746. Fading away
"General, we have lost contact with 5 companies. It is not clear whether it is due to weather or an attack." In the temporary command post of the main force of the northern wing of the Republic clone army, the clone commander said to Jedi Master Seiler Si said.
Cyrus lifted his already soaked hood, took the telescope from the clone commander, and looked into the distance.
There is nothing but rain and fog in front of the eyes, and switching between laser, radar, and infrared imaging methods is not ideal. In the heavy rain, there are reflected signals everywhere, and the abnormal ionization in the clouds also interferes with the signal of the instrument, which almost makes it difficult to see. They became blind.
"The feeling of danger has always been lingering in my heart, and it is everywhere." Cyrus frowned.
"Are we retreating? General," the clone commander asked.
Cyrus shook his head, "There are no more than five sunny days a year on the planet Jabim, so whether we retreat or not, we will always have to face such weather. The only thing we can rely on now is The strength of our main army is great.”
The clone commander looked at the AT-TE walkers and AT-XT walkers struggling in the mud and shook his head. With the weight of the AT-TE, it can at least be submerged into mud close to 1 meter deep if it is kicked down. To lift it up again, the engine power required is more than 10 times that of normal conditions. Both speed and consumption are far beyond the limit. It has reached the limit of normal combat operations.
Cyrus said to the few Jedi Knights behind him: "We can no longer divide our troops. Each of you will take a group of people to the direction of the lost company to confirm their situation."
"yes!"
"yes!"
Several Jedi knights nodded in agreement, and then each took a few soldiers with them, climbed on the Zephyr-G swoop, which is the standard equipment of the Republic Army, and drove quickly in several directions.
Cyrus watched them disappear less than 50 meters away, with a solemn look on his face. He turned around and asked, "Have you found the main force of the Jabim rebels in the direction of Master Nocuna?"
"No. In the routine communication half an hour ago, he said that they were preparing to attack Chuka City. It seems that the situation there is better than ours. At least they can rest in a dry house after arriving in Chuka City. moment, and we haven't seen a town or even a village in days," the clone commander said.
At this moment, a LAAT/I assault transport boat fell from the sky. The transport boat was swaying in the heavy rain and could not fly stably, so it could only barely land. However, as soon as it landed, it fell headlong into a mud pit, and the entire transport boat turned over. The soldiers on the ground quickly directed a nearby AT-TE walker to go over, put on a steel cable to pull the LAAT, and rescued the driver.
As soon as the driver was pulled out of the mud pit, he shouted loudly: "General! There is enemy situation! A separatist robot army was discovered in an area 10 kilometers away from us in the north! There are at least 10 OG-9 Nest Spider combat machines among them!"
Master Cyrus immediately said: "The separatists can no longer hold back anymore! The whole army is ready to fight!"
"yes!"
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At the same time, a Jedi Knight was driving forward on a Zephyr-G hoverbike with four clone soldiers.
They did not realize that their whereabouts on the nearby cliffs had fallen into the enemy's control.
Asajj Ventress put down the telescope and said with a ferocious smile: "He is indeed here, Jedi Knight."
She stood up from her hiding place, only to see a charred battlefield behind her. The corpses of hundreds of clone troopers lay scattered on the ground, and the remains of an AT-TE walker were burning.
"Give them a surprise." Ventress said coldly.
Beside her, more than a dozen gnolls let out a terrifying scream, then picked up their sniper rifles, without even using sights, and aimed directly with their excellent vision.
boom! boom! boom! There was a continuous burst of gunfire.
The leading Jedi reacted very quickly. He had already pulled out his lightsaber just as the Jackal's finger was on the trigger. With a quick swing, several sniper bullets were blocked.
But the clone troopers behind them were not so lucky. They were either knocked off the hoverbike by sniper bullets, or the hoverbike was hit and the people were thrown out.
"Okay! He's mine!" Ventress lifted up his cloak, took off two cranked lightsabers from his waist, and rushed directly towards the Jedi Knight!
"This is indeed your conspiracy! Dark believers!!" The Jedi roared and came forward.
"I accept your life." Ventress swung his lightsaber like a gust of wind, defeating the Jedi Knight's sword power in just a few swings. Then, with a scissor of his swords, a head flew straight away. rise.
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Another front, Chuka City.
Jedi Master Nocuna looked at the small city ahead, took a deep breath and said to the clone commander, "Go and negotiate with the local residents to see if we can rent their houses for us to rest. We will never destroy them. of any property and will also pay adequate rent.”
Moments later, the clone commander returned and reported, "They agreed."
Master Nokuna nodded and said: "The whole army has entered the city, and the armored units are on guard at the periphery. After confirming safety, they take turns to rest and dry their clothes. In addition, all units are strictly ordered not to disturb the people, otherwise they will be dealt with seriously!"
"yes!"
The clone army began to enter the town. The residents in the town were very cold and did not even want to say anything. They just led the clone soldiers into warehouses or compartments, and then returned to their homes and never came out again.
The clone troopers were also in good order, paying credits to each house and carefully stationed themselves inside the house. Master Nokunna is also constantly coordinating to prevent conflicts between soldiers and civilians.
Fortunately, the conflict did not occur. Even if there were some collisions, the local civilians said it was okay and walked away as if they were avoiding the plague.
The Republic Army did not know that after returning home, these local residents all went into the basements of their respective houses, locked the entrances, and hugged each other tightly as a family, waiting for that time to come.
They don't even know that in the city's huge underground drainage pipe network, countless robots are squatting here in a shutdown state, and they remain motionless even if the rain washes them away.
The armor on these robots is integrated and completely sealed. Even if they squat in the water, not a drop of water will penetrate. Their heads are very pointed and look like they are wearing a pointed hat.
Produced by the Trade Alliance, A-series combat robots!
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: A series combat robot. 】
