2534.Destruction Assault
General Grievous began to constantly test Galactic Empire fleet's movements, and he soon discovered that Gideon-Tarkin guarded his border very well, leaving him almost no opportunity to take advantage of it.
If this continues, it will not be able to contain the power of Imperial fleet at all.
In order to deal with the defense line of Gideon-Tarkin, General Grievous finally decided to take an adventure - the modernized Destruction battleship was equipped with a new jump engine!
Basically, Kingdom of Dawn warships above 5,000 meters now have enough space and energy supply to install jump engines. Destruction battleship naturally also carried out modifications in this regard during the modernization and modification process. However, because the fleet assigned to General Grievous was too uneven, he never used this function.
Because once the jump engine is used for a surprise attack, it means that other warships cannot keep up with Destruction's actions, leaving it to fight alone.
General Grievous made a very careful plan for this. After careful selection, he determined the target of the raid as——Kashyyyk planet!
Kashyyyk planet is the hometown of Wookiees, and it is also an important planet located in Mid Rim Territories. This planet has a very important strategic position and is also the transportation hub for Eastern Outer Rim to link Outer Rim and Inner Rim Territories. The most important thing is that by attacking Kashyyyk planet, it will threaten the capital of the Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army - Lantirris Planet.
And due to the Galactic Empire's racial policy, Wookiees was brutally exploited and suppressed by the Empire. Riots and uprisings have broken out here for a long time, making it a very chaotic planet. Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army also maintains a squadron here, dedicated to monitoring and suppressing Wookiees's resistance.
General Grievous's plan is to raid Kashyyyk planet, rely on the powerful power of Destruction battleship, destroy Imperial sub-fleet, and threaten the core position of the Twelfth Army. In this way, Gideon-Tarkin will have to worry about the rear. In this way, there may be an opportunity on the border front.
However, Kashyyyk planet and Hutt Space, where General Grievous is located, are not directly connected by a hyperspace channel. There is only one channel that is affected by Blackhole and can only be used for a small amount of time. That waterway is basically only used by desperate smugglers and criminals who risk their lives for money, and the regular fleet will not risk using precious warships on such a waterway.
But...Destruction battleship, yes!
However, just when General Grievous was still planning, he suddenly received news from the Intelligence Department. Intelligence shows that Mon Calamari, one of the two major races on Dak Planet, may have colluded with the Galactic Empire!
This news is not news, because since Clone Wars ended and Confederacy of Independent Systems was destroyed, Mon Calamari has been flirting with the Galactic Empire. However, according to the Intelligence Department door analysis, Galactic Empire, who admires Human Supremacy, will not try too hard to win over Mon Calamari. In addition, Mon Calamari is deeply rooted in Dak Planet. It is definitely not a good idea to provoke them and force them to rebel for such a trivial matter.
Moreover, on Dak Planet, the population of Mon Calamari is more than ten times that of Quarren. This is also an important reason why they have become the overlord of the planet. If they really want to fall out with Mon Calamari, then even the industrial production of Quarren will be greatly affected.
The two races have been fighting for thousands of years, and have also cooperated and coexisted for thousands of years. They cannot be separated by separation. Quarren has many mining companies providing raw materials to Mon Calamari's company, and Mon Calamari also has a large number of engineers and laborers working in Quarren's factory.
But now, this information clearly shows that the cooperation between Mon Calamari and Galactic Empire has taken substantial steps!
Not only that, Hutt Space was attacked less than two days after receiving the information!
A Galactic Empire high-speed cruiser formation suddenly appeared near Oseon Planet (Oseon) on the edge of Hutt Space, destroying the Kingdom of Dawn hyperspace outpost here and also destroying a supply space station. After that, the fleet continued to move forward, captured two transport fleets, and destroyed them all without ceremony.
Although the loss is not large, this incident means that Galactic Empire seems to have mastered a hyperspace channel that can lead to the edge of Hutt Space, and can bypass the defense line deployed by General Grievous!
Kingdom of Dawn Military Intelligence Department immediately analyzed the intelligence. They believed that this channel had not been used by the previous the Empire Fleet Commander Adal-Talon, so this may be the intelligence brought by Gideon-Tarkin, or it was given by others.
If you think about the recent secret communication between Mon Calamari and Galactic Empire, then it is very likely that it is the channel provided by Mon Calamari!
This matter is taken very seriously by Kingdom of Dawn High Command, because if Mon Calamari really jumps back, then on the one hand Dak Planet will fall into civil war, which will greatly affect the production of Quarren. On the other hand...
Lothal Planet!
On Lothal Planet, the Givin is suppressing the local aborigines while establishing its own settlement. Although a star gate has been built here, it is too far away from the Kingdom of Dawn mainland. Even the star gate will take a long time to reach, but it only saves the transit time.
If Galactic Empire relies on the support of Mon Calamari to launch an attack on Lothal Planet, Kingdom of Dawn High Command really has no confidence that he can successfully defend this star gate without causing problems on other fronts!
High Command immediately demanded that General Grievous take action as soon as possible to put greater pressure on the Galactic Empire militarily. If there can be some partial victories, it may be possible to delay Mon Calamari's determination to betray.
At the same time, Kingdom of Dawn's homeland also began to mobilize its fleet to prepare to reinforce Eastern Territory. Not only their home fleet, High Command also asked Hutt Space's current Grand Leader, Oruba-Goresla to provide them with more battleship support.
This news strengthened General Grievous's determination to raid Kashyyyk planet.
Three days later, he organized a squadron to attack the border defense line of the Galactic Empire Eastern Territory. At the same time, Destruction battleship secretly returned to Kosher Satellite. From here, he started the jump engine and passed directly through the unstable hyperspace channel, directly inserting into Kashyyyk planet!
And five days later, Destruction battleship suddenly appeared in Kashyyyk planet with a dazzling white light, which immediately shocked Imperial Twelfth Army and Commander at all levels!
They had no idea how the Destruction warship outside the border suddenly appeared here?!
Twelfth Army Governor Seben quickly notified Gideon-Tarkin, asking him to return assistance as soon as possible to prevent Twelfth Army capital Lantirris Planet from being destroyed.
However, Gideon-Tarkin ignored him. He continued to hold the border firmly and only sent a squadron back.
At the same time, Destruction battleship and Imperial sub-fleet, who were suppressing the Wookiees uprising on Kashyyyk planet, a total of eight Imperial-class Star Destroyers, started a head-on battle!