2418. Conspiracy and decision-making
Demi Tellus-Zaarin General, he is a good old man among Imperial Navy. He is very polite and modest to everyone, and has excellent professional standards. He has been committed to helping Imperial Navy improve his equipment and trying every means to close the gap with Kingdom of Dawn army's equipment.
Under his auspices, Sith Fleet Systems developed improved TIE fighter and bombers. Compared with the much-criticized TIE/LN light fighter, improved TIE fighter has truly achieved combat performance far exceeding the previous V-wing Alpha-class Starfighter.
Even many magistrates and Dark Jedi Knight will use the improved TIE as their own equipment.
This also makes the fighter equipped by Imperial Navy finally no longer a joke. Because before this, many performance parameters of TIE/LN fighter jets were not even as good as the previous main model Galactic Republic, the last generation model V-wing Alpha Holy Light. This made many people laugh at Imperial Navy for forcing TIE fighter to replace V-wing fighter just for the sake of cheapness.
Moreover, Demi Tellus-Zaarin is usually very humble. He often says that he is just a technician responsible for technology in the rear and should not enjoy the same status as frontline officers. After all, those who fight with their heads on the frontline are the real heroes. Therefore, Admiral Zaarin usually does not wear the General's uniform of Admiral the Empire, but wears the gray uniform of ordinary naval officers.
Thrawn is naturally full of affection for such a person. He nodded and said to Zaarin, "If you need anything, just ask."
"Ah, that's it. After Orman-Mr. Tagge formed Cutting-Edge Technology Alliance, he invested a huge amount of resources in technical research. In addition to those top-secret projects, I have another one here The super fighter plan, I call this plan - Defender Project. Therefore, I hope Ms. Arden-Lin can cooperate with me to conduct some tests, which will take about a month." General Zaarin said.
Thrawn frowned, he actually didn't want Arden Lin to leave. Because before, although Judicial Department sent six people to come and successfully executed the beheading operation and killed Kingdom of Dawn's Admiral Mar-Tuk, and sank Endless-class Supercarrier Neimoidia, but then Second Sister left here and returned to Imperial Center.
If Arden Lin leaves now, he will not have the powerful Force-sensitive by his side. This can be very fatal in certain circumstances.
However, Arden-Lin also saw Thrawn's hesitation, and she said, "Before I set off, General Zaarin had already mentioned this to me. And I also have other tasks, so I can't stay here for a long time. However, I will keep Barris Offee, Jing Fang and Hora, they are enough to protect your safety... As for Tok, he is not suitable for the task here, I will take him away."
Thrawn didn't force him to stay, he nodded and agreed.
Arden-Lin quickly set off with Tok and left Thrawn's fleet on the spacecraft arranged by Admiral Zaarin to pick her up. After leaving the signal coverage area of the Thrawn fleet, Admiral Zaarin accessed the communication through the encrypted frequency band.
[This victory is enough to increase your status in the Judicial Department. Congratulations, Your Excellency Arden-Lin.] In the communication, General Zaarin's tone was full of majesty, completely different from the humble look before!
"Admiral Thrawn is a very good general. If you want to make a difference, you must win over him." Arden-Lin said.
[To be honest, I am not optimistic about his development prospects in Imperial Navy. But don't worry, I can see his potential, and under my rule, he will be able to perform on a bigger stage.]Zaarin Admiral showed a sinister smile.
"Are you starting to talk about 'dominance' now? You are really impatient, General Zaarin." Arden-Lin smiled coldly, "Just such a victory is not enough to reach our goal."
[Don't worry, there is a chance. ] General Zaarin said, [Now I have a close relationship with Orman-Tagge, and he is constantly showing his value to Palpatine. Palpatine will continue to reuse him in the future, and as a military representative, I will also have a corresponding status.]
He said Palpatine at this moment, his tone full of contempt. He looked at the date table and then said: [In September this year, Palpatine will hold a celebration for the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Empire. During this celebration, he will appoint twelve Fleet Admiral, and I will be one of them. This also means the reshuffling of Imperial Navy's sphere of influence. At that time, it is our best opportunity... I will let a fleet appear in Coruscant's timely position.]
"Very good. As long as you can get the reinforcements, then leave the rest to me." Arden-Lin finally showed a satisfied smile, "Tell me, if you ask me to go back this time, do you want to see me for anything?"
[Ha, I do need your help with something. ] General Zaarin said, [Lieutenant General Skeeter-Carl, he is the deputy inspector of Imperial Ship Supervision Committee, and he may be transferred to the Cutting-Edge Technology Alliance in the near future. His research direction is similar to mine, and he also has another super fighter project, so... I don't want to see him become my colleague.]
"Oh... it seems that he is blocking your way." Arden-Lin's expression changed a little, "It doesn't matter, as the eldest sister Judicial Department, I should also investigate the corruption of some naval officials. Hahahaha..."
She sneered, different from her usual lazy look. At this moment, she looked extremely sinister, even terrifying!
On the battlefield of Northern Territory, the fleet of Sefrans-Tann is still advancing slowly. She is divided into two groups. The main fleet is slowly advancing from the planet Oud-Mantel. It has approached Kinasar Planet (Genassa) and is getting closer and closer to the planet Palin-Minor.
In the northern part of the planet Palin-Minor, the branch fleet she sent has begun to cruise around, cutting off the transportation channel in the northern part of the planet.
At this time, what are the dignified King of the North Dunn-Vesex doing?
He had long been frightened by the fame of Sefrans-Tann. After hearing that Tann was leading a state-of-the-art Titan warship that was preparing to directly threaten his hometown, he went straight into the underground command center without daring to step out. He didn't even dare to send a squadron to drive away the small fleet in the north!
In the hearts of Dunn-Vesex, no matter what kind of fleet it is, as long as it confronts Sefrans-Tann, there is only a dead end!
But that abominable Thrawn also took away his biggest support, Executor-class Super Star Destroyer! From the perspective of Dunn-Vesex, this is as disgusting as if someone had borrowed your wife! Ah, yes, that Super Star Destroyer is really named after his wife.
In fact, if Northern Territory was not considered to be his basic base and he could not give up, Dunn-Vesex would have gone back to Imperial Center!
Now he is sending at least two hundred communications every day to ask Admiral Thrawn to withdraw troops as soon as possible and return reinforcements. When he is tired of fighting, he will let his subordinates continue to fight. In short, it is a non-stop communication bombing.
In fear, he even ignored a basic fact - with the destruction of the Galactic Empire Eighth Army and the fall of the planet Oder-Mantel, the Northern Territory battlefield of the Galactic Empire was actually divided into a small piece in the direction of Bilbrin Planet on the west side. In other words, there is no direct channel link between Bilbrin Planet and Northern Territory core Palin-Minor planet.
Therefore, if you want to communicate between two places, you must go back to the Milky Way Core Worlds, which will be a huge waste of time. The small fleet is okay, but if the main fleet has to carry out such large-scale maneuvers when the enemy is present, wouldn't it be a bit too look down on Sefrans-Tann?
Therefore, Thrawn unsurprisingly ignored all withdrawal instructions from Dunn-Vesex. He knew very clearly that although the traffic between Bilbrin Planet and the planet Palin-Minor was cut off by the planet Oud-Mantel, Bilbrin Planet, as a fortress planet, has enough power to protect itself. As long as Bilbrin Planet can be defended, there will be greater strategic space.
On the contrary, if Bilbrin Planet is lost, then only the planet Palin-Minor will be left alone to resist the offensive of Kingdom of Dawn, which will definitely lead to defeat!
Admiral Thrawn was very careful to keep his main fleet at a distance from Sefrans-Tann's fleet. He did not get too close, nor did he leave the other side alone. This is a method he often uses. He believes that only continuous monitoring can ensure that all movements of the enemy fleet are under his control.
On March 11, Kinasar Planet was captured by Sefrans-Tann. Tann continues to drive straight in and begins to attack Ithor Planet (Ithor)! This is just one step away from the planet Palin-Minor!
Dunn-Vesex is almost going crazy! Thrawn didn't listen to his orders at all. Now Kingdom of Dawn fleet has reached his doorstep, but his fleet is still following behind without any intention of stopping the opponent!
This is betrayal! This is murder!!
Dunn-Vesex reported directly to remove Admiral Thrawn from all military positions! And he reported Thrawn's disobedience to military orders to the the Empire military headquarters and requested that Thrawn be sent to a military court!
No, this is not enough, he wants to send Thrawn to the Judicial Department!
However, surprisingly, this matter was suppressed by Emperor Palpatine himself! Palpatine issued a decree, requiring Dunn-Vesex to respect the tactical decision of frontline Commander and to be prepared for all support.
And in order to appease Dunn-Vesex's emotions, Palpatine also dispatched 3 Commander II-class Dreadnought and 40 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer to the planet Palin-Minor for reinforcements.
For Palpatine, it is enough to beat Dunn-Vesex to prevent him from having any other thoughts. If the beating is carried out too much and the core planet of Northern Territory, Palin-Minor, falls, then the problem will be really big.
Although I didn't get a new Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, I finally got three Commander II-class Dreadnought and 40 the Empire, the most advanced Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. Dunn-Vesex finally felt a little more at ease. But at this moment, in his heart, he marked Admiral Thrawn and Palpatine severely!
This shame will definitely be repaid twice as much in the future!
Since Dunn-Vesex almost withdrew all peripheral fleet forces, Ithor Planet did not last long under the front of Sefrans-Tann. Three days later, on March 14, Ithor Planet surrendered!
At the same time, Admiral Thrawn also led the fleet to park near the planet Oud-Mantel, but did not launch an offensive. He was waiting and watching, wanting to see what Sefrans-Tann planned.
At present, the strength of Sefrans-Tann used to attack Ithor Planet has been determined, including 250 capital ships and 2,400 small and medium-sized warships. She left about a quarter of the fleet stationed on the Makito and Oud-Mantel planets respectively, but Thrawn believed that the fleet remaining on the Oud-Mantel planet was impossible to resist head-on and was likely to retreat.
But if it is such a force...Thrawn thought. With only the current military strength of Sefrans-Tann, it is simply impossible to threaten the planet Palin-Minor! According to his calculations, in order to capture the planet Palin-Minor, at least a force equivalent to 500 to 800 Imperial-class Star Destroyer is needed!
"So, your goal is always me...Sefrans-Tann." Thrawn sat in his office and said to himself lightly, "But what I am curious about is how you plan to use it. What about forcing me to go out? Political factors? It does make me uncomfortable, but that's all. After this battle is over, I will not stay in Northern Territory... Of course, I will eliminate all threats to Northern Territory before I leave."
He sneered, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the armrest of the seat, and then an unpredictable smile appeared on his face.
"Oh... strike later... well, that's right." Thrawn said calmly, "Chiss Naval Academy's teaching materials cover a very wide range, but all the combat examples and analyzes seem to have one word - strike later. And now, I am also assuming the posture of striking later, so... are you planning to do the opposite?"
"Hehehe..." He chuckled, "Then I'll do the opposite."
He stood up and said to his adjutant Rael Benting: "Command the fleet to set sail immediately to attack the planet Oud Mantel and cut off Sefrans-Tann's retreat!!"
"Yes!"
The huge fleet set off immediately, heading towards Northern Territory's former stronghold - the planet Oud-Mantel!
As expected, the fleet Sefrans-Tann stayed here did not make any resistance at all and immediately retreated to the rear. So without even firing a shot, the planet Oud-Mantel, once the capital of the Galactic Empire Eighth Army, was recovered by Thrawn.
However, Thrawn did not stop, he actually commanded the fleet to move towards Kinasar Planet! Follow the previous route of Sefrans-Tann!
His troops are at a disadvantage, but he plans to take the initiative to attack?