Tang Xiao's War
Before the earth-shaking rebellion erupted in the Imperial Center, capital of the Galactic Empire, the Kingdom of Dawn had already made its military preparations.
In truth, this direct order from Tang Xiao was rather baffling. Although the White Lotus Group's intelligence work had achieved tremendous success, the Intelligence Department had seen plenty of successful operations lately. Yet regardless, the Galactic Empire had always stationed heavy forces in several key regions, and the Intelligence Department's actions could not offset the disparity in military strength between the two sides.
As the Kingdom of Dawn continued advancing, the Galactic Empire's front lines were steadily contracting. The result was that heavy forces had been massed at several strategic locations, clearly adopting a posture of digging in and refusing to come out.
Therefore, unless there were several more annihilation battles like the Planet Kira Campaign, it would be difficult for the Kingdom of Dawn to achieve a breakthrough on the main battlefield in the short term.
The High Command's current plan was still primarily to feint in one direction and strike in another, drawing out the Galactic Empire's fleet before seizing opportunities to raid weakly defended locations. Through constant maneuvering, they would steadily eliminate the Empire's mobile forces before finally launching a fatal blow.
But Tang Xiao ordered the Northern Fleet to immediately prepare for battle and attack Palanci Planet as soon as the opportunity arose.
Yet the Galactic Empire had already massed heavy forces on Palanci Planet, with over eight hundred capital ships and continuously expanding orbital defense installations. A frontal assault would undoubtedly result in devastating losses.
Moreover, not long ago, Tang Xiao had ordered the intelligence operative White Lotus to find a way to facilitate the redeployment of the Galactic Empire's First System Army. The result was that the