Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Rendili Planet.
The Galactic Republic fleet had been completely torn apart. Under Sefrans Tann's surprise attack, they had lost all ability to resist and could not even maintain a complete formation.
Sefrans Tann had been right before. The eleven Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers crippled by the Destruction's ion pulse cannons had become a dog chain around Lieutenant General Jan Dodonna's neck.
Jan Dodonna wanted to rescue those eleven warships, which greatly restricted the maneuvering range of his other vessels. Under such circumstances, they had no choice but to face the direct assault of Sefrans Tann's high-morale fleet!
If their positions had been reversed, Sefrans Tann would certainly have abandoned those eleven warships without hesitation and immediately led her fleet in large-scale tactical maneuvers to seize the advantage. But Dodonna's indecision had become his greatest weakness.
That was the difference between a famed commander and an ordinary general.
He did not want to abandon the eleven Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers, yet he also wanted to rescue Lieutenant General Trinald Skarrid's scattered fleet while repelling Sefrans Tann's offensive as quickly as possible. The result was that he could accomplish none of it.
There was no need to dwell on the details. Under Sefrans Tann's exceptional command, Jan Dodonna's indecisive and disordered fleet collapsed almost immediately.
His fleet consisted entirely of warships seized from the Rendili Planet Defense Fleet. Their crews had never been complete, and morale had already been low; they had only been barely dragged out to fight. Now, with eleven ships crippled by a single barrage and Sefrans Tann launching such a ferocious raid, they immediately fell into chaos, and the warships scattered in all directions.
In the end, Jan Dodonna and Skarrid had no choice but to order their fleets to scatter and flee as well.