2800. Many contradictions
"Surprise to Boonta?" Lin Nanyi stood up immediately, "But... Boonta is close to the Charos IV Planet stationed in the Galactic Empire, and it is too far away from our logistics base. Wasn't it because of difficulties in logistical supply that we withdrew from Boonta?"
He also responded with his own opinions.
However, General Grievous just said one more sentence, [Build an advance base at Boonta and start hoarding supplies.] After that, there was complete silence. No matter how Lin Nanyi sent a message, it just fell into silence.
Lin Nanyi put down the communicator, took a deep breath and said, "Indeed, General Grievous has never mobilized our own fleet. This fleet is still under my command. However, he asked us to advance into Boonta. Why?"
"Didn't he say let us build a forward base there?" Von Liss said.
Lin Nanyi stared at the coordinates of Boonta on the star map, frowning, "We will gather the fleet at Boonta. If there are too many fleets, the logistics pressure will be very great, and it is impossible to have excess transportation capacity to meet the needs of building an advance base. If the number of fleets is not enough, then the main fleet of the Galactic Empire is likely to rush out and give our fleet a head-on attack."
Feng Lisi smiled faintly and said, "But, wouldn't Galactic Empire's fleet come out in this way? Isn't this just what General Grievous wants?"
Lin Nanyi's expression darkened, "You mean, he wants me to be used as bait?"
"This is just a guess." Feng Lisi said, "After all, General Grievous was once Supreme Military Commander of Confederacy of Independent Systems, and he also achieved the feat of directly penetrating the Milky Way. So far, the only ones who can do this are him and Sefrans-General Tann. Therefore, we naturally cannot understand his thoughts."
Lin Nanyi lowered his head and said nothing.
After a moment, he raised his head and said, "I understand, I will lead half of the main force of Eastern Territory to Boonta, and the remaining fleet will advance to the vicinity of Jabiim planet. On the one hand, we will continue to suppress the Rebel Alliance on Jabiim planet, and on the other hand, it will also reduce the logistical pressure."
Feng Lisi smiled slightly and said, "Then, I will be here, waiting for your triumphant return."
As she said that, she reached out her hand and gently held Lin Nanyi's cheek, and then kissed her passionately.
The next day, Lin Nanyi issued an order for the fleet to attack. Half of Eastern Territory Fleet, 150 capital ships, 40 Heavy Cruiser, and more than 600 small and medium-sized warships began to assemble. After 24 hours of preparation, they suddenly advanced to Boonta.
The distance between Boonta and Charos IV Planet where the main force of the Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army is stationed is only about 20 seconds, and it is directly connected to the hyperspace channel, making the strategic location extremely sensitive.
It is precisely because of this that Lin Nanyi did not choose to garrison troops at Boonta, because once the battle occurred here, Galactic Empire fleet would be fighting at home, but Kingdom of Dawn fleet could not even support logistics.
After that, one Rear Admiral led another 100 battleships, 40 Heavy Cruiser, and 400 small and medium-sized warships to go directly to Jabiim planet.
One of the important reasons why Kingdom of Dawn started to cause trouble for Jabiim planet is that this planet is exactly between the rear and Boonta, and the planet itself also has strong industrial capabilities and resource reserves, which can facilitate the supply of the front line.
It's a pity that Otto-Stratus doesn't give face, so he deserves to bear the disaster of war - Semirians's army has defeated Jabiim planet's The main force of the army, Otto-Stratus, is now running around the planet, fighting guerrilla warfare with Semirians Commander Cummings.
Semirians this time fully demonstrated that there is always a relationship between races. As a gastropod race, they can move freely and quickly on the swamps. Coupled with the equipment such as Personal Shield and backpack automatic turrets, the Yunyu Marking Team, which the planet Jabim is proud of, suffered heavy losses.
After all, Nimbus commandos is essentially a kind of light infantry. It is no problem to fight against enemies crawling around in the swamp. But if you really want them to attack Semirians, which has a small armored vehicle per capita, it will be like delivering food.
At the same time, information about Kingdom of Dawn fleet's large-scale mobilization was immediately sent to the desks of Charos IV Planet, Gideon-Tarkin.
Gideon-Tarkin has now become the highest military Commander of the Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army. Although he is not yet Sector Governor, in fact facing the military threat from Kingdom of Dawn, he can already cover the sky with only one hand in this sector.
In the previous series of battles, Gideon-Tarkin had almost fallen into despair.
He discovered that even Eastern Territory's fleet, which was obviously a second-tier fleet, still had many new types of equipment that were beyond his reach.
For example, the missile that can penetrate the shield, and the Disintegration Ray that has a very short range but can directly decompose the armor of the battleship - this thing can also ignore the shield.
These equipments left Gideon-Tarkin completely at a loss, and he had no idea how to deal with them.
He finally destroyed Kingdom of Dawn's super battleship Destruction, but then he found that his super battleship the Eye of Palpatine had time control!
Now that I think about it afterwards, Gideon-Tarkin even begins to feel that the reason why the Eye of Palpatine is time-controlled is probably due to some new type of weapon Kingdom of Dawn.
Once such thoughts appeared, it almost extinguished all his determination to take the initiative.
Although half of the entire territory of the Twelfth Army has been lost, the entire eastern half of the star area has fallen under the control of Kingdom of Dawn.
This also includes the entire Eastern Territory, no, it can even be said to be the largest industrial center on the east side of the entire galaxy - Dak Planet. The winner is gradually determined: Mon Calamari is eliminated, Quarren wins, and the planet completely falls to Kingdom of Dawn.
But faced with such a situation, Gideon-Tarkin did not want to counterattack at all. He firmly believed that as long as the main fleet was attacked, the main fleet would be defeated. As long as the main fleet was defeated, Eastern Territory would collapse instantly.
On the contrary, as long as he can hold on to his own front, there may be a glimmer of hope.
He couldn't hold on to the situation, but Wilhuff-Tarkin didn't say anything, he just acquiesced.
In fact, Wilhuff-Tarkin viewed this matter from a political perspective, because Kingdom of Dawn maintaining such military pressure would instead make their Tarkin family control of the Imperial Twelfth Army stronger.
Moreover, Wilhuff-Tarkin holds the ultimate weapon of DS-1 combat space station, and he can make a comeback through Death Star.
The source of his confidence is that a month ago, the third docking test of the Death Star main body and Tarkin's space station weapon systems was finally successful.
This means that the Death Star project has begun to enter the final outfitting stage.
Wilhuff-Tarkin's plan is to hold the front line firmly and let Death Star come out and decide the victory in one fell swoop!
So Gideon-Tarkin couldn't hold on, Wilhuff-Tarkin also expressed acquiescence, and he even removed his own Fourth Army transferred part of the fleet to the Twelfth Army to strengthen the forces of Gideon-Tarkin to ensure that the front line is safe.
But he did bad things with good intentions.
Because Gideon-Tarkin doesn't want reinforcements at all - once the reinforcements come and his strength increases, shouldn't he be asked to take the initiative immediately? The question is, can he take the initiative now?
But such thoughts cannot be expressed openly. He cannot directly say that he absolutely does not want to counterattack. If such a thing comes out, he will have to go to a military court.
And he can't tell his brother in private, because he also doesn't know his brother's true thoughts. People's hearts are divided between the belly, and mere family affection is nothing in the face of the huge power at the star level.
Tarkin family There is a motto: Promise is only useful if it is within your own control.
In other words, if things are not under your control, no matter how nice your words are, how hard-core your relationship is, or how strong your family ties are, they are all useless.
Gideon-Tarkin is also worried that his brother is guarding against him. He is very worried that his brother has other ideas about the Twelfth Army's candidate for the future governor. He has suffered too many failures before and cannot embarrass himself in front of his brother again!
From the perspective of Wilhuff-Tarkin, he cannot say anything about being defensive. He has a higher status and a higher political position. He cannot make His Majesty the Emperor feel that he is not enterprising under any circumstances.
Because, Death Star's control rights were not revealed until he actually received the personal appointment from His Majesty the Emperor.
Wilhuff-Tarkin's idea is that you Gideon-Tarkin have taken the blame for being afraid of the enemy and unable to retreat. Wait until Death Star comes out, get the command of Death Star, and then use Death Star to launch a counterattack. Isn't this a win-win situation politically and militarily?
In order to strengthen Gideon-Tarkin's confidence, he sent reinforcements, which means you can defend it for me. If you can't defend it, your brother Fourth Army will protect you!
Of course, once the intractable pot finally finds that Gideon-Tarkin cannot bear it, then Wilhuff-Tarkin will naturally be cut at the speed of light.
In politics, of course you need to consider every possibility.
Therefore, during this period of time, Gideon-Tarkin was under tremendous pressure - they held heavy troops, their strength was almost four times that of the Separatists element Eastern Territory Fleet on the opposite side, but they still could not hold on.
What do you mean? Are you colluding with Separatists elements?
Pressure from Imperial Supreme Strategic Command, pressure from public opinion media, pressure from public opinion, pressure from Twelfth Army Governor...
Even some other members within Tarkin family are dissatisfied with the behavior of Gideon-Tarkin. They have long regarded Twelfth Army as their own territory.
Now they have lost half of their country for no reason, including the super industrial centers they have been eyeing for a long time - Dak Planet and Pammant Port. Under such circumstances, without thinking about how to launch a counterattack while Separatists's foothold is not stable, should the fleet stay in place to hatch eggs?
And what scares Gideon-Tarkin the most is Emperor Palpatine!
The super battleship the Eye of Palpatine, which was built by His Majesty the Emperor at a huge cost and even personally supervised it, was destroyed in the hands of Gideon.
Now faced with the incomprehensible behavior, although His Majesty the Emperor didn't say anything directly, Gideon-Tarkin always felt that Imperial Center had a terrifying and cold eye staring at him!
Therefore, Gideon-Tarkin also started taking actions within his ability, and he began to strengthen the output of intelligence.
Intelligence output? Yes, he sold Kingdom of Dawn's intelligence to the Rebel Alliance.
Regarding the situation of Eastern Territory, no one can blame Kingdom of Dawn and Galactic Empire now. They are both being dragged down by the rising Rebel Alliance.
But on the other hand, the waters of Eastern Territory are too chaotic, with everyone in it being a mixed bag. Really everyone is there - because in this chaotic hodgepodge of Eastern Territory, there are at least thousands of races that can speak. The forces are complicated and the interests are intertwined, and it is impossible to determine which is true and which is false.
This place has become a paradise for spies. All kinds of spies are like crucian carp crossing the river, shuttling between the major forces and sending all kinds of intelligence back.
For example, Jabiim planet jumped up to resist Kingdom of Dawn, Gideon-Tarkin secretly sent money to Otto-Stratus. Then Otto-Stratus used the money to purchase a large number of weapons and equipment through the Rebel Alliance.
Rebel Alliance now has the secret support of Corellia Engineering Company, and Corellian Trade Route is one of the large waterways connected to Eastern Territory. It is natural that it is easy to do these things.
It can be said that Lin Nanyi divided his troops into six groups to land on Jabiim planet for the first time, and was then beaten up by Jabiim planet's troops in six groups. This was due to the leakage of intelligence from Gideon-Tarkin, plus the funds provided by the Galactic Empire, and the weapons and equipment provided by the Rebel Alliance.
Gideon-Tarkin is conducting a spy war here while reporting these results to the rear in detail. His meaning is very clear - I have worked very hard, so don't rush me to attack head-on.
But does this show that Gideon-Tarkin is better? No.
Because Kingdom of Dawn is also selling information to the Rebel Alliance.
Rebel Alliance, the leader in charge of intelligence, Borsk-Feliya, said that he had never fought such a rich war in his life. Two super bosses who shook the galaxy rushed to send him information, funds, and even secretly sent equipment. Is there such a good thing in the world?
Now Eastern Territory's Galactic Empire jurisdiction is also on the verge of war, uprisings are breaking out everywhere, peripheral transportation is almost paralyzed, and local industrial production has also been seriously damaged by strikes one after another.
The current Eastern Territory is Rebel Alliance in Kingdom of Dawn who rose up with the weapons of the Galactic Empire. Rebel Alliance of Galaxy within the Empire took the weapons of Kingdom of Dawn and beat up Stormtroopers.
What is slightly better about the Galactic Empire than Kingdom of Dawn is that, after all, they are backed by Inner Rim and Core Worlds, so the supply lines can still maintain operation, and sporadic reinforcements and materials can still be transported to the front line through those core waterways. After all, no matter how powerful Rebel Alliance is, it is impossible to intercept the core waterways.