790. Report of Tarkin
In the eyes of Governor Galactic Republic 18th Army, Wilhuff-Tarkin, his battle was successful.
After the battle, he went to Galactic Republic Capital Coruscant in person, met with the Speaker Sheev-Palpatine and submitted a battle report.
In the report, he explained what he did in Battle of Terminus and analyzed the characteristics and tactics of the Dawn Star Planet fleet.
Sheev-Palpatine sat in the office and began to flip through the hundreds of pages of reports from Wilhuff-Tarkin.
[...Dawn Star Planet's infiltration started a few months ago, whether it was the infiltration of intelligence personnel or the assassination of officials at all levels. It must be noted that Dawn Star Planet has a very powerful killer, and I have been on the verge of death several times. But it also gave me a hint that I could take advantage of their assassination.]
[All actions serve the ultimate purpose. Now 18th Army is constantly being attacked by Separatists. I lack enough fleets in my hands to eliminate the threat of Dawn Star Planet. So there is only one way - to choose the battlefield myself.]
[... After the most dangerous assassination, I took advantage of the situation and spread the news to make Dawn Star Planet think that I was seriously injured and unable to act. This would increase the possibility of Dawn Star Planet taking the initiative to attack us. According to my research, Dawn Star Planet is very eager to control the hyperspace channel. This is why they attacked Bespin Planet.]
[... Because of Governor Sulama's stupidity, we lost Bespin Planet, which gave Dawn Star Planet the possibility of deploying a fleet on a large scale. We cannot let them go further and have a wider range of activities in the hyperspace channel...]
[For the choice of battlefield, Terminus Planet is the best location. Here, Dawn Star Planet can only be resupplied through Manfarr. They did expand the spaceport there, but it was far from enough. I used some small tricks to make Terminus Planet submit, and secretly deployed fighter jets on the planet.]
[Since the end of September, Dawn Star Planet's intelligence officers have been operating extensively on Terminus Planet and have had contact with several gangs. What worries me the most is Hutt, but this is a factor beyond my control. But at this time, I also understood that the battle would start on Terminus Planet, and my plan completed the first step.]
"A very smart choice, Governor Tarkin. I can already understand your dilemma at that time and your firm determination." Palpatine said with a smile while flipping through the report.
"Dawn Star Planet is different from other Separatists planets. I can say this - their combat concepts are very advanced. I will definitely not have any reservations or contempt for such an enemy. I would rather suffer greater losses in exchange for the destruction of Dawn Star Planet." Tarkin said sinisterly.
"I very much agree with this, Governor Tarkin." Palpatine replied with a smile.
[The biggest crime of Dawn Star Planet is that they destroyed 19th Army led by Governor Sulama. In several battles, they caused the death of more than one million soldiers, and the number of casualties among civilians involved in the war is conservatively estimated to have exceeded 10 million. Therefore, the analysis of the 19th Army's combat power is also the focus of my work.]
[In my opinion, the most important factor in the reason why 19th Army under the rule of Governor Sulama was repeatedly defeated by Dawn Star Planet is that it did not use its strengths and avoid weaknesses during the battle, and instead fought in a way that the Dawn Star Planet fleet was best at. In other words, he has been led by Dawn Star Planet.]
[The result of this is naturally heavy losses and the inability to achieve any strategic goals.]
[After analysis of the Dawn Star Planet fleet, the fighting method they fear most is frontal combat and continuous combat. Whether they are Kohl-class Battlecruiser or Martha-class heavy cruiser, they all have the characteristics of high firepower, high burst and low endurance, which shows that when their fleet was first established, they set the tactical strategy of fast attack and rush attack.]
[In other words, Dawn Star Planet's fleet must establish its advantage in the first few strikes, otherwise, it will not be able to achieve the desired results.]
[For such a fleet, the best way to deal with it is to fight quickly. But unfortunately, our army's main warship, Hunter Class Battlecruiser, was restrained in its combat mode by the Dawn Star Planet warship. Hunter Class was unable to gain a decisive advantage in a short period of time and could only withstand the most violent offensive of the Dawn Star Planet fleet, resulting in unexpected losses.]
[In this case, I can only do the opposite - let my fleet withstand the first wave of attacks from the Dawn Star Planet fleet, and still have enough cards to counterattack, and drag Dawn Star Planet's fleet into a long war of attrition.]
[The thing I chose to withstand the powerful offensive of Dawn Star Planet battleships is more battleships. Use lives and battleships to consume the energy and ammunition of the Dawn Star Planet battleship. In the subsequent battles, I adopted the refueling tactic and left the most powerful Prosecutor-class battlecruiser behind for use, all in order to eliminate the advantage of the Dawn Star Planet fleet and use the loss of more battleships to buy time to mobilize enough troops from all over the Galactic Republic for reinforcements.]
[In the following time, at the beginning of October, Dawn Star Planet took the initiative to launch an attack as expected. I immediately asked Terminus Planet to declare a break from neutrality and join the war. I also immediately sent in the fleet that had been prepared for a decisive battle with the Dawn Star Planet fleet. At this point, my second phase of the task is also completed.]
Sheev-Palpatine's communicator rang for a while. He looked at the information on the communicator, then continued to quickly browse through Governor Tarkin's report, and asked straight to the point, "So, what do you think of the results of Battle of Terminus this time?"
"The first thing to make sure is that at the beginning of the battle, Dawn Star Planet's fleet was indeed at an advantage compared to Galactic Republic's fleet stationed at Terminus Planet. We were attacking the strong with the weak." Tarkin said, "Between Terminus Planet During the battle, at least half of the battleship losses on Galactic Republic were destroyed during the refueling tactics. The losses in this process have been determined and are expected. If these losses are deducted, Galactic Republic's actual losses in the battle were much less than Dawn Star Planet."
"But those losses due to refueling are losses after all. The Parliament will not pay attention to the reasons for the losses of these warships." Palpatine cableway.
"This is a necessary result. Since we are destined to suffer losses from Kohl-class's cannon and Masha-class's missiles, it is better to accept it in a way that we can bear." Tarkin said, "My strategy from the beginning was to drain every drop of Dawn Star Planet's blood, and through this battle, I did it. Galactic Republic has far more blood than Dawn Star Planet."
"So, how will I explain this battle in the parliament? Could it be said that we retreated from Terminus Planet and killed 7 Jedi Knight including Adi-Master Gallia, but it was actually a victory?" Palpatine asked in return.
"Then tell them that Dawn Star Planet will not be able to recover in the next 30 years." Tarkin said calmly.