The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

854: A Giant Net

The Confederation of Independent Galaxies had actually burned the flames of war to the middle ring star region of the Milky Way a few months ago, but the places they attacked were some relatively less developed middle ring planets, and they were also places where it was possible to fight politically.

But one thing that cannot be ignored is that in the Central Star Region, not to mention confronting the Republic, there are very few planets that declare neutrality and do not participate in this war.

Count Dooku's separatist ideas have been unworkable since the beginning of the Central Star District.

There is another reason why General Grievous objected, and that was supplies. Now when the war mainly breaks out in the outer ring star region, the supplies in many parts of the Federation of Independent Galaxies are already stretched. The most intuitive manifestation is that the mechanization rate of the troops is getting lower and lower.

In many cases, the ground forces of the Confederacy of Independent Galaxy are dominated by B-1 combat robots, and on many battlefields, the number of heavy combat robots such as OG-9 nest spider combat machinery and IG-227 hailstorm combat machinery Fewer and fewer.

The problem of insufficient productivity is one of them, and the other problem is transportation.

For example, a Rucrehook-class battleship can be filled with up to 300,000 B-1 combat robots. But it is impossible to do this in actual combat. You must install a large number of MTT troop carriers in the battleship so that you can quickly deploy combat robots. You also need to install C-9979 landing ships to facilitate landing operations.

In addition, you also need to load heavy units, such as AAT assault tanks, OG-9 nest spider combat mechs, etc. These heavy units take up more space and more supplies to keep them running.

Even for the Destroyer robot, the space required to transport such a robot is five to six times that of the B-1 combat robot, and they also need separate charging equipment to meet the needs of powerful shields and weapon systems.

So once these things are deducted, you can almost install 100,000 B-1 combat robots, which is still the minimum standard. If mechanized interspersed combat is to be carried out, more heavy units are needed, so maybe a Rucrehook-class battleship can hold 50,000 to 60,000 robots at most.

By the way, in the previous battle for the Blade Fleet, the reason why Tang Xiao was able to allow the Granite Marines to pack a ship with a density of 100,000 people inside the Rucrehook-class battleship was because it was a space battle. , so they didn't carry any heavy equipment and landing ships at all, all because of the light infantry.

So in this case, you need more ships to deploy a strong land force. But as the war progressed, the warship manufacturing of the Confederation of Independent Galaxies gradually began to fail to keep up. It was reflected in the battlefield that it was difficult to maintain the quality of an army.

Forcibly attacking Central under such circumstances is tantamount to asking for a dead end.

However, Earl Dooku was very insistent on attacking the central ring. He began to use his outstanding eloquence, talking about ideals and beliefs at the meeting, and emphasized that only through the central ring can the inner ring and core circle of the galaxy be threatened. And only in this way can the political evolution within the Republic be accelerated.

He told everyone that it is impossible to win just by guarding the outer ring, because the production capacity of the industrial world in the inner ring and the inner ring of the Galactic Republic can easily exceed that of the outer ring, and this disadvantage will become more and more serious as the war goes on. Big, until unsustainable.

Therefore, we can only threaten the real core interests of the Republic as soon as possible while the Republic has not completely transferred its industrial productivity to the track of war. Only in this way, those core planets that are threatened will put pressure on the regime of the Galactic Republic, and even think that the Republic is not suitable to continue to rule the galaxy, so they will change their course and fall into the embrace of the Confederacy.

Regarding Earl Dooku's theory, Tang Xiao, who had been on the sidelines for a long time, thought it had some truth, but...he added in his heart that he also thought so during World War II.

He didn't believe that with Earl Dooku's strategic vision, he couldn't see the loopholes in this theory-that is, to put the fate of victory in the hands of the opponent, and to hope that there will be problems within the opponent, but you yourself can't do anything except to control the situation in the opponent's hands. Apart from playing around without any pain, there is nothing that can be done.

But now the reason Count Dooku was so insistent on all-out attacking the Ring seemed... to be Darth Sidious's idea.

Once the Confederacy of Independent Systems fully attacks Central, this will speed up the war. On the one hand, the oligarchs and powerful families in the core world who gradually found their territory threatened will indeed be disappointed with the status quo of the Republic, but their choice is definitely not to join the mud legs of the outer ring, but to support a country they think A more powerful agent, and this candidate is in front of him - Schiff Palpatine.

On the other hand, the Confederacy's war to attack Central will further intensify the consumption of corporate giants such as trade alliances, technology alliances, and commercial guilds. Know that in Darth Sidious's design, these corporate giants exist as trophies.

In other words, after the war is over, he has to come up with something to please the oligarchs who support him, including Kuat and Corellia. The poor and backward outer ring is not enough. Only these non-human races Only the core super enterprises can satisfy the appetite of those oligarchs.

But the strength of these super companies should not be underestimated. If they really hide in the outer ring to manage their own territory, it is really a difficult problem. Therefore, they need to be lured out and take the initiative to attack the central ring.

All in all, if the previous series of victories of the Confederacy of Independent Galaxies was that Darth Sidious was spreading his giant net covering the entire galaxy, then at this stage, he is slowly closing in. The mouth of the giant net is the process of locking all the prey inside.

It's just a pity...

Tang Xiao looked at those people who were arguing endlessly in the conference room. They all represent major super companies and powerful planets. Everyone has their own interests. Sometimes, in the face of such huge interests, they tend to lose themselves , thus sinking deeper and deeper into the giant net.

At this time, these people will not follow the advice that is really useful.

Earl Dooku's plan is bound to succeed.

Sure enough, after exchanging a look with Earl Dooku, General Grievous also began to change his tone, and began to speak some seemingly advanced military terms to discuss the feasibility of the plan to attack the Central Ring.

At this time, finding that Tang Xiao had been silent, Earl Dooku asked kindly: "Ah, the war hero of our confederation, the Governor of the Dawn Star who has repeatedly defeated the Republic, Your Excellency Tang Xiao. Regarding the matter of attacking the Central Star District, what do you do?" What do you see?"

Tang Xiao smiled lightly, and said noncommittally: "For the Dawn Star and the Western Territory theater, our established goal is always the planet Eliadu, and we really have no power to attack the Central Star District."

"Hehe, I believe that after obtaining more than 170 warships from the Blade Fleet, it is only a matter of effort for the Dawn Star to capture the planet Eliadu." Earl Dooku calmly began to praise the Dawn Star.

"Most of the 178 warships can't be put into battle right away. I'm afraid I can only disappoint you, Earl Dooku." Tang Xiao shook his head and put Earl Dooku's top hat back on.

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