The brutal battle began at once. To retake these planets, the Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command also ordered the deployment of natural-born forces to land on these worlds and fight alongside the Clone Army.
For instance, in the battle on Charra, the Galactic Republic deployed over two million conscripted natural-born soldiers. At the same time, it required the surrendered Charra government to send out its own local forces to cooperate in the fighting, bringing the total strength to over ten million.
But the facts proved that these natural-born soldiers, with their lax discipline, inadequate training, and outdated equipment, were simply incapable of standing against the droid army!
Faced with droids advancing in neat formations, firing as they marched forward, the natural-born soldiers collapsed almost at the first contact. The routed troops instead exposed the Clone Army's flanks, forcing them to retreat as well.
In the end, it was only after the Republic fleet launched large numbers of fighters and relentlessly bombed the droid army's controlled areas that the front line was stabilized.
The unfavorable situation on Charra seemed to set a terrible precedent. In this counteroffensive, the Galactic Republic, short on ground forces, met obstacles everywhere.
The Confederacy of Independent Systems had long been continuously transporting droid armies onto these planets. They were all entrenched in urban areas and sewer systems, making it difficult for Republic fighter formations to eliminate all those droids through bombing.
Moreover, in concealed locations across these planets, the droid armies had even deployed many J-1 heavy Proton Cannons, posing an extremely serious threat to Acclamator-class assault ships attempting to enter the atmosphere and conduct landing operations.
At the same time, the Republic Fleet did not dare launch an assault recklessly. They feared that once the fleet penetrated deep into the Confederacy of Independent Systems' controlled