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

In addition, the Confederation of Independent Galaxies has launched an all-out attack now, planet Atraken, Planet Araris, satellite Bogden, Planet Xiwei, Planet Thule... The borders of the Republic are all raging wars, and these two failures are even worse. It was the demoralization of the Republic, and within a week of the start of the war, defeatist sentiment emerged in Parliament.

What's even worse is the fall and surrender of the two Jedi masters, Green Beatty, Aiden Ward, and their apprentices in the Battle of Bespin.

Although in the subsequent operational report, Admiral McGlen very impartially explained that the main factor in the failure of the battle was the unexpectedly powerful fleet, stealth fighters and well-trained army of the Separatists, and also pointed out that Green and The two masters of Aiden should have only been captured, and only Ulu Ulix was the real betrayal.

However, those members of the Galactic Council still pointed the finger at the Jedi Order. They openly questioned the ability of the Jedi Order and believed that the Jedi Order was fully responsible for the failure of the two battles.

Schiff Palpatine stood on the side of the Jedi Order again at this time. He pressed down all doubts about the Jedi Order with a strong wrist, and declared under pressure that the Jedi Order would still be at war. Playing the most central role among them, one or two failures are by no means a reason to question the Jedi Order.

But the more he was like this, the more voices in the back intensified, and some even thought that Chancellor Palpatine was controlled by the Jedi Order.

In fact, both the attack on the Jedi Order and the support for them were all controlled by Schiff Palpatine. The more he supports the Jedi Order now, the more credible he will be when his conspiracy is reached and he declares the Jedi Order to be treasonous.

However, the blame is blamed. In the face of the fierce offensive of the Confederation of Independent Systems, the Republic must come up with a way to deal with it. Schiff-Palpatine used emergency adjudication powers to directly enact a draft bill, recruiting 1 billion soldiers across the Galactic Republic, and strengthening training.

At the same time, more orders were placed on the Quarter Power Dock for more battleships.

However, Lundili Star Dynamics has not received any orders. The Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers they are now focusing on have proved in battle that they are definitely not the opponents of the main battleships of the Confederation of Independent Systems - including the Higrclass battlecruisers, Cole Class battlecruisers, Divinity class destroyers, Disobedience class light destroyers, these ships can easily defeat the Dreadnought class.

In order to avoid being lost in the countless opportunities brought by this war, Lundili Interstellar Dynamics let the master of warship design, Willix-Blissex, who just switched to them, immediately began to design a new generation of large warships, This project is named: Victory Project.

And the Congress of the Republic also allocated funds to the Kaminoans to add more clone troops to the order, and required these clones to be completed within one year. The answer given by the Kaminoans is that it will cost more to accelerate the clones that were originally designed to grow into 10 years, and the time will take at least 2 years.

22BBY, on May 29th, 12 Chaser-class battlecruisers from the 19th Corps returned to their headquarters on Planet Haven. Surama, the governor of the 19th Regiment, looked at Admiral McGlen, who was downcast in front of him, with a sense of loss. 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 statistics of the battle damages in the Battle of Bespin were completed, and the capital Coruscant was notified.

In the Battle of Bespin, the Grand Republic Army Navy of the Galactic Republic invested 60 Chaser class battlecruisers with a crew of 444,000, lost 48 ships, killed 358,196 crew members and captured more than 19,000.

15,600 fighters of various types, 2,500 transport planes, and 21,000 pilots were invested. In the end, more than 9,100 fighter planes were lost, 510 transport planes were lost, and 11,422 pilots were killed.

The army invested a total of 200,000 people and 1,200 heavy equipment such as AT-TE tactical walkers. In the end, the army killed more than 24,000 people, seriously injured more than 79,000 people, lost 670 people, captured more than 2,200 people, and lost all heavy equipment.

The Jedi Order, put in 2 Jedi Masters and 2 Apprentices, all killed.

When the news came, the whole country was shocked. Less than 10 days after the start of the war, there were such tragic failures one after another, which cast a shadow on almost everyone's heart.

Republic Speaker Schiff Palpatine ordered the Galactic Capitol to fly at half-mast for one day to show his condolences, and at the same time made a public speech, expressing his determination to resolutely safeguard the unity of the Republic. He called on everyone to unite around the Jedi Order, respond to the leadership of the Jedi Order, implement the purpose of democracy and freedom, maintain the unity of the motherland, oppose power and division, and fight to the end to maintain the unity of the country and the interests of the people.

To reinforce his speech, he also launched an event titled 'Today, I am with the Soldiers', where he visited the barracks, visited the hospital, and personally boarded the cheerleaders who had been withdrawn from the Geonosian front. Assaulting the landing ship, stroking the armor that was torn apart by the powerful artillery fire, burst into tears.

And there are more people gathered in front of the huge screen, looking at the scrolling list of the dead, and a shrill cry came from the crowd.

The wife lost her husband, the father lost her son... The tragedies of one family continue to be staged, and... this is just the beginning.

"Padm!!!" Anakin Skywalker slammed open the door of the hospital ward, and the guards at the door couldn't stop him at all.

On the white hospital bed, Padm-Amidala lay quietly, her beautiful face was pale, her long eyelashes fluttered slightly from time to time, and a soft light shone from the top of the bed, constantly monitoring her Bodily functions, but also maintain her life.

"Padm...no...no..." Anakin held Padm's icy catkin tightly and burst into tears, "Why you? Why! Why you! Why!!"

But Padm did not respond.

"Anakin! What are you doing? You shouldn't be!" Obi-Wan Kenobi's voice came from the door of the ward.

"No! Why her!? Why!" Anakin couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and jumped up and shouted at Obi-Wan.

"Anakin!!" Obi-Wan grabbed his arm, and a gentle force of the force was immediately transmitted to Anakin, "I don't know what relationship you have with Senator Amidala, but whatever it is , this shouldn't happen! Now, you need to calm down!"

Anakin also recovered his calmness, knowing that his gaffe could lead to serious consequences. He lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, master, but I was blinded by anger. Because I was the one who protected Senator Amidala before, now She was assassinated and seriously injured, and it's all my responsibility."

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 for garrison, and investigation shows that the separation Doctrine has some movement in that direction."

Anakin Skywalker nodded, he turned his head and took a deep look at the unconscious Padm Amidala, his fists clenched and his fingers protruded, but he finally controlled himself. Emotions.

But at this time, he didn't know why, and a strange name suddenly appeared in his mind-Death Angel.

Back at the residence of the Jedi Temple, Anakin-Skywalker couldn't sleep, just at this moment, an apprentice walked over and said, "Anakin, President of the Galactic Council, Palpatine wants to invite you over. "

"Mr. Speaker? Why is he looking for me?" Anakin-Skywalker only felt puzzled.

"Maybe to hear your report on the previous planet Geonosius, or something else," Obi-Wan Kenobi said, "You know, keeping in touch with the Council is part of our mission. . So, go."

When Anakin came to the empty Capitol, full of doubts, he saw Schiff Palpatine standing on the balcony overlooking the scenery of Coruscant.

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

"Do you have anything to do with me? Your Excellency Speaker." Anakin asked.

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

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

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

The two chatted on the balcony for a long time.

When the sky was faintly white, Palpatine patted Anakin's shoulder with a smile, and said, "It took a lot of time for you, and you should go back and rest. It is the negligence of us old men to put a heavy burden on your young shoulders."

"No, it's my job," Anakin said.

"However, I'm sure you can. Your potential is unique, and you can do anything if you want. Anything!" Palpatine said. People bind you!"