Chapter 1389: Fall of the Planet
1389, Fall of the Planet
The capital of the planet Onderon, Izzy City, Temple of Unity.
This huge twin building is also the administrative core of the entire planet. However, now, directly in front of the temple, the hexagonal flags of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the flags of the Onderon planet are hung on the left and right sides respectively. Flags were being taken down and set on fire.
The huge flag, more than 200 meters long, was burning brightly. It fell from the Unification Temple hundreds of meters high. The flames grew stronger and stronger, like two huge fireballs.
The administrative core of the planet Onderon has been captured by the Galactic Republic.
General Akhenaten-Tandin, the supreme military commander of the planet Onderon, underestimated the determination of the Galactic Republic and misjudged the domestic situation. While his main force was trying its best to block the advance of Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano's ground forces, he was stabbed in the back by Saw Gerrera.
Saw Gerrera ignored civilian casualties at all, and he had been preparing for the ground invasion of the Galactic Republic a few months ago, installing proton bombs in buildings around the main roads, and at this moment played a huge role.
At the cost of nearly 100,000 civilian casualties, he blocked General Tandin's main force outside the city.
Then, Wilhuff Tarkin directly ordered the Republic's landing force to advance regardless of casualties and forcefully break through the dense air defense firepower in Izzy City.
He also suffered losses of nearly 100,000 people, but in the end, he still captured the Temple of Unity.
At this moment, it is only 27 standard hours away from the official landing of the Galactic Republic. Based on Onderon's rotation every 26 standard hours, that's almost exactly one day.
The moment the cog flag of the Galactic Republic was unfurled from the wall of the Temple of Unity, the planetary regime of Onderon that had been inherited from the previous king Ramses Dundup completely collapsed.
Arkenath Tandin, the supreme commander of the Onderon planet's armed forces, was dragged out of the underground bunker by Republic soldiers, handcuffed, and arrested as a first-degree war criminal.
At the same time, the Galactic Republic officially announced its takeover of the planet Onderon, requiring all separatist armed forces on the planet to immediately lay down their weapons and surrender! Then it was announced that the separatist robot commander General Kalani was wanted.
After more than an hour of resistance by the Royal Guards of the planet Onderon, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano led their troops to break through the frontline positions. After that, they laid down their weapons and surrendered.
The ones who resisted to the end were the more than 50,000 B-1 combat robots. They were lifeless and unconscious and fought until the last one.
Capture the planet Onderon in one day!
You must know that this is not a place like those backward planets in the middle and outer rings, where a fleet will randomly bombard them and then give up resistance. It is an inner-ring planet with very developed industry and technology. It is also one of the important planets used by the Separatists to produce Behemoth-class battlecruisers!
The good news was immediately transmitted to Coruscant. Speaker Sheev Palpatine, who was in a meeting of the parliament, laughed loudly. He immediately interrupted the current topic and connected Wilhuff Tarkin on the spot. Governor's communication, and then enlarged the holographic projection, allowing Governor Tarkin to accept the cheers of the entire Council!
That's right, the Governor of the Fourth Army of the Republic - Wilhuff Tarkin!
Official Governor! From this moment on!
"Hahahaha! My friend! My dear Governor of the Fourth Army, Wilhuff Tarkin! Your talents blossomed at this moment, and your theory was proven correct! I believe that from this day on, whenever the separatists take up arms to resist, they will think of the planet Onderon! They will think of this industrial world that was captured in one day!" Sheev Palpatine said loudly with his arms spread.
Wilhuff Tarkin just gave a very serious military salute, raised his head and said in a deep voice: "It is my duty to maintain the unity and peace of the Republic! The enemies of the Republic will surely defeat us. Trembling under the iron hooves of the crowd!”
He was greeted with jubilant applause and cheers from the congressmen.
Those loyalist congressmen barked extremely hard, as if they were a group of loyal dogs.
"Now, the war is far from over. I will also work to eliminate the remaining separatist forces on the planet Onderon until they are all wiped out." Governor Tarkin gave another military salute , and then closed the communication. "Look! This is a soldier! This is a role model!" Sheev Palpatine directly gave Tarkin a definition. "Immediately arrange a special envoy and a special plane to send the letter of appointment from the Governor of the Fourth Army to Tarkin. In the hands of Governor Jin!"
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After the communication was closed, there was no joy at all on Wilhuff Tarkin's face.
He knew that the battle was far from over. He would never think that the more than 200,000 soldiers and 50,000 combat robots on the planet Onderon were the full power of the separatists.
Since the war began until now, the separatists have never used more power.
With a fleet and an army of 7 million, it is not surprising that it can crush an enemy of less than 400,000. But the problem now is...
Governor Tarkin sets his sights on the Dixon satellite.
There was one really tricky thing... Tarkin knew it. But this did not stop him from immediately sending a victory report to Coruscant, and Palpatine tacitly packaged this temporary victory into a glorious victory.
The military is military, and politics is politics. The greatest advantage of Wilhuff Tarkin is precisely that he can clearly distinguish between the two.
Now that the political activities have been completed, the rest is military matters.
Dexen Satellite!
Tarkin's eyes were fixed on this very large satellite, which was actually no less than a planet.
After a day and night of orbital bombing, the surface of the satellite has completely lost its former green appearance. Instead, it is filled with devastation. Countless lava and huge volcanoes can be seen clearly even from space.
But such tragedy is only superficial.
Whether it is his Archon-class ship or the Chasseur-class next to it for fire support, the main guns used are turbolaser cannons. Although this kind of weapon is powerful, it is explosive firepower after all, and its power cannot penetrate deeper into the earth's surface.
So although the Dexon satellite showed that the volcano was blown up and lava flowed across it, such an attack could not damage the foundation of the huge steel city of separatism.
The battle is still unavoidable.
At this time, Governor Tarkin suddenly remembered the super battleship that the Separatists had once appeared - the Plague. He was thinking inexplicably that if it were the Plague's super cannon with a caliber of several hundred meters, such a round of bombing would probably have caused the movement of the planet's plates, completely destroying everything on the ground, right?
Thinking of this, his eyes gradually became colder.
That’s right! Super battleship! This is what the Galactic Republic lacks the most! Only this kind of super battleship that can directly destroy a planet can truly bring endless fear and endless deterrence to the galaxy!
A super battleship that surpasses the Plague, surpasses the Xuanwu, and surpasses the Venomous Fang! Only in this way is it true Tarkinism!
Fortunately, the Galactic Republic has a plan.
(End of this chapter)