Chapter 791 Tarkin's Report
790. Tarkin's Report
In the view of Wilhuff Tarkin, the Governor of the 18th Army of the Galactic Republic, his battle was a success. .
After the battle, he personally went to Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, met with Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and submitted a battle report.
In the report, he explained what he did in the Battle of Terminus Planet, and analyzed the characteristics and tactics of the Dawn Planet Fleet.
Sheev Palpatine sat in his office and began to flip through the hundreds of pages of Wilhuff Tarkin's report.
[...The infiltration of Dawn Planet began 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 Planet has very powerful killers, and I have walked on the edge of death several times. But it also gave me a hint that I could take advantage of their assassination. 】
【All actions serve the ultimate goal. Now the 18th Army is constantly being attacked by the separatists. I lack enough fleets in my hands to eliminate the threat of the Dawn Planet. So there is only one way - to choose the battlefield myself. 】
[...After the most dangerous assassination, I took advantage of it and spread the news to make Dawn Planet think that I was seriously injured and unable to act. This would increase the possibility of Dawn Planet taking the initiative to attack us. According to my research, the Dawn Planet is very eager to control the hyperspace lanes, and they attacked the Bespin Planet for this reason. 】
[...Because of the stupidity of Governor Suramar, we lost the planet Bespin, which also gave the Dawn Planet the possibility of deploying a fleet on a large scale. We cannot let them go further in hyperspace. The waterway has a wider range of activities...]
[For the choice of battlefield, the planet Terminus is the best location. Here, the Dawn Planet can only be resupplied through the Manfa Planet. They did expand the space port there, but it was far from enough. I used some small tricks to bring the planet Terminus into submission, and secretly deployed fighter jets on the planet. 】
【Since the end of September, intelligence personnel from Planet Dawn have been operating extensively on Planet Terminus and have been in contact with several gangs. The thing that worries me the most is the Hutt, but that's a factor beyond my control. But at this time, I also understood that the battle would start on the planet Terminus, and my plan completed the first step. 】
"A very smart choice, Governor Tarkin. I can already understand your dilemma at the time 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 fighting concepts are very advanced, and I will certainly not have any reservations or contempt for such an enemy. I would rather use A greater loss in exchange for the destruction of the Dawn Planet," Tarkin said sinisterly.
"I couldn't agree more on that, Governor Tarkin." Palpatine replied with a smile.
[The biggest crime of Dawn Planet is that they destroyed the 19th Army led by Governor Suramar. In 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 one 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 factor why the 19th Army under Governor Suramar was repeatedly defeated by the Dawn Planet is that it did not use its strengths and avoid weaknesses during the battle, and instead used a Fight the way the Dawn Planet fleet does best. In other words, he has been led by the Dawn Planet. 】【Such a result will naturally result in heavy losses and the inability to achieve any strategic goals. 】
[After analysis of the Dawn Planet fleet, the fighting method they fear most is frontal 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 endurance, which shows that when their fleet was first established, they set a tactical strategy of fast attack and rush attack. 】
[In other words, Dawn 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, the combat mode of our army's main battleship, the Jaeger-class battlecruiser, is exactly restrained by the battleships of the Dawn planet. The Jaeger-class cannot gain a decisive advantage in a short period of time and can only hold on to the Dawn. The planet fleet's most violent offensive resulted in unexpected losses. 】
【In this case, I can only do the opposite - let my fleet withstand the first wave of attacks from the Dawn Planet fleet and still have enough cards to counterattack. And drag the Dawn Planet's fleet into a long war of attrition. 】
【The thing I chose to withstand the powerful offensive of the Dawn Planet battleships is more battleships. Use lives and battleships to consume the energy and ammunition of the Dawn Planet battleship. In the subsequent battles, I adopted a refueling tactic and left the most powerful Prosecutor-class battlecruisers behind, all in order to eliminate the advantage of the Dawn Planet fleet and use the loss of more battleships in exchange for time. The Galactic Republic mobilized enough troops from all over the country to come for reinforcements. 】
[In the following time, in early October, the Dawn Planet took the initiative to launch an attack as expected. I immediately asked the Terminus Planet to declare its departure from neutrality, join the war, and immediately sent the fleet that had been prepared for a long time. Move in and have a decisive battle with the Dawn Planet fleet. At this point, my second phase of the task is also completed. 】
Sheev Palpatine's communicator beeped 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 do you think of the outcome of the battle on Terminus?”
"The first thing to make sure is that at the beginning of the battle, the fleet of the Dawn planet was indeed at an advantage compared to the Republic's fleet stationed on the planet Terminus. We used the weak to attack the strong." Tarkin said, "During the Battle of Terminus, at least half of the Republic's warships were lost during the refueling tactics. The losses in this process had already been determined and were expected. Among them, if these losses are deducted, the losses of the Galactic Republic in the battle are actually much less than those of Dawn Planet."
"But those losses due to refueling are losses after all, and the Parliament will not pay attention to these battleship losses. The reason." Palpatine said.
"This is a necessary result. Since we are destined to suffer losses from the Cole-class cannons and Martha-class 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 blood from the Dawn Planet, and through this battle, I did it. The Republic has far more blood than the Dawn Planet."
" So, how will I explain this battle in the parliament? Could it be that we retreated from the planet Terminus and killed 7 Jedi including Master Adi Gallia? But in fact? A victory?" Palpatine asked.
"Then tell them that the Dawn Planet will not be able to recover in the next 30 years." Tarkin said lightly.
(End of this chapter)