Chapter 1513: Harassment Operations (Part 2)
1513. Harassment Operations (Part 2)
The planet Ze-Heth is the home of the ZeHethbra people. A race similar to the Ursine, warlike and tyrannical, the Zehebra often serve as bounty hunters and mercenaries in various parts of the galaxy.
It is worth mentioning that because of their powerful combat capabilities, the Zehebras were considered by Darth Plagueis as several options for the clone army. The Zehebra are so strong and powerful that even machetes cannot penetrate their thick fur. To a certain extent, they are considered a weakened version of the Wookiees, but their reproductive ability is much stronger than that of the Wookiees.
But when it came to the specific choice, Darth Plagueis later chose the Inchori who had more abnormal physical abilities. Later, they were replaced by humans with more adaptability.
After the war broke out, the planet Ze-Heth stood firmly on the side of the Galactic Republic. In fact, it was because the Galactic Republic judged that if the Zehebra people joined the separatism, they would provide them with a large number of soldiers sufficient to compete with the clone soldiers. .
However, this time, when Major General Malcolm Granger led a guerrilla fleet composed of 6 Catastrophe-class battlecruisers and 10 Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, they appeared on the planet Ze-Hess. When within the gravitational circle, the powerful Zehebra people had to lower their heads and ask for help from the 17th Army of the Republic.
But now Lynch-Hauser, the governor of the 17th Army of the Republic, is explaining the reason for this fiasco to Chancellor Palpatine on Coruscant, and at the same time, he is offering bribes to everyone in order to reduce his responsibility. Admiral Kourney, the naval commander of the 17th Army, was also counting the large amount of credits bribed to him by Kuat Power Shipyard, and then deceived the members of their investigation team, tampered with the combat records, and put this This tragic defeat was redefined as a 'victory with a greater loss'.
Power corrupts, this saying is very true.
The 17th Legion of the Republic was originally a very marginalized legion. It did not have many fleets or troops. Even within its jurisdiction, there were not many resource-rich planets.
The only thing worthy of praise may be the Republic Naval Academy on the capital planet Vogel.
Now, as the war progresses, the 17th Army has become the front line of the Galactic Republic to resist the fourth civilization and the Titan battleship Xuanwu. This makes Governor Lynch-Hauser and his subordinates suddenly overnight Possessing very strong strength, the fleet power in their hands can even rank among the top five in the Republic.
The expansion of power also leads to the expansion of desire. Not surprisingly, Admiral Lynch-Hauser and Kourney quickly became corrupted by the flattery and financial bribes of the nobles in the inner circle.
Coupled with the unfavorable results in the previous battle, the very urgent request for help from Planet Ze-Hess was actually ignored by the 17th Army!
One day later, Major General Malcolm Granger's guerrilla fleet began to blockade the planet Zehes and seized almost all the transport ships on the planet. At the same time, an ultimatum was issued, requiring the Zehebra people to wait until 3 Surrender within days.
Three days is worth pondering, because with the strength of the guerrilla fleet in the hands of Major General Malcolm Granger, it only takes a few hours to destroy the resistance on the planet Ze-Hess - you know, the Galactic Republic has a strong desire for Ze-Hess. The relatively savage and warlike non-human races like the Burra people have always been disliked, especially after the decree to cancel the local defense fleet was issued. Planets like Ze-Hess are basically undefended. Representatives of the Zehebra people were petitioning everywhere in the Republic Parliament, trying to win reinforcements from the Republic, but how could anyone pay attention to them now? Speaker Palpatine is busy dealing with the impeachment of the Bail Organa faction, and the governor and admiral of the 17th Army are busy colluding with the Kuat Dynamics Dockyard to deceive the superiors and the inferiors.
Therefore, the Zehebra people, a race that had little say in the political arena of the Republic, were simply ignored.
So less than one day after the ultimatum was issued, the Zehebra people surrendered.
Perhaps for the Galactic Republic, the Ze-Hess planet has no strategic value, but for the Fourth Civilization, after the surrender of the Ze-Hess planet, it is equivalent to the Eriadu system and the Ma A bridge has been established between the Rastar galaxies!
You must know that because of the previous battles between the planet Malastar and the planet Harunkar, these two planets belonged to the fourth civilization. However, due to the existence of the Malastar Fjord, the planet Malastar and The transportation between the Eriadu planets is not convenient, and the Harunkar planet does not have a stable hyperspace connection.
But now after the surrender of the Ze-Hes planet, the connection between the Malastar planet and the Eriadu planet has finally been established! Because the Marastal Fjord has only one hyperspace navigation direction due to the existence of a large electromagnetic nebula, and this direction is facing the Ze-Hess planet!
In this way, after achieving a more stable rear, the guerrilla fleet led by Major General Malcolm Granger began to expand its scope of activities, and dozens of surrounding planets were all attacked by him. .
At the same time, as if to cooperate with Ling Liang's military operations, the Prime Minister of the Fourth Civilization, Francis Underwood, suddenly made a public speech. He directly expressed his support for the Jedi Order!
Underwood said that although the Jedi Order has always been an enemy of the Confederation of Independent Systems, they have full respect for this enemy. Now that the Jedi Order suddenly suffered an unreasonable disaster, the Confederation of Independent Systems is deeply saddened.
He said that the Confederation of Independent Systems is an inclusive regime, and the Dawn Planet has established an open Force Academy-Holy Presence Academy. Now they very much welcome Jedi Knights to come to the Dawn Planet for refuge, and the Dawn Planet is also very willing to provide shelter to the Jedi Knights.
At the same time, Count Dooku, the supreme leader of the Confederation of Independent Systems, also gave a similar speech, welcoming the Jedi to the Confederation of Independent Systems.
This is Count Dooku!
If Francis Underwood’s words caused a stir, Count Dooku’s statement was tantamount to detonating a nuclear bomb!
You must know that when Count Dooku was a member of the Jedi Order, he had unparalleled prestige. Even Master Windu at the time could only be said to be a powerful figure. In terms of prestige, he could not match it. Compared to Count Dooku.
Now that Count Dooku has said this, I believe that many fleeing Jedi Knights will change their minds and join the hands of their former elders.
This behavior made the anxious Palpatine extremely angry. He directly issued an order to give the separatism some color!
(End of this chapter)