702. Happy New Year
However, no matter how unhappy he felt, Wilhuff Tarkin had to admit that after the fall of the Republic's 19th Army, he would have to face Dawn Planet's powerful military force of more than 150 large battleships on his own.
Therefore, while Tarkin continued to ask for help from the Republic, he also actively adjusted his strategic deployment.
He is building a defense line and hyperspace blocker on the Dolla planet between the planet Glenzon and the planet Eriadu controlled by the Dawn Planet. On the other hand, he is also strengthening the communication routes with remote areas. The connection between the planet Erminus and the coercion and inducement of this neutral planet must not give up its position and let the Separatist fleet pass, otherwise it will bear the consequences.
At the same time, they stepped up their attacks on the planet Sulust, striving to capture this crucial and deadly industrial world as soon as possible.
And he is still actively looking for foreign aid. He has contacted the Governor of the 20th Army of the Republic, hoping that the 20th Army will solve the problem of the Yag-Dur planet as soon as possible, launch an offensive on the Golden Rock Planet, and involve the forces of the Dawn Planet from the north.
The governor of the 20th Army has a very domineering name, Octavian Grant [Note 1]. He comes from a noble family in the Sapani sector. He thinks very highly of himself, and he has a lot in common with Tarkin. They are full of contempt for non-human races, and also believe that those low-level residents are just screws to maintain their rule.
However, Octavian Grant also has his own difficulties. On the one hand, the fleet of the Confederation of Independent Systems has captured the planet Bestine in the inner ring star region, and there is a strong tendency for its troops to penetrate directly into the core circle, so he is sending his main force The fleet concentrated on the planet Bestin and fought fiercely with the Separatists.
After all, if he makes those noble families in the inner circle feel unhappy, he, a noble family in the outer ring star area, really doesn't have enough.
At the same time, since the Given people's Yage-Durr planet controls several surrounding hyperspace lanes and has declared neutrality and refuses the passage of the Republic fleet, Octavian Grant cannot forcefully pass through Yage-Durr even if he hates it. Planet Er went to attack the northern part of the controlled area of Dawn Planet.
In addition to military deployment, a crazy intelligence war began between the Fourth Civilization and the 18th Army. The two sides penetrated each other like crazy. Basically, in the area where the two sides faced off, it was abnormal not to shoot more than a dozen spies every day.
After all, Wilhuff Tarkin was not a layman with a civilian background like Suramar, the governor of the 19th Army. His emphasis on intelligence work could be said to be on another level. He not only collects military intelligence, but also collects all information about Dawn Planet, including eating habits, language habits, dialect pronunciation, marriage customs, etc. All the information about Dawn Planet is not missing.
It was precisely because of his comprehensive request, and through the torture of Colonel Lott, the former head of the 19th Army Intelligence Department, that the process of the previous strategic deception was deduced by at least 70%. Then, through the cooperation of Sheev Palpatine on Coruscant, a large-scale sweep was carried out on the informants lurking in the intelligence department of the Republic's capital.
The aristocratic lady whose affair with 007 led to the leak of intelligence and the deputy minister of intelligence who was caught were also sent to prison directly by Palpatine's decree.
007 successfully escaped from Coruscant through the cooperation of Ni Yongxiao's gang organization.
Naturally, even if the Fourth Civilization was unable to take the initiative to attack the 18th Army, their actions did not stop.
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Plop! A man who was stripped naked and wearing only a pair of underpants was thrown into the bathtub with his hands tied behind his back.
He looked around in horror, but there was no one there. It was just that there seemed to be a large area of air in front of him that was distorted. He was extremely frightened and said in a trembling voice: "You...who are you...Wow! Uh..."
Before he finished speaking, a piece of flesh was cut off on his arm. He screamed in pain, but something blocked him as soon as he screamed. Even though his face was covered with veins, he couldn't make any sound.
"Your brain has been given a hint of voodoo by me. You can't make sounds exceeding 20 decibels." A voice came from the empty air ahead.
This voice spoke in a strange tone, as if it couldn't hold its tongue straight when speaking, word for word.
"Now, I ask and you answer. If you answer incorrectly, you will be stabbed." As soon as the voice finished speaking, it cut off a small piece of flesh from the man's body again.
The man's mouth was wide open as if he wanted to scream loudly, and his body was struggling violently, but he still couldn't make any sound. He struggled for a long time, then collapsed in cold sweat, leaned on the edge of the bathtub, and nodded lightly.
"Your name." the voice asked.
"Lou...Gas." The man endured the pain and answered in a low voice.
"Your job."
"Network maintainer..."
"Your wife's name."
"Guani..."
"Your son's name."
"Mauro...please, don't hurt my family, please..." Lugas sobbed softly.
"Your address."
"No... don't! Don't hurt my family! No... um..." Lugas' voice became louder and louder, and then suddenly another piece of flesh was cut off from his chest. He could not make a sound and began to struggle violently again. .
After a while, he lowered his head in resignation and said softly: "No. 224, Chima Street, Leili District, Apartment 002, 179th Floor..."
"Very well," the voice said, "You have learned, obey."
The air in front became violently distorted, and a pair of translucent red eyes suddenly appeared in front of him, scaring Lugas so much that he kept leaning back. Then red energy waves flashed through, and a tall and muscular black man with dreadlocks appeared. He was also playing with a sharp butterfly knife in his hand.
It's the ghost, Gabriel Tosh!
"I'm going to show you the power of voodoo." Tosh said as he pulled a bunch of hair directly from Lugas' body and braided it together with a straw man. Finally, he took the very rough and scary-looking little straw man and put some blood on the pool of blood flowing out from Lugas' body, and muttered something.
A red light sank into the straw man.
"You will obey." Tosh picked up the butterfly knife and lightly scratched the straw man's hand, "because you are mine."
I only saw a wound appearing out of thin air on Lugas’ arm at the same time! !
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[Note 1: In fact, Octavian Grant had not yet been promoted to governor of the 20th Army at this time. He was named district governor more than ten years later for his meritorious service in wiping out the remaining forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. However, because there was no record of who the governor of the 20th Army was during the Clone Wars, Lord Mirror, who controlled the rules of time, pulled him out early to become the governor. 】
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Octavian Grant. 】
