The Fall of the Fortress (III)
Both the Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire were actively mobilizing their forces, and the Northern Galaxy became busy once more.
On one hand, at Bilbrin Planet, Major General Luo Huacheng continued consolidating his forward base. Fifteen Dawn's Radiance-class industrial motherships were operating at full capacity, using local resources to manufacture large quantities of facilities and ammunition supplies, including even fighters and escort frigates.
At the same time, numerous Gauss Defense Platforms were constructed at this forward base. More than a dozen small asteroids hollowed out by mining were also simply modified into armed asteroids.
In the eyes of Galactic Empire intelligence, Major General Luo Huacheng's actions were clearly preparations for a long-term campaign. They did not resemble preparations for launching an attack from here anytime soon.
Moreover, since Lieutenant General Dagon-Nielz had been arrested and sent before a military court, his successor naturally did not dare repeat the same mistake. The Imperial garrison on Bilbrin Planet therefore held tightly to its defensive lines and no longer planned to take the initiative to attack.
The Galactic Empire Supreme Strategic Command's plan in this direction was naturally to create a long-term standoff, allowing the Kingdom of Dawn and Dunn-Vesex to wear each other down in the Northern Territory while the Empire continued leveraging the Core Worlds' incomparably powerful industrial strength to further widen the military gap between them. That was what best served the Empire's interests.
As for the forward base on Bilbrin Planet, Oswald-Tahick planned to launch an attack three months later. By then, as more Executor-class Super Star Destroyers completed construction, he would be able to dispatch the Dominion Super Star Destroyer and four Assertor-class Dreadnoughts to Scipio. At that point, another crushing offensive would resolve everything.
At the same time, the