953. Hyperspace Storm
Compared with the development level of Eriadu, which can be said to be one of the most developed planets in Outer Rim Territories, Eriadu satellite is also very developed.
This satellite with a diameter of more than 2,700 kilometers has a large number of airports, space ports, factories, mines, and colonial cities. The total number of residents is about 100 million, and most of them are military and logistics personnel.
Mainly because in the low gravity environment of the satellite, the takeoff and landing of fighter jets is much more convenient than on Eriadu, so this satellite is also the most important takeoff and landing base for fighter jets among the defense lines set up by Wilhuff-Tarkin.
There are 2 million troops stationed on the satellite, all of whom are Galactic Republic conscripts. There are no expensive Clone Trooper stationed here.
After communications gradually recovered, Galactic Republic's command center was finally able to coordinate and command operations in a unified manner.
But what was immediately conveyed to the Galactic Republic command center was extremely bad news - Separatist army had established a very solid forward position, and one of the colonial towns had fallen. The powerful Indjori had even advanced for more than 100 kilometers!
Tarkin quickly ordered the Guardian troops on the satellite to mobilize their forces. Planetary Shield Generator must not be allowed to fall.
There are two ways to set up Planetary Shield, one is external and the other is built-in, and both Eriadu and satellite Planetary Shield are the latter. Although this will cause Planetary Shield to have a hole above the shield generator, but with the assistance of the two stars and the protection of a large fleet, this problem is not fatal.
But the problem now is that this Planetary Shield is facing destruction from the inside out!
On the afternoon of May 6, bad news came again from the satellite ground battlefield. The landing force of Separatists did not advance in a straight line towards Planetary Shield Generator. Instead, they first used a large number of AT-PT walkers to conduct large-scale interspersed operations.
During the assault, three Republic army units encountered this Separatists mechanized unit and were completely defeated, with more than 10,000 casualties among the soldiers!
At the same time, in the administrative center of Eriadu, Wilhuff-Tarkin also received even worse news...
"What did you say? The H-4449 transport fleet cannot arrive?" Governor Tarkin roared.
The staff officer on the side lowered his head and said, "Yes, not only the H-4449 transport fleet, but also the other nine transport fleets cannot reach it... These fleets suddenly encountered hyperspace storms during their voyage in hyperspace and were forced to exit hyperspace. They are now 5 to 80 light years away from our planet and can only sail with the Sublight engine... I am afraid that they still need rescue."
"Why does this happen?! Could stellar flares still affect hyperspace channels?!" Governor Tarkin picked up the staff officer's collar and roared loudly.
"We have asked the observatory, and their experts said that this is impossible to occur naturally, because the energy that can affect hyperspace is basically impossible to produce in a natural environment. Therefore, it is only possible that Separatists added Hypermatter to participate in the stellar reaction during the occurrence of this stellar flare," the staff officer said.
At this time, a severely interfered holographic projection appeared in the communication on the side. It was the bald old man from the observatory. He said solemnly, "... I have to add that this is a very complicated process, and it is not just about throwing some Hypermatter onto the stars. We have conducted many simulations, but we still cannot establish an accurate astronomical model of the Separatists operation. We can only say that their preparations are much better than we imagined."
"I just want to know the result!" Governor Tarkin looked gloomy.
The old man said, "The entire hyperspace of Eriadu system is now a complete mess. The spacecraft navigation system requires a lot of calculations to enter the hyperspace channel relatively safely, and even so, it cannot completely guarantee the true safety of navigation. Therefore, in the future, the hyperspace traffic of Eriadu system will be almost cut off."
"How long is this period?"
"I don't know, maybe a few days, maybe a few months, maybe even more than a year." The old man said, "We can't reproduce the astronomical model of this stellar flare, so we can't get accurate data. The only thing we can say is that the duration of this hyperspace storm will not exceed 410 standard days at most. This is the conclusion we get by bringing in a maximum function."
The staff officer looked at Tarkin's expression that was about to explode, and quickly comforted him, "But doesn't this also mean that Separatists's logistics are also cut off?"
Tarkin glanced at the staff officer coldly, "You have been dismissed, idiot. Now get out and report to the infantry company!"
Eriadu satellite at this time.
boom! boom!! boom!!! In the thin atmosphere, the explosion sounded a little distant, but it was equally deadly.
More than a dozen AT-PT bipedal walking machines over 3 meters high were wreaking havoc on the Galactic Republic defenders' position. The blaster cannons equipped under the walkers fired continuously, and the powerful firepower exploded into balls of scorching flames on the defenders' position.
"Group 2! Group 2! Don't block those walking machines!"
"Use the bazooka against them!"
"Group 4's position has lost contact! Send someone over quickly!"
In the communication channel of the Galactic Republic defenders, noisy shouts continued to be heard - their positions were being torn apart by AT-PT walkers.
Lying crookedly in front were the remains of several TX-130 Saber-class levitating tanks. Although these levitating tanks had stronger firepower and were faster, they were still destroyed one by one under the concentrated attack of several times the number of AT-PT walkers.
Without the cover of the armored troops, the infantry troops had no way to deal with such a steel beast!
A Galactic Republic soldier crawled desperately on the burnt ground, with Blaster Beam constantly passing over his head. The sound of gunshots and explosions seemed to be blurred by a layer of film, and could not even cover up his own heavy breathing in the fully covered helmet.
A huge black shadow enveloped him, and he quickly rolled into a crater, holding his Blaster rifle and breathing heavily.
Immediately afterwards, an AT-PT walker passed over his head, and he clearly saw the blaster under the walker firing three shots in the direction of his own position.
The walker paid no attention to him and kept going.
The soldier quickly continued crawling on the ground. Finally, after climbing another few dozen meters, he got a rocket launcher from a corpse. He picked up the rocket launcher with difficulty, pointed it at the AT-PT walker that had just stepped over him, and pulled the trigger!
boom!!! The lucky rocket exploded on one of the legs of the walker. The walker shook and fell to the ground with a clang.
Before the soldier could be happy, he heard a crisp sound of gunshots. He felt as if his chest was hot. Before the severe pain hit, his consciousness had already blurred.
I saw more than a dozen Separatists soldiers wearing dark green combat uniforms rushing over, firing and saying, "Call the engineering team over! A walking machine has been attacked!"
As more and more Separatists soldiers appeared, this Galactic Republic soldier finally closed his eyes forever.