552. Bloody Battle at Bespin (10)
Bespin planet, Cloud City.
This is an umbrella-shaped floating city with a diameter of 16.2 kilometers and a height of 17.3 kilometers. The 'umbrella handle' part with a height of about 11 kilometers is mainly an industrial area and as many as 36,000 sets of anti-gravity engines. It is this powerful engine that makes Cloud City It can float stably in this way 60,000 kilometers away from the core of the Bespin planet, and carry 6 million residents.
In fact, it is the existence of such a giant floating city that makes the huge Glory mothership of the fourth civilization look less obtrusive. In the eyes of most people, the Glory mothership is actually similar to such a floating city.
And due to shape issues, although the Glory mothership is 40 kilometers high, a large amount of space needs to be cleared to install the engine. The actual volume is only about one-third of that of Cloud City.
Yuncheng has a total of 392 floors. The 1st to 50th floors are tourist areas, the 51st to 100th floors are high-end residential areas, the 101st to 120th floors are administrative offices, the 121st to 160th floors are private areas also called port towns, and continuing down are workers. Residential areas, industrial areas, power areas and other low-level and dirty places.
After Matt Horner occupied the planet Bespin, in anticipation of the Republic's imminent counterattack, he drove all the residents of Cloud City below the 161st floor. The well-dressed nobles and rich people who lived in the upper class had refused to go to that dirty place, but after being driven away by the army, they had to squeeze together with the stinking untouchables and reluctantly live there with resentment in their hearts. Down.
After all, the Bespin planet is different from those ordinary habitable planets. There are only floating cities here, there are no wilderness areas, and there are no rural areas. If a war breaks out, civilians will not even have a place to evacuate.
After understanding that he was unable to prevent the Republic fleet's landing, Matt Horner connected the other party's commander's communication on the public channel.
"I am the Western Theater Admiral of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Matt Horner." He put his hands behind his back, stood upright, but only pointed his chin towards the opponent, and said proudly.
It not only showed his military demeanor, but also expressed his contempt for the enemy.
"Galactic Republic, Admiral of the 19th Legion, Magron." Admiral Magron gave a casual military salute, very perfunctory, "Then the traitor of the Republic found me and wanted to surrender?"
"Below the 161st floor of Cloud City is the civilian evacuation area." Matt Horner did not pick up McGlenn's words and just said coldly.
"I know what you mean. But if even one bullet is fired from the civilian evacuation area, my army will fight back without hesitation." Admiral McGlenn also replied coldly.
"Then the 160th to 156th floors are demilitarized zones. Our troops will not enter except for the minimum security force. But if you break this point, we will regard you as no longer caring about the safety of civilians. Then We will take all possible means to fight back, and record the entire process of your atrocities and publish them to the entire galaxy." Matt Horner continued.
"Deal, young boy, I have been in the army for 40 years, what haven't I seen? I have my own ethics and will never affect civilians. I will also give you a miserable failure." McGlone, who is in his 50s, said in his 30s The many-year-old Matt Horner relied on his old age in front of him, "Don't think that you are great because those businessmen gave you the position of general. I'm afraid those businessmen of your separatism will never know what war is all their lives, hehehehe... "
"Leave these words to your Marines who are about to lay dead in the field." Matt Horner dropped these words and cut off the communication directly.
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boom! ! ! ! A heavy cannon hit a tall building. The building made of ultra-light alloy was suddenly blasted with a gap, the outer shell was twisted, and some structures were overwhelmed and fell down.
Bang~~~! ! There was a loud noise, and then there was a sound of metal friction. The falling metal parts hit a large walking machine with six legs, but this walking machine was as stable as a rock. The cannon behind it adjusted its direction and fired towards the gunfire. Fired three shots in a row where they came from.
Amid the violent explosions, Galactic Republic Marines wearing gray-blue military uniforms trudged forward on a battlefield that had been almost reduced to rubble.
These soldiers wear polymer alloy helmets and a simple respirator. Only the chest and wrists are protected by polymer alloy armor. The standard weapon is an EE-3 blaster carbine.
Compared with the clone soldiers who are armed to the teeth, the equipment of these soldiers is crude, but in fact, this is the true appearance of the soldiers who account for more than 95% of the entire army of the Galactic Republic.
That's right, 95%... The 200,000 clone soldiers still struggling on the planet Geonosis at this time are almost equivalent to 5% of the entire Galactic Republic Army.
Because even the Galactic Republic, which has a population of trillions, does not have more than ten million troops, and there is no standing army.
After winning the Sith War, the Galactic Republic no longer had any enemies in the galaxy, so it naturally no longer needed an army, and the Rusan Reform came into being.
After this, there was indeed no real war in the Galactic Republic, only some regional conflicts. And the Jedi Order can already handle such a conflict. Because powerful Jedi Knights have the ability to directly enter the enemy's formation and seize the core, capture thieves and capture the king, and also have the ability to solve problems diplomatically with superb eloquence and high charisma.
If it really doesn't work, if the judicial fleet is sent over, even if they are not scared to death, it will basically not develop into a large-scale land battle. On a smaller scale, Jedi Knights will be enough. With the fleet's deterrence and the Jedi's coordination, many disputes were mediated in this way, and naturally there was no need for an army.
It was not until more than a decade ago that this model lost its effectiveness in the face of corporate giants whose strength and ambitions were growing.
For more than a thousand years, the position of the Galactic Republic Army was roughly equivalent to the militia or armed police. And now the troops that have begun to be mobilized because of this war are actually basically drawn from the security forces of various planets. There is no high expectation of combat effectiveness and training level.
But even for such an army, the strong industrial capabilities of the Galactic Republic can arm them with powerful equipment such as AT-TE tactical assault walkers.
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"We encountered a Republic Army landing on the southern section of Holiday Street! Fighters are bombing us, requesting air force support!" In a commercial building, the company commander of the Fourth Civilization Guards was reporting on the enemy's situation.
In the sky outside, fighter jets from the Galactic Republic are constantly whizzing by. Their huge numbers have already caused the fourth civilization's fighter units to focus on one thing and another, and they have already gained control of the air in many places.
"There is no air support! But you must hold your position at all costs!" The instructions given by the rear were cold.
But the Army soldiers of the Fourth Civilization did not flinch at all. The company commander loudly said: "Yes! We will definitely hold our position!"
He turned on the helmet's communication and said: "Soldiers of the 1st Company, please listen to me! Drive those lax Republic troops back to their hometown!"
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[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: A corner of Yuncheng’s bustling business district. 】
[Attachment 2 to the Easter Egg Chapter: Cloud City Structural Diagram. 】
