Luminara Anduli breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The supply of this fleet is now very problematic. We should first abandon the Palance planet and return to the Bilbulin planet. After the supply line is completely opened, we can then consider it.
."
"If this is the case, then this opportunity will be wasted!" Mar-Tuk's expression turned gloomy, "The entire army turned back to the planet Palansi, completed supplies as much as possible, and then marched eastward to attack the planet Arkania (
Arkania)!!”
"Arkania planet? That mining planet?" Luminara Anduli was stunned.
Obviously, it was impossible for Mal-Took to give up the current results and withdraw his troops. However, he did not continue to pursue Thrawn's fleet, nor did he risk going deep into the empire's hinterland to attack the planet Boreas south to open the way to
Passage to the planet Scipio, the financial center of the empire.
Instead, he chose the planet Arkania, which seemed like a compromise.
"This may still be a bit risky," Luminara Anduli said.
"No! This is the safest plan at the moment!" Mal-Took said loudly, "Although Thrawn's fleet is well-supplied, the repair equipment provided by those temporary military bases is not enough to truly repair his damaged warships.
Yes! In other words, the condition of his fleet is actually not good, and he still does not have the ability to fight me head-on!"
He turned around suddenly, looked at Luminara Anduli and said fiercely: "Didn't Thrawn want to attack my supply? Then, I will solve the supply problem on the spot!"
He raised his hand and poked the Akania planet on the holographic star map with his finger. "By taking down the Akania planet, I will get the rare metals they store, and I can also use the planet's
Factory to prepare warships! Moreover, there are a large number of mining ships and transport ships operating on this planet, so there are also a lot of core elements and sublight fuel stored in it!"
"But Thrawn's fleet will still threaten our rear." Luminara Anduli said.
"That's right! I just want to force him to fight me decisively!" Admiral Mar-Tuk shook his fist fiercely and shouted angrily, "The longer the time is delayed, the worse it will be for me! If I let him delay it for another ten days
In half a month, maybe we really have only one way to retreat! But now, my fleet still has the advantage!"
Luminara Anduli looked at the furious Mal Took and hesitated to speak. From her current position, she had said everything she should and should not have said, and she had no reason to stop Mal.
-The decision Tuk made, after all, they are just a cooperative relationship.
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10BBY, February 11, Mal-Tuk led the merchant fleet to begin withdrawing troops, preparing to return to the planet Palansi.
However, before the army could set off, a piece of bad news came!
The planet Palansi was attacked by the Galactic Empire fleet. The remaining fleet encountered the superior Imperial fleet and had no choice but to fight and retreat. Then the Imperial warships took advantage of the retreat of the remaining fleet and destroyed several spaceports and space stations, causing numerous injuries.
The supplies that had just been shipped from the planet Bilbulin were destroyed!
Only then did Mar-Tuk know that Lieutenant General Thrawn had also divided his forces! And he divided his forces very cleverly. He kept all the damaged warships and repaired them as much as possible, and also left most of them.
Small and medium-sized battleships.
In this way, most of the fleet directly under Thrawn are capital ships with high self-sustainability, which can be easily commanded to accompany Mal-Took in circles. The damaged battleships left behind can get more time to recover.
Maintenance, those small and medium-sized warships can continue to harass the planet Palance due to their mobility advantages.
As a result, those damaged battleships had nearly a month and a half to repair and have restored most of their combat effectiveness. Now, these battleships and those small and medium-sized battleships joined forces to launch a fierce attack on the planet Palance! And Marr
-The fleet left by Tuk was not strong enough, and the Imperial fleet finally succeeded.
This also completely ruined his plan to return to the planet Palansi for supplies and then attack the planet Arkania in optimal condition!
On February 18, the main force of the Commercial Combined Fleet returned to the planet Palansi. Looking at the devastated outer orbit of the planet, Mal-Tuk's anger could no longer be suppressed. He cursed on the bridge of his ship and smashed everything he could.
Smashed.
Then he gave a decisive order to attack the planet Arkania immediately!
Luminara Anduli finally couldn't stand it any longer, and she and Mal-Took had a fierce quarrel, but the final result was that Mal-Took called the guards in anger and fired dozens of black bullets.
At gunpoint, tell this respected Jedi Knight to stay out of his own business.
Of course, Mar-Tuk did not completely lose his mind when he made this decision. According to his simulations and discussions with the tactical robot, with the current strength of his fleet, it would be easy to capture the planet Arkania. So as long as he captures Arkania
If he can get supplies from the planet, he can indeed force the Imperial fleet to fight him.
Next, as long as he annihilates the Galactic Empire's mobile fleet, he can calmly return to the planet Palancy and reopen the supply channel.
The reconnaissance plane sent to the planet Arkania also confirmed this - the planet Arkania has not been evacuated. There are still a large number of transport ships and mining ships operating on the planet. The warehouses are full and the factories are operating at full capacity. It is a bustling scene.
.
On February 20th, after simple repairs and receiving a batch of supplies from the planet Birbrin, Admiral Mal-Tuk took the entire fleet and marched eastward to attack the planet Arkania!
That's right, the entire fleet! Planet Palansi, he doesn't want it anymore! Anyway, as long as he can annihilate the Imperial Mobile Fleet, this planet will still be his sooner or later.
Moreover, the planet Palancy could not be saved. Because during this period, even if the Commercial Combined Fleet was retreating, Thrawn's fleet was like a spirit behind it, following behind the Commercial Combined Fleet, while maintaining a certain degree of stability.
distance, and there was no engagement or contact.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to just stud them all!
On February 21st, the Commercial Combined Fleet entered the Arkania planet in three waves. Admiral Mar-Tuk did not launch an attack immediately, but waited very patiently for half a day. After all the warships arrived,
He carefully reorganized the fleet.
On February 22, Mal-Tuk gave an order, and the Commercial Combined Fleet launched a huge force of 1 super aircraft carrier, 50 battlecruisers, 380 heavy cruisers, and 3,000 small and medium-sized warships to attack the planet Arkania!
The defense fleet outside the Arkania planet was simply vulnerable. It was defeated by the concentrated bombardment of the Yamato artillery of the Minotaur-class heavy cruisers in the first wave. 14 light cruisers and 2 heavy cruisers were sunk, and the remaining battleships were destroyed one after another.
Escape into the planet's atmosphere.
However, when Mal-Took was about to send the Marines to land on the planet Arkania, a light blue light curtain suddenly enveloped the entire planet!
Planetary shield!! And it looks like a very advanced planetary shield!!
"This is impossible!! Planet Arkania has never installed a planetary shield before!!" Mal-Tuk saw this scene and yelled, "How can such a mineral planet install a planetary shield!!
??”
…
At the same time, Lieutenant General Thrawn, who had just recaptured the planet Palance, showed a satisfied smile, "That's right... Admiral Mar-Touk. Attacking the planet Arkania is the only decision you can make.