1703.Battle of Dawn (seventeen)
"Sir... everyone knows what we encountered on this battlefield! The failure of this battle should not be borne by us!" the staff officer said.
"It doesn't matter what happened here anymore... For those in Galactic Republic Senate, all they care about is this result. The result is that we gathered more than 400 capital ships and nearly 1 million Clone Army to attack Modell Sector, In the end, Modell Sector failed to open the portal." Laslo-Dorit's face was completely expressionless. "Do you think any one of Galactic Republic would dare to stand up and take responsibility for such a failure?"
The staff officer was immediately speechless. He opened his mouth and understood the reason.
Yes, this failure was so tragic that anyone who participated in it would be ruined at the very least. Those congressmen and Core Worlds wealthy people are afraid to avoid it, so how can they come out to take responsibility?
So in this case, all the responsibility for this failure will be placed on every officer and soldier who was directly involved in this battle!
From the perspective of Galactic Republic, the battleship is given to you, and a huge amount of money is invested in building Hyperspace Stabilizer to send you there. The original plan was to occupy Annaj system within three days, and then burn the war to Dawn Star Planet within a month. But such a large army lost troops and generals in Annaj Planet in the end, and did not even achieve the first strategic goal. What a shame!
Laslo-Dorit stared at the holographic combat map in front of him. Due to electronic interference and the confusion of various troops, this holographic combat map has actually lost its meaning.
Judging from the holographic combat map, the battle lines between the two sides on the ground are now intertwined, and there is chaos everywhere. The reason for this situation is that Duchy of Dawn's troops broke through Galactic Republic's positions in several local areas.
Moreover, three spaceports have been destroyed and the two landing sites have lost contact. Under such circumstances, Galactic Republic Army can only retreat across the board, then re-stabilize the position, and then launch a counterattack again after receiving more supplies and reinforcements.
Supplies? Reinforcements?
Laslo-Dorit smiled bitterly in his heart. One thing he was sure of was that the actual battle situation was definitely far worse than what was shown on the holographic map. Basically, there is no possibility of a comeback.
Although Clone Army's main force has not been defeated, their position has only been breached. But now the entire headquarters has lost contact, let alone coordinating and commanding each unit and arranging tactics. No matter how many people there are in the remaining main force, it will only add more victories to the defenders on Annaj Planet.
Laslo-Dorit shook his head again. Duchy of Dawn's counterattack was not only well-planned, but also powerful, but the most terrifying thing was the cold-bloodedness and efficiency of this plan!
He can be sure that if the forces currently engaged in counterattack - Caladanian, Indjori and the elite army, as well as the mysterious force that destroyed the headquarters, enter the battlefield at the beginning of the landing battle, then Galactic Republic's troops may not even be able to guarantee a stable landing site!
Therefore, this can only mean one thing - the opponent Commander used the lives of dozens or millions of ordinary troops to fill and delay, just to save the most powerful power in his hand until the end!
The reason for this is that on the one hand, the opponent may have deliberately planned to divert a lot of Republic Expeditionary Force's energy to the ground battlefield from the beginning.
On the other hand, the opponent doesn't want to engage in a tug-of-war at all, they just plan to lure the enemy deep and then kill him with one blow!
At the same time, this also illustrates the third, most fundamental and fatal problem!
Duchy of Dawn, was well prepared for this raid on Modell Sector!
If they came here and immediately faced a fleet ready to work, and it can be said that the deployment speed of the fleet was faster, then the deployment of these ground forces was definitely not something that could be completed in just two or three days! Instead, it took at least a week of careful preparation, from hiding places to hide from aerial bombardments, to supplying supplies, to transporting soldiers, to planning the march route.
All of this requires careful planning and cannot be a spur-of-the-moment move!
Therefore, in this Modell Sector raid, the only chance to turn the tide of the battle may be to abandon the vanguard at the very beginning, and then terminate the entire plan when it is discovered that Annaj Planet already has a fleet waiting.
But no matter what, the Honor of the military must not be trampled upon!
Laslo-Dorit's eyes sharpened, and his expression regained the perseverance and seriousness that a soldier should have. He said decisively, "Instruct all ships! Give up all combat objectives, and carry out indiscriminate Orbital Bombardment against Annaj Planet!! Let the transport ships discard all supplies, and send away natural officers and staff at all levels as much as possible!"
"Sir, there are still our troops on the ground!" The staff officer was shocked.
"No, no more." Laslo-Dorit said coldly.
The staff officer was stunned for a moment, and then met Laslo-Dorit's cold eyes. He couldn't help but shudder, and at the same time he understood the determination of this veteran!
"Yes! I'll prepare immediately!" The staff officer stood at attention and saluted.
"No, I'll make the arrangements. If you can leave, leave now." Laslo-Dorit waved his hand.
With the transmission of the final instructions of Laslo-Dorit, all the remaining more than 90 dilapidated Republic warship ships gave up all their previous combat goals. Some of them are escorting the transport fleet, some are attacking the orbital defense system on Annaj Planet as much as possible, and some are setting up defenses around the area, alert to Separatist fleet that may appear at any time.
After all, Separatists's fleet here has not yet been annihilated, but it has also suffered serious losses, thus reducing its activity.
And now, all Republic warship are starting to turn in the direction of Annaj Planet! The main cannon begins to charge, preparing to launch a devastating Orbital Bombardment on the planet!
Many shuttles took off from the platforms of these battleships, and officers and natural personnel at all levels on the ships took shuttles to the direction of the transport fleet as much as possible. And those transport ships have also begun to abandon the transported materials, free up all the space to load these personnel, and then turn around and prepare to leave.
They will pass through Modell Sector, the hyperspace channel that was opened by Master Yoda and is now very unstable, to test their character and pray that they can return to Galactic Republic safely.
But at this time, a desperate thing happened!!
Only a light blue light curtain suddenly appeared and enveloped Annaj Planet again...
Planetary Shield!!