Him and their stars

An hour later, the Dawn Angel and ten dreadnoughts began to advance swaggeringly in an attitude that was almost a provocation, and soon brought the Lion's Den Fortress within the range of their own main guns.

Brigadier General Kesore, who was still resisting in the fortress, was indeed a good man. As expected, the fortress's main gun did not fire, and even the shield barely lit up one layer. Compared to the Lion's Den, which can directly light up three levels during war, this is equivalent to having no armor.

General Farrell said that he had been in the lion's den for two weeks, and no one was more familiar with the structure of the lion's den than himself, so he marked several key locations for bombardment.

In addition to the fortress artillery that King Suliuka named and must be destroyed, he also highlighted several important divisions, which were the only routes for the raiders to attack the empire-controlled areas, and they were all close to the outside of the fortress. layer. If our own artillery fire shreds the fortress' armor, we might be able to suppress it with firepower, which would somewhat reduce the pressure on Brigadier General Kesore and the others.

In fact, he was not the only one in King Suruka's army who was familiar with the structure of the Lion's Den Fortress. Even the team of engineers who were responsible for the construction of the fortress at that time now have several people in important positions.

According to these people, the Lion's Den Fortress is very strong and will not easily cause structural damage to the entire fortress, even if it is bombarded. They even outlined the locations of several spatial barracks within the fortress, and said that there are sufficient beds, medical cabins, food compressors and automatic cooking machines. The looters who have always been short of food will definitely be there. If they are stationed, your side can also use main artillery to focus on one or two.

Admiral Farrell couldn't help but sigh, if he really wants to be ruthless, he is still an academic in science and engineering!

These academic-turned-senior officers communicated with Brigadier General Kesore in advance and told him how to use secret passages and trapdoors to evade in advance.

In short, the imperial troops outside the city and in the city completely ignored the enemies next to them. After a two-hour military meeting as if no one else was around, the preparations for the bombardment were completed.

As for the maintenance issues behind the fortress...His Royal Highness King Suliuka is right, that is indeed a matter for the Prime Minister's Office. As soldiers, as long as we destroy the enemy as much as possible to preserve ourselves, we don't have to consider other issues.

Each of these dozen giant ships has the ability to completely destroy a prosperous and livable planet with a population of more than ten people. When they come together and fire towards a steel moon, the scene can be called an artificial spectacle of the universe. Those blazing beams of light that streaked across the vast sky were like divine swords that penetrated the universe, shining brightly and with myriad phenomena.

Unfortunately, sound cannot be transmitted in space. Otherwise, even if there is a little more rumbling thunder and cannons, it will really be considered a pattern.

So, accompanied by the roar of artillery, Yu Lian got on a landing craft and began to airborne on the Far Home planet with 15,000 imperial stormtroopers who were armed to the teeth.

In the end, he was unable to get a heraldic machine made by the Empire to play with. He only got an ordinary Centurion Type 4 armor, which was the captain's machine issued by the Empire to elite Panzergrenadier officers.

In fact, with Yu Lian's current strength in the fourth ring, this captain's machine, specially designed for "mortals", can no longer achieve the effect of strength bonus. However, Giafel told him that on the battlefield, everyone from general to soldier must wear full armor. This is the imperial military law. Although you are a guest, since you are going to move with the army, you still need to abide by military discipline.

Yu Lian felt that what the girl said was quite reasonable, so naturally he didn't say any more. Moreover, there is a saying that for an empire that pays attention to a sense of ritual, the performance of weapons must be guaranteed, and the appearance must also be guaranteed. This Centurion 4, specially prepared for Panzergrenadier officers, is definitely much better looking than the dragoons and hussars from the Community, and it perfectly satisfies the sunny and majestic aesthetic.

The body has an overall height of 2.5 meters. The overall outer armor is curved and mirrored. The weapons are a stand-cutting shield, a Vulcan cannon, a 9mm electromagnetic rifle, a honeycomb missile cabin, and a power impact weapon. Spear, as well as a command communications terminal and a small shield generator. With so many weapons crammed into the entire armor, it doesn't look bloated at all. This is clearly a masterclass in engineering design.

Excluding the aesthetic bonus of the psychic array that exudes the brilliance of mysticism and can even directly affect people's spiritual cognition, Yu Lian even feels that the appearance of this thing is comparable to that of most heraldic machines.

If sitting next to him were two orthodox and gorgeous heraldic machines specially prepared for high-level astral knights, he might have danced in celebration wearing this armor.

It's just that she's more gorgeous than me, but she's also at least a head taller than me, which is too much.

Of course, Countess Giafel, who was sitting in the crimson heraldic machine to the left of Yu Lian, could not feel Yu Lian's little mood. Instead, she patiently explained the tactics after landing: "After landing, it will be me." and Major General Misaro are responsible for launching an attack on Fargo City! Rescue the hostages. As for your side, it is up to you to lead Colonel Nelhana Mela."

She was really particular about what she said, and she used the word "lead", which gave Yu Lian enough face. No wonder, in the future, the "Scarlet Comet" who fought against the enemy will always act as the number two figure in the Queen's small group of "girlfriends" off the battlefield.

However, this was not the time to care about Miss Giafel's emotional intelligence. Yu Lian looked at the silver heraldry machine next to him. Unfortunately, the thick zero-element alloy armor makes it difficult to see clearly his appearance and expression.

Oh haha, another future celebrity. Yu Lian knew that there should be a relatively petite beauty with silver-gray hair sitting inside. He also knew that this beauty's small body contained an unyielding will as tall as a cloud-like mountain. In later generations, she would have an "iron wall" Mera" nicknamed the famous general.

There are always wrong names but no wrong nicknames. One can imagine what her nature is like.

However, this Miss Astral Knight has not yet developed her talents in commanding a fleet, and currently only positions herself as a powerful psychic fighter.

"Please give me more advice, Colonel Yu Lian." Miss Nelhana Mehra nodded to Yu Lian, her voice was clear and there was a hint of curiosity.

"Is it certain that all the civilians are being detained in Yuanxiang City?" Yu Lian asked.

"The reconnaissance ship conducted three rounds of scans on the planet's surface. Based on the heat source and life reaction, this can be basically determined." Giafel said.

In fact, the entire Far Country Planet, apart from the big city with the same name, really has no place to accommodate hundreds of thousands of civilians.

"Last time I heard that in addition to the residents who were originally here and the merchants passing by, there were also some refugees who fled from the center of the world?" Yu Lian asked.

Nelhana nodded and said: "Yes, they were originally admitted to Refugee Shelter No. 4. This was a temporary isolation based on the empire's epidemic prevention needs. However, when the scout ship searched the surface, there was no one there. "

Needless to say, they were either killed by the marauders or were driven to the city and imprisoned together. Considering the predators' consistent behavior towards refugees, the former is more likely, but the latter certainly cannot be ruled out.

So, Yu Lian said: "Isolation and biological epidemic prevention must be done well. What happened to Admiral Selerius, who knows that it will not happen to those refugees?"

The two astral knights looked at each other across Yu Lian, feeling a little creepy for a moment.

"Therefore, even if Yuanxiang is regained and the defenders of the looters are eliminated, the strictest isolation measures must be implemented. Not just the refugees, but all citizens in Yuanxiang City must be quarantined." Yu Liandao: "Although the nightmare virus is going to Infection of bodily fluids can only be carried out through injection, but after so many years, who knows what they have been transformed into by the devil. Moreover, those alien species, tsk, just say they look like that. Who would believe that they can't spread parasites? "

The female knights all said that this was indeed the case. Those alien monsters that had the characteristics of reptiles, bugs, and mammal predators looked like they were made for horror movies. If you can't even let go of parasites, how can you be so scary?

"So, where are those terrifying monsters now?" Yu Lian asked.

Giafel said: "Currently, our reconnaissance ship has found no signs of those alien species in Far Home. The only thing that is certain is that when the predators attacked Far Home, the security team there issued an announcement about this. The alarm and video data appeared from the west direction of the city."

Giafel called up a video that only lasted about ten seconds. Soon Yu Lian found more than thirty dragon insects with claws and teeth in the gray sky, hiding in a large group of gunboats in the atmosphere, facing the camera. The direction, that is, the direction of Yuanxiang City, rushed over.

"Judging from the distance, it appears behind the mountains 15 kilometers west of the city. We are going to start exploring from that direction." Nerhana said in a consultative tone.

Yu Lian thought for a while and called up a geographical map near the Far Country Star. His finger traced on the map, but passed through the mountain range that Miss Knight mentioned, and pointed at the vast expanse of sand to the west of the mountain range.

This sand sea is nearly twice the size of the Sahara Desert and is the largest desert area on the planet.

"I heard that your government has released a nest of Arrakis sandworms in this desert to produce spices?"

Although Giafel didn't quite understand why the issue of sandworms and the spice industry was mentioned at this time, she still nodded and said: "According to the calculations of our country's scientists, the overall environment of the sand sea on Far Home Planet is different from that of Arrakis. More than 90% of them are similar, so they are indeed very suitable for producing natural spices.”

As long as it starts to be "free-range", it is definitely not considered "natural". Yu Lian thought, but he didn't bother to correct this problem. Instead, he passed through the desert, crossed a ridge, and came to the hilly area where there were certain rivers and lakes. Yu Lian's fingers finally stopped in a huge ridge and rift valley.

"Airborne directly here." Yu Lian said, "We'll start looking from here."

"Can I ask the reason?" Nelhana asked.

"If I have to say it, it's probably just intuition..."

"Straight, intuitive?"

"Well, if I have to say it...all the alien monsters we have discovered so far that are capable of parasitism and mitosis have not escaped the shackles of carbon-based organisms. They need protein resources and occasionally even water." Yu Lian said: "If they are new here, they should choose a comfortable environment to establish a foothold. This hilly area is relatively humid and suitable for hiding, and there are also wild animals around it. Marching all the way west, they will cooperate with the predators to attack the city Before that, you can hunt the big sandworms in the sand sea to replenish your body."

"We have indeed lost the signal from the sandworms." Nelhana pondered for a moment and nodded: "You are the expert in this field. I will carry out your orders."

Fifteen thousand Marines and Astral Knights, plus their equipment, will land on eighty landing craft.

The landing ground was chosen in a wilderness 20 kilometers away from the outskirts of the city.

Of course, the empire can also use assault landing craft to land directly into the distant city to conduct airborne beheading operations. However, after observation, it was determined that the raiders had less than 10,000 troops in Far Country City, and nearly 20,000 others were scattered around the planet, preparing to completely plunder the farms, pastures, mines and various factories here. .

They risked countless hardships to cross the center of the galaxy and attack the hinterland of the empire. Isn't this just a way to live a small life?

In short, if we really take the risk of carrying out an airborne attack on Yuanxiang City, it will be equivalent to dropping 80 meteorites on the city. Then the civilians will definitely die more than the looters. Instead of doing this, it is better to be a little more cautious. of.

Because of this, after the landing craft passed through the atmosphere, it slowed down a little and its flight became smoother, as if it had directly transformed from a falling meteorite into a serious transport aircraft.

At this time, more than a hundred ugly armored gunboats used in the atmosphere were also launched in the direction of Yuanxiang City, and they rushed towards the landing craft with a decisive gesture.

...Then, two squadrons of Imperial Iron Wing fighters descended from the sky from outside the atmosphere, cutting off the formation of these armored gunboats on the spot.

This multi-role fighter is versatile both in space and in the atmosphere. They were like a pack of hungry wolves pounced on a flock of clumsy sheep, strangling these prey with ease.

In fact, the Predator does not have excellent fighters that can fight, but they cannot be used in the atmosphere. Moreover, in the previous Battle of Asti, with the sinking of the mothership, only ten of these fighter planes were left, and the rest were all hiding in the Lion's Den Fortress and shivering. Naturally, it was impossible for them to come to support Togo City. .

In this era, if we lose air control outside the atmosphere, we lose everything in war.

After the Iron Wing fighter easily strangled all the enemy gunboats, it flew directly over Yuanxiang City, and launched two more rounds of bombings on the makeshift fortress group built by the predators. Then it left with a swaying triangular body. .

Taking advantage of this opportunity, most of the landing craft had already carried seven thousand stormtroopers, five thousand panzer grenadiers, twenty-four psykers wearing heraldic machines, as well as various armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and robot hubs. Tools, command vehicles and other weapons were placed in the wilderness.

The all-out attack on Yuanxiang City began.

As for the remaining three thousand people, they headed all the way to the mountains to the west. They will climb over the mountains and cross the vast sand sea of ​​nearly 20 million square kilometers until they find the natural rock valley hidden in the hills further to the west.

At that moment, Yu Lian had a sense of familiarity with a classical RPG moving towards the Great Demon King's City. Unfortunately, other than that, he felt nothing at all, no tension, no fear, not even excitement.

After all, surrounded by more than 3,000 imperial elites armed to the teeth like wolves and tigers, and two cruisers in the sky to protect and monitor in outer space orbit, it would be difficult to overturn if they really wanted to cause chaos.