The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2605 Storm of the Empire

2605: Storm of the Empire
Tang Xiao returned to the Dawn Planet. After attending several supreme meetings of the Dawn Kingdom and listening to reports from various departments, he announced his decision - to launch a full-scale counterattack within three months!
The initial plan for the counterattack was to launch attacks simultaneously in the north and east.

The two fronts were reinforced by a super race, the Vasari in the north and the Protoss in the east. New northern and eastern war zones were established, and the combat objectives were different according to the strength comparison of the two fronts.

The Eastern War Zone will be commanded by the reborn General Grievous, also known as "The Chariot", and the priestess will also lead the sky team of the Dusk Covenant to assist the Chariot in commanding.

The combat goal of the Eastern Theater is to destroy the Galactic Empire's 12th Army, support the military operations in the North, and then temporarily stop the offensive.

There are three main goals afterwards. The first is to prepare for battle and jointly attack the Delon Galaxy, the super defense line currently set up by the Galactic Empire, with the main fleet of the Kingdom of Dawn on the planet Fangduo. The second is to further eliminate the resistance movement in the country and find and destroy the deep-sea fleet of the Mon Calamari. The third is to re-integrate the sphere of influence of the former Confederation of Independent Systems, including the sub-planet of Laxus, the planet of Felucia, the planet of Murkana, and the planet of Jabimu. The means include but are not limited to military conquest, cultural infiltration, financial invasion, and political negotiations.

In this process, one needs to have a high level of overall vision, the ability to coordinate multiple fronts, and the ability to deal with the resistance guerrillas in various places. General Grievous is the best choice.

This stage is also an examination of the reborn General Grievous. Once it is confirmed that he is capable enough, he will be the commander-in-chief of the grand battle to lead the Eastern Frontier Legion and Fangduo's main fleet to attack the planet Delon from both sides and completely open the door to the Galactic Empire.

The Northern War Zone is the main attack direction at this stage.

Because among the current defense lines of the Galactic Empire, apart from the Delon Galaxy defense line that is directly facing Fangduo Planet, the most powerful force is in the North. In order to guard against the offensive of the Kingdom of Dawn in the North, the Galactic Empire has always maintained more than 3000 battleships in the North, and has even increased recently.

To this end, the Northern War Zone will not only deploy the powerful Vasari fleet, but also the repaired Titan battleship, the Envoy of God, will join the battle. Not only that, the Commercial Union Fleet in the North will also attack with a more powerful posture.

At the same time, Tang Xiao will lead the army in person, and his Sith apprentice Darth Lilim and his new pet "Wheel of Fortune" will also accompany him.

This attack will directly penetrate the Galactic Empire's defenses and directly threaten the Galactic Empire's financial center - the planet Scipio in the core circle. Once Scipio is captured, the treasury of the Interstellar Banking Association (S) will be looted for the second time, which will be a devastating blow to the Galactic Empire's financial system.

Then by that time, the Interstellar Banking Association (S) will no longer exist, and the Galactic Empire will have to rebuild its own financial system. But neither the Kingdom of Dawn nor the Rebellion will give them this opportunity.

It is foreseeable that Palpatine will not sit idly by in the face of Tang Xiao's personal expedition. Whether he continues to send more warships to fill the gap, or he personally comes out to fight Tang Xiao, this will be the result Tang Xiao most wants to see - a fleet decisive battle, and a personal decisive battle.

If Darth Sidious dared to appear in front of him, Tang Xiao would not hesitate to use the body of his "son" again and kill him completely!

After the Northern Campaign is concluded, the Galactic Empire will inevitably be in a precarious situation, so at that time, it is time to wait for an opportunity and seek a decisive battle within the defense line of the Delon Galaxy!
The strategic significance of capturing the Delon galaxy is no less than that of the Galactic Empire's capture of the planet Sarukami. It means that the opponent's gates are open and they can no longer build a complete defense line.

The Confederation of Independent Systems held out for four years on the planet Salukami, but when it was captured, it took less than half a year to be completely defeated. So, when the capture of the Delon system directly threatens the inner ring and core circle of the Milky Way, how long can the Galactic Empire hold out?

After the basic combat preparations are completed, the detailed combat plan will be handed over to the General Staff for formulation.

Tang Xiao took Baron Helmut Zemo with him and headed towards a training center on the planet Dawn.

The shuttle gradually descended, and we could see that this training center was unique and the surrounding environment was very beautiful. There were green trees, birds singing, and flowers blooming. It was a modern training center built in a garden.

Inside the training center, you can see many children playing inside. The youngest of these children is about 5 or 6 years old, and the oldest is about 13 or 4 years old, all of them are full of innocence.

However, if you look closely, you will find that even when these children are playing, they are not running around and fighting like other children of the same age. Rather than playing, these children are more like relaxing. They talk to each other, close their eyes to rest, read attentively, or meditate.

Even the strictest teacher would feel that the learning atmosphere here is very strong and the students are mature and obedient.

Tang Xiao and Helmut Zemo did not go in directly, but stood outside for a while. They did not go in until the music for class sounded and the children returned to their classrooms.

In the classrooms of the training center, the children have come to their own seats, put on a VR goggles, and connected patches and headphones to the back of their heads and ears. As the VR goggles start to flash, the children are immersed in their own world and no longer respond to the outside world.

The person in charge of the training center walked over quickly, bowed in front of Tang Xiao, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, welcome."

Tang Xiao waved his hand and said, "Don't be distracted by my coming. Just continue with your work. I'm just here to take a look around and check on Ander's condition."

"Yes..." The director of the training center bowed again and replied, "Ender Wiggin has completed all combat command courses three months ago and is currently conducting free simulation training. He is in his exclusive classroom."

As he spoke, the director made a gesture of invitation and guided Tang Xiao towards the depths of the training center.

Along the way, Tang Xiao looked at the children in the classrooms and asked, "How is the current training of these geniuses?"

"Everything is going well, Your Majesty," the director replied. "These are gifted children, and their innate IQs are different from those of ordinary people. However, many of them have strange personalities and are difficult to manage. In accordance with your instructions, our first concern is the psychological condition of these gifted children. Only after ensuring that they are mentally stable will we provide targeted teaching."

He pointed at the surroundings and continued, "In fact, there are many more recreational facilities here than teaching facilities. For these gifted teenagers, they only need a limited amount of time to study and they can achieve the same results as ordinary people who study hard for several weeks. Not to mention that the amount of information received by this brain wave simulation device is hundreds of times that of traditional teaching methods."

"Are there any adverse reactions?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Some children will experience adverse reactions. However, according to our screening, those children who experience adverse reactions are unable to meet the requirements of 'genius'. Therefore, to a large extent, this brain wave simulation device is also the threshold of our training center." said the director.

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "Very good. Remember to maintain the cooperative relationship with Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group and make sure they find the reasons and patterns for the emergence of this kind of 'genius'. After me, our goal is to make the geniuses in the eyes of others become ordinary people of the Fourth Civilization." "Yes! I will do my best!" the director said excitedly.

Tang Xiao walked into a separate classroom in the center of the training center. He saw a boy of about 13 years old half lying on a brain wave simulator, wearing VR goggles, with data cables and electrode patches connected to his body and head, which fully monitored his brain waves.

Tang Xiao did not disturb him, but stood aside patiently and waited. It was not until more than half an hour later that the boy sat up and took off the VR goggles. The staff around him also quickly removed all the wires on his body and scanned his body.

When Ander Wiking opened his eyes and saw Tang Xiao standing beside him, he showed joy on his face. He stood up and bowed, but his tone was neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Majesty."

Tang Xiao nodded slightly and asked, "How have your simulated combat results been in the past few months?"

Ender Wiggin replied: "In the first two months, 147 fights and 147 losses, a 7% loss rate. In the next 10 days, 10 fights and 131 wins. In the next two months, 131 fights and 10 losses. The 278 games in between have no reference value, so my current record is 278 fights and losses."

However, upon hearing this extremely poor result, Tang Xiao did not show any anger. On the contrary, he nodded approvingly, "Very good. At least, you already understand what kind of existence you need to fight against."

That’s right, the person he asked Ender-Wiking to perform the simulated combat against was Thrawn!

Thrawn's record of battles was very small, but the battle process had been completely input into the simulation device. And it was not just rigid input data, but everything about that grand northern battle was input into it. Whether it was politics, economy, or support from the rear, the situation of that battle was almost perfectly reproduced.

Then, based on this, Tang Xiao input a variable into the simulation program based on his understanding of Thrawn in the original plot. This variable is that Thrawn, as an enemy, will take actions beyond the norm, and this action will not be bound by the existing battle situation.

For example, in a simulated battle, Thrawn might teleport directly behind Ender-Viking's battle lines without any conditions.

In addition, the simulation program will read Ender Wiggin's superficial thinking and formulate Thrawn's battle plan based on his thinking direction, which is equivalent to starting a battle.

This completely unreasonable setting is how Tang Xiao understands Thrawn.

He did not want Ender Wiking to learn how to deal with the tactics that Thrawn might use. In fact, Thrawn had almost no fixed tactics. If he had to have one, it could only be described in eight words - "unconstrained imagination and freedom of thought."

This simulation program is designed to help Ender-Wiking understand the meaning of these eight words on the battlefield.

There is no doubt that, for now, he understands.

The training center director nearby couldn't understand. He asked, "How can we say that we're doing well when we lost so many games? Also, why are the 10 wins meaningless? As long as we can win, that's a good thing!"

Ender Wiggin said calmly, "Because those 10 victories were achieved after I mastered the rules of this simulation system. However, I think it is impossible to find the rules on a real battlefield."

"Then why did you continue to lose?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Because I modified the parameters of the simulation system. Now in the Northern Battle in this system, Thrawn is almost an omniscient and omnipotent existence." Ender Wiggin said, tapping the VR goggles lightly, not frustrated by the failure at all. "And I tried not to think and walked in front of Thrawn."

"So, can you do it?" Tang Xiao asked again.

"I don't know." Ender Wiggin smiled slightly, "Because this thing is not Thrawn."

"So, can you win?" Tang Xiao asked.

"I don't know." Ender Wiking's smile was full of sunshine, "But I believe this is really a perfect stage."

"Hahahahahaha!" Tang Xiao laughed heartily. He understood that he had got what he wanted.

That’s right, an enemy specially tailor-made for the invincible warmaster, Thrawn, Ender-Viking!

Tang Xiao touched Ander's head and asked kindly: "Now, what do you want? As long as it is what you want, I will give it to you. This is what you deserve."

Helmut Zemo on the side looked at Tang Xiao's back as if he had seen a ghost. He had never seen such a violent Sith Lord like Tang Xiao show such a kind expression in his life!

Ander Wiggin nodded and said, "I want to...go out and travel..."

"Travel?" Tang Xiao was stunned, but still said: "Sure, we can arrange any place you want to go."

"Can I... go with a few of my friends?" Ender Wiggin was a little nervous at this time. He said a few names and then said, "And... Tang Xing."

"Tang Xing?" Tang Xiao was a little surprised. He immediately thought of countless possibilities, but after seeing Ander Wiggin's clear eyes, he dispelled his doubts. However, he still reminded coldly: "You have to know that by my standards, Tang Xing is just a waste."

"I just wanted to hang out with him," Ender Wiggin said. "I got along well with him."

Tang Xiao frowned slightly, but finally agreed to Ander Wiking's request.