Spore Story

Chapter 762 Skeleton Pass: Intercept

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The beautiful moon-watching plain was once a place where people who saw this plain located in an unknown continent from the planetarium were longing for, and wanted to see it with their own eyes and go for a swim in person.According to the records of Pengzu's calculation personnel and the description of 8051, it is like spring all year round, green grass is everywhere, above the endless land, blue sky and white clouds float leisurely, occasionally dotted with various beautiful plant forests, matching this isolated environment The unique biological system evolved forms a breath that cleanses the soul, like a fairyland on earth.

However, from the moment the worms appeared and landed not far from the north, this beautiful place was doomed. Before others could experience her beauty, leave some images or even memory data, She had to disappear into the dust of history, and she didn't even have a place in fantasy.

How many historical beauties have disappeared in the vicissitudes of life; how many existing beauties have disappeared due to civilized activities, people will never be able to count them.

Until today, she finally ushered in a group of late passengers.

It is a pity that these tourists are not because of her lost beauty, but because of the war.

The second army formed by the second group of land troops had just entered the plain through a mountain pass at this time, and then stopped immediately.The engineering troops began to build fortifications at the entrance of the mountain pass as planned, while the land troops dispersed to investigate the situation.At this time, the commander was suspended at an altitude of more than 30 meters, looking at the sky full of yellow sand and standing still.

The scenery that appeared in front of him did not match the data, which made the commander in the command vehicle feel puzzled.

"A piece of yellow sand? No, didn't you say that this is the Moon-Watching Plain? I was excited for a long time before I came here!"

After the command vehicle stabilized on the yellow sand, the commander of the Second Army who jumped out of the vehicle leaned over helplessly and picked up a handful of yellow sand. There were small pieces of meat, with a disgusted expression on his face.

"Creep fragments, it seems that this is also the place covered by Zerg creep, but it was blown up by the split bomb of the Heavy Artillery Regiment. It's really against the sky to think about coming to the Heavy Artillery Regiment now."

Turning his eyes away from the small pits scattered around, the adjutant next to the major general did the same thing as him, but looking at the fragments of the creep in his hand, the adjutant looked much more serious.Unlike the commander who only considered issues based on the current war, this adjutant was a fan of the theory of natural balance before joining the army. Therefore, looking at the current scene, he was more worried about the impact on the natural environment and the impact on his friends. what harm the race does.

"Major General, what do you think will happen if one day most of the land becomes like this?"

"Is this about the war?"

The major general of the [-] high-level Zerg who was thinking about how to stop the attack was a little dazed by the adjutant's question, but he still answered: "If that's the case, maybe we can only fight on the floating island and Farming in the dungeon. And if there is a war, these tracked combat vehicles may also need to be considered for elimination, otherwise the yellow sand will easily damage the engine, and the axle wear will become a big problem, should it be like this?"

"It's really a standard tactical consideration."

The adjutant smiled and neither refuted nor agreed, which made the major general even more confused. What exactly did he want to say?
But there was no time to waste at this time, the adjutant smiled and straightened up, patted his clothes, turned around and jumped back to the command vehicle, and the major general followed suit.The car under the suspension power sank a few centimeters under the entry of two consecutive objects of several hundred kilograms, but was quickly restored to its original height by the balance instrument equipped on the pumice engine.

After the adjutant sat firmly, he nodded to the energy body responsible for the construction of the entire tactical network at this time, and then looked at the major general who had also done a good job.

"The problem I'm worried about is not tactical, because you are enough to have a major general in that area. After this battle, I should also transfer to the Military Academy to think about the problem, and I have to look at it more from a long-term strategy. You are now I also saw the yellow sand all over the sky outside, it used to be a place as beautiful as the fairyland shrine in the heavens, and the most important thing is that it used to be full of emerald green."

"It's a pity," the major general said with some regret, but he didn't react too much.

This is also inevitable, the major general's interest in natural scenery is obviously not as strong as the adjutant's.In comparison, he felt that the overwhelming scene of dozens of warships flying in formation in the sky was more loving.It's just that he chose to stay in the Marine Corps because of his experience and bonds, but that doesn't mean he really loves nature that much.

"Oh, I'm not talking about the scenery."

Taking a deep breath, the adjutant turned his head to look at the major general with a questioning face.

"I asked you before, if one day, most of the places on the earth become like this, what will happen? Obviously, the first problem we have to face is..."

"oxygen."

Unexpectedly, the adjutant answered with few words, because most of the computing power was devoted to the construction of the tactical network at this time, and it became like a statue-like energy body.And most importantly, for energy bodies, oxygen does not seem to be necessary, they seem to only need energy.

"But I used to need oxygen."

Xu Shi saw the curiosity of the adjutant, blinked the energy body, and used it to stay and maintain normal activities. I am afraid that only 3% of the total computing power is used to provide support for his actions at this time, and then he showed a look of memory, but obviously A little stiff.

"The feeling of suffocation, if you want to say it is profound, I am afraid that few people can surpass me."

"When I was very young, everyone didn't have such a good life at that time. The trade of various tribes was the main means to meet the needs, and the biggest source of trade goods in my tribe was dried pickled fish. Because there were no fishing nets invented by the elders, and even There is not even an independent fish pond. In order to meet the purpose of storing enough salted fish before each transaction, everyone went to the river to catch fish almost every day, and even the tribe chief organized everyone to catch fish collectively. Thinking about it, life at that time was Bitter, but really fun."

The major generals and adjutants around all smiled heartily. Most of them who can achieve this position have experienced the period when they were based on tribes.Among them, the major general even served as the patriarch for a period of time, and happened to be a fish farming tribe, so his words about the energy body resonated even more.

"That time, when I was only seven years old, I went to catch fish with a girl in the village, but a wave hit me and washed me into the deep water downstream, and my feet happened to be entangled in aquatic plants. My lungs were pounding, I couldn't breathe at all, the feeling of suffocation, I will never forget it in my life."

Shaking his head with fear on his face, the energy body added in a self-deprecating manner.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. Even though I have become an energy body now, after not being afraid of the suffocation of the deep sea and high altitude, I still haven't dared to go into the water once. I was rescued at that time, and I have been in charge of making salted fish since then, girl Seeing that I didn’t dare to go into the water, no one paid attention to me. Later, I was ridiculed for only salting fish and not having any love affairs.”

Shaking his head with a wry smile, he finally let go of the past, and the energy body returned to the present time, but there was a gentle smile on his face, which was the warmth in his heart when he thought of his current family.

In fact, what he didn't tell the major general and the adjutant was that he fell into the water to save that girl that time.After that, the girl kept pestering him, and it was because of the girl's care that he was able to get out of the low tide and reach the current height.And, unlike those stories that are deliberately messed up to deceive tears, his story has a perfect but a bit old-fashioned. Now, the two are married and even have two children, and he is now immortal energy body.

For all of this, he is already very satisfied. In fact, his only thought now is to try to make his wife become an energy body.

Maybe I'm a little greedy, but people need some goals in life, don't they, ha ha.

Looking at the expression of the energy body, the major general and the adjutant who have rich experience in life can also come up with a good idea, so they don't intend to disturb each other's good memories.

After the adjutant looked back at the major general, he continued to explain the previous topic.

"The feeling of suffocation is uncomfortable, and we all know that the huge amount of flora on land is the main force that provides us with oxygen. Once a forest fire that spread across the world made the giant insects that needed massive amounts of oxygen disappear."

"And now, of course, a global forest fire is impossible, because the activities of civilization have artificially separated many forests. Moreover, even if there is an outbreak, our ghosts cannot turn a blind eye. However, bugs can create such They have many ways to make a planet lose oxygen, and they don’t need this thing. Once that happens, the oxygen concentration in the air will drop, and the energy bodies will be fine. Our friends’ oxygen needs are already very high. At that time... ..."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. After the topic was drawn into the content of the battle, the major general quickly reacted.

Although the Zerg is unlikely to rely on creep to create this phenomenon, if they are in a hurry and smashed down with meteorites, the land will be in trouble.At that time, I am afraid that friends have no choice but to carry out energyization at the great risk of all members.As for the area of ​​the floating island, it is not as large as the territory of the previous friends. Even if it is fully planted with big trees that produce oxygen, it cannot meet the needs of the world.

However, I heard that in the latest theory, it is not the forest, but the microorganisms that actually provide the planet with the most oxygen.

If that's the case, maybe everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

but……

"Even if that situation may arise, it will be a long time later, at least after this war. Let's think about how to clean up these big bugs now." Compared with the adjutant who is thinking about the long-term now, the major general is much more relaxed.

"Report, the width of the valley channel is too high, and I am afraid it will not meet our requirements for a perfect ambush. The commander of the engineering force hopes that the major general can adjust the tactics and replace it with repeated blocking."

"Oh, go and see."

"Yes."

The careful propellers on both sides of the suspension command vehicle rotated slightly, and after sliding out an arc that was not smooth, it flew towards the valley passage not far away.At this time, the chariot troops are deployed around and wait for the construction of the fortifications of the construction troops to be completed.

———Waiting for the battle———

Why did the Zerg commander form such a purely high-level Zerg army, everyone is not clear.

For the giant elephants in it, they may really be a little unaccustomed to the lack of mid-to-low-end arms such as dogs who serve as strikers, block bullets, and clean up annoying flies.

But that's all.

They don't have more emotions, so they don't complain and play petty temper.But without the help of those middle and low-end arms, the sky full of yellow sand also had a considerable impact on their marching.

Originally, according to the plan, they should have arrived at the mining base at the destination in the early morning and dawn, and started a fateful battle with the enemy.On the way, I encountered a huge sandstorm that had never appeared here before (it was a grassland a few days ago, and it was only a slight breeze to appear).For the high-end Zerg with a height of several meters or even tens of meters, this little wind and sand should not have caused them any harm, but the sand and dust blocked the line of sight, slowed down the movement, and even appeared strange with the sand and dust. Electromagnetic disturbances caused them to lose their direction.

Lacking the quantitative advantage of the low-end and mid-range units, the method of casting a net to find a way out was lost. More than 3000 high-end Zerg were thrown into the sandstorm without even splashing water. It is difficult enough to find a way out here.

What makes them even more puzzled is that there are not only electromagnetic disturbances and line-of-sight disturbances in the wind and sand, but also an unusual disturbance every few minutes, so that they have lost contact with the meteorite base during the period. The situation of the Zerg Commander's contact, this is what puzzled the Zerg Commander the most.

Fortunately, the sandstorm only lasted for a short while.

After the Zerg commander regained the command, the high-end Zergs immediately ran to the destination with their feet free. They had been bored in the wind and sand for too long.When they arrived, they were greeted by defensive positions that had been built on both sides of the stretching valley.

But this is nothing, for the powerful Zerg, such a little defense is enough to rush through.

So, starting with more than 300 giant elephants, everyone stepped on the chariot troops blocking the entrance of the valley, those little guys who were not as big as giant elephants.The giant elephants in planetary warfare like to rely on their size advantage to step the enemy into meatloaf. Now the enemy seems to be here to satisfy their wishes, so the grievance blocked by the sandstorm immediately found a place to vent.

But of course it's not that simple.

Just as the high-end units with long-range attacks behind them smashed their projectile, direct fire, mist, corrosion, etc. attacks forward, the chariots waiting to be trampled on the opposite side spewed out clouds of flames.

Then, the giant elephant running in front suddenly felt its head heavy, as if hitting an invisible wall, felt dizzy in the head, and subconsciously stopped.

But this was only a minor injury, and after standing still for a few seconds, it recovered, roaring and wanting to overtake the same kind in front and trample over the enemies that made the previous impact.

But at this moment, a series of roars suddenly erupted around, and the earth seemed to tremble at this moment.

The giant elephant, which had been stunned for a moment before, hurriedly stopped, just in time to avoid being blown away by the violent explosion, and almost hit its own kind.

What kind of weapon is this?

The giant elephant didn't think about this, but continued to charge forward after avoiding the 'bombing' of similar corpses, without the slightest fear or hesitation.

"I [beep——]! We worked so hard to bury landmines for more than 20 minutes, but we knocked over a hundred of them flying, not even a fraction."

A soldier of the engineering unit couldn't help but shiver as he watched the high-end Zerg that quickly crossed the minefield ahead of them, but paid less than a fraction of the price and continued to fill up.You must know that his regiment worked hard for more than ten minutes, and basically buried all the high-explosive landmines. The minefields were made by relying on yellow sand to cover them up easily. There are tens of thousands of them, but they are of little use to high-end Zerg.

"Except for the calcium carbide bomb, the rest of the fragments basically have zero effect. Record it, and we will have experience in facing high-end Zerg in the future."

"Ah, yes!"

The soldier who complained before immediately took out the notebook in his arms and recorded everything the commander beside him said.

After finishing, he looked up at the chariot troops in front, and silently mourned for them.With the current charging momentum of the swarm, such a stupid formation at the entrance of the valley seems too unwise.Since you chose to deploy defenses along the way in the valley, why did you block the troops at the door?
But soon, the performance of the chariot troops explained it.

The assault guns of the tank troops are only 75mm in caliber. Although the electromagnetic track is very long and the initial velocity of the shells is high, thus obtaining sufficient penetration, it seems to be weak against the giant elephants who play the forward.However, after the distance was shortened to 200 meters, the power of the shelling was finally able to penetrate the armor of the giant elephant.

As a result, the chariot troops began to reap the results.

But before that, the attack launched by the Zerg had caused more than 30 tanks to withdraw from the battlefield.

The giant elephant's movements seemed slow, but because of its size, the speed was still very fast. When the distance between the two sides was shortened by 30 meters, the chariot troops suddenly accelerated and retreated, and then spread out along the cliff to both sides at the valley entrance.

The high-end swarm paused for a moment, split out one thousand troops, and made two five hundred troops, chasing after the two chariot troops that were not seen as a big threat from the previous battle.The remaining [-] high-end Zerg plunged into the valley, ignoring the attacks from the fortifications along the way, which were mostly tickling, and rushed towards their destination.

Just when the soldiers were curious and anxious, the lethality of the two chariot troops that separated and fled along the cliff suddenly increased strangely as if they had eaten gold carats.Obviously, the bombardment of the giant elephant armor could only penetrate within 200 meters before, but now it can easily penetrate at 500 meters, and even at close range, it has passed through the chest and back.

This scene immediately stunned the soldiers watching the battle.

"Are you finally using armor-piercing rounds?"

The officer next to him explained it, and soon, the more than 1000 high-end Zerg chasing more than 1000 chariots scattered in front of the armor-piercing projectile specially developed for the Zerg.At this time, the two thousand high-end Zerg had just rushed into the valley for a few minutes.The next moment, the chariot troops guarding the valley before returned to the valley entrance, and then led the troops along the way to the high-end swarm.

Until then, the soldiers suddenly realized.

"These guys want to wipe it all out!"

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