697. Battle of Lothal
Mid Rim, formerly Republic 19th Army jurisdiction, Lothal (Lorta).
This planet belonged to the Sith Empire thousands of years ago and was a relatively remote weapons testing base of the Sith Empire. It was later destroyed during the war, but some industrial facilities still remained.
In the following time, the indigenous people on this planet were still full of violence and expansionist tendencies, and were only forced to succumb to Galactic Republic by force.
Lottan is a race with human genes, but their skin is slightly rougher and they have the custom of tattooing their arms. Otherwise, they are no different from humans.
However, even if Lottan was not interested in Galactic Republic, when Fourth Civilization's army began to land on Lothal, they still encountered stubborn resistance. The reason was very strange. Even though they were the remnants of the Sith Empire, Lottan actually wanted to serve Hutt as the leader. They always believe that Hutt Empire will one day rise again and sweep across the entire galaxy.
In fact, if you dig deeper, you will find that many Lottan are engaged in smuggling and mercenary work. Looking at the smuggling industry in the entire galaxy, Hutt says that he is second, and no one dares to compete for the first place.
They are very martial and have a certain industrial base, so their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and they even retain a large Smuggler Fleet force.
After the news came that Hoth Planet was captured by Fourth Civilization, Lottan, sensing that the situation was not good, flew out his Smuggler Fleet. Soon, Fourth Civilization's fleet arrived, but Lottan refused to surrender, and a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides.
At the same time, Smuggler Fleet of Lottan also began to run around throughout the original jurisdiction of the 19th Army, fighting guerrillas everywhere and harassing Fourth Civilization fleet's supply lines.
It happened that at this time, 18th Army Governor Wilhuff-Tarkin also approached Lottan and began to help them secretly, secretly sending the supplies that the guerrilla fleet urgently needed, and supporting the fleet in continuing to harass Fourth Civilization's rear.
For this kind of battle, Sefrans-Tann simply dismissed it and left all the work to her adjutant Lin Nanyi. It was called asking him to practice more, but in fact she just looked down on this kind of battle.
On the contrary, Matt-Admiral Horner worked hard and never complained. They went to wherever there was a problem and put out fires everywhere. And Lin Nanyi finally lived up to Sefrans-Tann's cultivation of him. He also cooperated with Matt-Hona to contain Lottan's guerrilla fleet, forcing them out of several major hyperspace channels and maintaining smooth supply lines.
However, the Lottan fleet's attacks continued continuously, leaving Fourth Civilization unable to free its hands.
The battle on Lothal is also a mess.
Lothal resisted resolutely at first, but Fourth Civilization sent a squadron directly into the outer space of the planet and surrounded the planet. Although Fourth Civilization's large warships do not have the ability to fight within the atmosphere, a large number of Wraith fighter and Banshee Fighter that took off from Sova-class Carrier still bombed major cities on Lothal.
This was the last face given to them. They did not proceed with Orbital Bombardment, but still issued an ultimatum. Galactic Standard Time must surrender within 24 hours, otherwise, every 3 hours, a city will be destroyed, from small to large.
Even after the ultimatum was issued, Wraith fighter and Banshee Fighter were still wreaking havoc over Lothal's major cities. After launching their missiles, they continued to swoop down and bombard them with Pulse Laser and cluster rockets.
Lothal's air force was wiped out within 2 hours of the war. They were unable to fight against Wraith fighter and Banshee Fighter who were completely invisible. But the Lothal government still delayed announcing its surrender until the last hour of the ultimatum.
But after the planet government surrendered, it told Fourth Civilization that they had lost control of the planet. Maybe Rebel Alliance still existed on the planet, and they hoped that Fourth Civilization would send troops to destroy it.
However, after the Fourth Civilization Army started to land, it was discovered that Lothal had already dispersed its army to the jungles and suburbs across the planet, breaking it into pieces, and planned to fight a long-term guerrilla war with them. And the reason why they surrendered was actually because they were afraid that Fourth Civilization would Orbital Bombardment if they disagreed.
Fourth Civilization Chief of Staff Qi Jian After learning the news, he immediately went to Governor's Office of Tang Xiao, hoping to get Orbital Bombardment's permission to Orbital Bombardment the jungle area of Lothal.
Tang Xiao sat at his desk and pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many Ewok are there in our army now?"
Qi Jian was stunned, but he immediately replied, "Ewok are mostly serving in the Engineering Department team and jungle troops. There are about 40,000 Ewok soldiers in active service in our army now. Are you saying..."
"That's right. Lottan seems to want to fight guerrilla warfare with us to delay time, right? It doesn't matter, I'll just play with them. Not only do I want to occupy Lothal, I also want their factories to run for me, their people to work for me, and their farmland to cultivate for me! I want him too Their women have given birth to me and have been Fourth Civilization's slaves for generations!" Tang Xiao raised his hands and clenched his fists with a ferocious smile, "Don't even think about turning your own planet into a piece of scorched earth."
Qi Jian stood at attention and saluted with a snap, and said loudly, "Yes! Governor. I will reorganize the Ewok soldiers and form a suppression force with the current two Ewok mountain brigades as the core, and go to Lothal to crush their resistance!"
"Pull out those who want to resist stubbornly from the jungle one by one, and take all the family members of the resisting soldiers into the mines to mine. Regardless of age or gender." Tang Xiao dropped this sentence coldly and waved his hand to signal Qi Jian to leave.
Banshee Fighter roared down and swooped down, activated the cloaking device in mid-air and disappeared without a trace, but some uncoordinated ripples could still be seen in the air.
Immediately afterwards, I saw dozens of cluster rockets pouring down, and they exploded densely in front, clearing a large open space. Immediately afterwards, dozens of APOD-33 transport aircraft fell from the sky, landed on the ground, and the hatches opened.
Huang Yehao held on to the handle next to the hatch and jumped down before the spacecraft stopped. Behind him, dozens of the Fourth Civilization Army soldiers filed out. Finally, a folded Goliath Mech was sent out on the conveyor belt. The driver started the engine, Goliath Mech stood up from the ground, spread its arms, and the Hellfire long-range air-to-surface missile transmitter on the shoulder was ready.
"Hold the position and establish a landing site. Our mission this time is not to go into the forest, we are fighting with Ewok! Cheer up!" Huang Yehao said loudly to his teammates.
I only saw a few more transport planes flying down. These transport planes passed over the jungle at very low altitudes. One after another, short Ewok soldiers wearing jungle camouflage jumped directly from the transport planes and disappeared into the jungle.
Soon, bursts of gunfire came from the originally silent jungle. Very dispersed and very finely divided.
Semirians Cummings crawled next to Huang Yehao. A soldier next to him began to help him organize the six-barreled machine gun installed on his back. He also looked at the jungle and said, "This is the first time I have seen Ewok fight."
"What? What did you see?" Huang Yehao turned around and asked.
"No, I can't see anything but trees."
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