Chapter 741 Gears of War
740. Gears of War
The battle launched by General Grievous was later named the 'Ritual Attack' (Ritual Attack) by the Supreme Strategic Command of the Galactic Republic. ), because this period was originally the date of the ancient Mon Calamari festival, but because of General Grievous's crazy offensive, the Mon Calamari festival was forced to be interrupted, and even because after this war, their planet has Deep in the separatist heartland, it has been cut off.
During the Festival Offensive, the Ceruleanspear of the 12th Army of the Galactic Republic was completely defeated, and almost all jurisdictions were occupied. If General Grievous had not attacked their capital, Lantilias If the Lantillies are not interested, perhaps the 12th Army will be the next to be eliminated.
In addition, the Republic's 4th Army and 16th Army also suffered heavy losses and almost lost the ability to fight again. The 13th Army's Iron Lance stationed in Hutt Space was also destroyed during the rescue process. The mobile fleet was severely damaged and had to retreat again.
The heavy damage suffered by the 13th Army also directly caused the chaos caused by Darth Malthael in the Hutt space at the same time to lose the power of checks and balances and intensify.
Coupled with the Republic's 14th Army Red Tails (RedTails), which is currently being besieged by the Technology Alliance's foreman Walter Tambor, the capital planet of Rynos, nearly half of the 20 legions established by the Galactic Republic have been lost. increased combat effectiveness.
The Supreme Strategic Command of the Galactic Republic immediately began to adjust its deployment, allowing the 3rd Army, one of the corps that guards the core circle, to fully reinforce the 12th Army's planet Lantilias and turn this planet into a planet. The powerful fortress also gave a boost to Therbon, the governor of the 12th Army.
At the same time, prepare for the worst and prepare to arrange for the evacuation of the 14th Army. However, this action is tantamount to giving up on the Twi'leks, while the Twi'lek councilor Orn Free-Tower is in the parliament. There is a very high reputation among them, so there are many obstacles.
Chancellor Sheev Palpatine took this opportunity to issue war bonds again, borrowing 1,000 billion credits from the Interstellar Banking Association to build more warships, build a stronger army, and Develop more industries.
In fact, the two super giants, the Interstellar Banking Association and the Trade Federation, are not completely committed to the ranks of separatism, because a large part of their core interests are also in the inner and core circles of the galaxy, so even if The war has started, and they are still doing business on both sides.
The reason why the Republic is interested in several core planets of the Trade Alliance - Cato-Neimoidia, Balmoral-Neimoidia, as well as the Interstellar Banking Association's Mechito and Miao Planets like Linster are besieged but not attacked for this reason.
This huge amount of war loan has further enhanced the reputation of Thorn Hill, co-chairman of the Interstellar Banking Association, in the association. The senior officials attributed this to the dividends brought by this war, thus providing decisive support for Thorn-Hir, who was waging war against the separatists, was more supportive.
Of course, externally they still claim that they support the Republic, and all loans and support to the separatists are only to protect their own industries. This means that if the Republic threatens the safety of its own industry, they will naturally fight back.
After receiving the war loan, the Galactic Republic sent an endless stream of orders to the Kuat Power Shipyard. The interstellar shipyard on the Kuat Planet was under full construction, and thousands of Jaeger-class battlecruisers were deployed in the star ring of the Kuat Planet. The hull construction began, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
In contrast, another super shipbuilding company fell behind - Rendili Interstellar Power Company.
Due to the shortsightedness and decision-making errors of the company's top management, they misjudged the situation before the war broke out and believed that the modernized Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser could fully meet the needs of the Republic.
The Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser has mature technology, low cost, simple crew training, and has a strong deterrent effect on pirates, and the battleship data is also within the regulations of Rusan reform. This was indeed the best option for the Republic's Justice Fleet at the time. However, first the Blade Fleet equipped with 200 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers disappeared, causing the Republic to question the reliability of the battleships and cancel almost all orders. Then, as several major industrial giants and the Republic broke up with each other at that time, Higra-class battlecruisers, Defiant-class light destroyers, and Cheer-class assault landing ships successively appeared. Not to mention anything else, these battleships were only on paper. Data can push the Dreadnought to the ground and rub it.
The Jaeger-class battlecruiser later launched by Quat Power Shipyard, as well as the Dawn Planet Cole-class battlecruiser that was discovered only after the war began, and the Interstellar Banking Association Behemoth-class battlecruiser The appearance of 1,100 to 1,300-meter class battleships such as the cruisers and the Divine Will-class destroyers of the Confederacy of Independent Systems threw the Dreadnought class directly into the garbage heap.
By the time Rendili Interstellar Dynamics realized all this, it was already too late.
They urgently began to design a new type of capital ship, the 900-meter-long Victory-class Star Destroyer, but after all, they were already a big step behind. Officials from the Combat Readiness Procurement Office of the Supreme Strategic Command of the Galactic Republic learned that Rendili's new warship was actually only a 900-meter warship, and it would take eight months to be submitted for active service. They turned around and left without even entering.
Compared to Corellia Engineering Company, which has its own fixed market share in the fields of merchant ships, cargo ships and small spacecraft, Rendili Star Dynamics Company has become increasingly far behind Kuat Dynasty Shipyard in large battleships. Big.
In short, the gears of the Galactic Republic War did not slow down because Rendili Interstellar Power Company fell behind. On the contrary, they began to rotate faster and faster, and became larger and larger, swallowing them like a black hole. Countless resources.
At this time, mineral planets across the galaxy are attracting more and more attention, so... the discovery of precious minerals on a remote planet that no one had ever paid attention to, the planet Jabim, caused a stir. attracted the attention of the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Jabiim is an originally inconspicuous planet in the outer ring of the Milky Way. This planet has a very harsh climate. Basically, there are only a maximum of 5 rotation days in a revolution year that are sunny, and the rest of the time it is sunny. rain.
Not only that, because of the unique structure of the planet's atmosphere, there are a large number of electromagnetic particles in the planet's clouds, which will greatly interfere with the flight of spacecraft and fighter jets.
Under such an environment, outsiders are actually basically unwilling to go to the Jabiem planet. There is nothing on the Jabiem planet that can be exploited by the Republic.
So around 34 BBY, the Jabim planet was attacked by the cerebral plague virus and attacked by interstellar pirates. The Galactic Republic remained indifferent.
The Outer Rim Planet Mutual Aid Fund established by Claire Underwood, who was just rising in Coruscant politics at the time, helped the planet Jabim and also funded bounty hunters to repel the pirates.
It is such a shabby planet that neither father nor grandma cares about. In recent months, mineral veins hidden at the bottom of deep underground swamps have been suddenly discovered. The metal produced in the veins is a key material used by the Republic's shipbuilding industry to make resistant steel armor. !
So, the officials of the Galactic Republic rushed over with a piece of paper in their hands, wanting to exchange cheap food and dumped products for the mineral veins of the Jabim planet.
(End of this chapter)