2680. Luring the wolf into the house
"Open border waterways..." Hearing this request, Silas-Tagge hesitated.
He naturally knows what opening border waterways means...
Now Galactic Empire can be said to be surrounded by powerful enemies. Needless to say Kingdom of Dawn, the biggest pressure on Imperial frontier is Rebel Alliance and the interstellar pirates.
Especially now that the war is going on, Outer Rim and Mid Rim Territories have been destroyed by the war and brutally exploited, and most of them are in a state of poverty, and even the people are in dire straits. Therefore, many people couldn't survive, so they gathered a group of friends, saved up money to buy a second-hand spaceship, modified it slightly, and then flew out to become interstellar pirates.
Also because of the war, countless military supplies flowed into the black market. Kingdom of Dawn's, Galactic Empire's, and the previous Galactic Republic's. Of course, the larger number is Confederacy of Independent Systems's. Before Confederacy of Independent Systems's destruction, it still retained a large fleet, but it fell apart politically, so many Confederacy of Independent Systems's weapons have flowed into the black market.
Therefore, when I go to some black workshops where private spacecraft are modified, I often hear people discussing topics such as using Kingdom of Dawn accurate fire control system, Galactic Empire cheap and high-quality Turbolaser cannon, Confederacy of Independent Systems highly autonomous intelligent AI, Corellia Engineering Company reliable and cheap spacecraft... such topics.
oh! It would be even better if you could pick up some armor fragments shot down from Kingdom of Dawn and Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser on the battlefield. Welding these armor fragments to the outside of your own spacecraft can provide a very good protective effect.
There are also people like Corellia Engineering Company, who have always been the largest industrial giants in the galaxy. But how big is it actually? No one knows. Many people's stereotype of Corellia Engineering Company is that they mainly focus on civilian spacecraft, and most of their military orders are OEM, supplemented by a small number of self-developed light warships.
However, few people know that Corellia Engineering Company is also producing warships for the Rebel Alliance, and even fewer people know that they are also helping some Outer Rim illegal groups to produce warships, such as Zann Consortium. Even fewer people know that as long as you have enough money and connections, even if you are an interstellar pirate, Corellia Engineering Company will be very happy to open your own interstellar shipyard and build a new warship for you.
Therefore, due to the above reasons, various mercenary groups and interstellar pirates are becoming more and more rampant in the galaxy. They are getting larger and stronger, and their spaceships are getting more and more advanced.
Not to mention Galactic Empire, even Kingdom of Dawn is very troublesome. They have always maintained a powerful escort fleet, and the local defense fleets in various places are also very powerful. This is the reason why most of the routes that are not covered by the star gate are not normal if they are not robbed two or three times a day.
Therefore, both Kingdom of Dawn and Galactic Empire adopted a relatively conservative border defense strategy. That is to directly block the border channels with a large number of Interdictor. This can prevent those interstellar pirates from forming cross-border crimes, making them more difficult to eradicate.
That's why Silas-Tagge is so hesitant. Druckenwell planet is an industrial planet from Confederacy of Independent Systems that Tagge family received after Clone Wars. It's true that there is a large fleet on this planet, but you also have to think about what this fleet is for - naturally it is to guard against those interstellar pirates.
Especially Druckenwell planet is right on the edge of Southern Galaxy. What is the situation with Southern Territory? This place is so chaotic that even Kingdom of Dawn is not interested in occupying it even if he knocks it down!
This place is adjacent to Hutt Space, and there are countless gangsters who have been involved in Hutt Space for a long time. Most of the planets here pursue anarchism, so they will also use the banner of the Rebel Alliance to expel officials, refuse to pay taxes, and rob waterways. Some of the well-known pirates in Southern Territory now have at least dozens of them with hundreds of warships!
So once the border channel in the direction of Druckenville is opened, these interstellar pirates will pour into the within the Empire, and the consequences will be disastrous!
And you can't guarantee at all whether there will be Kingdom of Dawn fleet, and those fleets of the Rebel Alliance are also mixed in!
Once the border in this direction is lost, then Galactic Empire and even Mid Rim Territories in this direction will be lost! Then Draon defense line, who is guarding the main road of Inner Rim, will immediately change from being attacked on one side to being attacked on both sides!
Silas-Tagge dare not bear this responsibility!
After thinking for a long time, Silas-Tagge decided to reject Cassio-Tagge's proposal. He was still hoping for a chance and thought about trying it first. What if he won? Or, what if his brother suddenly thinks about it and decides to forgive himself?
But the problem is, Orman-Tagge seems determined to kill him. No matter how many times Silas-Tagge sent communications requesting negotiations, the result was nothing. His eldest brother had no response at all, just stared at him coldly, and then cut off the communication.
Such a scene is terrifying to think about!
Just imagine if you are quarreling with someone. You try to resolve the conflict with soft words, but the other person just stares at you coldly. Then you become angry and curse in the most vicious words, but the other person still stares at you coldly and doesn't say a word.
In that case, don't doubt it and run. I might take out the knife in the next second...
Regarding Silas-Tagge's rejection, Cassio-Tagge didn't say much. He just glanced at Silas indifferently and walked out of the office, letting him continue to stay in and indulge in his fantasy.
At the same time, Orman-Tagge was also extremely distressed.
He really didn't want to bring matters to this point. In his opinion, his mother, the conservative Sanya-Tagge, was already the biggest and final obstacle to the family. As long as she was eliminated and he took control of the family power, he would naturally be able to set things right and put the family on the road to rapid expansion and development.
In his imagination, his brothers and sisters each have their own strengths, and they are all extremely talented in their respective fields. He believes that he has excellent leadership skills; the second brother Cassio has outstanding military talents, and even if he dies, the fourth brother Urrrk can take his place; the third brother Silas has made outstanding achievements in scientific research, and the fifth sister Domina has a very powerful Force talent.
With such brothers and sisters, as long as we unite as one, how can the family not be successful?
Why can't this idiot Silas-Tagge understand his own ideals?
Orman-Tagge also initiated communication many times, wanting to have a good talk with Silas. No matter what, the two of them are still brothers, and there is no reason for them to have a civil war. This is not an ordinary use of swords and guns, this is both sides pulling out the fleet!
As long as the two sides exchange fire, no matter whether they win or lose, Tagge family will definitely be seriously injured.
However, no matter how hard Orman-Tagge tried to persuade him, Silas-Tagge on the other end of the communication just looked at him coldly without saying a word.
After this continued for several times, Orman-Tagge now had the same thoughts as Silas, and he began to worry that the other party was really going to use the knife...
"Okay... you forced me to do this!" Orman-Tagge said through gritted teeth, "Since you want to jump out, then I will kill the chicken to scare the monkeys! I will tell everyone the consequences of disobeying me!!"
He turned around and said to an old man of about 5 or 60 years old who was wearing a Galactic Empire Navy uniform but without a badge, "Leave it to you! General Dolla! Capture Druckenwell planet as soon as possible and quell this chaos!"
"Okay." Veteran Dolas nodded lightly.
Rear Admiral Dolla of the Imperial Navy, a general with no sense of existence. He was born in a relatively wealthy family in Mid Rim and had no background, so he spent nearly forty years in the military before barely reaching the rank of major general. And he's just Defense Fleet Commander from an inconspicuous and poor place like Chaykin sector (Chaykin sector), and he usually only fights pirates.
But this time, in order to ensure that he could quickly defeat the rebels raised by his younger brother, Orman-Tagge spent huge sums of money to convince the governor of Chaykin sector to send troops to assist.
So Rear Admiral Dolla tore off his badge and joined the fleet of Orman-Tagge with fifteen Hunter Class Battlecruiser in his own name, and served as Fleet Commander.
Now, Orman-Tagge finally made up his mind to solve the problem by force!
General Dolla began to issue instructions, and all fleets carried out combat deployment in an orderly manner. He used fifteen Hunter Class Battlecruiser as the core of the fleet, providing long-range artillery support in the center of the formation, and serving as aircraft carriers.
The fleet of Orman-Tagge has a total of more than 2,800 Light Cruiser and frigates, and the warships are relatively advanced, including Aquitenes-class light cruiser and Galactic Empire Navy's first-line warships. In addition, there are also quasi-first-line battleships such as Carrack-class fast cruiser, which have just retreated to the second line.
In contrast, most of the battleships received by Silas-Tagge from Druckenwell planet are from the former Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet, and they are all second-line battleships. There are more than 1,200 battleships in total, including a few battleships, but they are all old battleships such as Generous-class frigate and Defiant-class light destroyer that have been outdated for a long time.
However, facing such an enemy, General Dolla is also very calm. He has been in the army for forty years, and this is the only opportunity in his life to command a large-scale fleet operation. Now that he was approaching retirement age, he didn't want to mess up the final performance of his military career.
The fleets of Orman-Tagge left Milagro planet and approached Druckenwell planet directly along the hyperspace channel. General Dolla did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, it chose a location more than 2 million kilometers away from Druckenwell planet to escape from the hyperspace channel. It also set up Interdictor very carefully and deployed a logistics engineering ship at the same time.
Two days later, General Dolla issued the attack order.
Although Hunter Class Battlecruiser is only equipped with eight twin-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons, after all, it is also a battleship-level Turbolaser cannon, and its firepower is far from comparable to that of Light Cruiser. With the bombardment of Hunter Class, the civil war of Tagge family officially broke out!
General Dolla relied on their numerical advantage to allow Hunter Class Battlecruiser to stand firm in the frontal battle line, while sending Carrack-class fast cruiser to carry out a detour to the rear. Not only that, he ordered Hunter Class to start releasing fighter jets one after another while maintaining the bombardment, allowing the fighter formations to assemble in the middle of the formation of his own fleet.
Because the fighter jets taking off from Hunter Class can only rely on their own power to take off, they need to accelerate over a certain distance. Before the acceleration is completed, these fighter jets are very easy to be shot down by the opponent's long-range artillery fire. That's why we adopted this tactic—group first, then attack in groups.
This is the tactical system that Galactic Republic gradually formed in the later period of Clone Wars.
I only saw a large number of V-wing fighter and TIE/LN fighter jets taking off from Hunter Class. After completing the formation, General Dolla issued a general attack order, and the fighter formation was mixed with the Light Cruiser and frigate formations to launch a full-scale attack!
What greeted them was the carefully deployed defense line of Cassio-Tagge on the opposite side! He used the armed space station and the orbital defense system on the planet as the core, and surrounded his fleet around these defense facilities to build a defense network. Countless laser cannons and Turbolaser cannons fired wildly, and dense artillery fire continued to pour out.
At a glance, at the fleet deployment of both warring parties, I thought I had traveled back in time to the Clone Wars period, or even the early stages of the war!
Cassio-Tagge's men are battleships received from Confederacy of Independent Systems. Hunter Class Battlecruiser brought by General Dolla is also eliminated by the Galactic Empire's former Republic Navy, which is better than nothing left to these remote star areas.
Munificent-class communications frigate and Hunter Class Battlecruiser are firing at each other again after 15 years!
However, the gap in strength between the two sides was too large, and the fleets of Cassio-Tagge immediately fell into a bitter battle.
General Dolla Let the frigate cover the advance of the fighter formation. After approaching the opponent's formation, it suddenly rushes out from all directions. V-wing fighter and TIE/LN fighters also formed a very rare mixed formation across generations, covering TIE bomber and bombing those Generous-class frigate indiscriminately!
Almost less than half an hour after the war started, two Generous-class frigate were sunk!
[No! Second brother! We can't stand it! I can't stand it! quick! Send out your ambush troops quickly!]Silas-Tagge Although hiding in the office, he is still paying attention to this battle that is vital to his life.
He knew that Cassio-Tagge had a high-speed cruiser formation ambushed on the outskirts of Druckenwell planet, the third planet in this galaxy. That formation only needs to make a short hyperspace jump to launch an attack on the rear of the Orman-Tagge fleet.
As long as this fleet can kill those Hunter Class Battlecruiser, the balance of victory will tilt!
But an imperceptible sneer appeared at the corner of Cassio-Tagge's mouth. He pretended to be eager and said, "No! If we send out an ambush now, they will be destroyed immediately! Orman's fleet is also covered by a large number of fighter jets! We must let them send out all their fighter jets!"
[What should we do? We're screwed!]Silas said loudly. On the holographic combat star map, the blue marks representing one's own warships are quickly disappearing.
The disappearance of every mark means that a battleship has been sunk!
"There is only one way! Rush all our main forces forward! Only by putting enough pressure on Orman will he move out the fighter jets guarding Hunter Class!" Cassio-Tagge said loudly.