StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Support the front line
At 20 o'clock in the morning on the [-]th, a few brilliant meteors flashed outside the window of the Command Island of the Fort Martin Command Center. It was the broken keel of a Behemoth-class battlecruiser of the Alpha Squadron.

It wasn't raining here, although the sky was still clouded a few hours earlier.The rain clouds that piled up in the sky were just bursts of thunder, which were soon blown further afield.For the native amphibians and bramble plants, it's a happy ending.

Augustus couldn't remember how long he hadn't closed his eyes for a long time, and no one advised him to take a good rest or sleep for a few hours.The artillery fire was raging outside, and even the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army who did not carry out the task of deploying the defense probably couldn't sleep in their barracks dormitories.

The desolate canyon battlefield less than twenty miles away from Fort Martin has turned into a real meat grinder in the fierce battle for more than ten hours, with blood flowing into rivers and corpses strewn across the field.

From 19:18 on the 22th, the vanguard of the Alpha Squadron carrying out the pursuit mission exchanged fire with the troops of Harnack and Tykes. At around [-]:[-], the eight main divisions of the Revolutionary Army headed by Renault and Rondestein stormed the rear of the Alpha Squadron Group Army. Several Marine Corps divisions completed the encirclement.Casualties on both sides have soared from the initial hundreds to thousands, and this number has grown exponentially, far exceeding the number of casualties of the Revolutionary Army since its first formal establishment.

联邦军与革命军在面积不足几十平方英里的土地上总计投入了约15万人，其中阿尔法中队约2万人，革命军方面投入约一万五千名克哈革命军第一师老兵、三个亡者之港新兵师合计七万8000多人、两个玛·萨拉本地旅1万人以及沃菲尔德从尤摩扬带回来的三个曾经参加过克哈保卫战的革命军主力师约4万人。

During the alternation of offense and defense, the offensive and defensive lines of some troops of the two armies overlapped. After all the ammunition was exhausted and they were out of touch with the supply troops, hand-to-hand combat even broke out in some areas.Behind their own lines, the Alpha Squadron's artillery units, lacking cover, suffered heavy losses from their inability to mount bayonets on their railguns.

The Revolutionary Army has more than 4 sets of CMC-200 and a small amount of Type 300 power armor, most of which come from the United States of Umoyan and several colonized worlds with a high degree of autonomy, and the rest come from captured , and the remaining soldiers can only wear exoskeleton armor with weaker protection.

And throwing away the existing arc tanks, Goliath armed robots, and several Rattlesnake prototype tanks, except for a small number of electromagnetic guns and unmanned bombers supported by Umoyan, the number of heavy firepower weapons held by the Revolutionary Army is negligible. .

"Edmund Duke had given up the idea of ​​breaking out from General Renault and Rundstein's lines in the north an hour ago." A different voice finally came from the command center's typing on the keyboard and the clicking of the radio. , like ice edges colliding with each other in a river in early spring.

"Now, Duke has abandoned the Confederate Marine Corps held back by Major General Renault, and instead led the elite guards and fleet soldiers of the Alpha Squadron to go south and re-attack the bottleneck position of the canyon where Harnack and Tychus are located. Prepare to break out from there." After Augustus's former lieutenant was killed leading a reserve force to support the bottleneck position, his Ghost escort Sarah Kerrigan temporarily acted as adjutant.

"Duke wants to fight me to the death." Now Augustus still remembered the face of the young adjutant.

It was a cadet who graduated from the Korha Military Academy, the first and last batch of Revolutionary Army officers at the academy.He died of a delayed fuze aerial bomb. He was only 25 years old. He was the eldest son and had a pregnant fiancée.

He was one of thousands of Revolutionary Army soldiers who died today, not special, the only difference is that Augustus remembered his name.

Without that battle, no one would die. The highly resocialized federal army is not the local planetary defense force and civil defense force in Mar Sara after all. The equipment is outdated and the training is lax, and the will to fight is weak. It is not even comparable to a flock of pigeons. .After all, the Alpha Squadron is an army composed of professional soldiers, and the re-socialized soldiers are not comparable to the militia.

"The remaining battleships of Alpha Squadron are regrouping on an icy frozen planet in the outermost periphery of the Sara galaxy, but our fleet still has the upper hand, which means that Duke can no longer return to his fleet." Augustus His voice was hoarse, and because he was always staring at the same holographic projection map, his vision became a little blurred.

In the past, Augustus may have been in the mood to enjoy wine, black tea and expensive hardcover chocolates like an aristocrat, but now he just keeps pouring military coffee into his mouth to improve his concentration and concentration.

"As long as Duke can drive Harnack and Tychus away, there will be no danger for us except a few minefields in front of Fort Martin." Augustus continued: "Duke will then be able to destroy the rebels in one fell swoop." At the same time, Duke can also take part of the Alpha Squadron soldiers back to high-altitude orbit through the air port of the command center in Fort Martin."

"The bottleneck position that Hanack and the others hold is crucial, it is the main throat." He said: "In the coming time, the bottleneck position will inevitably become the center of the entire battle."

"The attrition at the bottleneck position is so serious that some companies and even battalion-level troops are left with only a dozen people, and the last reinforcement reserve troops set off three hours ago." Kerrigan, as a powerful spirit A capable person can perfectly play the role of adjutant, and her thinking is also smart and flexible enough.More importantly, Kerrigan knew what Augustus was thinking, what he needed and what he wanted to do.

No one is more empathetic than a mind-reading psyker.

At this time, an information soldier rushed over: "Colonel Harnack requested additional personnel. Alpha Squadron has launched a new round of offensive and has captured almost two-thirds of our position."

"Duke's Alpha Squadron has been besieged for nearly eleven hours, and they are ready to do their best." Augustus held his breath and walked a few steps before stopping.

"I remember that we don't have any reserves left." With that said, Augustus turned to look at Kerrigan beside him.In a large-scale battle at the legion level, whichever side's reserves are exhausted first means that they are struggling in the battle and are at a disadvantage.

"All the reserve troops in Fort Martin have already set off, and now there are only Corporal Faraday's guard battalion, information company, and logistics company in the Marshal's headquarters." Kerrigan said to Augustus: "Besides, we There is also an engineering team."

"And the General Staff," said Augustus.

"Command must not fall back, as long as Raynor's forces can divide and surround and annihilate the rest of Alpha Squadron, we will win the battlefield battle."

Immediately afterwards, Augustus issued an order in the channel of the All Martin Fortress Command Center: "The chief of staff and the information operations and support departments stay, and all other departments, including the Corps of Engineers, go to the barracks and armory Pick up your power armor and Gauss rifles here, whether you rank as private or staff lieutenant colonel."

"Submit a suicide note and salary to your commander when you collect your weapons. If you do not want to go to the battlefield, please submit a statement of the relevant situation."

(End of this chapter)