2339. Fall of the Outer Rim
But now, because the 17th Army of the Galactic Empire was completely destroyed, the 15th Army of the Galactic Empire was also completely exposed to the attack range of the Kingdom of Dawn fleet.
The 15th Army, also known as the Hook Nebula, was established at the beginning of the Clone Wars and was one of the 20 armies established by the Galactic Republic. However, the strategic location of the 15th Army is relatively remote, and most of the time no battles will break out, so they are actually just a reserve army.
There are no developed planets within the jurisdiction of the 15th Army. At most, there are only a few agricultural planets and planets that provide labor force. Including Qeimet, the capital of the 15th Army. This was originally an uninhabited planet, but the hyperspace route of this planet is quite convenient, mainly because it can monitor the Five Veils Route. , so a military base was set up here.
The Wusha Channel is a relatively prosperous trade channel within the territory of the 15th Army. It can also be said to be the greatest value of the 15th Army. The Galactic Republic originally hoped that the trade volume generated by controlling this trade route would bring some financial revenue, but it later turned out that this meager revenue could barely sustain the expenses of the 15th Army.
After the military base on the planet Kemit was established, the Galactic Republic successively immigrated here and established colonies, with a permanent population of approximately 10 to 20 million and a floating population of 50 to 80 million.
So, when the 17th Army was destroyed, the 15th Army had no resistance at all.
After occupying the planet Vogel, Severance Tann dispatched a force consisting of an Apocalypse-class battleship, 70 Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, and 40 Tauren-class heavy cruisers. The fleet entered the five-yarn route and quickly broke through the defense line of the Galactic Empire's temporary organization and arrived at the planet Kemit.
The imperial army on the planet Kemit still wants to continue to resist. However, the army of the Kingdom of Dawn has little interest in this planet that does not have much strategic value, and directly attacks the imperial colonies on the planet. Orbital bombing.
Two days later, the top brass at all levels of the planet Kemet, who were hiding in underground fortifications and struggling to survive, could only crawl out from the ground and surrender. But at this time, there were only less than 200,000 people left on the planet out of more than 70 million people.
At this point, the 15th Army of the Galactic Empire was declared destroyed!
On September 7, Tang Xiao, the King of Dawn, personally went to the planet Vogel. He held a surrender ceremony at the former Galactic Empire Naval Academy on the planet Vogel.
Those captured to participate in the surrender ceremony were the principal and vice-principal of the Vogel Imperial Naval Academy, instructors at all levels and approximately 7,000 trainees. In addition, there are also senior officers of the Galactic Empire who were captured or surrendered during military operations in the past month.
There are a total of 12 lieutenant generals, 35 major generals, and more than 700 school-level officers. Officers with lower military ranks are not eligible to be presented as trophies to the King of Dawn.
The Imperial Naval Academy on the planet Vogel has a long history. It has been in existence since the beginning of the Galactic Republic and has trained a large number of naval officers for the Republic and the Empire. Because this naval academy is located on the Vogel 7 planet in Central, it often recruits civilian students, so it also has a high reputation.
Now with the destruction of the 17th Army and the 15th Army, and the occupation of the Vogel Imperial Naval Academy, it means that the forces of the Galactic Empire in the Central and Outer Rim have once again suffered a heavy blow.
During the surrender ceremony, Tang Xiao, the King of Dawn, looked at the academy instructors and colleges under the high platform who represented the future of the Galactic Empire Navy, as well as the current senior officers who represented the Galactic Empire Navy. He laughed heartily, France Tann was made an admiral on the spot.
And Tang Xiaozhong told everyone that when the planet Fangduo falls, she will become the second marshal of the Kingdom of Dawn Navy! Second only to Matt Horner, who is now living in seclusion in the unknown star field.
After the destruction of the 17th Army and the 15th Army, the Dawn Kingdom’s fleet has swept across the entire southern territory of the Milky Way. Now here, except for a few planets that are still resisting, they are completely within the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Dawn.
However, because the areas under the jurisdiction of these two legions are too large, and there are very few planets with developed economies and industries, the Kingdom of Dawn, which is currently investing all its energy in Operation Zero, has not spent much Kung Fu goes to rule these places.
The Dawn Kingdom authorities only dispatched local officials to some relatively obedient and stable planets, or they directly appointed some local bosses who were willing to obey the Dawn Kingdom to take care of these planets.
In addition, at least half of the planets under the jurisdiction of these two legions are in turmoil, and many planets have even been occupied by the rebels.
After the rebels occupied these planets, they immediately formed an autonomous government on the planet. All internal affairs of the planet were decided by the planet itself, and no external forces were allowed to interfere.
The emergence of these autonomous governments has made the situation in the star areas under the jurisdiction of the 15th and 17th armies even more chaotic and complicated. However, neither the Kingdom of Dawn nor the Galactic Empire intends to pay attention to these places.
The 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, and 19th armies were all destroyed, and the reconstruction of the 14th army failed. Now the Galactic Empire's strength in this area is only the 13th army, the 16th army, and the 20th army.
The 13th Army, "Iron Lance", with its capital on the planet Ord Pardron, is the army with the most extensive jurisdiction among all the armies, and it is also the army with the most embarrassing status. Because the jurisdiction of this legion covers the entire Hutt space... and the Hutts naturally never intend to be obedient.
Furthermore, the strength of the 13th Army is also lower among the 20 armies. Its main function is only to monitor the Hutts not to act randomly during the war. The Oud-Padron planet is just a military base built on an asteroid, and it has no industrial foundation itself.
So the 13th Army has basically been abandoned now, and it is completely impossible to withstand Severance Tann's powerful front. When Severance Tann feels that she needs to add a small addition to her military medal, then it will be the end of the 13th Army.
The 16th Army and the 20th Army are now respectively guarding the hyperspace channels leading to the inner ring of the Milky Way. The 16th Army deployed defenses on the Chaldan planet to block the Hydia Channel; the 20th Army deployed defenses on the Fondo Planet to block the Rhima Trade Channel and the Corellia Trade Channel.
So up to now, the Galactic Empire has lost three-quarters of its sphere of influence in the outer ring of the galaxy.
The entire southwestern and southern territories have been completely lost; the southeastern and eastern territories belong to the Hutt space, and the 13th Army is nominally monitoring them, but even in name it is just monitoring. The Northeast was once the core control area of the Confederation of Independent Systems. Now the remnants of separatism in that direction are revolting in response to the war in the Kingdom of Dawn; the Northwest has long been controlled by the Fourth Group, the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Federation, plus Jie Complete control with Si's assistance.
As a result, the only outer star areas that the Galactic Empire can barely control are the areas where the 9th, 10th, and 11th Northern Legions are located. But even these places are not at peace. Now the commercial fleet led by the famous Neimoidian general Mar-Tuk is advancing towards the outer star region of the north, and is likely to sweep across the outer star region and destroy the galaxy. The empire was completely driven out.
Faced with such a comprehensive retreat, Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire was naturally furious.
He personally ordered the arrest of the 17th Army Governor Lynch-Hauser and more than 40 senior naval admirals who had been defeated on various fronts, and then directly executed them publicly!
Afterwards, Palpatine issued a death order to prevent the Kingdom of Dawn from entering the inner ring of the galaxy at all costs! Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!
In other words, even the Central Star District was regarded as strategic depth by him.
In addition, although the 17th Army Governor Lynch-Hauser was shot, the 15th Army Governor Kintaro (Kintaro), who also lost his own army, was not punished.
Although Quintano was not on the front line but in the center of the empire when the 15th Army was destroyed, his position as the Governor of the 15th Army was only part-time. He was promoted at the end of the Clone Wars and served as both the Governor of the 15th Army and the Republic's Minister of Defense.
After the Republic was reorganized into the Empire, Quintano continued to hold a high position as the Empire's Minister of Defense. At the same time, he and Dunn Wessex are close friends, so they collude with each other and have great power in the military.
Therefore, even if Palpatine wanted to liquidate a group of officers, he could not be liquidated.
At the same time, since most of the Outer Rim Sectors either fell or lost contact, the Galactic Empire also transferred anti-rebellion fleets from various places to the Central Rim and Sectors for defense.
It just so happens that most of the planets where riots and uprisings occurred are also in the outer ring star areas. In this way, the Galactic Empire has lost a lot of burdens and can gather more troops.
Now the Galactic Empire is determined to defend the inner ring sector, delaying some time for its fleet to regroup, and then attack with superior force to defeat Severance Tann's fleet in one sentence!
Furthermore, although the outer ring star areas have basically fallen, this situation is not unfamiliar to the Galactic Empire. In the early days of the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems also relied on Count Dooku's extremely high reputation and the separatist movement that swept over half of the galaxy to almost equally drive the Galactic Republic out of the Outer Rim.
However, the final winner was the Galactic Republic.
Why? Because the inner and core planets of the Milky Way, whether industrial or economic, are far more powerful than the middle and outer star regions combined. And this excess is not a little more than a little, but a gap of several times or dozens of times!
Therefore, the Central and Outer Rings actually only have advantages in population and resource stock. But in fact, the population of the inner core circle is not much different. Most of these places are super planets with hundreds of billions of people. As for the advantage of resources, in fact, when technology continues to develop until resources on stars can be mined, there will be no shortage of inner rings and core rings with huge numbers of stars.
The inner ring and the core circle are the true ruling centers of the Galactic Empire. Since ancient times, even the most prosperous Infinite Empire, the Sith Empire, the Mandalorian Crusaders, and the Eternal Empire have never shaken Pass!
On September 16, Darth Vader led a powerful fleet including 500 capital ships to the planet Fondo, and more fleets are still arriving.
After inspecting the battlefield, he angrily scolded Governor Octavian Grant and Admiral Gideon Tarkin for being cowardly, and then immediately led the entire fleet to attack General Ling's fleet.
At this moment, the defenders of Fangduo Planet already have 1,600 capital ships and more than 7,000 small and medium-sized warships, giving them an absolute advantage in numbers. But Gideon Tarkin is still worried. After all, a star gate is being built at the location of Planet Three.
If Severance Tann's main fleet suddenly appeared from the Star Gate, the strength of 1,600 capital ships would not be enough to defeat that powerful fleet!
But Darth Vader's answer to Gideon's question was very direct. He directly used the Force to choke Gideon Tarkin's neck and threw him ten meters away until he was half dead.
For Wilhuff Tarkin's younger brother, Darth Vader was able to keep him alive only for the sake of Emperor Palpatine.
Then, the army went straight to planet No. 3!
Facing the aggressive Darth Vader fleet, General Ling simply chose to retreat. She did not give the Imperial fleet a chance to fight. As soon as she discovered that Darth Vader was coming to kill her, she decisively turned around and ran away. He left behind the half-built star gate and the fixed base facilities on Planet Three, and returned to the planet Yago-Dur.
Darth Vader retaken Planet No. 3 almost effortlessly, but facing the star gate that had not yet been repaired, Darth Vader did not hesitate and directly ordered the bombardment.
The powerful artillery fire of the Imperial Fleet completely destroyed this "Star Gate" within a few minutes! At the same time, he also ordered a direct orbital bombing of the facilities on Planet Three, destroying them all in just ten minutes.
At this time, Octavian Grant discovered the problem!
The half-built star gate and the military base built with great fanfare are all fake! General Severance Tann feinted a shot on the Fondo planet, scaring the defenders here into not daring to act rashly. Then he turned around and wiped out the 15th Army and the 17th Army, completely clearing the empire in the southern border of the galaxy. power.
Not only that, Severance Tann's military operation also allowed the Galactic Empire to hand over a large number of troops to Darth Vader and rush to the aid of the planet Fondo. You know, the Galactic Empire does not have the mobility of the Star Gate!
With the reinforcements brought by Darth Vader and the subsequent battleships that are gathering towards the Fangduo planet, the total number will exceed 3,000 battleships!
And then coupled with the 2,500 capital ships deployed in the north, it is equivalent to the Galactic Empire deploying nearly half of its fleet in the north and west. Get rid of the fleet that must be used to defend the center of the empire and key planets in the core circle. Now the Galactic Empire can use mobile fleets in other directions, and it is already stretched!
So under such a situation, the Battle of Port Parment, the Battle of Ord-Padron and the Battle of Malarian Alliance started simultaneously in three different directions of the galaxy! (End of chapter)