In just three days, the number of Mercenaries hired and arriving at the Battlefield in Fermos City, the Capital of Terminus, has exceeded 10,000.
Moreover, most of these individuals brought their own Spaceships, further enhancing the Airborne advantage of the Galactic Republic.
The Galactic Republic paid nearly Fifty Million Credits just to hire these individuals.
The Droid Legion of the Fourth Civilization attacked the Western Suburbs, resulting in a disastrous defeat. However, the reinforcements of these Mercenaries allowed the Galactic Republic's forces to regain an advantage in numbers.
More than 20,000 Battle Droids were destroyed on the Western Suburbs Battlefield.
After sending off this batch of Battle Droids, the battlefield of the Fourth Civilization fell silent, and no further offensives were launched.
In fact, the series of offensives by the Fourth Civilization has also made the Galactic Republic feel quite uneasy. During battles with the Fourth Civilization's forces, the Clone Army suffered losses that were incomparable to other battlefields.
Now, the enemy has finally stopped, and the Republic is hastily transporting Supplies and Troops, repairing the Spacecraft and Equipment, and preparing to face the next wave of assaults.
In fact, the Fourth Civilization is indeed preparing for the next wave of offensive.
Three days ago, Matt Horner submitted his next action plan and requested that the Research Department bring the Prototypes of the two new Warships currently under study into use, with certain modifications.
This application has caused quite a dilemma for the Research Department. In the end, they could not decide and submitted this request to Tang Xiao, as this application could lead to a delay of at least six months in the development of the new type of Warship.
What nonsense is this? You've taken the prototypes, so what are we supposed to test?
After seeing Matt Horner's plan, even the esteemed Sith Lord, Tang Xiao, couldn't help but curse, calling him a madman.
However, he still agreed to Matt Horner's request because when he saw the plan, his mind inevitably connected it with the tactics of a Special Unit.
The Spartans from 'Halo.'
Although he doesn't have the money to do that right now, it should be possible to develop some alternatives.
He could only say that he had really pushed Matt Horner into a corner; his thinking capacity is no less than that of Sev'rance Tann, one of the top Military Commanders in the current Galaxy.
Moreover, to put it another way, the Research Department of the Fourth Civilization is currently focusing on three new types of Warships. Matt Horner's proposals are still within an acceptable range as long as they do not affect the other two that Tang Xiao particularly values. Furthermore, the type that Matt Horner is interested in is precisely one that Tang Xiao considers insignificant.
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Time progressed to 22 BBY, October 13.
Matt Horner finally received the opportunity he had long awaited—two newly modified Prototype Warships and news from the Hutts, specifically from Oruba Gorensla.
The Large Warships emitted a flashing white light as they exited Hyperspace. They were two Flat, Extremely Unattractive Warships.
Saying these two Warships are ugly is genuinely not an exaggeration.
This Warship is 1,350 Meters Long and 540 Meters Wide, and there are no prominent superstructures on the entire Vessel; it is entirely flat. If you had to mention something, it would be that five Large Modular Hangars are installed on both sides of the Warship.
This Warship might be mistaken for a Mining Vessel if no one explains it.
Indeed, the Warships from the "Sins of the Solar Empire," which belong to the Trader Emergency Coalition, are modified Cargo Freighters. For this reason, the Research Department of the Fourth Civilization developed these Warships, mainly because the development work was relatively simple and allowed for experimenting with new Tactics for the Navy.
At least the kind that could really startle the Republic.
The Corsev-class Battlecruiser is the name of this type of Warship.
This is a Battle Support Battlecruiser, which does not provide support with firepower or Starfighters but rather with Marines.
That's right, it's Boarding Party Tactics!
The Ten Large Modular Pods on the Battlecruiser are actually used to launch Assault Spacecraft filled with Marines. These Assault Spacecraft can accelerate to high speeds over short distances and are equipped with High-Power Laser Welding Guns at the front, which can be used to cut through Hull Armor. They are also equipped with Pressure Adjustment Devices to stabilize the Atmospheric Pressure both inside and outside.
The Corsev-class Battlecruiser waits until the enemy Warships Shields are down, then launches Assault Ships with many Marines to board the Enemy Vessels and eliminate resistance from within. If luck is on their side, they might even capture the opposing Warships!
The Fourth Civilization Research Department believes this Tactic is useful mainly due to two factors—first, the Alloy Armor used by the Galactic Republic's Warships is truly robust; in almost every Space Battle, many Republic Warships sustain damage but remain intact. If a decisive advantage cannot be gained during the battle, the Republic Fleet often retreats with many Damaged Warships.
After being repaired for a month, they'll return as good as new again.
The second issue is that the entire Confederacy of Independent Systems has a vast number of Battle Droids but needs more Transport Capacity to deploy these Droids effectively. Otherwise, if the Confederacy of Independent Systems were to send a Hundred Million Battle Droids to any given Planet, your mere Hundreds of Thousands of Clone Troopers and the Poorly Armed Local Defense Forces could only slowly engage them.
Moreover, these Battle Droids still need to be capable of functioning in Space Combat.
The Corsev-class Battlecruiser is precisely the Warship that allows these Battle Droids to operate in Space Combat—turning Space Battles into Land Battles. It is similar to the battles between Ancient Rome and Carthage; since the Romans could not defeat the Carthaginians in Naval Combat, they approached with Boarding Ships to engage the Carthaginians in Land Battles.
Therefore, history sometimes uniquely reveals itself.
The Research Department of the Fourth Civilization developed the Corsev-class Battlecruiser to validate the feasibility of this Tactic.
Matt Horner wants to use these two Corsev-class Battlecruisers, but he plans it in a different way.
After everything was in place, Matt Horner finally issued the order to attack with all his strength!
"All forces advance! After this battle, Terminus will be captured! If you fail, you will be punished! I am the Natural Disaster!!" Matt Horner stood upright on the Bridge and roared with all his strength.
All the Warships of the Fourth Civilization gathered together, mobilized and launched another All-Out Attack on the Galactic Republic Fleet!