2826. Invisible Hand[General Grievous wishes everyone a happy new year]
Charos IV Planet was captured, the Planet Governor mansion was completely destroyed by the wreckage of a fallen battleship, and the governor was killed. Commander Lieutenant General Ramon, the highest military officer on the planet, surrendered - he was pretty good, leading the 200 shabby Star Destroyer to resist until only about 40 ships were left, although he didn't resist for long.
This bloody battle report is now on the desk of Governor Imperial Twelfth Army, Seben.
"A loser! A loser! They're all Imperial-class Star Destroyer. Even if the orbiting space station is included, they can't defeat 120 of the opponent's ships? A loser! A loser! I'm going to send Ramon to a military court!!" Governor Seben roared loudly.
"Technically speaking, Lieutenant General Ramon is now inside POW camp of Kingdom of Dawn. You cannot send him to a military court." Lieutenant General Hekto said coldly.
He has completely given up on Governor Seben's behavior.
If before Tarkin family carried out political actions on the premise of ensuring military results, then Seben completely ignored the war on the front line and only focused on shirking responsibility, whitewashing the peace, and then desperately trying to gain political capital.
Lieutenant General Hekto was completely desperate for the future of the Twelfth Army. He glanced at the incompetent and furious Seben, and turned around silently to leave.
This defeat was a heavy blow to the Twelfth Army. Now the chain reaction happened, Charos IV Planet was captured, and General Grievous led nine Purifier aircraft carrier to fight the autumn wind at Balamak Planet. When the news came, Balamak Planet turned around and surrendered without any resistance.
Moreover, Balamak Planet's mountain of logistical supplies are now all obtained by General Grievous.
General Grievous then started to assemble the fleet. He moved Kingdom of Dawn Eastern Territory and the real main fleet began to assemble towards Balamak Planet. Currently, only Kashyyyk planet is standing between Kingdom of Dawn fleet and Galactic Empire Fourth Army.
Kashyyyk planet? Yes, it's the planet where Imperial Army is beating Wookiees's brains out.
Can you expect this planet to block Kingdom of Dawn fleet for the Galactic Empire? Dream on. It would be a great kindness for Wookiees's frigate not to sneak attack the empire's logistics supplies.
So, Governor of the Fourth Army Wilhuff-Tarkin handed a very plain piece of paper to the Twelfth Army In front of Governor Seben--[In view of the fact that Separatists may threaten Fourth Army's jurisdiction, from now on the Fourth Army will cut off all forms of assistance to the Twelfth Army, and will refer the shameful failure of the Charos IV Planet military base to Supreme Military Court for discussion.]
Then, Wilhuff-Tarkin began to gather the army Ombara planet to establish a defense line here.
That's right, Onderon!
It used to be the production line of Behemoth-class battlecruiser built by Kingdom of Dawn with foreign aid Onderonians. Later, during the Clone Wars period, after fierce fighting on Onderon and the massacre on Dexen Satellite, Onderon finally surrendered and was forced to merge into Galactic Republic.
Today, this planet that once flowed with steel and blood has once again become the steel barrier of the Galactic Empire.
Onderon is a developed planet with an independent military industry system. After being occupied by Galactic Republic, it began to be merged into the production system of Galactic Republic. Now, Dexen Satellite, which once produced Behemoth-class battlecruiser for Kingdom of Dawn, has become an important OEM factory for Imperial-class Star Destroyer.
Relying on the strong industrial strength here, Wilhuff-Tarkin firmly believes that Kingdom of Dawn will never be able to break through Denon Defense Line. As for the Twelfth Army No matter what, he didn't care at all - in his opinion, even if he didn't settle the accounts of Gideon-Tarkin, Governor Seben's defeatism and incompetence had doomed Twelfth Army's destruction.
Governor Seben has no other ideas now. The only thing he thinks about is how to survive to the end in Lantilis Planet.
But in fact, once Twelfth Army cannot even serve as a barrier to Eastern Territory, then they have no value.
For the Galactic Empire, if Charos IV Planet is lost, then Twelfth Army will basically lose the ability to strategically attack. So their only remaining role now is indeed to block Lantilis Planet and Perlemian Trade Route, and then they can hold on for as long as they want.
Can't hold on? Then forget it.
But General Grievous's ambitions go far beyond that. His fleet set out from Bara Mark and occupied Toglia Planet - one of the two major logistics bases that once supported Charos IV Planet.
Unlike Balamak Planet who surrendered as soon as his eyes closed, the governor of Toglia Planet still set a fire, set up bombs, and destroyed most of the supplies, leaving General Grievous with not much to gain from here.
Then Kashyyyk planet and General Grievous are not touched either.
Wookiees is not convinced by anyone now, only Rebel Alliance. Even if Kingdom of Dawn drove away the Galactic Empire defenders in the past, the result is still entangled with the Wookiees guerrillas in the jungle, or Orbital Bombardment will create a super massacre that shocked the entire galaxy.
Therefore, it is better to continue to throw Kashyyyk planet to the Galactic Empire and maintain the status quo.
Interestingly, Kashyyyk planet belongs to the defense zone of the Twelfth Army, so when Wilhuff-Tarkin raises its legs to indicate that I don't care about the Twelfth Army's affairs, the mess will naturally be spread to Governor Seben.
Seben is now defeated again and again, and has even been sued by Wilhuff-Tarkin. He really doesn't dare to continue to mess around, so he grits his teeth and continues Kashyyyk planet's ground war. In short, as long as he does not confront Kingdom of Dawn's main fleet, he can do anything.
And General Grievous, after suddenly showing his fangs, occupying Charos IV Planet within three days, and raiding the surrounding areas of Charos IV Planet, he disappeared again and died down. No one knows what he plans to do next.
Governor Seben now fully understands the despair of Yamrii back then, how General Grievous, whom Caladanian respected as a demigod, led a Cold Weapon Civilization to drive an interstellar civilization to a dead end.
He didn't know where General Grievous was. He only knew that General Grievous had been staring at him. As long as he showed any flaws, General Grievous would definitely appear suddenly from the place that frightened him the most, then give him a fatal blow, and then disappear again.
This feeling is devastating!
Governor Seben can hardly sleep at night. His biggest nightmare now is to get up one morning and suddenly find that General Grievous's fleet has arrived in his face.
Galactic Empire's Twelfth Army, still exists, Lantilis Planet still stands, but this legion, this planet, has been abandoned by the empire.