In the outer space of Dantooine, aboard a Dawn's Radiance-class industrial mothership. The Kingdom of Dawn had gone to enormous lengths to get this industrial mothership here, and it had now become their absolute core on Dantooine.
Much of their combat equipment, including command centers, was built aboard the industrial mothership and then delivered to the ground battlefield.
Army General Dai Hongkui of the Kingdom of Dawn Army stood on the bridge, staring gravely at the star map.
He had been promoted to Army General last year. As Ling Liang increasingly fulfilled the duties of Sector Governor in the Sothis sector, and as Army General Xian Hui gradually began handing over his responsibilities, Dai Hongkui's promotion had come naturally.
However, the Army's status was still far below that of the Navy. So even as one of the few Army Generals in the army, Dai Hongkui's operational duties were currently limited to commanding the ground war on the remote planet of Dantooine.
In the current war between the Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire, the decisive factor for both sides lay in outer space—in fleet battles, on the Navy's stage. Ground battles generally only broke out when the military was unwilling to cause greater destruction.
Yet in many cases, once the fleet battle in outer space was lost, the planet's current government would most likely surrender. The Army's role in the past had therefore merely been a formality.
If they truly refused to surrender, the fleet would simply blockade the planet, cut off its supplies, and dispatch carrier-based aircraft for precision bombing. The planet would not last long.
At other times, the Army maintained order in occupied territory and suppressed rebellions. They were practically doing police work.
Situations like Dantooine, where various objective factors made the ground the decisive battlefield