2770. The Fall of Dantooine
At this point in the battle, Galactic Empire's formation has completely collapsed. Three Aquatens-class cruisers exploded one after another under the bombardment of Neutron Rapid-Fire Cannon, and the wreckage was scattered everywhere.
Many of the transport fleets were also wiped out, and the remaining ones fled in all directions. They frantically wanted to escape from this terrible killing hell, and turned on the hyperspace engines one after another to try to leave. However, this instead caused the hyperspace fluctuations to become more chaotic, making it impossible for them all to enter hyperspace.
In the chaos, many transport ships even collided together, causing greater chaos and casualties.
"No! No!! What happened? Why is Separatists's battleship here?!" In the Dantooine ground command post, Lieutenant General Zell-Johnson looked desperately at the chaotic space, his face turned pale.
"I don't know... we have no clue at all..." Chief Operations Advisor next to him also looked livid, "Our hyperspace outpost has not detected capital ship-level hyperspace fluctuations recently. And... if they really want to force a jump, the hyperspace fluctuations will be so large that navigation is impossible, and Separatists's transportation will be interrupted for a few days. There is no way we don't know!"
"The question now is what should we do?" Zell-Johnson roared angrily, "Our reinforcements! Our supplies! It's all up there! What do we eat next? What do we drink? What are those artillery used for?!"
"General, the matter has come to this. We can only shrink the defense line and continue to consolidate Khoonda City's defense." Chief Operations Advisor said, "We must not abandon Khoonda City's industrial zone. This is our last supply point."
"Khoonda City's defense? You mean this defense that was riddled with holes and loopholes by that idiot Vels? Ha!" Lieutenant General Zell-Johnson sneered loudly. He had already thought about what to write in the report to the rear headquarters.
At the same time, on the planet Palin-Minor, Galactic Empire's Ninth Army headquarters.
"Throne-class... this simple battleship named T-34-1 by Separatists..." Gillard-Perine frowned as he looked at the snow-like battle reports and distress signals sent from Dantooine.
According to information from the Galactic Empire Navy Intelligence Office, this King of Kings-class Battlecruiser is a new type of warship from Geth. This kind of warship is extremely simple, but it uses extremely thick armor and mixed types of artillery that are powerful but have a very short range.
At that time, this kind of warship suddenly appeared in Scipio, launched a surprise attack on Scipio, and caused the loss of dozens of Imperial-class Star Destroyer by the local defenders. It can be said that it is a very troublesome kind of warship.
However, in the subsequent battles, this kind of battleship never appeared again.
According to the analysis of the military Intelligence Department, the construction cost of the warship is very low, but the heavy armor is also a big burden on industrial production capacity. Moreover, the Neutron Rapid-Fire Cannon used by this warship is a hybrid weapon that mixes kinetic energy attack and energy attack. Every time it fires, a considerable part of the gunfire will directly pass through the Deflector Shield and directly attack the warship armor.
Therefore, in fact, this kind of warship only looks simple, but it is still a very advanced warship in essence.
The military Intelligence Department believes that this kind of warship should be just a trial model, and the complete warship should be a very powerful warship, which is likely to be one of the cores of the next Kingdom of Dawn Navy establishment.
But now... this kind of battleship has appeared again, and it is still in Dantooine, which is basically isolated from traffic.
Could it be...Gillard-Perine suddenly thought of something and said to the technical advisor on the side, "This kind of warship was previously controlled by Geth. It is an unmanned warship, right? So, what is the possibility of them sailing here at warp speed?"
The technical advisor shook his head, "Unlikely. Unless Separatists can predict the battle situation of Dantooine half a year in advance, because the distance from Dantooine to other surrounding galaxies would take half a year at warp speed - Dantooine is very isolated, and even the nearest unmanned galaxy is more than 1,000 light-years away."
Gillard-Perine nodded and said, "Indeed... if it is traveling at warp speed, it is unlikely that such a trial-type unfinished warship will come over. I am afraid that it is most likely to fly past two Hell Angel-class."
The technical advisor also nodded in agreement.
"In short, we need to make emergency deployment immediately." Gillard-Perine said, "Immediately send additional fleets in the direction of Dantooine, and wait until the hyperspace channel is stabilized, and then immediately send warships there. Even if reinforcements to the planet's ground battlefield are temporarily suspended, Star Destroyer must be sent there!"
"But General, now those transport ships on Dantooine are running around and constantly using hyperspace engines, causing the planet's hyperspace channel fluctuations to become completely disordered..." the adjutant on the other side said in a low voice.
"Then let them stop!!" Gillard-Perine was rarely angry.
"I'm sorry, General!" The adjutant quickly lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Although he is much older than Perine, the young man in his early 30s in front of him is already Admiral of the Navy. Northern Territory can be said to be the second-largest person after Dunn-Vesex. He is such a small Navy Colonel, so he is naturally very nervous.
"Immediately connect the communication channels of all transport ships, order them to stop hyperspace jump within ten minutes, and use Sublight engines to avoid battles and free up hyperspace channels! Otherwise, military law will be dealt with!" Gillard-Perine said sternly.
"Yes... yes!" the adjutant agreed quickly.
The current General Gillard-Perine is no longer the young boy he was when he was just starting out, but has already managed and managed the entire the Empire Northern Territory Military, a famous general who has commanded tens of billions of troops for nearly ten years, and his momentum is not the same as before. Now with his order, the military machine of the entire Northern Territory star field will be in operation.
"This is not enough... we must find a way to rescue the millions of troops on Dantooine!" Cold sweat was already streaming down Gillard-Perine's forehead. He turned back to the staff of the combat department and said, "Immediately formulate a plan and conduct a combat drill. Simulate the outcome of the battle if our entire army attacks via the planet Oud-Mantel and threatens Bilbrin Planet's rear."
"Yes!" The staff officer of the war department immediately stood at attention and saluted.
While the planet Palin-Minor was busy, Imperial Center was in a certain luxury club.
Imperial Marshal Ruffan-Digorinus is lazily leaning on the leather sofa, spinning a glass of dark red star wine in his hand, looking like ants on a hot pot. Dunn-Vesex was wandering around, and said with a smile, "Please be patient, Your Majesty the Governor. Dantooine is located in a remote area after all. Even if it does fall, it will not harm the war situation."
"No! You don't understand!" Dunn-Vesex shook his head vigorously, but he found that he couldn't explain the reason for his anxiety to Marshal Digorinus in detail. Could he admit that he planned to support the bandit in order to respect himself?
"They are just some armies. If they die, they will die. It doesn't matter... Don't worry. I'm ready to help you convince those people of Supreme Strategic Command and vigorously promote Northern Territory Defense Plan." Ruffan-Digorinus said.
"No! Once Dantooine falls, it will be a big blow to our strategic deployment!" Dunn-Vesex said.
At this moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from the side, "Wait a minute, you mean...Dantooine?"
Dunn-Vesex turned around unhappily, wondering who the voice was? Didn't you see that it was a Imperial Marshal and a Sector Governor talking? Who gave him the courage to come over and eavesdrop?
However, when he saw clearly the fat man with a serious expression standing behind him, he suddenly felt solemn.
The person who came was none other than another Imperial Marshal, Mateo Bacchi, who was also responsible for technology research and development. Because Demetrius-Marshal Zarin rebelled, Mateo Bacchi was urgently recalled by the emperor to Imperial Center to deal with the scientific research projects left by Zaarin, making the best use of them and not giving up halfway.
Therefore, Mateo Bacchi also appeared at the banquet of Imperial Center's top military officials.
Ruffan-Digorinus Facing Dunn, he naturally saw Mateo Bacchi approaching, so he just smiled and gently raised the wine glass in his hand to Marshal Bacchi.
But Mateo Bacchi obviously no longer cared about responding to Ruffan-Digorinus's kindness. He said to Dunn-Vesex very eagerly, "Dantooine! Dantooine What's wrong?"
Dunn-Vesex frowned and said, "Dantooine was attacked by Separatists. Two of their capital ships slipped in somehow. The planet's war situation is now very precarious and may collapse at any time."
"This is absolutely not possible! Governor Dunn!" Mateo Bacchi said.
This time it was Dunn's turn to be surprised. He asked, "Well... are you on Dantooine... do you have any industry?"
"Industry? No, that is something crucial to His Majesty the Emperor!" Mateo Bacchi lowered his voice and said, "The Warren, over there!"
"The Warren? What is that? How come I never knew about it?" Dunn-Vesex was stunned. He had never heard of this thing at all, even though Dantooine was on his territory.
He looked back at Ruffan-Digorinus and found that the other party also looked confused.
Mateo Bacchi's eyes suddenly darkened, he looked around and whispered, "That is an experimental base secretly prepared by the emperor. There are more than one top-secret projects being studied in it. I can only say this much. In short, once the Warren falls into the hands of Separatists, especially Tang Xiao, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"What did you say?!" Dunn-Vesex's face suddenly turned pale.
Forget about losing troops and generals, he, a popular man in front of the emperor, can easily shoulder this responsibility. But if it involves a top-secret project that His Majesty the Emperor is personally involved in, the nature is completely different!
Mateo Bacchi seemed to be more anxious than Dunn-Vesex. He whispered, "Listen, I will go to Northern Territory with you. This time I brought 20 prototypes of TIE-Phantom fighter jets. I think I can help to some extent."
"Well, without further ado, let's leave now!" Dunn-Vesex said immediately.
"It is not appropriate for me to leave Imperial Center. Therefore, I wish you both good luck in martial arts and immediate success." Ruffan-Digorinus smiled and raised glasses to the two of them.
Different from the dark clouds over Galactic Empire, at this moment, in the sky over the Dantooine North Pole, the bridge of Dawn's Radiance-class industrial mothership was echoing with the sound of Admiral Dai Hongkui laughing heartily.
"Hahahaha! Good boy, why didn't I know you were so capable?" Dai Hongkui shook his somewhat fat body and patted the shoulder of a young officer in front of him.
The young officer was about 30 years old, wearing a navy uniform, and his shoulder straps indicated that he was a lieutenant colonel.
"You are exaggerating, General Dai. This operation is the result of the joint efforts of multiple departments, and without the bloody battles of the army soldiers, we would have no chance of achieving our goal." The navy lieutenant colonel said humbly.
His name is Alexander Kjaer, and he is Commander in this operation.
"It's fine now! Galactic Empire Army, cut off from space reinforcements, has become a wild dog in a cage, just waiting for us to deliver the final fatal blow!" Dai Hongkui laughed.
"Currently, there are only two Throne-classs, and their bomb load consumption is huge. They may need to be temporarily repaired. The subsequent combat planning will also require your coordination, general." Major Alexander Kjaer said, "The industrial carrier I am on will make every effort to ensure the normal operation of these two Throne-classs until the Geth warp sailing fleet arrives."
"Well, very good." Dai Hongkui nodded.
The sudden appearance of these two Throne-classs on the battlefield was a huge surprise to him. The appearance of the capital ships completely turned the tide of the battle, making Galactic Empire's defense in the outer space of the planet useless.
After careful inquiry, he found out that the two Throne-classs were assembled directly on the second industrial carrier.
In fact, at the beginning of the design, the Dawn's Radiance class considered that through module upgrades, it could be expanded into a heavy-duty space dock for building battleships up to the battlecruiser level. This mission is just a return to its original duties.
Moreover, this time I chose the T-34 version of Throne-class. To put it bluntly, it is a beggar version, a human stick version, and an extremely simplified version. These two battleships do not even have a hyperspace engine.
When the industrial carrier came over, it only carried two battleship reactors, the large Neutron Rapid-Fire Cannon used by the battleship, and two sets of Geth group control systems, which integrated tens of thousands of Geth unit, allowing for comprehensive control of the battleship.
These are the only technical things on the Beggar's Edition King of Kings-class Battlecruiser.
In the next month, the industrial mothership actually just manufactured the outer shell of the battleship and then installed the equipment inside.