StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 331 Oasis Town

Oasis Town.

This is a title full of irony. The oasis represents hope in the desert and barrenness, but the actual oasis town has nothing to do with this word.

It is lifeless, with neither gurgling water nor verdant vegetation.

Oasis Town is a town built among gray-brown mountains and rocks. The whirlwind among the mountains rolls rust-colored dust like red clouds.The craters of the volcano and the fissures between the mountains continuously spew green high-energy gas gas, making the sky like a three-color palette mixed with the red of dust, the green of high-energy gas, and the blue of the sky.

The copper stench of high-energy gas and the fetid sulfur smell permeated the wind at all times, like the smell of countless rotten eggs.Oasis Town is very hot, the air is full of sweat, urine and pungent sulfur smell, and the cross roads paved with stones and rotten boards divide the town into one block after another.

In the center of the town, there are skyscrapers that can only be seen in more than a dozen cities, shaped like lonely giants in the crimson wind.

It's dark and depressing, with a decadent atmosphere everywhere.

The vast majority of people take up weapons to guard their homes spontaneously, so the houses are locked, and people walking with weapons in a hurry can be seen everywhere on the road.Rather than rejoicing like other colonists besieged by the zerg, these people ran away after seeing Augustus' Revolutionary soldiers.

At the forefront of the revolutionary army marching along the potholed road from west to east is Tychus Finley driving the Wolf Warrior I mecha and two Hellfire missile launch pods mounted on the shoulders, made of alloy steel and large-caliber The golden-red walking armor armed with heavy artillery and machine guns has a great visual impact.

Wearing power armor, the soldiers of the 011th Battalion of the Revolutionary Guards Division walked neatly and had strict discipline. They were by no means comparable to gangsters and pirates. Only the regular army of the Tyrannian Federation could match them.

However, in the eyes of the locals, there is no substantial difference between the Revolutionary Army and the Federal Army, and the revolutionary propositions of the Revolutionary Army seem extremely vague and unreachable in the eyes of these people, just as empty as the election speeches of members of the Federal Colonial Assembly .

"How many people are here?" Augustus asked Horace, the former federal colonel who led them the way, as they marched quickly to the other side of Oasis Town.

Along the way, Augustus saw many oasis town residents rushing to the front line with weapons, drug addicts lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, and villains who wanted to take advantage of the fire.When most people saw the heavily armed revolutionary soldiers, they immediately scattered and hid far away.

"About a hundred thousand people?" Horace said hesitantly, very wary of Augustus's question, and would only answer after thinking twice.

"There are still some settlements around the oasis, but the number of people living there is not fixed. Altera has many more gathering points than the paper records, but I don't know exactly what kind of people live there. .”

Horace used to be a colonel in the Tyrannian Federation Army. He himself fled here as a wanted criminal because of corruption, bribery and arms theft, and he knew the level of corruption within the Federation Army all too well.Generally speaking, there is no shortage of truly capable and tough guys in the army, but there are also moths everywhere.

With the nature of the federal rulers and noble generals, it is impossible for them to send troops to rescue a chaotic planet like Altera.Even if they came, it would not be to save lives.

In the eyes of Horace, the rebellious Mengsk family is no different from bandits and pirates, at best they can only be regarded as a mob in the nature of a peasant rebel army.

It looks like the Revolutionary Army is heavily funded by the Umoyans and Kel-Morians, with massive power armor and electromagnetic weapons.However, a mob is a mob. How could an army formed by a group of farmers, workers, and vagrants be as brave and skilled as the federal soldiers who had undergone systematic military training.

Military discipline and military regulations are equivalent to nothing. If the people in Oasis Town had nothing to snatch, they would have started looting everywhere.

Horace did not believe that there were any brilliant people in this world.

The revolutionary army took huge risks to come to this planet full of Zergs, definitely not to save these scumbags in Oasis Town, it must be for Altera's resources or other valuable things.

Just to save people.

How could it be for such a stupid and ridiculous reason.

"The sky is full of kingworms, different dragons, and blasters." Renault said to Augustus after hearing Horace's words: "There is no airport here, and it is not easy to evacuate so many people in a short time. "

"Then find another way and change the angle." Augustus said: "We want to defeat the Zerg in Oasis Town and win the battle."

"I like the plan," Renault agreed.

"Jimmy, lead people to organize defense immediately. We must guard all intersections." Augustus ordered: "The sixth to ninth divisions of the army and the first armored division have all landed near Oasis Town. We can launch a counter-offensive with the first wave of offensive."

Renault immediately left with a few rangers under his command. If they wanted to establish a defense line in Oasis Town, then the direction they had to defend was not as simple as the front.

Oasis Town is located on a piece of flat land between the fissures of the Altera Canyon, but there is almost no danger to defend. The surrounding area is not flat, but the scattered rocks and mounds provide cover for the enemy. It is also beneficial for such a flexible and fierce creature.

"Marshal Augustus, the Zerg is not a second- or third-rate local army on the edge of the world." Horace's eyelids twitched.

"Hehe, I've killed more bugs than any bitch you've ever seen." Tychus, who was on the Wolf Warrior I, heard what Horace said: "Look at how your revolutionary grandpa kills bugs." Son."

"Look well, study hard."

"Then, what's your opinion, Mr. Horace, the former federal colonel." Augustus looked at Horace, and opened his helmet visor to reveal a pair of cold gray eyes and handsome thick eyebrows.

"My opinion is that if I die, I won't stay here if I have an idea." Horace shrugged: "I heard from my friends about the appearance of Zerg invasion on the planet. There are endless monsters eating people. Once When someone goes down, they're torn to shreds. Bullets don't work on the zerg because there are too many of them to kill them all."

"Maybe after this day, you will change your mind." Renault made a crisp click as he replaced the clips on his Gauss rifle.

At this time, a little girl in a blue plaid shirt poked her head out from the alley by the roadside. Her clothes, hair, and face were all dirty, her face was sallow and thin, and there was hardly any flesh on her body.

She was only a little taller than Augustus' calf, and she stood alone in the whirlwind of red dust in Oasis, small and fragile.

Only the black eyes were still shining.

"That's your daughter?" Augustus looked at Horace, taking out a bag of biscuits from the storage unit of his power armor.The little girl with auburn messy hair hesitated to take the biscuit, but didn't eat it right away - even though she was so hungry.

"No, I don't know her. If she's my daughter, I'll never let her live in a kennel," said Horace without hesitation.

"She is a child bought by the smuggler Mark. Since Mark died on the bed of a prostitute a few days ago, no one has taken care of this child." Leah's child is the child of a noble in the core world."

"She somehow fell into the hands of traffickers after her family died in a terrorist attack." Horace finally whispered, "Terrorists, people like you."

Kerrigan, who was standing by, knelt down beside the little girl, showing sympathetic sadness as she felt the tragic memory in her mind.

"So, you are still a noble lady." Augustus saw tears rolling in the little girl's eyes: "Don't worry, child, we will definitely bring about changes to the planets on the edge of this star area."

"What is change?" The little girl's messy forehead hair was stuck together.

"." Augustus suddenly realized that he was used to saying these words, he paused and said, "It will make you full."

Hearing Augustus' words, the little girl's eyes seemed to light up.

After finishing speaking, Augustus picked up the dazed child and handed it to a sergeant of the Marshal Guard who was on guard: "Give her to our doctor and tell Li that this child needs to be taken care of."

"Yes, sir!" The sergeant immediately took the girl in his arms and walked towards the back of the line.

"It wasn't one of ours that killed her family," Kerrigan said in a low voice. "They died in a political murder of exclusion."

"The son of Keha can't hurt nobles other than the founding family." Augustus looked in the direction of the street again, and a man who was staring at him by the street immediately retreated into the shadow of the house.

Horace shook his head, and was not moved by it in any way: "It's useless to show kindness. You will continue to starve after you leave. The nobles of the Federation used to do the same thing. Seeing the homeless The child just shed a few drops of crocodile tears, stuffed a few large banknotes, and then turned away, regardless of whether such a young child can keep so much money."

"In the end, what have you changed?"

Augustus looked into Horace's eyes. "The Revolutionary Army will raise this child and send her to a school that only accepts war orphans. That's always been part of the republic's spending."

"Everything I've done, and everything my soldiers have sacrificed for it, has been to make a difference in this rotten Commonwealth."

"Maybe?" Horace showed the arrogance of a federal soldier when facing the revolutionary army at this moment: "I will wait and see."

"The Revolutionary Army doesn't need to prove anything to you, that's what we've been doing," Kerrigan said coldly.

At this time, the vanguard of the 011th Battalion of the Guards Division stopped at the end of the road across Oasis Town. Outside the outermost row of houses was a lowland full of ravines, deep pits and huge rocks.On the north side of Oasis Town are solid wooden and stone buildings, and looking out, there are low hills and ravines.

Augustus noticed that many oasis town residents armed with various weapons were nervously hiding behind houses and rubbish debris blocking roads, looking back warily at the approaching armed robots of Tychus and Goliath.

These people were dressed in different ways, some wore plaid shirts and bandanas with gang badges, and some still wrapped themselves in hoods and trench coats in this hot weather.Looking up, there are colorful mohawks and Shamat hairstyles. Tattoos, mouth studs and ear studs are common among them.

"Residents of Oasis Town, we are the revolutionary army." Augustus shouted to these vigilant oasis town residents: "We will establish a line of defense here-come behind us!"

This immediately caused an uproar among the residents of Oasis Town, but before they could say anything, the soldiers of the Guard Division had already walked into the bunker built by the residents themselves outside the town carrying Gauss rifles, electromagnetic guns and rockets. middle.

The engineer of the Revolutionary Army driving the T-280 space engineering vehicle unloaded the stainless steel plate carried on the back and quickly built a fortification wall outside Oasis Town. The engineering team of the Revolutionary Army gathered Quankeha IV, Sara Galaxy and An Tigar's best metallurgists and engineers, they can steadily build defense facilities or airports amidst tens of thousands of zerg or hail of bullets.

Several Revolutionary Army engineers carrying psychic jammers immediately prepared to start assembling Swan's latest modification of the "Brainbobir" psychic jammer. Compared with the earlier prototypes, this type of jammer has a greater range and power But correspondingly, it takes more time to assemble more parts and start up.

Augustus once praised the loyalty, bravery and superb technology of the Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps. They are as important as the front-line soldiers.

The leader of these oasis townspeople stood up, as if they wanted to ask something, but a roar from the Hydra Hydra immediately drew everyone's attention back.

In the whirlwind of red dust, the moving swarm was getting closer and closer. The deep roar and stench made the residents of Oasis Town feel terrified.

"These bastards." Horace spit towards the ground, and took off an old-fashioned AGR rifle on his back, which should still be the stock he brought out from the federal arsenal.

At this time, entire companies of the Guards Division soldiers of the Revolutionary Army had drawn their guns and loaded their guns, and Wraith fighters and bombers flew over them from time to time.

"Something's wrong, Augustus, those zerg are chasing civilians." At this moment, Kerrigan, who has a powerful telepathic ability, suddenly reminded Augustus.

"What did you say?" Augustus looked in the direction where the Zerg was attacking.

Immediately afterwards, Augustus received a report from the frontline troops that about 300 Altera people were running towards the oasis town, and behind them were tens of thousands of Yermungandr worms.

"It should be the workers in the nearby oil refinery. It is said that they were hired by the Kelmerian people, and they don't want to contact people in Oasis Town on weekdays." Horace said to Augustus.

The townspeople in Oasis Town sighed or laughed gloatingly. Judging from their speed, it was only a matter of time before they were overtaken and devoured by the Zerg.

"Advance." Augustus immediately ordered: "The defense line moves forward to protect the civilians."

(End of this chapter)