1593. Reinforcements
When Gillard-Perine arrived at Faida system with his Seventh Army's Second Sub-fleet who had been reinforced and strengthened by Wilhuff-Tarkin, he saw a tragic scene.
The battle has spread to the vicinity of the space port located in the outer orbit of the planet. In that space, the wreckage of battleships is everywhere. But even so, the fight still doesn't stop!
A large group of Galactic Republic fighter jets attacked frantically and besieged Geth warship. The fighter formation braved the intensive anti-aircraft firepower of Geth warship and rushed over to launch Proton Torpedo and Concussion Missile.
The anti-aircraft firepower used by Geth warship is the X-ray cannon tower. The laser emitted by this turret is almost undetectable in the spectrum, so from a distance, it seems that there are only laser beams and missiles launched by Galactic Republic fighters around Geth warship. But in fact, every battleship is surrounded by webs of death!
The remaining Republic warship are only 3 Hunter Class Battlecruiser, 4 Aquitenes-class light cruiser and more than 10 small warships. These warships can only linger around the space port, and the number of Geth warship has reached more than 30. If the fighter formations were not still fighting, these warships would have been wiped out long ago.
"The whole army is advancing at full speed! Assault! Destroy all Geth warship!" Standing on the bridge of a Knight-class Star Destroyer ship as the flagship, a general in his 40s issued an order.
Wullf-Yularen, Galaxy Republic Navy Admiral.
After Kamino suffered a surprise attack and suffered heavy losses, the commander Republic fleet Wullf-Yularen in this battle was temporarily hidden, and he was not allowed to command any battle again. Although he was not blamed for the failure of the battle, Xue Zang's behavior was actually Supreme Strategic Command's expression of dissatisfaction with his command.
But this time, Wilhuff-Tarkin asked Supreme Strategic Command to activate Wullf-Yularen again, and he would lead the fleet to reinforce Faida Planet.
After all, Gillard-Perine is currently just a colonel, and even this colonel was entrusted by General Eureka before his death, and he was promoted from a major to an exception. He is naturally not qualified to command this huge fleet with 60 warships.
"General Yularen, I suggest that we attack immediately, mainly by driving them away, and repel Geth fleet as soon as possible! Saving people is important, we need to stabilize our position first." Gillard-Perine said.
"I agree. Send the order, let each ship focus on driving away, not pursuing." Wullf-Yularen nodded and said.
Before leaving, Wilhuff-Tarkin specially asked Wullf-Yularen to listen to Gillard-Perine's opinions as much as possible. The implication was that he meant to cultivate this promising young man.
Wullf-Yularen has been involved in politics and the military for many years, so he naturally knows what Tarkin means. Now he also needs this battle to prove himself again, so he has no airs and humbly accepted Perine's suggestion.
After this huge fleet including 10 Knight-class Star Destroyer came over, Geth fleet quickly began to retreat, heading towards the second satellite of Faida Planet. The battle that occurred near Faida Planet also temporarily came to an end.
The haggard face of Lieutenant General Henderson appeared on the communication screen. He gave a military salute and said, "This is Republic Navy Lieutenant General Henderson, which belongs to the Republic Ninth Army. Thank you for your reinforcements... If you come a few hours later, maybe the entire Faida Planet will fall."
Wullf-Yularen replied, "This is Fourth Army's Second Sub-fleet, I am Wullf-Admiral Yularen, this is my adjutant, Gillard-Colonel Peren. Wilhuff-Governor Tarkin sent us for reinforcements."
He is currently leading the fleet of the Fourth Army, and Gillard-Perine have also been temporarily transferred to Tarkin, so it is correct that they are currently under the Fourth Army.
Lieutenant General Henderson took another look at the young man standing next to Wullf-Yularen. Generally speaking, the self-introductions of Commander on both sides would not include their adjutants. Admiral Yularen said this, so it must have a purpose, at least it also shows that this young man has an extraordinary background.
"How is the situation here?" Gillard-Perine couldn't wait any longer and asked eagerly.
Lieutenant General Henderson shook his head and said, "It's very bad. On the ground battlefield, the war has burned into the planet's capital Chynesti City. The Clone Army I brought suffered heavy losses. It is difficult to hold the front and can only delay time. And here... you have also seen that Geth's reinforcement fleets are constantly appearing, and we are unable to resist."
Wullf-Admiral Yularen frowned, "It stands to reason that Faida Planet does not have any large hyperspace channels, and this is also within the jurisdiction of Galactic Republic Internally, Geth suddenly attacked here. It makes no sense that our hyperspace outpost has no response? Is what you said true?" He looked back at Gillard-Perine.
"Indeed, our hyperspace outpost cannot know the movements of Geth fleet, and the Interdictor we set up is useless. We don't know where their warships come from..." Lieutenant General Henderson shook his head, "By allowing them to continuously invest in reinforcements, we can only passively fall into a situation where the two sides exchange battle losses, and this situation is extremely unfavorable to us."
Gillard-Perine said, "Now we must make operational judgments based on the premise that Geth has mastered a new method of super-light speed navigation. But now we must first complete the defense operations, especially the ground battlefield! Faida Planet must not be lost!"
"Another way to travel faster than light speed?" Lieutenant General Henderson was shocked by this statement.
"We'll talk about this next. I have applied for the Republic Research Department gate to send physicists to study our situation. But for now, we still have to deal with the most urgent matter first - how many Clone Army are there on Faida Planet?" Gillard-Perine was not polite at all. He immediately devoted himself wholeheartedly to the command of this battle, unaware that his words and deeds were actually a serious transgression for Wullf-Yularen who was standing next to him.
But Wullf-Yularen is not a person who would stick to such things, especially since Governor Tarkin also said hello, so he didn't say much.
Lieutenant General Henderson saw that Admiral Yularen did not express his position, so he assumed that this young man also had the same authority, so he explained, "We brought a total of 5 Acclamator-class assault ship and 120 transport ships, and transported a total of Clone Trooper has 80,000 people, as well as supporting armored vehicles and various supplies. However, it is difficult for us to guarantee air superiority in the planet's atmosphere, so less than a quarter of the heavy armored vehicles can be sent down, and Clone Trooper has also suffered heavy losses. At present, less than half of the troops should be available."
"So where are those supply and armored vehicle transport fleets now?" Gillard-Perine frowned.
"After the battle broke out, I saw Geth coming fiercely, so I asked them to retreat to Kotaris Planet." Henderson said.
Gillard-Perine's expression changed, "No! We must immediately divide our forces to reinforce Kotaris!"