1709. Yago-Durr counterattack (3)
In fact, Gideon-Tarkin is full of fear of the Yago-Dur planet, and conversely, Matt-Hona is not the same?
At Dawn Planet High Command, there were actually several plans for the capture of the Yago-Dur system, and the most planned among them was to use Kinyen as the second fortress planet to further resist the invasion of Galactic Republic.
But as Kinyen is the home star of Gran, their strength is naturally far inferior to the Givin, and Kinyen system does not have a natural barrier like the Three-Body galaxy Yago-Dur.
Once a fleet battle breaks out in Kinyen system, it will be purely a competition of strength between the two sides. This situation is what Duchy of Dawn has always wanted to avoid.
And once the Yago-Dur system falls, how much time will they have to build a new line of defense at Kinyen system? Not much. So start building now? It has actually started, but the investment is not large and the progress is not fast. More industrial production capacity was given to new weapons and equipment and warships.
There is another most important situation, that is, how determined is Gran to fight Galactic Republic on his home planet?
Gran is not a very determined race of the Will. Together with Dagg, the reason why they are willing to fight with Galactic Republic in the Malastare battle fought to the end, on the one hand, because the battle was not that cruel, and the troops Galactic Republic invested were not many; on the other hand, Malastare was not their home planet after all.
Therefore, once Gran decides to withdraw from the war, Ainlee-Tim, who now has a very high political reputation on Confederacy of Independent Systems's side, is an ally of Tang Xiao politically, and is also the leader of New Rim Faction, is likely to have changes.
In this way, it will be a triple blow to Dawn Star Planet economically, militarily, and politically.
Therefore, in the final analysis, we still have to fight to the end in the Yago-Dur system. This is the simplest and most direct way.
But the question is, facing the step-by-step offensive of General Republic fleet commander Gideon-Tarkin of the Galaxy, how sure is Duchy of Dawn of holding on?
The answer is, not at all!
Unless Xuanwu Titan warship is transferred directly from Eriadu system.
But Xuanwu Titan warship dispatched such a big piece of information, it must be impossible to hide it. Maybe Xuanwu Titan warship, the front foot, has just left Eriadu system, and the fleet assembled at Kira system, the back foot Galactic Republic, will rush over.
So we can understand why Matt-Hona went to Tang Xiao to stalk them, and did Tang Xiao really transfer Consul-class aircraft carrier, the only ship of Duchy of Dawn, from the already very nervous Annaj system to the Yago-Dur system?
Because Tang Xiao himself knows that there are really not many cards they can play in the Yago-Dur system!
Why did Matt-Hona ask the Givin, the great mathematician Baher-Banak, if there were any astronomical phenomena that could be exploited just after the war broke out? That's why!
Galactic Republic's frontline attack on Yago-Dur system Commander is the famous general Gideon-Tarkin. Politically, as the younger brother of Wilhuff-Tarkin, Gideon-Z Tarkin will naturally receive full support from all aspects of Galactic Republic; in the military, behind Gideon-Tarkin, there is also the support of the 20th Army Governor Octavian-Grant.
Compare Modell Sector Campaign, Cassio-Tagge, who was originally a major and was urgently promoted to command the fleet, and Onana-Kuat, who was politically cornered (mostly self-inflicted), a businessman with no military experience in his life.
The combination of Gideon-Tarkin and Octavian-Grant is a combination of personnel that beats Modell Sector Campaign in all aspects.
With such an excellent combination of personnel, coupled with Galactic Republic's strong logistics and industrial support, and with such strong strength, Gideon-Tarkin actually chose to do everything step by step!
Tell me, how to fight?
No need to fight.
Don't look at it on the surface. From the beginning of the war to now, Duchy of Dawn has defeated Galactic Republic many times. The number of officers and soldiers of all levels of Galactic Republic who died in many battles with Duchy of Dawn/Fourth Civilization has long exceeded ten million! Close to a thousand battleships were lost before and after (the reader Governor's Soldiers has a statistical post and pinned it to the top of the comment area. Thank you to this enthusiastic reader)!
But what about the loss of Fourth Civilization?
Although it is indeed much less than Galactic Republic's losses, don't forget the huge gap in national power between the two!
Fourth Civilization Before the war broke out, there were more than 150 kilometer-class battleships. This navy did not last long. After several battles, Battle of Terminus almost lost all of them.
Later, Sefrans-Admiral Tann accidentally discovered Blade Fleet, and in the fierce competition with Galactic Republic, they snatched 178 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser back.
Although these battleships are outdated, their huge number soon became the main force of the navy during the Fourth Civilization lean period.
With the support of Blade Fleet, Fourth Civilization was able to launch Eriadu System Campaign, thus successfully occupying Eriadu system. In this battle, Blade Fleet's battleship suffered heavy losses. Coupled with the continuous advancement of warship technology on both sides, the remaining Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser can only exist as Guardian Fleet of Eriadu system.
In the following time, Fourth Civilization died down and formed a fleet of nearly 200 advanced capital ships.
And with the multiple attacks of Galactic Republic, plus Second Eriadu System Campaign, Modell Sector Raid and now the Yago-Dur system battle, after these few battles, almost all of this batch of newly built warships were lost.
In other words, this war has lasted for less than three years. Until now, the Fourth Civilization Navy battleships have been replaced three times!!
Who is slapping the keyboard and saying Fourth Civilization wins easily?
So now there is only one choice before the top Commander, Commander of the Duchy of Dawn Navy, Admiral of the Navy Matt-Hona in the Yago-Dur system battle...
That's what Tang Xiao said, the big gamble he took at one of the two gambling tables where he bet all his wealth!
Matt-Hona wants to win! And we must win in the Yago-Dur system!
Since you want to bet! Then you have to win beautifully! We must win completely!
We must break their turtle shell in one fell swoop before Galactic Republic completely establishes a foothold in the Yago-Dur galaxy and becomes unshakable in strength!
And the final power that Matt-Hona and Duchy of Dawn can rely on is the Three-Body galaxy! It is the Givin's ultimate pursuit of mathematics that has developed over tens of thousands of years of civilization!