636. Battle of Christophsis (six)
Christophsis, Corporate Alliance co-chairman Parcel Argent finally decided to continue to increase the stakes and must win this rich planet.
When there were no longer enough warships, Parcel Argent gathered a large number of Hardcell-class interstellar transport, loaded with millions of B-1 combat robots and B-2 super combat robots and flew to Christophsis.
At this moment, on the periphery of the planet, Republic fleet commander Wullf-Yularen and Jedi Master Obi-Wan-Kenobi, who had initially completed their landing work, were also preparing to launch an active attack on Confederacy of Independent Systems fleet led by General Trench.
At this time, a civilian passenger spacecraft also flew into the Republic fleet array and docked at Hangar Platform, the flagship of Obi-Wan, Negotiator Hunter Class Battlecruiser.
Anakin-Skywalker opened the cabin door, turned around and bowed to the frightened civilian passengers in the cabin, and said, "I'm sorry to cause trouble to you, because the war situation is urgent, I have to commandeer this spaceship and let you come to this battlefield. But please don't worry, the war situation is now under our control, you are safe, now, you can go back."
After speaking, he waved his hand. The pilot of the passenger spacecraft nodded without hesitation and said somewhat numbly, "Okay, I will drive the spacecraft back immediately."
"Anakin!!" Obi-Wan-Kenobi came from behind and scolded sternly, "How could you commandeer a passenger spaceship to come to the battlefield! And there are at least 200 passengers in the spaceship!!"
Anakin frowned impatiently, "Rodian planet The spaceport over there is crowded with refugees, and this is the only way I can get here in the shortest time."
"Since Rodian planet's spaceport is crowded with refugees, why can you still find the spaceship?" Obi-Wan-Kenobi suddenly thought of a question.
"Originally there was no way to find it..." Anakin looked down in another direction with guilty eyes, "In order to get here in time, I had to ask for help. He directly used his authority to help me arrange a spaceship and let me temporarily commandeer it."
"Who did you ask for help?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Chancellor Palpatine." Anakin replied.
"Although the battle situation is urgent, it shouldn't be in this way." Obi-Wan shook his head.
"No! It should!" Anakin's tone increased, and he pointed in the direction of Christophsis and said loudly, "There are still 35 billion people here who are under threat from Separatists! I just rescued Hutt Gaddula, allowing you to send a fleet to reinforce! And those 200 civilians are just going around the battlefield, and they are heavily protected by our fleet!"
"That's enough Anakin! You have seriously crossed the line in this matter! After the battle, you should immediately return to Jedi Order to report your duties and accept your punishment!" Obi-Wan-Kenobi said sharply, "Imagine carefully the duties that Jedi Knight should have! We should be the guardians of the people, not the people being guarded by the people!"
Anakin was shocked and realized his mistake. He lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, master, it was my fault. I will accept the punishment."
Obi-Wan sighed lightly and said, "Galactic Republic's next batch of reinforcements are coming, because Falrin Planet's war is not going well. And what's even worse is that the outpost we set up near Rishi was raided. The fleet including 3 Hunter Class and 10 frigates were all broken into pieces before it was too late to send out a distress signal. For safety reasons, Supreme Strategic Command decided to postpone sending additional reinforcements to Christophsis, so this is the last batch."
"A squadron of this size was completely wiped out before it had time to send out a message? Also, what does it mean to be broken into pieces?" Anakin asked with a frown.
"Literally." Obi-Wan replied, "If you want to see the image information sent back by the spacecraft that went to explore, it is in the database. But I suggest... you'd better not look at it."
After saying that, Obi-Wan sighed again, "Go to Christophsis's surface to fight as soon as possible. Supreme Strategic Command is already under 327th Star Corps, who is subordinate to the 13th Army. The 501st Regiment has been established with 9216 people [Note 1]. You are Commander of this combat group. From now on, they will be your direct troops. This is the order given by Chancellor Palpatine. It seems that he likes you very much."
Anakin nodded, "I understand. I will go to Christophsis immediately and strive to defeat Separatist army as soon as possible and bring peace to this planet."
Obi-Wan nodded and said, "We really can't stay long. Before the mysterious existence that destroyed the Rishi squadron is found, our place is far from safe. I will immediately launch an attack with Admiral Yularen on Separatist fleet and repel their fleet, which will better help the ground operations."
"Okay." After Anakin finished speaking, he didn't bother to take a rest, and went directly to his own Delta-7 fighter among Hangar Platform. The navigation robot R2-D2, which originally belonged to Padmé-Senator Amidala, was already on standby in the robot position of the fighter.
"Let's go R2-D2! Let's liberate this planet!!" Anakin said, started the engine, and flew the fighter jet straight towards Christophsis.
At the same time, the transport fleets dispatched by the Corporate Alliance and Retail Clan also arrived at the battlefield. General Trench, who originally stayed close to the Christophsis satellite, also took the initiative and launched an active attack on Republic Fleet with inferior forces.
In fact, General Trench has more battleships than Republic fleet, but in this era of star fighters, if you can't deal with the massive number of fighters carried by Hunter Class Battlecruiser, you will be at a disadvantage.
Even with General Trench's command level, he couldn't make up for this gap. Thousands of fighter jets escorted Y-wing bomber and wreaked havoc among Confederacy of Independent Systems's fleet. One after another, Hiigaran-class battlecruiser and Generous-class frigate were bombed to paralysis by the raindrop-like Proton Torpedo fired from close range by Y-wing bomber.
However, the desperate attacks of these warships still gave the transport fleet some opportunities. A large number of Hardcell-class interstellar transport broke into the atmosphere of Christophsis, and then unloaded all the millions of robots ready to go. This huge army joined the establishment of generals Volm-Lotham. He commanded the army to launch another attack on Crystal City, the capital of Christophsis!
The battle became extremely fierce, because they knew that the fleet in space could not hold out for long, and they would soon lose their air supremacy and fight alone, so Volm-Lotham could be said to have tried their best to suppress all the available troops! I want a battle to decide the outcome! -
[Note 1: Regarding the number of people in the 501st Legion, I checked some related entries on Wookieepedia, but couldn't find any. However, 501st Legion is a "Legion" establishment, and in Grand Army of the Republic, the standard number of "Legion" is 7,000 combat troops, plus logistics personnel, a total of 9,216 people, plus various armored units, just enough to load a Acclamator-class assault ship. Therefore, we will continue to use the data of 9216 people in the 501st Legion. Please point out any errors or omissions.]