StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 262 Protoss Ground Troops
The crackling sound of the burning zerg and the beast-like roar made many soldiers present shudder. The raging flames almost lit up half of the street, and the stench of burnt protein wafted in the wind not long after.

This alien monster, not much bigger than a local large dog, was always sensitive and excited under the action of adrenaline, but when it came out from under the manhole cover in high spirits, Hanak Hank and his men who had been prepared The elite firebat immediately covered its face with a hot plasma flame.

When Augustus and the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army who protected him watched the monster twist and struggle in the flames, desperately trying to shake off the flames attached to its body, they didn't have the slightest pity in their hearts.

The first zergling that sprang out of nowhere was only the signal for the attack of this elite zerg squad, and more zerglings jumped from the mouth of the sewer well soon after.

The springlings emerging from the underground sewer system are 1.5 times the length of ordinary springtails, and they have some extremely rare atavistic features, with colorful sail-shaped spines extending from the back to the tail.With a harder chitinous carapace and sharper pale claws, these xenomorphs are more like a small tank.

They may be under the direct command of the cerebrate Yark, the leader of the Jormungandr swarm, via psychic link, a loyal scion and servant of the Lord who did not die in Cha Sara's destruction.Yake is commanding a huge army of Jormungandrad swarms in the brain chambers of each deep-space Behemoth densely covered with central nervous system and soft tissue.

The wall of flames in front of the firebats failed to stop the springtails that sprang forward one after another. They were like rats pouring out of a rice warehouse or swarms of hyenas leaping from the mouth of the sewer well, until these alien monsters burst out with flesh and blood. As their bodies held back the raging flames, more zerglings leaped from their fallen kin and onto the heavy power suit armor of the firebat troops.

The Revolutionary Firebat's modified CMC-250 power armor is much stronger than normal Marine power armor, so these little monsters cannot cut through the thick armor in a short time.But even so, the two pairs of sharp, dense bony scythes on the Zergling's back could easily cut through and insert into the relatively fragile helmets of the Firebats, knocking the soldiers' skulls open.

Others endured the scorching of the flames and pierced a pair of long knife-like claws on their chests into the plasma feedback device of the firebat flamethrower. This action can block the flamethrower, causing the hot flame to surge backwards Towards the inside of the Firebat power armor, turning the power armor itself into a hot oven.

What awaited those firebats and flamethrowers was an extremely tragic fate, like the retribution of burning many people alive, and they all died in the flames they emitted.

These springtails are quite clever, and they have found a way to deal with humans instead of just charging.Local battles erupted throughout Mar Sara, and whenever the zerg in a certain area discovered a human weakness, this technique was synchronized through genetic material to all newly born zerg.

The Zerg, a dangerous and deadly race, have been evolving. They have tried their best to eliminate the defects in their genes until they reached the pinnacle of biological evolution, perfection.

Since the firebat power armor is generally two feet higher than the ordinary CMC-200 or even CMC-300 power armor, the soldiers of the Marshal's elite guards who are holding Gauss rifles and individual rockets behind the firebats can only get out of the firebats. Only by firing between the shoulders can you avoid accidentally injuring your comrades.

"Ah—ah—" Facing the wailing of the firebats, the elite guards could only use rifle bullets to end their lives from behind, so that they did not have to endure the pain of being burned alive.

Many firebats died not at the hands of the enemy, and the most painful way to die is to be trapped inside their own power armor and be burned alive.At the same time, very few people are willing to endure high temperatures and put on firebat power armor. Therefore, the firebats in the federal army are basically death row prisoners who have undergone resocialization. Only the firebats in the revolutionary army are lunatics who volunteered to join the army.

Augustus could hear the pained screams of the firebats, and it pained him to see the wailing of those brave warriors.At this time, it is the best choice for their comrades to end their lives with pistols, so as to save them from enduring the pain before death.

To this day, countless revolutionary soldiers and spies have sacrificed their young lives for the revolutionary cause.

"Find a way to plug the mouth of the well," Augustus ordered. "Throw all our grenades and explosives in."

The members of the marshal's elite guards behind the firebats immediately carried out this order. After Moria purchased a large amount of ammunition left behind by the Camerian Federation after the Kailian War, the grenades and bullets carried by each revolutionary soldier Much more than before.

With the help of power armor, soldiers don't have to worry about payloads, which is something that ground and air transport commanders should consider.

"Damn it, it would be nice to have Zander here at this time, he's sure to be able to get some boxes of explosives out of his armor," Raynor yelled, firing a C-14 Gauss rifle.

The Demon of Heaven, Max Zander, is no longer with Augustus, and he is now in charge of serving as the commander of the Revolutionary Airborne Forces.Under Zander's example, the airborne troops of the Revolutionary Army became explosive madmen who smashed electromagnetic grenades at the enemy as soon as they landed. Wherever the airborne divisions of the Revolutionary Army passed by, it was as if they had just experienced a large-scale carpet bombing.

"Throw them all out!" Tychus yelled at Corporal Faraday and his field marshal's elite guard soldiers. "Even Granny can move faster than you!"

An earth-shattering explosion responded to Tychus' roar. The blue electric pulse and electric arc set off by the electromagnetic grenade poured out from the blasted sewer well, and the sky-high light instantly drowned the springtails in it. Quiet.

But immediately there was a similar entity that was even larger than the previous springtail poked its head out of the brilliant arc. It had a huge head and bright red, blood-like skin, and bright orange eyes gleamed. Some kind of smart flash of intelligence.

If the springtails just now were large dogs, then this is a male lion in its prime. Its extremely hard leather skin is covered with a blood-red carapace, as if it is stained with dried blood. .

Under the order of Augustus, the remaining firebats retreated one after another, and a platoon of Marshal’s elite guards used all the weapons in their hands to shoot at the newly emerged monster, but immediately everyone was surprised to find that the bullets had no Can't hurt it.

"Hey, a big one," Tychus said. "I bet that's the mother of those bugs just now, and now it's here for revenge."

However, this bright red giant springtail just poked its head out before retracting into the underground cave.At this time, the two nearby revolutionary army camps also rushed to support, and the Zerg could only choose to retreat.

"A king among zerglings," Raynor said. "It ignores flames and electromagnetic grenades, and its carapace is comparable to those giant mammoth-like zergs found on Turtle Island. It doesn't look simple."

"Any fool knows it's not easy." Tychus chewed the cigarette in his mouth, put away his heavy machine gun: "And I don't see what it looks like, don't think we didn't learn it in elementary school over those things."

"That's what Augustus said." Renault looked at Augustus behind him.

"Well, the Marshal is the biggest here, after all," Tychus said. "They retreated."

"They know we're a tough nut to crack."

"Rescue the wounded quickly." Augustus ordered: "Let the nearby troops send a squad of medical soldiers over."

"Sarah, can you feel something?" He turned to Sarah Kerrigan beside him.

"The swarm is puzzled." Kerrigan pressed the brim of his hat: "They don't understand why we found this raid and they will find out. They will retreat into the shadows and wait again, waiting for the next opportunity. "

"It sounds like you have to be more careful recently, Augustus." Renault said, "The bugs have read our minds, and they know that you are the soul of the Revolutionary Army."

"The leader of the brain worm Yark Jormungandr." Augustus repeated the name: "As long as you kill it, its group will definitely fall into chaos."

"I've heard the old saying, give him what he wants, give him back," Renault said. "However, how to kill it, it might not even be on Mar Sara at all."

"...There will be a way." Augustus looked at a wounded firebat who was being pulled out of the power armor.He knew that each zerg hive had a brain worm as the leader, and the cerebrum was actually the brains of tens of millions or even billions of zerg.Once the brain worm dies, the hive troop under it will go mad.

But brain worms are actually immortal, because the master of the swarm can resurrect dead brain worms.Only another branch of the Protoss, the Nerazim Protoss, can permanently kill the cerebrates, sealing their chances of resurrection.

As Augustus spoke, he walked towards the wounded man who was being carried on a stretcher, and noticed that his entire chest was torn open by a springtail. The hideous wound indicated that the possibility of his survival was not high.

The firebat, who was in a coma, didn't wait for Augustus' greeting. He closed his eyes and was lifted onto an APOD transport plane that landed nearby.

Harnack, who was the soldier's immediate supervisor, carried the stretcher in silence and left.

This is a soldier from the Ma Sarahiro area. He is not only fighting for the revolution and the commander's order, but also fighting for his hometown.

The surface of Mar Sara is infested with zerg, and such sacrifices occur almost every minute.The Zerg are not Federation troops, they are deadly and numerous, and will only retreat proactively on rare occasions.

And Augustus had already seen death, and death in battle had become commonplace.

"Facing the Zerg, we suffered heavy casualties." Renault looked at the charred corpse being pulled out of the hot firebat power armor, and closed his eyes in pain: "We are facing the Zerg directly, and it will take time to evacuate."

"We've evacuated more than half a million people, but we still need time to take others. But the zerg are not just there to watch, they are endless, and we can only fill them with human lives," he said.

"Yes, our army is only 10,000+ people." Augustus said: "We need reinforcements, whether it is the Federation or the Protoss."

"People who believe in the Federation are definitely the most stupid idiots in the world. As for the protoss." Lei Nuo shook his head: "We know very little about them. I heard that the protoss landed in Mar Sa** not long ago. Someone saw their ground troops in gold and silver armor."

"Is it true? I don't quite believe it."

"I got reports from Rundstein, Nord, Zander and Duke at the same time, and they all discovered the ground forces of the protoss." Augustus said: "The places where the ground forces of the protoss appeared In the very center of the Dreamcatcher's lair, among countless zerg."

"Although they haven't made any contact with our people, every time the protoss troops show up, the zerg around our base and refugee camp start to retreat," he said.

"Obviously, the protoss is helping us, buying time for us to evacuate the refugees."

"Is there such a good thing?" Tychus was surprised.

"You mean the commander of the Protoss was a good man, is that possible? He was merciless when he blew up Chassala and those ships in high orbit in Marsala."

"...This is really the best news I've heard in a while." Raynor said, "Having said that, why did the Protoss help us?"

"Protoss? If it was them, why didn't they just blow up Mar Sara. It's easy." Tychus didn't believe it either: "In their eyes, we might be no different from Zerg."

"I don't know," said Augustus, "but it's a good thing for us."

As Augustus said, the ground troops of the Protoss Expeditionary Army who landed on Mar Sara did help the Revolutionary Army and the refugees a lot.

And the situation in Mar Sara became more and more complicated. The Yermungandr swarm, the Federation Army, the Revolutionary Army, and the Protoss Expeditionary Army were all fighting each other for different purposes.

"I hope we can meet with the commander of the protoss fleet. If it is not possible, I also hope to have a formal dialogue." Augustus said.

"Maybe they can help us against the Federation?" Tychus thought badly.

"It shouldn't be possible." Augustus shook his head: "They won't interfere."

"Let's go to the Governor's Palace in Mar Sara." Augustus took a long breath, feeling a burst of sadness.Augustus was fighting and waging war, but that didn't mean he was enjoying it.

"I hear the new governor of Mar Sara wants to see me."

"New Governor?" Renault shrugged: "Which one is this? I heard that the Federation sent a new Governor after we left, but he ran away again when the Zerg invaded. The current one should be the first. Three."

"In one year, Ma Sara has changed three governors. I have to say that the efficiency of the Federation in this regard is still unique." Tychus said sarcastically.

"I heard that he was very unlucky. The Federation sent him to deal with the rebels and Zerg problems. As a result, not long after arriving in Mar Sara, the Governor's Mansion was controlled by our people." Augustus said: "Let us Go see that hapless guy, a governor-level federal official surrendering to the Revolutionary Army is big news worth working on."

"I remember that the new governor's name is Prayekotai. Don't scare him."

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