April of 20BBY is destined to be an eventful time.
This month, the main fleet of the Fourth Army of the Galactic Republic was finally completely wiped out after being trapped in the Semires system for more than a month.
With the last four dilapidated Jaeger-class battlecruisers, the naval officers and soldiers who had not been able to eat for several days and had run out of ammunition and food finally lost the power to resist and chose to surrender.
In the Si galaxy, all fighting finally stopped.
But the losses were very heavy, both for the planet Semels and the Galactic Republic.
After the seasonal hyperspace lanes were disrupted by unknown forces without warning and became unnavigable, this main fleet, one of the few in strength among the Galactic Republics, was finally cut off from any way back.
The first thing to collapse was actually not the navy, but the more than 900,000 natural ground troops that landed on the planet Semels.
This force could no longer sustain itself after the clone army was inexplicably wiped out in the city of Semieron, the capital of the planet Semires.
Because at that time, in order to ensure the military operations of the clone army against Semirlon City, most of the air support was mobilized in that direction. However, they lost most of the air support and were left with only ground troops, which was completely unable to stop them.
Separatist counterattack.
The Scorpion tank group commanded by Army Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui who came from the Dawn Planet. Those hundreds of Scorpion tanks were almost invincible. The position of the Republic's natural troops was vulnerable and was quickly penetrated. Then it was divided and surrounded.
These natural troops, from the commanders down to the soldiers, are very uncomfortable with the concentrated assault tactics of this high-speed armored group, because in the history of the Galactic Republic for tens of thousands of years, the army tactics have always followed the theory of infantry-tank coordination and slow advancement.
Therefore, after encountering Lieutenant General Dai Hongkui who lit up the theory of blitzkrieg, the natural troops who were obsessed with the width of the battlefield were naturally unable to resist.
Their last hope was that after the success of the clone forces, they could force the separatist armored group to stop advancing. This hope had already been achieved, and the clone army had indeed captured the governor of the Semires.
But in just one hour, the clone army was inexplicably wiped out by genetic weapons, and all hope was in vain.
After the resumption of the separatist offensive, the natural armies of these republics surrendered in an organized manner. In the end, the Semires actually accepted more than 700,000 prisoners!
However, compared to the smooth sailing on the ground battlefield, the separatist Admiral Trench faced a very bad situation on the space battlefield.
The main fleet of the Fourth Army of the Republic was originally much stronger than Admiral Trench's fleet. The reason why the war situation has been able to persist until now is entirely due to the power of the Agonev-class interstellar base located in a high orbit above Semieron City.
Strong firepower.
Now, although the escape route has been cut off, the strength of the Republic's fleet has not weakened at all. On the contrary, as the Republic promoted Admiral Davis to Admiral of the Navy and raised every naval officer to a higher level, their families have also
After receiving the promise of generous pensions, the cohesion of this fleet became even stronger.
Davis, the first naval marshal of the Galactic Republic, immediately commanded the fleet to launch a crazy attack on the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier!
Fortunately, when the battle broke out, the Semires people had already moved the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier with barges between the Agonev-class interstellar base and the Semires planet. If the Republic fleet were to attack here, it would be attacked by the interstellar forces.
A two-sided attack from the base and the planet's ground firepower.
This is why the battle lasted for 10 days, but the Republic fleet never attacked this dock.
But now, the Republic fleet is desperate!
Under the leadership of Marshal Davis, they besieged the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier for two full days, and only after suffering the loss of more than a dozen Chasseur-class battlecruisers did the Republic fleet stop.
In these two days, Admiral Trench fully demonstrated his characteristic of being the best defensive player in the Confederation of Independent Systems. Under his command, he finally withstood the crazy attack of the Republic fleet. Although the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier
The dock was still severely damaged in the battle, but at least the half-built prototype ship was preserved, and the structure of the dock was still there and did not disintegrate.
However, the fleet in the hands of Admiral Trench also suffered heavy losses, even more than the number of battleships lost in the 10 days after the war began.
Of course, the main fleet of the Fourth Army of the Republic in the hands of Marshal Davis suffered even more heavy losses. After understanding that he had no chance to destroy the dock of the Infinity-class super aircraft carrier, Marshal Davis began to retreat.
He retreated the fleet toward the outer reaches of the system, and after a brief rest, he began guerrilla tactics. The Republic fleet was divided into several small formations by him, and began to roam around the Semels system.
Davis also specially detached a formation of high-speed light cruisers to hunt down the battleship formation with ultra-long-range laser weapons - he could be said to deeply hate the battleship that broke the balance of the battlefield.
Other combat formations were running around, attacking the transport fleet entering the planet Semels. After all, after encountering such a tragic battle, the planet Semels was also in dire straits and needed a large amount of material input.
Admiral Trench also responded quickly. He immediately had a large number of hyperspace blockers deployed on several major hyperspace lanes around the Semels system to prevent the Republic fleet from leaving the system. He only left
The few waterways below are used to transport fleets.
As for the Republic warships that started to fight guerrillas everywhere, they had no choice but to chase them one by one.
The high-speed formation that tried to attack the Lance-type Disaster-class battlecruiser did not achieve any results. These high-speed light cruisers were quickly wiped out by the two escorting Hells Angel-class battlecruisers, posing no threat.
The rest is hide and seek time.
Marshal Davis's flagship was destroyed 20 days later. Before the battleship sank, he sent an emotional message to the Galactic Republic military, and then died.
After his death in battle, Republic Chancellor Sheev Palpatine announced that flags across the galaxy would be flown at half-mast and a moment of silence would be observed.
The war on the planet Semyers gradually subsided, and news began to come from the planet Mandalore. After the main fleet of the Second Galaxy Army approached the planet Mandalore, it issued an ultimatum to the planet, requiring Mandalore to be reorganized.
Government members must be appointed by the Galactic Republic, and the planet Mandalore must abandon its neutrality and join the war.
Almek, Prime Minister of the planet Mandalore, who had finally climbed to the position of supreme ruler of the planet, naturally rejected this ultimatum.