In the view of Wilhuff Tarkin, the Governor of the 18th Army of the Galactic Republic, his battle was a success.
After the battle, he personally went to Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, met with Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and submitted a battle report.
In the report, he explained what he did during the Battle of Terminus and analyzed the characteristics and tactics of the Dawn Planet fleet.
Sheev Palpatine sat in his office and began to read through the hundreds of pages of Wilhuff Tarkin's report.
[...The infiltration of Dawn Planet has begun a few months ago, whether it is the infiltration of intelligence personnel or the assassination of officials at all levels. It must be noted that Dawn Planet has very powerful killers. I have walked on it several times.
On the verge of death. But this also gave me a hint that I could use their assassination.】
[All actions serve the ultimate goal. Now that the 18th Army is constantly being attacked by the separatists, I lack enough fleets to eliminate the threat from Planet Dawn. Therefore, there is only one way - to choose the battlefield myself. 】
[...After the most dangerous assassination, I took advantage of the situation and spread the news to make Dawn Planet think that I was seriously injured and unable to act. This would increase the possibility of Dawn Planet taking the initiative to attack us. According to my research, Dawn Planet has no control over hyperspace channels.
They are very thirsty for control, and they attacked Bespin for this reason.】
[...Because of Governor Suramar's stupidity, we lost the planet Bespin, which gave the Dawn planet the possibility of deploying a fleet on a large scale. We cannot let them go further and have broader activities in the hyperspace lanes.
scope……】
[For the choice of battlefield, the planet Terminus is the best place. Here, the Dawn planet can only be supplied through the Manfa planet. They did expand the space port there, but it was far from enough. I used some
Use small means to bring the planet Terminus into submission, and secretly deploy fighter jets on the planet.】
[Since the end of September, Dawn Planet’s intelligence agents have been operating extensively on Terminus Planet and have come into contact with several gangs. The one that worries me most is the Hutts, but this is an uncontrollable factor. However,
At this time, I also understood that the battle would begin on the planet Terminus, and my plan completed the first step.】
"A very smart choice, Governor Tarkin. I can already understand your dilemma at that time and your firm determination." Palpatine said with a smile while flipping through the report.
"The Dawn Planet is different from other separatist planets. I can say this - their combat concepts are very advanced. I will definitely not have any reservations or contempt for such an enemy. I would rather use greater losses to
In exchange for the destruction of the Dawn Planet." Tarkin said sinisterly.
"I couldn't agree more on that, Moff Tarkin." Palpatine replied with a smile.
[The biggest crime of Dawn Planet is that they defeated the 19th Army led by Governor Suramar. In several battles, they caused the death of more than one million soldiers, and the casualties of civilians involved in the war are conservatively estimated to have exceeded one thousand.
Wan. Therefore, the analysis of the combat power of the 19th Army is also the focus of my work.]
[In my opinion, the most important factor in why the 19th Army under Governor Suramar was repeatedly defeated by the Dawn Planet was that it did not use its strengths and avoid weaknesses during the battle, and instead used a method that the Dawn Planet fleet was best at.
Fight. In other words, he has been led by the Dawn Planet.】
[Such a result will naturally result in heavy losses and the inability to achieve any strategic goals.]
[After analyzing the Dawn Planet fleet, the battle method they fear most is frontal combat and continuous combat. Whether they are Cole-class battlecruisers or Martha-class heavy cruisers, they all have the characteristics of high firepower, high burst, and low endurance.
This shows that when their fleet was first established, they decided on the tactical strategy of fast attack and rush attack.]
[In other words, Dawn Planet’s fleet must establish its advantage in the first few strikes, otherwise, it will not be able to achieve the desired results. 】
[For such a fleet, the best way to deal with it is to fight quickly. But unfortunately, the combat method of our army's main battleship, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, is exactly restrained by the battleships of Dawn Planet.
, the Hunter class was unable to gain a decisive advantage in a short period of time, and could only withstand the most violent offensive of the Dawn Planet fleet, resulting in unexpected losses.]
[In this case, I can only do the opposite - let my fleet withstand the first wave of attacks from the Dawn Planet fleet, and still have enough trump cards to counterattack, and drag the Dawn Planet fleet with it.
Entering into a long war of attrition.]
[The thing I chose to withstand the powerful offensive of the Dawn Planet battleship was more battleships. I used life and battleships to consume the energy and ammunition of the Dawn Planet battleship. I adopted the refueling tactic in the subsequent battles, and used the most
The powerful Inquisitor-class battlecruisers are left behind for use, all in order to eliminate the advantage of the Dawn Planet fleet, and use the loss of more battleships to buy time to mobilize enough troops from all over the Galactic Republic to come for reinforcements.】
[In the following time, in early October, the Dawn Planet took the initiative to launch an attack as expected. I immediately asked the planet Terminus to declare its departure from neutrality, join the war, and immediately let the fleet that had been prepared to station, and face the Dawn Planet fleet.
Decisive battle. At this point, my second phase of the mission is also completed.】
Sheev Palpatine's communicator beeped for a while. He looked at the information on the communicator, then continued to quickly read Governor Tarkin's report, and asked straight to the point: "So, what about this trip to Termi?"
What do you think of the outcome of the Battle of Planet Nus?"
"The first thing to make sure is that at the beginning of the battle, the Dawn Planet's fleet was indeed at an advantage compared to the Republic's fleet stationed on the Terminus Planet. We used the weak to attack the strong."
Tarkin said, "During the Battle of Terminus, at least half of the Republic's warships were lost during the refueling tactics. The losses in this process had already been determined and were expected.
Among them, if these losses are deducted, the losses of the Galactic Republic during the battle were actually much less than those of Dawn Planet."
"But those losses due to refueling are losses after all. The Parliament will not pay attention to the reasons for the losses of these battleships." Palpatine said.
"This is a necessary result. Since we are destined to suffer losses from the Cole-class cannons and Martha-class missiles, it is better to accept it in a way that we can bear." Tarkin said, "My strategy starts from
From the beginning, I wanted to drain every drop of blood from the Dawn Planet, and through this battle, I did it. The Republic has far more blood than the Dawn Planet."
"So, how will I explain this battle in the parliament? Could it be that we retreated from the planet Terminus and killed 7 Jedi including Master Adi Gallia? But in fact
A victory?" Palpatine asked.
"Then tell them that the Dawn Planet will not be able to recover in the next 30 years." Tarkin said calmly.