The Fourth Scourge of Star Wars - Chapter 2423

Chapter 2400 The Death of Mar-Tuk (Part 1) [Construction Completed]

2401. Death of Mal-Tuk (Part 1)

Just as Admiral Mal-Took was determined to attack the planet Vakar with all his strength, Vice Admiral Thrawn was also sitting on the bridge of his flagship, the Chimera, sitting very calmly on his seat and watching coldly. Looking at the holographic star map in front of him.

“General, Mal-Tuk is just as you expected. Before the remaining forces on the Birbrin planet are completely wiped out, the entire main fleet has been mobilized to the Palance planet.” Adjutant Voss Parker said with a face full of reverence. .

Thrawn smiled slightly, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said: “Maltuk’s judgment is actually not wrong. The main reason why our fleet cannot confront him head-on is that after two defeats, the condition of many battleships They are all very bad and in urgent need of repair and maintenance. So he is right to seize this advantageous period to pursue us and not give us any time to rest. Moreover… he must also think that we are trading space for time.”

Voss-Parker was stunned and asked: “Uh… General, isn’t it?”

“We threw away the planet Bilbrin, a fortress that took hundreds of years to build, and what we got in exchange was far more than time.” Thrawn shook his head, “Maltuk wants to enter the core circle, I will give him If you want a base to advance, I will give it to him. If you want to control the movements of my main fleet, I will give it to him… But, you want a decisive battle?”

Thrawn stood up, tapped twice on the holographic star map, shook his head and sighed, “No.”

He turned around and said to Voss Parker: “Instruct all ships to immediately start hyperspace navigation calculations to ensure that we can start hyperspace jump within 10 minutes.”

“Yes!” Voss-Parker was extremely excited, stood at attention and saluted in response loudly.

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10BBY, ​​February 13, at 8 pm Galaxy Standard Time, Admiral Mal-Took led the leading troops to leave the hyperspace channel and enter the Wakar system.

He left more than 500 small and medium-sized battleships and 50 heavy cruisers to defend the planet Palansi, and then the vanguard included 10 capital ships, 150 heavy cruisers and 1,700 small and medium-sized battleships.

Densely packed warships appeared in the outer space of the planet Waqar with dense white flashes of light, making this planet with few people coming and going immediately become lively.

Without any hesitation, Admiral Mar-Tuk immediately ordered an attack! He had no intention of giving the Imperial fleet any breathing space.

However, the Imperial fleet was all gathered in the synchronous orbit of the planet Vakar at this moment. They gradually distanced themselves as the planet revolved. Then, after a symbolic counterattack, they started their hyperspace engines and escaped!

Seeing the Imperial fleet disappearing on the holographic star map, Admiral Mal-Took was furious. He slammed his fist on the console and roared: “What are they doing! What are they doing!! This guy Thrawn Does he know where he is going? There is an uninhabited planet behind him, where is he eating dirt?”

“General, do you want to pursue?” the T-series tactical robot asked from the side.

“What is the purpose of the Imperial Fleet heading to the unmanned galaxy?” Mar-Tuk asked as the muscles on his face twitched twice.

“According to the simulation, the most likely scenario is to extend our supply line.” The T-series tactical robot answered immediately.

Mar-Tuk raised his voice and yelled angrily: “Our supply line is extended, then do they have supplies?! We can transfer supplies from the planet Palancy, can they?”

“We need to consider the possibility of the Galactic Empire establishing a supply depot in an unmanned galaxy.” said the T-series tactical robot.

Mar-Tuk’s expression changed and he became thoughtful.

He suddenly found that although he was making great progress, he had fallen into a very embarrassing situation. It is true that he occupied the planet Palancy, but the problem is that the planet Palancy is located at a transportation hub and is in the center of multiple hyperspace lanes. No matter where he plans to go, the planet Palancy cannot be avoided.

However, the planet Palancy is not a very suitable planet as an advance base.

First of all, the industrial production capacity of this planet is not developed, and most of the industries on the planet are financial. So in times of war, can your finance industry make a part for my Star Destroyer or recharge my turbolaser?

Therefore, the material reserves on the planet Palansi are not abundant, and the industrial production capacity is completely insufficient. It must rely on transportation from the rear.

Then, such a planet that is easy to attack and difficult to defend is located at a transportation hub. So what is the result? As a result, enemies coming from all directions may threaten this place!

Why did the Galactic Empire set up its defense line on the planet Bilbulin instead of the planet Palancy? It’s not that they don’t know that if they build a fortress at a transportation hub, the radiation range will be wider, but it’s because this place is simply not suitable!

Therefore, now that Mal-Tuk has occupied the planet Palancy, he is indeed one step closer to the core circle strategy he dreamed of, but the planet Palancy has become a burden to him instead.

It is very difficult to transport the rear supplies of the Kingdom of Dawn to the planet Palansi.

Transportation on the planet Bilbrin is very inconvenient. Several secret hyperspace routes there have not been discovered. Although Mal-Tuk has organized astronomers and hyperspace experts to conduct exploration as soon as possible, it will take time. Before that, they have to rely on several known routes with low traffic volume for logistics transportation.

Not to mention the annoying armed asteroids around the planet Bilbrin. Although the part of those automatically operated armed asteroids that blocked the road has been basically destroyed, the armed asteroids in other places are still there, which has also compressed the activity space of the Dawn Kingdom’s transport fleet.

Finally, the planet Bilbrin itself also needs a large amount of material input, especially to rebuild the energy system on the planet. These require a large amount of transportation equipment from the rear, as well as a large number of engineering robots.

So the planet Bilbrin has become a bottleneck. A large amount of war materials prepared by the Kingdom of Dawn are all stuck in the rear of the planet Dolin and the Mararian Alliance. And now the most fatal thing is that even if they are delivered, it is not safe to concentrate the materials on the planet Palansi. As mentioned above, this is a planet that is easy to attack but difficult to defend.

Mal-Tuk’s face was uncertain. He knew the problem and understood that now was not the best time to attack the core circle, but the problem was… he didn’t want to wait.

If we were to slowly control the planet Bilbrin, rebuild the energy supply, explore the hyperspace channel, build a material transfer station, and then attack to occupy the planet Palansi, and move forward steadily, the situation would certainly be much better. But in this case, it would take at least half a year.

His expression gradually became ferocious, and he slammed the table and said loudly: “Continue to send out reconnaissance planes! Find the location of Thrawn’s main fleet for me!”

The T-series tactical robot immediately replied: “The location of the Empire’s main fleet has been found, and they have not hidden their movements. They have arrived at the UX00144 galaxy, 0.5 seconds away from our position.”

“Continue to monitor! Send a fleet to land and occupy the planet Wakar!” Mal-Tuk gave the order.

Under his command, the Commercial Union Fleet immediately dispatched a fleet of 10 heavy cruisers and 200 light cruisers to cover the transport planes’ landing on the planet Wakar.

Wakar did not put up much resistance, and the planetary governor almost immediately opened the city and surrendered. However, in the face of Mal-Tuk’s angry questioning, the planetary governor told him very embarrassedly that the Imperial Fleet destroyed almost all the factories on the planet when it left, and took away all the strategic materials. Now Wakar is almost just an agricultural planet.

So, your fleet came here with food and drink, but there were no strategic materials such as explosive gas, rare metals, warship parts, electronic components, core elements, and sub-light fuel.

In fact, the spaceport on the planet was also destroyed a lot. Now there are only berths that can accommodate more than ten light cruisers, and other warships can only float in space.

In other words, Mal-Tuk has no possibility of docking the warships at the spaceport for maintenance and supply. If he wants to supply, he has to rely on transport planes to move them bit by bit!

“Thrawn…” Mal-Tuk gnashed his teeth. He was already extremely angry. The other party’s attitude of avoiding fighting made him feel like a thorn in his throat. Even though he was extremely uncomfortable and angry, he couldn’t find any place to vent.

“Attack… Attack…” Mal-Tuk murmured.

“General, is the above language a combat order?” The T-series tactical robot asked on the side.

“Attack! I said! Attack! Gather the fleet immediately and attack that uninhabited system!” Mal-Tuk punched the console and roared loudly.

“Roger!” The tactical robot immediately sent a combat order through the built-in communication device.

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The huge fleet was dispatched immediately. The hyperspace channel from the planet Wakar to the uninhabited system UX00144 was very smooth. The main force of the commercial joint fleet was divided into two waves and arrived at the destination in the early morning of the next day.

Thrawn’s fleet had already been ready for battle. After the arrival of the commercial joint fleet, it opened fire again. The two sides fought fiercely for more than three hours, and then the Imperial fleet started the hyperspace engine again and escaped again! !

This time, Mal-Tuk carefully checked Thrawn’s fleet command, and even he had to admit that the other party was able to command such a huge fleet including hundreds of capital ships and thousands of small and medium-sized warships, relying on cross-cover to complete a rapid turn in the fierce exchange of fire, and quickly started the hyperspace engine to escape. Such macro-judgment ability is simply an art!

But he didn’t have time to sigh too much now, because after the Imperial fleet left, what was left was indeed a forward base!

This forward base is not large in scale, all of it is space buildings, including storage facilities, energy facilities, simple docks, hangar platforms, etc. Of course, when Thrawn left, these things were also emptied.

“General, according to the scan, bombs are placed in all these space buildings. As long as we get close, they will explode.” The T series tactical robot said.

“Thrawn…” The muscles on Mal-Tuk’s face were twitching, he clenched his fists, and said in a low voice: “Fire! Blow these things up for me!”

The huge space facility was bombarded by the Yamato cannon of the Minotaur-class heavy cruiser, and soon exploded into countless fragments, with fire all over the place. Mar-Tuke stood in front of the porthole, watching this tragic scene without saying a word. The firelight from the explosion reflected on his face, making his expression look somewhat ferocious.

“General, it has been discovered that the Imperial Fleet has arrived at the unmanned galaxy UK003413. Do you want to pursue it?” T-series tactical robots came over and asked.

“Pursue!! I want to see how many forward bases you have established, Thrawn!” Mal-Took said viciously.

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“You have to understand one thing, Colonel Parker. The cost and man-hours required to build an Imperial-class Star Destroyer are equivalent to ten times that of such a simple military base.” Thrawn stood in front of the holographic star map and said calmly.

The national music of the Neimoidians is still echoing around. To be honest, judging from the aesthetics of humans and Chiss, this music can only be said to be very difficult to listen to, because the Neimoidians have never been good at art. race.

But Thrawn listened tirelessly. He could hear many things from the music. The national characteristics, way of thinking, interest orientation, etc. of the Neimoidians are all contained in this piece of music.

Adjutant Voss Parker followed Thrawn and said, “Yes General, as per your request, I am reviewing the economics of war.”

“Books are dead, but the battlefield is alive. What you need to do is how to make every piece of knowledge you learn flexibly, and then appear in your mind at the time it should appear and be used by you.” Thrawn said : “You have good grades at the Imperial Naval Academy, so now you should see more of the battlefield and think more about how our enemies think.”

“Yes, General,” Voss-Parker said.

“They can’t do it to get Kuat Power Shipyard to come up with more warships in a short time. But completing hundreds of these modular space buildings in a short time and assembling them into simple forward bases is a big challenge for them. It’s a piece of cake. As for the supplies that fill the warehouse, the empire’s military also provides them without an upper limit,” Thrawn said: “The advantage of the empire’s productivity is reflected in all aspects, not just in the production of warships.”

“I understand. This is how we will drag Mar-Tuk’s fleet to death,” Voss-Parker said.

“You won’t die if you delay.” Thrawn shook his head, “Maltuk’s patience must have reached its limit, and he is about to change his tactics.”

“Everything is as expected, General.” Voss-Parker showed an adoring smile.

“Oh, so sometimes I feel that those of you who are engaged in military affairs are no different from those who are engaged in politics. They are all a bunch of old yin.” Arden Lin, who was standing aside eating snacks and watching the show, said.

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Yesterday I celebrated my birthday early, and no surprise, I got drunk again. Get up in the morning and seize the time to make up for what you did yesterday.