While Pon-Krell grabbed the Interceptor assault tank and was taken away, the other two Interceptors caused very serious damage in the clone army's position.
This giant centipede-shaped tank was produced almost exclusively for such occasions. The densely packed blaster cannons on its body fired wildly, leaving almost no blind spots for firepower.
The clone troopers suffered heavy casualties, dozens of casualties within a few minutes!
Only, the clone troopers finally found a way. They used another AT-TE walker as a bait. They took advantage of the moment when the Interceptor assault tank raised its body and attacked the AT-TE with a frontal disintegration ray, and ambush near the walker.
The clone troopers fired a volley of anti-tank rockets!
Dozens of anti-tank rockets directly destroyed the front of the Interceptor assault tank, which was also the tank's cockpit and was its only weak point.
After destroying one of them, the morale of the clone troopers was greatly boosted. They immediately reorganized and concentrated their powerful firepower on the last Interceptor assault tank. Finally, it was severely damaged and the Interceptor went back underground.
Ran away.
As the clone troopers began to regroup and count their losses, Pon-Krel walked back.
"General! Are you okay?" A clone commander approached and asked.
Pon-Krel threw two spherical objects casually, and they turned out to be two Umbala heads, the drivers of the original Interceptor assault tank!
He did not answer the clone commander directly, but asked with a straight face, "Are these three Interceptors coming from the direction of the 212th Attack Battalion? Why did they only issue a warning before the attack?!"
"The Umbala attacked the 212th Attack Battalion's defense area with ten times the strength. They were retreating at the time." The clone commander replied.
"Asshole! Ridiculous!
Because they retreated unreasonably, they failed to detect the interceptor's incoming attack in time! This was blatant disobedience to military orders and led to heavy losses in this attack!" Pon-Krel angrily yelled.
"But, General, Cody and the others..."
"Perform your duties, Commander! The originally planned attack will not stop! But now, I need to ensure that my soldiers are still in a state of obeying orders!" Pon-Krel said while opening the communication
.
The communication was connected, and the holographic projection projected the figure of CC-2224, Cody, the commander of the 212th Attack Battalion.
"Report your current location, Captain Cody." Pon-Krel asked coldly.
"We are currently conducting guerrilla operations in the direction of the woods on the south side, delaying the advance of the Umbala reinforcements, General." Cody replied.
On the other end of the communication, shouts, gunshots, and explosions continued to be heard. It was obvious that the fighting was very fierce.
"I remember I once told you that you must not retreat an inch to block the Umbala people's counterattack, right?" Pang Krel's voice became colder.
"General Krell, we have organized a frontal resistance, but there are too many Umbala people. We can only retreat to the woods and use the terrain to block their advance," Cody said.
"You disobeyed my order! Commander Cody. Because of your unreasonable retreat, the enemy is now less than 10 kilometers away from our headquarters!" Pon-Krel scolded, "And also because of your
Retreating, the news of the enemy interceptor tank's surprise attack could not be delivered in time! This caused us heavy losses!"
"But General, we do now..."
“No buts!
"Pang Krell interrupted Cody and said sternly: "Now I am announcing your dismissal as the commander of the 212th Attack Battalion and let your adjutant come over to speak!"
"Yes!" Cody walked away temporarily.
Soon another clone came over and saluted Pang Krel, "General! I am CC-5576-39, codenamed Gregor, and I am currently the deputy commander of the 212th Attack Battalion."
"Now it's up to you to command the 212th Attack Battalion! You must block the advance of the Umbala reinforcements for me!" Pon-Krel said.
Greg said with some embarrassment: "General, if we defend frontally..."
"I am giving you orders as a Jedi Master, not bargaining with you! According to the military system of the Grand Republic Army, the Jedi Master is the supreme commander of the theater on the occasion!" Pang Krell raised his voice, "Now
You answer me directly! Yes or no!?"
"Yes!" Greg stood at attention and saluted.
"Then you immediately arrest Captain CC-2224 Cody, send someone to escort him back, and wait until the battle is over. I will personally take him to a military court! He will be tried on the charge of absconding in fear of crime!" Pon-Krel added.
"Yes!" Greg responded again.
After turning off the communication, Greg sighed and said to Cody who was standing aside, "I'm sorry, Captain... I have to obey orders."
He waved his hand, and two clone troopers came over, sandwiching Cody on the left and right.
Cody stretched out his hands very cooperatively and asked the clone soldiers to put handcuffs on him, and said: "I just said, I will bear the consequences of all this."
Greg sighed again and said: "Next, I can only organize the brothers to defend frontally...but the military order didn't say that you can't retreat if you can't win, right?"
"I hope you can protect your brothers as much as possible." Cody said earnestly.
"Don't worry Cody, we are all brothers for life, I understand." Greg patted Cody on the shoulder.
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On Pon-Krel's side, after repelling the raid of the Interceptor assault tanks, he led his army forward again and launched a general attack on the largest airport and cargo distribution center near the capital of Umbala.
The clone troopers shouted and rushed towards the Umbala defense line. They rushed forward one after another without fear of sacrifice. They broke through the defense line almost stepping on the corpses of their companions and finally occupied the airport.
The clone army began to clear the battlefield and moved the command center forward to the airport, while also sorting out the captured supplies.
Pon-Krell walked through the almost ruined airport with his lightsaber in hand. The clone soldiers around him were busy, either rescuing the wounded, extinguishing the flames, or carrying stretchers to carry the wounded.
Send it back.
But Pon-Krel turned a blind eye to this tragic scene, and he didn't care at all about the life and death of these clone soldiers.
In fact, it would be best if these clones died more.
At this time, a clone commander came over and said to Pang Krell: "General Krell, we discovered some situations in the airport tower."
"What's the situation? What's all the fuss about?" Pang Krel asked coldly.
"An encrypted message, and the signature on this encrypted message is... the Angel of Death." the clone commander said.
When he heard this name, Pang Krel's heart skipped a beat!