1062. The day of decisive battle (4)
Eriadu was once the most economically developed planet among Outer Rim Territories, even more developed than the economy of Christophsis. It mainly relies on a self-sufficient industrial system and very developed foreign trade.
Because it is located at a transportation hub, trade and commerce here are very developed, and countless rich people have been born. In addition, Eriadu has a suitable climate and rich products. In order to meet the needs of these rich people for the environment and materials, there are also many agricultural areas on the planet.
After the war broke out, Eriadu, under the command of Governor Wilhuff-Tarkin, continued to hoard a large amount of resources and evacuated the population. But the evacuation efforts are limited after all, because the priority of all transport ships is to ensure war supplies.
There are still a large number of people staying on the planet. They are either unable to leave or they still have illusions, believing that Separatists cannot capture this heavily fortified planet. Especially under the exaggeration of the propaganda machine, Governor Tarkin, which has continuously won the defensive battle and overwhelmed Celestian on Industrial planet Salust, has the same image as God of War.
Many people believe that under the leadership of Governor Tarkin, it is impossible for them to lose, especially behind them, there is a steady stream of Galactic Republic reinforcements. Therefore, even when the Eriadu system Planet 5 Tarlstella planet fell, there were still less than 3 billion people who chose to leave.
After all, the conditions in Eriadu are really favorable, with good environment, convenient transportation, good policies, and many opportunities. Outer Rim of the galaxy is one of the very few planets that is not in a state of exploitation.
But for the next development of the battle, even Wilhuff-Tarkin himself did not expect it at all.
In just a few hours of fighting, Separatists took advantage of a stellar flare to make a comeback. It went from being impossible to break through the solid defense line between Eriadu and the satellite to breaking through the satellite's defense and landing on the satellite, triggering a hyperspace storm and cutting off external traffic!
They made countless plans, but the only thing they didn't expect was that the traffic would be cut off! And if it weren't for this, Galactic Republic is completely capable of ensuring the supply of Eriadu!
So a total of 19 billion people stayed on the planet.
19 billion people!
Even if Governor Tarkin implemented a food rationing system as soon as possible and immediately organized all residents to reclaim farmland and expand agricultural production, there would still be no way to meet everyone's needs.
Half a month after the hyperspace storm broke out, people starved to death on Eriadu. This situation became more and more frequent and serious, and in the end it was almost completely out of control!
Especially in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the planetary army, Governor Tarkin is preparing to carry out the final resistance here, so the food supply for all armies is still a priority, and the famine on Eriadu is getting more and more serious.
Almost every day, every hour, every minute, people starved to death, starting with thin people starving to death, and later even entire villages and entire towns starved to death!
The hungry people rose up and wanted to resist several times, but they were all suppressed bloodyly by Republic army, who was well-armed and well-fed.
In the end, those who did not have jobs and could not be selected into the army had no choice but to live on the once-a-day food ration and wait to die slowly.
After experiencing resistance and suppression, as well as endless hunger, in the second month after the hyperspace storm broke out, 6 billion people died on Eriadu!!
What is this concept? Equivalent to two months, 70 days, one person of the earth's population died!
And the death toll is increasing every minute!
Relatively speaking, Fourth Civilization's fleet is much simpler. Their navy has a total strength of about 500,000, of which 200,000 are humans. Among the 1.3 million army, only 300,000 need to eat. The supplies carried by the fleet plus the supplies obtained from Eriadu satellite are completely sufficient.
In fact, if we were not worried that Republic Army would attack soon after the hyperspace storm subsided, Sefrans-Tann would only have to wait a few more months before the order of Eriadu would collapse on its own.
In prosperity, the people suffer; in death, the people suffer...
Sefrans-Tann and Ling Liang used the lives of 6 billion people in exchange for the best opportunity to capture Eriadu...
And Wilhuff-Tarkin also spent the lives of these 6 billion people in exchange for a defense system covering the entire planet and a huge army with a total number of 100 million people!!
Maybe they didn't think of such tragic consequences when they issued the order, but this tragic fact was caused by them. And even if they knew the consequences, the same instructions would still come from their mouths...
Human life has become the last consideration at this time.
21BBY, the night of July 1st.
With a violent flash of light in the sky, more than 20 nuclear bombs exploded on the surface of Eriadu. Eriadu finally ushered in the final decisive moment!
Planetary Shield, broken!
Rumbling~~~~~A huge mushroom cloud thousands of meters high was set off on the ground. These nuclear bombs were originally intended to hit Planetary Shield, so they were not aimed at ground targets, because many of them exploded on the sea and mountains and did not blow up the city. However, the terrifying power and rumbling roar still played the elegy of Eriadu!
The attack from outside the sky only paused for less than 20 minutes because of the shattering of Planetary Shield, and was followed by a more precise and ruthless blow!
Tactical nuclear bombs fell from the sky, Turbolaser beams with reduced power fell from the sky, incendiary bombs fell from the sky, fighter jets full of ammunition fell from the sky...
What fell from the sky was Reaper!
This time, they are targeting cities, factories and military targets!
Fourth Civilization fleet's last mercy was not to target the agricultural area, but other than that, the battleship operator's finger pressed the fire button calmly and steadily. Each press meant the obliteration of a target and the death of hundreds or thousands of people!
boom! boom! boom! boom!!!! Violent explosions continued to set off in the city. Those who were waiting in long lines for food rations just looked at the sky numbly, and then allowed the explosions to engulf them.
The hover truck filled with newly recruited soldiers was blown up to the sky in the explosion, and a severed hand was still holding a small piece of bread tightly.
The Galactic Republic soldiers who had shown off their power before immediately rolled and crawled towards the bunker, pointing desperately to the sky with the Blaster rifle in their hands.
The next second, groups of Vulture droid fighter swooped in and fired violently at the ground!
Thanks to Under the White Moon and Mars for the reward of 100 Qidian Coin from the great sages!!