627. Battle of Christophsis (5)
A Acclamator-class assault ship landed directly on the eastern outskirts of Christophsis capital Crystal City. 8,000 clone warriors quickly rushed out from the huge 60-meter-wide hatch. Using the TX-130 Saber hover tank as a leader, they launched an assault on the robot army besieging Bail-Senator Organa.
Bail-Senator Organa Clone Trooper, the 500 people who had brought before, took advantage of the dangerous terrain and stayed here for a whole week, and now there are only more than a hundred people left. Under the protection of these soldiers, Bail-Organa was a little depressed, but at least he was safe.
After receiving Bail-Senator Organa, these Clone Trooper began to deploy more armored units from Acclamator-class assault ship.
Because Christophsis has organized a group of the Rebel Alliance. Although they are basically miscellaneous people who barely know how to shoot, they can be regarded as a firepower point, so this batch of reinforcements carries more armored units.
This Acclamator-class carried 70 AT-TE walkers and 10 AZ-7 self-propelled artillery. Clone Army immediately began to deploy the AZ-7 self-propelled artillery at a high altitude and launched a bombardment against the robot army of Confederacy of Independent Systems in the distance.
Volm-Lotham was eager to capture Crystal City as soon as possible, so the troops of Bail-Organa just adopted the strategy of surrounding but not attacking, instead of attacking this hard nut, they used their main force to attack Crystal City.
But he underestimated the determination of the Christophsian Guardian capital and the scale of Crystal City. This super city with a population of 800 million is densely covered with various crystal-textured buildings, which are very hard, and Christophsis Resistance Army soldiers are hiding in every place and firing cold guns, but those robots will not hide!
Among the almost endless buildings in this super giant city, the 400,000 robot legions invested by Volm-Lotham hardly even caused a splash. Although the robots continue to drive away civilians and destroy the defenders' resistance, their progress is still very slow.
Although in the long run, the fall of Christophsis is only a matter of time, but it is obvious that as Tatooine has opened up the waterway, allowing Galactic Republic's large-scale fleet to pass, there is not much time left for Volm-Lotham.
Clone Army also entered Crystal City from several other directions. They fought with the robot army in the city, effectively delaying the robot's offensive. At the same time, the Clone Army that landed on the Acclamator-class assault ship in the eastern suburbs also seriously threatened the rear of the robot army after establishing an artillery position, leaving Volm-Lotham in a chokehold.
As a last resort, Volm-Lotham asked Retail Clan for help again, but Retail Clan, who had already lost even his underwear, had no choice but to find Corporate Alliance.
The furious Parcel Argent connected to General Trench's communication and cursed, but General Trench retorted confidently. He directly asked Parcel Argent, why was Republic fleet given the opportunity to enter Christophsis through the hyperspace channel of Tatooine?
He claimed that his plan was perfect, but there were flaws in Confederacy of Independent Systems's work, which allowed Republic fleet to come here directly.
These words left Parcel Argent speechless, and General Trench was also the best Fleet Commander he could find. In the end, he could only ask General Trench in a low voice if there was anything he could do.
General Trench's method is also very simple, send reinforcements, both the fleet and the army are needed.
Now the number of Republic clone troopers on Christophsis has reached 30,000, and they have already seen the power of Clone Trooper. These 30,000 troops are absolutely capable of driving their robot army back to their hometown.
So now we first need more fleets to suppress Republic fleet again so that they cannot continue to send reinforcements unscrupulously. After cutting off their backup, they still have to find a way to kill these 30,000 Clone Trooper.
General Trench told him directly that Galactic Republic sent 20 Hunter Class and 15 Aquatens-class, and even the 6 Acclamator-class could join the battle. In comparison, the fleet in his hands is not enough to defeat Republic fleet, and Hiigaran-class battlecruiser alone is completely unable to compete with Hunter Class.
Parcel Argent is going crazy. Where can he find such a fleet now?
Because according to Confederacy of Independent Systems High Command's plan, he must join his fleet in General Grievous's attack on Kamino. Because as Kuriwa who has lived by the sea for a long time, Parcel Argent is relatively familiar with amphibious operations. After all, the main aquatic race on Confederacy of Independent Systems's side, Quarren, was temporarily unreliable due to the unstable political situation on Mon Calamari's side, so Grievous let Corporate Alliance's fleet lead this attack.
The arrangement from High Command made Parcel Argent dare not disobey, but in this way, he would have no more power to continue investing in Christophsis.
General Trench told him that if that didn't work, ask High Command for help. In this way, General Grievous would naturally make arrangements and transfer some fleets from other places. Now Confederacy of Independent Systems is at its peak, far from the point where the fleet is stretched thin. Only Corporate Alliance, who has a huge appetite, is in embarrassment.
But Parcel Argent was absolutely unwilling to go to this point. The reason why he made a huge bet was to dominate Christophsis. Now ask for help from Confederacy of Independent Systems High Command. Even if the planet is defeated in the end, it will not be his.
He absolutely didn't want to see this result.
Parcel-Argent searched his brains and only managed to recruit 5 Defiant-class light destroyer and 10 Generous-class frigate from various places. Of course, although they are named light destroyers and frigates, in fact, due to the current very confusing warship classification here in the Milky Way, let alone the old acquaintance Generous-class, which is an 825-meter behemoth, Defiant-class is also a large fire support ship with a length of 1187 meters.
But General Trench clearly told him that this was definitely not enough. He asked Parcel Argent directly if he knew how many fighter jets were carried in the 20 Hunter Class Battlecruiser?
One Hunter Class can carry 420 fighter jets at full load, and 20 Hunter Classs can carry 8,400 fighter jets.
Each of the 6 Luukri-Hok-class battleships on his side can carry 1,500 Vulture droid fighters, a total of 9,000. Not to mention that the V-19 Torrent fighter can easily destroy at least 5 or more Vulture fighters. Some of the 9,000 Vulture droid fighters must be allocated to support ground operations.
Under such circumstances, if a large-scale fleet battle continues between the two sides, Galactic Republic's fighter group can easily destroy Confederacy of Independent Systems's fighter group, and then escort a large number of Y-wing bomber to blow up Confederacy of Independent Systems's fleet!
You must know that whether it is Hiigaran-class or Defiant-class and Generous-class, these warships designed for the main purpose of fleet decisive battles have far insufficient air defense firepower.
"When Hutt on board Tatooine opens the channel, Christophsis's plan has failed... Tsk, tsk, tsk..." General Trench stroked the limbs at the corner of his mouth and said word by word in the communication.
"This is absolutely impossible! Do you know how much money I have invested in this battle? Just for this fleet of yours, I have advanced a guarantee of 5 billion credit points!! 5 billion!! Semirians is completely extortion!! If Christophsis cannot be captured now, all my investments will be in vain, do you understand?!" Parcel Argent yelled gloomily.
"If this is a gamble, tsk tsk tsk tsk... Galactic Republic has increased the stakes. Whether you can afford to keep up, you have to think carefully... tsk tsk tsk tsk..." General Trench said slowly, "Republic fleet is landing... When the landing operation is completed, they will gather the fleet and attack me. I don't know how long I can hold on... tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
After that, he simply closed the communication.
Parcel Argent smashed almost everything that could be smashed on the desk in front of him. Then he dialed the communication of Count Dooku and roared loudly, "Why would Tatooine open the channel to Galactic Republic?! Why would Hutt help Galactic Republic?!"
"Watch your words, Co-Chairman Argent." Count Dooku said coldly, "For Hutt, we have made diplomatic efforts. In fact, it is for this reason that High Command has not launched Battle of Christophsis. I will hold you responsible for starting the war without permission. Now, you should end Christophsis's battle as soon as possible and block the hyperspace channel to prevent Galactic Republic's huge fleet there from threatening Geonosis."
"You..." Parcel Argent only felt depressed in his heart. It seemed to him that everyone had sufficient reasons to defend their failure, but it was precisely because of their failure that Christophsis's war was so corrupt, wasn't it?!
At this time, Parcel Argent's assistant, Tinari King, said, "If we can't mobilize more battleships, we can at least find enough robots. As long as we continue to put pressure on the ground battle, we will have a chance to win."
"But those are 30,000 Clone Trooper..." Parcel Argent pondered.
"Then send 1 million robots there! Gather our Battery-class cargo ship, and leave all escort work to the mercenaries and bounty Hunter!" Tinari Jin said fiercely.
"But there are not many mercenaries willing to enter the battlefield..." Parcel Argent hesitated.
"Then give us money! We can't find the battleship, but we can still find a way to get the money!" Tinari said, "I also know an arms dealer who can also provide us with some equipment. The man calls himself Santa Claus, and his real name is Santa Claus. Yuri-Orlov has a deep relationship with Corellia Engineering Company and Fourth Group. He is an arms dealer with a wide range of paths."
Parcel Argent thought for a long time with a painful expression on his face, and finally nodded fiercely.
"Your Majesty the Governor, Western War Zone has been silent for too long. I hope you can launch an offensive against Planet Kaal in the near future to put pressure on the Republic 19th Army. It would be better if you can capture their headquarters Hoth Planet in one fell swoop." In the holographic projection, the hideous and terrifying cyborg General Grievous said in a hoarse voice.
Tang Xiao sat on the sofa, supporting his chin with one hand, and asked, "Republic 19th Army After the failure of Battle of Bespin, they searched for battleships everywhere, and now they are in Planet Kaal's defense line includes more than 300 large and small warships and four large armed space stations. Under such circumstances, you still want me to take the initiative to attack... Is it because of the 18th Army?"
General Grievous was very frank, and he replied, "That's right! Our fleet attacking the Republic 18th Army area suffered heavy losses in Salust, and the governor of the 18th Army Wilhuff-Tarkin is a great threat to us! I need you to defeat 19th Army as soon as possible, and then open another front on the flank of the 18th Army to make Tarkin's troops focus on one thing and the other!"
"Unless we can let Republic fleet take the initiative to attack my defense line, otherwise, we will not be able to capture Republic 19th Army's defense line at Planet Kaal." Tang Xiao shook his head.
"Gran has been incorporated into your war zone. This is the greatest support I can give you. I don't care what the outcome is, but you must launch an attack within a week! I will arrange follow-up support." General Grievous said.
"Okay, I will do it." Tang Xiao nodded.
"I wish you good luck, Your Majesty the Governor." General Grievous finished speaking and cut off the communication.
A moment later, the communication came again. After it was connected, the person who appeared in the holographic projection was Count Dooku.
"General Grievous also told me High Command's decision just now. I am looking forward to the performance of your fleet." Count Dooku said with a smile.
"It is not a good choice to take the initiative to go head-to-head with the Republic 19th Army's defense. Our loss at Suluust is also a lesson learned from the past." Tang Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Maybe, I need a plan to seduce Republic fleet."
"If you need my help, I'm happy to help you." Count Dooku bowed slightly very politely.
Since Battle of Bespin's huge victory before, Dawn Star Planet has become famous on Confederate Congress, and Count Dooku's attitude towards him is getting better and better.
"For the specific implementation of the campaign, I will immediately ask my Staff Department to come up with a plan. So, why are you looking for me?" Tang Xiao smiled and asked.
Count Dooku nodded, his smile became a little weird, "I would like to invite you to participate in the secret maiden voyage ceremony of our new flagship."
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Defiant-class light destroyer.]