2688. The Fall of the Fortress (1)
Northern Galaxy.
Kingdom of Dawn's intention to make a breakthrough in this direction is already very obvious. The only difference is that they want to attack the Palin-Minor planet first and completely destroy Galactic Empire's Northern Territory Legion? Or directly attack Bilbrin Planet, and then directly insert into the core of the Galactic Empire?
The defense of the Palin-Minor planet is very strong. Even if the previous armed satellite-Iron Moon is destroyed, the planet itself has the top-notch Planetary Shield, the highest configuration of the orbital defense system, and a huge fleet stationed, so it is naturally impregnable...
Bilbrin Planet also has the top defense system. Although the level of its Planetary Shield and orbital defense systems are not high, they have unique astronomical advantages——
From Dorin Planet, which controls the direction of Kingdom of Dawn, to Bilbrin Planet, because the hyperspace channel situation is very complicated, the navigation capacity is very limited. However, the control direction from Bilbrin Planet to the Galactic Empire is because the Empire has mastered several very secret seasonal hyperspace channels. When used alternately, navigation is not affected at all.
Then Bilbrin Planet is directly surrounded by an asteroid belt. Galactic Empire transformed a large number of asteroids into armed asteroids and installed reactors and heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons, forming a powerful firepower network.
This situation seems to be impregnable...
However, it all just looks so beautiful.
In the previous stage of the battle, Galactic Empire first failed in the encounter with Bilbrin Planet, and Lieutenant Generals Horst-Strege died in the battle. This caused Kingdom of Dawn fleet to invade Bilbrin system, and began to deploy several Dawn's Radiance-class industrial mothership, establishing an advance base.
Afterwards, General Gillard-Perine, who was preparing to attack the planet Ord-Mantel, misjudged Kingdom of Dawn fleet's strategic mobility, and was directly attacked by Archangel Titan warship using Hyperspace Beacon's guidance. The two Titan warship abandoned Bilbrin Planet, arrived at the planet Oud-Mantel within one day, and defeated his fleet.
During this battle, General Gillard-Perine was seriously injured and returned to the planet Palin-Minor for treatment.
Two consecutive defeats made Imperial military feel that something was wrong. King of the North Dunn-Vesex quickly mobilized troops from various places to strengthen the defense of the Palin-Minor planet, including Bilbrin Planet - yes, panicked, he even planned to mobilize troops from this fortress planet to defend his home base.
At this time, Lieutenant General Horst-Strege succeeded Bilbrin Planet Commander as Lieutenant General Dagon-Niel. The transfer resulted in insufficient strength, which made Kingdom of Dawn's forward base more stable. He violated Dunn-Vesex's order to preserve his strength and led Planet Defense Fleet to take the initiative to attack.
However, the offensive he launched with superior forces was completely defeated under the command of General Kingdom of Dawn, who personally commanded the battle for the first time - Major General Luo Huacheng.
Although this battle was extremely difficult, Dagon-Niel failed to break through Kingdom of Dawn's defense. As Dunn-Vesex issued a more stringent withdrawal order, he had to stop the offensive. Later, he himself was arrested by Dunn-Vesex and sent to a military court.
After that, Luo Huacheng increased the number of Dawn's Radiance-class industrial motherships at the forward base to 15, and obtained raw materials by salvaging warship wreckage and mining asteroids. It initially gained the ability to be self-sufficient. Some warships that were not seriously damaged can already be repaired on site.
In addition, logistics facilities such as field hospitals, entertainment centers, command centers, and soldiers' unions have been built here to provide as much protection as possible for soldiers on expeditions.
At this time, Galactic Empire was also caught in the pull between King of the North Dunn-Vesex. Dunn-Vesex believed that Kingdom of Dawn and Titan warship in Northern Territory were in the direction of the Palin-Minor planet, so their attack direction must be here, so he insisted on withdrawing troops from other places and allocating troops to defend the Palin-Minor planet.
In addition, Northern Territory's only ship, Executor-class Super Star Destroyer Lila, was previously destroyed by Darth-Malthael and crash-landed on the surface of Doku Planet and has yet to fly, which gives him more reason to withdraw troops from other places.
Imperial Supreme Strategic Command values Bilbrin Planet relatively more. In order to avoid opening the door to Core Worlds, they made a two-step response of carrot and stick - first, to appease Dunn-Vesex, promising to send two Assertor-class Dreadnoughts into Northern Territory for reinforcements, provided he no longer withdraws from Bilbrin Planet.
On the other hand, Galactic Empire's most powerful First System Army began to dispatch, and the newly promoted Imperial Marshal Oswald-Tai Hick personally led Reaper Executor-class Super Star Destroyer went to Scipio, and Guardian Executor-class Super Star Destroyer also left Coruscant and entered First System Army's headquarters, Anax Planet.
This is equivalent to the forward movement of the defense line, and it can also be regarded as a formal recognition of the strong military power of Oswald-Tai Hick, and the two Super Star Destroyer will be at his disposal. Now, he deserves to be the strongest among the twelve marshals the Empire.
Marshal Oswald's military deployment, on the one hand, consolidated the defense of the northern portal of Core Worlds, on the other hand, it also shocked Dunn-Vesex, silently warning him not to act recklessly. Because First System Army can also directly kill Northern Territory at any time, making it impossible for him to do this King of the North again.
At this point, Galactic Empire's military deployment in Northern Territory is basically completed. King of the North Dunn-Vesex assembled heavy troops to defend the planet Palin-Minor. At the same time, it did not give up Bilbrin Planet and continued to maintain the strength of 700 capital ships there.
Oswald-Tai Hick is the second and third line of defense set up in Imperial Core Worlds, stationed at Scipio and Anax Planet respectively, as a solid backing.
Oswald-Thailand Hick The fleet deployed in this direction has a strong force. In addition to the two Super Star Destroyer, there are also 1,500 capital ships!
Adding both sides together, Galactic Empire has invested 3,300 battleships in Northern Territory!
However, the commanders-in-chief of the two directions were also fighting with each other, fighting for the right to speak. They quarreled repeatedly, and both believed that Kingdom of Dawn's main attack direction was their own side in order to get more assistance and greater military power.
And this kind of struggle is actually a microcosm of the Galactic Empire's internal power struggle. The constant internal friction is also an important reason why they are losing ground in the war with Kingdom of Dawn.