Stopped Footsteps

After the Ewoks joined the Battle, the plans of the Lortan Civilization to fight Guerrilla Warfare on Lorta fell through and the ensuing Revenge and Purge suddenly swept the entire Planet!

Millions of Civilians were implicated and arrested and then sent to work in the Harsh Conditions of the Mines and It is estimated that only Three out of Ten will survive.

However, the Lortans are fierce by nature after all, and even so, they still set off Several Armed Riots. After completing the Capture Missions, Huang Yehao's Unit made several attacks to fight the Militants.

Huang Yehao and Cummings witnessed with their own eyes the process in which the Weapons in the hands of the Militants changed from Rocket Launchers and Blaster Rifles to Blaster Pistols, Homemade Bombs, and then to Knives and Wooden Spears, but the Stubborn Resistance continued.

Their Blood is also getting colder and colder, and their gazes looking across the Battlefield are also getting colder.

There is a true saying, you cannot change War, so you can only wait for War to change you.

As the time entered September of 22BBY, the Flames of Resistance on Lorta and Javin gradually extinguished. No matter how much hatred the Residents of these Two Planets felt, they could only bury it deeply in their hearts. Order was gradually restored, and Workers, Farmers, and Administrators returned to their posts one after another and then began to work under the supervision of Droids.

While continuing to wipe out the Remnant Forces of the 19th Army, the Fourth Civilization also began to adjust its Defense Forces in a targeted manner.

Kinyen, which was an Important Line of Defense for the 19th Army, is no longer so important. The Fourth Civilization began to move its Defense Forces Northward to Kinyen to which the Gran Civilization belonged. This place can block the imminent move of the 20th Army of the Republic in the Tapani Oversector, and it can also secretly support the activities of the Givin Civilization on Yag'Dhul. Once the news that the Givin Civilization are members of the Confederacy of Independent Systems can no longer be concealed, then Kinyen will be an Important Support Junction of Yag'Dhul's Planetary Defense Operations.

The Raloz-class Heavy Constructors began to go to Kinyen and began to build a brand new Argonev-class Star Fortress. The Bowhead-class Freighters of the United Mining Group keep going back and forth between Kinyen, transporting the Wreckage of the Golan I Space Defense Platforms of the Republic that were originally destroyed on Kinyen's Defense Line, for use as part of the Raw Materials for the construction of the Star Fortress.

Once this Argonev-class Star Fortress is completed, the Gran Civilization can only completely submit to the Fourth Civilization, otherwise, this Star Fortress is capable of Glassing Kinyen directly.

In addition, the Fourth Civilization Fleet A captured Manpha and was directly stationed there. There are Tens of Millions of Shawda Ubbs living on Manpha. This is an Amphibious Race with Very Backward Civilization and Technology. It has not yet gotten rid of the Primitive Tribal Society and is just beginning to integrate into Republic Society.

However, there is still a Spaceport on Manpha, Shanpan Spaceport.

After the Fourth Civilization occupied Manpha, Shanpan Port became busy, and the Daily Cargo throughput almost immediately made this Small Spaceport almost explode. As a last resort, Matt Horner could only withdraw Two-Thirds of the Fleet to the rear.

The Deployment on Manpha is mainly to threaten the Border Transportation Hub of the 18th Army of the Republic - Terminus, which is also the place that Matt Horner has never forgotten before, hoping to use the Power of the Plague to conquer it.

In fact, his opinion is not unreasonable, because if you want to attack Terminus, the only and most convenient Hyperspace Lane is through the Manpha.

However, the Backward Planet of Manpha is simply unable to support the Logistics Supplies for Large-Scale Fleet Operations, while Terminus has a complete Industrial and Logistics System. These Two Huge Differences make the Fourth Civilization's influence on the Planet very tough.

On the contrary, once Terminus can be captured, the Fourth Civilization's Strategic Space against the 18th Army will suddenly become clear, not to mention occupying an advantage, at least it can be retracted freely.

So if you can use the Power of the Plague to conquer it in one fell swoop, then you don't have to worry about the Logistics of Manpha anymore. It's a pity that Tang Xiao finally chose another more radical and risky plan of Sev'rance Tann——

Assault on Cato Neimoidia.

But as Tang Xiao said, this is a decision from the perspective of Darth Malthael.

After all, the reason why the Trade Federation joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems was that on the one hand, his Master, Hego Damask II, was the one who set the bridge, but in the end, Nute Gunray was promoted to the position of Viceroy of the Trade Federation, and the person who was pulled the Trade Federation into the ranks of the Separatists was Darth Sidious.

So the Trade Federation can be said to be the Direct Line of Darth Sidious - of course, this kind of Direct Line is fattened and slaughtered.

However, the Direct Line is the Direct Line after all, and now the Trade Federation still follows Darth Sidious's Orders to act.

However, for Darth Malthael, the cowardly and vacillating Nute Gunray was an object to be won and one that must be won!

Now Nute Gunray has a good relationship with Fourth Civilization. The main reason is that he thinks that Tang Xiao, like him, was dragged aboard by Darth Sidious, so he feels sympathy with each other. But if you start with such a relationship, and then slowly plant the fear of Darth Malthael in Nute Gunray's cowardly heart, there is a chance to win Nute Gunray over.

Sending the Plague directly into Cato Neimoidia was an opportunity to show Nute Gunray the Mighty Power of the Dark Side of Darth Malthael!

You must know that when the end of the Clone Wars began, Nute Gunray was the one who entered the password to shut down all the Battle Droids of the entire Confederacy of Independent Systems!

Why does Darth Sidious have the confidence to say that when he wants the War to end, the War will end, this is one of the biggest reliances.

But If this reliance becomes Darth Malthael's, hehehe.

Compared with this, it is not so unacceptable to throw Matt Horner into the swamp of the Manpha and struggle to expand the Spaceport and build Infrastructure.

The Fleet B led by Lin Nanyi is temporarily stationed on Gerrenthum. On the one hand, it echoes Javin, and guards this Planet, which can be said to be the most Important Planet of the Fourth Civilization besides the Dawn. On the other hand, it occupies the Hyperspace Lane that leads directly to the Capital of the 18th Army of the Republic, Eriadu.

Undoubtedly, this Hyperspace Lane was cut off by countless Mines and Hyperspace Blockers, and it was impossible to go directly there, but it has also become a Direct Fleet Confrontation Point between the Fourth Civilization and the 18th Army.

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During this period of time, the Fourth Civilization actually had no room for further expansion, so Tang Xiao focused his energy on consolidating the rule of his Occupied Areas.

But it doesn't mean that he can let the Governor of the 18th Army of the Galactic Republic, the famous Wilhuff Tarkin in the future, be able to sleep peacefully.

Others don't know what will happen to Tarkin's future, but Tang Xiao knows it all.

As the first Grand Moff of the Empire after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, and the Highest-Ranking Military Leader under the Emperor, Darth Sidious, Wilhuff Tarkin, in the foreseeable future, will be a Very Tricky and Powerful Enemy!