StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 515 Imperial Stormtrooper

As of 13:[-] on the [-]th, the Imperial Army has deployed three army groups and one with [-] arc tanks in the long and narrow corridor from east to west of the Formica River-Formiga Levin Fortress, the main nest area of ​​the Griffin swarm. Armor clusters, thousands of HALO cluster rocket racks and several tactical nuclear bomb silos.

Seven million soldiers and civilians believe that an unprecedented war is coming, and they are ready for battle.However, the Imperial Army only focused on covering the main hive area in the south with saturated firepower for four hours, and then began to shrink the defense line and build fortifications, and did not launch an active attack as expected.

At 4 o'clock, Emperor Augustus Mengsk boarded the Levin Fortress on the north bank of the Formica River and had a bird's-eye view of the 7-mile-long imperial defense line.

The Formica River spans most of the continent of Helmut, and its tributaries are dense, nourishing the vibrant forests and flourishing ecosystems on both sides.This gentle river has beautiful scenery, and 95% of the colony's cities, settlements, and factories are located on its banks, and it has naturally become the main battlefield.

Today, the cities on the north bank have been reduced to ruins, and the high-rise buildings on the east bank have also been reinforced as bunkers to set up artillery positions. An imperial flag is slanted on bunkers, missile towers, and high-rise buildings. Every few minutes, there are empires that have just arrived on the surface. The Marine Corps went to the front line.There are so many of them, but the queue doesn't look chaotic, solemn and orderly, like torrents in red heavy armor.

Behind the fortifications on the east bank, there is a residential area with tents, and a small area accommodates many people.There, the quality of life is unbearably low, but only the dumbest morons complain loudly.

Almost all Formica men joined the Imperial Stormtroopers or entered the logistics department to assist the Imperial Army. If the Empire hadn't banned the recruitment of civilian women in war zones into the Stormtroopers and regular troops, this number would have doubled.

In addition to Imperial marines in kinetic armor and Gauss rifles, Formiga also has more than 150 million dominion troopers.They were soldiers conscripted by the Empire from Formica with only a relatively short training period.

Imperial stormtroopers wear the inexpensive CMC Light Combat Armor, with rolled-rim steel helmets with goggles and camouflage cloth.

Lightweight power armor is a light armor with much lower protection than CMC armor. It is powered by batteries instead of micro-cold fusion reactors. The limited servo system can only make them faster and more flexible than ordinary soldiers.It is mainly produced by the military factories in Tarsonis, Bronte, and Veritya day and night, and 500 million sets were produced in just two months.

Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious: it is difficult to adapt to the harsh combat environment, the battery life is impressive, it is easily damaged and extremely unreliable, but the output is amazing.

Imperial stormtroopers are huge in number and mostly consist of militia and emergency conscripts, they are only equipped with fairly limited armor and submachine guns, only the more elite imperial armed stormtroopers and stormtroopers will be equipped with better weapons, e.g. according to UED missiles Tech-improved Hail rockets.

Nevertheless, such weapons are enough to deal with some troops of zerg and protoss, and to fight against the separatist forces and vicious pirates within the empire.

It must be emphasized that they are by no means the standard cannon fodder used by the Empire to fill the front line, but serve as a reserve force to make up for the severe shortage of the Tyranid Empire's limited forces scattered in the Koprulu sector.

As long as weapons are given to people like Formiga who have been robbed of their homes and friends by the zerg, they will become a powerful armed force with hatred in their hearts.Once the war was over, stormtrooper equipment was recycled and soldiers returned to their former lives, with the remainder used to equip colonial state police, magistrates, and militia units.

In the Empire, it is considered a felony to order a stormtrooper to sacrifice himself to gain space for the main force to attack or retreat.

The Formica, who had been urgently conscripted and issued armor and weapons, were ready to fight to the death, but Augustus was not prepared to do so.

"Stick to the existing position, and wait for the psychic pulverizer to start working before moving forward." Augustus walked across the trenched Formica River position, and the imperial soldiers along the way stood up straight and saluted the emperor.

At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and it was the moment of dawn.If Augustus looked at the galloping Formica River, he would see thousands of floating corpses floating down the river, and the strong stench of corpses could not be washed away by the rushing water.

The corpses were disgusting, reeking of disease and death.

On the other side, the infected buildings and huge zerg structures had been leveled by artillery fire, but the infected still poured out of them like zombies.In the dawn, ghostly figures and countless red eyes swayed like candles in the wind, and the pained roar echoed along the Formica River.

These infected humans have higher intelligence than in the past, and even have the ability to use Gauss rifles, and in some areas of Formiga, even infected tanks have been seen.

Although the infected of the griffin swarm have somewhat overcome their fear of intense ultraviolet light, daylight makes them sluggish.

At the same time, the psychic disruptors of the Imperial Army have been upgraded again, finding another way. UED scientists discovered that concentrated doses of sigma rays could halve the zerg's movement and reaction speed, a discovery that was quickly implemented with the support of Augustus.

This also makes today's imperial army more inclined to defensive warfare than the offensive warfare of the past.

"As long as the psychic smasher works as expected, the attack of the Griffin swarm will fall apart. At that time, it will not be us but Carlos who are eager to attack." Kerrigan rarely wears the ghost battle suit now, The usefulness of this equipment to her has become minimal.

Under the tutelage of the Dark Templar Master, Kerrigan can use her powerful psychic powers to distort light and shadow to become invisible even without equipment.She has become stronger than ever, and can detonate the enemy's head at a glance. Even Shako, another tenth-level psychic in the empire, bluntly said that the past PSI level is no longer suitable for the queen of the empire.

It is rumored that the queen's psychic power can even cover the entire palace, and she is a real psychic queen.

"By deploying psychic pulverizers to advance layer by layer and gradually expand the occupied area, Carlos will have to abandon his main nest and hatchery, and at the same time prevent the scorpions and infected people lurking underground from rushing into the queue when the troops advance cause massive casualties." Lieutenant Colonel Mortier Ulbricht accompanied the Emperor.

Lieutenant Colonel Ulbricht has been promoted and given the opportunity to report to Emperor Augustus for commanding troops that miraculously accomplished the daunting task of holding Formica and defending the civilian population.

His troops had withdrawn from the front, and were given a chance to rest in the rear, with lamb stew, a small glass of red champagne from Tarsonis, and a few bars of dark chocolate.

When the reinforcements arrived, Mortier's 375th Marine Brigade had almost run out of ammunition and food.Together with the Formica militia and volunteers, they stood in the trenches, stopped the infected who flocked to the position like corpses at night, and rested in the bunker wrapped in blankets during the day.

Countless bullets and explosives were poured in front of the position, and some soldiers even claimed that they had finished firing the bullets they would spend in their lifetime.In the end, soldiers without bullets even had to use bayonets and homemade gas explosives to form a line of defense with flames.

In Formica Front your only duty is to fight the zombies until you survive or they tear you apart.

"Your Majesty, Carlos will panic at that time, and that is the best time to catch and kill it." Once he heard the value of the Psionic Crusher, Mortil gave up the idea of ​​evacuating Formica .

"The new master has awakened. Even if Carlos is killed, it may be on the other side of the galaxy, bringing the message here for the master." Augustus turned to Mortil, nodded and said:
"Besides, don't underestimate Carlos, it may still be hiding a hundred and eight thousand light-years away from here, and let Dugal lead the infected humans." He said:
"Although Carlos is not as cautious as Sass, the brain worm of the Gam Swarm, he is also a guy who is afraid of death."

"...Our opponent is the former Lieutenant General Dugal?" Mortier seemed to remember this opponent, but he had no impression of the opponent's appearance.

"Old rival," said Augustus:

"Dugal is a respectable opponent, we should give him a better ending."

"Gerald Dugal is an extremely rare individual. Previously, the infection of the Zerg would only create monsters that lost their minds and deformed aliens. Only high-level psykers can preserve a certain amount of wisdom." Naru Dr. De also followed Augustus to the front.

Dr. Narud wore a reinforced CMC kinetic armor and walked on thin ice in the pitted terrain.He seemed very panicked, trembling and shrinking his neck whenever he heard the sound of shelling and the roar of the infected.

Come to think of it, Narud was really scared to death. He told Augustus many times that he was just a scientist with no power to restrain the chicken.As soon as he arrived at the front line, Narud was always in fear and panic all day long.

"Your Majesty, if we can capture Dugal alive, I can figure out how the Zerg virus works on Dugal, which will benefit my further research." Narud said as he walked.

"The nano-serum of the protoss can even completely remove the virus from Dugal's body-before it mutates into another form that we cannot understand." He emphasized:
"If you decide to do that, you better do it fast."

There were a few times when Narud nearly tripped over a masonry, but always saved the day in the end.

"There will be a chance." Augustus glanced at Narud, thinking of Narud's inhuman experiments and torture on the infected Lieutenant General Stukov in the past.

Similar to this half-human half-worm form may give Narud more inspiration for researching hybrids, after all, the current hybrid is still only a semi-finished product.Narud is just a mad scientist, he is not human, so don't expect him to have morality.

At this time, Formica and the swarm on the other side launched a new round of attack, and its offensive far exceeded the previous night.

A large number of scorpions mingled among the shambling infected, spewing yellow smoke like a sandstorm, and crossing the Formica River with the wind.This greatly affected the vision of the Imperial Army and interfered with other detection equipment, but the artillery units did not need to see whether there was an enemy at the point where the shells fell.Because the infected people on the ground are crowded together, even if you shoot with your eyes closed, you can still hit the enemy.

There are a huge number of king worms and queen worms floating in the sky, and they soon became the targets of the Imperial Army fighter planes and anti-aircraft firepower.

The Imperial Army quickly opened fire to meet it, the sound of Gauss guns, rockets and artillery continued, and large swathes of infected people were blasted into pieces and thrown into the air.

"Your Majesty, you should evacuate here immediately, the swarm is about to attack." Lieutenant Colonel Mortier said to Augustus.

Before the words fell, the artillery shells from the other side of the river landed on the position of the imperial army amidst the howling. They came from the infected arc tanks.One of them landed not far away.

"I think what Lieutenant Colonel Motir said is very reasonable." Dr. Narud immediately nodded again and again: "You are the emperor of the Tyranids, but your guns don't have eyes."

The imperial staff officers who accompanied them were also facing the enemy. They were all soldiers who had experienced real wars, so they would not panic.But if something goes wrong with the Emperor here, it's all over.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. With old Tychus standing here, the shells have to go around." Tychus Finley, who was dressed in crimson power armor, was smoking a cigarette comfortably.

It's not that he's gutsy, it's just that if anyone has seen Queen Kerrigan's ability to stuff a cannonball back into the barrel with only psionic power, create a psionic shield out of thin air and bend the bullet, they probably wouldn't be so alarmed At a loss.

"How long will it take for the Psionic Crusher to be activated?" Augustus didn't hold back, and followed Mortil directly into the nearest trench.

"It will take half an hour at the fastest. The psychic smasher is not an easy-to-assemble device like a psychic disruptor. It is bulky and requires a corresponding reactor and a series of equipment. Moreover, debugging also takes time." Narud Say.

"Too slow," said Augustus.

"This is already the fastest speed." Narud did not lie, if he used the Xel'Naga technology, it would undoubtedly be much faster.But the problem is that neither he can expose this, nor can human engineers understand such technology.

Narud didn't dare to expose too much, otherwise humans would not regard him as a genius scientist, but would throw him on the stake - in fact, he thought he had exposed enough, and there had never been anyone like him Such a scientist has so many talents.

"I will improve the existing design as much as possible," he replied quickly, lest the elusive monarch in his eyes change his mind.

"Very good." Augustus was just asking.

He found that as long as he questioned Narud, this guy could always come up with something better.

"Your Majesty, the Alexander has appeared again, and a large fleet of Griffin swarms has appeared on the Formica moon Congalore and is approaching our fleet."

(End of this chapter)