The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 787

Matt Hona's Wild Idea

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In just three days, the number of mercenaries hired to fight on the battlefield of Fermos City, the capital of Terminus Planet, had exceeded 10,000.

Most of them had also brought their own ships, further strengthening the Galactic Republic's air superiority.

Of course, the Galactic Republic had paid nearly fifty million credits just to hire them.

The Fourth Civilization's robot legion launched an attack in the western suburbs, only to suffer a crushing defeat. With the reinforcements provided by these mercenaries, the Galactic Republic Army had begun to gain the advantage even in numbers.

More than 20,000 robots were destroyed on the battlefield in the western suburbs.

After throwing away this batch of robot troops, the Fourth Civilization's ground front fell silent, with no further offensives launched.

In fact, the Fourth Civilization's consecutive offensives had made the Galactic Republic feel extremely uncomfortable as well. When fighting the Fourth Civilization Army, the Clone Army's casualty ratio was incomparable to that on any other battlefield.

Now that the enemy had finally stopped, the Republic hurried to transport supplies and personnel, repair ships and equipment, and prepare for the next wave of attacks.

And in fact, the Fourth Civilization was indeed preparing for its next offensive.

Three days earlier, Matt Hona had submitted his plan for the next phase of operations. He requested that the Research Department provide the prototype vessels of the two new warships currently under development for use, with certain modifications to be made as well.

This request put the Research Department in an impossible position. Unable to make a decision, they eventually submitted it to Tang Xiao, because the request could delay the development of the new warships by at least half a year.

What nonsense. If you took away the prototypes, what were they supposed to use for

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