2812. Sarukami's blood debt (Part 2)
Saleucami Planet's battle has completely collapsed for Galactic Empire's fleet.
The imperial warships that were being attacked by Lin Nanyi and Grievous saw other warships starting to flee. They also completely stopped fighting the Will and began to flee.
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Running away is contagious. Once someone starts running away, the trust they have established with everyone around them will instantly collapse. Then their only judgment changes from how to fight side by side to running faster to avoid falling behind and being caught.
"As long as you run faster than others, you won't die." Such an idea is a deadly poison. Once someone opens the seal, it will inevitably spread until...
Infect everyone!
There are fewer and fewer Imperial warships still resisting, because they begin to realize that if they don't run away, they will be the ones left in the end as cannon fodder.
When the two battleship clusters that had not been attacked for the time being chose to escape, the battle was already doomed.
In less than an hour, all the imperial warships chose to escape!
Run! Run! Run!
The overloaded red light of the Star Destroyer engine was connected in the dark universe. They had no resistance at all the Will. Their only thought was-"Run faster than others"!
Now, the only thing Lin Nanyi and General Grievous need to do is to destroy all these imperial warships that have completely lost their will to fight!
A brutal and long pursuit began, starting from Saleucami Planet and stretching for hundreds of light years. The wreckage left behind by the Galactic Empire battleship could be seen almost everywhere.
Because General Grievous had deployed Protoss observers around him in advance, he had all the whereabouts of the collapsed Imperial warships under his control.
On the one hand, he sent small fleets to pursue them one after another, making those imperial warships exhausted. On the other hand, he ordered that it was not necessary to actually destroy the warships, but only to destroy their power systems, that would be enough.
There is no way, there are too many imperial warships escaping, the number far exceeds the estimate. Kingdom of Dawn fleet currently lacks enough firepower and energy to keep all these warships, so we can only reduce their number as much as possible.
Along the way, the desperate Imperial warship captains kept asking for help, sending messages to all the communication bands they could find.
Imperial Center, Twelfth Army, Fourth Army, Logistics Department, Ministry of the Interior, Agriculture Department... even their families, relatives, family members...
Although most of the frequency bands are blocked, they are still asking for help over and over again.
However, what they were waiting for was not reinforcements, but the extremely ruthless pursuit of General Grievous!
At this time, whether it was the fleet of 150 battleships still assembled on Charos IV Planet, or the fleet of 220 battleships newly mobilized from the rear on the Twelfth Army's capital Lantilis Planet, Governor Seben's rambling to regroup, they all chose to stand still and sit back and watch.
They watched coldly as their own fleet was continuously pursued by General Grievous, and each ship was destroyed.
In their view, those are not their own warships, but opponents who may return to the political center to fight for power. They are scapegoats and cannon fodder that have completed their mission.
No matter what it is, if they die halfway, it is the best ending.
What? Kingdom of Dawn invasion?
It doesn't matter at all!
Consolidating your new position in the Twelfth Army is the most important thing!
In fact, at this time, many imperial officials had already kept this idea - they wanted to climb higher, so that they would have more capital to sell the country in the future, and sell their power to Kingdom of Dawn for a good price.
If you can become Planet Governor? That would be great. If you sell an entire planet, you will definitely be able to get a very high official position in Kingdom of Dawn! It would be even better if you can continue the position of Planet Governor.
In the end, only about 180 battleships were able to return to the imperial control area, and more than 400 small and medium-sized battleships. Faced with such a defeat and the ensuing pursuit, the small and medium-sized battleships were always the worst.
A small battleship means that the hyperspace engine level is not enough, and it requires multiple jumps to reach the target. Multiple jumps mean multiple stops, recalculations, and navigation, which means that the possibility of being caught up increases dramatically.
This achievement is General Grievous's greatest effort. In order to save time, about 200 battleships were left behind after their power systems were destroyed, waiting for the pursuit to end before returning to take care of them.
During this process, more than ten warships actually repaired their power systems and fled in panic.
In fact, at this time, if the remaining fleet of the Twelfth Army - the 150 battleships of Charos IV Planet and the 220 battleships of Lantilis Planet - are willing to send reinforcements and launch a direct counterattack, then General Grievous and Lin Nanyi will definitely retreat because they have run out of ammunition and food.
In this way, the fate of at least 200 imperial battleships can be saved.
But at this time, dirty politics has become bigger than the military. No one cares about the more than 200 Star Destroyers and the lives of nearly 2 million naval officers and soldiers.
General Grievous has been standing in front of the porthole, looking at the dark starry sky outside the window. Although his body is motionless, his heart is burning like a fire.
He knows that Saleucami Planet The resentful souls of the more than eight billion innocent people have finally paid their debt with blood today!
But... not enough! Not enough! Far from enough!
General Grievous's pair of vertical pupils flashed with this terrifying fierce light.
When the news of the fiasco of Saleucami Planet reached Lantilis Planet, Governor Seben's first reaction was to immediately submit the battle report to Imperial Supreme Strategic Command, claiming that it was the stupid command of Gideon-Tarkin that led to the fiasco of Imperial fleet.
At the same time, a harshly worded impeachment proposal was submitted to Imperial Senate, demanding that Tarkin family be immediately expelled from the Twelfth Army's jurisdiction and Tarkin family's culpability in this fiasco be thoroughly investigated.
Governor Seben also immediately replaced almost all the officials who were installed by Gideon-Tarkin. Whether they were naval officers or internal affairs managers, they were all rounded up and beaten to the bottom, and those with no background were directly demoted to civilians.
Then, he began to promote his cronies to high positions again, and the entire Twelfth Army army and political arena suddenly experienced an earthquake.
Of course Seben will not forget Charos IV Planet. The 150 battleships there were reinforced by Wilhuff-Tarkin from the Fourth Army, and they can be regarded as Tarkin family's confidants.
But Seben directly submitted an application, requesting that all 150 battleships be allocated to the Twelfth Army to enhance defense!
What's even more cruel is that he also asked to keep these officers and soldiers on Star Destroyer.
Does he intend to put these experienced officers and soldiers to his use?
Of course not, he will soon find various reasons to transfer all these officers and soldiers to the Logistics Department, offices, Sanitation Department and other rear departments until they die of old age.
That's right! He tried every means to make Tarkin family sick, weakened them if they could, and tried every means possible!
Because this fiasco was so shocking, Imperial Supreme Strategic Command agreed to Governor Seben's request, officially assigned Charos IV Planet's 150 battleships to the Twelfth Army sequence, and authorized Governor Seben to have full authority to handle the crew establishment.