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Chapter 2434 Stalemate (Part )

2435: Stalemate (Part )

Both the Kingdom of Dawn and the Galactic Empire have reason to believe that they can gain the upper hand on the ground battlefield on the planet Bilbrin.

The Galactic Empire controlled the major cities and industrial areas on the planet, so they had a certain degree of self-sufficiency. In addition, during that period of time, because they once controlled the entire outer space of the planet, the Galactic Empire was able to transport a large amount of supplies, troops and equipment to the planet of Bilbrin in a relatively relaxed environment.

This brings their ground forces on the planet to 700 million, and they are equipped with a large number of AT-AT all-terrain armored walkers, AT-AP all-terrain self-propelled artillery, and AT-ST all-terrain reconnaissance walkers. In addition, the Xina Fleet System also provides them with two light armored units - TIE Century tanks and TIE Crusher light tanks, which are specifically used to make up for the disadvantages of all-terrain walkers in mobility and provide powerful anti-infantry firepower.

In order to counter the Scorpion tanks widely equipped by the Kingdom of Dawn in ground combat, the Galactic Empire also deployed a large number of 2-M Suspension Assault Tanks. This tank is an improved version of the TX-130 Sabre tanks previously equipped by the Galactic Republic. It has enhanced firepower and armor and is considered to be an excellent equipment that can surpass the Scorpion tank in all aspects.

Major General Voss Parker, who was entrusted by Thrawn with the important task of commanding the battle on the planet Bilbrin, did exactly as he planned and deployed a large number of elite ground troops here. Relying on large cities and industrial areas, he made steady progress, gradually reducing the guerrillas' space for activities, and finally wiped them out completely.

At the same time, the Galactic Empire, which controls almost all airports and spaceports on the planet, also has absolute air supremacy within the atmosphere, which can provide great convenience for both air strikes and high-altitude reconnaissance.

After transporting such a powerful force to the planet of Bilbrin, Voss-Parker is now full of confidence.

But he still underestimated the hidden power of the Kingdom of Dawn on this planet...

Like the Galactic Empire, the Kingdom of Dawn also controlled the planet of Bilbrin for a period of time, during which time they also transported a large amount of supplies to the planet. Although they did not foresee a large-scale ground battle here at the time, the supplies they transported were mainly logistical supplies, but these supplies were also hidden and played a huge role in the subsequent battle.

The last Izvoshra, the killer of the Kali people, Major General Bentiras-San-Skar, has divided his approximately 240 million combat troops into small units, organized them into guerrilla forces, and deployed them in thousands of underground operation bases on the planet Bilbrin.

He did not have many armored forces and no air cover, but this did not affect his battle plan.

The guerrillas would never confront the Galactic Empire's army head-on. All San Skar had to do was to keep harassing and attacking them, constantly challenging Voss Parker's patience and forcing him to send more and more powerful forces to encircle and suppress the guerrillas.

And San-Skar will continue to harass, which will gradually bring the Galactic Empire's army to a critical point - the logistics supply line will be cut off, and the imperial army, without logistics, will completely collapse in both morale and combat effectiveness!

In this galaxy, it can be said that no one knows how to fight guerrilla warfare better than the Kali people.

Unlike his ferocious and strong appearance, Bentilas-san-Skar's fighting style is very cunning, so cunning that you might even think that you are facing a sharp-nosed, monkey-faced, treacherous, cunning, shameless and dirty old fox.

Just like when he killed Master Sus-Tine, although he was knocked unconscious by Master Sus-Tine, and was stripped naked, walking around in the barracks in his underpants, he was furious and did not rush in to confront the Jedi Master head-on. Instead, he took the opportunity to ambush behind the wall, and when Master Sus-Tine was holding General Dilar hostage and all attention was drawn, he broke through the wall and caught Master Sus-Tine off guard.

This time, with sufficient supplies, sufficient manpower, elite soldiers, and many combat robot troops that were not afraid of death, San-Skar believed that he did not need too many heavy armored troops to defeat the Galactic Empire.

Therefore, after Admiral Trench reopened the passage to the planet Bilbrin, San-Skar only requested reinforcements from the rear with five jungle combat divisions - all composed of Ewoks.

Admiral Trench was also very satisfied with this situation. After all, the Kingdom of Dawn still had not mastered the secret hyperspace route of the planet Bilbrin, which made it much more difficult for them to transport supplies here than for the Galactic Empire. It was like they were taking a country road, while the Galactic Empire was at least taking a national highway.

Therefore, Admiral Trench was not in a hurry to completely occupy the planet of Bilbrin. He only needed to maintain such guerrilla warfare on this planet and continue to bleed the Galactic Empire.

The order from the Dawn Kingdom's Supreme Command had been issued, and the Northern War Zone had switched to a full defensive posture, waiting for the Titan battleship God's Envoy to be repaired. So at this time, whether or not to completely occupy the planet Bilbrin was not a big deal to Admiral Trench.

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While the two sides ceased their fighting in the north, the situation in the direction of the planet Fangduo also gradually became quiet.

After the fall of the planet Fondo, the governor of the 20th Army of the Galactic Empire, Octavian Grant, and almost all the senior officers of the 20th Army committed suicide by burning themselves to death in the underground command center. This legion has become defunct in name only. The 20th Army is currently temporarily managed by Darth Vader.

As mentioned before, the battle lines of both sides on Fangduo Planet were also intertwined and chaotic, with each side intertwined.

The current state of the Fondo planet is actually isolated from the Dawn Kingdom, and it is an enclave. However, this planet, like the other enclave, Rendili, has a very terrifying industrial capacity and the most powerful defense system, which makes the Galactic Empire Governor Wilhuff Tarkin, who is now responsible for reinforcing Darth Vader, have no idea at all.

Tarkin basically took a look at the fleet in his hands, then looked at the defense of the planet Fondo, then decisively took a sick leave and went to the planet Cato-Neimoidia in the world of wealth to recuperate.

By the way, after the Trade Union was occupied by the Galactic Empire, those wealth worlds were immediately rebuilt by the powerful people in the core circle, and they were more luxurious than before. War is war, and you just have to spend some money to fight, but if you delay these nobles from enjoying their lives, this is absolutely unacceptable.

The large-scale military base group covering nine star systems that Darth Vader had built to attack the planet Yago-Dur has now become his strongest line of defense. Although this line of defense was once in danger, and even the forward bases on two of the planets were destroyed by Severance Tann, now Tann has dispatched one-third of the warships to reinforce the North, which allows Darth Vader to stabilize his defense line. General Ling Liang, who took over as the commander-in-chief of Fangduo Planet, also adopted a conservative strategy. You know, Darth Vader is now leading the last and most powerful mobile fleet of the Galactic Empire, with a super-large force of up to 2000 battleships.

On the other hand, Ling Liang, whose fleet strength has declined, currently has about one-third of Darth Vader's troops, and logistical supply is extremely difficult. This gap in troops forced her to prioritize protecting Fangduo Planet and wait until the star gate of Fangduo Planet is completed before considering whether to counterattack and how to counterattack.

At the same time, since Darth Vader blew up one-third of Yago-Dur, the planet was basically at its end. The Givens now received help from the Vasians and prepared to further reinforce Yago-Dur, making the structure of the planet strong enough to support the planetary engine, and then install the planetary engine on the planet to make it move.

However, this is only the first step. The purpose of installing a planetary engine is to prevent the planet from being captured and torn into pieces by the stars in the Trisolar System due to the large reduction in mass. As for the whimsical idea of ​​transforming the planet into a battle fortress, it is still just an idea and has not been implemented yet.

Because if it is to be used as a battle fortress, there is no way to solve the problem of how this planet can make hyperspace jumps to other galaxies. If it cannot be solved, it is obviously not worth investing such a large cost to transform an entire planet just as a force to defend a galaxy.

Fortunately, as experts in megastructures, the Vasians are already familiar with projects such as transforming a planet.

While the transformation was in progress, Dawn also sent reinforcements to Yago-Dur, preparing to block the possibility of Darth Vader's further attack. The fleet currently stationed on Yago-Dur has a force of about 200 battleships. The biggest role of this fleet is to delay a little time when Darth Vader really starts to attack, giving Ling Liang's fleet a chance to raid the rear of the Galactic Empire.

Darth Vader was really worried about this. Now that Wilhuff Tarkin was playing badly, he was really worried that Ling Liang would rush into the core circle without caring about anything. If something like this happened, whether Ling Liang could come back alive was another matter, but the dignitaries in the core circle would definitely explode. And once those dignitaries believed that the Galactic Empire could no longer guarantee their safety, they would probably think of changing the regime again. At the very least, they would pretend to obey the economic and industrial policies and directly push the empire's finances to collapse.

By then, the Galactic Empire might have already started a civil war.

Therefore, in this direction, the Kingdom of Dawn wanted to stabilize the planet Fangduo first, and the Galactic Empire also needed to build a line of defense to block the core circle, so both sides stopped their offensive.

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In the southern part of the Milky Way, the Kingdom of Dawn was doing smoothly.

After the battle of Kira Planet directly destroyed an entire main fleet of the Galactic Empire, the Kingdom of Dawn basically completely controlled the southern part of the Milky Way. Before returning to attack Fangduo Planet, Severance Tann had already swept across the entire southern part of the galaxy and completely drove away the Galactic Empire forces in this direction.

At the same time, the connection between the Kingdom of Dawn and the planet Christophsis was opened. The Kingdom of Dawn also announced that Tatooine would become a permanent free port. The freedom and neutrality of this planet were directly guaranteed by the Kingdom of Dawn.

On the surface, Tatooine is being treated as a protectorate, but in fact, those who truly understand the Dawn Kingdom's policy towards the southern border of the galaxy will understand that this guarantee is actually a smuggling license for Tatooine.

The Kingdom of Dawn has always been engaged in a large amount of smuggling and black market business. This practice is also to cooperate with the policies of the current Hutt leader, Oruba Gorensla, to further expand the smuggling business and continue to make black money from the Galactic Empire.

So now, the planet Eriadu is no longer the front line of the Kingdom of Dawn, but exists as the administrative center of the Sesvenna star region and a strategic fulcrum of the Kingdom of Dawn.

There is indeed fighting going on in the South Territory at the moment, mainly between General C and the Thirteenth Army of the Galactic Empire, but the fleets on both sides are not large and the fighting is not intense.

Although the Thirteenth Army was located in a remote area, after the Fourteenth Army failed to rebuild, they still controlled some industrial centers including the planet Rosana. The industrial centers of the former Independent System Confederation, including the planet Hypori, were still in use. Therefore, it would not be easy for General C to swallow up the Thirteenth Army of the Galactic Empire in one go.

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In the eastern part of the galaxy, General Grievous is engaged in a fierce battle with the Galactic Empire's 12th Army.

The Galactic Empire also maintained a force of over 400 capital ships in this direction, a force far greater than the fleet in General Grievous' hands.

The original plan was for Severance Tann to lead the fleet in a long-distance raid to attack the rear of the 12th Army, but at that time Darth Vader launched a campaign to attack the planet Yago-Dur, forcing Tann to return for support, so General Grievous was left alone on the battlefield in the East.

General Grievous did receive support from the Hutts, but after Oruba Gorensla took over as the Hutt commander-in-chief, he still failed to convince the factions within the Hutts to let the Hutts openly join the war. Therefore, there are not many advanced production lines in Hutt space that can produce those Minmatar warships, and General Grievous can only fight guerrilla warfare with the Empire's 12th Army in the East.

If we want to break the deadlock in the East, the breakthrough point still lies in the Givens who moved to the planet Losar, as well as the core planets of the former Independent System Confederation, such as Dak, Semirs, Felucia, and Laxus.

Once these planets are truly determined to go to war with the Galactic Empire, the Eastern Territory will also be in chaos.