The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1708. Yago-Durr counterattack (2)

Although it broke out almost at the same time, the Battle of the Yago-Durr System showed a completely different style from the Battle of the Model Sector.

The battle in the Model Sector was classified as a surprise battle by the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic, so their plan was to attack crazily from the beginning, then quickly lay down an advance base, and then press the army to attack the Dawn Planet in one fell swoop.

Therefore, this battle was directly characterized as a strategic decisive battle, and a huge force of 400 battleships was directly invested. It also showed that the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic attached great importance to the Dawn Planet.

In fact, the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic would never have agreed to this adventure if someone hadn't paid the bill and someone else had taken the blame.

That's right, even if a huge force of 400 capital ships is invested, attacking the Dawn Planet is still regarded as a risk by the Supreme Strategic Command. In many battles, Planet Dawn has already proven their strength. 400 battleships are not enough to defeat such an opponent.

Regarding this point, the military experts at the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic are not fools, so they naturally see it clearly.

But why did they agree to this plan? This must be mentioned in the bureaucracy of the Galactic Republic, the work style of officials at all levels - the biggest prerequisite for them to do things is not to cause trouble and let themselves bear even a little bit of responsibility.

To put it more bluntly, you want me to do something? Okay, let’s talk about the benefits first. I’ve given you enough benefits. OK, I can do it for you. But the premise for doing it for you is, who will take the lead in this matter and who will be responsible? If a superior official speaks, then no problem. Since I have accepted your favor, it is absolutely okay for me to applaud and shout.

But, you want me to take the lead? Let me bring this up? Sorry, it can't be done.

Therefore, in the Model Sector Raid War, with Kuat Power Dockyard paying the bill and Kuat Power Dockyard taking the blame, the Supreme Strategic Command will not suffer any losses. If the plan succeeds by chance, then they will also enjoy it together. A huge honor.

If the plan fails, it has nothing to do with them. Everything goes to Kuat Power Shipyard!

As mentioned before, the battleships invested by Kuat Power Shipyard actually lost the strength of the Galactic Republic in the end. But so what? This is the decision of Kuat Dynamic Shipyard. What does it have to do with my Supreme Strategic Headquarters?

Therefore, with this idea in mind, Cassio Tagg led the Republic's expeditionary fleet to attack fiercely. Almost from the beginning of the battle, his attack never stopped.

First attack the opponent's fleet, and if you are frustrated, continue to increase your troops and continue the attack! Then attack the ground of Annaji's planet. If you are frustrated, continue to increase your troops and continue the attack! Frustrated again? It doesn't matter, I'll turn around and attack Dawn Planet!

Such a crazy attack actually reflected the gambler's mentality of Kuat Dynamic Shipyard in this battle. Infected by this mentality, Casio Tagg was actually unable to make a calm judgment a long time ago.

In the later stages of the battle, Casio Tagg's mad dog-like playing style actually reflected the Quat Dynamic Shipyard tens of thousands of light years away and Onana Quat's crazy attitude. This was in contrast to his role as a military academy. The judgment of the top students went in the opposite direction.

On the contrary, Admiral Gideon Tarkin's behavior in the Yago-Dur system battle reflected the changed tactical thinking of the new fleet commanders of the Galactic Republic.

They already treat the Principality of Dawn as an equal opponent to themselves, and their marching formations are full of rigor.

This is also due to the increasing strength of the Principality of Dawn, which often changes the competition between the two sides from an asymmetrical confrontation to an evenly matched confrontation between the two armies.

In such a battle situation, generals like Gideon Tarkin can better use what they have learned in the military academy. In addition, even though Gideon Tarkin has family connections and even though he has an extremely outstanding brother, Wilhuff Tarkin, he still reaches the position of admiral step by step. The accumulation of experience and vision Naturally, the vision cannot be compared to that of someone like Casio Tagg.

Therefore, Admiral Gideon Tarkin adopted a step-by-step strategy, first building an advance base in an unmanned system outside the Yago-Dur system, and then relying on shield ships in a relatively distant location in the Yago-Dur system. protection capabilities to support a frontline base.

In this way, although the force in his hands is actually far less than that of the Model Sector Battle, in fact, the threat he poses is much greater!

And more importantly, this arrangement allows him to put more small and medium-sized warships into the battlefield, without having to dispatch pure capital ships due to the level of the hyperspace engine like in the Model Sector Raid Battle. formation to fight.

In fact, mixed formations are much more powerful than single-arms formations anyway. Even if the types of warships of the Galactic Republic Navy, or the unique types of warships, are not as good as those of the Principality of Dawn Navy, they can still develop stronger combat power by leveraging the strengths and weaknesses of the mixed formations.

Therefore, in the Battle of Yago-Durr System, the only thing that exceeded Admiral Gideon Tarkin's expectations was the Archon-class aircraft carrier and the 20,000 swarm drones.

But just that large aircraft carrier of more than 3,000 meters and 20,000 drones are not enough to have a decisive impact on the war situation. Admiral Gideon Tarkin knew this, and so did Admiral Matt Horner.

During the last battle, Admiral Gideon Tarkin tried to use the influence of the electromagnetic storm produced by the stellar flare to launch an attack without the swarm drones being able to take off. But he miscalculated. The Force-controlled swarm drones ignored the electromagnetic storm and gave his fleet a head-on blow.

But in that battle, the Republic fleet was not without gains. In a resolute attack, they severely damaged Star Base B, one of the two Agonev-class star bases on the outskirts of the Yago-Dur system. This is very important, because it means that in all subsequent battles, Interstellar Base B will not be able to participate in the battle and can only serve as a cover when facing subsequent ground operations.

With such a foundation, and with further reinforcements, it is not surprising that Admiral Gideon Tarkin believes that he still has a chance of winning.

The only variable is whether the Vindicator-class heavy cruiser he has been waiting for for a long time arrives first, or the Dawn Principality’s fleet from the Model Sector arrives first!

While Gideon Tarkin was constantly planning to wait for the Vindicator-class heavy cruiser to arrive before launching a new round of attacks, on the outskirts of the Yago-Dur system, inside the A starbase, Matt Horner also He is also busy preparing his own plan.