Chapter 954 Hyperspace Storm
953. Hyperspace Storm
Compared to the development level of the planet Eriadu, which can be said to be one of the most developed planets in the outer ring star region, Eriadu The Riaddu satellite is also very developed.
This satellite with a diameter of more than 2,700 kilometers has a large number of airports, space ports, factories, mines, and colonial cities. The total number of residents is about 100 million, and most of them are military and logistics personnel.
Mainly because in the low gravity environment of the satellite, the takeoff and landing of fighter jets is much more convenient than on the planet Eriadu, so this satellite was also set up by Wilhuff Tarkin The most important base for fighter jets to take off and land in the defense line.
There are 2 million troops stationed on the satellite, all of whom are conscripted soldiers of the Republic. There are no expensive clone soldiers stationed here.
After communications gradually recovered, the Republic's command center was finally able to coordinate and command operations in a unified manner.
But what was immediately conveyed to the Republic Command Center was extremely bad news - the separatist army had established a very solid forward position, and one of the colonial towns had fallen, and the powerful Incho Li Ren has even advanced all the way for more than 100 kilometers!
Tarkin quickly ordered the guards on the satellite to mobilize their forces to ensure that the planetary shield generator must not fall.
There are two ways to set up planetary shields, one is external and the other is internal, and the planetary shields of Eriadu planet and satellites are both the latter. Although doing so will cause a hole in the planetary shield above the shield generator, with the assistance of the two planets and the protection of a large fleet, this problem is not fatal.
But the problem now is that this planetary shield is facing destruction from the inside out!
On the afternoon of May 6, bad news came again from the satellite ground battlefield. The separatist landing force did not advance in a straight line towards the planetary shield generator, but first used a large number of AT-PT walkers to carry out the attack. Large-scale interspersed combat.
During the assault, three republic armies encountered this separatist mechanized force and were completely defeated, with more than 10,000 soldier casualties!
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At the same time, in the administrative center of the planet Eriadu, Wilhuff Tarkin also received even worse news...
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"What did you say? The H-4449 transport fleet cannot arrive?" Governor Tarkin roared.
The staff officer on the side lowered his head and said: "Yes, not only the H-4449 transport fleet, but also the other 9 transport fleets cannot arrive... These fleets suddenly encountered a hyperspace storm during the hyperspace voyage. , were forced to exit hyperspace, and are now ranging from 5 to 80 light years away from our planet. They can only sail with sub-light engines...I am afraid that they still need rescue."
"Why did it happen. Such a situation?! Could the stellar flare also affect the hyperspace channel?" Governor Tarkin lifted up the staff officer's collar and roared loudly.
“We have asked the observatory, and their experts said that this is impossible to occur naturally, because the energy that can affect hyperspace is basically impossible to produce in the natural environment, so it can only be separatism here. During the occurrence of substellar flares, supermatter is added to participate in stellar reactions," the staff officer said.
At this time, a severely interfered holographic projection appeared in the communication on the side. It was the bald old man from the observatory. He said solemnly: "...I must add that this is a very complicated process. , it’s not just about throwing some super matter onto the star. We have conducted many simulations, but we still cannot establish an accurate astronomical model of the Separatist action. We can only say that their preparations are better than we imagined. Much more.”
"I just want to know the result!" Governor Tarkin said with a gloomy face.
The old man said: "Now the hyperspace of the entire Eriadu galaxy is completely in a mess. The spacecraft navigation system requires a lot of calculations to enter the hyperspace channel relatively safely, and even so it cannot be completely To ensure the true safety of navigation. Therefore, the hyperspace traffic of the Eriadu system will be almost cut off during this period of time."
"How long will this period of time be?" "I don't know, maybe a few days, maybe a few months, maybe even more than a year." The old man said, "We can't reproduce the astronomical model of this stellar flare, so we can't get accurate data. The only thing that can be said is Yes, the duration of this hyperspace storm will not exceed 410 standard days at most. This is the conclusion we got from using a maximum function."
The staff officer looked at Tarkin and it was almost there. With an explosive expression, he quickly comforted: "But doesn't this also mean that the Separatists' logistics has been cut off?" Tarkin glanced at the staff officer coldly, "You have been dismissed, idiot. Now get out of here." Report to the infantry company!”
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The Eriadu satellite at this time.
Boom! boom! ! boom! ! ! In the thin atmosphere, the explosion sounded a little distant, but it was equally deadly.
More than a dozen AT-PT bipedal walkers with a height of more than 3 meters are wreaking havoc on the Republic defenders' positions. The blaster cannons equipped under the walkers continue to fire. The powerful firepower is on the defenders' positions. Exploded into balls of scorching flames.
"Group 2! Group 2! Don't stand in front of those walking machines!"
"Use rocket launchers to deal with them!"
"Group 4 has lost contact with its position! Send people over quickly!"
In the communication channel of the Republic defenders, noisy shouts continued to be heard - their positions were being torn apart by AT-PT walkers.
Lying crookedly in front are the remains of several TX-130 Saber-class levitating tanks. Although these levitating tanks have stronger firepower and are faster, they cannot be attacked by several times the number of AT-PT walkers. Next, they were still destroyed one by one.
Without the cover of the armored troops, the infantry troops had no way to deal with such a steel beast!
A Republic soldier crawled desperately on the charred ground, with blaster beams constantly passing over his head. The sound of gunshots and explosions seemed to be blurred and even obscured by a thin film. He couldn't help but feel his heavy breathing in the full-coverage helmet.
A huge black shadow enveloped him, and he quickly rolled into a crater, holding his blaster rifle and breathing heavily.
Immediately afterwards, an AT-PT walker passed over his head, and he clearly saw the blaster gun under the walker firing three shots in the direction of his own position.
The walker didn't notice him and kept going.
The soldier quickly continued crawling on the ground. Finally, after climbing another few dozen meters, he got a rocket launcher on a corpse. He picked up the rocket launcher with difficulty and pointed it at the man who had just stepped over him. That AT-PT walker pulled the trigger!
Boom! ! ! The lucky rocket exploded on one of the legs of the walker. The walker shook and fell to the ground with a clang.
Before the soldier could be happy, he heard a crisp sound of gunfire, and he felt as if his chest was hot. Before the severe pain hit, his consciousness had already blurred.
I saw more than a dozen separatist soldiers wearing dark green combat uniforms rushing over, shooting and saying: "Call the engineering team over! A walking machine has been attacked!"
As more and more separatist soldiers appeared, the soldiers of this republic finally closed their eyes forever.
(End of this chapter)