2813. The empire trembles
This defeat of the Twelfth Army can only be described as ridiculous, and it completely disrupted all strategic arrangements of the entire Galactic Empire!
Because according to their original arrangement, Galactic Empire maintained almost four times the strength advantage in Eastern Territory. No matter what, they should take the initiative to attack and contain Kingdom of Dawn's strength.
Moreover, Galactic Empire originally had high hopes for Eastern Territory war zone. They very much hoped that Eastern Territory war zone could involve most of Kingdom of Dawn's logistics supply force and even most of the mobile fleet.
In this way, the pressure on other fronts of the Galactic Empire will be relieved.
For example, in the direction of Northern Territory, the repeated tug-of-war on the Bilbrin Planet--Palanci Planet line caused Imperial fleet to suffer heavy losses, and the Core Worlds North Gate was in danger.
Not only that, in the direction of the south gate of Core Worlds, the fortress-Delon system, which Das-Vader personally guards, is also facing tremendous pressure.
With the fall of the industrial core Fondor Planet, Delon system's defense system was forced to shrink, and the supply line of Vader's fleet was continuously harassed by Kingdom of Dawn task force. Because Fondor Planet already belongs to the periphery of Core Worlds, Black Ops stealth ship of Kingdom of Dawn can already sneak behind Denon Planet.
It can be said that Galactic Empire feels that the pressure is gradually increasing in both directions, north and south, so the only chance is Eastern Territory.
Why Eastern Territory?
You can tell by looking at the plane star map. After all, the control areas of Kingdom of Dawn are in Outer Rim and Mid Rim Territories. If they want to reinforce Eastern Territory, they can only cover almost the entire galaxy.
Even if there is a stargate, this is still a very costly transportation line.
After fighting for so long, Galactic Empire still has some understanding of the Star Gate. At least they know that the Star Gate is not a point-to-point navigation in the absolute sense, but opens up a phase channel. In other words, the farther the distance, the longer it takes. This is impossible to escape.
Therefore, even if the star gate is used, it will still take a long time from Dawn Star Planet to Lothal Planet.
In contrast, Galactic Empire, which occupies the center of the galaxy, is much more convenient and has much lower transportation costs no matter where it is in its territory.
Therefore, in Imperial Supreme Strategic Command's view, Eastern Territory's battlefield is a battlefield that gathers superior forces and has huge advantages in logistical supplies.
What? You're telling me about the rebels? Didn't you see that on Jabiim planet, they and Kingdom of Dawn had their brains knocked out?
Not only that, because of the activity of the Rebel Alliance, the information between Kingdom of Dawn and Galactic Empire is completely transparent. In other words, it is very rare for the Galactic Empire to fight Kingdom of Dawn while the map is open!
So they clearly knew that the fleet deployed by Kingdom of Dawn in Eastern Territory was not of high quality.
In addition to the 5 Divinity-class battleship and 30 Typhoon-class battlecruiser, which are equipped with cutting-edge equipment, there are also 20 Hell Angel-class equipped with the Disintegration Beam version, which is relatively advanced. The others are second-tier battleships! In other words, if they are not so second-tier, they can only be considered as first-tier or fifth-tier battleships.
Therefore, summarizing the overall intelligence, Galaxy Imperial Supreme Strategic Command believes that Eastern Territory should maintain the offensive. To put it bluntly, it is true, and there is no problem with their judgment.
In Supreme Strategic Command's view, once Eastern Territory can open up the situation and repel Kingdom of Dawn fleet, Kingdom of Dawn can be forced to travel across the entire galaxy to support this huge battle.
And this offensive must be fast! Because since Quarren took control of Dak Planet, this huge industrial planet is rapidly being incorporated into Kingdom of Dawn's war machine. Port Pament, once Confederacy of Independent Systems's largest shipbuilding center, is also recovering.
Once the merger between the two sides is completed, it will not be so difficult for Kingdom of Dawn to support Eastern Territory's war.
Galactic Empire's plan to compete with Kingdom of Dawn for consumption at Eastern Territory was ruined.
So? Eastern Territory, who has the right time, place and people, launches an attack. First, open the channel to Jabiim planet and win over Otto-Stratus. Anyway, he has no ill intentions towards the empire. Relying on Jabiim planet, which has a strong industrial base, as an advance base, further threatens Dak Planet.
At the same time, it can also support Rebel Alliance of Mon Calamari, and cooperate internally and externally. Even if Dak Planet cannot be won, the industrial production capacity of Dak Planet can continue to decrease.
At this time, they can threaten Lothal Planet where the star gate is located!
What about the situation of Lothal Planet? There is also an opportunity!
Because Kingdom of Dawn didn't know what he was thinking, he arranged for the Givin to occupy the indigenous people's territory, and a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides - this was a conflict between races and about the living space, which was completely irreconcilable.
Once the empire begins its Lothal Planet strategy, the natives will definitely side with the empire.
And even better is that once the Givin cannot gain a foothold in Lothal Planet, they will definitely turn around and ask Kingdom of Dawn to help them stabilize their position. Kingdom of Dawn must continue to send reinforcements across the entire galaxy--and this is exactly what the empire wants to see most: let Kingdom of Dawn's troops and resources continue to idle in distant star fields, exhausted.
If they do not reinforce Lothal Planet, once the planet falls, the Givin, which did not hesitate to let its home planet Yago-Dur become a battlefield and was almost blown up in order to defend the northern defense line of Kingdom of Dawn, will definitely be disappointed. There is a high probability that they will escape from Kingdom of Dawn.
So, give up God's perspective and look purely from the perspective of Galaxy Imperial Supreme Strategic Command, what is Eastern Territory like? They forced Gideon-Tarkin to attack, is that wrong?
And Gideon-Tarkin is not willing to attack, which is actually understandable.
Even putting aside Tarkin family's ambition for the Imperial Twelfth Army, Gideon-Tarkin knows Kingdom of Dawn too well. He knows Kingdom of Dawn's scientific research team seems to be cheating. New equipment comes out every once in a while. And every time new equipment appears, they will always design a trap based on it, which can always cause heavy casualties to the empire.
In fact, strictly speaking, the defeat of Eastern Territory was actually a "new equipment trap", and his judgment was correct. Moreover, on Kingdom of Dawn's side, they were indeed unwilling to delay Eastern Territory for too long - Gideon-Tarkin was unable to get out, and Kingdom of Dawn also suffered.
Therefore, the strategy of Gideon-Tarkin cannot be said to be wrong.
So what is wrong?
The wrong offensive was launched at the wrong time and in the wrong place.
With the information from both sides almost completely open to the public, General Grievous used the only information blank to create this huge defeat of the Galactic Empire at Eastern Territory!
For a famous general of his level, there is really no need to reveal any big flaws. Even if he catches just a little bit, it will be magnified infinitely until it causes a rout that affects the overall situation!
The defeat of Second Saleucami planetary battle completely disrupted the deployment of the Galactic Empire. They had to redeploy their defenses at what they considered the "strategic strongest point", because if Eastern Territory was allowed to open its door, once Kingdom of Dawn solved the logistics problem, it would be able to threaten the Delon system defense line from another direction!
The pressure on Das-Vader will be even greater!
Moreover, if Fourth Army of Wilhuff-Tarkin is attacked, it will also affect the construction of Death Star project that he is responsible for!