2177. Total Occupation
The Republic Fleet's orbital bombardment of Planet Murkana finally stopped. Ten Loreer-class assault landing ships began to enter the atmosphere and transport the landing troops down.
Although Wilhoff Tarkin kept on talking about Tarkin's doctrine, in fact, he still didn't dare to brazenly burn Planet Mulkana into a glass ball. Although the Galactic Republic was corrupt to the core, it was not a place where he could do whatever he wanted. If the news of destroying a planet and killing billions of people really spread, even Palpatine would not be able to handle it.
After all, it was the Galactic Republic now, not the future Galactic Empire. Of course, because of a certain butterfly wing, Tarkin did not know that he would never have the chance to press that button and let the Death Star directly destroy a beautiful planet.
In order to carry out orbital bombardment, 20 Hunter-class cruisers had already approached the atmosphere and were captured by the gravity of Planet Murkana. If they wanted to return to outer space, it would take them about a day to prepare. They would have to let the technical department on the battleship adjust the engines and install boosters before they could return. Therefore, Admiral Tarkin was not in a hurry to let these battleships return to space. It was also excellent to have them support the ground battle.
After destroying the seven network space stations, the other 15 battleships also temporarily stopped in orbit around Planet Mulkana. They surrounded the planet sparsely. This arrangement was actually just for show. In fact, with the speed of these battleships, a planet was actually not much of an obstacle. They could easily go around it. This was why the blockade and anti-blockade battles of a planet were often concentrated in one place. This way, they could concentrate their forces and attack from several directions of the planet at the same time. In fact, it would not take much time. For the battleships cruising in outer orbit, they could quickly arrive and destroy them one by one.
Then, the remaining 59 Hunter-class cruisers were gathered by Admiral Tarkin and arranged into a defensive formation. He was still very afraid of the Confederation Fleet that had retreated. After all, the other party had retreated before their strength was damaged. From the beginning of the battle until now, only one Feng-class frigate and one Rukhok-class battleship had been destroyed. The other two heavily damaged Feng-class frigates had landed on the surface of the planet. It was unknown if they had been destroyed by the orbital bombardment. The other 21 battleships were more or less a threat.
On the surface of Planet Mulkana, Jane Connor kicked open the door of the bomb shelter and walked out. She raised her head and looked at the Hunter-class cruisers patrolling in the sky, as well as the Hollywood-class assault ship that was looking for a place to land, and a terrifying killing intent appeared in her eyes. "Orbital bombardment? Republic. Very well, you've really pissed me off!! "
While speaking, Jane Connor walked forward. Following her footsteps, a large number of robots crawled out from under the charred ruins, from the rubble, and from the broken walls! The bodies of these T-2 combat robots were charred black by the high temperature and flames. Many of them were missing arms and legs, and the armor on their bodies was in tatters. But following Jane Connor's footsteps, they still stood up, picked up the weapons in their hands, and followed behind her without hesitation!
Looking at this tattered and swaying army that no longer had the slightest trace of a mighty and majestic army, Jan-Connor's heart was filled with a strange emotion. "It's just like … when I led everyone to fight against Skynet." Her expression suddenly became gentle …
"Speaking of which, I've been working with that guy for so long. Every time, I've always bullied him with numbers. I've almost forgotten what I'm good at … Hehehehe …" After muttering to herself for a while, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. Then, with a slight wave of her hand, the robots immediately divided into countless teams and scattered in all directions.
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Master Ron Shrien stood on the ruins of a building. In front of him, in a field that had been burned and crystallized, a Hallor-class assault landing ship was parked there. The huge weight of the battleship caused the surrounding ground to completely collapse. The clone soldiers lined up neatly as they walked out of the battleship and stood in front of Shirien. Their helmets covered their faces, and their expressions could not be seen at all. This made these soldiers look even colder, as if they were killing machines.
The mighty clone army lined up in two rows on both sides of the streets of Murkana, the capital of Planet Murkana. In the middle of the streets were armored vehicles such as AT-TE walkers, saber-class tanks, AV-7 self-propelled artillery, and so on. They swaggered through the streets in high spirits.
There was no resistance along the way. Master Ron Shrien had led his army to occupy the capital of Planet Murkana. The orbital bombardment this time purposefully avoided the capital. After all, this was the core and symbol of the planet. If they really bombed the capital and then announced that Planet Murkana had gloriously returned to the embrace of the Republic? Wouldn't that be nonsense? Of course, some of the cities with stronger energy reactions, such as industrial centers and ports, were not so lucky.
Through communication, Master Shrien also learned that Master Bor Chattak, Warrior Olly Stastone, and several other armies had also successfully occupied their respective targets. But even so, there was still a hint of gloominess shrouding his heart. When the army passed by, the expressions on the faces of the surrounding civilians were filled with anger, fear, hatred, and even resentment!! If this went on, even if they could eventually occupy Planet Murkana, what would the Republic gain?
Master Shrien let out a long sigh. For the first time, he felt helpless in such a situation. There was no such thing as politics in the Jedi training curriculum. On the contrary, in the Jedi doctrine, which advocated the return of all things to the Force, the tranquil and peaceful Jedi were very repulsive towards things like politics that would cause distracting thoughts. But reality forced them to devote themselves to politics and war.
For the first time, Master Shrien felt a little repulsive towards the Jedi order that made the decision to go to war. He felt that wars should not be fought by Jedi. Jedi should be the symbol of the Republic, not the butcher's knife of the Republic!
However, just as Master Shrien was letting his imagination run wild, suddenly, a deafening explosion came from the end of the road, which was also the direction of the army's destination!!
"The Congress Hall! The Congress Hall is under attack!!! "A scream came from the communication device!
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