Chapter 664: The Battle of Christophsis (17)
22BBY, August 11 at 6:41 PM GST.
Chaleydonia, the Capital Crystal City of Christophsis.
Explosions, Gunshots, and Roars were heard here almost non-stop, Clones, Droids, and Christophsians mixed together, launching this extremely Cruel Battle.
Especially in the Core Area of the Battle between the two sides, the Defense Line of the Commercial Center, the Battle was even more intense! In this once prosperous Commercial Center, almost equivalent to a City within a City, the Total Number of Troops invested by both sides has exceeded 400,000!
"Squall Company! Quickly go to the East Side of the building for reinforcements! There are a large number of Undead over there!"
"The Deflector Shield of the Warship Hall has been penetrated, Zi... prepare to retreat!"
"Air Support...! Where is the Air Support? Si... Separatist Stealth Starfighters are everywhere!"
"G-7's... The Army's position has fallen... It's the... Black... Army!!"
"Residents spread out quickly! The Isolation Zone grows... the East Side... grows a gap! We need to grow..."
"Zi..."
"Zi..."
At the height of the Battle, almost all the Command Channels, Tactical Channels, and Squad Channels of the Republic Army, except for the almost non-stop hissing, there was nothing left.
Rex dropped the Subspace Transceiver abruptly, and said to Anakin Skywalker on the side: "No, General, the entire Communication Network is completely paralyzed! Could it be that the Communication Tower was destroyed?"
"This is impossible! Even if the Communication Tower is destroyed, our Warships can still function as a Communication Node!" Anakin looked solemn, "Even if the Hall is forced to retreat, there are still two Acclamator-class Assault Ships above Chaleydonia! Our Communication cannot be terminated! Unless there is a problem with the Communication Tower and the Warships at the same time."
"Then... what if it's really the Communication Tower and the Warships that went wrong at the same time?" Ahsoka Tano said with a frown.
Anakin Skywalker fell silent, and after a while, he said, "Communication must be re-established! Let's go to the Communication Tower immediately!"
"It's a request for help. The current battle situation is not optimistic, and I also think we should ask for help." Admiral Wullf Yularen said.
"You also think you should ask for help, so you didn't order this order?" Obi-Wan grasped the point at once, and he walked over quickly to check the message, "...our Fleet...was attacked, Dawn's Fleet A is attacking, requesting support..."
He was startled suddenly, "No! We haven't identified the number of the Separatist Support Army at all. Why does this information accurately state that this is Dawn's Fleet A?!"
Wullf Yularen also immediately sensed that something was wrong, "Hurry up and terminate the Signal Transmission!!"
"No... can't be terminated..." After a while of operation, the Communications Officer turned his head in astonishment.
"Damn! Our Communication System has been hacked! Check it immediately!" Obi-Wan said loudly.
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"I just received the news that our Communication System has been disrupted, and the focus of the Separatist attack has shifted to our Communication Facilities! There is a Special Force coming, we must block them!" In the Central Communication Tower of Chaleydonia, Slick Sergeant CI-3331 speaks to his Clones.
"I'm a little worried. From just now, it's as if we've been isolated by this War and I don't even know what we're doing. The crowd of Undead mentioned before didn't come." The Clone Trooper's intuition was a little wrong, but he couldn't tell why.
"Because of this, we can't make any mistakes! We have lost contact with the Space Fleet... the Communication Tower, don't lose it." Slick said earnestly.
After a while, Slick suddenly pointed in one direction, "Here they come! It's over there! Fire!!"
"Fire!!" The Clone Troopers hiding behind the Bunker immediately shot at the approaching shadow.
Over there, Rex quickly led the Team to cover on the spot, "Bastard! The Separatists have indeed occupied the Communication Tower! Prepare to fight! We must take it back!"
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[ Note 1: Changed Marza-class Heavy Cruiser to Marza-class Heavy Missile Cruiser. ]
[ Note 2: Arroyo Barlow changed to Padok Wiks, a Salarian Scientist. I believe this is the correct character so this name translation is now fixed. ]