1694. Liberalism
Annaj Planet's capital district, this is a huge urban area with an area of more than 300 kilometers, and it is also the main populated area on the planet.
After the battle broke out, part of the civilians in the capital area were evacuated, some were arranged to hide in air defense facilities, and the other part hid in the basements that they Homeworld had already prepared. Only a few residents did not have time to make arrangements. These people could only find some sturdy buildings to hide in as much as possible, praying that the devastating shelling from Galactic Republic would not fall on their heads.
However, the guns were ruthless, and a large number of civilians still died in the fighting. Especially after Galactic Republic later launched several low-intensity Orbital Bombardment attacks on the capital area in order to cooperate with the operations, the number of civilian casualties exceeded one million!
Such behavior has further aroused the common hatred of the people. Many people even joined the army on the spot, picked up weapons and immediately became a part of Annaj Planet Defense Force!
In fact, although the people of Modell Sector dislike Tang Xiao and clamor for autonomy every day, in fact they completely despise Galactic Republic and even harbor hatred!
Because during the period of Ayrou's dominance, Ayrou, who wanted to be the local emperor in Modell Sector, disliked Galactic Republic. Later, he had no choice but to join under the pressure of Fourth Civilization. Later, when a war broke out between Fourth Civilization and Ayrou, Galactic Republic not only refused to help, but also dumped old spaceships at high prices to them, taking advantage of the situation and making Ayrou hate Galactic Republic to the core!
So after the first war between Ayrou and Fourth Civilization ended, Ayrou immediately quit Galactic Republic.
Later, Annaj Planet, as part of Fourth Civilization Modell Sector, Galactic Republic launched two more invasions here! Under such circumstances, in the eyes of the people of Modell Sector, Galactic Republic is an existence that is even more greedy than Vulture, and will bring endless casualties and pain to itself every time it appears!
Therefore, even if they want to seek autonomy, it actually has nothing to do with Galactic Republic. They just want to break away from Fourth Civilization single super.
In fact, there is no need to specifically criticize such behavior, because people from Modell Sector would think so, and that is normal.
In the current galaxy, especially in Mid Rim and Outer Rim Territories, one of the most popular trends of thought is liberalism. They oppose all inter-galactic regimes and demand that everything on their own planet be decided by their own planet.
In their view, the best way is for each planet and each race to form its own separate government, and then form a loose Confederacy of Independent Systems and parliament at a higher level to resolve some disputes between planets.
This trend of thought is actually very deep-rooted in the galaxy, and its influence is very far-reaching.
How far-reaching is it? In the original plot, Palpatine and Count Dooku used this trend of thought to tear off a large piece of Galactic Republic to form Confederacy of Independent Systems. In fact, the name Confederacy of Independent Systems can clearly show the views of these franchise planets.
Even Confederacy of Independent Systems's defeat in the war did not suppress this trend of thought. On the contrary, this trend of independence and freedom had a far-reaching influence, and also guided the subsequent rise of the Rebel Alliance.
Later, Galactic Empire was finally defeated by the Rebel Alliance, the Empire fell apart, and Rebel Alliance re-established Galactic Republic, historically known as New Republic. And New Republic, also under this trend of independence and freedom, made almost all the mistakes that Old Republic would make until the end of the year.
New Republic became so fragmented that it was almost impossible to form an effective administrative system, and was eventually overturned quickly.
After the establishment of the Galactic Alliance, the independent and free thoughts that suffered countless losses gradually subsided, and were finally completely wiped out with the invasion of Yuuzhan Vong.
So you can see it, right? The four generations of political power before and after were profoundly influenced by this trend of thought. They prospered because of it and perished because of it. It is evident how powerful this trend of thought is.
So coming back to the present, it is actually not that surprising that such a trend of thought has emerged in Modell Sector, which is relatively independent among the several major jurisdictions of Duchy of Dawn. In other words, this trend of thought has always existed among the indigenous people and immigrants, but the political environment of Modell Sector has given it the conditions to take root and sprout.
Under the influence of the independent and free thought, Modell Sector turned away from Duchy of Dawn, but also under the influence of this thought, facing the invasion of Galactic Republic, the entire Annaj Planet and Modell Sector people all shared the same hatred and took up arms Guardian their own Homeworld!
With such a public opinion foundation, Galactic Republic's ground troops are naturally in a difficult situation. Therefore, they have never been able to form a complete encirclement of Annaj Planet's capital district. There has always been a gap on the east side of the capital area that has never been closed, and through this gap, a steady stream of materials has been sent into the capital area to support the resistance here.
And after that, under the successive attacks of T-Virus biochemical weapons and Darth-Malthael, several large holes appeared in the Galactic Republic defense zone that was originally preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Annaj Planet. This made Republic army's plan to completely surround the capital area a complete dream.
So later, under the orders of Cassio-Tagge, Galactic Republic ground troops forcibly launched an attack. And this attack is not a comprehensive siege under encirclement, but a coordinated attack launched from several different directions.
The difference between this is still very big.
With external reinforcements, Constantinople can resist for hundreds of years, and Xiangyang can resist for more than thirty years. But under a complete siege, no city can sustain it for more than half a year!
If in the past, Cassio-Tagge's biggest reliance for launching such an offensive was the extremely powerful fleet at hand, then now all the elites of Expedition Fleet have been transferred to Dawn Star Planet. How much help can the remaining severely damaged warships bring to the ground battlefield?
The answer is – almost none! They were able to forcefully send the last supplies and soldiers to the ground, which was their last resort. The only thing left to do is to hold on to your position and prevent yourself from being turned Orbital Bombardment by Separatist fleet near Annaj Planet!
But in fact, they were overly worried about this.
The fleet currently in the hands of Volgograd-Kanidi, although the warships are much more advanced than Galactic Republic, after all, these warships have been facing Republic fleet that is five times their size. Until now, no matter how advanced the warships are, they are at the end of their game.
Hell Angel-class, whose body is covered with scars; Calamity-class, who was damaged by excessive launch of Particle Beam Lance; Dunov Class, whose energy supply system is overloaded and unable to protect itself; and Masha-class, whose missiles have long been used up and are waiting eagerly for Annaj Planet's last remaining factories to send something to join the war...
Looking at the battleship in his hand, Volgograd-Kanidi could only sigh secretly.
But what makes him even smarter than Galactic Republic's current Fleet Commander Laslo-Dorit is that even though he is at the end of his strength, he still displays his fleet and looks ready to attack at any time.
After being so frightened, Republic fleet shrank back and set up a defensive formation to wait.
Then what follows is a comprehensive counterattack on the ground!