1371. An eventful April (Part 1)
April of 20BBY is destined to be an eventful time.
This month, the main fleet of the Galactic Republic Fourth Army was finally completely wiped out after being trapped in Semirres system for more than a month.
With the last four dilapidated Hunter Class Battlecruisers, the naval officers and soldiers who had not been able to eat for several days and had run out of ammunition and food finally lost the power to resist and chose to surrender. Among the Semirres systems, all fighting finally stopped.
But the losses were very heavy. Whether it is for Semirres Planet or Galactic Republic.
After the seasonal hyperspace channel was disrupted by unknown forces without warning and became unnavigable, this main fleet, one of the few in Galactic Republic, was finally cut off from any way back.
The first thing to collapse was actually not the navy, but the more than 900,000 natural ground troops who landed on Semirres Planet.
This force could no longer sustain itself after the Clone Legion was inexplicably wiped out in Semillon City, the capital of the planet Semires.
Because at that time, in order to ensure Clone Army's military operations against Semirren City, most of the air support was mobilized in that direction. And having lost most of their air support, leaving only ground troops, they were completely unable to stop Separatists's counterattack.
The Scorpion tank cluster commanded by Army Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui with Dawn Star Planet's foreign aid, and the hundreds of Scorpion tank were almost invincible. The position of the Galactic Republic natural troops was vulnerable, and was quickly penetrated through the position, and then divided and surrounded.
These natural troops, from Commander down to the soldiers, are very uncomfortable with the concentrated assault tactics of this high-speed armored group, because Galactic Republic In the past tens of thousands of years, army tactics have always followed the theory of infantry-tank coordination and slow advancement.
Therefore, after encountering Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui, which lit up the Blitz battle theory, the natural troops who were obsessed with the width of the battlefield were naturally unable to resist.
Their last hope was to force Separatists's armored cluster to stop advancing after the clone forces succeeded. This hope had already been realized, Clone Army indeed captured the governor of Semirians.
But in just one hour, Clone Army was inexplicably wiped out by genetic weapons, and all hope was in vain.
After the Separatists offensive resumed, these Galactic Republic natural troops surrendered in an organized manner. In the end, Semirians actually took over 700,000 prisoners!
However, compared to the smooth sailing on the ground battlefield, Separatists Admiral of the Navy Trench faced a very bad situation on the space battlefield.
Galactic Republic Fourth Army Main Fleet was originally much stronger than the fleet of General Trench. The reason why the war situation has been able to persist until now is all due to the powerful firepower of Agonev-class star base, which is located in a high orbit above Semirren City.
Now, although the escape route has been cut off, Republic fleet's strength has not weakened at all. On the contrary, as Galactic Republic promoted General Davis to Fleet Admiral, and each naval officer was promoted to a higher level, and their families will also receive generous pensions, the cohesion of this fleet has become stronger.
Galactic Republic First Fleet Admiral Davis immediately commanded the fleet to launch a crazy attack on Endless-class Super Carrier's dock!
Fortunately, when the war broke out, Semirians had already moved the dock barge of Endless-class Super Carrier between Agonev-class star base and Semirres Planet. If Republic fleet wants to attack here, it will be attacked from both sides by the interstellar base and the planet's ground firepower.
This is why the battle lasted for 10 days, but Republic fleet never attacked this dock.
But now, Republic fleet is dying!
Under the leadership of Marshal Davis, they besieged the shipyard of Endless-class Super Carrier for two days, and only after losing more than ten Hunter Class Battlecruiser ships did Republic fleet stop.
In these two days, General Trench fully demonstrated his characteristic of being the best defensive player among Confederacy of Independent Systems. Under his command, he finally withstood Republic fleet's crazy attack. Although the dock of Endless-class Super Carrier was severely damaged in the battle, at least the half-built prototype ship was preserved, and the structure of the dock was still there and did not disintegrate.
However, the fleet in the hands of General Trench also suffered heavy losses, even more than the warships lost in the 10 days after the war began.
Of course, Galactic Republic Fourth Army Main Fleet in the hands of Marshal Davis suffered even more heavy losses. After understanding that he had no chance to destroy Endless-class Super Carrier's dock, Marshal Davis began to retreat.
He retreated the fleet toward the outer reaches of the system, and after a brief rest, he began guerrilla tactics. Republic fleet was divided into several small formations by him and began to move around among Semirres system.
Davis also specially detached a formation of high-speed Light Cruiser to hunt down the battleship formation with ultra-long-range laser weapons-he hated the battleship that broke the balance of the battlefield.
Other combat formations were running around, attacking the transport fleet entering Semirres Planet. After all, after encountering such a tragic battle, Semirres Planet was also overwhelmed and needed a large amount of material input.
General Trench also responded quickly. He immediately had people deploy a large number of Interdictor on several major hyperspace lanes around Semirres system to prevent these Republic fleet from leaving the galaxy. He left only a few waterways for transporting fleets.
As for Republic warship, who started to fight guerrillas everywhere, there was no choice but to chase them one by one.
The high-speed formation that wanted to attack the Spear-class Disaster Battlecruiser did not achieve any results. These high-speed Light Cruiser were quickly eliminated by the two escorting Hell-Angel Class Battlecruiser without any threat.
The rest is hide and seek time.
Marshal Davis's flagship was destroyed 20 days later. Before the battleship sank, he sent an impassioned message to Galactic Republic military, and then died.
After his death in battle, Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine announced that the entire galaxy would fly at half-mast and observe a moment of silence.
Semirres Planet The war gradually stopped, and Mandalore news began to come from the other side. After the Second Systems Army's main fleet approached Mandalore, it issued an ultimatum to the planet, requiring Mandalore to reorganize. All government members must be designated by Galactic Republic. At the same time, Mandalore must abandon its neutral position and join the war.
Mandalore Prime Minister Almec, who had finally climbed to the position of supreme ruler of the planet, naturally rejected this ultimatum.
The war is about to break out again!
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