StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 724 Cruel+

A month has passed since the battle in the Torrenis system. Around outposts, mining stations and colonial planets, the Tyranid Empire army has fought hundreds of large and small battles along the path of the gold fleet, but Still nothing stops them from moving on.

One imperial world after another fell, and half of the Koprulu sector fell into a protracted war. Humanity was shrouded in boundless darkness and fear.

If this wasn't enough to make people feel desperate, this time along with the protoss came an overwhelming army of insect swarms.

The great Terran Empire of Emperor Augustus is in dire straits, and the truth is far more bloody than the media reports. The Golden Fleet and the Dominator Swarm are constantly harvesting the life in the Koprulu sector, and hundreds of millions of people have been massacred.

The Imperial Army suffered heavy losses and suffered heavy losses. Some troops who were fighting bloody battles on the front line were attrited so severely that the replacement rate could not keep up with the losses. Those famous and respected warships in the past disappeared one after another into the uninhabited deep sky, and there were only a few survivors. Their fragmented fate could only be pieced together from the last captain's report.

The Tyran Empire was pinned below the water like a drowning person, and every swallow of water accelerated the death process.

At the end of August 2503, the Golden Fleet finally arrived at Helioc III, which meant that they had penetrated deep into the territory of the Tyranids and were about to enter the core world.

As the capital of the Heliok Star Territory and an important fortress on the northern border of the Tyranid Empire, the imperial army assembled here must not allow the Heliok III to be handed over to others.

The Terran human race has settled in the water source and has been thriving for more than a hundred years. Since many human worlds in the Koprulu Star District gradually established waterways to communicate with each other, it has become a well-known tourist attraction. Every year, a large number of tourists flock here to enjoy the beautiful scenery and the rare treasures that live here. Strange beast.

However, the rich mining resources have also brought unexpected disputes and conflicts to the world. Large-scale armed conflicts and even the use of tactical nuclear bombs once made the precious oasis resources face the dilemma of depletion.

All this was effectively curbed after the Tyranid Empire regained control of the world. The military camp established here was enough to deter all illegal mining groups and the noobs among the stars who coveted Heliok's natural resources.

Today, Heliok has been restored to life with excellent governance. It has been twice named the most habitable planet in the empire by UNN News Today, and the shining jewel in the crown of Emperor Augustus.

Although the host Golenko makes the selection almost every week, even Ma Sara has been on the list. This is of course inseparable from inextricable political factors. In total, there were too many pearls in the Emperor's crown, enough to break his neck, so he never wore them even once.

When the war is about to come, it is daytime in the Watering Hole administrative area where the Governor's Palace of the Helioke Empire is located. The fist-sized sun in the sky is emitting scorching rays. The vegetation is growing vigorously, the grassland is green, and the trees are tall and straight. , the best time of the day has arrived.

Springs and lakes sparkling like pearls are embedded in the desert, dotted with beautiful oases. The gem-like precious river is like a clean jade belt, with beautiful fields on both sides.

Gusts of wind blew through the green fields with billowing wheat waves, and the air was filled with lots of fluff with water vapor, filled with the fragrance of flowers and plants. The palm trees are straight and tall, and the sky is as blue as water.

Looking around, the numerous crystal veins exposed on the surface form majestic blue mountains. Only the most talented painters can depict such colorful colors.

In the afternoon, the 7th Imperial Marine Division, the 29th Division, the 143rd Armored Brigade and the two heavy artillery battalions temporarily assigned to the combat sequence arrived in New Richmond, the largest oasis city in the Water Colony, on transport ships and airdrop pods. ).

At this time, New Richmond was already an empty city, and the only things that greeted these soldiers were a few Model 2000 automatic cleaning robots on the streets and beautiful natural scenery. All the buildings have their doors and windows closed and sealed with boards and nails. Roads and commanding heights have long been cleared to make room for building bunkers, automatic cannons, and heavy firepower points.

In addition, New Richmond still retains its pre-war appearance, with neat streets and squares sprinkled with golden light, white onion-roofed buildings shining in the sun, brick-and-stone waterways running through the city, and water filled with water. It is a colorful jellyfish-like aquatic creature.

Even the large promotional posters used to attract tourists before the war have not been removed. It says that Heliok welcomes you, but it must not include the zerg and protoss.

In downtown New Richmond, an extremely wealthy megacorporation businessman left an entire building's worth of supplies ready for incoming Imperial soldiers to grab. This may be out of patriotism, or it may be to gain fame. He had a good idea, but in the end none of the soldiers who were bound by strict military discipline entered.

Second Lieutenant Easter Foss's platoon belongs to the 7th Marine Division. This is a veteran unit that has been established during the Revolutionary Army era. Their landing point is in the northern part of New Richmond and is close to the outskirts of the city.

Outside the city are flat and wide fields, and the crops inside are growing very well. The growing sunshine and abundant rain in early summer have caused the vegetation to begin to grow wildly. The thoroughfares divide the fields into a regular grid. At the end of the road are several large multi-purpose combine harvesters with bright red imperial flags fluttering in the wind.

There are many small but well-organized towns and villages outside New Richmond. Most of the buildings in them have been abandoned, but the furniture in the houses that cannot be taken away has been packed away as neatly as if it belonged here. People believe they can return here one day.

It's a beautiful place, and it reminds Istel of his hometown Helsinn and his family.

His sister's child is about to be born, a boy. The child is also named Easter, and the family hopes that he will be as brave as his uncle. Easter longed to live to the end of the war and see the child with his own eyes. Every time he thought of this, he wanted to cry.

"Daniel, you have seen real zerg. They will insert their ovipositor into your esophagus to lay eggs. After a few days, the parasite will burst out of your chest."

"Be careful, the protoss will chop off your head if you are careless!"

Soldiers from Easter's platoon are lining up outside the New Richmond train station, waiting for the arrival of the next train. The previous maglev train has just departed from here, and the carriages are loaded with Zeus tanks and Sidewinder heavy tanks. There were also several companies of reapers sitting.

New Richmond is a beautiful city, but it doesn't even have a decent wall. In the past few months, the Imperial Engineering Corps has built multiple planetary fortresses near this city, connected with bunkers, doomsday turrets, electrified wire fences, induction towers and other facilities.

But Istel knew in his heart that no matter how strong these fortifications were, they probably wouldn't be able to withstand the protoss bombardment and the insect swarm's carapace flood for long. The hope of victory was to persist until reinforcements arrived, but he hoped they wouldn't. There will be a traffic jam halfway.

The only reassuring thing is that the support force includes General Pryor's fleet, which is more useful than any guarantee.

"I haven't fought against the protoss, but I heard that they have burned hundreds of planets along the way. If you can solve the battle in high-altitude orbit, why do you have to come down and play with us in the mud?" Mili is a new recruit. Even so, during the few months he had served under Ister, he had participated in many battles against the swarms, the most brutal of which was on the planet Tartarus.

During the campaign, their brigade was twice reduced to one-third of its strength, so that it was later replaced with new recruits. Ister remembered those people, they were from Antiga Prime and Tarsonis, young, strong and powerful, and most importantly, full of life and vitality that the veterans lacked.

Many of them will die in the first battle they fight, and death, blood, and zerg mold the new recruits into true warriors in the shortest possible time. It's really depressing to see those once vibrant faces fall down like that.

Easter believes that after experiencing life, separation and death, people will always grow if they do not suffer a mental breakdown.

In the face of the terrifying Tiamat swarm, the Imperial Army lost at least 300,000 people and suffered even more injuries. In that battle, both the Imperial fleet and the swarm fleet were almost defeated. The supporting Imperial fleet was either completely wiped out or stopped halfway by the Leviathan swarm.

The fighting on the ground lasted for more than a month. After all the heavy weapons and aircraft were lost, they fought bloody battles on battlefields separated into isolated islands by swarms of insects, just like humans fought in the two world wars of the 20th century, until a group of Ihanri Protoss pilgrims The fleet jumped over.

After that battle, among those who survived to the end, even the recruits who had just joined the army were qualified to be called veterans.

Istel still remembers the war. The battlefield even went deep underground, and the insect swarm contaminated the planet with fungi and virus weapons. They were able to call in air support at first, but later they even had to save bullets. There is a fully automated production line for producing bullets in the barracks, but without raw materials, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

During the Second Tartarus War, Ister never returned to his bunk in the barracks. He never took off his power armor. When he opened his eyes, he climbed out of the trench and fired. It can be seen that there are thousands of corpses on the battlefield.

The air smelled revoltingly of intestines and raw meat. Anyone who has lived through war would never picture it in the word romantic.

After that, Easter probably truly understood why he always said he could only see the Marines walking out of the barracks, but no one ever saw them returning.

"Nothing is absolute." Easter has been in the army for no longer than Milley. The experience of studying at Stillling Military Academy allowed him to become a second lieutenant as soon as he graduated, but the latter was even older than him. : "Heliok has a large number of Jormungandr insect nests, and the protoss will not destroy this planet together with its own friendly forces."

These words are somewhat magical. Even if they kill those protoss, they will not admit that the zerg are their allies. But since the protoss and zerg are now taking orders from Amon, this has actually come true.

"Besides, our fleet is still fighting the protoss and zerg fleets in orbit. The people of Omega Squadron are crazy when fighting."

"I have to say, it's hard to say this."

William was a veteran raider who had been arrested for theft, fraud, and illegal smuggling and spent several years in jail, but not enough to be sent to the notorious New Folsom. Later, Princess Charlotte was born, and the royal family "generalized amnesty", so he was sent to the military camp.

What kind of amnesty is this?

Since then, although he has made many military exploits during the war, he is still only a corporal due to many violations of discipline. But this guy should feel lucky. If he had just stretched his dirty hands in the past, he would have been transformed into a resocialized soldier by the old federation.

There was a resocialized soldier in the platoon. Easter had no idea what crimes he had committed, but the veterans around him believed he was a rapist and a pedophile.

At least, the situation of criminals was much better in the imperial era. Usually only those with the most unforgivable crimes would be sent to the resocialization factory. It was a place where you definitely hoped that your enemies would go, and life would be worse. die.

Some barracks also have small resocialization facilities, which are used to deal with deserters and serious violators of discipline.

"In Ash'Arak, they blasted all their own people into the sky!" William said: "Ash'Arak is a former colony of the Protoss Empire, and those crazy beasts really don't recognize any of their relatives."

"Millions of protoss are dead, which is a heavy blow to their tribe." Theodore also said on the public channel. He was a teacher who was drafted into the army as a reserve in times of war emergency.

"The same goes for us." Ister had heard about the Battle of Ash'arak. The Golden Fleet not only destroyed the entire colony, but also burned the landing troops it sent to ashes. It can only be described as crazy.

If it happened in the human army, this would be enough to cause a large-scale mutiny among the lower-level non-commissioned officers and soldiers, but those protoss are already crazy and cannot use normal thinking to judge the madman. They will bring your intelligence to the same level.

Istel knew that some of the protoss still sided with them, such as the Dark Templar. During the battle of Lotos II, a powerful Dark Templar helped Ister's troops.

That was a ranger like Robin Hood, and Easter admitted that it was really cool when the opponent was slashing at the zerg with the warblade of light.

The 7th Division had not encountered the mechanical protoss armies, but their brother armies had been helped by them. Those purifier protoss are as cold as they were in life, but their thinking is not much different from ordinary protoss.

Michael, the platoon's mechanic, believed that the Purifiers had already written into the underlying code the prioritization of supporting human forces on the battlefield, even before their fellow Templars. Having said that, purifiers shouldn't require writing code.

"How many more people will we have to die this time?" Zeletta snorted coldly at this moment: "The superiors are sending us to die, but they are squandering and enjoying themselves in the rear."

Zeletta is a thorn in the side, a character that gives Easter a real headache. In the military camp, he could do almost nothing except playing cards, but on the battlefield he could always survive to the end.

This guy is always rude, but he can help you when it's life or death.

People are always so contradictory.

"Every fight with the zerg and protoss is like dying, but we have no choice," Easter said.

Soon, Easter and his soldiers boarded the car and rushed to the front line while the roaring armored train was roaring.

A city-like interstellar base (Star base, upgraded from a star port) is hovering over New Richmond under the support of thrusters, with fighter planes constantly taking off from it.

A dense swarm of Banshee bombers in the sky were passing by at high speed. These Banshees were flying very low, their engines were rumbling, and the rocket boosters at their tails made them look like phoenixes with long red tails.

The train travels through lush green oases, fields and palm groves. Gorgeous native birds sang and flowers bloomed in the woods.

I finally slept well these days and regained my strength.

Some people say that I'll get over it as soon as it's finished, but that's not the case. It won't be finished quickly, and I'm not trying to fill it with water. You all know by now that this is how I write. If you think that if I only write a chapter every few days, the quality will be high, but in fact I can't do it.

I really wanted to write every chapter well, but as a result, I had a mental problem. Every time I felt like I couldn't read it, I was in a hurry, and I couldn't sleep well. In short, I was very depressed.

This is the truth, and it is also my excuse for being lousy. Now that I understand it, the more I sleep poorly, the more I feel that my writing must be lousy. Even after working on it for a long time, there is still something wrong with my brain. Just write how you originally wrote it, no matter how much it is.