2531. Gideon-Tarkin's military strategy
The former Imperial Admiral Adar Talon was suspected of dereliction of duty, stupidity, disobedience of instructions, and failure to follow Imperial Navy combat principles during the Battle of Boonta Planet process, causing Boonta to suffer heavy losses. After Imperial Supreme Strategic Command decision, Atal Talon was revoked from all military positions and transferred to Supreme Military Court for trial.
Imperial Judiciary originally wanted to get involved in this incident, and wanted to handle this case as a typical example of corruption and dereliction of duty by military personnel. However, the top military officials headed by Wilhuff-Tarkin directly resisted the pressure from Inquisitorius, because once Inquisitorius was asked to handle this matter, the military would definitely suffer loss of face, and it would also give these Dark Theocracy people the opportunity to invade the military forces.
Of course, Wilhuff-Tarkin and their actions are just thinking from the military perspective. They had no intention of exonerating Adar Talon. Battle of Boonta Planet's disaster, he must bear the blame.
Subsequently, Imperial Admiral Gideon-Tarkin was the general Commander, and Imperial Admiral Garrosh-Tarkin was the general staff officer. Such a very strange combination was dispatched.
They secretly gathered 100 Imperial-class Star Destroyer, 50 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, 5 Pursuer-class aircraft carrier, 5 Stalker-class Star Destroyer, 70 Vindicator-class heavy cruiser, 200 Vigil-class corvette, 100 Aquitenes-class light cruiser, and 100 Kallak-class light cruiser. In addition, there are 400 small warships of various types.
Such a huge fleet was dispatched to assist Imperial Twelfth Army.
However, the Eye of Palpatine was not seen in this fleet. The dreadnought ship controlled by intelligent AI'The Will' did not follow the main fleet, but went to the assembly point from a secret channel.
Seven days later, the fleet arrived at Twelfth Army capital Lantirris Planet, and Twelfth Army Governor Seben personally went to the space port to greet them.
Governor Seben looked at the two Tarkin family leaders standing in front of him and felt a little emotional. The 43-year-old Gideon-Tarkin and the 19-year-old Garrosh-Tarkin are two years younger than him in combined age. However, the current situation is that he, a senior Legion Governor, has to bow his head in front of these two young people.
As a veteran who has personally experienced Stark Hyperspace War and climbed all the way to one of the top twenty Legion Governor, Governor Seben possesses both the toughness of a soldier and the sophistication of a politician. He knows very well why these two people came here with such a huge fleet. Likewise, he naturally knew very well that his Sector Governor was basically coming to an end.
No matter how much trouble General Grievous makes with Boonta, he still has no ability to threaten the real core of the Twelfth Army. Those 15 Typhoon-class battlecruisers are just annoying, and the only ones that pose a real devastating threat are the Destruction battleships. Moreover, after the previous battle, Twelfth Army's main fleet was not damaged and was still capable of protecting the core defense area.
But Imperial military asked Tarkin family to bring 160 battleships, 70 Heavy Cruiser, and 800 small and medium-sized warships, and they were all the latest warships. This was not necessary at all. So this shows that what Gideon-Tarkin wants is not General Grievous's head, but Imperial Twelfth Army!
"Your Majesty the Governor, in view of the wrong command of the predecessor Commander Adar Talon, the border of the Twelfth Army's jurisdiction was breached by Separatists. Garrosh and I General has specially led his troops to rescue us. Please give us your support." Gideon-Tarkin paid a military salute to Seben meticulously.
It is true that he is a pure soldier, but in the face of such a family's major interests, he naturally knows what to do. Everything in the words means coming here to raise an army and ask for guilt.
Seben sighed and said, "I understand that all Twelfth Army's fleets are under your command. I will sit in the rear and provide you with all support."
"Thank you for your cooperation, Your Majesty the Governor." Gideon-Tarkin gave another military salute.
Governor Seben looked at the young man wearing a white Imperial Admiral uniform standing next to Gideon-Tarkin. He was only 19 years old. Although he was tall and muscular and had a round head, he still had a childlike look on his brows.
Garrosh-Tarkin, Galactic Empire,... No, it should be said Galactic Republic, the youngest Admiral of the Navy in history.
Seben sighed again, brought the two Admiral of the Navy to his office, and began to prepare for the handover.
9BBY, February 20, Imperial fleet troops were divided into five groups and arrived at Boonta system from five hyperspace channels. The reconstruction of the spaceport has begun here. Since many parts are modularly constructed, three spaceports have been completed, which can barely provide docking for 60 capital ships.
Coupled with the strength of the original Twelfth Army fleet, Gideon-Tarkin now has 400 capital ships, 70 Heavy Cruiser, and 1,800 small and medium-sized warships such as Light Cruiser! Including the Eye of Palpatine who has never appeared, the power in the hands of Gideon-Tarkin is already equivalent to the size of a Empire main fleet!
There are only two other places with a fleet of this size in the entire Galactic Empire - the Northern Fleet of Dunn-Vesex, and the main mobile fleet of Das-Vader with Death Squadron as the core.
His current military strength is truly ten times that of General Grievous!
Admiral Gideon-Tarkin is currently standing on the bridge of his flagship, Annihilator (Annihilator) Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. Imperial II-class Star Destroyer adopts a large number of modular designs, and modules can be replaced to achieve different combat missions. Annihilator is equipped with a command system, which has ultra-powerful hyperspace detectors and communication equipment, and can command fleet operations in the entire galaxy in real time.
At this time, Garrosh-Tarkin came to his command center after being informed.
Gideon-Tarkin looked at the nephew in front of him who was a full head taller and a full circle bigger than him, and nodded with satisfaction, "It seems like you haven't slacked off at the military academy. Very good."
Many noble Noble House children are ashamed of physical exercise. They prefer to use technological means to adjust their body shape and strengthen muscles. This is not tiring and the effect is pretty good. And Garrosh-Tarkin obviously developed his muscles and tall figure by himself, which shows his good self-discipline.
"This is the foundation of being a soldier, General." Garrosh-Tarkin did not call him uncle, but directly addressed him as a military official.
This made Gideon-Tarkin even more satisfied. He smiled and asked, "How is it? What do you think about this battle?"
"Our military strength is ten times that of Separatists, but they have technical weapons that are very unfamiliar to us. We must not take it lightly. Adar-General Talon's mistake should not be made a second time. So I think we should guard the border and ensure After Grievous has no chance to take advantage of it, he will advance slowly. If he continues to follow us in circles, we will directly attack the core of Hutt Space - Nal Hutta! "Garrosh-Tarkin said.
Gideon-Tarkin smiled and said, "What you said is both correct and incorrect. In fact, Adar Talon's strategy is not wrong."
"Why?" Garrosh asked with a frown.
"He has clearly seen Grievous' biggest hidden danger - logistics, and has also formulated the best strategy to deal with Grievous - compressing space and disrupting the rear." Gideon Tarkin said, "But his problem is that he does not have the political resources to implement his strategy. Can he secure the border? Those Star Destroyer captains have been making small reports on him, saying that he does not take the initiative to attack and let them Use his flesh and blood to resist the separatist shield-piercing missiles? He has no intelligence at all and doesn't even know where to attack? Does he have the resources and time? So... he is destined to fail, but he will be dismissed by the imperial military for being afraid of fighting... It's just that he chose a more radical approach.
"I don't like this." Garrosh said.
"I don't like it either. But since we have such political power in our hands, we must use it to the best effect. Your father is right, our Tarkin family future foundation needs Twelfth Army." Gideon said, "Look at Dunn-Vesex. Vessex family can completely guarantee that they will flourish and prosper in Northern Territory for thousands of years! Why? Because the entire Northern Territory is their people."
However, Garrosh shook his head and asked, "Do you think Galactic Empire can exist for thousands of years? In my opinion, it will not take ten years."
"I don't deny the possibility, Garrosh." Gideon walked over and held Garrosh's shoulders with both hands, and said seriously, "If that is the case, then we need it even more. Want Twelfth Army's territory. For your father, mother, your future wife, son, and even grandson... This battle is not for the Galactic Empire, but for us Tarkin family."
Garrosh-Tarkin nodded.
"Next, follow me. I will teach you every command and deployment idea. This is a rare opportunity for actual combat, seize it!" Gideon-Tarkin said.
Garrosh-Tarkin nodded again. But behind Gideon, who didn't see it, his fists were clenching and unclenching constantly, and his teeth were clenching silently. It was obvious that he was going through a violent storm in his heart.
Gideon-Tarkin He just thought it was his first time to experience a battle of this scale and he was a little nervous, so he didn't pay too much attention.
In the following time, Gideon-Tarkin did not get carried away because of his absolutely superior strength. On the contrary, he acted very cautiously.
He first increased his efforts to rebuild the infrastructure of Boonta, and established four forward bases on the orbit of another unmanned planet outside Boonta, with 40 capital ships stationed respectively, expanding the entire planet's defense line by a large circle.
Then, add a hyperspace outpost outside the border to ensure that the movements of Destruction can be fully predicted, and the headquarters location of the General Grievous fleet can be found as much as possible.
Moreover, Gideon-Tarkin also organized a main fleet, including a huge force of 100 battleships and 500 Light Cruiser. Let this main fleet continue to maneuver and patrol around Boonta, and cooperate with it to dispatch countless reconnaissance aircraft and drones to conduct continuous reconnaissance on Hutt Space.
In addition to this series of deployments, there is also the biggest trump card-the Eye of Palpatine!
This super-dreadnought has been cruising silently in the deep space of the universe. No one except Gideon-Tarkin knows where it is. Moreover, the unique shape and structure of the Eye of Palpatine makes it difficult to be noticed by the hyperspace detection equipment of Kingdom of Dawn. Even if the fluctuations of its hyperspace jump are discovered, there is a high probability that it will be regarded as the actions of other main fleets in the hands of Gideon and ignored.
Once General Grievous's fleet appears, they will be entangled by those capital ships if they are not careful, thus giving Gideon-Tarkin the opportunity to reinforce the main fleet. Not only that, the Eye of Palpatine's sneak attack is the real fatal factor!
That's not all, Gideon-Tarkin also contacted Neimoidians who was active in Felucia. With the powerful power in his hands, he easily made the profit-seeking wallflower Neimoidians surrender, and monitored Hutt Space through Neimoidians.
Neimoidians's biggest main business is smuggling spices. It can be said that they are ranked among the top three among the major spice smuggling gangs in the galaxy. Second only to Hutt is the underground smuggling the Empire, and Kingdom of Dawn is the Spice Smuggling network established by Ni Yongxiao... The former has tens of thousands of years of accumulation, while the latter has mastered several major spice producing areas.
However, being able to compare with these two behemoths is enough to show how powerful Neimoidians is compared to Spice Smuggling. They can almost be said to be omniscient in all three religions and nine streams. You can always see Neimoidians in smuggling activities in every dark corner of the galaxy.
Those Neimoidians began to send their own spies around Hutt Space to inquire about the location of the General Grievous base. And the Hutt regime, which is leaking information everywhere, has no way of dealing with them.
Next, it's Dak Planet! Mon Calamari!
Gideon-Tarkin sent emissaries to contact Mon Calamari, and under his instruction, this time the Empire's emissary did not go with Human Supremacy's arrogance and prejudice, but went with full sincerity and secretly visited the representative of Mon Calamari.
Now Gideon-Tarkin's main fleet has enough power to control Perlemian Trade Route, which is the main channel for Dak Planet's external communication and one of the largest hyperspace channels in the galaxy.
He directly made extremely generous promises to Mon Calamari, including the complete elimination of Quarren, giving Mon Calamari complete control over Dak Planet, the establishment of Mon Calamari Dominion, the the Empire Honor racial title, trade privilege license, etc.
And Mon Calamari, my heart is moved!