2745. First System Army's dilemma
The first Legion Governor, First System Army supreme commander, Imperial Marshal--Oswald-Tessik.
He shook his head and woke up from his sleep. He found that he was sitting on the command platform of the battleship and had fallen asleep with his clothes on. The combat staff beside him were busy reporting the battle situation, and sirens were blaring one after another.
Seeing him wake up, the life robot responsible for taking care of his daily life immediately brought a cup of coffee, and added some nanoscale neurostimulants that can quickly refresh the brain and strengthen the activity of the cerebral cortex.
This coffee is Kingdom of Dawn's newly launched "Green Nature" series of agricultural products. I don't know how they are made, but these coffees can maintain such a pure aroma and taste. In this era of overflowing industrialized processed products, this taste reminds Tessik of the fruit scones he had eaten in the family manor when he was a child.
I don't know since when, industry has become the mainstream of the galaxy, and agricultural products like this seem to have disappeared from life.
Coupled with the products of Umbrella Corporation, this breakfast of Oswald-Tessik can be said to be very "Kingdom of Dawn".
After drinking the coffee in one gulp, Oswald-Tessik felt that his head was much clearer. He came to the combat command center, looked at the busy staff officers, walked over and asked, "Palanci Planet How is it over there?"
"Lord Marshal, our Third, Seventh, and Sixteenth Squadrons stationed at Palanci Planet are all in retreat. Fleet Commander must have felt guilty, so they all lost contact." A staff officer said, "In addition, according to your previous combat arrangements, we have deployed the Ninth, Tenth, and Twelfth Squadrons respectively in the surrounding star systems to build temporary defense lines."
Oswald-Tessik said coldly, "Arrest all the family members of Fleet Commander, then have the security robots on the ship arrest them and send them to Coruscant for public execution."
"Yes!"
"Then..." Tessik looked at the holographic star map and couldn't help but sigh secretly, "Send two more squadrons over to stabilize the front line as much as possible."
"Yes."
Palanci Planet is not an industrial planet or a fortress planet, but it happens to be stuck at the transportation hub from Core Worlds to Northern Territory. This place is controlled by Dawn Star Planet, then Dawn Star Planet can transfer here immediately and move his fleet towards Core Worlds. Otherwise, he can penetrate in the direction of Inner Rim Territories and cut off the supply line of the Empire.
If the fall of Bilbrin Planet caused Galactic Empire to lose the strongest fortress against the invasion of Dawn Star Planet, then the fall of Palanci Planet completely put Galactic Empire into a passive state.
Because Galactic Empire had to deploy defenders in more directions to disperse the already tense forces, the defense line became increasingly fragile.
Oswald-Tessik rubbed his eyebrows. His mind, which had just been awakened by the effects of potion and coffee, was once again pained by the weight of the heavy battle situation. He stared at the flashing red area on the star map, as if he saw the fleets that had retreated from the front line scurrying around like headless flies, which made his blood pressure rise even more.
He said to the staff officer on the other side who was drawing up a combat plan, "Has the plan to shrink the front line and redeploy defenses come out?"
A staff officer nodded and said, "Lord Marshal, it's fine... just..."
"Just what?" Tessik asked.
"If we just want to re-stabilize the front, shrink the defense, and continue to maintain our strength advantage... we will inevitably give up part of Core Worlds to Separatists." The staff officer said in a heavy tone.
Oswald-Tessik felt a headache again. He took a deep breath and said, "Send me the plan for review."
"Yes!"
Tessik returned to his office, opened the battle plan, and couldn't help but sigh again.
The problems faced by the First System Army led by him now are only one aspect of the military problem. In other words, the military problem is only a relatively small one.
Although the current military pressure has left him breathless.
But the most serious crisis he is currently facing comes from the Emperor of the Empire--Palpatine.
Palpatine's suspicion of him and First System Army is already very serious. This suspicion is actually groundless. The only reason is that he has too much power.
Holding First System Army in his hand, this puts him in control of a quarter of the Galactic Empire fleet, responsible for the administrative work of the First Army regiment, and also puts the most critical areas of Core Worlds, including Coruscant, under his management. This kind of status that combines military and political power can be said to be unprecedented.
The biggest contradiction of Palpatine is that after the first Legion Governor Trachta failed to assassinate him, he was the one who sent Tessik to the position of first Legion Governor, and now he is suspicious of him for this reason.
In fact, Oswald-Tessik can probably guess what Palpatine was thinking. As a person with a high reputation in both the military and the elite, Palpatine was really needs him to stabilize the situation of the First Army regiment. After all, Trachta rebelled and was killed. The biggest problem is that it may cause Core Worlds to fall into a power vacuum and trigger larger-scale turmoil.
But now that the situation is somewhat stable, he has become a thorn in the side, and his huge power makes Palpatine very afraid.
Coupled with Trachta's betrayal, Palpatine believed that the First Army group had criminal records, so he became more wary of them. It was this kind of caution that made Palpatine agreed to the plan of Ruffan-Digorinus and others asking First System Army to leave Coruscant.
Because in Palpatine's opinion, since First System Army is no longer trustworthy, let them fight Kingdom of Dawn and die on the front line.
To put it bluntly, the fundamental reason is that Palpatine never regarded him as one of his own.
However, as soon as First System Army left Coruscant with its front foot, Marshal Zarin rebelled and even caught Palpatine, causing him great humiliation. This naturally made Palpatine mark First System Army's name again, even though they were only faithfully executing orders throughout the whole process.
After the rebellion broke out, Oswald-Tessik immediately led a powerful force of 400 battleships to prepare to turn back to Coruscant to stabilize the situation. However, an order was issued personally signed by Palpatine, telling First System Army to return to Scipio immediately and not to enter Coruscant!
This order was like a cold dagger, piercing directly into Tessik's heart! He understood that First System Army's future had already been decided, that is...
No future!
But there is no way now. Coruscant just asked them to stabilize the front and not leave, and Palanci Planet was broken through immediately. If Marshal Zarin's rebellion has nothing to do with the First System Army, then this time, they cannot escape the blame!
Tessik wanted to capture those few Fleet Commander back to Coruscant for public execution, which was to show Palpatine his determination and attitude, but he also understood that the effect of doing so would be minimal.
But necessary work still needs to be done. Now that Palanci Planet has fallen, it is no longer possible to stabilize the current front.
Oswald-Tessik decided to give this battle plan to Palpatine at all costs. If he did not continue to shrink the defense line and still thought about taking back the lost ground and had a decisive battle with Dawn Star Planet, the consequences would be disastrous!
However, before his battle plan was sent out, an order from Coruscant had already arrived.
Oswald-Tessik knocked on the personal terminal and opened the communication marked as the top military secret. There was only one short sentence in it--
"Goalkeeper Plan" will be executed on the original date... All the main forces of the First System Army are dispatched, first to recover Palanci Planet, and then to recover Bilbrin Planet!
Tessik I just feel like a bucket of ice water is being poured from my head to my feet!
He almost suffocated!