789. The remaining warmth of the battle (Part 1)
[Building a country does not rely on dreams, it ultimately relies on iron and blood.
——Excerpted from "The Hundred Years' War——Fourth Empire War Chronicle"]
Battle of Terminus ended up with a tragic defeat of Galactic Republic and a tragic victory of Dawn Star Planet.
Galactic Republic fleet had to abandon all ground forces and retreat. They only had about 30 warships left, and almost every warship was severely damaged.
Of course, before they retreated, the ground forces on the planet had actually been dispersed long ago, losing all possibility of retreat.
The power of Orbital Drop's tactics is that Orbital Drop Soldier can break the entire front into pieces and then force the enemy to fight in every area at the same time. The disadvantage is naturally that almost every airborne soldier will fight in an almost desperate situation.
Such an army also exists in "Halo". They are all ordinary people, but they have a steel-like fighting will and a spirit that is not afraid of sacrifice. No matter when and where the war breaks out, they will always be the first to jump into hell.
That's right, after Tang Xiao saw the combat plan of Matt-Hona, he immediately thought of such an iron army-Helljumpers!
Such an army is not manufactured, but formed over a long period of time under the influence of discipline, Honor, and faith. And such a soldier does exist in the hands of Fourth Civilization - Fourth Legion.
Thus, the Orbital Drop unit that turned the tide of the war in one fell swoop was established.
They also brought victory to the Terminus Planet battle!
Tang Xiao believes that, given time, Fourth Civilization will also have their own hell paratroopers!
Battle of Terminus finally ended. In this battle, Galactic Republic invested 92 large warships and 244 small and medium-sized warships, most of which were destroyed. Only 11 large warships and 23 small and medium-sized warships were left to return. More than 600,000 naval officers and soldiers were killed.
There were also 11,000 fighter jets of various types, with more than 9,400 lost and 8,900 pilots killed.
In terms of ground troops, 19,000 clone soldiers were killed and more than 600 were captured. More than 88,000 native garrison troops were killed and 120,000 were captured.
As for Fourth Civilization, 110 large battleships and 80 small and medium-sized battleships were invested before and after. There were 30 large battleships and 33 small and medium-sized battleships that survived. More than 27,000 naval officers and soldiers were killed, and more than 700,000 robot crews were lost. The vast majority of them were B-1 combat robots, but the expensive T-series tactical robot also lost more than 200 units.
And the total number of Fourth Civilization invested was 18,000 Vulture droid fighter, of which only more than 1,000 were saved, while the other 3,000 Wraith fighter lost more than 1,900, and the 400 Viking fighter lost more than 80. Excluding the 1,100 pilots who participated in Rebirth Plan and were resurrected in new cloned bodies, the actual number of fighter pilots killed was 800.
On the ground battlefield, Fourth Civilization Army lost more than 31,000 soldiers and more than 60,000 robots of various types. As for the most elite Fourth Legion, more than 4,400 people were killed in the battle, and the actual number of killed was 0.
All members of this army, absolutely loyal to Tang Xiao, joined Rebirth Plan. Almost none of the Fourth Legion soldiers have families. They have nothing to worry about. The only thing they have to do is to be loyal to Tang Xiao and kill all enemies who stand in the way of Fourth Civilization and Tang Xiao on the battlefield.
But even so, such a heavy loss is unbearable by Fourth Civilization.
After the battle, the first thing Tang Xiao said at the Confederacy Parliament meeting held by Raxus Prime was, "After this battle, Dawn Star Planet has completely lost its strategic offensive capabilities."
What he said was not an exaggeration.
During the battle of Terminus Planet, Fourth Civilization's ten years of war reserves were exhausted.
Before the war started, Fourth Civilization had a total of 150 large warships. In the following time, about 50 ships were put into service, and nearly 40 ships were lost in previous battles. But this time, more than 80 large warships were directly lost, equivalent to half of all warships.
Therefore, apart from Fleet C defending Endor system, Terminus Planet's garrison fleet, and Gerrenthum Planet defending Republic 18th Army's main fleet in Eriadu, Fourth Civilization indeed has no more mobile fleets to take the initiative to launch an attack.
For them, the greatest significance is to occupy the traffic artery Terminus Planet, thus surrounding Republic 18th Army on three sides, which will play a decisive role in the future strategic development.
And in order to prevent Galactic Republic from launching a counterattack on Terminus Planet, Fourth Civilization also began to make many arrangements.
The secret organization Cooperative Alliance promoted by Tang Xiao came into play. Semirians immediately accepted many orders and even shirked Confederacy of Independent Systems's battleship manufacturing plan and began to build the parts structure of Agonev-class star base on Semirres Planet.
On the surface, the Givin has not left Galactic Republic, and has declared neutrality in the war. They are making a big fuss on Galactic Senate, resolutely preventing Republic 20th Army from going south to reinforce Republic 18th Army. At the same time, they also began to build a new type of main battleship based on the needs of Fourth Civilization.
Although Cooperative Alliance has not expressed its intention to join Cooperative Alliance, Trade Federation, which has begun to align with Fourth Civilization's strategy, has sent a large number of engineering spacecraft and massive B-1 combat robots to Terminus Planet.
The most powerful one is InterGalactic Banking Clan. In addition to giving Fourth Civilization a large number of low-interest war loans, Thorn-Hill teamed up with Tyran Heavy Industries to set up The industrial base of Onderon is also constantly producing Behemoth-class battlecruiser. This fleet has secretly gone to Christophsis, and has begun to open the hyperspace channel and establish contact with Terminus Planet.
At the same time, given that the campaign launched by General Grievous in Bosavic Planet was also coming to an end, General Grievous did not continue the madness of Festival Offensive, but was blocked by Galactic Republic in this battle.
Battle of Bosavic, on the verge of failure.
In order to continue to hold back Galactic Republic, prevent them from continuing to increase their troops 18th Army, and give Terminus Planet's defenders enough time to build a defense line, Tang Xiao immediately ordered the fleets of Sefrans-Tann to continue to expand the results in Republic Core Worlds, attracting the attention of Galactic Republic.
At the same time, another chess piece he had arranged before also started to act more blatantly under his instruction!
For Galactic Republic and 18th Army, losing Battle of Terminus is both a good thing and a bad thing.
The bad thing is naturally that after losing this transportation artery, it will be difficult to limit Fourth Civilization's strategic offensive... but the good thing is that they have actually limited it.