740. Gears of War
The battle launched by General Grievous was later named 'Festival Offensive' by Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command (Ritual Attack), because this period was originally the date of the Mon Calamari ancient festival, but due to General Grievous's crazy offensive, the Mon Calamari festival was forced to be interrupted. Even after this war, their planet had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Separatists and had been cut off from contact.
Among Festival Offensive, Galactic Republic 12th Legion Cerulean Spear (Cerulean spear) was completely destroyed, and almost all jurisdictions were occupied. If General Grievous was not interested in their capital, Lantillies planet (Lantillies), maybe 12th Legion would become the next legion to be delisted.
In addition, Galactic Republic 4th Army and 16th Legion also suffered heavy losses and almost lost the ability to fight again. 13th Army Iron Lance (Iron lance) stationed at Hutt Space was also severely damaged by the mobile fleet during the rescue process and had to retract.
The heavy damage suffered by the 13th Army also directly caused the chaos caused by Das-Malthael in Hutt Space at the same time to lose the power of checks and balances and intensify.
Coupled with the fact that Republic's 14th Legion Red Tails (Red Tails) is currently being besieged the capital Rynoth by the Technological Alliance foreman Watto-Tambo, nearly half of the 20 legions established by Galactic Republic have lost their combat effectiveness.
Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command immediately began to adjust the deployment, and asked 3rd Army, one of the legions guarding Core Worlds, to fully reinforce 12th Legion's Lantillies planet, turning the planet into a powerful fortress, and also injecting a booster into the 12th Legion Governor Therbon (Therbon).
At the same time, prepare for the worst and prepare to arrange for the 14th Army to evacuate. However, this action is tantamount to giving up Tusken, and Tusken's member Orn Free Tower has a very high reputation in the parliament, so he has encountered many obstacles.
Speaker Sheev-Palpatine took this opportunity to issue war bonds again and borrow 1,000 billion credit points from the InterGalactic Banking Clan to build more warships, establish a stronger army, and develop more industries.
In fact, the two super giants InterGalactic Banking Clan and Trade Federation are not completely committed to the ranks of Separatists, because a large part of their core interests are also in Inner Rim of the galaxy and Core Worlds, so even if the war has started, they are still doing business on both sides.
This is also the reason why Galactic Republic besieged but not attacked several core planets of Trade Federation - Kato-Neimoidia, Balmorra-Neimoidia, as well as Makito and Muunilinst of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.
This huge amount of war loan has further enhanced the reputation of the InterGalactic Banking Clan co-chairman Thorn Hill in the association. The senior officials attributed this to the dividends brought by the war, thus giving more support to Separatists's decisive support of Thorn Hill's war.
Of course, externally they still claim that they support Galactic Republic, and all loans and support to Separatists are only to protect their own industry. This means that if Galactic Republic threatens the safety of their own industry, they will naturally fight back.
After receiving the war loan, Galactic Republic sent an endless stream of orders to Kuat Drive Yards. Quat Planet's interstellar shipyard started working at full capacity. Thousands of Hunter Class Battlecruiser began to lay down their hulls on Quat Planet's Star Ring. The scene was extremely spectacular.
In contrast, another super shipbuilding company fell behind - Rendili StarDrive.
Because of the short-sightedness and decision-making errors of the company's top management, they misjudged the situation before the war broke out and believed that the modernized Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser could fully meet the needs of Galactic Republic.
Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser has mature technology, low cost, simple crew training, and has a strong deterrent effect on pirates, and the battleship data is also within the regulations of Rusan Reforms. For Republic Judicial Fleet at the time, this was indeed the best choice.
However, first the Blade Fleet equipped with 200 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser disappeared, causing Galactic Republic to question the reliability of the battleship and cancel almost all orders. Then, as several major industrial giants at that time broke up with Galactic Republic, Hiigaran-class battlecruiser, Defiant-class light destroyer, and Acclamator-class assault ship appeared one after another. Not to mention anything else, these battleships could knock Dreadnought-class to the ground just by the data on paper.
Later Kuat Drive Yards launched Hunter Class Battlecruiser, and Dawn Star Planet Kohl-class Battlecruiser and InterGalactic Banking Clan Behemoth-class battlecruiser were discovered only after the war started. As soon as E, Confederacy of Independent Systems Deceiver-class destroyer, these 1100~1300 meter class warships appeared, Dreadnought-class was thrown directly into the garbage heap.
When Rendili StarDrive realized all this, it was already too late.
They urgently began to design a new type of battleship, the 900-meter-long Victory-class Star Destroyer, but after all, they were already a big step behind. Galactic Republic Supreme Strategic Command War Readiness Procurement Agency officials learned that Rendili's new warship was actually only a 900-meter warship, and it would take another 8 months to be submitted for active service. They turned around and left without even entering.
Compared with Corellia Engineering Company, which has its own fixed market share in the field of merchant ships, cargo ships and small spacecrafts, the gap between Rendili StarDrive and Kuat Drive Yards in large warships is getting wider and wider.
In short, the gears of the Galactic Republic war did not slow down because Rendili StarDrive fell behind. On the contrary, they began to rotate faster and faster, just like Blackhole, devouring countless resources.
At this time, mineral planets across the galaxy were attracting more and more attention, so... the discovery of precious minerals on Jabiim planet, a remote planet that no one had ever paid attention to before, attracted the attention of Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Jabiim planet (Jabiim) is Outer Rim of the galaxy, an originally inconspicuous planet. This planet has a very harsh climate. Basically, there are only a maximum of 5 rotation days in a revolution year that are sunny, and it rains all other times.
Not only that, because of the unique structure of the planet's atmosphere, there are a large number of electromagnetic particles in the planet's clouds, which will greatly interfere with the flight of spacecraft and fighter jets.
Under such an environment, outsiders are actually basically unwilling to go to Jabiim planet, and Jabiim planet has nothing for Galactic Republic to exploit.
Therefore, around 34 BBY, Jabiim planet was attacked by the Brain Plague virus and was attacked by interstellar pirates, but Galactic Republic remained indifferent to all of them.
At that time, Outer Rim Planets Mutual Aid Fund, founded by Claire-Underwood, who had just emerged in the Coruscant political arena, helped Jabiim planet, and also funded Hunter to repel the pirates.
It's such a shabby planet that neither father nor grandma loves. In recent months, mineral veins hidden at the bottom of deep underground swamps have been suddenly discovered. The metal produced in the veins is the key material used by the Galactic Republic shipbuilding industry to make Durasteel armor!
So, Galactic Republic officials rushed over with a piece of paper in their hands, wanting to exchange cheap grain and dumped products for Jabiim planet's mineral veins.