1607. Gears of War (Part 1)
The information about the construction of Ankollon-class Titan warship in the Yago-Dur system caused an uproar among Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command, which can be called an explosion!
Because this is Ankollon-class Titan warship!
It goes without saying how terrifying Xuanwu is. With the power of this battleship, the entire Galactic Republic dare not look directly at Eriadu system. This is the power of Titan warship!
Now, they have determined that the Titan warship was built in the Yago-Dur system.
How can such information make people unmoved.
After extensive analysis, the people at the Republic Intelligence Department believe that this information is still doubtful, and there is indeed the possibility of deliberate guidance. After all, as the war has progressed and the intelligence work of both sides has become more and more in place, it has become increasingly difficult to obtain intelligence. The true and false information of all kinds are mixed together, making it almost impossible to distinguish.
But compared to the possibility that the information is false, the benefits brought by this information are very huge.
Because once this Titan shipyard can be destroyed, Duchy of Dawn will not be able to possess a second Ankollon-class Titan warship for a long time. During this period, it is still beyond the reach of only one Titan warship to defend Galactic Republic from attacking from multiple directions.
Not to mention that if the situation develops in the most dreamy direction, if you can occupy Titan shipyard, or even get some complete parts of Ankollon-class Titan warship... then such a result will make you laugh out of your dreams!
Moreover, it is impossible for a Titan shipyard of this scale to be moved casually. Even if it is really moved, it will probably take more than half a year to reassemble and re-establish production. Galactic Republic also achieved the purpose of delaying the construction time of Ankilon-class.
At the same time, Republic Intelligence Department also received further information from the InterGalactic Banking Clan (S), and Rush-Clovis provided some confidential documents from the InterGalactic Banking Clan more than ten years ago.
These documents show that more than ten years ago, even before Battle of Naboo broke out, Damask Holdings Group at that time opened more than ten investment projects, established dozens of companies, consulting and management institutions, and all of them were invested in the Givin.
Because before InterGalactic Banking Clan was split, Scipio, as the association's treasury, and the planet where Five-Man Core was located, naturally kept a large number of confidential documents. When the Muun faction and Human faction split, the two sides launched a series of battles over Scipio's treasury. Thornhill and the others were busy colluding with Five-Man Core to rob the treasury's deposits. Correspondingly, many confidential documents continued to be preserved and were not taken away.
When Hego-Damask II was still alive, as the former co-chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, he had inextricable connections with the association. Many of these investments in the Givin were also operated with the help of the InterGalactic Banking Clan. Therefore, it is normal for Rush-Clovis to be able to produce some confidential information about these investments at that time.
These investment data, coupled with some records of Dawn Star Planet at that time, do show that Dawn Star Planet would not have had the industrial capacity to build Titan shipyard more than ten years ago.
And at that time, Dawn Star Planet was still a member of Galactic Republic. Even though the place was a little remote, everyone looked up but never looked down. If Titan warship was to be built here, it must not be hidden.
But the Yago-Dur galaxy is different. No one is willing to visit this Three-Body galaxy, and the Givin acts very low-key. At the same time, keeping a low profile, their shipbuilding industry has always been very developed. And even if someone does go inside the galaxy, there is a high probability that the chaotic gravity and magnetic field of the three stars will prevent the visitor from discovering the existence of Titan warship.
Looking at it this way, it is indeed the best address to secretly build Titan warship.
So after this series of investigations, Republic Intelligence Department told Supreme Strategic Command the final conclusion - the probability that Angolong-class Titan warship's shipyard is on the Yago-Dur planet is very high, but we should also be wary of the possibility that Duchy of Dawn used this information to deliberately set a trap.
In the ensuing discussion, two voices emerged from Republic Supreme Strategic Command.
The first voice said that the planet Yago-Dur should not be attacked, because the attack in this direction is just a feint attack anyway, and the real killer move is Modell Sector. And it's all a feint anyway, so why are you looking for this hard nut? Wouldn't it be better to just show it at Christophsis? Do you still expect the fleet that is pretending to attack to eat the Yago-Dur system?
But another voice had a different take. They thought that if they really regarded the other fleet as a feint attack, it would be better not to do so. You go to Christophsis and give him a false shot. Duchy of Dawn is not a fool. He was frightened so easily. And Christophsis really knocked down this planet, so what? Can Duchy of Dawn feel the pain of skin piercing? So they don't need to pay attention at all. Once there is a war with Modell Sector, they can send all the mobile fleets there. As for Christophsis, they don't want it.
The key point of a feint attack is to attack it and save it, so you must choose a target that Duchy of Dawn cannot accept once it falls. Then this target is naturally the Yago-Dur system and Eriadu system. Only by attacking here will Duchy of Dawn feel threatened and will not dare to fully support Modell Sector.
As for the previous strategic deception operation, Dawn Star Planet has paid attention to the Yago-Dur system. Is this important? This military operation was originally going to rely on Galactic Republic's powerful troops to force Duchy of Dawn to fight on two fronts. How about simply stating the reason directly? Could it be that after revealing the cards, Duchy of Dawn can create more battleships?
After a whole day of quarrels and discussions, the decision for this combat operation was made directly by the Speaker Sheev-Palpatine himself——
Increase troops to the Republic 20th Army and open the second front in the Yago-Dur system!
The gears of war began to turn rapidly...
20BBY, July 12, near Tatooine, Mira-Han, the leader of Titan Security's pirate fleet, led a fleet to rob a Galactic Republic transport fleet passing by Tatooine. This transport fleet is loaded with more than 4,000 Spaarti clone troopers and a large number of heavy equipment including AT-TE tactical assault walkers and AV-7 self-propelled artillery. There is even a SPHA-T self-propelled artillery among them!
Spaarti clone troopers couldn't be sold in the slave market because they were mentally unstable and aged very quickly, so Mira-Han directly threw them into Kosher Satellite for mining.
But those heavy equipment caught Duchy of Dawn Military Intelligence Department's attention!
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