StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 567
It was still dark in Augustgrad when the Battle of Tashai began.

When Emperor Augustus heard the news, he had just been lying on a chair in the Royal Palace War Center for three hours. After waking up, he summoned the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of War, the officers of the General Staff and the marshals who were in Keha .

It was urgent, after Augustus and his generals believed that the primordial zerg were attacking on the Zenn-Gelgaris-Gauntlet line to break through Matt The defense line of the Horner fleet here.

"How many troops do we have in Tasha?"

When the emperor summoned his ministers, he was still wearing a straight blue and black navy uniform. The military cap with a large brim embroidered with golden oak leaves and five stars was placed on the conference table next to him. His sharp gray eyes did not blink, as if Statue of silence.

In contrast, Darius, the Minister of War who arrived in a hurry, seemed a little flustered. Strictly speaking, he was just a politician with great management ability, responsible for coordinating shipping and material transfers to ensure that the empire could be transported when the emperor deemed it necessary. Sufficient strength to wage and win a war.

The staff officers in neat uniforms and scarlet trousers are much calmer. They are all very strategic and military capable, and they are responsible for providing campaign planning, campaign plans and suggestions to the Supreme Commander, Emperor Augustus.

"Tasha only has two Marine divisions stationed, and they belong to the Antiga Corps." Many people stood in the combat center, and they all looked at the chief of staff, General Ulysses Hargrove , it seems that only he can face the emperor's wrath.

Ulysses Hargrove was a tall, middle-aged man, not handsome, but attractive.Ulysses was only a sergeant of the [-]st Armored Division of the Korha Revolutionary Army in the first total war, and was later recruited by the current Imperial Army General Ronderstein as a guard because of his bravery in combat. .

After losing an eye to the Swarm in the battle of Atticus the Younger, Ulysses was sent to study at the Umoyan Military Academy.While studying, Ulysses completed his book The Modern Koprulu Sector Battlefield, which is regarded as a modern warfare textbook.

After graduating, Ulysses entered the newly established General Staff of the Tyrannian Empire. With the support of his old boss and the appreciation of the emperor, his subsequent promotions went smoothly.When he took over as chief of the general staff last year, Ulysses had already enjoyed a high reputation in the imperial army because of his teaching aids and military works of great strategic wisdom.

"General Matt Horner's fleet is the nearest Imperial fleet to that planet, but he believes that the original zerg's attack on Tasha was just a feint, and their real purpose was to get the enemy from Zayn and Golgaree. A full naval squadron was mobilized to support." Ulysses had a mechanical prosthetic eye surrounded by acid burns.

During the Battle of Little Atticus, a foul and deadly scorpion ambushed Ulysses' five arc tanks, and he and his warriors paid a terrible price for killing the brutal monster.

"General Horner submitted a detailed report, combining the original Zerg's marching route and the previous enemy's tactical deception to support his judgment." Ulysses said:

"I have read this report in detail, and I think his judgment is very correct. If General Horner mobilizes the main fleet immediately after the attack on Tasha, the Agdra Ash swarm in the front will immediately launch an attack. Our There would be a huge hole in the defense immediately."

"Then at this time, the Bracken galaxy will become a prominent part of the empire's territory, and will be surrounded by the Slivan swarm and the Yakdra."

For human beings, the Milky Way is a three-dimensional world rather than a plane, which can extend infinitely in all directions.The Imperial Fleet's line of defense was actually long and sparse, and the Primordial Zerg could completely bypass the Imperial Fleet or jump over them, but this required more time, and the Dominator Swarm that followed them would not give them this time.

"Does he think that's enough to keep Tasha?" Augustus looked at Ulysses.

"If this is not a feint, then the real breakthrough point of the primitive zerg is Tasha. The battle there will be the key to whether we can stop the primitive zerg, and even indirectly affect the outcome of the entire war."

The empire followed the establishment of the old federal navy, and the number of Minotaur-class battlecruisers owned by a naval squadron was between ten and fifteen, and the number of ships in the subsidiary fleet was also clearly regulated.If it is changed to the Behemoth class, this number will be even more.

A fringe world like Tasha could be conquered with soldiers aboard a battlecruiser, but not when the enemy was a zerg.

By far, the Primal Zerg are much stronger individually than their distant relatives, but seem less organized when it comes to attacking.

After fighting the Swarm for so many years, anyone who thinks that the Zerg are a race that only outnumbers everything - even though that alone is enough to crush human armies most of the time - is wrong.

While low-level zerg do not possess superhuman intelligence, cerebrates do.Swarms are smarter than humans, and they are not greedy, infighting, or fearful.

Among the staff officers sitting, Colonel Ronald Jackson once taught the young, fledgling Imperial officers:
We thought that the battle against the Zerg would require rigorous military training, fantastic tactics, and a strong commander, but we were wrong.I gotta tell you, the Zerg have those too.

If cerebrates are reading Sun Tzu's Art of War and Theory of War, then there's nothing they can't do.

"It cannot but be considered," said Ulysses.

The tribal leaders of the original Zerg are as intelligent as the brain worms, but they are far less binding on the tribe members than the latter.Primordial Zerg leaders also play tricks and tricks, but they are by no means the generals who lead the army.

This is one of the reasons the Primal Zerg were eventually driven from their homeland, they were generally stronger individually but not united.

If there are many loyal and extremely intelligent cerebrate generals who dominate the commanding and prohibiting army, then the original Zerg is a noisy green forest hero, and from time to time they will fight for the position of the leader of the martial arts.

Zulwin, the Zongzu, may be the exception, though, having lived far too long to be any of the other mighty but dumb primal Zerg leaders.

"We have reserves." Ulysses said the name of a planet.

Polaris Prime

That is the main star world closest to the battlefield, where the Eighth Fleet is stationed, and the commander of the fleet is Carolina Davis.However, the main planet of Pryrion is still far away from Tasha, and the distance cannot quench the near thirst.

"Even if we use the third-generation warp speed engine, it will take two and a half months at the fastest. By then, Tasha has already fallen." Secretary of War Simon said.

"Unless this fleet has already set sail." Augustus said: "The time is almost here now."

The Eighth Fleet is a fleet that has only been formed for two years. It has about forty battlecruisers, of which 25 are old-fashioned behemoths.Although all old battleships are used, the combat effectiveness of this fleet should not be underestimated.

As early as two months ago, Augustus ordered this fleet to go to the front line. It was originally planned to supplement the warships lost by Edmund Duke.

"Immediately order the Davis fleet to change course and support Tasha." Augustus ordered.

Then, Augustus ordered again: "Tell Matt, let him do it with confidence. As long as the leader of the ashes swarm is killed, they will bow to us."

"Sorry I'm late." At this time, Admiral Jim Raynor was late.He had just returned from his military base on the outskirts of August Grad, and he was traveling non-stop.

As the marshal Augustus relied on most, Renault was of course also busy with work. He had to help move the army and also take care of the training of recruits.Fortunately, it was no longer Renault's turn to intervene in the training of the crew and soldiers of the naval fleet, or else he would not even be able to sleep.

"Tasha, that's a good place." Renault said after walking in:
"They really won't let it go until they smash our home to pieces."

Tasha is a beautiful ocean world. There are tens of millions of islands, large and small, in the blue ocean under the sun.The planet's tides are just right to keep the planet's oceans in a state of flow to bring up nutrients from the sea floor to nourish abundant aquatic life, but not so strong that they cause more damage.

Compared with Char, whose surface was glowing orange with death, Tasha could be called a paradise-like world, and the good climate there was unbelievable.There are few natural disasters in this colonial world, and the zero-pollution air and sea attract millions of tourists.

All in all, Tasha is a good place to retire. Tourists can swim leisurely through the shallow sea covered with beautiful coral reefs, lie on the beach and apply sunscreen under the warm sun.

"At least the original Zerg won't shit on our heads. If there is no creep, the destroyed city can still be rebuilt." Augustus said, and asked someone to turn on the holographic projection of the conference table.

At this time, the star map has been replaced by arrows and flags of various colors.In the lower right corner of the star map, the flag representing the Imperial Fleet is fighting against the original swarm, and the Bracken and Tasha galaxies are highlighted.

"It seems that we have another big battle in Tasha—or rather, the original Zerg will attack at the same time, and all fronts will have to fight." Lei Nuo looked at the star map: "Because the master's swarm is chasing They, the primordial zerg, don't have time to stop and think."

"It's just that we don't know where the original zerg's focus is, it could be Tasha, it could be anywhere," he said.

"How should I put it, the battle line is too long, and there will always be primitive zerg slipping past our defense line. Sometimes, a dike cannot always be open to release water, especially when the flood season comes."

"You mean, it's better to block than to block." Augustus looked at Renault and said.

"I've been thinking about it for a while." When walking towards Augustus, people involuntarily gave way to Renault.

Jim Reynolds was no longer Shiloh's hot-blooded farm boy. He didn't seem to be a city man, and he never used any small tricks, but he won the respect of both the political and military circles of the empire.

There's something wrong, Renault is really cheating.

And his old friend Tychus Finley does an equally good job in a sense, and it's not easy to be annoying everywhere.

"In the past, we wanted to severely damage the original Zerg and then deal with the Juggernaut, but then the Juggernaut's purpose of killing people with a knife will be achieved." Reynolds said:

"Give the primitive zerg a head-on blow first, so that they realize that they have hit the iron plate. At this time, open an opening for the primitive zerg eager to break through, and they will rush in the direction we designated."

"The difficulty of doing this is not low. They must constantly correct their advancing routes so that the original Zerg will not go wrong." Augustus figured out what Raynor meant. Take a small turn at the gate of the Lun Empire and let them harm others.

The question is, who has to be this unlucky guy.

"I remember that the Tadarin Protoss is also in this area." Renault glanced at Augustus and laughed: Although they are far away, the direction is not bad. "

"Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. Hello, Mrs. Victoria, you look good in your military uniform."

At this moment, the imperial cerebrate wearing the uniform of the admiral of the navy moved into the combat center. The belt tied under the mouth was carved with eagles and lions, and the golden double-button buttons showed the royal temperament.The small triangular eyes of the brain worm are determined and aggressive, and the general's demeanor is just right.

"General Rhodes, you stepped on my tail, and apologize with the same attitude as if you stepped on someone else's dick."

For the royal cerebrate, the serious atmosphere in the combat center is much more comical.

"I'm sorry, Marshal Alpha." General Rhodes may have never been so embarrassed in his life.

"It's not about me, it's about chicken." It took several minutes for the brain worm to cover the distance of thirty yards.

"I just said you can't let it stay with Tychus, look at what this brain worm has learned." Marshal Renault said in his heart that you are still so unqualified:
"What are you doing."

Augustus also had someone notify the Cerebral Worm. Although this guy often fights with others during meetings, he is a Cerebral Worm with extremely military literacy.Because it sees problems from a completely different angle from that of humans, it often proposes some insane and anti-human military plans.

"Damn, can you believe that Louis is still wetting the bed at his age, that's not right for a telepath." The cerebrate cracked open its mouth full of pointy teeth, revealing a Cheshire cat-like grin.

"Look, look."

"It's really problematic." Augustus was silent for a moment: "Remember to take a photo."

　When I was writing, I remembered the cerebrates who watched the speech of the hero Mike Liberty at the end of the official book Freedom Expedition.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)