Chapter 2179 Counterattack
2179. Counterattack
"All the major cities on the planet Murkana have been occupied. According to the plan, I should announce the return of the planet to the embrace of the Republic on behalf of the planet and establish a legal new government." On the flagship bridge, Admiral Tarkin slowly Said directly to the holographic projection in the communication.
There are two people on the holographic projection, one is an old human being in his 60s-Jedi Master Ron Shreen. The other is a woman, who is from the Zabrak of Dathomir like the heroic Jedi Master Ace Koth before him, except that her skin is pale yellow. She was another Jedi Master of this campaign, Bor Chatak.
"Now is not the best time to do this. Although we have occupied these cities in name, the attacks against us have not stopped for a day." Ron Shreen said in a deep voice.
"So I just wanted to ask you this question, why didn't you make any progress for a whole week after I broke down the resistance of Planet Murkana?" Admiral Tarkin said slowly.
In fact, normally speaking, even an admiral would be respectful in the face of Jedi masters, but Tarkin was different. Instead, he bossed these two masters around. In fact, this is precisely because of his other relationship, Admiral Willhuff Tarkin, a confidant who was single-handedly selected by the chairman of the Galactic Council, Schiff Palpatine! That's why he dared to order the orbital bombing directly, because for him, it was just a matter of cutting first and playing later. At that time, as long as the 'rebellion' on Planet Murkana can be dealt with, it is actually not difficult to slightly modify the time sequence.
But now, even the good old man Ron Shreen couldn't bear it anymore, and he yelled angrily: "You should ask yourself this question!! Why have all kinds of terrorist attacks not stopped for a moment! Why do you want to establish a provisional government? You can’t even get the cabinet members!! You should ask yourself why you gave the order to bomb the orbit!!”
Admiral Tarkin's face changed, and he said sharply: "You should know that most people on Planet Murkana support separatism! If they are not brutally suppressed, there will be more planets like this Do it!! Because they will see that the price of rebellion is not serious!! But on the contrary, if these fools see that the result of rebellion is orbital bombing, then dare they do it!!"
As he spoke, he pointed at Shreen's holographic projection's nose and said loudly: "You don't know anything about fear, about deterrence!! You stupid Jedi knights only know how to heal your head and feet, what's wrong? Where to go to fix it! You have never thought about the reason behind it! You have never thought about how to avoid the same thing from happening in the future! On the contrary, only us! Only a visionary person like the Speaker is doing his best to help you Wipe your ass! Where do you have the courage to criticize us now!?"
"Then after you've also thought about orbital bombing,
It will be opposed by people on the entire planet! " Shreen said coldly.
Admiral Tarkin crossed his arms and thought for a while before saying, "I have to admit that the resistance on Planet Murkana was a bit beyond my expectations. I'm not a stubborn person, so I was thinking, Maybe I'm too kind... No, no, no, to be precise, the current Republic does not have the soil for my Tarkinism to survive. Only a strong government can support such a political terror that goes deep into the bone marrow, and only by relying on Warships are used to carry out orbital bombing, the deterrence is still not enough, I need a more powerful weapon! A weapon that is more efficient than battleships to destroy the will of those rebels to resist!"
"You're already crazy!" Shreen tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.
"Maybe... this war is a crazy thing." Admiral Tarkin said lightly, "First of all, you must admit that my proposition is still for peace in essence. I will use fear to dominate All, under fear, there will be no more wars."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the faces of the two masters in front of him. Master Shreen was full of anger, while Master Chatak just stood there expressionless. Interesting reaction, Tarkin thought to himself, then he changed the subject and said, "Then let's get to the point. To completely disintegrate the resistance of Planet Murkana, what is your plan?"
"On the rail defense line, can you hold it?" Bor Chatak, who had been silent all this time, asked suddenly.
"I have already received information that the Separatists don't have many battleships on this battlefield. The main ones are the 25 battleships of the guardian planet and the 20 battleships of Emma Frost. This power is not enough to shake our defense line The only thing that needs to be considered is the sharp edge fleet that was taken away by Tang Yu. Although there is a generation gap between the 200 remodeled Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers and the Jaeger-class cruisers, the huge number can make up for these shortcomings. But don't worry, I still have a hole card, which is enough to destroy the Blade Fleet!" Admiral Tarkin said with confidence.
"That being the case, I have a plan. According to our investigation, two heavily damaged Generosity-class frigates landed on the ground of the planet Murkana. One of them was destroyed during the orbital bombing, and the other was destroyed by us three days ago. His apprentice, Ollie Starstone led his troops to destroy. Now the separatists on the planet are simply playing cat and mouse with us, and any strategic focus in the traditional sense is meaningless to them. They can Abandoning the city, you can also abandon the industrial base, as long as it can hit our vital forces, then anything is fine." Bor Chatak said.
Then she paused, and continued: "But there is one place where they must concentrate their forces to defend."
"Where?" Tarkin asked.
"In an alluvial plain in the southern hemisphere of Murkana, there is an overturned core spaceship. It should be the core spaceship of the Rucrehook-class battleship abandoned by the separatist fleet. According to a rough radar scan, in this Inside the spaceship, at least more than 70,000 robots are stuck inside the spaceship and cannot get out. No matter how the separatists play hide-and-seek with us, they are absolutely impossible to abandon this core spaceship. Moreover, the terrain around the site where the core spaceship capsized It's very flat, which is very conducive to the deployment of our armored forces," Bor-Chatak said.
"This is really a surprise. Then please, Master Chatak, after solving this place as soon as possible, there are more things waiting for us to deal with." Admiral Tarkin's mouth showed a trace of Smile.
In a Republic barracks on the ground, two Jedi Masters cut off communication and glanced at each other.
"You seem to be a little bit towards the butcher Tarkin? Don't you think orbital bombing is right?" Shreen asked with a frown.
Chatak shook his head and replied: "I absolutely do not approve of massacres such as orbital bombing, but I have to admit that although the method is somewhat wrong, Admiral Tarkin's starting point is still for peace."
"Your thoughts are dangerous, Master Chatak." Shreen said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, Master Shreen. I know what I'm talking about, and I know what I should do, and the belief in my heart is still firm. In fact, the war itself is telling us that it's time for a change It's time," Chatak said.
Shreen fell silent in thought.
Chatak continued: "Then, I will lead a legion of troops to attack the overturned core spaceship, surround the points to fight for reinforcements, and try to consume the vital strength of the separatists. Please leave the other theaters to you." A hover motorcycle left at high speed.
Ron Shreen silently looked at Chatak's back, suddenly sighed, and said to himself: "But I don't know what I should do..."
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The Republic Clone Legion immediately sent a 30,000-member legion to attack the location of the core spaceship, and also mobilized two Hunter-class cruisers and two Cheer-class assault landing ships for air support.
This military action also happened to focus on Jane Connor's weakness. She looked at the holographic map expressionlessly, speechless for a long time.
"General Connor, I think the Republic's action must have been premeditated! They just want to force us to fight head-on. I think we should abandon this core spaceship, and then slow down the guerrilla operations until reinforcements arrive." A The local Kuriwa officer in Murkana said next to him.
"You have to understand, Colonel Miguel. Now we have less than 300,000 robots left, and all kinds of suicide attacks will cause great consumption. If we just give up the 80,000 robots in the core spaceship, It will make it difficult to maintain our combat operations." Jane Connor said indifferently, whenever she commanded a battle, her anger would sometimes disappear without a trace.
"But the Republic has absolute air supremacy. Whether it's fighter jets or warships floating in the air, they are all deadly threats to us! If we said that we were broken up and hidden in the dark, so that their bombing could not be carried out, then we rushed out In a frontal battle, the loss of robots is definitely more than 80,000!!" Colonel Miguel argued.
"How many fighters do we have?" Jane Connor asked suddenly.
"There are still more than 400 aircraft that can be mobilized."
"I have a way to make the warships of the Republic unable to support ground operations in a short time. In this way, we will have the opportunity to compete face-to-face with the army of the Republic."
"but……"
Jane Connor waved his hand, and the smile on the corner of his mouth began to grow ferocious, "You just think that the Republic wants to force us to consume our vital strength, but have you ever thought about it, my mother thinks the same way?"
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"Jane Connor has launched a large-scale counterattack on the southern plains of Murkana. Do we need to do something?" In the Confederate fleet in the asteroid belt outside the planet Murkana, Emma Frost special asked. This time she did not use telepathy and gave Admiral Trench a chance to speak, but the expression on her face showed that she already knew the other party's answer.
"May I ask, are those rumors true about you and your flagship White Queen?" Trench turned to another question.
"It's true. That's why my fleet only has 20 warships." Emma replied.
"In that case, let's just wait. Tsk tsk tsk..." Trench stroked the chelicera at the corner of his mouth, "Since General Connor dares to launch a counterattack now, it means that she must have something to rely on. If she needs us , will contact us naturally. Before that, we don't need to make extra troubles. At least in my command strategy, the late attack will always have the upper hand. In a game of cards, whoever plays the trump card last has the best chance of winning Bigger... tsk tsk tsk."
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boom! boom! boom! In the explosion of saturated missile bombing, tens of thousands of T-2 battle robots switched to quadruped mode, and began to pounce towards the position of the Republic Clone Legion at a speed of more than 70 kilometers per hour!
Whoosh! Whoosh! ! Countless blast energy beams and laser beams pierced the air constantly, and clones or robots were constantly hit and fell to the ground, but neither side had the slightest intention of retreating! The mechanical life army attacked one after another, and the clone army defended without giving an inch!
In the sky, a large number of V-wing fighters covered the Y-wing bombers and dropped powerful bombs towards the ground, aiming to destroy the few armored units in the Mechanical Life Legion. In the higher sky, 2 Jaeger-class ships and 2 Cheer-class ships are also suspended at the best position. The turbo laser cannon has switched to the normal firing mode, emitting a series of destructive beams. It keeps exploding.
"Fire and bomb the H-339 area!"
boom! boom! boom! In the explosion of saturated missile bombing, tens of thousands of T-2 battle robots switched to quadruped mode, and began to pounce towards the position of the Republic Clone Legion at a speed of more than 70 kilometers per hour!
Whoosh! Whoosh! ! Countless blast energy beams and laser beams pierced the air constantly, and clones or robots were constantly hit and fell to the ground, but neither side had the slightest intention of retreating! The mechanical life army attacked one after another, and the clone army defended without giving an inch!
In the sky, a large number of V-wing fighters covered the Y-wing bombers and dropped powerful bombs towards the ground, aiming to destroy the few armored units in the Mechanical Life Legion. In the higher sky, 2 Hunter-class ships and 2 Cheer-class ships are also suspended in the best position. The turbo laser cannon has switched to the normal firing mode, emitting a series of destructive beams. It keeps exploding.
"Fire and bomb the H-339 area!"