The End of the Battle

"The Republic fleet's only escape route is Tatooine. Have the Hutts intercept them!" Sefrans Tann said coldly as she watched the Republic fleet enter hyperspace. "Regroup the fleet and report on the ground forces immediately! Why hasn't Wolm responded after all this time? I need an explanation from him—how did so many Republic landing ships get away?!"

"General, we've just received word that General Wolm has been captured by Jedi Knights!!" a communications officer came over and reported.

"Even someone with Stone Age intelligence quotient shouldn't get captured in an army of hundreds of thousands, should they? Tell me, how did Wolm, that lesser life-form, manage it?" Sefrans Tann was not particularly surprised and immediately began mocking him.

"Apparently, two Jedi Knights pretended to surrender before launching a surprise attack... General Wolm was with the Kloiden troops at the time," the communications officer said with his head lowered.

"Pretended to surrender? What was he thinking? Did he actually hope to capture those two Jedi Knights alive? Heh heh heh..." Sefrans Tann sneered. "Take over all command of the army! Don't report the battle situation to me—launch an attack immediately! Also, tell that lesser life-form army that was with Wolm that every one of them must kill at least one hundred enemy soldiers to be spared. Otherwise, execute them on the spot!"

"Yes!"

Meanwhile, on Bespin Planet, amid the remnants of the battlefield.

This brutal battle was finally drawing to a close. With Lin Nanyi leading Fleet B to arrive in time, the Republic fleet, which had fought bitterly for two days, was finally headed for its doom.

A volley from the Kohl-class Battlecruisers' Hypermatter Railguns destroyed more than half of the Hunter Class Battlecruisers that had opened their hangars to recover fighters. Without those warships, the Republic fleet could