StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 482 The Liberator of Bronte Main Planet

The defenders of Sunset Fortress were much more tenacious than expected, but they still declared their fall that day.The empty ruins of the town around the fortress were all but razed, littered with bombed-out bunkers and the wreckage of tanks smoldering in flames.

In this campaign, the new tank Draken Siege Tank piloted by Ensign Tychus Finley was a great success on its debut.

It took only half a minute for Lieutenant Tychus to penetrate the 8-foot-thick Plaid steel and stainless steel walls of Sunset Fortress with the large-caliber laser pulse cannon, and then carved a knife on the majestic fortress wall with the precision of a scalpel. flower.

On the same day, Marshal Augustus Mengsk issued an order to attack Bronte Garden, the capital city of Bronte's main planet. The order clearly consisted of Edmund Duke's Alpha Squadron and Gregory Rexon's Omega Squadron The air wing carried out a strategic bombing mission to destroy the city's few anti-aircraft weapons and major military installations.

Jackson Hole's Nova Squadron psychic special forces and Alpha Squadron airborne troops will seize the city's firepower, followed by Rundstein's Army Group Army to launch a general offensive.

At the same time, cities across Bronte's main star were conquered one after another, and the revolutionary army marched directly into the urban area without encountering any obstacles.

In many areas, Revolutionary Army soldiers were warmly welcomed by the people of Bronte.Enthusiastic Bronte citizens lined the streets to welcome the Revolutionary Army soldiers in power armor holding electromagnetic rifles and carrying rockets on their shoulders. In order to be able to see the heroic posture of the soldiers, the fathers in the crowd raised their children high above their heads, women They offered flowers and kisses.

"All overwhelmed crops must be compensated twice the market price, and the political commissars and officers in the army will come to apologize, and the roads damaged by tanks must be repaired again. This is the order of Marshal Augustus. Every Every soldier of the Revolutionary Army should keep in mind that we are standing on our own land, and we are not allowed to trample on any grass or tree at will."

Augustus was standing on a road in the Bronte countryside, next to a command vehicle, and a brigade of Revolutionary Marines was speeding down the road in colonial armored personnel carriers.

On one side of the road is a green sweet corn field, and on the other side is a sparsely populated village.The weather at this time was fine, the wind was sunny, and the large violet and orange-red windmills were spectacular, casting swirling shadows on the ground, and the thorns emitted by the crushed vegetation in the cool air nasal odor.

It is more than 120 miles away from the city of Bronte Garden, and the terrain is mainly a large area of ​​farmland for cultivating cash crops.Local farmers use equipment such as automatic irrigation pumps, combine harvesting robots and pesticide spraying drones to grow rice and soybeans, and the output is mainly to meet local needs.

Most of the powerful federation planets are self-sufficient worlds, which means that they are not easily controlled by others.

But when Augustus came here by car, most of the farmland was deserted, and large tracts of fertile land were covered with weeds. It is no wonder that Bronte Prime, which has never had a famine, has been starving in recent years. dead people.

Corruption is prevalent in Bronte, and his governor is a cruel and extortionate character, and the Planetary Senate is also corrupted by money.Through his hands, the federal government and the founding family have accumulated a lot of wealth on this planet.This kind of situation is numerous in the entire Tyrann Federation world. There are not a few federal officials who are honest and honest, but they are usually unable to hold high positions.

And Augustus was standing here because he learned that Tychus Finlay had driven a Dracan laser tank into the cornfield.This is mainly because the gas consumption of this gas-swallowing behemoth is really amazing, and Tychus is full of horsepower and drives hard, so the fuel supply truck is not always able to follow up in time.

Forget it, Tychus then actually ran into the village's high-energy gas station to steal oil.If it wasn't for the draken laser tank making too much noise, he would have almost succeeded.

After being caught by the local militia, Tychus pleaded not guilty because he did pay the money.Although far from enough, he also issued an IOU. — In the name of the Revolutionary Army.

Now, the huge land tank was lying quietly in the field, and Tychus himself sat on the hot hood drinking cold beer in only a pair of floral boxers, watching the busy mechanics overhaul the tank.

Facing Tychus, Augustus no longer had much desire to be angry, and with a big wave of his hand, he lowered Tychus' rank by another rank.After all, Augustus gave him a promotion in order to facilitate his demotion.

This guy made a mistake, and it's no use beating and scolding him, because Tychus has no shame, and of course it's no use being relegated, because he just wants to enjoy the benefits of being promoted and getting rich, and he doesn't want to take responsibility.However, this punishment can still restrain others.

There was no way in this world that Augustus could find someone exactly like Tychus Finley.This man is not unreasonable, nor is he a vicious thug or a stupid savage, he is just an egoist who follows his desires.

There was no way Tychus would be without himself, and he was a bad guy, but not quite.

"It seems that the people on Earth are not popular here." Augustus looked at the dilapidated village and the slogans covered by graffiti at the entrance of the village, and he could still vaguely see the slogans of overthrowing the tyranny of the earth.

"The people on Earth came to conquer the Koprulu star sector and bring it under the rule of the solar system empire, not to bring prosperity and peace here. These idiots just don't understand that the Earth Federation and even itself are in constant trouble, so what Maybe it can control us 6 light-years away."

Arcturus Mengsk regards the Earthlings as an enemy no less than the Zerg and Protoss, and believes that once the Earth mobilizes the power of their huge colony, the human forces in the Koprulu sector will be difficult to resist even if they unite.

"There is no evidence yet that this expeditionary force is the only military force that Earth will send." Arcturus' assessment of the situation is not very optimistic: "We cannot let any UED expeditionary force escape back to Earth, Bring news of failure."

Arcturus has the wolf-like cunning, viciousness and suspicion of the Mengsk family flowing in his bones. Even threats from far away make him feel uncomfortable. He prefers to deal with the threat directly rather than wait for trouble to come to his door.

Eliminating the zerg and protoss threat once and for all is, of course, utterly destroying them, as well as dealing with the Earthlings.

It's a pity that today's Koprulu star area is full of wars, and the Tyranid humans have also fallen apart. Counterattacking the earth is tantamount to nonsense.Augustus' generals agreed that the loss of such a large expeditionary force might hurt the planet, but not that it would cripple them too much.

"Akturs, you have decided that the UED expedition will definitely fail?" Augustus laughed dumbfounded: "We won't be able to repel the earthlings this time until Alexey Stukov is captured." invasion."

"I have never had any doubts that we will win in the end." Arcturus said: "It is with this belief that I have persisted until now-I have never failed. Pass."

"Except for the issue of Valerian's education." Augustus's words were somewhat dissatisfied, and Arcturus had been trying to escape the fact that he still had a son.

Therefore, compared to his serious and demanding father, Valerian is closer to his uncle who never hides his love for his nephew.Arcturus always told his son Valerian that you had to get stronger if you wanted to wield your sword nimbly and shoot every bullet in your pistol with precision, but he was too thin, and Augustus Everyone will say that you have to become a great man in thought.

"Edmund Duke's command has just reported that the airborne assault force of the Alpha Squadron has taken control of the Bronte Garden Center Airport, and the "Blood Eagle" Marine Corps has successfully defeated the defense forces in the city and is besieging the city hall and The Senate Building," Sarah Kerrigan said to Augustus just as Arcturus opened his mouth to say something.

"Looks like he's done a great job at Duke—well, a few medals and a military commendation are enough to make this guy happy." This was in Augustus' expectation, but he didn't expect it to be like this smoothly.

This is Duke’s reporting style of asking for credit and rewards. Although he will not be so shameless as to claim all the credit for his friendly troops, don’t expect half a word from other troops to appear in the report, as if General Duke single-handedly defeated The entire UED Expeditionary Force.

"Didn't you meet decent resistance?"

Multiple sources of information indicate that Bronte Garden’s UED expeditionary force may have less than 12 people, of which less than 2.5 are earth soldiers from the United Earth Council, and the rest are either the original Bronte Tyrannian Federation garrisons, or civilian soldiers temporarily recruited.

The main force of Bronte's UED is mainly concentrated in the fleet in orbit. After the guard fleet is completely defeated by the revolutionary fleet, it is only a matter of time before the planet falls.

The recruited Tyranid troops were already slack in training and had almost no combat effectiveness, and it was even more unlikely that they would be able to fight Zergs and Protoss many times without retreating or even winning the Revolutionary Army's opponents.

If Augustus hadn't been concerned about the casualties of civilians in the city, then with the revolutionary army's absolute superiority in the air and ground forces in Bronte, Bronte Garden had already been captured on the first day.

"The propaganda offensive has worked, and the resistance of the defenders in the city is quite passive." Kerrigan shook her long red hair that swayed like flames.

"What about the hybrid?" Arcturus asked. "If I have a secret weapon that can make the final decision, it must not be hidden."

"As for the hybrids, multiple forces have claimed they have spotted them in the city," Kerrigan replied, "No further reports yet."

With Augustus airdropping leaflets and videotapes many days in advance, the news that the main force of the UED expeditionary force was wiped out in Char has spread irresistibly in the city, and it has also affected the UED defenders in the city.

Although none of them knew the Black Flag plan formulated by the United Earth Council before departure, nor did they get the news that Marshal Dugal led the main fleet to set off for Char, but since there was no such change, why did the revolutionary army besiege Bronte? In the case of the main star for many days, the support has not arrived for a long time.

If the UED Expeditionary Force still had enough troops, they would be able to complete the anti-encirclement of the Revolutionary Army fleet outside the Bronte galaxy, but this is not the case in reality.

"The hybrid is by far one of the scariest creatures. This monster will bring unimaginable casualties to our soldiers. Don't take it lightly." Augustus looked serious:
"Only the anti-psychic forces and the psychic special forces of the Nova Squadron can deal with this monster, and all other forces must avoid direct combat with it."

Monsters like hybrids just appear around humans, and they will all have inexplicable fear and anxiety, and even mental breakdown.In contrast, only the powerful high-ranking templars of the protoss can have a similar impact on humans.

"Fortunately, Protoss will also help us." Augustus said:

"The protoss executive Artanis has left the ark and personally led the most powerful fighters in the protoss to land on Bronte to help us deal with the hybrid."

Augustus had already learned from Artanis that Sacoolas had been attacked, and the disgraceful news of the disappearance of the current archbishop of Durham, Razagal, made matters worse.

At this time, the Dalam Protoss of Saguras can be said to be leaderless, and the Nerazim Protoss and Al Protoss, who already had disagreements and conflicts, also fought on their own, and they were unable to eliminate the invasion for a while. Zerg of Sacoolas.

To the surprise of Augustus, even under such circumstances, Artanis, the protoss executive who commanded the ark ship Spear of Adun to support the Human Revolutionary Army, did not break his promise.

On the one hand, this is because Protoss attaches great importance to promises as glory and life, and the hybrid is indeed a thorn in their throats, and it also comes from the direct order of the new Archbishop of Durham.

Tassadar, the senior executive officer of the Durham Expeditionary Army, returned to Sacoolas in time, and was ordered to turn the tide when he was in danger. He temporarily took over the post of archbishop and stabilized the crisis situation, once again standing on the cusp of saving the Protoss.

At the same time, Tassadar also announced that he would find the archbishop Razagar at all costs, and for this he also obtained the support of Sacoolas and the El protoss.

The new Archbishop of Durham, Tassadar, ordered the Spear of Adun to immediately return to Sacoolas to defend their homeland, but also ordered Executor Artanis to stay behind with an army of Zealots to help Augustus.

Because Tassadar believes that a series of events, such as the master’s escape from Char and the invasion of Saguras, are related to the dark truth behind the hybrid. He also believes that the humans led by Augustus will definitely become the allies of the Protoss of Dharam .

Under such circumstances, Artanis, the protoss executive who thought he had a great mission, did not dare to slack off, and personally led the templars and dark templars against the hybrid.

"Marshal, General Duke is calling, and he wants to talk to you directly." At this moment, an officer of the command headquarters stepped out of the command vehicle next to him, holding a radio communication device in his hand.

"I'm Duke. People from Alpha Squadron have found several psionic transmitters in the center of Bronte Garden. I can assure you, Marshal, the Earthlings want bugs to deal with us." There came Duke's languid, sarcastic voice.

"Psychic Launcher" Augustus really didn't expect the UED to do this.If the Psionic Launcher can attract a large number of Zerg, then Stukov can indeed fish in troubled waters.

No matter how you look at it now, the revolutionary army has a huge advantage.The intervention of external forces is enough to cause chaos in this human civil war, and only by disrupting the stalemate will Stukov have a chance to come back.

"However, within a few hundred light years, there is not even a bug." Kerrigan reddened her lips and laughed:

"There are plenty of flies and mosquitoes."

(End of this chapter)