Chapter 561: Pain and Hope

Chapter 561: Pain and Hope

The Battle of Bespin and the Battle of Geonosis ended almost at the same time. On the two different battlefields where the Republic took the initiative to attack, the Republic's Army suffered two tragic defeats at the same time.

In addition, the Confederacy of Independent Systems has now launched an all-out attack on Atraken, Alaris, Bogden and its many Moons, Thule and more... The borders of the Republic are raging with fights everywhere. These two failures are even more serious. It led to the demoralization of the whole Republic. Less than a week after the start of the war, defeatist sentiment appeared in the Senate!

What is even worse is the depravity and surrender of the two Jedi Masters Glynn-Beti, Aidan Bok and their Padawans during the Bespin Star Wars.

Although in the subsequent combat report, Admiral McGlenn explained very fairly that the main factors for the failure of this battle were the Separatist's unexpectedly powerful Fleet, Stealth Starfighters and well-trained Army, and also pointed out that Glynn and Aidan should have just been captured, and only Ulu Ulix really betrayed.

However, those members of the Galactic Senate still pointed the finger at the Jedi Knights. They openly questioned the capabilities of the Jedi Knights and believed that the Jedi Knights should be fully responsible for the failure of the two battles.

At this time, Sheev Palpatine once again stood on the side of the Jedi Knights. He pressed down all doubts about the Jedi Knights with his strong wrist and announced under pressure that the Jedi Knights would still fight in the war. They play the most central role, and one or two failures are by no means a reason to question the Jedi Order.

The more he was like this, some voices behind the scenes intensified, and some even thought that Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was controlled by the Jedi Order.

In fact, both the attack on the Jedi Order and its support were directed by Sheev Palpatine. The more he supports the Jedi Order now, the more credibility he will have when he conspires later to declare the Jedi Order treasonous.

However, the blame belongs to the blame. Facing the fierce offensive of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Republic must come up with a way to deal with it. Sheev Palpatine used the power of Emergency Ruling Powers to directly promulgate the Conscription Act, enlisting 1 Billion Soldiers in the entire Galactic Republic and strengthening training.

At the same time, more orders were placed for the Kuat Drive Yards for more Warships.

However, Rendili StarDrive has not received any orders. The Dreadnought-class Heavy Cruisers they are currently focusing on have proved in battle that they are definitely not opponents of the Main Battleships of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, including the Hiigaran-class Battlecruisers, Kol-class Battlecruiser-class battlecruiser, Providence-class Destroyer, Recusant-class Light Destroyer, these Warships can easily defeat the Dreadnought-class Heavy Cruiser.

In order to avoid being lost in the countless opportunities brought about by this war, Rendili StarDrive asked the master of Warship Design who had just switched to them, Walex Blissex, to immediately start designing a new generation of large Warships, This project is named: Victory Project.

Moreover, the Senate of the Republic also allocated more funds to the Kaminoans to order more Clone Army orders and required that all Clones be completed within one year. The answer given by the Kaminoans is that it will cost more to speed up the Clones originally designed to grow in 10 years, and it will take at least 2 years.

22BBY, on May 29, the damaged 12 Venator-class Star Destroyers of the 19th Legion returned to the Haven Headquarters. The Governor of the 19th Legion, Sulamar, looked at the dejected General McGlenn in a daze. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only walk up and give the old man who had been in the Army for decades a big hug.

On May 30, the battle damage statistics in the Battle of Bespin were completed and the Capital of the Republic Coruscant, was notified.

In the Battle of Bespin, the Grand Republic Army Navy of the Galactic Republic invested 60 Venator-class Star Destroyers with a Crew of 444,000, 48 Warships were lost, 358,196 Crew Members were killed, and more than 19,000 were captured.

Obi-Wan sighed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I hope you're really okay, Anakin. We received a new mission just now, and we need to go to the Tion Star Cluster to garrison. According to investigations, there has been some movement in that direction."

Anakin Skywalker nodded. He turned his head and took a deep look at the unconscious Padm Amidala. His fists were clenched tightly and his fingers were bruised, but he finally controlled his emotions.

However, at this time, he didn't know why, but a strange name suddenly popped up in his mindAngel of Death.

Back at the residence of the Jedi Temple, Anakin Skywalker couldn't fall asleep, at this moment, a Padawan came over and said: "Anakin, the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, Palpatine would like to invite you over. "

"Mr. Supreme Chancellor? Why is he looking for me?" Anakin Skywalker only felt full of doubts.

"Maybe he wants to hear your report on Geonosis, or some other things." Obi-Wan Kenobi said, "You know, maintaining contact with the Senate is also one of our tasks."

When Anakin, who was full of doubts, came to the empty Senate building, he saw Sheev Palpatine standing on the balcony, overlooking the scenery of Coruscant.

"Ah, here you come, young Skywalker." Palpatine didn't look back.

"Do you have anything to do with me? Your Excellency the Supreme Chancellor." Anakin asked.

"It's nothing, it's just an old man who has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he just wants to find someone to talk to him." Palpatine turned his head, with a warm smile on his face, "Since our encounter on Coruscant 10 years ago, It's been so long...the cute little boy at that time has finally grown up."

Hearing his words, Anakin Skywalker couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, he also relaxed, smiled and said: "Yes, it was the time of the crisis on Naboo, indeed, it has been 10 years."

"Haha, in fact, I was very anxious at that time, even a little panicked! I was worried..." Palpatine didn't mention the failure of the previous battle, just reminiscing about the past.

The two chatted for a long time on the balcony.

When the sky turned pale for a while, Palpatine patted Anakin on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "I accidentally delayed you for a long time, and you should go back to rest. It is our old men's dereliction of duty that the burden is on your young shoulders."

"No, this is my duty," Anakin said.

"However, I believe you can. Your potential is unique. As long as you want, you can do anything. Anything!" Palpatine said, "Follow your thoughts and go forward boldly! Don't be fooled by others. You are unbound!"