2528. Adar Talon's determination
The reply given by Imperial military is actually very clear. They must have clearly understood the power of Destruction battleship after modernization, and they will also understand the deterrent power of Shield-piercing missile.
After so many years of fighting, if you still despise Kingdom of Dawn's technology as before, you can already doubt whether it is a normal person's IQ.
So in their reply, they just asked Adar Talon to guard the border, and did not force him to kill General Grievous. It shows that Imperial military still has a very clear understanding.
However, this reply also revealed a message - reinforcements? You, a general born as a commoner, are not worthy.
Now the focus of the Galactic Empire is still Rakghoul that is wreaking havoc on Northeastern Territory, Fondor Planet and Denon Planet who have tens of millions of soldiers, and Northern Territory front line who is struggling to support it. In comparison, Eastern Territory? You have to stay back.
Adal Talon sighed, shook his head, and continued writing his report. He now judged that the situation on General Grievous's side would definitely not be too good, because if Kingdom of Dawn really wanted him to be the main attacker, then there would definitely be more than just a few ships to cooperate with Destruction battleship and Typhoon-class battlecruiser.
This shows that Kingdom of Dawn didn't have much determination to attack in the first place. They just wanted to fight against the autumn wind and test new weapons and warships. For example, that kind of Shield-piercing missile.
After analyzing a large amount of combat videos and data, Adar Talon found that even Shield-piercing missile had a considerable chance of failure. Either they hit the shield, or they disappeared out of thin air and never appeared again. Moreover, the warheads in Shield-piercing missile are all destructive ammunition that is effective against battleship armor, rather than plasma ammunition that is more effective against shields. This makes the damage of these missiles extremely limited if they fail to penetrate the shield.
Therefore, he believed that this was the result of weapons testing by Kingdom of Dawn. The final form must be 100% shield-piercing. At that time, it would be too scary.
Fortunately, using this kind of missile will definitely put great logistical pressure. After all, a missile is 12 meters long. Even if it is the 1072-meter Typhoon class, the missile reserve must be very limited. Moreover, such complex missiles cannot be produced directly inside the warship.
So, without reinforcements, to defeat General Grievous, we must attack from his rear.
And this rear is Dak Planet! Mon Calamari!
Dak Planet broke away from Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars period. At that time, Quarren received support from Count Dooku and Tang Xiao, defeated Galactic Republic Army, and established a government dominated by Quarren. And Mon Calamari also changed his name back to Dak Planet.
But later, with the disastrous defeat of Confederacy of Independent Systems in Saleucami Planet, Separatists finally disbanded completely. Although Dak Planet was not directly attacked by the Galactic Empire due to its remote location, the planet government was still forced to announce its surrender and became part of the Galactic Empire.
Not only that, the Free Dark Volunteer Engineering Corps serving the Confederacy of Independent Systems at that time, the largest industrial enterprise of the separatists, was also disbanded, and the largest ship industrial area, Parment Port, was also dismantled. Although most of the dismantled equipment was missing during the dismantling process of Pamante Port, the planet Dark still suffered a severe blow.
In this case, there is no doubt that Mon Calamari will place all the blame on Quarren, so the conflict between the two races on Dak Planet will intensify again.
Galactic Empire Intelligence Bureau has always been pursuing a strategy to win over Mon Calamari. However, because the Empire has always Human Supremacy and discriminates against foreigners, they are also lukewarm towards Mon Calamari.
But in fact, the contradiction between Mon Calamari and Quarren is very sharp, and even irreconcilable in a sense. Adar Talon feels that more investment should be made in this area, because Quarren has been flirting with Kingdom of Dawn. Once Quarren has a problem, the fleet of General Grievous closest to them will definitely be affected.
In this way, they can buy enough time, at least so that Imperial Engineering Department and Research Department can work out a way to counter their opponent Shield-piercing missile.
After submitting this report, Adar Talon sighed again. To be honest, he did not think that his suggestion could be accepted.
Although he is Imperial Admiral, he understands that this is partly because of Das-Vader's promotion, and partly because Twelfth Army now needs people like him to resist General Grievous. His own real status is probably not as good as that of some school-level officers sent by the noble Noble House to mix military merit and seniority.
No matter what, it's time to take a break. Adar Talon looked at the time and saw that he had not slept for more than 80 hours, and his body had reached its limit.
However, just less than two hours after he slept on the sofa in the office, a piercing alarm sounded suddenly in the office!
[General! Hyperspace fluctuation detected! Boonta is about to be invaded!] An urgent voice came from the communication.
"... Quick! Get into combat mode immediately!" Adar Talon jumped up, grabbed his military uniform, put it on and rushed out of the office.
When he arrived at the combat command center, the staff officer on duty had already arrived and was getting the warships on standby activated immediately.
"General! It should be Separatist fleet! There will be contact in 10 minutes!" A staff officer came over and said.
"Instruct all ships to deploy in a loose defensive array! Use long-range artillery fire to meet the enemy! Don't rush forward rashly!" Adar Talon gave the order.
Just when Galactic Empire fleet started to adjust the formation, bursts of white light kept flashing, and one Kingdom of Dawn battleship appeared outside the planet one after another! The first one to bear the brunt is Destruction battleship!
General Grievous, here we go again!
"Fire!!" Adar Talon gave the order, and all his warships immediately opened fire! Not only that, those Golan-class armed space station deployed at the equator of the planet are also full of firepower!
Countless Turbolaser beams and missiles were launched crazily, and the dense beams seemed to be raining! At this moment, thousands of turrets were pouring out that terrifying firepower crazily!
However, Adar Talon understands that most of the firing at this stage just looks lively, and the actual effect is likely to be only average. Because just like last time, General Grievous still deployed its fleet two light minutes away from the planet.
"General! It has been detected that Star-destroying cannon of Destruction battleship is charging!" the adjutant came over and said.
"Analyze the trajectory and avoid. Keep firing!" Adar Talon closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and gave the order. This time he has made up his mind to hold his position firmly and never give General Grievous any chance to take advantage of him!
"Yes!"
Those Golan-class armed space station on the front no longer have soldiers on them. The space station is mainly controlled by K-X series security robots, and there are also a huge number of B-1 combat robots. Although the K-X series security robots far exceed the B-1 combat robots in terms of computing power, intelligence, and strength, the cost is also far higher, and the number is still limited after all.
Therefore, Imperial military still retains many B-1 combat robots for assistance. Most of these robots were stocks captured when Confederacy of Independent Systems was destroyed. Don't underestimate these captured robots, because of the huge inventory, Galactic Empire has captured billions of B-1 combat robots!
Twelfth Army, which was on the front line against Confederacy of Independent Systems, naturally had a large number of B-1 combat robots. Now, in order to deal with the deterrence of Destruction battleship, one of Adar Talon's reactions is to pull out those robots to control those Golan-class combat space stations.
After all, no one is willing to fight on the battle space station now. In the war with Kingdom of Dawn, facing Kingdom of Dawn fleet with countless fortress attack methods, the battle space station has become synonymous with iron coffin.
A dazzling red beam of light pierced the sky, and sure enough, another Golan-class battle space station was directly destroyed!
Immediately afterwards, he was greeted by fierce artillery fire from the opponent! As expected, several more battleships were hit by Phase missile, the main armor belt was penetrated, and the battleships burst into flames.
Everything was the same as last time, and it was just as helpless as before.
If he takes the initiative, General Grievous will adopt the same tactics as last time. Use Destruction battleship as a human shield, and Typhoon-class battlecruiser to attack from behind. The result is still the same!
Adar Talon looked at the expressions of the officers around him, with fear and hesitation written all over them. This can't go on like this! It is a mistake to hold on to your position. If you continue, your morale will definitely collapse! He slammed the table and said loudly, "Call the ships! Maneuver to both wings!"
The order he gave was to maneuver rather than expand, which means that Imperial fleet will continue to advance towards both sides instead of maintaining an overall formation.
"General, if this happens, Boonta will be directly attacked!" the adjutant said.
Adar Talon's bloodshot eyes shot out with a captivating light, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Split the troops into two groups and attack directly on the rear of General Grievous! Leave the defense of Boonta to the armed space station and Planetary Shield!"
"General, are you crazy?" The adjutant was shocked, "This will definitely be regarded by Imperial military as an act of abandoning the position and running away!!"
"Stop talking and execute the order." Adar Talon said viciously.
His instructions were faithfully carried out, but the adjutant could also imagine the sneers on the faces of the Star Destroyer captains. Of course, this kind of order that does not require them to face the enemy directly is really great. They do not need to face the terrible Destruction battleship, and the responsibility for leaving the battle is borne by Adal Talon alone. Is there anything better than this?
Imperial fleet immediately split into two, with more than 120 capital ships and more than 400 small and medium-sized warships. They directly started the hyperspace engine and launched a counterattack directly in the direction where General Grievous came from!
However, in this way, his fleet will be alone and will not be able to receive supplies. It will be difficult for the warships damaged in the battle to return to the homeland. And the most fatal thing is that he has no idea where the logistics supply point of General Grievous is.
But Adal Talon no longer cares about this. Since the opponent does not give him a chance for a head-on confrontation and there is no need to worry about long-distance shooting, then he will simply completely disrupt the battlefield!
In the next three days, Adar Talon's fleet conducted a thorough sweep deep into Hutt Space. However, it had little effect. Although he destroyed some of the spaceports and space stations set up by Kingdom of Dawn and Hutt here, he still could not find where the headquarters of General Grievous was.
Bad news also kept coming. General Grievous spent a day destroying all the armed space stations outside Boonta! Seventeen Golan-class armed space station have now become a belt of metal debris orbiting the planet. He didn't even pay attention to Boonta's Planetary Shield, and he didn't even have the interest to shoot a nuclear bomb on it.
Then, General Grievous's fleet disappeared. He didn't know which direction he left from, and he didn't know where he went. In short, he disappeared. The only news that is known is that he finally divided his fleet into five parts and evacuated separately. Breaking it into parts, giving Imperial fleet no chance at all!
Finally, Adal-Talon discovered some supply facilities and two spaceports on Saki (Saki). There is no doubt that this was once where Grievous was stationed, but now, there is nothing here. Even the spaceports were empty. Except for the B-1 combat robots that maintained daily operations, there was not even a living person in sight.
The extremely angry Adal-Talon ordered all these facilities to be blown to pieces! But this was his only result.
Two more days later, the exhausted Imperial fleet returned to Boonta. Now, they didn't even have a berth...
Then, Adar Talon, who was commanding the transport fleet to supply his own fleet with a numb face, received the news that Twelfth Army was attacked by a small fleet of General Grievous from behind, and even a transport fleet transporting supplies to him was destroyed.
In fact, the overall results of these harassments are not great, but they are like a loud slap on Adal Talon's face.
But it didn't matter to him at this point.
The next day, he received a communication from Twelfth Army Governor Seben. This 71-year-old veteran also looked haggard now. He shook his head and sighed, "Take some rest, General Talon."
"The military has decided?" Adar Talon said expressionlessly.
Seben said in a deep voice, "To be honest, the situation is very bad. I will try my best to fight for it. Although this failure is not your fault, after all, it is an indisputable fact that you fell into General Grievous's trap."
What he said was already very cryptic, but Adar Talon also understood that his act of leading the fleet to abandon Boonta and take the initiative has become the biggest stain.
But what else? If I don't do something, will my fleet stop here and be called upon one by one by Destruction battleship?
On the third day, a team of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau agents came to the command center and put bright handcuffs on Adar Talon.