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 nowunched an all-out attack on Atraken, ris, 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 subsequentbat report, Admiral McGlenn exined 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 Gctic 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 y 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 conspirester to dere the Jedi Order treasonous.


    However, the me belongs to the me. Facing the fierce offensive of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Republic muste 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 Gctic Republic and strengthening training.


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


    However, Rendili StarDrive has not received any orders. The Dreadnought-ss 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-ss Battlecruisers, Kol-ss Battlecruiser-ss battlecruiser, Providence-ss Destroyer, Recusant-ss Light Destroyer, these Warships can easily defeat the Dreadnought-ss 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 ofrge 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 bepleted 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-ss Star Destroyers of the 19th Legion returned to the Haven Headquarters. The Governor of the 19th Legion, Smar, 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 werepleted and the Capital of the Republic Coruscant, was notified.


    In the Battle of Bespin, the Grand Republic Army Navy of the Gctic Republic invested 60 Venator-ss 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.


    15,600 Starfighters of various types, 2,500 LAAT Gunships, and 21,000 Pilots were invested. In the end, more than 9,100 Starfighters were lost, 510 LAAT Gunships were lost, and 11,422 Pilots were killed.


    The Army invested a total of 200,000 Soldiers and 1,200 Heavy Equipment such as AT-TE Walkers. In the end, the Army lost more than 24,670 Soldiers, seriously injured more than 79,000 Soldiers, captured more than 2,200 Soldiers, and lost all Heavy Equipment.


    The Jedi Order, put in 2 Jedi Masters and 2 Padawans, all lost.


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


    The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Sheev Palpatine, ordered the g of the Gctic Republic in the Senate to be lowered at half-mast for a day to express his condolences. At the same time, he made a public speech, expressing his determination to maintain 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, safeguard the unity of the Republic, oppose power, oppose division, and fight to the end to safeguard the unity of the Republic and the interests of the people.


    In order to strengthen the effect of the speech, he alsounched an activity named "Today, I am with the Soldiers". He touched the LAAT Gunship and touched the Armor torn by the powerful Artillery Fire with his own hands, and burst into tears.


    There were more people gathered in front of the huge screen, looking at the scrolling list of the dead, and there were wailing wailings from the crowd.


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


    "Padm!!!" Anakin Skywalker mmed 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 Amidy quietly, her beautiful face looked a little pale, her long eyshes trembled slightly from time to time, and a soft light shone from the top of the hospital bed, constantly monitoring her bodily functions, but also to maintain her life.


    "Padm...no...no..." Anakin held Padm''s cold catkin tightly, tears streaming down his face, "Why you? Why! Why you?! Why!!"


    But Padm didn''t respond.


    "Anakin! What are you doing? You shouldn''t be doing this!" 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, jumped up suddenly and roared loudly at Obi-Wan.


    "Anakin!!" Obi-Wan grabbed his arm, and a soft force of Force was transmitted to Anakin immediately, "I don''t know what kind of rtionship you have with Senator Amid, but whatever it is, none of this should happen! Now, you need to calm down!"


    Anakin also recovered hisposure, knowing that his gaffe might lead to serious consequences, he lowered his head and said, "I''m sorry, Master, I was blinded by anger. I was always protecting Senator Amid before, and now she was assassinated and left seriously wounded, and that is 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 to garrison. ording 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 Amid. 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 Gctic 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 youe, 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 rxed, 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 identally dyed 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!"