2577. Invading like fire (Part 2)
Following the orders of General Gideon-Tarkin, Galactic Empire fleet began to divide into four parts in an orderly manner, and then left the battlefield respectively.
During this process, Admiral Gideon-Tarkin also showed his excellent command level. Under his coordination and organization, the retreat process of the Galactic Empire's warships was also orderly, and did not give General Grievous's fleet more opportunities.
After all, General Grievous's current formation deployment is not an annihilation operation, but to prevent Galactic Empire's fleet from destroying the star gate as much as possible.
Therefore, Divinity-class battleship, which directly broke into the middle of the Imperial fleet formation, opened fire wildly and destroyed 7 Imperial-class Star Destroyers during the retreat, but failed to prevent them from leaving.
The duration of this battle was very short. It only took less than three hours from the time General Grievous launched the assault to the time Gideon-Tarkin led their troops to retreat.
Galactic Empire lost 31 Imperial-class Star Destroyer ships during this period, most of which were destroyed by Divinity-class battleship. On the General Grievous side, two Divinity-class battleship ships were severely damaged, and the main armor belts of three ships were penetrated but failed to damage the interior.
However, the stargate was still severely damaged. General Grievous immediately contacted Vasari Phase Engineer who was still in Eadu. The other party told him that Lothal Planet's stargate needed to be closed for at least two months.
General Grievous also kept walking. He did not pursue Galactic Empire's fleet directly because they must have come through an unknown hyperspace channel. Without knowing the specific navigation data, they could not follow them.
Therefore, Galactic Empire fleet only needs one day to return to Boonta, while General Grievous's fleet takes three days.
However, General Grievous did not stop there.
Under his constant orders, the entire Eastern Territory and Kingdom of Dawn fleet seemed to come alive, and began to carry out large-scale defense changes and maneuvers for the purpose of overall strategy.
The first is the fleet located in the industrial center Kubindi system. This fleet is the fleet led by General Grievous, mainly provided by Hutt. Except for the 15 Typhoon-class battlecruiser, there are no advanced warships. General Grievous ordered the fleet to move quickly towards Lothal Planet.
Because according to the current movements of the Eye of Palpatine, it has no intention of destroying Kubindi planet. It is just wandering around Hutt Space. It is still in Targon Planet, constantly using electromagnetic waves to control more spacecraft and personnel in Targon Planet.
The Eye of Palpatine lacks supplies, especially Coaxium, which is used for hyperspace jumps, so it currently does not have the possibility of long-distance maneuvers.
However, it cannot be ruled out that after knowing the news, Galactic Empire quietly sent a high-speed battleship to the Eye of Palpatine to transport Coaxium.
Therefore, before the Eye of Palpatine can be reactivated, its strategic intentions must be realized!
In the next few days, General Grievous truly demonstrated to Vice Admiral Lin Nanyi what "invading like fire" means!!
After repelling Galactic Empire fleet, General Grievous led this high-speed fleet to quickly stationed at Parmant, and stayed at Port Pament for repairs on the five Divinity-class battleship that were damaged in the last battle. These five Divinity-class battleships plus the fleet provided by Hutt will ensure the safety of Lothal Planet.
Immediately afterwards, the high-speed fleet took Dak Planet directly!
General Grievous was not polite to Mon Calamari. After the fleet entered Dak Planet, he immediately summoned Quarren leader Nossori and representatives of Mon Calamari.
Nossori arrived, but Mon Calamari did not send anyone, only their current Supreme Military Commander Gial-General Ackbar coldly told General Grievous through remote communication that Mon Calamari was extremely angry at Kingdom of Dawn's military invasion and reserved the right to use all means.
Nossori here was also panicked and begged General Grievous, hoping that the problem of Dak Planet could be resolved peacefully.
But General Grievous just gave Nossori an ultimatum - Dak Planet's problem must be solved within three days! What's the problem?
The problem is written on the ultimatum given to Mon Calamari, which mainly includes immediately providing the most detailed hyperspace navigation data in the surrounding star area of Dak Planet; immediately finding the murderer of Givin Governor Kobori, and The relevant responsible persons will be handed over to Duchy of Dawn for trial; a joint government of Dak Planet will be established. The head of government and core members will be selected by Kingdom of Dawn from Mon Calamari and Quarren.
The ultimatum time is three days.
In other words, these two ultimatums require Quarren to stand on the side of Kingdom of Dawn, help put pressure on Mon Calamari, and even use war to completely conquer Mon Calamari.
After issuing the ultimatum, General Grievous did not stop. After a day of rest in the spaceport of Quarren, he immediately led the fleet to set off for Drallert Planet and headed directly towards Jabiim planet.
He was not worried about what would happen to Mon Calamari, because the five Divinity-class battleships were at Port Pament. They were very close to Lothal Planet, but... closer to Dak Planet.
At the same time, Light Cruiser Squadron previously sent by General Grievous has also arrived at its destination. They went directly behind Dak Planet and blocked Pakuni Planet (Pakuuni). This is the transfer station from Dak Planet to the core channel Perlemian Trade Route. This Light Cruiser Squadron directly cuts off the navigation of all Mon Calamari.
As long as it is a Mon Calamari spacecraft, it is required to return immediately, otherwise, it will be resolutely sunk!
Dak Planet's main external channel is cut off! And Pakuni Planet is even further away from Boonta where Galactic Empire fleet is. With insufficient fleet strength, Gideon-Tarkin simply dare not send the fleet to such a distant place.
This is not over yet. General Grievous had already contacted Semirres Planet on the way to Jabiim planet. He asked Semirres Planet to immediately block Jabiim planet's trade channel.
Jabiim planet is not far from Semirres Planet, and Semirres Planet has been carrying out activities to resist Galactic Empire. Now that Kingdom of Dawn's troops are approaching, Semirres Planet was originally their die-hard ally, but now he jumped up and explicitly rejoined Kingdom of Dawn!
After that, Semirres Planet dispatched its remaining 20 or so Hiigaran-class battlecruisers to completely block the traffic from Jabiim planet to the core channel Perlemian Trade Route. This allows Jabiim planet's foreign trade to bypass Semirres Planet and make a circle from Boonta controlled by the Galactic Empire.
But Jabiim planet also has a very bad relationship with the Galactic Empire. Their leader Otto-Starkus is a very radical liberal. Regarding Semirres Planet's blocking behavior, Otto-Starkus immediately responded angrily. Jabiim planet will fight Semirres Planet to the end.
But his voice was insignificant after all.
At the same time, the battleship formations left behind by General Grievous including Consul-class aircraft carrier, Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser, etc. have also approached Boonta from another direction!
This battleship formation did not participate in the combat operations back to defend Lothal Planet, but headed towards Boonta from the beginning. So even though they have gone around in a circle, at this time, General Grievous's high-speed formation has already formed a north-south encirclement situation against Boonta!
Such a series of textbook-like outflanks and detours gave Gideon-Tarkin almost no chance to adjust, and they immediately fell into the blockade of Kingdom of Dawn!