1601. Military meeting
Among Enarc Campaign, 17th Army's main force Fleet Commander Admiral Kurny was cut off from the supply line. He was attacked from behind by the surprise attack fleet sent by Ling Liang, forming a flanking attack.
And at that time, due to a series of proactive offensive actions, the 17th Army main fleet's supply consumption was extremely high, and some warships even couldn't even replace their shield capacitors!
Although the supply line has been opened in the rear, before the supplies were delivered, Ling Liang seized this last and best opportunity and launched an active attack.
She forced Admiral Kurny to conduct a fleet decisive battle under extremely unfavorable circumstances, and the result was self-evident. 17th Army's main fleet suffered heavy losses, and Admiral Kurny tried its best to maintain the last core of the fleet - the three Commander II-class Dreadnought.
In the end, Admiral Kurny brought back about half of the warships, but the damage to these warships was relatively serious. Three Commander II-class Dreadnoughts were destroyed, one was destroyed, and one was seriously damaged.
In fact, Enarc Campaign's original plan was indeed to harass, but Admiral Kurny made a series of wrong judgments when the supply line was cut off. As a result, General Ling seized the only opportunity to inflict heavy damage.
Even if he had persisted for a few more hours, the situation would have been different.
Tang Xiao asked the military to complete a raid, and General Ling overfulfilled the task. Under such circumstances, Galactic Republic's possible actions became predictable.
For Duchy of Dawn, that's a good thing.
Because Galactic Republic will launch a powerful offensive against Duchy of Dawn in the near future, this is certain. Galactic Republic cannot allow Duchy of Dawn to declare the founding of the country like this, and there will definitely be a reaction.
Of course, they couldn't let go of Confederacy of Independent Systems. In fact, when the highest military meeting was held, Galactic Republic's military operation against Saleucami Planet, General Grievous's main fleet station, had already begun.
In addition, in the course of the recent war, Duchy of Dawn's warships have increasingly greater performance advantages over Galactic Republic, which has also caused Galactic Republic's sense of crisis!
You must know that even though the war has been going on for more than two years, Galactic Republic has never really paid attention to Dawn Star Planet and Confederacy of Independent Systems. The huge gap in national power gives Separatists's only chance to threaten Core Worlds as soon as possible, and then let the nobles and wealthy families who are afraid of war force Palpatine to negotiate peace.
As the war continued, Separatists was gradually unable to threaten Republic Core Worlds, and their power even basically withdrew from Inner Rim. In this way, the aristocratic and wealthy families watching from the other side will naturally not be stingy about letting themselves sit in Homeworld to fight a war that they can win with just a wave of money.
Therefore, under such circumstances, Galactic Republic can feel a sense of life and death crisis, which shows how big the performance gap between the two warships is!
This is so big that Republic military seriously believes that Duchy of Dawn's warship performance and technological development can make up for the gap in national power between the two sides, so it is really possible to defeat Galactic Republic head-on!
Since such concerns are common, it is not difficult to obtain relevant information.
Therefore, Duchy of Dawn is sure that Galactic Republic will launch an offensive in the near future, but the problem lies in the direction of the offensive.
Currently, in the control area of Duchy of Dawn, there are two transportation arteries-Yago-Dur planet, and Eriadu.
Needless to say, Eriadu is a major transportation hub and economic center between Mid Rim and Outer Rim, with a very high strategic status.
Although the Yago-Dur planet is on the main hyperspace route, because this galaxy is a Three-Body galaxy, its transportation value is not as good as Eriadu. But Galactic Republic already has some speculations about the Givin helping Duchy of Dawn build Titan warship, so they also have good reason to attack the Yago-Dur system.
In addition to these two directions, it is not ruled out that Galactic Republic will take action against Christophsis in the other direction.
From the map, Christophsis is an enclave of Duchy of Dawn, but in fact there is a hyperspace channel between the two places, it's just that the distance is farther.
So if Galactic Republic wants to attack Christophsis, Duchy of Dawn will also have the problem of being beyond its reach.
The last one is Rendili Planet.
Since Rendili StarDrive coerced Rendili Planet into joining Separatists, Galactic Republic blocked Rendili Trade Route, making Rendili truly an enclave. It's just that because of Rendili StarDrive's powerful industrial production capacity, the size of Rendili Planet's defense fleet continues to expand, so it is not that easy to defeat Rendili.
As for Northern Territory, the main theme there is no longer the war between Separatists and Galactic Republic, but the race war between intelligent life and Mechanical Lifeforms. So whether or not to fight in that direction is the same thing.
Therefore, the four directions of Yago-Dur, Christophsis, Rendili and Eriadu are what Duchy of Dawn needs to deal with, and they are also what need to be discussed at this highest military meeting.
Qi Jian made a few marks on the holographic star map, and then said, "Sir, according to the Intelligence Department's recent return, we noticed that the galaxies Republic 20th Army and 17th Army There are large-scale hyperspace fluctuations in the direction. In addition to your previous belief that Galactic Republic will directly launch an attack on Modell Sector, we believe that their military operation should be aimed at our homeland."
"Modell Sector..." Tang Xiao sat at the top with stern eyes, "I can feel that there is a pair of eyes peering in that direction in the darkness... Das-Sidious wants to do it now Kill me, and want it more than ever before! He destroyed Jedi Knight, got Darth-Vader and a large number of people who fell into Dark Side Force, and his strength is constantly expanding."
He knocked on the table lightly, "So, he will point the finger directly at me! This is not a military or strategic judgment, but an arrangement by the Force. Fate has made it inevitable that there will be a fateful battle between me and Sidious, and Sidious, he will think that this battle is now."
"You mean, Darth-Sidious might also come?" Qi Jian asked seriously.
"What I am sure of is that when he sees the possibility of killing me, he will definitely appear at the scene. But before that, I have no way of judging." Tang Xiao said.
"Then how do we judge whether Darth-Sidious wants to take a shortcut and directly attack our core? Can't he attack from the direction of Eriadu with a frontal attack?" Ling Liang asked.
"Because he can't wait, and... doesn't want to wait." Tang Xiao said calmly, "He has already begun the countdown to becoming emperor, and my head is the best gift for him at the enthronement ceremony. He will not accept a steady move... kill me, and he can get the inheritance of Dark Side! At that time, he will truly become One-Man Sith!"
"Even if Galactic Republic wants to attack Modell Sector, they can't only attack in this direction. There will definitely be offensives in other directions to involve our forces!" Qi Jian said, "So, we still have many problems..."