"Uh... what is 'Lao Yin Bi'?" Adjutant Voss Parker scratched his head, expressing his inability to understand this word with a strange pronunciation.
"It's a curse word in the official language of Dawn Planet." Thrawn smiled slightly, "However, in the context just now, it can express praise and compliments."
He bowed politely to Arden-Lin as a gentleman, smiled and said, "Thank you."
"That's right, my apprentice Jing Fang taught me this." Arden-Lin said lazily, "They say you have conducted a very in-depth study of the culture of Dawn Planet, and it really seems like that.
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"To use a saying from Dawn Planet, 'Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles'. Only by understanding your enemies can you defeat them," Thrawn said.
"So Mal Took was stripped clean and naked by you." Aden Lin folded his arms and sneered.
"His position, interest orientation, political demands and military style all determine that there are not many options in front of him." Thrawn said with a smile.
"On the surface, you seem to have given up on the solid fortress of the Bilbrin planet, but in fact you have gained a vast strategic space, and by the way, you have also blocked the supply line of Mal-Took. It seems that Dunn-Wessex is indeed
I saw you right." Arden-Lin smiled, "But don't forget, there are also a few Jedi Knights around Mal-Tuk, so don't underestimate the enemy."
"I understand, thank you for reminding me." Thrawn nodded, accepting the instruction with an open mind.
"Call me when you need it. You go and deal with their fleet, and I'll kill the Jedi!" Arden-Lin's eyes became sharp for a moment, but then he returned to his lazy look.
He waved his hands casually, turned around and walked towards the living area.
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"General Mal-Took, I must remind you that I have a very bad feeling about this military operation." On the bridge of the Neimoidia, Jedi Knight Luminara Anduli spoke earnestly.
said.
The other two Jedi Knights, Jax Pawan and Ferrus Olin, have been staying in the training room during this time. They do not have the cultivation of Luminara Anduri and have experienced the Clone Wars.
They don't have the slightest fondness for the Neimoidians.
"I know, I know, I know..." Admiral Mar-Tuk kept mumbling, and he kept pacing in circles very anxiously.
For more than a week, he led the main force of the Merchant Combined Fleet to follow Thrawn's fleet, circling among the unmanned systems to the west of the planet Wakar.
Every time, Thrawn would lead his fleet to resist to a certain extent, consume some of the commercial fleet's combat readiness supplies, and then retreat immediately, very resolutely.
Even in this series of short encounters, Thrawn showed his genius in command. During the battle, he always maintained a very tight and efficient formation, attracting the attention of the thick-skinned Imperial-class Star Destroyer.
It absorbed most of the firepower, and also rotated on the battlefield very cleverly to reduce the losses of battleships as much as possible.
And when Mal-Tuk ordered the entire army to attack and the distance between the two fleets gradually approached, they quickly completed the turn and started the hyperspace jump to leave.
During this period of time, the two sides visited a total of 7 unmanned systems. These systems were carefully selected, and the hyperspace channels of each system were very smooth. This was to facilitate Thrawn to build a military base in advance - yes, every time
Each galaxy has a pre-built military base and a large amount of supplies.
These military bases are very simple, all of them are modular buildings, but they have abundant supplies. To use an analogy, they are like container houses filled with expensive delicacies.
After each battle, Thrawn's fleet can be replenished in these military bases, and the rudimentary facilities are used as much as possible to repair the warships. Although the facilities are rudimentary, they can replace some parts and replenish welded armor belts.
Still no problem.
Then when Mal-Took's fleet followed, Thrawn would decisively blow up the military base, and then quickly move to the next place after a brief battle.
This continuous battle has exhausted the commercial combined fleet. And most importantly, there is indeed a problem with their material supplies!
Don’t forget, the current composition of the commercial combined fleet’s warships is dominated by cruisers!!
Under this fleet, there are less than 100 capital ships. The other main combat ships are heavy cruisers and light cruisers, and there are also a large number of destroyers.
Including Cole II-class and Minotaur-class battleships, although the size has been reduced to the level of a heavy cruiser, the firepower still maintains the level of a battlecruiser, but there is an implicit price - the long-term combat capability has been reduced!
Under normal circumstances, there would never be any logistical supply problems in the Kingdom of Dawn.
Because after the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Kingdom of Dawn's first military action was to occupy the planet Bespin, one of the major sources of explosive gas in the galaxy. Later, with the equipment and operation of the material decompressor, rare metals
The problem has also been solved.
Then, many of the large whale-class passenger carriers built during the immigration process of Rendili planet have now been converted into transport ships, so the transportation problem has also been solved.
Therefore, Kingdom of Dawn can often adopt mixed ship types because their logistical supplies can be guaranteed to a great extent.
But this situation does not apply to Admiral Mar-Tuk now!
He has indeed received a lot of logistical supplies, but these supplies are now all crowded on the Dolin planet and cannot be transported to the Palansi planet through the complex environment of the Bilbulin planet!
Not only that, Thrawn has obviously foreseen such a situation. He has deployed high-speed fleets in several galaxies around the planet Palancy. Now these fleets have begun to harass the planet Palancy. Palancy has weak defenses.
The planet can only rely on the fleet left by Mal-Tuk for defense.
There is no doubt that if the current situation continues, the commercial combined fleet will really be facing the point of running out of ammunition and food!
Mal-Took clenched his fists tightly, and even his body was trembling slightly with anger. He was really angry to the extreme! Thrawn just played with him as if toying with a fool, and resolved it easily.
The advantage of his fleet put him in a dilemma.
"Withdraw troops...return to Planet Palansi." Mal-Took finally made a decision.