Chapter 1371. An eventful April (Part 1)
1371. An eventful April (Part 1)
April of 20BBY is destined to be an eventful time.
In this month, the main fleet of the Fourth Army of the Galactic Republic was finally completely wiped out after being trapped in the Semires galaxy for more than a month.
With the last four dilapidated Jaeger-class battlecruisers, the naval officers and soldiers who had not been able to eat for several days and had run out of ammunition and food finally lost the power to resist. Choosing to surrender, all fighting finally stopped in the Semires galaxy.
But the losses were very heavy. Whether it is for the planet Semels or the Galactic Republic.
After the seasonal hyperspace lanes were disrupted by unknown forces without warning and became unnavigable, the main fleet, one of the few in the Galactic Republic, was finally cut off from any way back. .
The first thing to collapse was actually not the navy, but the more than 900,000 natural ground troops that landed on the planet Semels.
After the clone army was inexplicably annihilated in the capital city of Semelon on the planet Semels, this force could no longer hold up.
Because at that time, in order to ensure the military operations of the clone army against Semieron City, most of the air support was mobilized in that direction. Having lost most of their air support and leaving only ground troops, they were completely unable to prevent the separatist counterattack.
The Scorpion tank group commanded by Army Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui who came from Dawn Planet. Those hundreds of Scorpion tanks were almost invincible. The position of the Republic's natural troops was vulnerable and was quickly penetrated. Then it was divided and surrounded.
These natural troops, from commanders to soldiers, are very uncomfortable with the concentrated assault tactics of this high-speed armored group, because in the history of the Galactic Republic for tens of thousands of years, the army tactics have always been based on infantry and tank coordination. , slowly advancing the theory.
Therefore, after encountering Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui who lit up the theory of blitzkrieg, the natural troops who were obsessed with the width of the battlefield were naturally unable to resist.
Their last hope was to force the Separatist armored group to stop advancing after the success of the clone forces. This hope had been fulfilled, and the clone army had indeed captured the Governor of the Semires.
But in just one hour, the clone army was inexplicably wiped out by genetic weapons, and all hope was in vain.
After the separatist offensive was restarted, the natural armies of these republics surrendered in an organized manner. In the end, the Semires actually accepted more than 700,000 prisoners!
However, compared to the smooth sailing on the ground battlefield, the separatist Admiral Trench faced a very bad situation on the space battlefield.
The main fleet of the Fourth Army of the Republic was originally much stronger than Admiral Trench's fleet. The reason why the war situation has been able to persist until now is entirely due to the powerful firepower of the Agonev-class interstellar base located in a high orbit above Semieron City.
Now, although the escape route is cut off, the strength of the Republic's fleet has not been weakened at all. On the contrary, as the Republic promoted Admiral Davis to Admiral of the Navy, and gave each naval officer a higher With the promise that their families would receive generous pensions, the fleet's cohesion became even stronger.
Davis, the first naval marshal of the Galactic Republic, immediately commanded the fleet to launch a crazy attack on the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier!
Fortunately, when the battle broke out, the Semires people had already moved the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier with barges between the Agniev-class interstellar base and the Semires planet. If the Republic fleet wants to attack here, it will be attacked from both sides by the interstellar base and the planet's ground firepower.
This is also the reason why the Republic fleet never attacked this dock despite the 10 days of fighting.
But now, the Republic fleet is desperate! Under the leadership of Marshal Davis, they besieged the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier for two full days, and only after suffering the loss of more than a dozen Chasseur-class battlecruisers did the Republic fleet stop.
In the past two days, Admiral Trench fully demonstrated his characteristic of being the best defensive player in the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Under his command, he finally withstood the The Republic fleet's crazy attack. Although the dock of the Endless-class super aircraft carrier was severely damaged during the battle, at least the half-built prototype ship was preserved, and the structure of the dock was still there and did not disintegrate.
However, the fleet in the hands of Admiral Trench also suffered heavy losses, even more than the battleships lost in the 10 days after the war began.
Of course, the main fleet of the Fourth Army of the Republic in the hands of Marshal Davis suffered even more heavy losses. After understanding that he had no chance to destroy the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier, Marshal Davis began to retreat.
He retreated the fleet toward the outer reaches of the system, and after a brief rest, he began guerrilla tactics. The Republic fleet was divided into several small formations by him and began to move around the Semires system.
Davis also specially detached a formation of high-speed light cruisers to hunt down the battleship formation with ultra-long-range laser weapons - he could say that the battleship that broke the balance of the battlefield was Deeply disgusted.
Other combat formations were running around, attacking the transport fleet entering the planet Semels. After all, after encountering such a tragic battle, the planet Semels was also in dire need and needed a large amount of material input.
Admiral Trench also responded quickly. He immediately had a large number of hyperspace blockers deployed on several major hyperspace lanes around the Semels system to prevent the Republic fleet from leaving the system. He left only a few waterways for transporting fleets.
As for the Republic warships that started to fight guerrillas everywhere, they had no choice but to chase them one by one.
The high-speed formation that tried to attack the Lance-type Disaster-class battlecruiser did not achieve any results. These high-speed light cruisers were quickly wiped out by the two escorting Hells Angel-class battlecruisers. No threat.
The rest is hide and seek time.
Marshal Davis's flagship was destroyed 20 days later. Before the battleship sank, he sent an impassioned message to the Galactic Republic military, and then died.
After his death in battle, Republic Chancellor Sheev Palpatine announced that flags across the galaxy would be flown at half-mast.
The war on the planet Semels gradually subsided, and news began to come from the planet Mandalore. After the main fleet of the Second Galaxy Army approached the planet Mandalore, it issued an ultimatum to the planet, requiring the planet Mandalore to be reorganized. All government members must be appointed by the Galactic Republic. At the same time, the planet Mandalore must abandon its neutral position and join the war. .
Almec, Prime Minister of the planet Mandalore, who finally climbed to the position of supreme ruler of the planet, naturally rejected this ultimatum.
The war is about to break out again!
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(End of this chapter)