Chapter 792: The Remaining Warmth of the Battle (Part 2)
791. The Remaining Warmth of the Battle (Part 2)
In the presence of the Speaker of the Galactic Republic Parliament, Sheev Palpatine, who was still alive Under Tongue's report, the Galactic Republic's defeat in the Battle of Terminus was packaged as a victory.
Palpatine vowed to state that the separatist main fleet on Dawn Planet, the largest industrial and military planet in the western territory of the galaxy, has been destroyed, and that the Republic's western territory will now be completely quiet.
And he is still advocating that the 18th Army of the Republic, led by Wilhuff Tarkin, defeated the strong and defeated the dominant Dawn Planet fleet.
As for those battleships filled with refueling tactics, they were also local defense fleets from various places. They came spontaneously to rescue the 18th Army in danger, and fought bloody battles with the Dawn Planet Fleet, and were heroes who were willing to sacrifice in order to buy enough time for the 18th Army. .
And in this battle, the main fleet of Dawn Planet, which had previously destroyed the 19th Army and was in an aggressive situation, was completely disintegrated. After that, Dawn Planet would no longer be able to launch an offensive.
In fact, most of Palpatine's words are true, and there are only a few lies among them, but this can just let the congressmen understand his meaning from another angle, so as to gain draw conclusions contrary to the facts.
The fleet of the Dawn Planet does indeed have the advantage, but these are all fleets gathered on the rear planet Manfa. Due to the restrictions of the hyperspace channel, these fleets can also only use refueling tactics to keep rushing forward. Terminus planet battlefield.
The fleet of the 18th Army is indeed at a disadvantage, but Wilhuff Tarkin can gather the fleets that are coming one after another from the rear and put them into the battlefield at once. After all, the hyperspace on the Republic's side The channel conditions are much better than those on Dawn Planet.
However, in order to keep the Dawn Planet's fleet in a state of consumption, Tarkin did not hesitate to use refueling tactics to fight, and paid a huge price.
So from a neutral and objective perspective, Wilhuff Tarkin truly lost to Matt Horner in this battle.
Although the final defeat was due to Matt Horner's two huge gambles that cost his life, and also because the power of the Republic was pulled in other directions, Tarkin did have a chance to win, as long as However, the contempt for the Dawn Planet deep in his heart prevented him from grasping it.
But politics is politics. Wilhuff Tarkin was highly praised in the Galactic Republic for his 'victory' in this battle, and he also received the Battle Medal for it.
Wilhuff Tarkin is not just a military strategist, he is also a politician. He knows very well how to take advantage of various situations to make his political career rise smoothly.
He succeeded in convincing Sheev Palpatine that he was his staunch supporter and his best military strategist, which Palpatine believed to be true.
This battle of Terminus, both the result and the process, actually appealed to Palpatine's somewhat morbid appetite. He was indeed very happy, because he made the Dawn Planet pay a heavy price, even if the Galactic Republic paid a greater price.
And the result of the battle he threw out also made the nobles and wealthy families in the inner circle and core circle who are gradually beginning to control the voice of the parliament very pleased.
The richer people are, the more they fear death. Now that the war in the western region of the galaxy has subsided, the powerful and valuable warships of the Republic can be invested in the inner ring and core circle to protect themselves. A top wealthy family, right?
With this mentality, the congressmen supported by the wealthy nobles naturally advocated Tarkin's battle, and the hype became more and more mysterious. Later, it even began to appear that Governor Tarkin was so brave that he was annihilated in one fell swoop. A version with thousands of battleships on Dawn Planet.
Tarkin got everything he wanted.
Even if the price is that the 18th Army receives less and less reinforcements, they are completely unable to attack the industrial world Saleste planet that previously rebelled against the Galactic Republic, and during the siege of Agoma planet They had to withdraw their troops and lose the planet Clak-Dor at the same time, and Tarkin did not hesitate. That's right, before the 18th Army collided with the forces of Dawn Planet, it was already under attack from many sides and was in a very dangerous situation.
But so what? The 18th Army was always just a springboard for Tarkin, and his ultimate goal was never this remote star region.
What he wants is to enter the core of power of the Galactic Republic! Show off his talents among the inner circle planets!
While attending a grand dinner on Coruscant, Wilhuff Tarkin sent a message to the military commanders of the planet Eriadu, asking them to study the possibility of continuing to attack the planet Terminus.
However, the result obtained is almost impossible.
Dawn Planet is constantly sending more warships to Terminus Planet, and according to intelligence personnel's investigation, a large number of engineering spacecraft have appeared and are building a huge framework near the planet.
No matter what this framework is, it's not going to be a good thing anyway.
Not only that, a separatist spacecraft appeared near the neutral planet Utapau. The planet Utapau is asking for help from the Republic and asking the Republic to pay attention to this direction.
The request for help was naturally ignored, and the intelligence officers only focused on the meaning of the message.
It is likely that there is a force on the Confederation of Independent Systems that is preparing to establish a connection with the Dawn Planet.
Once there is a stable hyperspace channel connection between the Dawn Planet and the area controlled by the Confederation of Independent Systems, no one knows what will happen.
But this is not something Wilhuff Tarkin needs to consider. Maybe the Dawn Planet will rise again and threaten the Galactic Republic, but what does this have to do with him?
Perhaps at that time, he was no longer the governor of the 18th Army and had already achieved great success.
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At the same time, on the planet Terminus, which has become an area controlled by the fourth civilization, after 7 hours of stabilization, the hyperspace channel from Planet Manfa to here can once again pass through the large-scale Battleship.
After a violent flash of white light, a huge spacecraft, escorted by more than 10 guard-class light anti-aircraft destroyers, arrived in the outer space of the planet Terminus.
The appearance of this spacecraft stunned all the monitoring station staff who saw this scene!
Because the shape of this spaceship is almost exactly the same as the super mothership that the fourth civilization is proud of - the Glory Mothership!
In other words, this is completely a miniature version of the Glory mothership! !
The data displayed on the scanner shows that the overall height of this meniscus-shaped spacecraft is 2138.1 meters, which is almost 1/20 of the Glory mothership, but it is already a very large spacecraft.
(End of this chapter)