422. Block Vaxian Planet
"Why does the Governor want us to attack Vaxian Planet? If we want to collapse Ayrou's resistance, the fastest way should be to paralyze their industry." Matt-Hona asked in the communication with High Command.
Chief of Staff Qi Jian replied, "It should be said that this is a political factor."
"You know, what I hate the most is this so-called politics. It's like you don't even straighten your tongue when talking, it's all kinds of twists and turns." Matt-Hona curled his lips.
"Our Fourth Civilization population is too small after all, and there are many limitations in fighting this war with Ayrou. If we crush them militarily, our image among Republic Senate will change. If we slowly fight them, Ayrou's resources and war potential are much higher than ours, but it will make us passive. So... the best way is to let Ayrou defeat Ayrou." Qi Jian said.
"Supporting the opposition forces?" Matt-Hona nodded slightly.
"That's right. Ayrou civilization is a multi-racial civilization, originating from Ayrou, which also includes about 10% of humans and about 20% of Vaxian. And your The goal of Fleet A, Vaxian Planet is Homeworld of Vaxian, we have such a foundation," Qi Jian said.
"Okay, I understand." Matt-Hona nodded.
Immediately, he returned to the command center of his flagship and said, "Change the combat objective. We attack the colony of Ayrou, Vaxian Planet."
"Yes!"
One day later, the hyperspace channel between Kuna Cluster and Vaxian system stabilized. Matt gave an order, and Fleet A all entered hyperspace and headed straight for Vazion!
At this time, Ayrou civilization is also waiting in full formation. In the capital Anaji, 100 warships of various types are standing ready. In addition, there are two armed space stations in the rear to support the battle.
In the Ayrou palace, Elu Queen looked at the battle report from the front with a gloomy expression, "Kuna's Eye's garrison fleet was annihilated? Telsi's fleet was also annihilated and trapped in Kuna's Tooth's colony? Tell me why this happened!"
"There is no doubt that Dawn Star Planet's battleships are more advanced than ours. And they have a large number of Wraith fighter, which are even equipped with stealth devices..." A general sighed.
"Asshole!! Dawn Star Planet is just a small colony with a population of less than 5 million!! If we can't even rival such a colony, then how can we talk about dominating Modell Sector! We must come up with a plan to fight against their Wraith fighter! Now that the war has broken out, we need to give our people an explanation!" Queen said angrily.
An official next to him whispered, "I think... I have a channel here to urgently import a batch of weapons. Maybe, I can also buy a detector that can detect Wraith fighter."
"What channel?" Queen frowned, feeling that things might not be that simple.
"There are two Devalonians, one is called Vilma and the other is called Holma. They claim to have access to advanced weapons, all produced by Kuat Drive Yards," the official said.
Queen thought for a while and said, "Summon these two Devalonian immediately. I want to see what they can bring to us? Before that, we must stabilize the current situation! And we must make breakthroughs in some places."
Minister of Defense said, "We have formulated a combat plan. Dawn Star Planet's next attack target is likely to be our industrial planet Orville III Planet. We have assembled the main First Fleet and Second Fleet there, with a total of 300 warships.
In addition, the attack on Kuna's Eye may be the main fleet of Dawn Star Planet, which has 115 warships of various types, including 5 Revenge-class light destroyer of about 100 meters and 10 Cobalt-class heavy frigate of about 80 meters. These are the products of Fourth Group. The size of this fleet is also in line with the population affordability of Dawn Star Planet. We have officially notified Fourth Group to provide the data of these battleships and are willing to pay a huge sum of 100 million credits, but Fourth Group refused. "
Minister of Defense opened the star map and continued, "Based on this judgment, we decided to open up the situation in Kuna's Tooth Planet while defending the opponent's main fleet. As long as we can annihilate their colony in Kuna's Tooth Planet, we should be able to attract the opponent's main fleet to return for reinforcements and give us time to purchase weapons."
"Go and do it immediately!" Ayrou Queen nodded and said.
Modell Sector, inner ring, Vaxian Planet (Vasha) [Note 1].
This is the homeland of the Vathians, a race of insectoids. Insect-shaped races are not uncommon in the galaxy, but most of them are on edge planets. The main reason is that hundreds of thousands of years ago, before human civilization appeared in the Milky Way, an extremely powerful insect civilization--the Kiliks--rose.
When Killiks's rule collapsed, some of their tribes scattered around, and many degenerated into the insect races they are now.
For example, Yamrii, which invaded Caladan Planet before, is one of the direct genetic successors of Killiks.
The same is true for Vaxian. They are about 1.8 meters tall, covered with carapace. Their basic body structure is similar to that of a centaur, with four legs and a pair of flexible arms.
They are not aggressive, hardworking, and have strict beliefs and caste systems.
After Ayrou arrived on his planet, he joined Ayrou's sphere of influence without much conflict and became the main labor force.
Vaxian on Vaxian Planet has a population of approximately 1 billion.
At this moment, white light flashed outside Vaxian Planet, and Matt-Hona led Fleet A to arrive here. They easily destroyed more than 30 Ayrou battleships defending Vaxian Planet. After that, the fleet spread out along the planet's equator and blocked the entire planet.
Hundreds of Vulture droid fighter took off, entered the planet's atmosphere, and violently bombed the Ayrou city on Vaxian Planet.
At the same time, Matt-Hona, as Dawn Star Planet Fleet Commander, issued a notice to High Priest of Vaxian, indicating that it was Ayrou who first provoked the war, and they would blockade the planet. However, because Vaxian has nothing to do with this war, Dawn Star Planet will not launch military operations against Vaxian.
Vaxian High Priest quickly asked for help from Annaj Planet. However, Ayrou Queen, who knew full well that it was absolutely impossible to match Dawn Star Planet's fleet before solving Wraith fighter's cloaking device, just made excuses and was unwilling to send reinforcements.
The blockade lasted for about 3 days. During this period, Vulture droid fighter continued to bomb Vaxian Planet. Their goal was very clear - to blow up the grain silo.
Vaxian High Priest made a serious protest against this, saying that Dawn Star Planet was not trustworthy. However, Matt-Hona only told him that Vaxian's granary was supplying food to Ayrou on the planet, so this was a military operation against Ayrou, not against Vaxian.
And he promised that as long as Vaxian is willing to join Dawn Star Planet and hand over all Ayrou on the planet, Dawn Star Planet will immediately restore the food supply.
Soon, Vaxian Planet fell into famine.
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[Note 1: In fact, it should be translated as 'Vasa', but this translation conflicts a bit with Vasari, which will appear in the protagonist's camp in the future, so the translation was changed.]