552. Bloody Battle Bespin (10)
Bespin Planet, Cloud City.
This is an umbrella-type Floating City with a diameter of 16.2 kilometers and a height of 17.3 kilometers. The 'umbrella handle' part at a height of about 11 kilometers is mainly an industrial area and as many as 36,000 sets of anti-gravity engines. It is these powerful engines that allow Cloud City to float stably 60,000 kilometers away from the core of Bespin Planet, and carry 6 million residents.
In fact, it is the existence of such a giant Floating City that makes the huge Glory mothership of Fourth Civilization look less obtrusive. In the eyes of most people, Glory mothership is actually similar to Floating City.
And because of the shape problem, although Glory mothership is up to 40 kilometers high, a large amount of space needs to be eliminated to install the engine. The actual volume is only about one-third of that of Cloud City.
Cloud City has a total of 392 floors. The 1st to 50th floor is the tourist area, the 51st to 100th floor is the high-end residential area, the 101st to 120th floor is the administrative office area, the 121st to 160th floor is the private area also called the port town, and continuing down is the workers' residential area, industrial area, power area and other low-level and dirty places.
After Matt-Hona occupied Bespin Planet, in anticipation of Galactic Republic's imminent counterattack, he drove all the residents of Cloud City below the 161st floor. The well-dressed nobles and rich people who lived in the upper class had refused to go to that dirty place, but after being driven away by the army, they had to squeeze together with the stinking untouchables and reluctantly live there with full of resentment.
After all, Bespin Planet is different from those ordinary habitable planets. There is only Floating City here. There are no wilderness areas or rural areas. If a war breaks out, civilians will not even have a place to evacuate.
After understanding that they were unable to prevent Republic fleet's landing, Matt-Hona connected to the other party's communication, Commander, in the public channel.
"I am Confederacy of Independent Systems, Admiral of the West Sector Navy, Matt-Hona." He said proudly with his hands behind his back, standing upright, but just facing the other person with his chin.
It not only showed his military demeanor, but also expressed his contempt for the enemy.
"Galactic Republic, 19th Legion Admiral of the Navy, Magellan." Admiral Magellan gave a military salute casually, very perfunctory, "So does the traitor Galactic Republic want to surrender when he finds me?"
"Cloud City The 161st floor is the civilian evacuation area." Matt-Hona did not answer Magellan's words, but said coldly.
"I know what you mean. But if even one bullet is fired from the civilian evacuation area, my army will fight back without hesitation." Admiral Magellan also replied coldly.
"Then floors 160 to 156 are demilitarized zones, and our troops will not enter except for the minimum security force. But if you break this point, we will regard you as no longer caring about the safety of civilians, and will take all possible means to fight back, and record your atrocities in full and publish them to the entire galaxy." Matt-Hona continued.
"Deal, young boy, I have been in the army for 40 years. What haven't I seen? I have my own ethics and will never affect civilians. I will also give you a miserable failure." Magellan, who is in his 50s, is in Matt, who is in his 30s. -Hona relied on his old age in front of him, "Don't think that you are great because those businessmen gave you the position of general. I'm afraid you Separatists businessmen will never know what war is all their lives, hehehehe..."
"Leave these words to your Marines who are about to lay dead in the field." Matt-Hona dropped these words and cut off the communication directly.
Boom!!!! A heavy cannon hit a tall building. The building made of ultra-light alloy was suddenly blasted with a gap, the outer shell was twisted, and some structures were overwhelmed and fell down.
Bang~~~!! There was a loud noise, and then there was a sound of metal friction. The falling metal parts hit a large walking machine with six legs. However, this walking machine was as stable as a rock. The cannon behind it adjusted its direction and fired three shots in a row towards the place where the gunfire hit.
Amidst the violent explosions, Galactic Republic Marines soldiers wearing gray-blue military uniforms struggled to move forward on a battlefield that had been almost reduced to rubble.
These soldiers wear polymer alloy helmets and a simple respirator. Only their chests and wrists are protected by polymer alloy armor. Their standard weapon is an EE-3 blaster carbine.
Compared with Clone Trooper, who is armed to the teeth, the equipment of these soldiers is crude, but in fact, this is the true appearance of the soldiers who account for more than 95% of the entire army of Galactic Republic.
That's right, 95%... The 200,000 Clone Trooper who are still struggling with Geonosis at this time are almost equivalent to 5% of the entire Galactic Republic Army number.
Because now even if Galactic Republic has a population of trillions, the number of troops does not exceed tens of millions, and there is no standing army.
After the victory in Sith Wars, Galactic Republic no longer has any enemies in this galaxy, so naturally there is no need for an army, and Rusan Reforms came into being.
After that, Galactic Republic indeed never had a real war, only some regional conflicts. And Jedi Order can already handle such conflicts. Because the powerful Jedi Knight has the ability to directly enter the enemy's formation and seize the core, capture thieves and capture the king, and also has the ability to solve problems diplomatically with superb eloquence and high personality charm.
If it really doesn't work, if you drive Judicial Fleet, even if you are not scared to death, it will basically not develop into a large-scale land battle. For a smaller scale, Jedi Knight will be enough. With the fleet's deterrence and Jedi Knight's coordination, many disputes were mediated in this way, and naturally there was no need for an army.
It was not until more than a decade ago that this model lost its effectiveness in the face of corporate giants whose strength and ambitions were growing.
During these more than a thousand years, Galactic Republic Army's position was roughly equivalent to that of a militia or armed police. And now the troops that have begun to be mobilized because of this war are actually basically drawn from the security forces of various planets. There is no high expectation of combat effectiveness and training level.
But even for such an army, Galactic Republic's strong industrial capabilities can arm them with powerful equipment such as AT-TE tactical assault walkers.
"Holiday Avenue encountered Republic army landing in the southern section! Fighters are bombing us, requesting air force support!" In a commercial building, the company commander of the Fourth Civilization Guardian unit was reporting on the enemy's situation.
There are Galactic Republic fighter jets constantly whizzing by in the sky outside. Their huge number has caused Fourth Civilization's fighter force to lose sight of one thing and have already gained control of the air in many places.
"There is no air support! But you must hold your position at all costs!" The instructions given by the rear were cold.
But Fourth Civilization Army soldiers did not flinch at all. The company commander said loudly, "Yes! We will definitely hold our position!"
He opened the helmet's communication and said, "Soldiers of the 1st company, please listen to me! Send those baggy Republic army back to their hometown!"
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[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: Cloud City A corner of the bustling business district.]
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 2: Cloud City structure diagram.]