559. Pain and Hope (This article is over, please vote for me)
Battle of Bespin and Battle of Geonosis ended almost at the same time. On two different battlefields where Galactic Republic took the initiative to attack, Republic army suffered two tragic defeats at the same time.
In addition, now Confederacy of Independent Systems has launched a full-scale attack, Atraken Planet, Alaris planet, Bogden Moon, Svivren Planet, Tull Planet... Galactic Republic There were raging wars everywhere on the border. These two defeats caused a total loss of morale at Galactic Republic. Less than a week after the war started, defeatist sentiment appeared in the parliament.
What is even worse is the fall and surrender of the two Jedi Master Green Betty, Aiden Ward and their apprentices among Battle of Bespin.
Although in the subsequent battle report, Admiral Magellan very fairly explained that the main factor in the failure of this battle was Separatists's unexpectedly powerful fleet, stealth fighters and well-trained army. He also pointed out that the two masters Green and Aiden should have only been captured, and the only ones who really betrayed were Ulu-Ulix (Ulu Ulix).
However, those MPs among Galactic Senate still pointed the finger at Jedi Order. They openly questioned Jedi Order's ability and believed that Jedi Order was fully responsible for the failure of the two battles.
Sheev-Palpatine once again stood by Jedi Order. He suppressed all doubts about Jedi Order with his strong wrist, and announced under pressure that Jedi Order would still play the most central role in the war. One or two failures were by no means a reason to question Jedi Order.
But the more he behaves like this, the voices behind his back become more intense, and some people even think that Chancellor Palpatine is controlled by Jedi Order.
In fact, both the attack on Jedi Order and their support were controlled by Sheev-Palpatine. The greater his support for Jedi Order now, the greater his credibility will be when he completes his conspiracy and declares Jedi Order to be treasonous.
However, blame belongs to blame. Faced with Confederacy of Independent Systems's fierce offensive, Galactic Republic must come up with a way to deal with it. Sheev-Palpatine used emergency ruling powers to directly promulgate the conscription bill, conscripting 1 billion people throughout Galactic Republic, and strengthening training.
At the same time, more orders were placed for Kuat Drive Yards and more warships were ordered.
However, Rendili StarDrive did not get any orders. Their current flagship Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser has proven in battle that it is definitely no match for the Confederacy of Independent Systems main battleship— —Including Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, Kohl-class Battlecruiser, Deceiver-class destroyer, and Defiant-class light destroyer. These battleships can easily defeat Dreadnought-class.
In order to avoid failing in the countless opportunities brought by this war, Rendili StarDrive asked the battleship design masters who had just switched to them, Willix-Blythex, to immediately start designing a new generation of large battleships. This project was named: Victory Project.
Moreover, Republic Senate also allocated funds to place additional orders for the Clone Army to Kaminoans, and required that all clones be completed within one year. The answer given by Kaminoans is that it will cost more to speed up the clones that were originally designed to mature in 10 years, and it will take at least 2 years.
22BBY, May 29, 19th Legion and 12 incomplete Hunter Class Battlecruiser returned to the headquarters Hoth Planet. 19th Legion Governor Sulama looked at the dejected Admiral Magellan in front of him with a sense of loss. He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only go up and give this old man who had been in the army for decades a big hug.
On May 30, Battle of Bespin's battle damage statistics were completed and the capital Coruscant was notified.
Battle of Bespin, Galactic Republic Grand Army of the Republic The navy invested 60 Hunter Class Battlecruiser, with a crew of 444,000 people, 48 ships were lost, 358,196 crew members were killed, and more than 19,000 were captured.
15,600 fighter jets of various types, 2,500 transport aircraft, and 21,000 pilots were invested. In the end, more than 9,100 fighter jets were lost, 510 transport aircraft were lost, and 11,422 pilots were killed.
The Army invested a total of 200,000 people and 1,200 heavy equipment such as AT-TE tactical walkers. In the end, the Army suffered more than 24,000 casualties, more than 79,000 serious injuries, 670 missing, and more than 2,200 prisoners. All heavy equipment was lost.
Jedi Order, 2 Jedi Master and 2 apprentices were thrown in, all of them were killed.
When the news came, the whole country was shocked. Less than 10 days after the war began, such disastrous defeats came one after another, which cast a shadow on almost everyone's heart.
Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine ordered Galactic Senate Building to fly the flag at half-mast for one day as a sign of mourning. At the same time, he made a public speech, indicating his determination to resolutely safeguard the unity of Galactic Republic. He called on everyone to unite around Jedi Order, respond to Jedi Order's leadership, implement the purposes of democracy and freedom, safeguard the unity of the motherland, oppose power, oppose division, and fight to the end to safeguard the unity of the country and the interests of the people.
In order to strengthen the effect of his speech, he also launched an activity named "Today, I am with the soldiers". He visited barracks and hospitals, personally boarded the Acclamator-class assault ship that had been withdrawn from the Geonosis front line, and touched the armor that had been torn by powerful artillery fire with his own hands, and burst into tears.
And more people gathered in front of the huge screen, looking at the constantly scrolling list of the dead, and screams of pain came from the crowd.
The wife lost her husband, the father lost his son... tragedies in each family continued to unfold, and... this was just the beginning.
"Padmé!!!" Anakin-Skywalker slammed open the door of the hospital ward, and Guardian at the door could not stop him at all.
On the white hospital bed, Padmé-Amidala lay quietly, her beautiful face looking a little pale, her long eyelashes trembling slightly from time to time, and a soft light shining from the top of the hospital bed, constantly monitoring her body functions and maintaining her life.
"Padmé... no... no..." Anakin held Padmé's cold catkin tightly, tears streaming down his face, "Why you? Why! Why you! Why!!"
But there was no response from Padmé.
"Anakin! What are you doing? You shouldn't be like this!" Obi-Wan-Kenobi's voice came from the door of the ward.
"No! Why her!? Why!" Anakin couldn't restrain the anger in his heart, jumped up suddenly and roared loudly at Obi-Wan.
"Anakin!!" Obi-Wan grabbed his arm, and a soft wave of the Force was immediately transmitted to Anakin, "I don't know what kind of relationship you have with Senator Amidala, but no matter what it is, this shouldn't happen! Now, you need to calm down!"
Anakin also regained his composure, understanding that his gaffe might lead to serious consequences. He lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, master, but I was blinded by anger. Because it was me who protected Senator Amidala before. Now she has been assassinated and is seriously injured and is unconscious. This is all my responsibility."
Obi-Wan sighed, patted his shoulder and said, "I hope you are really okay, Anakin. We have just received a new mission. We need to go to Tion Cluster to garrison. Investigation has shown that Separatists has some unusual movements in that direction."
Anakin-Skywalker nodded. He turned his head and took a deep look at the unconscious Padmé-Amidala. His fists were clenched and veins popped out on his fingers, but he finally controlled his emotions.
But at this time, he didn't know why, but a strange name suddenly appeared in his mind - Archangel of Death.
Returning to Jedi Temple's residence, Anakin-Skywalker couldn't sleep. At this moment, an apprentice came over and said, "Anakin, Chancellor of the Galactic Senate, Palpatine would like to invite you over."
"Mr. Speaker? Why is he looking for me?" Anakin-Skywalker felt full of doubts.
"Maybe I want to hear your report about the previous Geonosis, or some other things." Obi-Wan-Kenobi said, "You know, maintaining contact with the parliament is also one of our tasks. So, go."
When Anakin, full of doubts, came to the empty Republic Senate Building, he saw Sheev-Palpatine standing on the balcony, overlooking the scenery of Coruscant.
"Ah, you are here, young Skywalker." Palpatine did not look back.
"Do you have anything to do with me? His Excellency the Chancellor." Anakin asked.
"It's nothing, just an old man who has been under great pressure recently and wants to find someone to chat with him." Palpatine turned around with a warm smile on his face, "It has been so long since we met by chance at Coruscant 10 years ago... The cute little boy at that time has finally grown up."
Hearing his words, Anakin-Skywalker could not help but feel warm in his heart. He also relaxed and smiled and said, "Yes, it was the Naboo crisis. Indeed, it has been 10 years."
"Haha, actually I was very anxious at that time, even a little panicked! I was worried..." Palpatine didn't mention a word about the failure of the previous battle, just reminiscing about the past.
The two of them chatted on the balcony for a long time.
When there was a faint fish-belly whiteness on the horizon, Palpatine smiled and patted Anakin on the shoulder and said, "I accidentally delayed you for a lot of time. It's time for you to go back and rest. It's the dereliction of duty of us old men that such a big Galactic Republic burden is placed on your young shoulders."
"No, this is my responsibility." Anakin said.
"However, I believe you can do it. Your potential is unique. As long as you are willing, you can do anything. Anything!" Palpatine said, "Follow your thoughts and move forward boldly! Don't let others limit you!"