1389. Planet falls
Onderon capital, Izzy City, Unifar Temple.
This huge two-body building is also the administrative core of the entire planet. However, right in front of the temple, the Confederacy of Independent Systems hexagonal flags and Onderon flags hanging on the left and right sides are being taken down and set on fire.
The huge flag, which was more than 200 meters long, was burning. It fell from Unifar Temple, which was hundreds of meters high. The flames became stronger and stronger, like two huge fireballs.
The administrative core of Onderon has been captured by Galactic Republic.
Onderon Supreme Military Commander Akhenaten-Tandin General underestimated Galactic Republic's determination and misjudged the domestic situation. While his main force was trying its best to block the advancement of Anakin-Skywalker and Ahsoka-Tano's ground forces, they were stabbed in the back by Suo-Gerrera.
Suo-Gerrera simply ignored civilian casualties, and he had been preparing for Galactic Republic's ground invasion a few months ago. He installed Proton Bomb in buildings around the main roads, and it played a huge role at this moment.
At the cost of nearly 100,000 civilian casualties, he blocked General Tandin's main force outside the city.
Then, Wilhuff-Tarkin directly ordered Galactic Republic's landing force to advance regardless of casualties and forcefully break through the dense air defense firepower in Izzy City.
He also paid nearly 100,000 losses, but in the end, Unifar Temple was captured.
At this moment, it is only 27 standard hours away from Galactic Republic officially starting to log in. Judging from the rotation of Onderon every 26 standard hours, it is almost exactly one day.
The moment Galactic Republic's gear flag spread out from the wall of Unifar Temple, the planetary regime that Onderon had inherited from the previous king Ramses-Dundup completely collapsed.
Onderon Armed Forces Supreme Commander Akhenaten-Tandin was dragged out of the underground bunker by Galactic Republic soldiers, handcuffed, and arrested as a first-degree war criminal.
At the same time, Galactic Republic officially announced that it had taken over Onderon, requiring all Separatists armed forces on the planet to immediately lay down their weapons and surrender! Then it was announced that Separatists's robot Commander - General Kalani was wanted.
After Onderon Royal Guard resisted for more than an hour, Anakin-Skywalker and Ahsoka-Tano led their troops to break through the frontline positions one after another. After that, they laid down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.
The ones who resisted to the end were the more than 50,000 B-1 combat robots. They were lifeless and unconscious and fought until the last one.
Capture Onderon in one day!
You must know that this is not a place like those backward planets Mid Rim and Outer Rim, where a fleet will just give up resistance after a while of indiscriminate bombardment. It is a Inner Rim planet with very developed industry and technology. It is also one of the important planets used by Separatists to produce Behemoth-class battlecruiser!
The good news was immediately passed to Coruscant, and the speaker Sheev-Palpatine, who was in the parliament meeting, laughed loudly. He immediately interrupted the current topic, connected the communication of Wilhuff-Governor Tarkin on the spot, and then enlarged the holographic projection, allowing Governor Tarkin to accept the cheers of the entire parliament!
That's right, Governor Republic Fourth Army - Wilhuff-Tarkin!
Official Governor! From this moment on!
"Hahahaha! My friend! My dear Governor of the Fourth Army, Wilhuff-Tarkin! Your talents bloom at this moment, and your theory has been proven correct! I believe that from this day on, Separatists Whenever takes up arms to resist, he will think of Onderon! He will think of this industrial world that was captured in one day!" Sheev-Palpatine said loudly with open arms.
Wilhuff-Tarkin just performed a military salute very seriously, raised his head and said in a deep voice, "It is my duty to maintain the unity and peace of Galactic Republic! The enemies of Galactic Republic will surely tremble under our iron hoofs!"
What greeted him was the cheers and applause of the congressmen.
Those loyalist congressmen barked extremely hard, as if they were a group of loyal dogs.
"Now, the war is far from over. I will also work to eliminate the remaining Separatists forces on Onderon until they are all wiped out." Governor Tarkin gave another military salute and then closed the communication.
"Look! This is a soldier! This is a role model!" Sheev-Palpatine directly gave a definition to Tarkin, "Immediately arrange a special envoy and a special plane to deliver Governor of the Fourth Army's letter of appointment to Governor Tarkin!"
After the communication was closed, there was no joy at all on the faces of Wilhuff-Tarkin.
He knew that the battle was far from over. He would never think that the mere 200,000 soldiers and 50,000 combat robots on Onderon were the full power of Separatists.
From the beginning of the war until now, Separatists has never come out with more power.
With a fleet and an army of 7 million, it was able to crush an enemy of less than 400,000. This result was not surprising. But the problem now is...
Governor Tarkin sets his sights in the direction of Dexen Satellite.
There's another really tricky thing...Tarkin knows it all. But this did not stop him from immediately sending good news to Coruscant, and Palpatine tacitly packaged this temporary victory into a brilliant victory.
Military belongs to military, and politics belongs to politics. Wilhuff-Tarkin's greatest advantage lies precisely in the fact that he can clearly distinguish between the two.
Now that the political activities have been completed, the rest is military matters.
Dexen Satellite!
Tarkin's eyes were fixed on this very large satellite, which was actually no smaller than a planet.
After a day and night of Orbital Bombardment, the surface of this satellite has completely lost its previous green appearance. Instead, it is filled with devastation. Countless lava and huge volcanoes can be seen clearly even from space.
But such tragedy is only superficial.
Whether it is his ship Consul-class or the fire support Hunter Class next to it, the main guns used are Turbolaser guns. Although this kind of weapon is powerful, it is explosive firepower after all, and its power cannot penetrate deeper into the earth's surface.
So although Dexen Satellite showed that the volcano was blown up and lava flowed across it, such an attack could not damage the foundation of Separatists's huge steel city.
Fighting is still unavoidable.
At this time, Governor Tarkin suddenly remembered the super battleship that Separatists once appeared - Plague. He was thinking inexplicably that if it were the Plague super cannon with a caliber of several hundred meters, after such a round of bombing, it might have caused plate movement on the planet, completely destroying everything on the ground, right?
Thinking of this, his eyes gradually became colder.
That's right! Super battleship! This is what Galactic Republic lacks the most! Only this kind of super battleship that can directly destroy a planet can truly bring endless fear and endless deterrence to the galaxy!
A super battleship that surpasses Plague, surpasses Xuanwu, and surpasses Malevolence! Only in this way is it real, Tarkinism!
Fortunately, Galactic Republic had a plan.