Dantooine's Defeat (Part 2)
Lieutenant General Zell Johnson was aghast when he received the news. He no longer had time to feel pleased that he had become Dantooine's highest military commander.
There was no doubt that this attack had been premeditated. The Kingdom of Dawn had likely known their whereabouts even before this meeting, then launched its assault at precisely the moment they convened.
And while attacking, they had dispatched fighters to assassinate General Maximilian Vels!
The Chief Operations Advisor said with a grave expression, "General Johnson, the supplies and reinforcements under my command are now yours to deploy as you see fit. Make your decision."
Johnson took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping across the flashing red points on the holographic star map in the operations room. The Chief Operations Advisor's words gave him the sheer relief of finally emptying his bowels after two weeks of constipation.
That was right. With this, military command across Dantooine's entire ground theater would instantly become incomparably smooth. Every obstacle would be removed, and the chain of command would no longer be constrained.
This was what a war was supposed to look like!
But it also meant that he would have to take over the massive mess General Vels had left behind.
And taking it over would be troublesome, because he first had to assume control of the command system that had belonged to General Vels. Johnson was completely unfamiliar with Vels's subordinates and institutions.
Not to mention that they had already detected the Kingdom of Dawn's forces conducting large-scale movements!
"Vels... you bastard!" Zell Johnson muttered through gritted teeth. Then he spun around and said, "Deploy every reserve unit to Khoonda City! First, ensure the safety of the landing grounds and restore operations at the landing ground spaceport as soon as possible!