1307. Abandoned son
At the same time, Rendili Planet peripheral.
Republic Fleet has been completely torn apart. Under the surprise attack from Sefrans-Tann, they have no ability to resist at all and cannot even maintain a complete formation.
What Sefrans-Tann said before was correct. The 11 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers that were hit by Destruction's ion pulse cannon and paralyzed became a dog chain holding Lieutenant General Jane-Dodonna.
Jane-Dodonna wants to rescue these 11 warships, so the maneuvering range of his other warships will also be greatly restricted. In this case, they will have to face a direct attack from Sefrans-Tann's fleet with high morale!
In this situation, if the two sides change their perspective, then Sefrans-Tann will definitely abandon these 11 warships without hesitation and immediately lead his fleet to conduct large-scale tactical maneuvers to gain an advantage. But Jane-Dodonna's worry about gains and losses became the biggest breakthrough.
This is the difference between famous generals and ordinary generals.
On the one hand, they do not want to give up these 11 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, on the other hand, they want to save the scattered fleet of Trinald-Lieutenant General Skarrid, and at the same time, they also want to repel the offensive of Sefrans-Tann as soon as possible. The result is that nothing can be done well.
Needless to say, the details went without saying. Under the outstanding command of Sefrans-Tann, the Jane-Dodonna fleet, which was worried about gain and loss, collapsed almost immediately.
His fleet was all Rendili Planet Defense Fleet warships that he had robbed before. Originally, the warships were undermanned and morale was low, but now they can only be pulled out to fight. Now, 11 ships were paralyzed by such a shot from Sefrans-Tann, and then there was an extremely fierce surprise attack. Immediately, there was chaos, and those warships scattered and fled.
So in the end, Jane-Dodonna and Skarrid had to order their fleets to scatter and flee, because now they could not organize effective resistance at all, they could only disperse in a hurry, run as much as they could, and at least save some strength.
It has to be said that in such a rotten battle situation, breaking up like this is really a good solution.
Because although Sefrans-Tann is menacing and their command level is far superior to the two, the performance of the warships is there. The warships in her hands, the only ones she can defeat are the 7 Victory I-class Star Destroyer and the 1 Knight-class Star Destroyer that was previously captured by Das-Malthael, and then her flagship Destruction.
The others are all Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser, which is already a battleship almost two eras behind. Even the conventional firepower of Destruction itself is actually not strong. So in the final analysis, the biggest shortcoming of this miscellaneous fleet in the hands of Tann is its weak firepower!
So when Republic fleet dispersed, she really had no good way to keep these battleships.
The result was that in this battle, Sefrans-Tann sank a total of 12 Hunter Class Battlecruisers, one Knight-class Star Destroyer was severely damaged, and 17 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers were sunk, which is approximately equivalent to about half of the current Galactic Republic and Rendili system fleets.
The other warships scattered and fled, and then fled to the outside of Rendili system to regroup. Although most of the warships were covered in damage, they at least came back alive.
Sefrans-Tann didn't care either. She recovered her warship, reorganized it and maintained it, and prepared the next phase of the battle plan. As for those Republic warship, half of them have escaped, it doesn't matter, if they come again, then at worst, just kill them again.
On the other side, Lieutenant General Jane-Dodonna took a shuttle to the flagship of Lieutenant General Skarrid. The two of them were childhood friends and classmates. Although their personalities and philosophies were different, and there was still a competitive relationship, after being lifted up and beaten by the famous generals Sefrans-Tann of the other party, other conflicts were not important. They are now close friends and classmates again.
The two looked at each other. In the previous battle, Lieutenant General Skarrid, because his flagship shield was knocked out by Destruction, so during the continuous bombing of the battleship itself, he also fell to the ground and broke the clavicle of his right shoulder. Now his right hand is hung on his chest after being briefly treated by a medical robot. He looks extremely miserable.
"What should we do now? Skarrid." Jane-Dodonna asked, "Where is Master Yoda?"
"After he went out to fight with that Sith Lord, he has been meditating since he came back. He seems to be injured." Skarrid replied, and he also asked, "Where are the Jedi Knight and Jing Fang over there?"
"He can only tell me that there is a great danger coming, but he can't point out where the danger comes from... He still lacks the experience of commanding fleet operations." Jane-Dodonna shook his head, "Now I suggest that we retreat as soon as possible. The situation Rendili Planet is irreversible, and there is no point in staying here."
"Your fleet won't be of much use. They are all new recruits." Skarrid did not forget to criticize his old classmate, "But... indeed, at least we have captured half of Rendili's fleet, so we can deliver."
Jane-Dodonna nodded.
However, at this moment, the communications soldier suddenly came over and said, "General! Republic Supreme Strategic Command is calling!"
"Supreme Strategic Command?" Skarrid frowned, "Take it over."
The screen in front of him flickered, but no holographic projection appeared. Only a powerful and majestic voice came from the other end of the communication, "According to Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command's research decision, the current Rendili Planet war must continue! Galactic Republic will send reinforcements to you. Our mission has changed. It is no longer to capture Rendili Planet, but to ensure that Sefrans-Tann is always stuck here and cannot go anywhere else!"
Lieutenant General Jane-Dodonna was shocked. He said, "This is impossible! Our fleet just suffered heavy losses during the attack on Rendili Planet, and must temporarily return to Coruscant for rest! Moreover, these warships captured by us cannot form effective combat effectiveness at all!"
"This is an order! Not a suggestion!" The other party dropped this sentence coldly, "Your reinforcements include one Commander-class Dreadnought and five Hunter Class Battlecruiser! Make good use of this power and hold back Sefrans-Tann!"
After saying that, he cut off the communication without any explanation.
"A Commander-class? Not a Commander II-class, but an old antique like before?! With just a few reinforcements, you want us to continue to die here?!" Lieutenant General Skarrid jumped up immediately.
Dodonna Lieutenant General's face was also very ugly, "I think we have been abandoned..."
"Abandoned? Impossible! We are candidates for Republic Navy Admiral!" Skarrid cannot accept this reality.
"After this battle Rendili Planet, we still don't know if we are candidates, but what is certain is that Galactic Republic will definitely launch attacks from other galaxies in this direction, and our only meaning now is, just to hold Sefrans-Tann away from doing bad things." Lieutenant General Dodonna turned and stared into Skarrid's eyes, "This is reality."
"Which direction?" Skarrid Punched his fist on the console as soon as the question came out of his mouth. He himself thought the question was stupid.
"This is not something we, the abandoned sons, are qualified to know..." Lieutenant General Dodonna sighed.
Meanwhile, Eastern Outer Rim, Inner Rim Territories, Cona Planet.
This is an original ecological planet. The planet has not been developed, and the environment is very harsh. It is full of toxic swamps and primitive jungles. But after the war broke out, Galactic Republic built a large-scale spaceport here and used it as an advance base.
And after Galactic Republic began to shift to strategic counterattack, one of the Republic Fourth Army's squadrons stationed here.
Republic Fourth Army did not suffer much losses in the previous wars. The main reason was that more than a year ago, when General Grievous launched Festival Offensive, the Fourth Army fleet went to block it, but was penetrated. After that, they have regained their strength, and as one of the several major legions of Guardian Core Worlds, Fourth Army still maintains a very powerful force.
Now, Galactic Republic's new offensive will be launched by Fourth Army Main Fleet!
On the surface of Cona Planet, it is a gathering area for outsiders. This is also where Galactic Republic soldiers come to relax and have fun.
Staff officer Sehas came to a bar and sat down in an inconspicuous position. He said to the air next to him, "I will take the shuttle to the space port tomorrow morning. Do you have a way to get up?"
There was no answer, Sehas just felt a tap on his right shoulder.
According to the previously agreed arrangement, a pat on the right shoulder means approval.
"Okay, since you have no problem, then let's do it. I will find a way to bring you into the fleet command center, but after that, I want double the reward!" Sehas whispered.
He felt his right shoulder was tapped again, so he nodded gloomily and drank the wine in his hand.