet Palancy is not a very suitable planet as an advance base.
First of all, the industrial production capacity of this planet is not developed, and most of the industries on the planet are the financial industry. So during the war, can your financial industry make a part for my Star Destroyer or charge my turbolaser cannon?
Woolen cloth?
Therefore, the material reserves on Planet Palansi are not abundant, and the industrial production capacity is completely insufficient. It must rely on transportation from the rear.
Then, such a planet that is easy to attack and difficult to defend is located at a transportation hub, so what is the result? The result is that enemies coming from all directions may threaten this place!
Why did the Galactic Empire set up its defense line on the planet Bilbulin instead of the planet Palansi? It's not that they don't know that if they build a fortress at a transportation hub, the radiation range will be wider, but because it's simply not suitable here!
Therefore, now that Mal-Tuk has occupied the planet Palancy, he is indeed one step closer to the core circle strategy he dreamed of, but the planet Palancy has become a burden to him instead.
It is very difficult to transport the rear supplies of the Kingdom of Dawn to the planet Palansi.
Transportation on the Birbrin planet is very inconvenient, and several secret hyperspace channels there have not yet been explored. Although Mal-Took has organized astronomers and hyperspace experts to seize the time to detect it, it will take time. There
Previously, they had to rely on a few known waterways with low traffic volume for logistical transportation.
Not to mention those nasty armed asteroids around the Birbrin planet. Those armed asteroids that operate automatically. Although the part blocking the road has basically been destroyed, the armed asteroids in other places are still there. This is invisible.
It also compressed the activity space of the Kingdom of Dawn's transport fleet.
Finally, the Bilbulin planet itself also needs a large amount of material input, especially rebuilding the energy system on the planet, which requires a large amount of transportation equipment from the rear, as well as a large number of engineering robots.
As a result, the planet Bilbulin has become a stuck place. The large amount of war materials prepared by the Kingdom of Dawn are all blocked by the planet Dorin and the Mararian Alliance, which are stuck in the rear. But the most deadly thing now is that even if they are sent over
Yes, it is not safe to have supplies concentrated on Planet Palansi. As mentioned above, this is a planet that is easy to attack and difficult to defend.
Mar-Tuk's face was uncertain. He didn't know the problem. He also understood that now was not the best time to attack the core circle, but the problem was... he didn't want to wait.
If we slowly control the Birbrin planet step by step, rebuild the energy supply, explore the hyperspace channel, establish a material transfer station, and then attack to occupy the Palansi planet and make steady progress, the situation will certainly be much better. But in this case
, that will happen at least half a year later.
His expression gradually became ferocious, he slammed the table and said loudly: "Continue to send out reconnaissance planes! Find me the location of Thrawn's main fleet!"
The T-series tactical robot immediately replied: "The location of the empire's main fleet has been determined. They have not hidden their movements. Currently, they have arrived in the UX00144 galaxy, 0.5 seconds away from our position."
"Continue to monitor! Detach a fleet, land on the planet Wakar and occupy it!" Mal-Tuk issued the order.
Under his command, the Commercial Combined Fleet immediately detached a fleet consisting of 10 heavy cruisers and 200 light cruisers to cover the transport aircraft's landing on the planet Wakar.
There was not much resistance on the planet Vakar, and the planetary governor almost immediately surrendered. However, faced with Mal-Took's angry questioning, the planetary governor told him in a very embarrassed manner that the imperial fleet destroyed almost all of the planet's planet when it left.
All the factories have taken away all the strategic materials, and now the planet Wakar is almost nothing more than an agricultural planet.
Therefore, your fleet comes with food and drink, but it does not include strategic materials such as explosive gas, rare metals, battleship parts, electronic components, core elements, and sublight fuel.
Even speaking, the spaceport on the planet has been destroyed a lot. Now there are only berths that can accommodate more than ten light cruisers, and other warships can only float in space.
In other words, there is no possibility for Mal-Tuk to dock the warship at the space port for maintenance and supply. If he wants to supply it, he has to rely on transport planes to move it bit by bit!
"Thrawn..." Mal-Took gritted his teeth. He was extremely angry. The other party's attitude of avoiding fighting made him feel like a lump in his throat. Even though he was extremely uncomfortable and angry, he could not find any place to vent his anger.
"Attack...attack..." Mal-Tuk muttered.
"General, is the above language a combat instruction?" the T-series tactical robot asked from the side.
"Attack! I said! Attack! Assemble the fleet immediately and attack that unmanned system!" Mal-Tuk punched the console and roared loudly.
"Roger!" The tactical robot immediately sent combat instructions through the built-in communication device.
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The huge fleet was dispatched immediately. The hyperspace channel from the planet Wakar to the unmanned galaxy UX00144 was very smooth. The main force of the commercial combined fleet was divided into two waves and arrived at its destination in the early morning of the next day.
Thrawn's fleet was already well prepared. After the Merchant Combined Fleet arrived, it opened fire again. The two sides fought fiercely for more than three hours. Then, the Imperial Fleet started the hyperspace engine again and escaped again!!
This time, Mal-Took looked at Thrawn's fleet command very carefully. Even he had to admit that the other party was able to command such a huge fleet including hundreds of capital ships and thousands of small and medium-sized warships. In a fierce battle,
In the case of a firefight, relying on cross cover to complete a quick turn and quickly start the hyperspace engine to escape. Such macro judgment is simply an art!
But he didn't have time to express too much emotion now, because after the imperial fleet left, what was left behind was indeed an advanced base!
This forward base is not large in scale. It is all space buildings, including storage facilities, energy facilities, simple docks, hangar platforms, etc. Of course, when Thrawn left, these things were also emptied.
"General, according to the scan, these space buildings are all equipped with bombs. As long as we get close, they will detonate." said the T-series tactical robot.
"Thawn..." The muscles on Mal-Took's face were twitching. He clenched his fists and said in a low voice: "Fire! Blow up these things for me!"
The huge space facility was bombarded by the Yamato cannon of the Minotaur-class heavy cruiser, and soon exploded into countless fragments, with fire all over the place. Mal-Took stood in front of the porthole, watching this tragic scene without saying a word. Explosion
The firelight shone on his face, making his expression look a little ferocious.
"General, it has been discovered that the Imperial Fleet has arrived at the unmanned galaxy UK003413. Do you want to pursue it?" T-series tactical robots came over and asked.
"Pursue!! I want to see how many forward bases you have built, Thrawn!" Mal-Took said fiercely.
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"You have to understand, Colonel Parker. The cost and man-hours required to build an Imperial-class Star Destroyer are equivalent to ten times that of such a simple military base." Thrawn stood in front of the holographic star map and said calmly.
The national music of the Neimoidians is still echoing around. To be honest, judging from the aesthetics of humans and Chiss, this music can only be said to be very difficult to listen to, because the Neimoidians have never been good at art.
race.
But Thrawn listened tirelessly, and he could hear many things from the music. The Neimoidian people's national characteristics, way of thinking, interest orientation, etc., are all contained in this piece of music.
Adjutant Voss Parker followed Thrawn and said: "Yes, General, as per your request, I am reviewing the economics of war."
"Books are dead, but the battlefield is alive. What you need to do is how to make every piece of knowledge you learn flexibly, so that it can appear in your mind at the time it should appear and be used by you." Thrawn said.
: "You have good grades at the Imperial Naval Academy, so now you should see more of the battlefield and think more about how our enemies think."
"Yes, General," Voss-Parker said.
"They can't ask the Kuat Power Shipyard to produce more warships in a short period of time. But completing hundreds of such modular space buildings in a short period of time and assembling them into simple forward bases is a big challenge for them.
It is a piece of cake. As for the supplies that fill the warehouses, the imperial military also provides them without an upper limit." Thrawn said: "The advantage of the empire's productivity is reflected in all aspects, not just in the production of warships."
"I understand. This is how we will drag Mar-Tuk's fleet to death," Voss-Parker said.
"You won't die if you delay." Thrawn shook his head, "Maltuk's patience must have reached its limit, and he is about to change his tactics."
"Everything is as expected, General." Voss-Parker showed an adoring smile.
"Oh, so sometimes I feel that you guys who are engaged in military affairs are no different from those who are engaged in politics. They are all a bunch of old yin." Arden Lin, who was standing aside eating snacks and watching the show, said.
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