1694. Liberal Thought
The capital area of the planet Annaji, which is a huge urban area with an area of more than 300 kilometers, is also the main populated area on the planet.
After the battle broke out, some civilians in the capital area were evacuated, and some were arranged to hide in air defense facilities, while others hid in basements that had been prepared in their homes. Only a few residents had no time to make arrangements. These people could only find some sturdy buildings to hide in as much as possible, praying that the Republic's devastating bombardment from the sky would not fall on them.
However, the guns and guns were ruthless, and a large number of civilians still died in the fighting. Especially after the Galactic Republic later carried out several low-intensity orbital bombings on the capital area in order to cooperate with the war, the number of civilian casualties exceeded one million!
Such behavior has further aroused the common hatred of the people. Many people even joined the army on the spot, picked up weapons and immediately became a part of the Annaji Planet Defense Force!
In fact, although the people of the Model Sector disliked Tang Xiao and clamored for autonomy every day, they actually looked down upon the Galaxy Republic at all and even harbored hatred!
Because during the period when the Airu people were hegemonic, the Airu people, who wanted to be the local emperor in the Model Sector, disliked the Galactic Republic. Later, they were forced to join under the pressure of the Fourth Civilization. After the war broke out between the Fourth Civilization and the Airu people, the Galactic Republic not only refused to help, but also dumped old spaceships at high prices to them. The act of taking advantage of the situation made the Airu people hate the Galactic Republic even more!
So after the first war between the Airu and the Fourth Civilization ended, the Airu immediately withdrew from the Galactic Republic.
Later on Annaji's planet became part of the Model Sector of the Fourth Civilization, and the Galactic Republic launched two more invasions here! Under such circumstances, in the eyes of the people of the Model Sector, the Galactic Republic is an existence that is more greedy than a vulture, and will bring endless casualties and pain to itself every time it appears!
So, even if they want autonomy, they actually have nothing to do with the Galactic Republic. They just want to break away from the fourth civilization's single super.
In fact, there is no need to specifically criticize such behavior, because it is normal for people in the Model Sector to think so.
In today's galaxy, especially in the central and outer star regions, one of the most popular trends of thought is liberalism. They oppose all inter-galactic regimes and demand that everything on their own planet be decided by their own planet.
In their opinion, the best way is for each planet and each race to form its own separate government, and then form a loose confederation and parliament at a higher level to resolve some issues between planets. disputes on it.
This trend of thought is actually very deep-rooted in the galaxy, and its influence is very far-reaching.
How far-reaching is it? In the original plot, Palpatine and Count Dooku used this trend of thought to tear off a large piece of the Galactic Republic to form the Confederation of Independent Systems. In fact, the name Confederation of Independent Systems can clearly tell the views of these participating planets. .
Even the defeat of the Confederacy of Independent Systems in the war did not suppress this trend of thought. On the contrary, this trend of independence and freedom had a far-reaching influence, and also guided the rise of the later rebel army.
Later, the Galactic Empire was finally defeated by the rebels, the empire fell apart, and the rebels re-established the Republic, which was known as the New Republic in history. And under this trend of independence and freedom, the New Republic almost made all the mistakes that the Old Republic would make until the end of its life.
The New Republic became disorganized, barely able to form an effective administrative system, and was eventually overthrown quickly.
After the establishment of the Galactic Alliance, the trend of independence and freedom that suffered countless losses gradually subsided, and was finally completely wiped out with the invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong.
So you can see it, right? The four generations of political power before and after were profoundly influenced by this trend of thought. They prospered because of it and perished because of it. It is evident how powerful this trend of thought is. So coming back to the present, it is actually not that surprising that such a trend of thought has emerged in the relatively independent Model Sector among the major jurisdictions of the Dawn Principality. In other words, this trend of thought has always existed among the indigenous people and immigrants, but the political environment in the Model sector has given it the conditions to take root and sprout.
Under the influence of independent and free thoughts, the Model Sector is hostile to the Principality of Dawn. However, also under the influence of this trend of thought, in the face of the invasion of the Galactic Republic, the entire planet Annaji and Model The people in the district all share the same hatred and take up arms to defend their homes!
With such a public opinion foundation, the ground forces of the Galactic Republic are naturally struggling. Therefore, they have never been able to form a complete encirclement of the capital area of the planet Annaji. There has always been a gap on the east side of the capital area that has never been closed, and through this gap, a steady stream of materials has been sent into the capital area to support it. Fight the resistance here.
And after that, under the attack of the T-virus biochemical weapons and Darth Malthael, several large holes appeared in the Republic defense zone that was originally preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the planet Annaji. The plan to have the Republic Army completely surround the capital area was a dream.
So later, under the orders of Cassio Tagg, the Galactic Republic ground forces launched a forcible attack. And this attack is not a comprehensive siege under encirclement, but a coordinated attack launched from several different directions.
The difference between this is still very big.
With external reinforcements, Constantinople can resist for hundreds of years, and Xiangyang can resist for more than thirty years. But under a complete siege, no city can sustain it for more than half a year!
If it was said that in the past, Casio Tag's greatest reliance for launching such an offensive was the extremely powerful fleet in his hands, then now all the elites of the expedition fleet have been transferred to the Dawn Planet, and the remaining damaged ones How much help can serious warships bring to the ground battlefield?
The answer is - almost none! They were able to forcefully send the last supplies and soldiers to the ground, which was their last resort. The only thing left to do is to hold on to the position and prevent yourself from being orbitally bombarded by the separatist fleet near the planet Annaji!
But in fact, they were overly worried about this.
Although the warships currently in the hands of Volgograd-Kanidi are much more advanced than those of the Republic, after all, these warships have been facing a Republic fleet that is five times their size. Until now, no matter how advanced the warships are, they are already at the end of their game.
The Hell's Angel-class is covered in scars; the Catastrophic-class is damaged due to excessive firing of the particle lance; the Dunov-class has an overloaded energy supply system that cannot save itself; and the missiles have long been used up, and they are looking forward to it. Looking at the last remaining factories on the planet Annaji, they quickly sent something to the Masha class to join the war...
Looking at the battleship in his hand, Volgograd-Kanidi could only secretly think sigh.
But what makes him even smarter than Laszlo Dolit, the current fleet commander of the Republic, is that even though he is at the end of his strength, he still displays his fleet and looks ready to attack at any time. situation.
After being so frightened, the Republic fleet retreated back and set up a defensive formation to wait.
Then what follows is a full-scale counterattack on the ground! (End of this chapter)