506. News of war
In fact, in order to avoid failure in Battle of Geonosis, the officials of Tang Xiao and Ministry of Defense discussed it for a long time, and the final conclusion was simple——
If you don't want to lose the fight, it's best not to fight.
With an army of 200,000 clones, coupled with sophisticated equipment and complete air superiority, it would be difficult for Galactic Republic's side to lose this battle.
But in actual operation, I found that it is really not easy to completely prevent Battle of Geonosis from starting. No, it should be said that it is almost impossible!
First of all, the reason is that Newt Gunray wants to kill Padmé-Amidala. You may say he is stupid or stupid, but this guy just told you at the moment when Confederacy of Independent Systems is about to be established that he will not sign the contract unless he kills Padmé.
Count Dooku will naturally meet his request, and he will naturally send Jango-Fett. As Hunter, the strongest bounty in the galaxy, Count Dooku will naturally not send anyone else.
Tang Xiao was willing to help. He didn't mind assassinating Padmé on the occasion of Coruscant. This was different from the situation yesterday when he caught Padmé at Tatooine. But it was impossible for him to send Edra to do this. Sending this fallen to the Dark Side, now Sith disciple, under the nose of Jedi Order would be tantamount to death, and it would also be tantamount to admitting to Count Dooku that Edra was his.
It is also impossible to send Intelligence Department of Madam M, because it is impossible for the Intelligence Department's agents to do better than Jango-Fett.
In addition, although Padmé-Amidala looks silly and sweet on the surface, in fact, no one involved in politics is not evil. She values her personal safety more than anyone else. If nothing else, based on Tang Xiao's understanding of the plot and many characters of "Star Wars", I have never seen anyone become a stunt double as soon as they leave the house.
Then Tang Xiao will be even more unable to interfere with what happens next - Jedi Order intervenes, Obi-Wan-Kenobi and Anakin-Skywalker are sent to protect Padmé. Then in the second assassination, Obi-Wan went to investigate the real culprit, but Anakin stayed behind and wiped out Padmé.
Of course, it remains to be discussed who ate whom between Anakin and Padmé, because in the relationship between the two of them, Padmé was indeed very proactive.
Obi-Wan will go to the location of Kamino through Force sense and find Jango-Fett on it. There is no way for Tang Xiao to be the first Obi-Wan can't find Kamino, and he can't let Jango-Fett leave. He doesn't know Jango, and he can't talk to Dooku.
In the end, the only thing he could do was to run to Tatooine and catch Anakin-Skywalker, but even killing Anakin and Padmé would not help the outbreak of this battle, not to mention that he had a more important plan at that time.
So after going back and forth, he found that there was really not much he could do. Tang Xiao once again felt the power of the plot direction, but at least, make some preparations.
When he was distracted, Count Dooku had finished speaking, but Tang Xiao had no idea what he was talking about. He only heard Count Dooku finally say, "... Everything has been prepared. In three days, we will launch a full-scale attack on Galactic Republic!"
Tang Xiao nodded solemnly. He had already mentioned Count Dooku's plan before. Today is the final mobilization. His plan is to declare Confederacy of Independent Systems to break away from Galactic Republic in three days, and then launch a general attack on Galactic Republic at the same time and completely occupy the entire Outer Rim of the galaxy.
This time they came to Geonosis to receive the goods.
There are a total of 60 Luukri-Hok-class battleship, 41 Diamond-class courier ship, and 286 Hardcell-class interstellar transport. Such a huge transport fleet contains a total of 5 million B-1 robots, 400,000 B-2 super combat robots, as well as a large number of large unmanned combat machinery and support spacecraft including the C-9979 landing ship.
And Count Dooku also officially confirmed to everyone that General Grievous will become Supreme Military Commander of the entire Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Tang Xiao is happy to see this. Anyway, when General Grievous was still the demigod Caladanian, he owed himself a favor. Although his memory has been modified, at least the seeds have been planted.
Moreover, what makes Tang Xiao even more happy to hear is that in fact, when Confederacy of Independent Systems was founded, Supreme Military Commander was Sefrans-Tann, this also shows that in Count Dooku's mind, Sefrans-Tann is stronger than Grievous. After all, Grievous is just a wild boy and doesn't have much experience in commanding large-scale fleets, while Sefrans-Tann is a formal academic.
This 5 million robot army will form the first wave of Confederacy of Independent Systems's offensive and completely swallow up Outer Rim of the galaxy.
Unfortunately, according to the development of the plot, Count Dooku's secret meeting in Geonosis was broken up by Obi-Wan, and then Master Yoda decisively launched a war, leading 200,000 Clone Army to completely defeat the army assembled by Confederacy of Independent Systems in Geonosis.
The most important thing is that the loss of these precious transport ships makes it difficult for Confederacy of Independent Systems to gather a large-scale army to launch an attack in subsequent operations. Therefore, as the war entered its third year, Confederacy of Independent Systems was already in full decline. Even if nothing happened later, it was already on the verge of failure.
It can be said that Battle of Geonosis laid the foundation for the failure of Confederacy of Independent Systems from the beginning. For this failure, Tang Xiao must be stopped!
In order to prevent this plot from happening, Tang Xiao also blocked Jango-Fett's request to enter Geonosis. They were having a meeting at that time, and Count Dooku suddenly received a communication from Jango-Fett. He originally thought that Jango-Fett came to report that Padmé had been killed, so he generously placed the holographic projection in the middle of the conference table.
Who knew that Jango-Fett told him that the assassination failed again, and Kamino was discovered by Jedi Knight, and now a Jedi Knight is chasing him.
"Why hasn't Padmé been killed yet!" Newt Gunray roared from the side.
"I guarantee on my honor that Padmé won't live long. We should not let this matter delay our real goal." Count Dooku persuaded.
"Do you still want to back down now?" Merchant Guilds leader Shu Mai said coldly.
"Okay, I will sign the agreement. But remember, kill Padmé, this is your promise to me! Count Dooku." Newt Gunray said.
Jango-Fett over there couldn't wait any longer. He said, "I will return to the planet to rest first, and then deal with Padmé-Amidala. The mission will be completed."
If he were to return to Geonosis, wouldn't that allow Obi-Wan and the others to sneak in and crash this meeting? Tang Xiao sat aside and said with a sneer, "Wipe your butt clean first, and then let's talk about rest."
Jango-Fett was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I will do it."
Then he turned around and flew away.
Tang Xiao then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Send out fighter jets to thoroughly search around the planet to ensure that Jango-Fett is not being followed!"
The situation at that time was like this. Who knew that in the end, Obi-Wan still could not be caught... Tang Xiao felt like his head was about to explode.
At the same time, outside Geonosis, Obi-Wan-Kenobi, who fell first, found a vent and called Anakin to hurry over. Rock-Johnson also tore out the steel plates from the wreckage of the burning garbage spacecraft and ran out, following Anakin.
"Why have I never heard of you talking about this robot?" Obi-Wan asked.
"His name is Rock-Johnson. He is the partner who has protected me since childhood." Anakin answered.
"It was Anni who picked me up from the trash and repaired it." Rock-Johnson said.
Obi-Wan nodded, looked in one direction, and said to Anakin, "Do you feel it? In that direction."
Anakin's face became solemn, "I know, the Force's perception tells me that if we go there, our lives may be in danger."
"But if we don't do this, we may miss Separatists's conspiracy this time. You should have seen the huge transport fleet in outer space. What exactly does this fleet transport?" Obi-Wan asked in return.
"Padmé has brought the news back to Naboo and conveyed it to Master Yoda and Galactic Republic. They should know what they are about to face." Anakin said with a frown.
"But it's not enough, we should give them more information."
"How to give it to them? Our spacecraft crashed, and there is communication interference everywhere. We can't send the message out."
"Well, this is the second problem we need to solve." Obi-Wan shrugged.
"What's the first one?"
"Find out what the 'metal junk' transported by this fleet is." Obi-Wan took out the hilt of Lightsaber from his waist, but did not open Lightsaber for the time being. He shook the hilt and said, "Let's go Anakin, avoid the biggest danger, let's take a look and leave."
At this time, the news of Padmé-Amidala has been conveyed to Galactic Republic.
In the office of Speaker Sheev-Palpatine, some major council members and core members of Jedi Order gathered here. Looking at Padmé-Amidala projected in the holographic projection, their faces were a little unsightly.
"Jedi Master Obi-Wan-Kenobi sent a message. He said that a large transport fleet had gathered around Geonosis, with at least 300 transport ships. The purpose of Separatists was unknown." Padmé was extremely worried.
"What is this transport fleet transporting? It can't be transporting food, right?" Master Windu said.
"Now Obi-Wan is trapped in Geonosis, Anakin is going to rescue him, but they can't be contacted now. Master Yoda, I hope you can rescue them." Padmé said.
"Well... they must be rescued, Anakin and Obi-Wan. They may have information about Geonosis." Master Yoda nodded in reply.
Palpatine glanced at Vice Chancellor Mas-Amedda without leaving any trace. The latter understood and said loudly, "Gentlemen, our top priority should be Geonosis! Separatists has assembled a huge number of transport ships on this planet. What are they planning?"
"There is no doubt that this is an army! The negotiations are over and they are preparing for war!" Ask-Ake, another member of Malastare, said.
Because of the previous parliamentary murders, many changes have occurred within Malastare. The forces close to Galactic Republic and alienated from Separatists began to rise, so Ainlee-Tim was squeezed out. The current member of the committee is Ask-Ake, whose political stance is highly consistent with Sheev-Palpatine.
"No! The negotiations are not over yet! Before the Separatists rebels actually launch an attack, there is still hope for peace!" Senator of Alderaan Bail-Organa said decisively.
"We must react before it is too late! By the time Separatists launches an attack, it will be too late! Now we must discuss "Military Creation Act" immediately. This agenda cannot be pushed any further!" said Easynoe MP Ronit Kuhl, who is a member of Loyalty Committee. To put it more unpleasantly, he is a lackey of Palpatine.
Chancellor Palpatine sighed and said to the projection of the communicator, "What do you think, Senator Amidala?"
"This matter must be carefully considered. I will go to Coruscant immediately to discuss this bill with everyone." Padmé-Amidala said.
"But it's still full of danger for you to come Coruscant..." Palpatine seemed a little hesitant.
"I have to come here, for Galactic Republic." Padmé said firmly.
"I will immediately organize people to rescue Obi-Wan and Anakin." Master Windu said.
"Thank you for your hard work," Palpatine said with a compassionate expression, "None of us are willing to see Galactic Republic come to this point, but the matter has reached this point, and we can only do our best."
After everyone left the office, Palpatine sat alone at his desk, looked at the metal statue on the left side of the door, and murmured to himself, "Did you see it? Master, our plan is about to begin... Everything is just one step away."
Of the two statues at the door of his office, the body of Darth-Pregas is hidden inside the left side, while his Lightsaber is hidden inside the right side.
Palpatine opened a secret communication channel and said slowly in his original distorted and greasy voice, "Padmé is about to go to Coruscant... kill her!"
At this time, Count Dooku on Geonosis looked down at his communicator, then clicked and forwarded the message to Jango-Fett.
After receiving the signal, Jango-Fett turned to look at his son Boba Fett-Fett who was standing aside, smiled and said, "The opportunity has come again, let's go, let's wipe our butts clean."
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Geonosian cruiser, the length in kilometers is an estimate, maybe not. This kind of battleship is quite unpopular, please satisfy your curiosity.]