Poof! A man in casual clothes was thrown onto an iron frame that had once been a bed.
The Hermit and Jango Fett stood beside the iron frame, looking at this man and frowning.
The person in front of them is a civilian they secretly kidnapped from Sundari City. He was originally a worker in a spaceship repair shop, and he was also wearing wear-resistant overalls and heat-resistant gloves.
What's surprising is that this person was not knocked unconscious. He was completely awake, but his eyes were dull. He was lying on this uncomfortable iron frame without any intention of moving.
"Now let's summarize what we encountered." The hermit said, "First of all, weapons and clothing. You disguised your armor as the style of the Death Guard and then entered the city. All the residents turned a blind eye to you, as if you didn't exist at all. Chapter 2
Second, it was the same when I went in directly, and no one paid attention to me. Third, when we were leaving the city, I took out a pistol and shook it, and immediately people around me turned to stare at me, and the Death Guards arrived quickly.
Yes, you must have known what’s going on here through some way.”
"So, this should be a city-wide brainwashing?" Jango Fett asked, "And this method is actually not very clever."
The hermit said: "After entering the city this time, I took the time to go to the bar I went to last time. There were Death Guards watching around, but they didn't find me. In addition, I noticed the people in the bar.
The people, whether it’s where they sit or the drinks they order, are exactly the same as when I went last time.”
"You mean, the entire residents of Sundari City are spending the same day over and over again?" Jango Fett said.
"That's it. And as you said, this is a city-wide brainwashing, but the level is not high. For example, this person..." The hermit pulled the resident in front of him up and let him sit down, and he just tossed it casually.
Like a toy, "Actually, when we took him out, the reason why he didn't move was because it was completely different from his actions that day. If it was just a small-scale change, they could correct it by themselves, such as turning the
He helped up an overturned table, etc., but when he ran into the no-man’s land of Kordabe City, he didn’t know how to correct his behavior at all.”
"What method was used? Brainwave interference?" Jango Fett asked.
"It may also be the Force. But if it is this, we must not act rashly, because once we touch the Force, the mastermind behind it will know immediately." The hermit said.
"It is impossible for an entire city to be completely brainwashed all at once and no one knows about it. Even if Sundari City does not have any contact with Kordabe City, it must have contact with other new cities. But the problem is
Yes, we did not see any spaceships traveling between cities." Jango Fett said.
"So my judgment is..." the hermit said here, his voice trembling a little, "Grand Duke Kriz Satine who is in power in Sundari City may have been controlled, and only she has the ability to block Sundari.
Licheng. This incident has not caused more impact, indicating that the blockade did not last long."
"Then what are we going to do?" Jango Fett said, "With such a big move, it will be difficult for the two of us to reverse the situation."
"Can you sneak into the Death Guard?" the hermit asked.
"The Death Guard's armors all have unique identification codes, and each person's armor is slightly different. If the two parties want to communicate with each other, the identification code will immediately provide system identification," Jango Fett said.
, "However, I can sneak in, as long as I don't meet those leaders."
He glanced at the hermit and explained: "I have several sets of identification codes here that are identifiable and usable, and can be entered into the electronic system of the armor. They were prepared before. I just need to adjust the appearance of the armor.
But what is your plan?"
"I want to sneak into Sundari Palace and find Grand Duke Satine." The hermit said: "Grand Duke Satine's identity is different after all. This low-level brainwashing does not apply to her, otherwise it will be easily seen through. But she
She must have been controlled by the Death Guard now, that's for sure, so as long as we rescue her, we will crush the Death Guard's conspiracy."
"You know this, and the Death Guard also knows this. Satine must be heavily fortified." Jango Fett said.
"So I need you to cooperate with me inside and outside." The hermit said.
"If this matter is really such a big deal, why don't we find some help?" Jango Fett asked.
"My intuition tells me that this is not an isolated incident. Now the Galactic Republic is launching a large-scale raid on the planet Semires, and a large-scale battle broke out on the planet Semires, which will definitely have an impact on the direction of the Mandalore planet... and it worries me even more.
What is surprising is that one day before the Republic fleet launched the raid, the information about the raid was leaked, which made the planet Semires minimally prepared." The Hermit said.
"You're saying that in this way, the intensity of the battle between the two sides on the planet Semiers will escalate due to the leakage of this information, thus focusing everyone's attention on the planet Semiers. And Man in the same direction
The planet Darlo will be ignored." Jango Fett touched his chin through his helmet.
"Yes, the Governor told me that Darth Maul is probably behind this incident, but I can't be sure whether this style of behavior is really Darth Maul's style. I have dealings with this Sith Lord.
Although he is extremely cunning, he still relies on his own strength to solve the problem in the end. At least when it comes to brainwashing the entire city's residents, Darth Maul probably won't do it... I would rather believe him.
They will kill everyone in the city." The hermit said.
"Then have you told Tang Xiao?" Jango Fett asked.
"This uncertain intuition tells him that it will only affect his judgment. So now, just the two of us, we need to rescue Satine first," the hermit said.
Jango Fett thought for a while and said: "Then let's do it. I'll sneak into the Death Guard first, and then you sneak into the Sundari Palace. We'll work together inside and outside to see what we can do."
"This is our plan," said the hermit.
…
In the outer orbit of the planet Semels, the flagship of the Confederacy Fleet of the Independent System - the Divine Will-class destroyer Invincible.
"The Galactic Republic has launched a full-scale offensive against the eastern border of the Milky Way in the direction of Belasco, Rusan, Salucami, Atahawks, Yin'er and other planets." A T-series tactical robot used a straight
said in a tone of voice.
"Our time is running out... Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk... The defeat of the Eastern Territory is a foregone conclusion." Admiral Trench slapped his hand with his pointer. "The most conservative estimate is that we will also lose almost everything.
The Central Star District...tsk tsk tsk tsk."
"In other words, all the results achieved in the Festival Offensive launched by General Grievous a year and a half ago, and in the Central Battle we launched a year ago, will be lost within a few weeks at the earliest?" Uru-
Ulix frowned.
"The Republic has already carried out orbital bombing on the planet Sever-Tuk. On the planet Semels, if our fleet had not arrived in time yesterday, we would have also been bombed by orbit." Asajj Ventress looked ferocious, "
Their regular soldiers are no match for our droid legions! So they start using orbital bombardments to gain the upper hand! These despicable Jedi!"
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk... The only safe place on the planet Semels is the capital area, which is protected by the Agniew-class interstellar base. tsk tsk tsk tsk..." Admiral Trench said, "And our fleet has to
If it is replenished and continues to be consumed, it will be impossible to stop the Republic's orbital bombing. Tsk, tut, tut, tut..."
Ulu-Ulix clicked a few times on the full map of the holographic planet and said: "The Agonev-class interstellar base protects the capital area from orbital bombing and prevents the capital area from being directly landed, but the Republic is still
Landing simultaneously in these three directions on the outskirts of the capital area, trying to attack our capital area head-on."
He selected three places, namely Mengka City, Xindalan City and Toltok City. These three cities were formed into a glyph around the capital area of the planet Semels.
"My armored group has defeated the Republic's offensive near Mengka City. More than half of their personnel have been lost. There is no threat in the direction of Mengka City!" The speaker was a slightly fat middle-aged general who was standing next to him.
Participating through remote communication.
Astonishingly, it was Dai Hongkui, Lieutenant General of the Dawn Planet Army and Tank General!
"Xindalan City and Tortok City are not like the great plains around Mengka City, Fatty. Can your Scorpion Tank Corps replicate such a victory?" Asajj Ventress glanced at Dai Hongkui.
, said coldly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, according to our reconnaissance, the armies in the three directions of the Republic are all shrinking their formations... taking advantage of the long-range firepower advantage of AT-TE, tsk, tsk, tsk..." Admiral Trench said, "And, their fleets
They are also constantly dividing their forces to attack other directions of the planet, tsk tsk tsk tsk... This is to force us to have a decisive battle with the fleet... tsk tsk tsk tsk."
"A fleet battle is impossible. Our only advantage is to use the firepower advantage of the five Behemoth-class battlecruisers to cause damage to the Republic fleet in the shortest time and then quickly evacuate to the range of the Agniev-class interstellar base.
." Ulu-Ulix said, "But if it is dragged into a long fleet decisive battle, the large number of fighter formations of the Republic fleet will become our nightmare."
Admiral Trench stroked the chelicerae at the corner of his mouth and said word by word: "Our only chance of victory is to destroy the Republic's ground forces while my fleet can still prevent the Republic's orbital bombardment... Tsk tsk tsk tsk...
…General Dai Hongkui, what suggestions do you have? Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”
Dai Hongkui said solemnly: "During the transportation process of the Semires' army troops, they were constantly bombarded by the Republic's fighter groups and suffered heavy losses. When the fleet cannot protect every direction of the planet, we do not have unlimited troops.
Available for use... We have 400,000 available troops in the direction of Mengka City, 700,000 in Sundaran City, and 550,000 in Toltok City. In addition, there are 1.3 million garrison troops in the capital region."
He began to mark on the map, "The Republic's landing troops in three directions are more than 200,000, and may even exceed 300,000. Now the air control is in the hands of the Republic, and all our satellites have been destroyed, so we can only provide a rough estimate.
Estimate. In other words, if the necessary defensive forces in the capital region are excluded, we have a strength advantage of approximately 2:1."
Dai Hongkui looked at the map again and shook his head, "Depending on the level of the Republic's commanders, this battle situation has many possibilities. There is no guarantee of victory. My suggestion is to temporarily shrink the defense, strengthen the air defense force, and wait for the next move of the Republic army.
A movement.”
"Huh!" Ulu-Ulix snorted coldly, "We have more than twice the strength advantage, and the local supply of combat materials is very sufficient, but you are still hesitant here? I have already told you about our battleships and fighter jets
The number of them is not as good as that of the Republic. Now, while we still have the advantage of troops on the ground, drive them out of space. This is what you have to do! You did a good job in Mengka City, General Dai. Next, we need to attack them all in one go.
Eliminating this is the right thing to do!”
"You don't know how to command operations at all! Haven't you discovered that the strategic space of the Republic's army is actually much larger than ours? And they have air superiority, as well as the orbital bombing that you will miss from time to time! Did you know yesterday?
That heavy turbolaser cannon shot down, how many people did I kill?!" Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui also had a hot temper. When he saw what Ulu-Ulix said, he rejected it without any politeness.
"When my lightsaber comes over, you will know what fighting is!" Ulu-Ulix looked at Dai Hongkui with a ferocious look on his face, "Now I will give you the latest Scorpio tank, the elite Semires people.
The Iron Armored Legion is also given to you! And you actually want to defend? You are embarrassing the Governor!"
"Everyone, please be patient. You have to know that our planet is currently undergoing unprecedented destruction! The planetary shield has been destroyed, and Republic warships are cruising around the planet. Even if there is no direct orbital bombing, fighter jets are constantly being sent for bombing.
We are almost out of fighter jets..." Tounbach-Tula, who also participated in the meeting via remote communication, started to break up the fight.
As a councilor of Planet Semels, she is now responsible for coordinating and communicating among these military bosses, and ensuring that the interests of Planet Semels are not sacrificed.
Tuunbaq Tula opened a long list of losses and said: "We can't afford to delay it anymore! Yesterday, the Republic's fighter jets deployed to bomb our planet reached 20,000 sorties!"
Admiral Trench touched his chelicerae. Although he was only a naval general, he also knew that although the army on his side had a powerful armored group and the Samirsi Iron Armored Corps, without air supremacy,
Faced with the Republic's endless bombing, they would indeed suffer heavy losses if they launched a frontal attack.
Of course, Dai Hongkui also used his commanding skills to deal a heavy blow to the Republic's army in Mengka City. The current situation is very difficult for both the Republic and Planet Semels.
But then... looking at the bickering Ulu-Ulix and Dai Hongkui, Trench fell into deep thought.