1432. Other fronts (Part 1)
Upon hearing this, Bail-Organa could no longer suppress the anger in their hearts, "Let those liberated planets pay? Maybe they were once a member of Separatists, but after the battle, they have also begun to merge into the scope of Galactic Republic! If they are burdened with heavy debts at this time, they will undoubtedly rebel again!"
"Then what you mean is to let Core Worlds planets that have been loyal to Galactic Republic from beginning to end bear the increasingly heavy burden of war, while those Outer Rim planets who once stood on our hostile side only need to sit on a comfortable sofa and watch the war progress, and then wait for us to deliver victory to their mouths?" Wilhuff-Tarkin said sarcastically.
"They must pay the price for the war, but they should never take such a slutty approach! This will only plunge the newly stabilized occupied area into chaos again!" Bail-Organa argued with reason.
"But didn't Senator Amidala say that just now? Our finances have exceeded the red line. In this case, Galactic Republic certainly shouldn't be responsible for this huge sum of money, right?" Tarkin said lightly.
At this point, those congressmen began to make noises, especially congressmen Inner Rim and Core Worlds. This matter is related to their direct interests. Of course they don't want to pay, and of course they hope to win the war without having to pay.
After all, the war has progressed to this point, and the possible benefits after the end of the war have been clearly stated - the complete plunder of Outer Rim planets and at least half of the Mid Rim planet in the form of war reparations!
At this time, Sheev-Palpatine stood up again. He raised his hands to signal the surrounding MPs to quiet down, and then said, "Onderon's battle has shown us one thing - ordinary people without long-term systematic training It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to fight against Separatists's robot army. But now, we do not have so much time to train such a powerful army. We must end this war in a short time, even if there is a good reason for the use of Spaarti clone troopers."
He nodded in the direction of Arkania Clone Master and said, "Spaarti clone troopers may not be as elite and stable as Kaminoan clone troopers, but they are sufficient in number, low in cost, and have the wisdom to respond immediately to complex battlefield environments. In this regard, they can still maintain a certain advantage when facing robot troops."
Arkania Clone Master also added, "Yes, Spaarti clone troopers only has a shelf life of about one year. After one year, they will enter a rapid aging period and die naturally. Therefore, even if they can survive the cruel war, they will not create more burdens on Galactic Republic. They are very convenient war tools."
"Then, let's start discussing and voting on this motion." Sheev-Palpatine said with a smile.
This war has been going on for too long, but it seems that there is still no sign of ending.
In May of 20BBY, if we want to count the number of battlefields that broke out at the same time, the number of battles that broke out was the largest at this point in time when the war broke out more than two years ago.
In the direction of Southern Galaxy, Galactic Republic's counterattack has made a lot of progress. In this direction of the battlefield, it was mainly the peripheral control areas of the Technological Alliance and Retail Alliance. However, after Galactic Republic launched a counterattack, Technological Alliance's army almost collapsed at first touch and quickly lost a large area of occupation.
Around mid-May, Galactic Republic re-liberated Rynoth, freeing Tusken from the rule of Confederacy of Independent Systems.
After getting rid of the cruel exploitation and plunder of the Technological Alliance, Tusken immediately announced to join Galactic Republic and declared war on Confederacy of Independent Systems.
The main reason why Tusken is able to do this is because their planet's parliamentarian Orn Free-Tower has a very high political reputation, and is now also the loyal lackey of the speaker Sheev-Palpatine. So with his help, Rynoth was able to get rid of the so-called war reparations and invest his meager income in the reconstruction of Homeworld.
So, they are quite lucky.
The second week after Rynoth was liberated, Chancellor Palpatine announced the reconstruction of Galaxy Republic's 14th Legion.
This legion, which was previously destroyed when Technological Alliance captured the capital Rynoth, once again stands in the galaxy, guarding the southeast for Galactic Republic.
But now, 14th Army is still empty. First, it has no army. Second, it has no fleet. It just has an administrative agency. But the reconstruction of the 14th Army is a very dangerous signal for Confederacy of Independent Systems.
The jurisdiction divided by the 14th Army includes Geonosis, Christophsis, Hypori planet and other important strategic places. Among them, Geonosis and Hypori planet are one of the largest robot factories of Confederacy of Independent Systems, and Crystal Planet Christophsis is also related to the output of Kyber Crystal, as well as a large source of financial revenue.
But now, these important planets are already under the attack of Galactic Republic and may be attacked at any time.
The only good news is that there is a Hutt Space between the main jurisdictions of the 14th Army and Galactic Republic, and the offensive and defensive battles on those key planets are no better than Rynoth. A large-scale fleet must be mobilized to besieged. The obstruction of Hutt Space made it difficult for Galactic Republic to mobilize the large-scale fleet smoothly.
But even so, these planets have begun active military preparations, ready to deal with the invasion of Galactic Republic at any time.
In the other direction, Northeastern sector of the galaxy area.
Galactic Republic has started a fierce battle with Confederacy of Independent Systems on Kashyyyk planet. Wookiees of Kashyyyk planet also broke out in uprising to cooperate with Galactic Republic's actions.
General Grievous's main fleet continues to huddle in Saleucami Planet, continuing to maintain a 'Fleet in being' posture - as long as the fleet in his hand does not take the initiative to attack, then Galactic Republic, who cannot find a chance for a decisive battle with the fleet, will always be wary of the existence of his fleet, and thus cannot completely let go.
This posture is completely different from General Grievous's aggressive and fire-like offensive method before.
But as Republic Fourth Army lost its main fleet and main army on the two battlefields of Semirres Planet and Onderon, Galactic Republic mainly used the local defense fleet that had been captured before in this direction, and really did not dare to confront Grievous's main fleet.
In this direction, a stalemate has formed.
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