StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 53
In the early morning of July 7, the highway from Oak Forest to Fort Howe.

A layer of white frost condensed on the thorny shrubs of Turassis on both sides of the road, which shone like crystal under the pale light of the headlights, like a work of art.In the deep darkness, hungry polar beasts roared far away, and the icy wind brought the smell of blood and gunpowder.

The heavy armored personnel carrier of the first class was driving at the front, and a Kelmerian KM flag was buzzing next to the rearview mirror on the right.The driver was Augustus, and the co-pilot was Lieutenant Reagan, the platoon leader who sat in the third row. The container truck behind them was full of a group of heavily armed marines.

As the distance from Fort Howe got closer, the bomb craters on the road ahead gradually became denser. Augustus's armored personnel carrier sometimes had to carefully bypass several bomb craters before continuing to move forward.

"We are only one mile away from the first outpost of Fort Howe. Marines, be vigilant." In the communication channel of the entire platoon, Reagan said while watching the navigation on the console.

"Load the bullet." On the communication channel of his class, Augustus said a few words in a very calm voice.

Wordless silence and neat clicks responded to Augustus.While waiting calmly, everyone could feel their hearts beating one after another.

A mile of road is not too long for an armored personnel carrier traveling at high speed. When Augustus and Reagan saw the first destroyed roadblock, there was a semi-circular bunker made of fine steel towers next to the road. The shadow of the outpost composed of the cold gray circular parapet gradually emerged.

"We are passing through the 020 outpost." When the speed of the armored personnel carrier was significantly accelerated, Reagan's voice sounded again, and Augustus and others could clearly feel his shortness of breath.

Augustus's armored personnel carrier speeds past the outpost, the walls of the outpost building glisten under the headlights because of the heat-resistant coating on the surface, but as he expected earlier, the outpost is already empty .Some of the main buildings are still burning inside, but the flames are not easily visible.

"Move forward, the outpost is unguarded. The barricades have been destroyed and the road ahead is clear," Reagan told the platoon.

"We still have 10 minutes to arrive at Fort Howe."

At this time, Augustus could already clearly hear the roar of Kel-Morian's iconic large-caliber mortars, and there were often bright, momentary dots of light flashing away.

The road ahead was unexpectedly smooth, so Augustus accelerated all the way forward, and he was about to pretend that a reinforcement army was rushing to support him.Gradually, the outlines of the towering hexagonal towers of Fort Howe became faintly visible, and a high-pressure airlock door studded with thorns was constantly enlarging in Augustus' eyes right in front of him.

"There are two Kel-Morian soldiers at the door," Reagan said. "Should we stop and be questioned by them?"

In the eyes of Augustus, the airlock door of the fortress was suddenly opened, and two Higoron Legionnaires in dark blue power armor with black-stained wings on their chests were gesturing to let Augustus' car stop.

"The more you talk to them, the easier it is to be exposed." Augustus Mosuo turned the steering wheel: "Lieutenant, my suggestion is."

"Fast to the end."

Originally, the two Haigelong soldiers were also very confused about the sudden appearance of the convoy, because they knew very well that there would be no other attacking troops tonight.Now that the Haigelong commando units near here are all here, where did these troops with the KM flag come from?

But anyway, they didn't dare to shoot at Augustus, what if they were really their own?

They dare not take responsibility.

However, when Augustus's armored personnel carrier rushed towards them at an unabated speed, it was too late for the two Higoron Legionnaires to escape.

In the sight of Augustus and Reagan, the two Higoron soldiers seemed to have crashed into the car by themselves. They were hanging on the front window of the armored personnel carrier, and their helmets were tightly attached to it.A few seconds later, their feet were caught under the wheels, and their bodies disappeared in the blink of an eye. The armored personnel carrier weighing dozens of tons jumped and ran over their bodies.

Another heavy armored personnel carrier that followed knocked the two fainted soldiers out again, and they never got up again.

"Boss, your driving skills are really bad, did you hit a trash can?" Hanak asked on the channel of Class [-].

"Wrong, it's two evil dragons."

Augustus turned the steering wheel, and the armored personnel carrier turned into another lane.At the end of the lane, the gunfire became more and more intense, but apart from the destroyed armored personnel carriers and the bodies of some federal marines, they had not encountered the enemy or their own troops for the time being.

"Where are you going?" Reagan next to him turned his head to look at the roadside signs. Many street lights had been smashed, and the speed of the car was fast, so he couldn't see clearly: "Officer's Wives Club? Wrestling and fighting." Training Course?"

"Dear Reagan, you have perfectly avoided all the correct answers." Augustus's armored personnel carrier turned at an intersection, when Reagan finally saw a new street sign-the parking platform.

"I thought we were going to the command center or the armory," Reagan said.

"These two places must be the primary targets of the Kymerians." Augustus said, "It has been more than six hours since Fort Howe was attacked, and the possibility of not falling there is very low. And we The company’s barracks are on the other side of the fort, and it’s actually closer to the strategically important parking platform.”

"Think about it, if Fort Howe is doomed to fail, what will Lieutenant Colonel Vanderspoop do?"

"If it's Captain Warfield, he will definitely choose to stick to his position." Reagan said, "But if it's Vanderspoop, I think he will probably run away."

"That's right, but if he wants to escape, he actually has only one option left, and that is to take a spaceship."

Augustus' car drove up an upward ramp, and at this time, the vast parking platform was close in sight.

There are about a dozen soldiers of the Higoron Legion painted in dark blue on the road a few hundred yards away from Augustus, with their backs to him and running towards the parking platform. Farther away, they can easily Suddenly saw two different troops shooting at each other in the platform.

An APOD-33 transport aircraft capable of carrying seven or eight marines rose from a barrage of spiked bullets, and its thrusters emitted two beams of dazzling blue light.The ship was quickly locked on, and an anti-aircraft missile turret controlled by Higoron soldiers next to the parking platform fired a series of missiles before it rose to high altitude.

Almost instantly, with a thunderous roar, the transport ship exploded, and fragments of the spaceship fell from the sky wrapped in flames, like summer fireworks blooming.

(End of this chapter)