Chương 784: The Battle Is Deadlocked

In the Battle of Keeling Wasteland, the Fourth Civilization deployed 15,000 Soldiers and more than 15,000 Battle Droids to launch a determined attack on the Galactic Republic's Defense Line.

The Republic Clone Army here is the 118th Commando Regiment, which has a total of 5,000 Clones and some 3,000 Local Security Forces from Terminus.

Those Local Security Forces were naturally defeated at the first touch, but the Clone Army's resistance was very tenacious. They arranged their Defense Lines in an orderly manner and blocked the advancement of the Fourth Civilization Army in most positions.

The Republic Clone Army's combat quality is very strong. Even under the indiscriminate bombardment of Siege Tanks, they remain calm and counterattack calmly with the help of pre-set positions.

The Republic's position was almost impregnable with the firepower of many AT-TE Walkers, AT-XT Walkers, and SPHA Heavy Artillery.

Moreover, the Republic has an absolute advantage in the number of Starfighters on the battlefield. The Vulture Droid Starfighters can only play a role in harassing the Republic's Starfighters. Only the Wraith Starfighters can still pose a fatal threat to the Republic's Starfighters.

However, the number of Wraith Starfighters is small, after all, and the duration of the Stealth Device is limited, so there is little time to take off for combat. Compared to the Galactic Republic, they have enough Pilots and enough Starfighters to rotate.

This is also the most significant difficulty faced by the Fourth Civilization Army. They can only start attacking when the Wraith Starfighters take off for battle. When the Wraith Starfighters retreat, they can only stop the attack and organize defense on the spot.

The Clone Army seized this opportunity very keenly and immediately launched a counterattack when the Wraith Starfighters retreated.

The LAAT/I Gunships bombarded the Fourth Civilization Army indiscriminately, and the V-19 Torrent Starfighters continued to swoop down and fire.

At this time, the Army of the Fourth Civilization could only rely on the Goliath Mech and the M9B4 Wolverine SPAAA Anti-Aircraft Artillery to resist. Fortunately, these two units have strong Air Defense capabilities. Otherwise, those brave Soldiers would be the same as those on other battlefields like the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which suffered heavy losses in the Republic's Air Raids.

However, the new Army Lieutenant General of the Fourth Civilization, the Legendary Tank General Ta Hun Kwai from 'Command and Conquer: Generals', played a significant role.

After taking office, he began to conduct rigorous training in the Fourth Civilization Armored Corps, practicing Large-Scale Mixed-Arms Armor Assault Tactics. This Armored Assault Tactic also played a significant role. Under the command of frontline commander Xiao Guanghua, the Fourth Civilization Armored Corps and the Mechanized Infantry Division first conducted a Concentrated Assault. Then, the relatively slow Battle Droids and Mechas entered the position to expand the results.

This is actually an improvement of the Blitzkrieg Tactic in World War II on a certain Blue Star. It became popular again due to the emergence of reliable Wheeled Equipment in the 'Halo' World and its Armored Units equipped with fully independent Swing-Arm Suspension Systems, Hub Wheel Motors, Graf/Hauptman Solar/Saline Actuators, and Hydrogen-Injected Internal Combustion Engines capable of converting up to twelve liters of fresh, brackish or salt water into Hydrogen Fuel on the fly. Brilliant!

When the advancement of Armored Units no longer relied on roads, flat deserts, or plain terrain, Blitzkrieg Tactics became powerful again.

In contrast, the Republic's Army, which has lost its fighting tradition after over a thousand years of distorted peace and still learning while fighting, is very uncomfortable with such Large-Scale Mixed-Arms Armor Assault Tactics.

You must know that even though the combat qualities of the Clone Troopers are incredibly high, their training is still outsourced to Bounty Hunters.

Naturally, Bounty Hunters, who are all loners and only good at individual combat, cannot teach them these things.

The Battle of Keelin Wasteland became a turning point after Huang Yehao's Company occupied Highland 1103 and established a Powerful Artillery Position.

After several counterattacks, the Galactic Republic Army could not retake the high ground. They found that relying on this high ground, the Fourth Civilization Army's firepower covered an area of more than 50 Kilometers around it. In this area, the actions of the Republic's Army will be significantly affected. If this gap of more than 50 Kilometers cannot be closed, their flanks will be significantly threatened, and they may even be in danger of being encircled!

Therefore, the Republic's Army continuously retreated for more than 150 Kilometers, once again set up defenses on the outskirts of Fermos, the Capital of Terminus, and prepared for street fighting.

The Fourth Civilization also suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Keeling Wasteland, not only in terms of Soldiers but also in Combat Supplies. They also had to stop and wait for more Supplies to arrive.

This is the focus of the battle between the two sides in the Outer Space of the Terminus.

In the battle in Outer Space, the Fleets of both sides were evenly matched. The Galactic Republic had about 70 Battleships, while the Fourth Civilization had more than 50. The two sides attacked each other many times, but the defending side had the upper hand each time.

The Fourth Civilization was limited by Hyperspace Lanes and had difficulty supplying. The Galactic Republic could not provide endless reinforcements, and the fleets of both sides began to enter a stalemate.

In the Confederacy of Independent Systems, General Grievous resumed his offensive. He began to organize Troops to attack the Bothans' Homeworld, Bothawui. To keep the Bothans, a handy and highly civilized race, in the Republic, the 13th Army of the Republic immediately Organized almost all Fleets to defend with all their strength.

But this is only part of the story. Civil War broke out on the Mon Calamari, the Republic's most immense Shipbuilding Industry Planet in the Outer Rim. The Quarren, secretly allied with Count Dooku, rebelled and wanted to challenge the Mon Calamari, which was loyal to the Galactic Republic. The two sides have had several conflicts over the Planet's Domination.

And Sev'rance Tann led the Plague Ragnarov-class Titan Battleship. After rendezvousing with the Trade Federation Fleet, she lifted the siege of Cato Neimoidia by the Republic's 2nd Army and completely annihilated the Republic's 7th Squadron. This massive Fleet of 120 Warships is approaching the Nubia, the Headquarters of the 2nd Army.

Under such circumstances, no matter how good the relationship between 18th Army Governor Wilhuff Tarkin and Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine is, the Republic cannot continue to provide such uninterrupted reinforcements.

As a result, the battle on Terminus fell into a stalemate, with both sides constantly dispatching Starfighters and Light Warships to harass the other side's Supply Lines.

Admiral Matt Horner of the Fourth Civilization also had his own plans. He began to build many Gauss Defense Platforms and Hangar Defense Platforms for defense near the Hyperspace Lane on Fwatna in the Kallea Sector, occupied one of Terminus's Moons, and started building a Huge Mass Driver on the Moon.

Once this Mass Driver is completed, the Fourth Civilization can bombard Terminus with Metal directly from the Moon. This can also be regarded as a redirected Orbital Bombardment, but it is not so destructive and will not cause the extinction of Planetary Species or Environmental Damage.

[ TS/N: I apologise for the lack of chapters in the last few months. I had an injury and was in a car accident, but hopefully, chapters can resume as usual. Chapter quality should also be further improved from past chapters, as I've bought some editing tools. Updates are always posted on the Discord Server for anyone interested. Thanks! -S.M. QjzwEMmPx4 ]