StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The defenders of Sunset Fortress were much tougher than expected, but they still declared their fall that day. The empty ruins of the town surrounding the fortress were almost razed to the ground, littered with bombed-out bunkers and smoldering remains of tanks in blazing flames.

In this battle, the new tank Drakken siege tank driven by Lieutenant Tychus Finley made its debut and was a great success.

Second Lieutenant Tychus operated the large-caliber laser pulse cannon to penetrate the 8-foot-thick plasteel and stainless steel wall of the Sunset Fortress in just half a minute, and then carved a pattern on the majestic fortress wall with scalpel-like precision. flower.

On that day, Marshal Augustus Mengsk issued an order to attack Bronte Garden, the capital city of Bronte Prime. The order clearly consisted of Edmund Duke's Alpha Squadron and Gregory Rexon's Omega Squadron. The air wing carried out strategic bombing missions to destroy the city's few anti-aircraft weapons and major military installations.

Jackson Holler's Nova Squadron psychic special operations force and Alpha Squadron airborne troops will seize the city's firepower points, followed by Lundstein's Army Group launching a general attack.

At the same time, cities all over Bronte's main planet were captured one after another, with almost no obstacles encountered, and the revolutionary army marched directly into the city.

In many areas, Revolutionary Army soldiers were warmly welcomed by the Bronte people. Enthusiastic Bronte citizens lined the streets to welcome the Revolutionary Army soldiers wearing power armor, holding electromagnetic rifles and carrying rockets on their shoulders. In order to catch a glimpse of the heroic appearance of the soldiers, the fathers in the crowd raised their children high above their heads. Women They presented flowers and kisses.

"All crops that were crushed must be compensated at twice the market price. Political commissars and officers in the army will come to apologize. Roads damaged by tanks must be repaired with new funds. This is an order from Marshal Augustus's command, and every day Every revolutionary soldier should remember that we are standing on our own land, and we are not allowed to trample on any plant or tree."

Augustus was standing on a road in the Bronte countryside, with a command vehicle parked next to him. A brigade of Revolutionary Army Marines was rapidly marching on the road in a colonial armored personnel carrier.

On one side of the road is a lush green field of sweet corn, and on the other side is a sparsely populated village. The weather at this time was actually sunny and windy. The large violet and orange-red windmills were spectacular, casting rotating shadows on the ground. The cool air was filled with the thorns of crushed vegetation. Nasal smell.

It is more than 120 miles away from Bronte Garden City, and the terrain is mainly large farmland for cultivating cash crops. Local farmers use equipment such as automatic irrigation pumps, combine harvesting robots and pesticide-spraying drones to grow rice and soybeans, mainly to meet local demand.

Most powerful Federation-affiliated planets are self-sufficient worlds, which means they are not easily controlled by others.

But when Augustus arrived here by car, most of the farmland had been abandoned, and large tracts of fertile land were covered with grass. It is no wonder that Bronte Prime, which has never experienced famine, has suffered from hunger in recent years. People died.

Corruption is rampant in Bronte, and his governor is a brutal character who exacts excessive taxes. The Planetary Senate is also corrupted by money. With his help, the federal government and the Founding Family amassed a large amount of wealth on this planet. This situation is numerous throughout the Terran Federation world. There are many federal officials who govern honestly, but they are usually unable to hold high positions.

The reason why Augustus was standing here was because he learned that Tychus Finley drove a Drakken laser tank into the cornfield. This is mainly because the fuel consumption of this oil-swallowing behemoth is really amazing, and Tychus drives at full speed, so the fuel supply truck cannot always follow up in time.

Forget it, Tychus actually ran into the village's high-energy gas station to steal gas. If the Draken laser tank hadn't made too much noise, he would have almost succeeded.

After being caught by the local militia, Tychus refused to plead guilty because he had indeed paid. Although it was far from enough, he also issued an IOU. ——In the name of the revolutionary army.

Now, the huge land tank was lying quietly in the field. Tychus himself, wearing only a pair of colorful boxer briefs, sat on the hot hood drinking cold beer and watching the busy mechanics overhauling the tank.

Facing Tychus, Augustus no longer had much desire to be angry. With a wave of his hand, Tychus's rank was demoted by another level. After all, Augustus promoted him just so he could be demoted.

This guy made a mistake. It's useless to hit him and scold him, because Tychus has no shame. Of course, it's useless to be demoted, because he just wants to enjoy the benefits of promotion and wealth without taking responsibility. However, this punishment can still suppress others.

In this world, Augustus could not find anyone exactly like Tychus Finley. This person is not illogical, nor is he a vicious thug or a stupid barbarian. He is just an egoist who follows his desires.

It is impossible for Tychus not to have himself in his heart. He is a bad guy, but not completely bad.

"It seems that the people on Earth are not popular here either." Augustus looked at the dilapidated village and the slogans covered by graffiti at the entrance of the village, and could still vaguely see the slogans of overthrowing the tyranny of Earth.

"The people of Earth came here to conquer the Koprulu Sector and bring it under the control of the Solar System Empire, not to bring prosperity and peace here. These fools just don't understand that the Earth Federation itself is in constant trouble, so what? It may be able to control us 60,000 light-years away."

Arcturus Mengsk regarded the Earthlings as an enemy no less than the Zerg and the Protoss, and believed that once the Earth mobilized the power of their huge colonies, the human forces in the Koprulu sector would be difficult to resist even if they united.

"There is no evidence yet that this expeditionary force is just the only military force that Earth will send." Arcturus's assessment of the situation is not very optimistic: "No one from the UED expeditionary force can be allowed to escape back to Earth. Bring news of failure.”

Arcturus has the wolf-like cunning, ferocity and suspicion of the Mengsk family in his bones. Even threats from far away make him feel on edge. He prefers to directly deal with the person who poses the threat rather than wait for trouble to come.

To eliminate the threat of the zerg and protoss once and for all, of course, is to destroy them completely, and the same goes for the Terrans.

It's a pity that the Koprulu sector is currently at war, and the Tyranids have fallen apart. Counterattacking the Earth is nothing more than a dream. The generals under Augustus all believed that losing such a large expeditionary force might cause damage to the earth, but it would not greatly damage their strength.

"Arctus, have you already concluded that the UED expeditionary force will definitely fail?" Augustus laughed dumbly: "We will not be able to defeat the people on earth until Alexei Stokov is captured. Invasion."

"I have never had any doubt that we will win the final victory." Arcturus said: "It is with this belief that I have persisted until now - I have never failed. Pass."

"Except for the education of Valerian." Augustus' words were somewhat dissatisfied. Arcturus had been trying to escape the fact that he had a son.

Therefore, compared to his serious and always demanding father, Valerian is closer to his uncle who never hides his affection for his nephew. Arcturus always told his son Valerian that if you want to wield the sword flexibly and shoot every bullet in the pistol accurately, you must become stronger. Unfortunately, he is too thin, and Augustus Everyone will say that you should become a great man in thought.

"The Edmund Duke Command just reported that the airborne assault force of Alpha Squadron has taken control of the Bronte Garden Center Airport. The "Blood Eagle" Marines have successfully defeated the defense forces in the city and are besieging the city hall and Senate Building," Sarah Kerrigan said to Augustus just as Arcturus opened his mouth to say something.

"It seems that Duke has done a great job again - well, a few medals and military commendations are enough to make this guy happy." This was what Augustus expected, but he didn't expect it to be like this. smoothly.

This is exactly Duke's reporting style of asking for credit and rewards. Although he will not be so shameless as to take all the credit of the friendly forces, don't expect half a word of other troops to appear in the report, as if General Duke single-handedly defeated them. The entire UED expeditionary force.

"Didn't you meet any decent resistance?"

Multiple sources of intelligence indicate that Bronte Garden's UED expeditionary force may have less than 120,000 people, of which less than 25,000 are Earth soldiers from the United Earth Council, and the rest are either former Bronte soldiers who were recruited The Terran Federation garrison is either a civilian militia temporarily recruited.

The main force of Bronte's UED is mainly concentrated in the fleet in orbit. After the guard fleet is completely defeated by the revolutionary army fleet, it is only a matter of time before the planet falls.

The collected Tyranid troops were already lax in their training and had almost no combat effectiveness. They were even less likely to be a match for the Revolutionary Army, which had been able to defeat the Zerg and Protoss many times and even win.

If Augustus had not been concerned about the casualties of civilians in the city, the Revolutionary Army would have captured Bronte Garden as early as the first day with its absolute air superiority and ground force superiority in Bronte.

"The propaganda offensive has worked, and the resistance of the defenders in the city is quite passive." Kerrigan shook her long red hair that was swaying like flames.

"Where's the hybrid?" Arcturus asked: "If I have a secret weapon that can make the final decision, I won't hide it."

"As for the hybrids, multiple forces have claimed they have spotted them in the city." Kerrigan replied: "There have been no further reports."

With Augustus airdropping leaflets and video tapes many days in advance, the news that the main force of the UED expeditionary force was annihilated in Char has spread uncontrollably in the city, and has also affected the UED defenders in the city.

Although they were not aware of the Black Flag plan formulated by the United Earth Council before departure, and they did not receive news that Marshal Dugar led the main fleet to set off for Char, but since there was no such change, why did the Revolutionary Army besiege Bronte? The main star has been out for many days, but support has not arrived.

If the UED expeditionary force still had enough troops, they could complete the counter-encirclement of the Revolutionary Army fleet outside the Brontë system, but this is not the actual situation.

"The hybrid is one of the most terrifying creatures to date. This monster will bring unimaginable casualties to our warriors. We must not take it lightly." Augustus looked serious:

"Only the counter-psionic forces and the psionic special forces of Nova Squadron can deal with this monster. All other forces must avoid direct combat with it."

Just when monsters like hybrids appear next to humans, they will feel inexplicable fear and uneasiness, and even suffer from mental breakdown. In comparison, only the powerful high-level Templars of the Protoss can have a similar impact on humans.

"Fortunately, the stars will also help us." Augustus said:

"Protoss Executor Artanis has left the Ark and personally led the most powerful warriors among the Protoss to land on Brontë to help us deal with the hybrids."

Augustus had already learned from Artanis about the attack on Sagurath, and the shameful news of the disappearance of the current Archbishop of Durham, Rashagar, made matters worse.

At this time, the Dallam protoss of Sagulath were leaderless. The Nerazim protoss and the Aiel protoss, who already had many disagreements and conflicts, were fighting on their own, and were unable to eliminate the invasion for a while. The Zerg of Thagurath.

To Augustus's surprise, even under such circumstances, Protoss Executor Artanis, who commanded the Ark Ship Spear of Adon and came to support the human revolutionary army, did not break his promise.

This is partly because the protoss value commitment as honor and life, and the hybrid is really a stick in their throats for them, and it also comes from the direct orders of the new Archbishop of Durham.

Tassadar, the high-ranking executive of the Durham Expeditionary Force, returned to Sagulath in time, and was ordered to turn the tide in the critical moment. He temporarily took over the position of Archbishop and stabilized the crisis situation, and once again stood at the forefront of saving the protoss.

Tassadar also announced that he would find Archbishop Rashagal at all costs, and for this he also received the support of Sagulath and the El Protoss.

The newly appointed Archbishop of Durham, Tassadar, ordered the Spears of Adun to return to Sagulath immediately to defend their homeland, but also ordered Executor Artanis to lead a legion of Zealots to stay and continue to help Augustus.

Because Tassadar believed that a series of events such as the Overlord's escape from Char and the invasion of Saguras were related to the dark truth behind the hybrid, and he also believed that the humans led by Augustus would definitely become allies of the Daram Protoss. .

Under this circumstance, Artanis, the protoss executive who considered himself to have an important mission, did not dare to slack off and personally led the Templars and Dark Templars to fight against the hybrid.

"Marshal, General Duke is calling. He wants to speak to you directly." At this time, a command officer walked out of the command vehicle next to him, holding a radio communication device in his hand.

"This is Duke. People from Alpha Squadron have discovered several psychic transmitters in the city center of Bronte Garden. I can assure you, Marshal, that the Earth Guys want the bugs to deal with us." The other end immediately called came Duke's careless and mean voice.

"Psychic Transmitter" Augustus really didn't expect UED to do this. If the psionic launcher can attract a large number of zerg, then Stukov can indeed fish in troubled waters.

No matter how you look at it now, the revolutionary army has a huge advantage. The intervention of external forces is enough to turn this human civil war into chaos, and only by disrupting the deadlock can Stukov have a chance to make a comeback.

"But there isn't even a bug within hundreds of light years." Kerrigan opened her red lips and smiled:

"There are a lot of flies and mosquitoes."