534. The result of the battle
The Republic fleet finally escaped from the planet Geonosis after Admiral Trench's fleet was exhausted.
Counting from May 20, when Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi sneaked into the underground factory on the planet Geonosis, the battle has lasted for nine full days and has finally come to an end.
The Galactic Republic was able to evacuate only 15 Cheer-class assault landing ships, 50 CR-70 frigates, more than 60 Karak-class light cruisers, and 11 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers from the planet Geonosis, and the largest In the end, not even one of the four Invincible-class heavy cruisers could be brought back. Three were seriously damaged and scrapped, and one had no time to evacuate and had to surrender together with more than 7,700 officers and soldiers on the battleship.
The clone army participated in the war, with 200,000 people killed and irreversibly seriously injured, more than 47,000 people, more than 91,000 injured, and 5,000 captured; the ordinary army participated in the war, with more than 4,000 killed and seriously injured, and 16,000 captured; the navy suffered 103,000 killed, 1,500 injured, and 5,000 captured. 7,700 were captured; more than 30,000 robots of various types were lost.
At the same time, all heavy equipment was lost, including more than 100 Spha-T self-propelled artillery, more than 2,600 AT-TE walkers, 1,600 LAAT series assault transport aircraft, and more than 600 V-19 Torrent fighters.
As for the Jedi Order, Masters Windu and Yoda led a total of 215 people to participate in the battle, plus the rescued Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as Depa Billaba and the Dream Sisters who later supported , a total of 220 people participated in the war, 181 of whom were buried forever on the planet Geonosis.
This battle was a heavy loss to the Galactic Republic, the newly established Grand Republic Army, or the Jedi Order.
The Confederacy of Independent Systems lost 5 Providence-class destroyers, 5 Disobedience-class light destroyers, 10 Vengeance-class light destroyers, and 22 Generosity-class communications frigates. The mercenary Sabos Chapter loyal to Count Dooku was completely wiped out. In addition, there were Three Rookery Hook-class battleships, two Diamond-class transport cruisers, and two Battery-class transport ships; all five Geonosian cruisers were shot down.
The Army lost more than 2.3 million B-1 combat robots, including B-1 robots that control battleships. It also lost 150,000 B-2 super combat robots, 170,000 Geonosian troops, and nr-n99. More than 500 Persuader-class tank robots, as well as a total of more than 20,000 large combat machines such as Spiders, Dwarf Spiders, and Fire Hail-type missile robots, were also destroyed.
The losses of fighter jets were also very heavy. 2,100 Geonosian Nantex territorial defense fighters, more than 7,000 Vulture robot fighters, and more than 200 other types of fighter jets were all shot down.
The losses on the planet Geonosis were even more severe. Three huge orbital defense cannons were destroyed, and the underground robot factory was also damaged a lot due to the earth-shaking commotion of the Jedi.
The most deadly thing is that the damage caused by the wreckage of the large warships that were chased and fell to the planet during the battle is no less than the damage caused by orbital bombing. In areas at the same latitude as the battlefield, the falling of a large number of warship wreckage has brought great damage to these areas. The factory caused heavy damage, reducing Geonosis's production capacity by one-third.
This battle, which can be said to have ignited the fuse of the war, caused immeasurable losses to both parties involved, and also set a bloody tone for this huge war that was about to sweep across the entire galaxy.
But in fact, no one knew that the course of the war had actually been greatly modified.
Because of the overt and covert intervention of the Fourth Civilization and Tang Xiao, Admiral Severance Tann suddenly led the fleet into the battlefield, defeated the Republic's fleet deployed in orbit outside the planet Geonosis, and then walked away. Although it was just such an incident, it triggered a chain reaction. The Republic's huge army was blocked on the planet, forcing them to send more warships to rescue them and continue the battle.
You must know that according to the original course of the battle, the Republic completely destroyed the army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems at the cost of less than 3,000 clone troopers and 179 Jedi killed. The Confederacy of Independent Systems lost 14 Rookery Hook-class battleships, more than 150 battery-class transport ships, 20 Diamond-class transport cruisers and more than 3 million robots transported on them. In addition, the ground forces were completely defeated and lost more than 110 With thousands of robots, this battle was almost equivalent to breaking a leg of the Confederacy of Independent Systems from the very beginning.
The proposal of this strategy made Tang Xiao have to admire the combat staff who formulated the plan and Severance Tann who directed the operation. Only the joint efforts of these extremely outstanding people made this battle achieve a victory that can be said to be The most beneficial outcome for the Fourth Civilization.
On the one hand, the Republic army has suffered heavy losses. No more than 50,000 of the 200,000 clone troops can be put into other battlefields immediately, and the rest must undergo rest and recuperation. This result is necessary, because in the end, the real enemy of the Fourth Civilization is still the Galactic Republic. The worse the Republic is beaten, the better it is for them.
On the other hand, the Confederacy of Independent Systems retained almost all of its transport ships, but suffered more battleship losses. This is very important, because on the one hand, the Confederacy of Independent Systems retained the power to continue to threaten the hinterland of the Republic, and on the other hand , the Fourth Group and Dawn Planet, which have strong shipbuilding industry and technology, are bound to receive more attention.
Only by making the relationship between the Federation of Independent Systems and the Masonic Alliance secretly established by Tang Xiao become closer can Count Dooku not dare to attack him more.
The goal of the Masonic Alliance is to control the industry and economy of the Confederation of Independent Systems behind the scenes, and this plan has just begun.
The reason why Tang Xiao asked Admiral Trench to make the battle a lose-lose outcome was also a response to Count Dooku.
When Count Dooku told him that the Galactic Republic had assembled a huge force of 60 Jaeger-class battlecruisers to counterattack the planet Bespin, Tang Xiao immediately understood that this was Darth Sidious and Count Dooku. A conspiracy between the two.
Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to explain why the Republic did not send this cutting-edge fleet to the planet Geonosis, but sent it to the remote planet Bespin.
As Darth Malthael slowly reveals some of his power, Dawn Planet and the Fourth Group will inevitably be jealous of Darth Sidious's master and disciple. This is an inevitable result. But what Tang Xiao wants to do is to prevent Count Dooku from taking action against Dawn Planet and the Fourth Group. This is not only military, but also involves politics.
Darth Sidious's promise to Count Dooku certainly did not include the fact that the Confederacy of Independent Systems would be wiped out quickly after being defeated thousands of miles away. Count Dooku was not willing to do this, because the Confederacy of Independent Systems could be said to be his way to achieve his political ideals. the most important tool.
So now, on the one hand, Darth Sidious controlled all forces and sent a huge fleet to attack Bespin. Count Dooku was still unwilling to provide support. On the other hand, Tang Xiao had to use Use your own power to bleed the Confederacy of Independent Systems!
Count Dooku did not dare to gamble on the political consequences of continuing like this, because at the Congress of the Independent System Confederation on the main planet of Lasax, Francis Underwood, a member of the Dawn Planet, had already started his own performance. Build momentum for Dawn Planet.
Once the Dawn Planet is successfully packaged as a hero of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Count Dooku's political reputation will suffer a major blow!
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