The Fourth Scourge of Star Wars - Chapter 2424

Chapter 2401 The Death of Mal-Tuk (Part 2)

2402 The Death of Mal-Tuk (Part 2)

“Uh… what is ‘old cunt’?” Adjutant Voss-Parker scratched his head, unable to understand the word with a strange pronunciation.

“It’s a curse word in the official language of Dawn.” Thrawn smiled slightly, “However, in the context just now, it can express praise and commendation.”

He bowed politely to Arden-Lin and said with a smile: “Thank you.”

“Yes, this is what my apprentice Jing Fang taught me.” Arden-Lin said lazily, “It is said that you have conducted a very in-depth study of the culture of Dawn, and it seems to be true.”

“To use a saying from Dawn, ‘Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles.’ Only by understanding the enemy can you defeat them.” Thrawn said.

“So you have stripped Mal-Tuk clean and clear.” Arden-Lin folded his arms and sneered.

“His position, interests, political demands and military style all determine that there are not many options in front of him.” Thrawn said with a smile.

“On the surface, you seem to have given up the solid fortress of Bilbrin Planet, but in fact you have gained a vast strategic space, and by the way, you have blocked the supply line of Mal-Tuk. It seems that Dunn-Wessex was right about you.” Arden-Lin smiled, “But don’t forget that there are several Jedi Knights around Mal-Tuk, don’t underestimate the enemy.”

“I understand, thank you for the reminder.” Thrawn nodded and humbly accepted the advice.

“Call me when you need it. You go to deal with their fleet, and I will kill the Jedi Knights!” Arden-Lin’s eyes became extremely sharp in an instant, but then he returned to his lazy look, waved his hand casually, and turned to walk towards the living area.

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“General Mal-Took, I must remind you that I have a very bad feeling about this military operation.” On the bridge of the Neimoidia, Jedi Knight Luminara-Anduril said earnestly.

The other two Jedi Knights, Jax-Pavan and Ferrus-Olin, have been staying in the training room all this time. They don’t have the same self-restraint as Luminara-Anduril. Having experienced the Clone Wars, they don’t have the slightest good impression of the Neimoidians.

“I know, I know, I know…” Admiral Mal-Took kept muttering in his mouth, and he kept pacing in circles very anxiously.

In the past week or so, he led the main force of the Commercial Union Fleet to follow Thrawn’s fleet all the way, circling in the uninhabited star systems west of the planet Vakkar.

Every time Thrawn would lead his fleet to resist to a certain extent, consume some of the war reserves of the Commercial Union Fleet, and then retreat immediately, very resolutely.

Even in this series of short encounters, Thrawn showed his genius command art. During the battle, he always maintained a very tight and efficient formation, allowing the tough Imperial-class Star Destroyers to attract most of the firepower, and he would also rotate on the battlefield very cleverly to minimize the loss of warships.

And when Mal-Tuk ordered the whole army to attack and the distance between the two fleets gradually approached, he quickly turned and started the hyperspace jump to leave.

During this period, the two sides traveled through a total of 7 uninhabited star systems. These star systems were carefully selected, and the hyperspace channels of each star system were very smooth, which was convenient for Thrawn to build military bases in advance-yes, each star system has a pre-built military base and a large amount of supplies.

These military bases are very simple, all modular buildings, but with abundant supplies. To make an analogy, it is like a container house filled with precious delicacies.

After each battle, Thrawn’s fleet can be replenished in these military bases, and the simple facilities can be used as much as possible to repair the warships. Although the facilities are simple, it is no problem to replace some parts and replenish the welded armor belts.

Then when Mal-Tuk’s fleet follows, Thrawn will decisively blow up the military base, and then quickly move to the next place after a simple battle.

This continuous fighting has exhausted the commercial fleet. And most importantly, there is indeed a problem with their material supply!

Don’t forget that the current warship composition of this commercial fleet is mainly cruisers! !

There are less than 100 capital ships under this fleet, and the other main combat ships are heavy cruisers and light cruisers, and there are also a large number of destroyers.

Including Cole II-class and Minotaur-class warships, although the size is reduced to the level of heavy cruisers, the firepower is still at the level of battlecruisers, but there is a hidden price – the long-term combat capability is reduced!

Under normal circumstances, the Kingdom of Dawn will never have problems with logistics supply.

Because after the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the first military action of the Kingdom of Dawn was to occupy the planet Bespin, one of the most important explosive gas producing areas in the galaxy. Then later, with the equipment and operation of the matter decompressor, the problem of rare metals was also solved.

Then, many of the whale-class passenger ships built during the immigration process of the planet Lundili have now been converted into transport ships, so the transportation problem has also been solved.

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Therefore, the Kingdom of Dawn can often adopt a mixed fleet, because their logistics supply can be guaranteed to a great extent.

But this situation does not apply to Admiral Mal-Tuk now!

He does have a lot of logistics supplies, but these materials are now crowded on the planet Dolin, and cannot be transported to the planet Palansi through the complex environment of the planet Bilbrin!

Not only that, Thrawn has obviously foreseen this situation. He has deployed high-speed fleets in several star systems around the planet Palansi, and now these fleets have begun to harass the planet Palansi. The planet Palansi, which has weak defense, can only rely on the fleet left by Mal-Tuk for defense, and it is losing sight of the other and leaking everywhere.

There is no doubt that if the current situation continues, the Commercial Combined Fleet will really face the point of running out of ammunition and food!

Mal-Tuk clenched his fists tightly, and even his body trembled slightly because of anger. He was really furious! Thrawn played him like a fool, and easily eliminated the advantage of his fleet, and put him in a dilemma.

“Withdraw… return to the planet Palansi.” Mal-Tuk finally made a decision.