1721. Galactic Republic's end (2)
So after these two unprecedented defeats, the conflicts accumulated by within the Galactic Republic began to emerge uncontrollably.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the extremely bad impact on public opinion caused by the failure of the battle!
The failure of the Yago-Dur system battle was not bad. Most of the Galactic Republic Navy officers and soldiers who returned after the defeat remained silent in accordance with the confidentiality regulations. And even if there are some rumors, most people actually believe that this failure in the Yago-Dur system was more due to astronomical phenomena.
After all, they encountered a rare star change in decades, which caused the planet to also change its orbit violently.
In fact, Galactic Republic's official media also promoted it this way. Anyway, the failure of the Yago-Dur galaxy has nothing to do with our great Galactic Republic Navy. It's all because the Three-Body galaxy is too weird, and it's all because Separatists is too cunning.
Such remarks are as stupid and funny as saying that the Seven Flooded Army has nothing to do with Guan Yu and it is all the fault of the flood.
It's the same sentence from the same book - a general who doesn't understand astronomy, doesn't know the geographical advantages, doesn't know the strange gates, doesn't know the yin and yang, doesn't understand the formation map, and doesn't know the strength of the army, is mediocre.
But Galactic Republic can no longer care about so much. Now Galactic Republic's senior officials and nobles have only one thing on their minds, and that is how to get over this fiasco smoothly.
So Galactic Republic all the media were mobilized to arrange various interviews, records, and analyses. To put it simply, this battle was just one step away from completely defeating Duchy of Dawn. Moreover, under the command of generals Gideon-Tarkin, Republic fleet was unstoppable and beat Separatists until he cried for his father and mother...
Not only that, because the fleet was annihilated, Tang Xiao, one of the leaders of Separatists, even cried and begged for mercy. As a result, the stars in the Yago-Dur system derailed...
Then the cunning Tang Xiao immediately turned his back and used his evil power to command the fleet to launch a desperate counterattack. As a result, the heroic Galactic Republic Navy worked hard to resist the enemy. Unexpectedly, the star changed its orbit and the planets were flying around. Republic fleet happened to be passed by the flying planet, causing the formation to become chaotic and the shield to be lost.
Moreover, these media continue to exaggerate how big such a galaxy is, and how small a planet is... Even if the planet Yago-Dur is running around, the chance of hitting Republic fleet is only one in a billion.
These are typical Spring and Autumn writing styles. Although the planetary system is very large, the planets in it are certainly very small. This is correct. However, one issue was intentionally or unintentionally ignored - that is, Republic fleet was originally heading towards the Yago-Dur system. It must have been deployed near the planet. If the planet suddenly changed its orbit, who would it hit if it didn't hit you?
But these are not important. In short, Separatists was beaten so badly before the planet changed its orbit, and the chance of this orbit change was so random.
In the end, Republic Navy even planned to hold a medal ceremony!
Because in the constant renderings, General Fleet Commander Gideon-Tarkin, and Governor 20th Army Octavian-Grant have been promoted as war heroes!
As a result, this ridiculous awarding ceremony actually took place!
It's just that General Gideon-Tarkin just didn't come, and Octavian-Grant also said that he would stick to his post and not come. Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine is even more impossible to participate in the same event as Joker this time...
As a result, at the medal ceremony, a few naval officers who had escaped from the front line of Yago-Dur and returned disgraced were temporarily invited to take the stage and hang up the medals.
As the saying goes, when a country is about to perish, there must be monsters, and sometimes these monsters don't actually have to be monsters...
But after so much trouble, if there is one reason that can be justified for the fiasco of the Yago-Dur system, then Modell Sector Raid is a complete disaster!
No matter from which angle you look at it, it's a disaster!
Because this miserable failure could not be hidden from everyone's eyes almost from the beginning!
Kuat Drive Yards As a company, they naturally do not have as strict a system as Galactic Republic military, so it was impossible for them to hide the secret of this defeat from the beginning.
Although none of the 324 battleships sent to the Modell Sector front line came back, it does not mean that no one from the Modell Sector side came back.
After all, in the previous battles, the staff on the transport ships who came back to deliver supplies, and some wounded soldiers who were sent to the rear when the traffic was still smooth... these people naturally know the situation on the front line very well.
As a result, things about the Modell Sector frontline spread like wildfire and began to spread at an extremely fast speed.
What's even more terrible is that in order to build the huge military base of Dawn Star System, Kuat Drive Yards not only used an extremely huge amount of funds and materials, but also used a huge amount of manpower.
The number of workers involved in the construction of Dawn Star System has reached millions, and the families of these workers have also been received by Dawn Star System. In this way, the number of people involved in the construction will be close to tens of millions!
At the beginning, Kuat Drive Yards still had strong control capabilities, so Dawn Star System was still kept secret at that time.
But later, as the frontline continued to fail, Dawn Star System people's hearts surged, and everyone was in danger, so more and more people wanted to plan a way out. As a result, a hole gradually opened up, and this hole got bigger and bigger. In the end, a lot of the information from Dawn Star System was actually leaked to the outside world!
Nova The reason why they were able to contact the dark broker at that time was actually at this stage, and then they could take advantage of it.
And at that time, Kuat Drive Yards, the two top leaders in charge of this battle - Onana-Kuat and Lila-Blythex, had begun constant internal fighting, and their minds were not on the battlefield at all. In other words, in their opinion, it doesn't matter what happens to Modell Sector, what really matters is the super Big Mac Kuat Drive Yards!
So they thought that since the battle has started anyway, let's just leak the secret. Everyone knows that we are going to attack Modell Sector anyway. And if we want to solve the problem of leaks, we must strengthen management, and strengthening management may cause those staff who are already under great pressure to collapse faster...
So they chose to ignore it.
It would be nice if the battle was won, but what they were waiting for was the news that the expeditionary force suffered a disastrous defeat and the entire fleet was annihilated!
Then the news spread throughout the galaxy in less than three days... Now everyone knows that the Galactic Republic expedition raided Modell Sector. As a result, the troops were lost, and not a single one of the more than 300 capital ships came back...
That's right! Those rumors were so accurate that even the losses were clearly known!
Now that things have happened, it is no longer possible to hide it. Therefore, in desperation, Galactic Republic still chose the method that could protect themselves to the greatest extent - passing the blame!
But blame-shifting is also an art.
First of all, you can't throw the pot around. If it falls on someone you can't afford to offend, you won't know who will take the blame!
So Galactic Republic's next wave of operations can be called 666...
The first big pot that bears the brunt is the fleet's frontline deputy Commander——Laslo-Dorit!
That's right! It's the adjutant, Laslo-Dorit... not even the fucking total Commander Cassio-Tagge!
As for why? Just ask Tagge family, the man with profound background and enormous power, why Cassio-Tagge is not the first potter.
The reason is naturally high-sounding - Laslo-Dorit is a veteran who participated in Stark Hyperspace War, and was also recruited to make up for Cassio-Tagge's lack of combat experience.
Then analysts and military strategists began to find reasons. Cassio-Tagge, as a rare top student in the military academy, naturally had very solid theoretical knowledge. However, after graduating, he mainly engaged in exterminating pirate operations, and he was still not very skilled in large-scale fleet operations.
Therefore, during combat, Laslo-Dorit's opinions are very important.
And our poor little Cassio, because he respected his elders and fully considered the opinions and suggestions of the veteran Laslo-Dorit, made a mistake that was immature. Ultimately leading to the failure of frontline operations.
Even if the frontline battle failed, Cassio-Tagge found that something was wrong, so he naturally wanted to reverse the defeat and maintain the tradition and glory of Republic Navy, so he chose to raid Dawn Star Planet!
Let us not forget here that we have been at peace for more than a thousand years, and Republic Navy is short of dismantling all weapons with a caliber greater than 10 mm. There are still other traditional problems. Just the raid on Dawn Star Planet would seem to a normal person to be an extremely reckless and irresponsible choice, but it was actually promoted by Galactic Republic as a way to maintain the tradition and glory of the navy?!
Then faced with this heroic and glorious move by Cassio-Tagge, Laslo-Dorit actually gave up! Not only that, he also relied on his old age and forcibly left more than half of the fleet behind, leaving only a small half of the fleet led by Cassio-Tagge to raid Dawn Star Planet!
To be honest, if Laslo-Dorit had any knowledge and saw that his hard work leading a group of old, weak, sick and disabled warships to defend the rear for Cassio-Tagge and suppress Separatist fleet over there at Annaj Planet was distorted like this, maybe even a titanium alloy coffin plate wouldn't be able to hold it down!
Then, Cassio-Tagge bravely led his fleet to launch a desperate raid on Separatist Leader Tang Xiao, beating Tang Xiao until he cried and begged for mercy...
As a result, due to insufficient strength, the Cassio-Tagge fleet finally reached the end of its strength. Even at the end, he was still shouting: Give me another battleship, and I can penetrate the armor of the Tang Xiao ship! Heaven and earth...
It seems like I have seen this statement somewhere?
Separatist Leader Tang Xiao Didn't you already cry and beg for mercy once during the battle on the Yago-Dur planet?
In short, it's not important. Anyway, the biggest culprits are Laslo-Dorit, they are gone!
Then the second most responsible person, well, is still not Cassio-Tagge. It is the late leader of the former Kuat Drive Yards, Kuat of Kuat - Onana-Kuat!
Yes, deceased.
Three days after Onana-Kuat was abandoned in her own temporary residence, Little Kuat, who had regained control of the internal situation of Kuat Drive Yards and became the new Kuat of Kuat, sent people to prepare to pick up her aunt. As a result, the people he sent found that Onana-Kuat had hanged himself alone in the dark mansion.
Onana-Kuat is stupid, but she is not really without intelligence. Of course she understands that she is at the end of her rope, all the blame will be piled on her head, and she will lose everything because of it.
In addition, she was betrayed by her once 'loyal' servant, who left her alone in the mansion to starve, and turned off all the lights, leaving her alone to tremble in the darkness...
In this way, it is not surprising that Onana-Kuat, who was already on the verge of mental breakdown, chose to commit suicide.
A dead person, a person who has lost power, will undoubtedly become the person who takes the blame.
Onana-Kuat bribed a large number of officials and even bribed some people in the military for his own benefit, insisting on participating in this combat operation.
Moreover, she also asked Kuat Drive Yards to write a bad check, claiming that all warships would be borne by Kuat Drive Yards. However, in fact, her promise was not fulfilled at all. All battleships are still provided by Galactic Republic Navy...
Well, without saying a word, Republic Navy wiped out a large loss. Of course, all of this was a transaction between Little Kuat and Dunn-Vesex, the new Kuat of Kuat. Kuat Drive Yards held his nose and recognized the money, as if it had never happened. All the expenses for the battle were Republic Navy's money.
So with the behind-the-scenes intervention of Onana-Kuat, this wrong expedition began. And Cassio-Tagge was tricked by this old witch and became the first victim of Corrupt Campaign this time.
The treatment of Onana-Kuat is naturally to pull out the radish and bring out the mud. All those who were bribed by her, manipulated by her, and facilitated this expedition were all arrested and Judgment!
Of course, Onana-Kuat people are all dead, and who she bribed and manipulated is naturally all decided by Republic military.
To put it bluntly, this is a purge with the purpose of eliminating dissidents!
During this cleaning, the No. 3 pot, No. 4 pot, and Fives pot were naturally thrown out...
Then when the two-digit pots were counted, it was Expedition Fleet Commander Cassio-Tagge's turn.
Boy, you are still too young. Although he was extremely smart and capable, and once defeated Separatist Leader Tang Xiao, he was still immature after all. He was led by several veteran criminals and made the same mistakes that young people would make.
Therefore, Cassio-Tagge's poor performance in this battle will naturally be criticized, but reaching the door of Dawn Star Planet is still indispensable. Let's pursue a general...