2811. Ah...Sarukami
Ordinary generals fight a local battle: they arrange their troops, follow the steps, and fight as they should. Excellent generals fight a strategy that looks at the overall situation: use the right combination to win by surprise, and maintain superior forces to attack the enemy's weak points at any time. But... the real famous generals fight against human nature! They don't need strategies, they target human nature! Let the enemy's human nature make choices, let human nature make the choices you want... This is to command the enemy's troops!
General Grievous stood in front of the porthole, his face reflected on the reinforced window. Caladanian-style metal mask, under the mask was a pair of animalistic vertical pupils, burning the flames of revenge and hatred! Two war lines were painted under the eyes, that war line There is dark red rust in it, like solidified blood and tears. This is the mask he has been using since the Clone Wars period. He has been wearing it until now. When it was transformed into Purifiers, he also asked to repair this mask and wear it again.
He could not forget the massacre and the hatred of that year.
When Confederacy of Independent Systems was just established and the conspiracy hidden behind the scenes had not yet surfaced, almost all the participating planets, including Grievous himself, were full of hope for this alliance.
Everyone hopes to unite to fight against the exploitation of the Core Worlds wealthy aristocrats, to be independent and to control their own destiny.
At that time, everyone was fighting for their own ideals. Those backward planets did not hesitate to tighten their belts, but also squeezed out the last bit of funds and gave it to Trade Federation and those Mega-corporations to build an army of robots to resist the suppression of Galactic Republic.
And he, Grievous, also sincerely believes that he can defeat Galactic Republic and build a fairer and freer New Order.
However, as the war continued to expand, such beliefs were destroyed - both physically and mentally.
Galactic Republic showed desperate industrial capabilities. No matter how much victory they achieved in the early stages of the battle and how many battleships were destroyed, they would always bring out more battleships. The addition of Jedi Knight also made the battle situation more and more difficult. Whether it was strategy or tactics, it was no longer possible to win.
And mentally, when he discovered that the war was a conspiracy from beginning to end, the belief that supported their struggle had collapsed.
When Galactic Empire was established, they were completely desperate.
Those who joined Confederacy of Independent Systems and devoted all of themselves to the war in order to be free only found out in the end that they were just burning themselves to achieve a greater conspiracy.
Freedom? Fairness? It has never existed, and it is even getting further away.
Finally, at Saleucami Planet ten years ago, all of this came to nothing - Confederacy of Independent Systems was completely defeated!
In fact, by that time, a huge shipbuilding center like Port Pament had stopped working for a long time, and the franchise planets of Confederacy of Independent Systems had been drained of their last tear, last drop of sweat, and last drop of blood.
Grievous's fingers slowly stroked the deepest crack on the mask, which was also deliberately retained later, engraved with the despair at that time.
At the last moment of Saleucami planetary battle, Confederacy of Independent Systems's fleet was already a patchwork of ragtag forces. Facing Das-Vader's Death Squadron, which had been replaced by Imperial-class Star Destroyer, it was already unable to resist.
But they still fought desperately to the last moment, and even in order to cover his escape, some of the last warships were still charging against the hopelessly powerful Imperial-class Star Destroyer.
What followed was the massacre...
Grievous let out a sob that he didn't know whether it was a cry or a roar. His fists were clenched tightly, and even Purifiers's body was trembling, and his artificial Psionics was shaking the surrounding air.
Now, back! Finally back!
Back to the place where dreams were broken...
Ah...Sarukami!
Now, the surface of Saleucami Planet is pitch black and dead. Except for the wreckage recovery companies, there are no residents here anymore. This is a dead planet, and the wailing of the Force can even be heard.
The battle finally broke out here, but it was not actually planned by Grievous.
In fact, as the battle between the Galactic Empire and Kingdom of Dawn continues to advance, both sides are building their own military bases and opening up logistics routes.
The important reason why the previous Saleucami planetary battle was so protracted was that this place was too far away from the core of Galactic Republic and logistics could not be guaranteed. But now, this problem no longer exists. The control and infrastructure of both sides in this area have been continuously strengthened, and the possibility of the war spreading has begun to exist.
Saleucami Planet, Charos IV Planet, and Boonta are not too far away from where both sides have gathered heavy troops.
And when Lin Nanyi found out that he would face the counterattack of Gideon-Tarkin's main fleet, he also subconsciously chose this place. After all, there were countless battleship wreckage made by Sarukami campaign who had been fighting for four years, which could delay Imperial fleet's attack.
Thus, the decisive battle finally broke out here.
This is not human intervention, this is... destiny.
Yes, this is...
"... It's destined!" Grievous's gloomy voice echoed on the bridge.
Outside the porthole, Galactic Empire's fleet has begun to flee. They are divided into four parts. One part is being chased by Lin Nanyi, the other part is entangled with the fleet of Grievous, and the other two parts are escaping.
Grievous immediately separated into two small fleets, and resolutely pursued Imperial fleet who was escaping. He did not want to cause much damage, but just wanted to keep biting them and making them exhausted.
Protoss's observers have been deployed in dozens of surrounding galaxies. No matter where Imperial fleet goes, it will fall into the observer's lock.
It doesn't matter, this is a long and desperate killing!
The despair that Galactic Empire brought to Confederacy of Independent Systems back then must be repaid twice as much now!
The battleships of the Galactic Empire were constantly being destroyed, and the imperial battleships that were escaping, especially Imperial-class Star Destroyer, all became targets without exception.
The Imperial-class Star Destroyer's big butt and small head make it very easy to face the enemy head-on. However, when they turn around and run away, the huge engine blocks the firing angle of each Turbolaser cannon - when they run away, they can't even fight back!
But once you start running away, you can't stop.
Now the only thought of the captains on every imperial warship is to pray that Kingdom of Dawn's warship can attack other people's warships so that they can leave quickly.