Compared with the development level of the planet Eriadu, which can be said to be one of the most developed planets in the outer ring star region, the satellite Eriadu 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 the planet Eriadu, so this satellite is also the most important fighter jet in the defense line set up by Wilhuff Tarkin.
Takeoff and landing base.
There are 2 million troops stationed on the satellite, all of whom are conscripted soldiers of the Republic. There are no expensive clone soldiers stationed here.
After communications were gradually restored, the Republic's command center was finally able to coordinate and command operations in a unified manner.
But what was immediately conveyed to the Republic Command Center was extremely bad news - the separatist army had established a very solid forward position, and one of the colonial towns had fallen, and the powerful Inchori had even advanced all the way.
Over 100 kilometers!
Tarkin quickly ordered the defenders on the satellite to mobilize their forces to ensure that the planetary shield generator must not fall.
There are two ways to set up the planetary shield, one is external and the other is internal, and the planetary shields of Eriadu planet and satellites are both the latter. Although doing so will cause the planetary shield to break down during the shielding process.
There will be a hole above the vessel, but with the help 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 separatist landing force did not advance in a straight line towards the 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 armies encountered this separatist mechanized force and were completely defeated, with more than 10,000 soldier casualties!
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At the same time, in the administrative center of the planet Eriadu, Wilhuff Tarkin also received even worse news...
"What did you say? The H-4449 transport fleet cannot arrive?" Governor Tarkin roared angrily.
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 arrive... These fleets suddenly encountered a hyperspace storm during the hyperspace voyage and were forced to exit the hyperspace.
Space, now ranging from 5 to 80 light-years away from our planet, can only rely on sublight engines to navigate...I am afraid they still need rescue."
"Why is this happening?! Can stellar flares affect hyperspace channels?!" Governor Tarkin lifted 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, so it can only be separatism in the occurrence of this stellar flare.
Super matter is added to participate in stellar reactions," 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 must add that this is a very complicated process, and it is not just about converting
Just throw some super matter into the star. We have conducted many simulations, but we still cannot establish an accurate astronomical model of the Separatist action. We can only say that their preparations are much better than we imagined."
"I just want to know the result!" Governor Tarkin said with a gloomy face.
The old man said: "The hyperspace of the entire 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 the 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
Yes, 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 the Separatists' logistics has been cut off?"
Tarkin glanced at the staff officer coldly, "You have been dismissed, idiot. Now get out and report to the infantry company!"
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The 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 walkers with a height of more than 3 meters were wreaking havoc on the Republic defenders' positions. The blaster cannons equipped under the walkers kept firing. The powerful firepower exploded into balls of hot fire on the defenders' positions.
flame.
"Group 2! Group 2! Don't block those walking machines!"
"Use the bazooka against them!"
"Contact with Group 4's position has been lost! Send someone over quickly!"
In the communication channel of the 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 attacked one by one by several times the number of AT-PT walkers.
destroy.
Without the cover of the armored troops, the infantry troops have no way to deal with such a steel beast!
A Republic soldier crawled desperately on the burnt ground, with blaster beams constantly passing over his head. The sound of gunshots and explosions seemed to be separated by a thin film, which was somewhat blurry and could not even cover the full-coverage helmet.
The sound of his own heavy breathing.
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 cannon 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 and pointed it at the man who had just stepped over him.
That AT-PT walker pulled the trigger!
boom!
!This lucky rocket exploded on one leg 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 gunfire, and he felt as if his chest was burning hot. Before the severe pain hit, his consciousness had already subsided.
I saw more than a dozen separatist soldiers wearing dark green combat uniforms rushing over, shooting and saying: "Call the engineering team over! A walking machine has been attacked!"
As more and more separatist soldiers appeared, the soldiers of this republic finally closed their eyes forever.