1513. Harassment Operation (Part 2)
The planet Ze-Heth is the Homeworld of ZeHethbra (ZeHethbra). This is a race that looks like a bearman, warlike and tyrannical, and ZeHethbra is often used as a bounty Hunter and mercenary in various places in the galaxy.
It is worth mentioning that because of their strong combat capabilities, ZeHethbra was chosen by Das-Pregas as an alternative to the Clone Army. ZeHethbra have strong bodies and amazing strength. Their thick fur cannot even be penetrated by machetes. To a certain extent, they are considered a weakened version of Wookiees, but their reproductive ability is much stronger than Wookiees.
However, when it came to the specific choice, Das-Pregas later chose Indjori, who had more abnormal physical abilities. Later, they were replaced by humans with more adaptability.
After the war broke out, Ze-Hess planet stood firmly on the side of Galactic Republic. In fact, it was because Galactic Republic judged that if ZeHethbra joined Separatists, it would provide them with a large number of soldiers sufficient to compete with Clone Trooper.
However, this time, when Major General Malcolm Granger led a guerrilla fleet consisting of 6 Calamity-class battlecruiser and 10 Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser appeared within the gravitational circle of Ze-Hess planet, the powerful ZeHethbra had to lower its head and ask for help from the Republic 17th Army.
But now Republic 17th Army Governor Lynch-Hauser is Coruscant explaining to Chancellor Palpatine the reasons for this fiasco, and at the same time offering bribes to everyone in order to reduce his own responsibility. And 17th Army Navy Commander Admiral Kurny is also counting the large amount of credits that Kuat Drive Yards bribed him, and then deceived the members of their investigation team, tampered with the combat records, and redefined this tragic defeat as a 'victory with a large loss'.
It is very true that power corrupts.
The Republic 17th Army regiment was originally just a very marginalized regiment. It did not have many fleets or troops. Even within its jurisdiction, there were not many resource-rich planets.
The only one worthy of praise is probably Republic Navy Academy on the planet Vogel (Vogel), the capital.
Now, as the war progresses, 17th Army has become the front line for Galactic Republic to resist Fourth Civilization and Xuanwu Titan warship. This makes Governor Lynch-Hauser and his subordinates suddenly have very strong strength overnight. The fleet power in their hands can even rank in the top five among Galactic Republic.
The expansion of power also led to the expansion of desire. Not surprisingly, Lynch-Hauser and Admiral Kurny were quickly corrupted by the flattery and financial bribes of those Core Worlds nobles.
Coupled with the unfavorable results in the previous battle, 17th Army ignored Planet Ze-Hess's very urgent request for help!
One day later, Major General Malcolm Granger's guerrilla fleet began to blockade Zeh-Hes Planet and seized almost all transport ships on the planet. At the same time, an ultimatum was issued, requiring ZeHethbra to surrender within 3 days.
Three days is worth pondering, because with the strength of the guerrilla fleet in the hands of Major General Malcolm Granger, it only takes a few hours to destroy the resistance on the planet Ze-Hess - you know, Galactic Republic is for ZeHethbra The more brutal and bellicose non-Human race like have always been frowned upon, especially after the decree to cancel local defense fleets was issued. Planets like Ze-Hess are basically undefended.
The representatives of ZeHethbra were petitioning everywhere at the Republic Senate venue, hoping to win reinforcements from Galactic Republic, but how could anyone pay attention to them now? Speaker Palpatine is busy dealing with the impeachment of the Bail-Organa faction, and Governor 17th Army and Admiral of the Navy are busy colluding with Kuat Drive Yards to deceive superiors and deceive subordinates.
Therefore, ZeHethbra, a race that had little say in the Galactic Republic political arena, was simply ignored.
So in less than one day after issuing the ultimatum, ZeHethbra surrendered.
Maybe for Galactic Republic, the Ze-Hess planet has no strategic value, but for Fourth Civilization, after the Ze-Hess planet surrendered, it was equivalent to building a bridge between Eriadu system and Malastare system!
You must know that because of the previous battles between Malastare and Haruun Kal, the two planets belonged to Fourth Civilization. However, due to the existence of Malastare Narrows, the transportation between Malastare and Eriadu was not convenient, and Haruun Kal did not have a stable hyperspace connection.
But now after the surrender of Ze-Hess planet, the connection between Malastare and Eriadu has finally been established! Because Malastare Narrows has only one hyperspace navigation direction due to the existence of the blockbuster Electromagnetic Nebula, and this direction is facing the planet Ze-Hess!
As a result, after achieving a more stable rear, the guerrilla fleet led by Major General Malcolm Granger began to expand its scope of activities, and dozens of surrounding planets were all attacked by him.
At the same time, as if to cooperate with Ling Liang's military operations, Fourth Civilization's Prime Minister Francis-Underwood suddenly made a public speech, and he directly expressed his support for Jedi Order!
Underwood said that although Jedi Order has always been the enemy of Confederacy of Independent Systems, they have full respect for this enemy. Now Jedi Order suddenly suffered an unreasonable disaster, which made Confederacy of Independent Systems deeply saddened.
He said that Confederacy of Independent Systems is an inclusive regime, and Dawn Star Planet has established a public Force Academy-Holy Advent Academy. Now they very much welcome Jedi Knight to come to Dawn Star Planet for refuge, and Dawn Star Planet is also very willing to provide shelter to Jedi Knight.
At the same time, Supreme Leader Count Dooku of Confederacy of Independent Systems also made a similar speech, welcoming Jedi Knight to Confederacy of Independent Systems.
This is Count Dooku!
If Francis-Underwood's words caused a stir, then Count Dooku's statement was tantamount to detonating a nuclear bomb!
You must know that when Count Dooku was a member of Jedi Order, he had unparalleled prestige. Even Master Windu at that time could only be said to be a powerful figure, and his reputation could not be compared with Count Dooku.
Now that Count Dooku has said this, I believe that many fleeing Jedi Knight will change their minds and join the hands of their former elders.
This behavior made Palpatine, who was struggling, extremely angry. He directly issued an order to give Separatists some color!