Compared with the contraction and development of the Fourth Civilization, the rest of the galaxy is still in raging war.
On September 24, 21 BBY, the main fleet of the Galactic Republic launched a counterattack. After annihilating half of the active fleet of the Confederation of Independent Systems in the previous Battle of the Dron System, they immediately assembled a large number of fleets to launch a counterattack.
At this time, there were almost no fleets from the Confederation of Independent Systems that could stop the actions of the Republic army. On the same day as the counterattack was launched, the Galactic Republic fleet launched a landing operation on the planet Mingban.
The second battle of Mingban Planet breaks out!
In this landing operation, the Galactic Republic invested 300,000 troops! 280,000 of them were conscripted natural soldiers.
In order to transport such a large army, the Galactic Republic brought onboard all the transport ships that the military could use. Including consul-class cruisers, AA-9 transport ships, etc., as long as they could carry people, they were all brought on board.
The Federation of Independent Systems has long deployed hundreds of thousands of robots in several key areas of the planet. The programs edited by these robots are all stuck in place, so they did not blindly rush out to fight against the Republic, which has superior firepower, armored units and air support.
The troops fought against each other, but instead hid behind bunkers to defend.
The only function of these robots is to delay time. Of course, it would be best if they could kill more soldiers of the Republic.
This battle was also the first time that the Galactic Republic actively used natural soldiers on a large scale in an offensive campaign, but the result was quite disappointing to the Republic Army commanders.
Because these natural soldiers behaved very passively when facing the separatist robot army. They would be frightened and even demoralized by the robots' fearless, cold-blooded attacks. Moreover, more than 500 soldiers actually appeared to attack a robot.
The firepower point guarded by more than 100 robots ended up being rushed to the point of collapse!
In fact, these are all situations that will inevitably occur for natural soldiers who have only been trained for a few months. But you have to know that the Galactic Republic has been at peace for thousands of years. For thousands of years, various conflicts have been resolved by the Jedi Order.
Apart from the judicial fleet, it is very rare to actually use natural army soldiers.
What's more, before the Galactic Republic was divided, they themselves were actually using a large number of B-1 combat robots in many cases.
Then after the war broke out, in addition to passive defensive battles, almost all active offensive battles involved clone soldiers. It was rare that natural soldiers were allowed to attack cities and seize territory like now.
The result is that the knowledge base on how to command natural soldiers, how to use them, and how to maintain morale are all left over from the Sith War thousands of years ago!
If you can get a combat manual distributed to natural soldiers on the front line, you will find that this pamphlet is exactly the same as the combat manual for soldiers during the Sith War, and you can clearly see that all the words "robot soldier" are actually
Edited.
So you can even see an article in the soldier's manual - when you attack a stronghold where 'robot soldiers' are stationed at night, you must concentrate the strongest firepower possible during the 10 minutes they have just woken up from their sleep.
Make noise and kill, and these 'robot soldiers' will run away out of fear.
This is the current situation of the natural army of the Galactic Republic. These commanders can hardly use the natural army anymore.
300,000 people fought chaotically with the robot army on the planet Mingban, paying the price of more than 20,000 casualties. Finally, the situation was finally opened up after the clone soldiers accompanying the army carried out a key raid.
By the time they took control of the entire Mingban planet, it was already a week later.
Of course, the Galactic Republic's counterattack does not end in this direction.
After the planet Umbala announced its separation from the Galactic Republic and joined the Confederation of Independent Systems, the Galactic Republic immediately responded to this stupid but slap-in-the-face behavior similar to the Year of the Gryphon when he joined the Fruit Army.
The Republic fleet arrived at the Umbala planet on September 22. Although almost all the mobile fleets had been annihilated in the Delon system, the Federation of Independent Systems still squeezed out a fleet to support the Umbala planet.
The fleet of the Confederation of Independent Systems cannot compete head-on with the Republic fleet and can only look for opportunities in its surroundings.
After the Republic fleet took control of the outer orbit of the Umbala planet, it quickly launched its troops to land here.
Two armies participated in the landing battle on the planet Umbala, the 501st Legion led by Anakin Skywalker, and another clone army led by Jedi Master Pong Krell.
Because Obi-Wan Kenobi was confirmed to have failed and died in a raid on the planet Seria, the 212th Attack Battalion originally led by Obi-Wan Kenobi has also been organized into Pon Krell's team.
Among this clone army.
The instruction given by the Supreme Strategic Command of the Republic is that considering that the planet Umbala has always been a member of the Republic, it still has a high public opinion base in the minds of the people of the planet.
Therefore, it is best to directly capture the capital of Umbala planet with lightning speed and control the current pro-separatist government of Umbala planet. This will return the planet to the embrace of the Republic as soon as possible and cause as little damage as possible.
destroy.
However, it is not easy to do this. Therefore, no natural soldiers are deployed on the battlefield of Umbala Planet. This can ensure the suddenness of the attack and avoid being dragged back.
Moreover, the Umbala planet is not an ordinary planet. The Umbala people have a very complete industrial system and military system. They have the ability to manufacture their own tanks, fighter jets, artillery, and various types of warfare that can adapt to the unique environment of the Umbala planet.
equipment.
Although the Umbala planet has a small population, they have formed an army that includes armored troops, mechanized infantry units, and air power. If they really want to launch a full-scale war with the Umbala people, the Galactic Republic will also
Heavy losses were incurred here.
Therefore, the suddenness of this attack is very important.
The Republic's Supreme Strategic Command attaches great importance to this battle, as evidenced by the fact that they let Anakin Skywalker and Pom Krel command this battle.
Anakin Skywalker has thwarted the Separatist plots many times and faced off against the Separatists head-on in many battles. He is one of the most active Jedi Knights on the frontal battlefield.
And Jedi Master Pang Krell is also the one with the highest command and combat success rate among the Jedi that can be dispatched at present.
However, under his command, the death rate of his clone troopers also ranked first.