This was the moment that would decide our fate! Let us cast aside all restraints, form a perfect battle line, and advance! We would prove that we were indestructible, that we could defeat anyone! —History of the Fourth Empire, Article 151, pre-battle declaration by Huang Yehao, company commander of Assault Company 2, 266th Army Division.
20 BBY, August 5. The day of the decisive battle had arrived!
This day marked the climax of the Galactic Republic Expeditionary Force's ground offensive after landing on Annaj Planet. At the same time, it was their final madness!
This was also the most difficult moment for Annaj Planet's defenders. After fighting for so long, they had endured the Galactic Republic's relentless aerial bombardment and battled the powerful Clone Army until now. They had already paid the price of more than a million lives!
Their lines had been forced back again and again, and they could no longer stop the Republic clone army from pushing into the urban districts.
Not a single person from the planet's highest administrative authority had evacuated. They remained in the underground command center beneath the administrative complex, swearing to hold out until the last man!
It was also on this day that Governor of Modell Sector Volgograd-Kanidi issued the order for a full-scale counteroffensive!
Facing the Galactic Republic Expeditionary Force's final madness, he chose to strike them head-on!
In Annaj Planet's capital, a TX-130 Saber hover tank rampaged through the streets. The two laser cannons mounted on either side of its hull adjusted their aim and fired directly at a firing position that had just been exposed inside a building ahead!
Boom!! The powerful laser beam struck instantly, detonating the ammunition inside that firing position and unleashing a violent explosion!
Dozens of Clone Troopers ran forward close behind the