"My motherland! My only regret is that I can only devote my life to you once!" - Inscription on the Imperial Heroes Monument in the center of the Imperial Plaza on the planet Coruscant, the capital of the Fourth Empire.
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The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Arkania gave the Kingdom of Dawn a blow in the face, which had been going smoothly!
It can be said that in the 25 years since Tang Xiao came to this universe with the mothership, he has never suffered such a defeat!
In this battle, more than 4 million officers and soldiers were killed or wounded from Admiral Mar-Touk down, 37 capital ships were destroyed, 384 heavy cruisers were destroyed, more than 1,900 light cruisers were destroyed, and more than 880 warships below destroyers were destroyed
ship!
Moreover, one battleship, five heavy cruisers and more than 200 small and medium-sized battleships surrendered and were captured because they were completely out of ammunition and food. Although the core parts of these battleships had been installed with bombs and blown up, such a large-scale battleship was
This is also the first time since the Kingdom of Dawn was established.
The battleship Neimoidia self-destructed. This Infinity-class super aircraft carrier was also the second super battleship sunk since the founding of the Kingdom of Dawn, after the Titan battleship Plague.
These are all a very bad start...
Such a disastrous defeat put the Kingdom of Dawn's situation in the north at risk. After a meeting and discussion overnight, the General Staff first sent a message to the Geth, asking the Geth to send troops as soon as possible to harass the northern border of the Galactic Empire and involve the power of the Imperial fleet.
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At the same time, after discussion, it was decided to let the Trade Federation transfer to the Geth the technological design of a battlecruiser called the "Throne of Kings" class of technology previously given to them by the Gallente Federation, in order to strengthen the Geth.
fleet strength.
Because after research, the combat method of the Throne of Kings class battlecruiser is very similar to the combat habits of the Geth, and the industrial strength of the Geth is now much stronger than that of the Trade Alliance, which has lost its foundation. It is simply impossible to directly build a battleship of the battleship level.
No pressure.
Not only that, in order to speed up the progress of the geth's research, the Trade Alliance must immediately send a team of experts to the core of the geth, the Sojoran satellite, and share their research results with the geth so that they can learn as soon as possible.
Use it to produce more powerful battleships.
The reason why the Trade Federation is responsible for everything is because the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Arkania was commanded by the Commander of the Trade Federation, Mal-Tuk. Heroism is heroic, but the responsibility that should be borne must not be less.
.After this fiasco, although the Dawn Kingdom authorities will not really punish the Trade Alliance, it is foreseeable that the preferential treatment the Trade Alliance can receive will inevitably plummet, and it will definitely fall from the first-tier super enterprises of the Dawn Kingdom in the future.
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In addition, the fleet organized by Izvoshra of the Kali people and Army Major General Ben Tiras-San-Skar is also gathering on the planet Mejito. It is expected to complete the formation in four days and head to the planet Bilbulin immediately.
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Now the biggest goal of the Kingdom of Dawn in the north is to prevent the planet Bilbrin from falling into the hands of the Galactic Empire again. Once this fortress planet, which the Galactic Empire has built over hundreds of years, is recaptured by the Galactic Empire again, the next time it wants to
Taking it back will definitely be a long time coming.
At the same time, Dawn Planet immediately began to organize reinforcements and prepared to rush to the north.
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In contrast, for the Galactic Empire, the Battle of Arkania was a brilliant victory!!
For a long time, the Galactic Empire has always lost more than it won when facing the Dawn Kingdom's fleet on the frontal battlefield. Even if there is an occasional victory, it can only be obtained at the cost of great losses.
However, this time on the planet Arkania, the Imperial Fleet completely defeated a main fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn despite being at a disadvantage in terms of strength! What a glory and heroic force this is!
In order to commemorate this great victory, Emperor Palpatine personally ordered that all the planets in the Empire's core circle have a day off and hold celebrations. At the same time, the Imperial Navy Vice Admiral Mis-Ro Nurudo-who commanded the battle
Thrawn was directly promoted to Admiral of the Imperial Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the Empire's Northern Military Forces!
The promotion order signed by Palpatine himself, as well as the highest medal of the empire, plus a large amount of money, rare metals, and beautiful women's rewards have been carried by a special envoy, taking a spaceship to the north, ready to be awarded to Thrawn
Will.
At the same time, the highest administrator of the North, Governor Dunne-Wessex of the Ninth Army, was also commended by His Majesty the Emperor, and he also received a special medal.
In addition, the former Imperial Admiral Gilad Pellaeon, who was arrested by the Imperial Tribunal, was also released. As punishment for the defeat, he was only demoted one level and became a Vice Admiral. And Gilad Pellaeon was immediately transferred to another position.
Report to the Imperial Fourth Army, under Governor Wilhuff Tarkin.
Obviously, Palpatine was giving Dunn Wessex a slap in the face and then giving him something to eat. It was not that he did not know the name of the "Northern Double Wall", nor did he not know that the Northern Defense Line was composed of Zira
De Perrine built it all by himself, but still transferred Gilad Perrine to Dunne Wessex's mortal enemy, Wilhuff Tarkin, which was actually a means of checking and balancing.
As the emperor of the empire, after a great victory, he would generously reward the frontline officers and soldiers, but he would raise and secretly descend upon the generals at the rear, and be on guard against them. This is the so-called emperor's art.
Regarding this decision, Dunn Wessex was naturally extremely angry, but he did not dare to show it at all. He had to pretend to send a congratulatory message to Wilhuff Tarkin, congratulating him on gaining a "great man".
General".
Afterwards, Dunn Wessex invited Thrawn to his headquarters in the North, the planet Palin Minor, and asked Thrawn very thoughtfully about his needs and his views on the future war in the North.
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However, Thrawn expressed pessimistic thoughts about the war situation in the north. He believed that the Galactic Empire was still severely undermanned.
Although the Galactic Empire still has about 8,000 capital ships, such forces need to suppress rebels in various places, cope with the powerful offensive of the Kingdom of Dawn on all fronts, and maintain a strong enough guard force on the main planets in the core circle.
If the burden is shared like this, more than 8,000 battleships are simply not enough!
Therefore, the biggest problem of the Galactic Empire now is that although it seems to have an absolute advantage in military strength, the Kingdom of Dawn can concentrate its troops to launch attacks at one or two points, which can actually form a local superiority in military strength.
Thrawn suggested recovering the Bilbrin planet as soon as possible, and then consolidating the defense. After the northern fleet has regained its strength, he can then take the initiative to attack the planet Mequito, which is the core of the northern territory of the Kingdom of Dawn.
In order to achieve this goal, Thrawn requested that Dunn Wessex transfer the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer to his command.
However, faced with this request, Dunn-Wessex remained silent.
After a full ten minutes, Dunn Wessex slowly said: "I will directly dispatch 40 Imperial II-class Star Destroyers and 70 Imperial Star Destroyers from my direct fleet from the planet Palin Minor.
-class Star Destroyer, and 40 Vindicator-class heavy cruisers are given to you. But the 'Leela' super Star Destroyer must stay on the planet Palin-Minor."
That's right, Dunne Wessex, a wife-loving maniac, actually named his Executor-class super Star Destroyer after his wife!
Thrawn's expression remained unchanged. He just smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Being able to get reinforcements from such a powerful fleet also relieves my urgent need. Thank you very much."
Yes... For Palpatine, he rewarded Thrawn and was wary of Dunn Wessex. But for Dunn Wessex, he had to be wary of Thrawn again.
Because if Thrawn continues to do this, it is likely to threaten his status as King of the North. Moreover, Palpatine directly bypassed him and appointed Thrawn as the supreme military commander of the North. This decision can be said to be a deliberate one.
sinister.
Coupled with Palpatine's move to transfer Gilad Pellaeon, his intention to balance between Dunn Wessex and Wilhuff Tarkin is completely undisguised!
But this time, Thrawn actually asked for the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer directly in front of him! No matter what aspect Dunn Wessex considered, it was impossible to satisfy such a request!
This is what is called, imperial politics...
After the unhappy breakup, Thrawn went to the planet Palancy and gathered the relatively intact battleships in his hands as well as the reinforcements given to him by Dunne Wessex, forming a force of 150 capital ships and 400 small and medium-sized ships.
A fleet of battleships set off on February 28 to counterattack the planet Bilbulin!
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"I said! I will lead this support army!! Thrawn, I will defeat him myself!!" Severance Tann slapped her hand hard on the table and roared loudly.
Sitting at the desk in front of her was Qi Jian, Chief of Staff of the Kingdom of Dawn.
Qi Jian's expression is also extremely tangled now, and it can be seen that he is also extremely distressed, "His Majesty Tang Xiao once personally told you not to let you fight against Suolong... So this time, my plan is to let General Ling go to the north.
Darth Vader is still a very deadly threat to us, and after some of our troops have been diverted, only you can stop him."
"No! This is just Tang Xiao's encouragement and request to me! He repeatedly told me that I am not the opponent of 'that person' in the future! For this reason, I study combat theory every day! I must personally fight every battle! I
I'm making myself stronger! Just to surpass the shadow that Tang Xiao painted for me!" Severance Tann said loudly: "Now I know! This person is Thrawn! He is in the North!
!Why don’t you let me go!”
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"His Majesty Tang Xiao has other plans for Thrawn. We have someone else who can defeat him, but he is not ready yet. Before that, what we need is to stabilize the situation in the north, rather than just want to go
Who to defeat?" Qi Jian said.
"Now Thrawn will undoubtedly attack the planet Bilbrin! I don't think anyone in the Dawn Kingdom can stop his offensive!! Ling Liang? Huh, she is indeed okay, but she must also be optimistic about the Fangduo planet.
!! And she knows nothing about the North!" Severance Tann said, "This time, you can only let me go!"
"Don't make things difficult for me, okay? General Tann." Qi Jian said, rubbing his forehead.
"I request to see His Majesty Tang Xiao! He should tell me the word 'no'." Severance Tann stared into Qi Jian's eyes and said word by word.
[If you want to die so much, then go die now!!] A disembodied voice suddenly came.
Qi Jian was startled by the sound. He looked back and found that on the other side of the office, a dark shadow appeared at some point. This shadow could vaguely be seen to be Tang Xiao, but there were no traces of people around him.
It seemed to be burning with black flames.
It was obvious that although he didn't know what Tang Xiao was doing, his current state basically couldn't be considered a human being.
Seeing Tang Xiao suddenly appear, Severance Tann quickly knelt down on one knee. Qi Jian's reaction was a step slower, but he quickly jumped up from the chair and knelt down on one knee.
Tann whispered: "Your Majesty... no, master! Please give me this opportunity to kill Thrawn! I have made all preparations, and I have full confidence in defeating him!"
Suddenly, an invisible force grabbed Tann's neck and lifted her up!
Tang Xiao's ferocious and distorted voice came, [I've said it many times! You are no match for him! Don't challenge me, my patience.]
"Master... Master... if I can't even defeat Thrawn... then... what is my... value?" Severance Tann asked with great difficulty.
With a pop, the invisible power suddenly disappeared, and Severance Tann fell to the ground. But she quickly got up and knelt on the ground again.
[You should know one thing, Tann. What determines the outcome of a war is not just the direct confrontation on the battlefield.] Tang Xiao's voice suddenly calmed down.
"If I don't get this opportunity, I would rather die! This is the only way for me to prove the meaning of my existence..." Severance Tann remains extremely determined.
Tang Xiao fell silent.
After a while, he spoke again and said: [Go. Take our most powerful battleship and dedicate Thrawn's head to me.] After saying that, the phantom gradually disappeared without a trace.
"Yes! Yes! Master! I will definitely complete my mission!" Severance Tann almost cried with joy. With tears streaming down her face, she knelt down and thanked her.
"Oh... I will arrange it. You can go back and rest first." Qi Jian sighed and said.
After Severance Tann left, Qi Jian shook his head and sighed again. Looking at the empty office, he seemed to be talking to himself: "She is right. Now our only choice is
, just to film her going to the North. But I’m just worried that if she fails, maybe she will actually commit suicide..."
[I know.] Tang Xiao's voice came from the void. (End of this chapter)