702. Happy New Year
However, no matter how unhappy he felt, Wilhuff-Tarkin had to admit that after the fall of the Republic 19th Army, he had to face Dawn Star Planet's powerful military power of more than 150 large warships on his own.
Therefore, Tarkin constantly seeks help from Galactic Republic, and on the other hand, it also actively adjusts its strategic deployment.
He built a defense line and Interdictor on the Dolla Planet (Dolla) between Gerrenthum Planet and Eriadu controlled by Dawn Star Planet. On the other hand, he also strengthened the connection with Terminus Planet, a transportation artery in remote areas. He coerced and lured this neutral planet not to give up its position and let Separatist fleet pass, otherwise it would be at its own risk.
At the same time, the attack on Suluust has been stepped up, striving to capture this very critical and deadly industrial world as soon as possible.
And he is still actively looking for foreign aid. He contacted Governor of the 20th Republic Army, hoping that 20th Army would solve the problem of the Yage-Dur planet as soon as possible, launch an offensive against Kinyen, and involve Dawn Star Planet's troops from the north.
20th Army's governor's name is super domineering, Octavian-Grant (Octavian Grant) [Note 1]. He was born in Sápani Sector's aristocratic family, he has a high self-esteem, and he has a lot in common with Tarkin. They are full of contempt for non-Human race, and also believe that those low-level residents are just screws to maintain their rule.
However, Octavian-Grant also has its own difficulties. On the one hand, the fleet of Confederacy of Independent Systems has captured Bestine Planet 0 located at Inner Rim Territories. (Bestine) has a strong tendency to directly attack Core Worlds, so he is concentrating his main fleet on Bestine Planet and Separatists for a fierce battle.
After all, if those Core Worlds aristocratic families feel unhappy, his Outer Rim Territories aristocratic family is really not enough.
At the same time, since the Givin's Yage-Dur planet controls several surrounding hyperspace lanes and has declared neutrality and refuses Republic fleet's passage, Octavian-Grant cannot forcefully pass through the Yage-Dur planet to attack the northern part of Dawn Star Planet's control range, even if Octavian-Grant hates it.
In addition to military deployment, a crazy intelligence war began between Fourth Civilization and 18th Army. The two sides penetrated each other like crazy. Basically, in the area where the two sides faced off, it was abnormal not to shoot more than a dozen spies every day.
After all, Wilhuff-Tarkin is not a layman with a civilian background like 19th Army Governor Sulama. His emphasis on intelligence work can be said to be on another level. He not only collected military intelligence, but also collected all information about Dawn Star Planet, including eating habits, language habits, dialect pronunciation, marriage customs, etc. All the information about Dawn Star Planet was not left out.
It is precisely because of his comprehensive request, and through the torture of the former 19th Army Intelligence Department Minister Colonel Lott, that the process of the previous strategic deception was deduced by at least 70%. Then through the cooperation of Sheev-Palpatine and Coruscant, the hidden eyeliners in the Intelligence Department door of Republic Capital were cleaned up.
The aristocratic lady whose affair with 007 led to the leak of intelligence and Intelligence Department Deputy Minister, who was caught, were also sent directly to prison by Palpatine with a decree.
007 successfully escaped from Coruscant through the cooperation of Ni Yongxiao's gang organization.
Naturally, even though Fourth Civilization was unable to take the initiative to attack 18th Army, their actions did not stop.
Plop! A man who was stripped naked and wearing only a pair of underpants was thrown into the bathtub with his hands tied behind his back.
He looked around in horror, but there was no one there. It was just that there seemed to be a large area of air in front of him that was a little distorted. He was extremely frightened and said in a trembling voice, "You... who are you... Wow! Uh..."
Before he finished speaking, a piece of flesh was cut off on his arm. He screamed in pain, but something blocked him as soon as he screamed. Even though his face was covered with veins, he couldn't make any sound.
"Your brain has been given the hint of Voodoo by me. You can't make sounds exceeding 20 decibels." A voice came from the empty air in front of you.
This voice spoke in a strange tone, as if it couldn't hold its tongue straight when speaking, word for word.
"Now, I ask and you answer. If you answer incorrectly, you will be stabbed." As soon as the voice finished speaking, it cut off a small piece of flesh from the man's body again.
The man's mouth was wide open as if he wanted to scream loudly, and his body was struggling violently, but he still couldn't make any sound. He struggled for a long time, then collapsed in cold sweat, leaned on the edge of the bathtub, and nodded lightly.
"Your name." the voice asked.
"Lou... Gas." The man endured the pain and answered in a low voice.
"Your job."
"Network maintainer..."
"Your wife's name."
"Guani..."
"Your son's name."
"Mauro... please, don't hurt my family, please..." Lugus sobbed softly.
"Your address."
"No... don't! Don't hurt my family! No... um..." Lugus's voice became louder and louder, and then suddenly another piece of flesh was cut off from his chest. He could not make a sound and began to struggle violently again.
After a while, he bowed his head resignedly and said softly, "Raleigh District, Chima Street, No. 224, Apartment 002 on the 179th floor..."
"Very well," the voice said, "You have learned, obey."
The air in front became violently distorted, and a pair of translucent red eyes suddenly appeared in front of him, scaring Lugus so much that he kept leaning back. Then red energy waves flashed through, and a tall and muscular black man with dreadlocks appeared. He was also playing with a sharp butterfly knife in his hand.
It's Spectre, Gabriel-Tosh!
"Do you know what Voodoo is?" Tosh said, while directly pulling a bunch of hair from Lugus's body, and then braided it together with a straw man. Finally, he took this very rough and scary-looking little straw man to the pool of blood flowing out from under Lugus, dipped some blood into it, and muttered something.
A red light sank into the straw man.
"You will obey." Tosh picked up the butterfly knife and lightly scratched the straw man's hand, "Because you are mine."
I only saw a wound appearing out of thin air on Lugus's arm at the same time!!
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[Note 1: In fact, Octavian-Grant had not yet been promoted to governor 20th Army at this time. He was named Sector Governor more than ten years later for his meritorious service in wiping out the remaining forces of Confederacy of Independent Systems. But because there was no record of who the Governor 20th Army was during Clone Wars, Lord Jing, who controlled the time rules, pulled him out in advance to become the Governor.]
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Octavian-Grant.]
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