1072, Three-Dimensional Battle
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Boom! Boom!!
Dense Blaster Beams streaked continuously through the air, mingled with unceasing explosions.
Outside the Clone factories on Kamino, countless droids were launching a frenzied assault on the Galactic Republic's Clone Trooper lines. Fearless of death, the droids attacked like a tidal wave. Although the defending Clone Troopers were numerous, most were young soldiers who had not yet completed their training.
In the sky, Galactic Republic fighter formations were also doing everything they could to bomb the droids below, but with little effect.
Kamino's urban structures were all enclosed, disc-shaped buildings. Much of the fighting was taking place indoors, and the planet was, as always, shrouded in a powerful storm. Fighter groups simply could not operate for long in such an environment.
By now, even without counting the fighters shot down by ground fire, the Galactic Republic had already lost more than two hundred fighters to the storm!
Just as the battle around the factory district was reaching its height, news suddenly arrived that Salarian special forces had appeared in downtown Tipoca City!!
"This is bad! The Separatists' target is Prime Minister Lama Su!!" Cody, Clone Trooper commander of the 212th Attack Battalion, cried in alarm.
After Obi-Wan Kenobi had personally led a group of scouts to Cerea, the 212th Attack Battalion and Commander Cody had been reassigned elsewhere. When Kamino came under attack this time, the nearby 212th Attack Battalion had become one of the first units to rush over as reinforcements.
"We no longer have the strength to reinforce Tipoca City!" Another Clone instructor and commander, Blitz, shook his head. Looking toward the front lines, he slammed a fist hard against the barricade, revealing his unease.
The fighting at the front was exceptionally brutal. Many Clone trainees had