The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2439. Fang Duo Planet

Looking at the cowering Severance Tann, Matt Horner sighed secretly.

She was not like this before, she was once so high-spirited, so arrogant and domineering, and she was indeed invincible and invincible. All enemies who dared to question her were trampled under her feet.

Just one failure brought her to this point?

Qi Jian patted Matt Horner on the shoulder, and the two walked out of the cell. When the heavy iron door closed behind him, locking Severance Tann in darkness, Qi Jian sighed and said, "I hope the report you asked her to write can cheer her up to some extent."

"It's also possible that she will fall into deeper darkness." Matt Horner was silent for a while after speaking, and then asked: "What was Tang Xiao's plan back then? In fact, I can feel that Severance - Tann’s condition is directly related to him.”

Qi Jian shook his head and said: "His Majesty had foreseen a long time ago that an imperial general named 'Thoron' was very powerful, and he once wanted Cun Te to bring him over. But Cun Te failed. This was possible because Thrawn had a high status in the Chiss Territory at first and had little chance. Later, when he was exiled, Murte was no longer in the Unknown Star Territory, and Thrawn went to the planet Coruscant with a very clear purpose. , become a member of the Galactic Empire."

As he walked, he looked out the window and recalled what happened before, "His Majesty actually told us that Thrawn is very powerful, almost the most powerful military commander he has ever seen. But why is he powerful and where is he powerful? Your Majesty In fact, he couldn't explain it clearly. He just said that Thrawn's existence was his fault. The future seen by the Force... But the future is too variable, so we don't know how to deal with it. We can't just avoid fighting when we see a person named Thrawn on the other side, right? How should it be done? The impact of such a person should not be included in the calculation. "

"This is inevitable. Tang Xiao also mentioned Thrawn to me many times, but such a topic seems almost worthless to me, and I can't even prepare for it. He also said that Thrawn is very good at Study your opponent to find the opponent's weaknesses...there is almost nothing else. Does our battle plan have to bypass Thrawn? This is impossible," Matt Horner said, "I just don't know. I didn’t expect that someone could really defeat Severance Tann so miserably.”

Qi Jian said: "Your Majesty probably wanted to stimulate Severance Tann to fight against Thrawn at the beginning, which is the so-called provoking method. And Tann did study crazily and improve crazily for that unknown goal, and even She regards defeating this person as the meaning of her existence, because for her, His Majesty is everything to her. Once she loses her value to His Majesty, she also loses the value of her existence."

"But, Tang Xiao still thinks that Severance Tann can't defeat Thrawn?" Matt Horner asked.

"That's indeed what he judged." Qi Jian nodded, "Although I don't know the basis for his judgment. But judging from the results, His Majesty is indeed correct."

Matt Horner smiled and said: "Tang Xiao knows a lot of things, like a prophet. Maybe controlling death is just a facade, and his real force power actually comes from precognition."

"That's why we call him... Your Majesty." Qi Jian said, and seemed to have a hint, vaguely reminding Matt Horner of his title.

Matt Horner said: "I understand him, but it does not mean that I agree with him. In many cases, he made things very scary. But the matter is over, and we do have to win this long war. ”

"What's the difference between this and before?" Qi Jian asked.

"This time, I will fight to protect more lives in the galaxy." Matt Horner said.

Qi Jian was silent for a while and said, "Is this why you went to see Hari Seldon yesterday?"

"Operation Plan Zero is undoubtedly a failure. This plan relies too much on the response of the Galactic Empire. Once the Galactic Empire does not act as we expected, the plan is likely to fail." Matt Horner said, "To defeat the Galactic Empire, we must fight quickly and decisively. There is no problem with this. The problem lies in the method of implementation."

"What do you think?" Qi Jian asked.

"Maybe." Matt Horner smiled, "I hope it can succeed... Regarding this, I have to say, Hari Seldon, he is really a genius among geniuses."

"Then I'm looking forward to seeing what sparks you can create." Qi Jian raised his eyebrows.

Matt Horner nodded and said: "But Thrawn... he is indeed as troublesome as Tang Xiao said. Severance Tann no matter how extreme her thinking becomes, but Her study and improvement over the years are also visible to the naked eye. She almost spends all her time studying...but Thrawn defeated her easily."

Qi Jian smiled bitterly and said: "And I also understand why His Majesty failed to tell us why Thrawn is so powerful... because his command method is completely traceless, almost entirely based on improvisation, and some of his tactics are simply unbelievable. . Just like the tactic he used to defeat Severance Tann - Thrawn's Clamp."

"Thrawn's Pincers?"

"Yes, that's what the intelligence department said. The naval officers of the Galactic Empire in the north now call Thrawn's tactic 'Thrawn's Clamp'. They use their Interceptor-class Star Destroyers to set up an ambush and form an artificial gravity well. , and then forcefully drag out the hyperspace jumping fleet and fall into the siege." Qi Jian said, "Now the Galaxy Empire military is preparing to popularize this tactic. Of course, officially, they call this tactic Dunn's Clamp."

"Hmph!" Matt Horner sneered, expressing his disdain for the so-called God of War in the North, but he was still extremely serious about Thrawn, "I also read the battle report. He led the fleet to General Tann in advance. He created an artificial gravity well on the route of the First Squadron, trapping the First Squadron in an ambush. But...how did he get there so quickly and almost make the entire army jump?"

Qi Jian said: "If there is any characteristic of the Chiss naval officers, it is that their understanding and utilization of hyperspace are far better than others. It may be due to the environment, sailing in the extremely chaotic 'tangle' , it definitely requires more than just advanced technology, it also requires strong skills and understanding, as well as some luck..."

He paused, then called up a research report from the universal tool and sent it to Matt Horner, saying: "He forcibly turned off the safety insurance of the hyperspace engine, and used the overpass channel in the case of possible hyperspace fluctuations. The fleet that can accommodate the force jumps, and then breaks out of the jump state before causing a wave. Moreover, he even considered the impact of the medium-sized black hole in front of the channel. This series of actions is even unpredictable and relies on improvisation."

Matt Horner's face darkened, "And such a tactic was only thought up less than three days after he got the Blocker-class Star Destroyer... Such a person is too scary. Even if it makes me If I were to fight the Northern Campaign again, I might not be able to achieve a better outcome than Tann."

"So... I hope our preparations will work." Qi Jian said.

"Ander Wiggin...he's just a child." Matt Horner frowned.

"But I have never seen such a smart, talented person." Qi Jian said.

"Including Thrawn?"

"Including Thrawn!"

"Again, he is still too young. War should not belong to his age."

"Defeating Thrawn once is enough." Qi Jian said seriously.

Matt Horner nodded and stopped talking.

…

In the core circle of the Milky Way, there are many planets.

This planet was once one of the brightest industrial pearls in the entire galaxy, a completely factory-based industrial world. This planet alone produced one-tenth of the industrial output of the Galactic Empire. Such a production capacity could only be described as terrifying.

But now, this planet is completely occupied by the Kingdom of Dawn, which has become the greatest shame of the Galactic Empire!

Not only has the most important industrial world been lost, but Fangduo Planet has also become the first core planet to be occupied by the Kingdom of Dawn for a long time! This means that the Dawn Kingdom's military front has been pointed directly at the core circle!

It can be said that if Darth Vader had not maintained a super-large fleet of more than 2,000 capital ships in this direction, the dignitaries in the core circle might have been in chaos now.

But for the Kingdom of Dawn, things get a little trickier.

Being able to occupy the Fangduo planet is definitely an important step in the Kingdom of Dawn's strategy. In the past, this was definitely the ultimate goal that could not be dreamed of. Occupying the Fangduo planet will not only immediately greatly increase one's industrial production capacity, but also cause the Galactic Empire's industrial production capacity to fall into chaos in the short term, while also causing a huge reduction in production.

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It can be said that after occupying Fangduo planet, the Kingdom of Dawn will be able to confront the Galactic Empire head-on!

But the problem is...

Strictly speaking, it is not the Kingdom of Dawn that occupies the planet Fondo... but Alexia Ashford!

In order to occupy the planet Fondo, the then fleet commander Severance Tann had to accept Alexia Ashford's conditions and use her power to occupy the planet, but the condition was that the planet Fondo , must be given to her!

And now, Alexia Ashford has achieved this, and according to the agreement, she has also become the owner of Fondo Planet.

Because of this incident, the highest level of the Kingdom of Dawn held an emergency meeting for discussion. However, after studying the current situation of Fangduo Planet, they also had to face a reality - Fangduo Planet seemed to be left to her!

Alexia Ashford's process of occupying the Fondo planet was actually very simple and crude. She sent the mother nest of the T-Veronica virus she had cultivated for a long time to the planet, built an extremely large nest, and then merged with the nest to become an extremely powerful mother nest.

The mother nest continuously produces various biochemically mutated monsters. These monsters not only bring the virus to every corner of the planet and infect everyone on the planet, but also form an extremely large army.

It is by relying on this endless supply of mutated troops that the Kingdom of Dawn can defeat countless battle robots produced by countless factories on the planet Fangdo.

Although this method is very simple and crude, it solves the problem that the Kingdom of Dawn could not solve before.

First, the problem of troop delivery was solved. The Kingdom of Dawn did not need to use long transportation lines to transport troops and supplies from the military base they occupied in the Central Ring Star Zone to the planet of Fangduo. What's more, Darth Vader's Death Squadron is still blocking the road.

The number of mutant creatures produced by the second mother nest is extremely large. By the end of the battle, there were nearly 10 billion monsters, including assimilation and production!

Third, there were 5 billion people on the planet of Fangduo before the war, including a large number of troops, workers, technicians and family members. Most of these people were eventually infected with the T-Veronica virus and assimilated into mutant monsters, which was also the reason why the planet's production eventually collapsed. Otherwise, under the control of these people, the factories on the planet of Fangduo would continue to produce combat robots.

But after Alexia's operation, the natural environment of the planet of Fangduo began to be completely transformed.

The T-Veronica virus, which was mixed with the genes of plants and ants, has a strong ability to transform the environment and a strong sociality. On the current Fangduo planet, those mutant vines can be seen almost everywhere. These vines constantly absorb the energy in those energy facilities, and then produce more mutant creatures and grow more vines.

Many places are completely occupied by these vines, and the atmosphere of the planet is also beginning to be filled with spores of the T-Veronica virus.

It can be said that if a person comes here, he will become an unconscious zombie in just a few minutes!

Such an environment naturally has a very serious impact on the production of the planet, and the Kingdom of Dawn definitely does not want the industrial world that it has finally occupied to be destroyed by Alexia Ashford and become a planet full of primitive jungles.

Therefore, Daphne Clement, the current Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Dawn, personally contacted Alexia Ashford and asked her to give a solution as soon as possible.

But Alexia Ashford was somewhat resistant. She told Daphne Clement that she would only talk to Tang Xiao.

However, Tang Xiao had completely lost contact at this time, and no matter how Helmut Zemo and others called, they could not find his trace. They even used a life detector to scan the dark altar where Tang Xiao was in seclusion, but the result of the scan was that there was nothing there, he was not there at all!

Therefore, Alexia Ashford also coldly said at this time that since Tang Xiao was not there, she could only maintain the status quo.