2409, joy and sadness,
"Motherland! My only regret is that I can only devote my life to you once!" - Fourth Empire Capital Coruscant, Imperial Plaza Central, Imperial Heroes Monument, inscription.
The disastrous defeat of Battle of Arkania gave Kingdom of Dawn a blow to the head, which had always been smooth sailing!
It can be said that in the 25 years since Tang Xiao brought the mothership to this universe, it has never suffered such a defeat!
In this battle, more than 4 million officers and soldiers were injured or killed from Mar-Tuk Admiral of the Navy down, 37 capital ships were destroyed, 384 Heavy Cruiser ships were destroyed, more than 1,900 Light Cruiser ships were destroyed, and more than 880 warships below destroyers were destroyed!
Moreover, one battleship, five Heavy Cruiser and more than 200 small and medium-sized warships surrendered and were captured because they were completely out of ammunition and food. Although the core parts of these battleships have been destroyed by bombs, it is also the first time that such a large number of battleships have been captured since Kingdom of Dawn was established.
Neimoidia battleship self-destructed. This Endless-class Super Carrier was also the second super battleship sunk after Plague Titan warship since the founding of Kingdom of Dawn.
These are all a very bad start...
Such a disastrous failure made Kingdom of Dawn's situation in Northern Territory suddenly precarious. After a meeting and discussion overnight, General Staff Headquarters first sent a message to Geth, asking Geth to send troops as soon as possible to harass the Galactic Empire's Northern Territory border and involve Imperial fleet's power.
At the same time, after discussion, it was decided to let Trade Federation transfer the technological design of a battlecruiser called "Throne-class" from Gallente Federation's technology previously handed over to them to Geth, in order to enhance the power of Geth fleet.
Because after research, King of Kings-class Battlecruiser's combat methods are very similar to Geth's combat habits, and now Geth's industrial strength is much stronger than Trade Federation, which has lost all its heritage. There is no pressure to directly build a battleship of the battleship level.
Not only that, in order to speed up the research progress of Geth, Trade Federation must immediately send a team of experts to Sojourn Satellite, the core of Geth, and share their research results with Geth, so that they can apply what they have learned as soon as possible and produce more powerful warships.
The reason why it was all Trade Federation's responsibility was because this time Battle of Arkania's fiasco was commanded by Trade Federation's Commander Mar-Tuke. Heroism is heroic, but the responsibility that should be borne is absolutely indispensable. After this fiasco, although the Kingdom of Dawn authorities will not really punish Trade Federation, it is foreseeable that the preferential treatment that Trade Federation can receive will inevitably plummet, and in the future it will definitely fall from Kingdom of Dawn's first-line Mega-corporations.
In addition, the fleet organized by Izvoshra of Caladanian, Major General of the Army Ben Tiras-San-Si Carl is also gathering at Makito. It is expected to complete the formation in four days and head to Bilbrin Planet immediately.
Now Kingdom of Dawn's biggest goal in Northern Territory is to prevent Bilbrin Planet from falling into the hands of the Galactic Empire again. Once Galactic Empire regains this fortress planet that Galactic Empire has built over hundreds of years, it will be impossible to take it back next time.
At the same time, Dawn Star Planet immediately began to organize reinforcements and prepared to rush to rescue Northern Territory.
In contrast, for the Galactic Empire, Battle of Arkania is a brilliant victory!!
All along, Galactic Empire always lost more than he won when facing Kingdom of Dawn fleet on the frontal battlefield. Even if there was an occasional victory, it was only gained at great loss.
However, this time Arkania Planet and Imperial fleet completely defeated a main fleet of Kingdom of Dawn despite being at a disadvantage in terms of military strength! What a glory and heroism this is!
In order to commemorate this great victory, Emperor Palpatine personally ordered that the entire planet Imperial Core Worlds take a day off and hold a celebration. At the same time, Imperial Navy Lieutenant General Mis-Ro-Nurudo-Thrawn, who commanded this battle, was directly promoted to Imperial Admiral and concurrently the Empire Northern Military Commander!
The promotion order personally signed by Palpatine, as well as a the Empire highest medal, plus a large amount of money, rare metals, and beautiful women's rewards have been carried by a special envoy on a spaceship to Northern Territory, ready to be awarded to Admiral Thrawn.
At the same time, Northern Territory's highest Chief Executive Officer, Governor of the Ninth Army Dunn-Vesex were also commended by His Majesty the Emperor, who also received a special medal.
Furthermore, the Empire, formerly Admiral of the Navy Gillard-Perine, who was arrested by Imperial Inquisitorius, was also released. As punishment for defeat, he was only demoted one level and became Lieutenant General. And Gillard-Perine were immediately transferred to report under the Imperial Fourth Army, Wilhuff-Governor Tarkin.
Obviously, Palpatine is a slap in the face to Dunn-Vesex. It's not that he didn't know the name of "Northern Territory Double Wall", nor that Northern Defense Line was built by Gillard-Perine, but he still regarded The transfer of Gillard-Perine to Dunn-Vesex's mortal enemy - Wilhuff-Tarkin is actually a means of checks and balances.
As Emperor of the Empire, after a great victory, he rewarded the frontline officers and soldiers without hesitation, but he raised and secretly descended on the generals at the rear and took all kinds of precautions. This is the so-called emperor's art.
Regarding this decision, Dunn-Vesex was naturally extremely angry, but he did not dare to show it at all. He had to pretend to send a congratulatory message to Wilhuff-Tarkin, congratulating him on gaining a "great general."
Afterwards, Dunn-Vesex invited Thrawn to his headquarters on Northern Territory, the planet Palin-Minor, and very thoughtfully asked Thrawn what his needs were and what he thought of Northern Territory's future war.
However, Thrawn expressed pessimistic thoughts about Northern Territory's war situation. He believed that Galactic Empire is still in a situation of serious shortage of troops.
Although Galactic Empire still has about 8,000 battleships, such forces need to suppress Rebel Alliance everywhere, cope with Kingdom of Dawn's powerful offensives on all fronts, and maintain a strong enough Guardian force on Core Worlds's main planets. If the burden is shared like this, more than 8,000 battleships are simply not enough!
Therefore, Galactic Empire's biggest problem now is that although it seems that Kingdom of Dawn has an absolute advantage in military strength, Kingdom of Dawn can concentrate its troops to launch attacks at one or two points, which can actually form a local superiority in military strength.
Thrawn recommends recovering Bilbrin Planet as soon as possible, and then consolidating the defense. After Northern Territory's fleet recovers its strength, then take the initiative to attack Northern Territory's core - Makito, which can directly threaten Kingdom of Dawn.
In order to achieve this goal, Thrawn requested that Dunn-Vesex dispatch the Executor-class Super Star Destroyer to his command.
However, in the face of this request, Dunn-Vesex remained silent.
After a full ten minutes, Dunn-Vesex said slowly, "I will directly dispatch 40 ships from my direct fleet from the planet Palin-Minor. Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, 70 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, 40 Vindicator-class heavy cruiser, but 'Lila' Super Star Destroyer, must stay on the planet Palin-Minor."
That's right, Dunn-Vesex, this wife-loving maniac, actually named his ship Executor-class Super Star Destroyer directly after his wife!
Thrawn's expression remained unchanged. He just smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Being able to get reinforcements from such a powerful fleet also relieves my urgent need. Thank you very much."
Yes... for Palpatine, he is rewarding Thrawn, beware of Dunn-Vesex. As for Dunn-Vesex, he has to beware of Thrawn.
Because if Thrawn continues to do this and gets bigger, it is likely to threaten his status of King of the North. Moreover, Palpatine directly surpassed him and appointed Thrawn as the supreme military commander of Northern Territory. This decision can be said to have sinister intentions.
Coupled with Palpatine's move to transfer Gillard-Perine, his intention to balance between Dunn-Vesex and Wilhuff-Tarkin is completely undisguised!
But this time, Thrawn actually asked for Executor-class Super Star Destroyer right in front of him! Dunn-Vesex cannot satisfy such a requirement no matter what aspect it is considered!
This is what is called, the Empire politics...
After the unhappy breakup, Thrawn went to Palanci Planet, gathered the relatively intact battleships in his hands and the reinforcements Dunn-Vesex handed him, and formed a fleet consisting of 150 battleships and 400 small and medium-sized battleships. They set off on February 28 to counterattack Bilbrin Planet!
"I said! Let me lead this support army!! Thrawn, I will defeat him personally!!" Sefrans-Tann slapped the table hard and roared loudly.
Sitting at the desk in front of her are Kingdom of Dawn Chief of Staff and Qi Jian.
Qi Jian's expression is also extremely tangled now. It can be seen that he is also extremely distressed, "His Majesty Tang Xiao once personally told you not to let you fight against Thrawn... So this time, my plan The plan is to let General Ling go to Northern Territory. Darth-Vader is still a very deadly threat to us. After some of our troops are transferred, only you can stop him."
"No! This is just Tang Xiao's encouragement and request to me! He repeatedly told me that I am not the opponent of 'that person' in the future! For this reason, I am learning combat theory every day! I must be involved in every battle! I am making myself stronger every day! Just to surpass the shadow that Tang Xiao has painted on me!" Sefrans-Tann said loudly, "Now I know! This person is Thrawn! He is in Northern Territory!! Why don't you let me go!"
"As for Thrawn's problem, His Majesty Tang Xiao has other plans. We have someone else who can defeat him, but he is not ready yet. Before that, what we need is to stabilize Northern Territory's situation, rather than just trying to defeat someone." Qi Jian said.
"Now Thrawn will undoubtedly attack Bilbrin Planet! I don't think anyone among the current Kingdom of Dawn can stop his offensive!! Ling Liang? Hum, she is indeed okay, but she must also be optimistic about Fondor Planet!! And she knows nothing about Northern Territory!" Sefrans-Tann said, "This time, I can only let me go!"
"Don't make things difficult for me, okay? General Tann." Qi Jian said, rubbing his forehead.
"I ask to see His Majesty Tang Xiao! He should tell me the word 'no'." Sefrans-Tann stared into Qi Jian's eyes and said word by word.
[If you want to die so much, then go die now!!] A disembodied voice suddenly came.
Qi Jian was startled by the sound and looked back, only to find that a dark shadow had appeared on the other side of the office. This shadow could vaguely be seen as Tang Xiao, but black flames seemed to be burning around him.
Obviously, although I don't know what Tang Xiao is doing, his current state basically cannot be regarded as a human being.
Seeing Tang Xiao suddenly appear, Sefrans-Tann quickly knelt down on one knee. Qi Jian's reaction was a step slower, but he quickly jumped up from the chair and knelt down on one knee.
Tann whispered, "Your Majesty... no, master! Please give me this opportunity to kill Thrawn! I have made all preparations, and I have full confidence in defeating him!"
Suddenly, an invisible force grabbed Tann's neck and lifted her up!
Tang Xiao's ferocious and distorted voice came, [I said it many times! You are no match for him! Don't challenge my patience.]
"Master... master... if I can't even defeat Thrawn... then... what is my... value?" Sefrans-Tann asked with great difficulty.
With a pop, the invisible power suddenly disappeared, and Sefrans-Tann fell to the ground. But she quickly got up and fell to her knees again.
[You should know one thing, Tann. What determines the outcome of a war is not just a direct confrontation on the battlefield.]Tang Xiao's voice suddenly calmed down.
"If I don't get this opportunity, I would rather die! This is the only way for me to prove the meaning of my existence..." Sefrans-Tann is still extremely determined.
Tang Xiao was silent.
After a while, he spoke again and said: [Go. Take our most powerful battleship and dedicate Thrawn's head to me. ] After saying that, the shadow gradually disappeared without a trace.
"Yes! Yes! Master! I will definitely complete my mission!" Sefrans-Tann almost cried with joy. With tears streaming down her face, she knelt down and thanked her.
"Oh... I will arrange it. You go back and rest first." Qi Jian sighed and said.
After Sefrans-Tann left, Qi Jian shook his head again and sighed, facing the empty office, as if muttering to himself, "She is right. Now our only choice is to send her to Northern Territory. But I am just worried that if she fails, maybe she will actually commit suicide..."
[I know.] The voice of Tang Xiao came from the void.