StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 186 Lure the enemy to go deep
Ma Sara capital area, former Tyrannian federal military fortress Martin Fort restricted area, command center command island command office.

The history of Fort Martin is as old as the settlement of Mar Sara. It was built in the No.70 year when the Tyrann Federation regained control of the warp drive. It is a stone building made of marble and concrete.

Today, the ancient stone city walls have been replaced by fortification walls filled with two layers of plain steel plates filled with strong coagulants and high-strength synthetic resin fillers.The fortification wall was originally designed to deal with Mar Sara's rogue bandits and large beasts, but now it has been heightened and widened, and equipped with Mark electromagnetic guns and automatic machine guns, which are enough to destroy any Tyranid army that approaches rashly .

The very center of the fortification wall is located in the huge command center, surrounded by multiple barracks, heavy factories, supply centers and a working mechanical loading and unloading workshop, surrounded by flashing lights. Rise and fall in a military air port.

Augustus still retained the sitting posture he had when talking to Edmund Duke. He sat upright, his eyes always looking through the light-transmitting tempered glass of the headquarters.Only the twinkling gray eyes proved that Augustus was real, not a composite or pre-recorded [-]D hologram.

Although Augustus has a variety of means to deceive Duke, such as clones, virtual images and nano masks that can be faked, Augustus is indeed staying in this command center rather than in the fleet or is somewhere else.

Duke thought that what he was talking to just now was a pre-recorded holographic projection, but in fact it was the real Augustus.Duke thought it was impossible for Augustus to be foolish enough to give away his location through a communication, but the truth was that Augustus was waiting for him there, ready to completely smash his troops.

At this time, there was no voice in the headquarters except for the footsteps of the Revolutionary Army staff officers and soldiers, and neither Corporal Faraday nor Kerrigan beside Augusti interrupted his meditation.

It was several minutes before Augustus stood up and straightened his uniform and hat.

"Convene my staff officers and military advisors, order the fleet on orbit to continue to monitor the movement of Alpha Squadron and report to the command headquarters." He said: "Connect the combat demonstration map to the holographic projection screen in the command center."

"Sarah, get me a cup of strong coffee. Corporal Faraday, with the latest front-line operational briefing."

"Tychus Finley and Mira Han's two brigades have broken through the outer wall of the capital district and are attacking the federal defenders outside the governor's mansion." Kerrigan, who was wearing a tight black combat uniform, said Corporal Faraday reported to Augustus when he flicked his red single ponytail and twisted his waist to make coffee.

"The Ranger Brigade and the [-]nd and [-]rd Divisions commanded by Major General Jim Reynolds have advanced from the States of Hiero and Lorenzana, and Colonel Gustav Rundstein's [-]th Division is west of Major General Reynolds' Two hundred miles of rapid marching in the southern desert, it is estimated that we will arrive at the Anthem Station in four hours."

"Very well, they executed my orders brilliantly." Augustus was not stingy with any words of praise for his generals.

At this time, a holographic projection screen was suddenly projected in front of Augustus. On it was the topographic map of the southern hemisphere of Mar Sara that he had seen countless times. The lines and data that constituted highlands, plains, deserts, and valleys They have already been familiar with it by heart.

About 1000 million Ma Sara people live in this land of more than 460 million square miles, scattered in various small and medium-sized towns and border cities located in mining and industrial areas.Between cities and towns are barren farmland and small oases at intervals. Each farmer has to cultivate dozens of acres of land to barely make ends meet, and now the flames of war have burned away swathes of crops.

Regarding the losses caused by the war, no matter whether it is difficult to protect itself or not, the federal government headed by Governor Mar Sara is of course indifferent.However, Augustus' revolutionary army gave local farmers compensation equal to the value of the crops, so even those who had doubts about the revolution began to shout that the revolutionary army was the army of justice.

Of course, these supplements all came from the large amount of federal army supplies seized by the revolutionary army and the reserves of the local government.It is worth mentioning that even if 70.00% of the population is starving, there is still a large amount of food exported to Tarsonis and other core worlds through Mar Sara Airport.

The twelve states and free cities that are connected to each other except the capital area on the map have been controlled by the revolutionary army, and the government forces only control less than one-third of the capital area.If it hadn't been for Augustus not deliberately launching a general offensive, leaving the government army to hang its last breath, the capital area would have fallen three days ago.

At present, after sending another five Port of the Dead divisions to Mar Sara, the Revolutionary Army has more than 7 troops on the surface, of which about 200 soldiers have CMC-300 and a small amount of CMC-[-] Power armor, with more than [-] arc tanks and four Goliath armed robot companies providing fire support.

The rest of the Revolutionary Army soldiers on combat missions wore the older, less armored exoskeleton armor that provided little protection for the wearers. The exoskeleton armor was derived from the T-230 port unloading used in various factories to strengthen the strength of workers. Armored with an exoskeleton, it has an alloy mechanical skeleton that enhances the wearer's strength and simple servo systems, powered by batteries.

Compared with the Kel Morian Labor Auxiliary Army who only wear combat uniforms sewn with kinetic energy armor, these exoskeleton armor can provide considerable mobility to help Revolutionary Army soldiers keep up with elite troops wearing power armor, but the protection Relying only on full-metal helmets, chest armor, and body armor, these protections are of little practical significance in the face of bullets accelerated by electromagnetic waves to several times the speed of sound.

The Federal Marine Corps carried by Alpha Squadron is not only equipped with CMC-300 power armor, even if it is only based on the proportion during the Battle of Kailian, the proportion of resocialized soldiers has already exceeded 70%, and it is not There is no shortage of armored personnel carriers and other vehicles to quickly project troops to the front line.

Just like other senior officers of noble origin in the Tyrann Federation army, Edmund Duke not only did not reject commanding immoral resocialized soldiers, but was also very happy to replace the soldiers in Alpha Squadron with these dull but tough soldiers. A reformed soldier who is not afraid of death.

In a head-to-head, single-threaded battle, these well-equipped resocialized soldiers can undoubtedly defeat any human army of the same number. I was caught off guard.

It is almost impossible for the Revolutionary Army to defeat Alpha Squadron on the frontal battlefield. Blood Eagle Alpha's combat effectiveness is by no means inferior to any well-known federal army, not to mention that apart from the resocialized soldiers among them, they have experienced previous wars. veterans.

What Augustus has to do is to avoid its edge and lure the enemy to go deep.Based on what Augustus knew about Duke, underestimating the enemy and recklessness would kill him sooner or later.And as long as he heard Augustus's name, Duke would rush forward as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

After staring at the map for 5 minutes, Sarah Kerrigan returned to Augustus with a cup of strong instant coffee.

"You rely too much on coffee," Kerrigan said. "The Mengsk family's personal physician told you to take rest. You're always sleeping too little and working too long."

Now Kerrigan has almost become an inseparable part of Augustus's life. This powerful ghost agent is not only responsible for Augustus's own defense, but also uses powerful telepathy to test whether the generals around him are still loyal. .

And whenever new recruits join the army and new members of the Pan-Tyranian Revolutionary Party join the party, Kerrigan and other psykers under Augustus will conduct a final assessment through mind reading.

At the same time, Kerrigan also became Augustus' personal combat instructor, teaching him the fighting skills from Ghost.Although Kerrigan didn't think Augustus would ever be useful under his protection, Augustus himself preferred to be remembered as a fierce fighter for the Revolution.

"As far as today is concerned, four hours is enough." Augustus waved his hand. Since the revolutionary army can fight the government army, he has always stayed at the command post.When battles were fought, Augustus would sometimes stay up all night, for forty hours straight, until his army was victorious or moved to safety.

"I can still hold on." Augustus was drinking coffee while waiting for the latest news from the various troops on the front line. Now the only thing he can do is to wait: "I will sleep when I think that my soldiers are dying on the front line." No more."

"I'm really worried that you're going to break down one day," Kerrigan said. "Isn't that Lisa Keshidi writing every day asking about your health? Just wondering if I can't take care of you." .”

"Of course I can take care of myself." Just as Augustus was still trying to explain something, the dark face of Lieutenant General Horace Warfield suddenly appeared on the holographic projection in front of him.

"Augustus, the Alpha Squadron has begun to send landing troops to the ground." He said: "In less than 10 minutes, two hundred APOD transport ships and shuttles have left the fleet. The rotation speed at the latitude of landfall at the speed of landfall, we expect them to make landfall on the eastern continent in the southern hemisphere."

"The enemy fleet is approaching our fleet at full speed." While Warfield was speaking, Augustus could see that the bridge of Iron Justice was shaking violently.

"They have eleven Behemoth-class battlecruisers and 26 Kraken destroyers. Our fleet does not have an advantage."

"Convey my order to the entire fleet, and everything will be carried out according to the predetermined plan without any changes."

"All powers are given to Lieutenant General Warfield to execute the planned combat plan." Augustus said: "The Second Fleet with the Iron Justice as its flagship should not be obsessed with fighting, and will send S-315, S-314 and S-708 respectively. The short-distance leap of the star system lures the enemy fleet to divide and pursue."

"The Second Fleet jumped from S-489 to the Sara galaxy after the first fleet completed the jump, and surrounded the Alpha Squadron fleet staying in this galaxy."

"Divide and annihilate them, break them one by one."

"Sir, the Marines of Alpha Squadron have begun to land." On the main screen, the head of a Revolutionary Army lieutenant appeared again. He is the officer in charge of the control center in the command center.

"Our radar has detected the landing forces of Alpha Squadron over the Plain of Bones and the Red Mesa respectively. Our fighter jets are taking off"

At this time, Augustus' staff officers and military advisers rushed over.

"The Plain of Bones and the Red Mesa are to the north and east of us, less than a hundred miles away from the Capital District. If they land at this location, it means that the troops attacking the Capital District are being attacked by defensive troops and reinforcements. Alpha Squadron is in the middle."

"Whose brigade unit is closest to the enemy?" Augustus asked loudly.

"The two brigades of Mira Han and Tychus Finley," replied a staff officer. "Eleven thousand soldiers with other supporting troops."

"Order a mobile infantry brigade from Tychus Finlay to snipe at Alpha Squadron reinforcements, retreat 5 minutes after the firefight - order Mira Khan and the rest of the force to withdraw from the Capital District, south - to the command post. said Augustus.

Judging from the map in front of Augustus, Fort Martin where he is located is right below the capital area, and between them is a barren area composed of highlands, hills, and canyons full of jagged rocks. Mountain troops fight.

This is called the Desolate Canyon, which is about 600 miles deep. The first [-] miles is an open valley, and the deeper it gets, the narrower it becomes. Seen from the air, it looks like a cross-section of a flask.

"Has the situation of the other troops arrived at the scheduled location?" Augustus asked.

"Reynolds and Gustav's armies have arrived at the Desolation Valley, and Colonel Hank's firebats have entered the bottleneck area of ​​the Desolation Canyon. The [-]st Division of Rondestein, west of the Capital District, has launched a general attack on the Governor's Palace. Break through its frontal fortifications in half an hour and drive the governor's army northward."

Immediately afterwards, a series of photos taken by the reconnaissance drone and reports dictated by the frontline generals were sent back to the command center one after another within two hours.

2490年2月18日，当地时间23时。阿尔法中队海军陆战队的两个师、两个装甲旅、一个负责战斗支援德拉肯磁轨炮炮兵旅和一个勤务支援旅合计三万六千名联邦士兵由运输舰和APOD-33分三个批次运输机运抵玛·萨拉南半球。

It took less than two hours for the federal army to land on the crimson Gobi and desert at the low latitude of Mar Sara. About [-] wraith fighters from the four air force wings were responsible for providing fire support for the landing troops. The scientific ship Yami The Ligo descended below the planet's thin atmosphere.

If the information is correct, Colonel Edmond Duke, the commander of Alpha Squadron, will be the commander-in-chief of this battle. He went to the front line with admirable courage and led the federal army to destroy the rebels.

The federal army divided into three groups and advanced towards the Capital District from the Plain of Bones, the Red Mesa, and the Ridge Plain.Among them, the mobile force commanded by Tychus Finley will face the approximately [-] Alpha Squadron soldiers of the two Federation armies.

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