Chapter 554: Bloody Battle on Bespin (10)
552. Bloody Battle on Bespin (10)
Bespin Planet, Cloud City.
This is an umbrella-shaped floating city with a diameter of 16.2 kilometers and a height of 17.3 kilometers. The 'umbrella handle' part with a height of about 11 kilometers is mainly an industrial area and as many as 36,000 sets of anti-gravity engines. It is this The powerful engine allows Cloud City to float stably 60,000 kilometers away from the core of the Bespin planet and carry 6 million residents.
In fact, it is the existence of such a giant floating city that makes the huge Glory mothership of the fourth civilization look less obtrusive. In the eyes of most people, the Glory mothership is actually similar to such a floating city.
And because of its shape, although the Glory mothership is 40 kilometers high, a large amount of space needs to be cleared to install the engine. The actual volume is only about one-third of that of Cloud City.
Yuncheng has a total of 392 floors. The 1st to 50th floors are tourist areas, the 51st to 100th floors are high-end residential areas, the 101st to 120th floors are administrative offices, and the 121st to 160th floors are private areas, also called port towns. , continuing down are low-level and dirty places such as workers' residential areas, industrial areas, and power areas.
After Matt Horner occupied the planet Bespin, in anticipation of the Republic's imminent counterattack, he drove all the residents of Cloud City below the 161st floor. The well-dressed nobles and rich people who lived in the upper class had refused to go to that dirty place, but after being driven away by the army, they had to squeeze together with the stinking untouchables and reluctantly live there with resentment in their hearts. Down.
After all, the Bespin planet is different from those ordinary habitable planets. There are only floating cities here, there are no wilderness areas, and there are no rural areas. If a war breaks out, civilians will not even have a place to evacuate.
After understanding that he was unable to prevent the landing of the Republic fleet, Matt Horner connected the other party's commander's communication on the public channel.
"I am the Western Theater Admiral of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Matt Horner." He put his hands behind his back, stood upright, but only pointed his chin towards the opponent, and said proudly.
Not only showed his military demeanor, but also expressed his contempt for the enemy.
"Galactic Republic, Admiral of the 19th Legion, Maglen." Admiral McGrane gave a military salute casually, very perfunctory, "Then the traitor of the Republic came to me and wanted to surrender. "What?"
"The area below the 161st floor of Cloud City is the civilian evacuation area," Matt Horner said coldly, without picking up McGlenn's words.
"I know what you mean. But if even one bullet is fired from the civilian evacuation area, my army will fight back without hesitation." General McGrane also replied coldly .
"Then the 160th to 156th floors are demilitarized zones. Our troops will not enter except for the minimum security force. But if you break this point, we will regard you as no longer caring about the safety of civilians. Then We will use all possible means to fight back, and record your atrocities in full and publish them to the entire galaxy," Matt Horner continued.
"Deal, young boy, I have been in the army for 40 years, what have I not seen? I have my own ethics and will never affect civilians. I will also give you a miserable failure." 50 years old McGrane relied on his old age in front of Matt Horner, who is in his 30s. "Don't think that you are great because those businessmen gave you a general position. You separatist businessmen may never know what war is all their lives." Hey, hehehe..."
"Leave these words to your Marines who are about to lay dead in the field." Matt Horner dropped these words and cut off the communication directly.
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Boom! ! ! ! A heavy cannon hit a tall building. The building made of ultra-light alloy was suddenly blasted with a gap, the outer shell was twisted, and some structures were overwhelmed and fell down.
Bang~~~! ! There was a loud noise, and then there was a sound of metal friction. The falling metal parts hit a large walking machine with six legs, but this walking machine was as stable as a rock. The cannon behind it adjusted its direction and fired towards the gunfire. Fired three shots in a row where they came from. Amid the violent explosions, Galactic Republic Marines wearing gray-blue military uniforms trudged forward on a battlefield that had been almost reduced to rubble.
These soldiers wear polymer alloy helmets and a simple respirator. Only the chest and wrists are protected by polymer alloy armor. The standard weapon is an EE-3 blaster carbine.
Compared with the clone soldiers who are armed to the teeth, the equipment of these soldiers is rudimentary, but in fact, this is the true appearance of the soldiers who account for more than 95% of the entire army of the Galactic Republic.
Yes, 95%... The 200,000 clone soldiers still struggling on the planet Geonosis at this time are almost equivalent to 5% of the entire Galactic Republic Army.
Because even the Galactic Republic, which has a population of trillions, does not have more than ten million troops, and there is no standing army.
After the victory in the Sith War, the Galactic Republic no longer had any enemies in the galaxy, so it naturally no longer needed an army, and the Rusan Reform came into being.
After this, there was indeed no real war in the Galactic Republic, only some regional conflicts. And the Jedi Order can already handle such a conflict. Because powerful Jedi Knights have the ability to directly enter the enemy's formation and seize the core, capture thieves and capture the king, and they also have the ability to solve problems diplomatically with their superb eloquence and high charisma.
If it really doesn't work, if you send the judicial fleet over, even if you are not scared to death, it will basically not develop into a large-scale land battle. On a smaller scale, Jedi Knights will be enough. With the fleet's deterrence and the Jedi's coordination, many disputes were mediated in this way, and naturally there was no need for an army.
It was not until more than ten years ago that this model lost its effectiveness in the face of corporate giants whose strength and ambitions were increasingly expanding.
For more than a thousand years, the position of the Galactic Republic Army was roughly equivalent to that of the militia or armed police. And now the troops that have begun to be mobilized because of this war are actually basically drawn from the security forces of various planets. There is no high expectation of combat effectiveness and training level.
But even for such an army, the strong industrial capabilities of the Galactic Republic can arm them with powerful equipment such as AT-TE tactical assault walkers.
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"The southern section of Holiday Street encountered a landing of Republic troops! Fighters are bombing us, requesting air force support!" In a commercial building, a company of the Fourth Civilization Guards The commander is reporting on the enemy's situation.
In the sky outside, fighter jets from the Galactic Republic are constantly whizzing by. Their huge number has caused the fourth civilization’s fighter units to focus on one thing and another, and they have already gained control of the air in many places.
"There is no air support! But you must hold your position at all costs!" The instructions given by the rear were cold.
But the Army soldiers of the Fourth Civilization did not flinch at all. The company commander said loudly: "Yes! We will definitely hold our position!"
He turned on the helmet's communication and said: " Soldiers of the 1st Company, please listen to me! Drive those flabby Republic troops back to their hometown!"
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[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: The bustling business of Cloud City! A corner of the area. 】
[Attachment 2 to the Easter Egg Chapter: Structural diagram of Cloud City. 】
(End of this chapter)