1762. The Rise of Gilad Pellaeon
It is precisely because of this that the defense line of the planet Feida was defended, and at the same time, the blockade of the planet Kotaris-Kinios in the rear was organized. Only then did Colonel Gilad Pellaeon successfully guard against the raging geth and prevent this terrifying mechanical life form from advancing towards the hinterland of the Seventh and Ninth Army.
In this way, although the pressure on the defense line of Feida is extremely huge, it also alleviates the problem of geth raging in other star regions.
It can still be seen that the Geth mobilized a large number of troops from other directions in order to break through the defense line of the planet Feida.
So, Colonel Gilad Perrine was appreciated by Dunn Wessex, the Governor of the Ninth Army. You know, under normal circumstances, a mere colonel, even if he holds a large number of troops and guards an important position, would not fall under the scrutiny of someone like Dunne Wessex.
Especially after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, Dunn Wessex became one of the most powerful figures in the imperial military, competing against Wilhelm Tarkin and the mysterious Darth Vader. . Although the reform of the imperial military has not yet ended, Dunn-Wessex's current status is at least equivalent to that of Deputy Minister of Defense.
Not to mention that in addition to his political status, he actually has a very powerful army in his hands. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the King of the North.
Actually, the war on the planet Feida could have ended six months ago. At that time, after repeated attacks to no avail, the geth seemed to be adjusting their deployment and preparing to give up this direction.
But at this time, Palpatine announced that the Galactic Republic would be reorganized into the Galactic Empire, and what followed was the reform and purge of the army.
In order to consolidate his rule, Palpatine first attacked the army, purged a large number of traditional generals from the original Galactic Republic, and instead supported his own cronies to come to power.
Admiral Wolf-Yularen, the commander of the fleet in the direction of the planet Faida, was purged by the military because he was considered to be too sympathetic to the Jedi Order. He was directly deprived of military power and demoted to colonel. And after a week of political review, he was transferred to the Imperial Security Service.
Admiral Wolf-Yularen was purged along with his staff team and officer team. This directly caused the powerful fleet composed of dozens of capital ships around the planet Feida to be leaderless.
After the slow dispatch and unresponsiveness of this fleet was discovered by the Geth, the Geth suddenly made a comeback, gathering heavy troops to launch another raid!
The Imperial Fleet was under the temporary command of an adjutant who had an estranged relationship with Admiral Wolf-Yularen. Faced with such a situation, the adjutant could only adopt a cautious strategy and keep retreating. Preserving strength is, in short, a self-protection tactic to avoid being caught.
The result of this was that they were retreating steadily, and the Geth also mobilized a large number of Geth individuals and various corpse puppets from other areas, and the 'Dragon Tooth' that made the corpse puppets parachuted to Fiji. In the planet Ada, a fierce offensive was launched again!
Fortunately, at this time, Colonel Gilad Perrine had enough time to mobilize and train new recruits. He also continued to apply and even purchased from the black market, obtaining a large number of weapons and equipment.
At this time, although the Galactic Empire military had almost stopped dispatching fleets, it was still very generous in dispatching these light weapons and armored units. So the number of militiamen in Gilad-Pellaeon's hands at this time was close to ten million!
On some local battlefields, Gilad-Pellaeon's army can even have a numerical advantage! So he once again blocked Geth's crazy attack! And Gilad Perrine's performance finally fell into the eyes of a big boss like Dunn Wessex who spanned many military and political lines, and he decided to formally win over the young general.
Dunn-Wessex was consolidating the forces in the north at this time. He placed the frontline planets resisting the geth under his own direct control of the Ninth Army, and The Seventh Army was downgraded to a second-level legion, and Governor Marceline Wessel was also demoted from a senior governor to a regular governor.
There are also a series of political struggles behind this.
Because in name only, the reinforcements sent by Admirals Gilad Pellaeon and Wulf Yularen at that time were actually under the command of the Fourth Army Governor Wilhuff Tarkin. They are also considered Tarkin's people.
Governor Wilhuff Tarkin's plan at the time was that if Gilad Pellaeon was defeated, he could use it as an excuse to continue attacking Dunn Wessex and seek greater gains for himself. political interests.
But he never expected that Gilad Pellaeon would block the geth's attack! You must know that this is something that no one in the Seventh, Eighth, Nineth and Tenth Northern Legions of the Galactic Republic could do before! He, a young general in his 20s, actually did it!
Then Wilhuff Tarkin did not expect that Dunn Wessex's attack was accurate and cunning. In the name of integrating the front, he killed all of Gilad Pellaeon's army. Put it under your own control! Then Gilad Perrine's brilliant results turned out to be Dunn Wessex's political capital!
However, when the Galactic Empire had just been established and all the powerful factions were busy dividing their own political and military spheres of influence, Wilhuff Tarkin no longer cared about the northern border. He could only curse for more than an hour before acquiescing to Dunne-Wessex's move to place the entire Northern Territory under his own sphere of influence.
The political struggle between the two behind-the-scenes bosses means great opportunities for Gilad Perrine.
Just one month after the founding of the Galactic Empire, Gilad Pellaeon was promoted to rear admiral and established the Feida Defense Front, with him serving as deputy commander. Achieved the leap from colonel to major general that many people could not complete in several lifetimes!
You must know that although there is only one level from colonel to major general, the difference is huge! As a major general, he already has the authority to lead an army alone!
At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Feida Defense Front was Henderson, who was also promoted to admiral, and Admiral Henderson also came to the front line again to command the fleet to continue fighting against the Geth fleet.
But Admiral Henderson's performance on the front line only proved once again that he was absolutely unable to withstand the geth's attack.
In the next few months, Admiral Henderson's fleet suffered repeated defeats, giving the Geth numerous opportunities to transport a large number of troops to the surface of the planet Feida and launch a A continuous attack!
Because of this, Admiral Henderson was stripped of his general rank by the angry Dunn Wessex, demoted to lieutenant general, and sent to the rear to preside over the Cortarius blockade. Prevent the Geth from using that other super-light speed navigation method to sneak attack on the rear.
At this time, Dunn-Wessex decided to place his bet on Gilad-Pellaeon. He ordered Major General Gilad-Pellaeon to be promoted to lieutenant general and serve as Feida The commander-in-chief of the defense front army is in charge of all military affairs of the entire defense line!
Therefore, six months after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the war on the northern planet Feida, although it seems no different from before, there is a series of political struggles and twists and turns behind it. But it has already caused earth-shaking changes in the entire northern battlefield! (End of chapter)