Chapter 1062. The day of the decisive battle (3)
1061. The day of the decisive battle (3)
21BBY, July 1st. This day is also one of the legal Boxing Days of the Fourth Civilization. There is no special reason. It is said that their leader Tang Xiao directly punched a few dates on the calendar with a wave of his hand and then decided on it. As for its significance, naturally there are a large number of sociologists and humanists to supplement it.
Planet Eriadu, outer space.
A large number of the fourth civilization fleets gathered here, constantly launching nuclear missiles and proton torpedoes towards the heavily surrounded planet Eriadu. Terrible explosions continue to explode on the planet's planetary shield. The energy ripples set off by each explosion on the planetary shield are at least hundreds of kilometers in diameter. Some large explosions can even reach a range of thousands of kilometers on the planetary shield. It creates a scene like a storm!
Behind this large group of fleets, two Dawn-class motherships were parked there. All cabins and construction modules were fully unfolded, becoming two huge space factories that continuously produced war supplies.
Hundreds of transport ships took off from the Eriadu satellite. They first came to the three Rookery Hook-class battleships in the outer orbit of the satellite for distribution and transfer, and then transferred a large number of combat supplies Send it to the fleet or mothership to support this battle.
Seizing the Eriadu satellite is a key part of this battle. Facing the highly industrialized planet Eriadu, with the hyperspace lanes almost closed, the war resources on the satellites are the key factor to meet the needs of the fleet.
Not only the Eriadu satellite, but interstellar mines on several other planets in the Eriadu galaxy, including the planet Tarastra, have also begun operations, transporting large amounts of resources to the satellites Go up.
To attack a planet's planetary shield, the competition is resources and energy.
After cutting off foreign aid and occupying other planets in the galaxy, the fleet of the fourth civilization finally gained the upper hand!
Now the fleet of the fourth civilization has even begun to make arrangements for what will happen after occupying the planet. More than a dozen Raz-class heavy engineering ships have begun to lay down basic structures on the outer orbit of the north and south poles of the planet at the same time. Construction of two Agniev-class interstellar bases began.
After communicating with the sensor department, a staff officer raised his wrist and received a piece of data with a universal tool. Then he quickly came to the center of the bridge and faced the fleet commander, Admiral Se, who was sitting at attention. Frances Tann stood at attention and saluted, then transferred the data to Tann's universal tool, and said: "General, according to calculations, we will break through the planet Eriadu within the next 5 to 8 hours. Planetary shield!"
Severance Tann looked at the light screen that appeared on the universal tool, nodded with a cold face and said: "Inform Ling Liang and let her army perform well in hyperspace. There are only less than two months left for the storm, and the planet Eriadu must be captured within this period of time!"
"But... didn't General Ling say at the last military meeting that it was almost impossible to conquer the planet between the two? Capture Eri within a month..." Before the staff officer finished speaking, he was glared at by Severance Tann's cold eyes, and he lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Severance Tann stood up from her seat, came to the porthole, crossed her arms, looked at the flaming planet outside the window, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
In the direction of the Eriadu satellite, transport ships and landing ships soared into the sky. Among these small and medium-sized warships, the huge and flat bodies of the five Kesov-class battlecruisers also began to slow down. Lifted off, adjusted the direction, and flew towards the direction of the planet Eriadu.
Among these spaceships are fully loaded with 1.3 million troops!
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The planet Eriadu, the capital city of Eriadu, the capital of the planet (I am really speechless, I am so annoyed with this planet! This Nima Eriadu galaxy , Eriadu star, Eriadu planet, Eriadu satellite, Eriadu city, I’m not done telling you, there are also Eriadu shipyard, Eriadu space port, Eriadu The launch center... has the same name! I won’t mention it anymore. The one who went to Nima was changed to Elixiang City. When I came, I called it this name, and it was not easy for Jesus to say hello.)
Wilhuff Tarkin, the governor of the 18th Army of the Galactic Republic, had a stern face. He also stood in front of the window and looked up at the flaming sky.
In the sky at this moment, there seemed to be an extremely huge display screen, which was constantly playing flames and light, but he understood that in a few hours, this display screen would shatter, and then the terrible explosion would And the flames will fall to the ground without any obstruction. The planet Eriadu, which once became the commercial center of the outer ring of the Milky Way with a very developed economy and industry, finally faced its final moment after more than three months of back-and-forth fighting.
"Your Majesty the Governor, the underground command center in Elixiang City has been prepared. Please move there to command operations." A staff officer came over and said.
Tajin took a deep look at the burning sky, did not speak, just turned around and left.
Arriving at the underground command center hundreds of meters deep, hundreds of commanders and staff at all levels were already busy. In the center is a very huge holographic projection of the planet, which is marked with dense markings. This is the deployment of tens of thousands of military locations on the entire planet.
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On the bustling planet Eriadu, an impenetrable ground defense line is being built.
But from another perspective, things are not like that...
On the surface of the planet, the once bustling cities are now lifeless, and the streets are full of skinny people. Starving, countless people lined up in long queues in front of the few food ration points. They held random containers in their hands, waiting for the next food ration to arrive.
Almost everyone's face was numb and expressionless.
Even when they occasionally looked up at the burning sky, there was no wave on their faces. They didn't even feel the slightest fear about the sea of fire that might be about to fall.
Some soldiers are patrolling with guns, each of them wearing a black mask, which can cover their expressions that may also be panic. But the black masks also obscured their humanity. Once they found someone cutting in line, they would not hesitate to open fire! Then the body was left to rot on the ground, with no one paying attention.
There are also several hover trucks slowly moving forward on the street. The surrounding Galactic Republic soldiers wearing simple military uniforms and holding blaster rifles walk in front of the crowd. Once they see someone with a slightly stronger body, With an immediate greeting, the person who was called immediately ran over, took a piece of bread and a blaster, climbed into the truck, and joined their queue.
Only the skinny old, weak, sick and disabled are left, still desperately waiting for the rationed food...
The planet Eriadu had a pre-war population of 22 billion, and the current population...
13 billion!
(End of this chapter)