2605, the Empire's storm
Tang Xiao returned to Dawn Star Planet. After attending several Kingdom of Dawn supreme meetings and listening to reports from various departments, he announced his decision - to launch a comprehensive counterattack within three months!
The original plan for the counterattack was to launch attacks simultaneously at Northern Territory and Eastern Territory.
These two fronts received reinforcements from a super race respectively, among which Northern Territory is Vasari, and Eastern Territory is Protoss. Northern Territory war zone and Eastern Territory war zone were newly built respectively. At the same time, based on the strength comparison of these two fronts, the combat objectives are also different.
From now on, Eastern Territory war zone will be commanded by the reborn General Grievous, also known as "Chariot". Priestess will also lead Sky Squad of Twilight Covenant to assist Chariot in the command work.
Eastern Territory war zone's combat goal is to destroy Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army, coordinate Northern Territory's military operations, and then temporarily stop the offensive.
There are three main goals after that. The first is to prepare for combat, and jointly attack the super defense line currently set up by the Galactic Empire with Kingdom of Dawn main fleet of Fondor Planet - Delon system. The second is to further eliminate the resistance movement within the country and find and destroy Deep Sea Fleet of Mon Calamari. The third is to reintegrate the former Confederacy of Independent Systems's sphere of influence, including Raxus Prime, Felucia, Mulcana planet, and Jabiim planet. The means include but are not limited to military conquest, cultural penetration, financial invasion, and political negotiation.
This process requires an extremely high overall view, the ability to coordinate multiple fronts, and the ability to deal with the Rebel Alliance guerrillas in various places. General Grievous, is the best choice.
This stage is also an inspection of General Grievous, who is about to be reborn. Once it is confirmed that his abilities are sufficient, he will be handed over to him as the commander-in-chief of this grand battle in which he will lead the Eastern Legion and Fang Duo's main fleet to attack the planet Delon from both sides and completely open the gateway to the Galactic Empire.
Northern Territory war zone is the main direction of attack at this stage.
Because among the current defense lines of the Galactic Empire, apart from the Delon system defense line that faces Fondor Planet, the most powerful force is Northern Territory. Galactic Empire In order to guard against Kingdom of Dawn's offensive in Northern Territory, the number of Northern Territory's capital ships has always remained above 3,000, and has even increased recently.
To this end, Northern Territory war zone will not only invest in the powerful Vasari fleet, but Archangel Titan warship, which has completed repairs, will also participate in the battle. Not only that, Commerce Guild Fleet located in Northern Territory will also attack with a more powerful attitude.
At the same time, Tang Xiao will also be on the expedition himself, and his Sith apprentice Das-Lilim, as well as his newly acquired pet "Wheel of Fortune", will also accompany him on the expedition.
This attack will directly penetrate Galactic Empire's defense line and directly threaten Galactic Empire's financial center - Scipio located at Core Worlds. Once Scipio is captured, the treasury of the InterGalactic Banking Clan (S) will be ransacked for the second time, which will be a devastating blow to the financial system of the Galactic Empire.
Then by that time, InterGalactic Banking Clan (S) will no longer exist, and Galactic Empire will have to rebuild its own financial system. But neither Kingdom of Dawn nor Rebel Alliance will give them this chance.
It is foreseeable that Palpatine cannot sit idly by in the face of Tang Xiao's personal conquest. Whether he continues to increase troops and send more warships to fill the hole, or he personally comes out to confront Tang Xiao, it will be the result that Tang Xiao wants to see most - a fleet decisive battle, as well as a personal decisive battle.
If Darth-Sidious dares to appear in front of him, then Tang Xiao will not hesitate to use the body of his "son" again and kill him completely!
After reaching Northern Territory Campaign, Galactic Empire will surely fall into a precarious situation, so at that time, it is time to wait for the opportunity and seek a decisive battle among the defense lines of Delon system!
The strategic significance of the capture of Delon system is no less than that of the Galactic Empire's capture of Saleucami Planet. This means that the opponent's door is open and they can no longer build a complete line of defense.
Confederacy of Independent Systems held on to Saleucami Planet for four years. When it was captured, it took less than half a year to completely defeat it. So, when Delon system is captured and directly threatens Inner Rim of the galaxy and Core Worlds, how long can Galactic Empire last?
After basically completing the combat preparations, General Staff Headquarters was responsible for formulating the detailed combat plan.
Tang Xiao took Helmut-Baron Zemo and headed towards Dawn Star Planet's training center.
As the shuttle gradually descends, you can see that this training center is unique and the surrounding environment is very beautiful. A modern training center has been built in a garden with shaded green trees, chirping birds and fragrant flowers.
Inside the training center, you can see many children playing inside. The youngest of these children is about 5 or 6 years old, and the oldest is about 13 or 4 years old. They are all full of innocence.
However, if you look closely, you will find that even if these children are playing, they are not running around and playing around like other children of the same age. These kids are more relaxing than playing. They talked to each other, closed their eyes, read attentively, or meditated.
Even the strictest teachers here will lament that the learning atmosphere here is strong and the students are very mature and obedient.
Tang Xiao and Helmut-Zemo did not go in directly. Instead, they stood outside for a while. They did not go in until the music started playing and the children returned to their classrooms.
I only saw that in the classrooms of the training center, the children had come to their own seats one after another, bringing with them a VR goggles, and devices such as patches and headphones were also connected to the back of their heads and ears. As VR goggles began to flash, these children fell into their own world and no longer responded to the outside world.
The person in charge of the training center has walked over quickly, bowed in front of Tang Xiao, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, welcome to your arrival."
Tang Xiao waved his hand and said, "There is no need to be distracted by my arrival, just continue to do your work. I am here to take a casual look, and also to check on Ander's situation."
"Yes..." The director of the training center bowed again and replied, "Ander-Viking has completed all combat command courses three months ago and is currently conducting simulation training freely. He is in his exclusive classroom."
As he spoke, the director made a gesture of invitation and guided Tang Xiao towards the depths of the training center.
Along the way, Tang Xiao looked at the children in the classroom and asked, "How are these geniuses currently being nurtured?"
"Everything is going well so far, Your Majesty." The director replied, "These are children with extraordinary talents, and their innate IQs are different from ordinary people. However, there are also many people with weird personalities that are difficult to manage. Following your instructions, our first concern is the psychological condition of these gifted children. We will only provide targeted teaching on the premise of ensuring their mental stability."
He pointed to the surrounding environment and continued, "Actually, there are much more leisure and entertainment equipment here than teaching equipment. For these talented teenagers, they only need a limited time to study to achieve the effect that ordinary people study hard for several weeks. Not to mention that the amount of information received by this brain wave simulation device is hundreds of times that of traditional teaching methods."
"Are there any adverse reactions?" Tang Xiao asked.
"Some children will have adverse reactions. However, according to our screening, those children who have adverse reactions are unable to meet the requirements of 'genius'. Therefore, to a large extent, this brain wave simulation device is also called the threshold of our training center." said the director.
Tang Xiao nodded and said, "Very good. Remember to maintain the cooperative relationship with Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group and ask them to find the reasons and rules for the emergence of this kind of 'genius'. After me, our goal is to make geniuses in the eyes of others become ordinary people Fourth Civilization."
"Yes! I will do my best!" the director said excitedly.
Arriving at a separate classroom in the center of the training center, Tang Xiao walked in. I only saw a boy about 13 years old lying half on the brainwave simulation device, wearing VR goggles on his head, with data cables and electrode patches connected to his body and head, and his brainwaves were fully monitored.
Tang Xiao did not disturb him, but stood aside and waited patiently. It wasn't until more than half an hour later that the boy sat up and took off VR goggles. The surrounding staff also quickly removed all the wires on his body and scanned his body.
Opening his eyes, he saw Tang Xiao standing beside him. Ander-Viking's face showed joy. He stood up and bowed, but his tone was neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Majesty."
Tang Xiao nodded slightly and asked, "What are the results of your simulated operations in the past few months?"
Ander-Viking replied, "In the first two months, I had 147 battles and 147 losses, with a 100% defeat rate. In the next seven days, I won 10 out of 10 battles. In the next two months, I had 131 battles and 131 losses. The 10 games in the middle have no reference value, so my current record is 278 battles and 278 losses."
However, when he heard this extremely bad result, Tang Xiao did not show any anger. On the contrary, he nodded approvingly, "Very good. At least, you already understand what kind of existence you need to fight against."
That's right, the one he asked Ander-Viking to conduct simulated combat was Thrawn!
Thrawn has very few achievements, but the combat process has been completely input into the simulation device. And it's not just a rigid input of data, but everything about that grand Northern Territory Campaign is input. Whether it was politics, economics, or support from the home front, the situation of that battle was almost perfectly reproduced.
Then based on this, Tang Xiao entered a variable into the simulation program based on his understanding of Thrawn in the original plot. This variable is the enemy Thrawn, who will take actions beyond the normal, and this action will not be limited to the existing battle situation.
For example, in a simulated battle, Thrawn may teleport directly to the rear of the Ander-Viking battle line without any conditions.
In addition, the simulation program will also read the shallow thinking of Ander-Viking, and formulate the battle plan of 'Thrawn' based on his thinking direction, which is equivalent to drawing a battle.
This completely unreasonable setting is what Tang Xiao understands Thrawn.
He did not want Ander-Viking to learn from Thrawn the tactics that Thrawn might use. In fact, Thrawn had almost no fixed tactics. If there must be one, it would only have eight words - "Be as unconstrained as you want."
This simulation program is designed to make Ander-Viking understand the meaning of these eight words on the battlefield.
There's no doubt, so far, that he understands.
The director of the training center on the side couldn't understand. He asked, "How can we say yes after losing so much? Also, why are the 10 wins meaningless? Since we can win, this is a good thing!"
Ander-Viking said calmly, "Because those 10 victories were achieved after I mastered the rules of this simulation system. However, I think it is impossible to find the rules on the real battlefield."
"Then, why do you continue to lose?" Tang Xiao asked.
"Because I modified the parameters of the simulation system. Now among the Northern Territory Campaign in this system, Thrawn is almost an omniscient and omnipotent existence." Ander- Viking said, patting VR goggles gently, not feeling depressed by the failure at all, "And I tried not to think about it, and then walked in front of Thrawn."
"So, can you do it?" Tang Xiao asked again.
"I don't know." Ander-Viking smiled slightly, "Because this thing is not Thrawn."
"So, can you win?" Tang Xiao then asked.
"I don't know." The smile on Ander-Viking's face was full of sunshine, "But I believe that this is really a perfect stage."
"Hahahaha!" Tang Xiao laughed heartily. He understood that he had got what he wanted.
That's right, an enemy tailor-made for the invincible warmaster——Thrawn, Ander-Viking!
Tang Xiao touched Ander's head and asked kindly, "Now, what do you want? As long as it is what you want, I will give it to you. This is what you deserve."
Helmut-Zemo on the side looked at Tang Xiao's back as if he had seen a ghost. He had never seen Tang Xiao, such a violent Sith Lord, show such a kind expression in his life!
Ander-Viking nodded and said, "I want... to travel..."
"Travel?" Tang Xiao was stunned, but still said, "Yes, we can arrange it wherever we want to go."
"Can I... go with a few of my friends?" Ander-Viking was a little nervous at this time. He named a few names, and then said, "And... Tang Xing."
"Tang Xing?" Tang Xiao was a little stunned. He thought of countless possibilities in an instant, but after seeing the clear eyes of Ander-Viking, he gave up his doubts. However, he still reminded him coldly, "You have to know that according to my standards, Tang Xing is just a piece of trash."
"I just want to play with him." Ander-Viking said, "I have fun with him."
Tang Xiao frowned slightly, but finally agreed to Ander-Viking's request.