The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

790. Tarkin's Report

In the opinion of the governor of the 18th Army of the Galactic Republic, Wilhof Tarkin, his battle was a success.

After the battle, he personally went to Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, met with the speaker Heev Palpatine and submitted a report on the battle.

In the report, he explained what he did in the Battle of Terminus, and analyzed the characteristics and tactics of the Dawn Star Fleet.

Schiff Palpatine sat in his office and began to read the hundreds of pages of Wilhuff Tarkin's report.

【…The infiltration of Dawn Star had already started a few months ago, whether it was the infiltration of intelligence personnel or the assassination of officials at all levels. It must be explained that Dawn Planet has very powerful killers, and I have walked 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 that the 18th Army is constantly being attacked by separatists, I don't have enough fleets in my hands to eliminate the threat of Dawn Planet. So there is only one way - to choose the battlefield by myself. 】

【…After the most dangerous assassination, I will do whatever I can, and spread the news that Star Dawn thinks that I have been seriously injured and cannot be a director. This will increase the possibility of Star Dawn to attack us actively. According to my research, the Dawn planet is very eager to control the hyperspace channel, and it is for this reason that they attacked the planet Bespin. 】

[...Because of Governor Suramar's stupidity, we lost the planet Bespin, which also gave Dawn the possibility to deploy a fleet on a large scale. We can't let them go further and have broader activities in the hyperspace channel scope……】

[For the choice of battlefield, Terminus planet is the best place. Here, Dawn Planet can only be replenished through Manfa Planet. They did expand the spaceport there, but it is far from enough. I used some small tricks to bring Terminus into submission, and secretly deployed fighter jets on the planet. 】

[Since the end of September, Dawn Planet's intelligence personnel have been active on Terminus Planet, and have contacted several gangsters. It's the Hutts that worry me the most, but that's a factor beyond my control. But at this time, I also understand that the battle will start on the planet Terminus, and my plan has completed the first step. 】

"Very smart choice, Governor Tarkin, I can already understand your plight and your firm determination." Palpatine said with a smile while flipping through the report.

"The Dawn Planet is different from other separatist planets. I can say this - their battle concepts are very advanced. For such an enemy, I will definitely not have any reservations or contempt. I would rather use greater losses to come back In exchange for the destruction of the Dawn Star." Tarkin said sternly.

"I agree with that very much, Governor Tarkin." Palpatine replied with a smile.

[Dawn Star's biggest crime is that they attacked and destroyed the 19th Army led by Governor Suramar. During several battles, they caused the death of more than one million soldiers, and the casualties of civilians involved in the war are conservatively estimated to have exceeded a thousand. Ten thousand. Therefore, the analysis of the combat power of the 19th Army is also the focus of my work. 】

[In my opinion, the most important reason why the 19th Army under the Governor of Suramar was repeatedly defeated by the Dawn Star is that it did not use its strengths to avoid its weaknesses during the battle, and instead used a method that the Dawn Star fleet is best at. to fight. In other words, he has been led by the nose by Dawn Star. 】

[The result of this is naturally that there are heavy losses and no strategic goals can be achieved. 】

[After the analysis of the Dawn Star Fleet, the fighting methods they are most afraid of are head-on combat and continuous combat. Whether they are Cole-class battlecruisers or Martha-class heavy cruisers, they all have the characteristics of high firepower, high burst and low battery life, which shows that their fleet has set up a fast-attack and rush-attack tactical strategy at the beginning of its establishment. 】

[In other words, Dawn Star's fleet must establish its own advantages in the first few strikes, otherwise, it will not be able to achieve the desired results. 】

[For a fleet like this, the best way to deal with it is to fight fast. But unfortunately, the main battleship of our army - the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, its combat method is just restrained by the battleships of the Dawn Star. The most violent offensive of the Star Fleet, resulting in more losses than expected. 】

[Then in this case, I can only do the opposite—let my fleet survive the first wave of blows from the Dawn Star fleet, and still have enough hole cards left to counterattack, and drag the Dawn Star fleet down. into a protracted war of attrition. 】

[And what I choose to withstand the powerful offensive of the Star Dawn battleship is more battleships. Use lives and battleships to drain the energy and ammo of Dawn Star Warships. I adopted refueling tactics in the subsequent battles, and left the most powerful prosecutor-class battlecruiser behind for use, all in order to eliminate the advantage of the Dawn Star Fleet, and exchange the loss of more battleships for time to recover. Sufficient troops were dispatched from all over the Galactic Republic for reinforcements. 】

[In the following time, at the beginning of October, Dawn Star took the initiative to launch an attack as it wished, and I immediately let Terminus declare its departure from neutrality and joined the war, and immediately let the fleet that had been prepared for a long time settle in, and face Dawn Star fleet decisive battle. At this point, my second phase of the task has also been completed. 】

Schiff Palpatine's communicator rang for a while. He looked at the information on the communicator, then continued to quickly read Governor Tarkin's report, and asked straight to the point: "So, what about the Thermy? What do you think of the result of the battle on the Nus planet?"

"The first thing to be sure is that at the beginning of the battle, Dawn Star's fleet is indeed in an advantage compared to the Republic's fleet stationed on Terminus Planet. We use the weak to attack the strong." Tarkin said, "During the Battle of Terminus, at least half of the warship losses on the Republic side were eliminated during the refueling tactics. The losses during this process have already been determined and were expected. Among them, if this part of the loss is deducted, the loss of the Galactic Republic in the battle is actually much smaller than that of Dawn Planet."

"But the loss of refueling is a loss after all, and the parliament will not pay attention to the reasons for the loss of these warships." Palpatine cabled.

"This is a necessary result. Since we are destined to suffer losses from Cole-class cannons and Martha-class missiles, it is better to accept it in a way that we can bear." Tarkin said, "My strategy starts from From the very beginning, I wanted to shed every drop of blood on the Dawn Star, and through this battle, I did. The blood of the Republic is far more than that of the Dawn Star.”

"So, how will I explain this battle in the council? Could it be that we retreated from the planet Terminus and killed seven Jedi Knights including Master Adi Gallia, but in fact Was it a victory?" Palpatine asked rhetorically.

"Then tell them that Dawn Star will not be able to recover in the next 30 years." Tarkin said lightly.