At this time, the desolate canyon is still in the dark, but a hint of white has appeared in the east, and dawn is coming.
Duke was quite trustworthy in surrendering. The remaining more than a hundred Alpha Elite Guard soldiers threw all their weapons to the ground and raised their hands.
Most of them are resocialized soldiers who obey the orders of the most senior commander. At this time, the disadvantages of large-scale resocialization are revealed. When a senior commander changes sides, he can immediately give orders.
His men lowered their weapons or issued ceasefire orders.
Even if someone is holding a gun to a resocialized soldier's head, as long as his superiors tell him to put down his weapon and stop resisting, he will do so without hesitation.
The resocialized soldiers' brains were written with the message of absolute loyalty to the Federation, but they actually did not understand what loyalty was - after all, bombarding the Hall of Reason, where the Federation Council of Tarsonis was located, began to be said to be a type of loyalty.
.
"Don't play any tricks on me, I know you still have two ghost agents." Augustus led his soldiers and strode towards the Alpha Squadron soldiers who had put down their weapons, and said as they walked.
A few seconds later, two ghost agents armed with heavy sniper rifles appeared. After some hesitation, they also lowered their weapons.
Edmund Duke, wearing white commander armor, walked out from the dejected soldiers of Alpha Squadron. He was tall and had a golden eagle emblem on his armor.
"I hope your commitment is worth the price." Duke did not take off his helmet, but just walked up to Augustus and threw his gun and holster at the opponent's feet.
"I have issued surrender orders to all military channels, but the Marines may not necessarily obey my orders. If the Marines are unwilling to surrender, then I have no problem with just killing them."
"My promise counts at all times." Augustus looked at the soldiers, Corporal Faraday, who immediately ordered the Revolutionary Army soldiers to collect the weapons of Alpha Squadron and ordered them to take off their power armor.
"Today, I made a big mistake." Duke said angrily, "I fell into your trap."
"And this trap is actually not difficult to see." Augustus looked at Duke and said, he didn't want to make a long victory speech: "In the final analysis, you have always regarded the revolutionary army as a peasant uprising army with low combat effectiveness."
After speaking, Augustus ordered the Revolutionary Army soldiers to reboard the transport ship, and Duke was escorted by Corporal Faraday to board the ship together.
The transport ship took off on the flat sand, and the propeller stirred up wind and sand. As it continued to rise, the horizon shrouded in a layer of white light gradually turned into a curve. It was less than two miles away from the Bottleneck Fortress, and it wouldn't be long before Ogu
Sidu saw the main battlefield that was still shining with light.
Duke didn't lie. Except for the exchange of fire in some areas, the main battlefield in the Desolate Canyon has become quiet again.
The revolutionary defenders at the bottleneck recognized the identity of the transport ship and did not fire. Even so, the transport ship Augustus was unable to find even a place to land on, and could only temporarily land on the
Near a command center that had been bombarded to the point where only the steel frame structure was left.
Wherever the light of the transport ship can shine, you can see bombed-out bunkers and simple modular buildings everywhere. Each destroyed bunker is like half a burnt egg shell and is considered indestructible.
The alloy steel plates have long been in pieces.
The discarded weapons, copper-plated bullet casings, railgun shell fragments sunk deep in the rust-colored sandy soil, and the body remains that Augustus couldn't bear to see, these remains were still covered with hot power.
The armor plates are both white of the Alpha Squadron and red of the Revolutionary Army. The blood blends into the red soil of Mar Sara, as if it has returned to its original body.
In bunkers and craters plowed out by cannons, corpses can be seen stacked up everywhere. The power armor is riddled with holes. Even with armor-like protection, there are still people who are hit by heavy machine guns and large-caliber magnetic rails.
The guns were smashed into sieves. The soldiers of Alpha Squadron and the Revolutionary Army died in a twisted way, almost embracing, but in fact the muzzles and bayonets were against each other. The dead were countless.
Augustus knew that a soldier who had been baptized by the flames of war might have already become numb to such a scene. Augustus had seen many deaths, and the God of Death had taken away his former comrades from his hands.
and thousands of warriors, and all he could do was bury them.
It was Augustus who took these young people away from their families. They thought that pursuing the marshal would lead to light and hope, but in the end they were buried in a marginalized world that they had never even heard of before.
There is almost no resemblance to their warm and beautiful hometown of Korhal IV.
In the light of the transport ship, a broken red flag blackened by smoke and fire fluttered against the morning breeze in the canyon.
When Augustus walked to the transport ship, Duke had already removed his power armor and his hands were tightly tied together with ropes. He was only wearing a thin set of naval combat uniforms made of plastic fabric, and
Wearing a dark gray military coat from the Revolutionary Army, he was shivering in the cold wind.
The revolutionary troops in the spacecraft immediately rushed to the almost ruined position, searching for possible survivors in the ruins of collapsed bunkers and fortification walls.
Augustus couldn't hear even a single cry or wailing. Where the light of the transport ship could shine, there was only death.
"There are people alive down there!" At this time, Kerrigan emerged from the invisible state and guided the Revolutionary Army soldiers to dig out a collapsed ruin. Kerrigan's telepathy ability could help her discover those
Survivors buried in the ruins can be detected even if their brain activity is in an unconscious state.
The SCVs of the Revolutionary Army Engineering Corps who came to join the battle immediately started rescue work in their areas of expertise. They used the melting guns of the space engineering vehicles to cut through the metal on the bunker, and then used power clamps to pull out the survivors who were buried in the bunker.
The SCVs in the engineering group are all skilled workers. They are all between thirty and forty years old, and there are few young people.
Whether in the Federal Marines or the Revolutionary Army, the SCVs, the engineering corps that can build modular buildings on various battlefields and weld tanks in the workshops, are known as "the fathers who carry diapers for the Marines."
"It took me a lot of time to break through this damn fortress. The rebels here are much tougher than I thought." Duke, standing behind Augustus, said at this time: "Before this, I
It is unimaginable that any army could match the morale of resocialized soldiers, allowing them to maintain their tenacious fighting spirit even after being nearly destroyed."
"Unheard of."
"My soldiers have firm faith." When Augustus saw the rescued revolutionary soldier's legs that had been blown off, he felt sadness in his heart. Even though the soldier survived the pain, he lost blood.
and infection, he had to rely on modified prosthetics for the rest of his life.
What Augustus could do was send more warriors crippled by the war back to Eumoyan. These warriors would train new recruits and future officers at the military camp and military academy in New Stillling.
"Moreover, every Korhal who has lost his home is a lonely ghost thirsting for revenge." Augustus said: "And you will not understand this."
"Even if you were asked to destroy Tarsonis, who gave birth to you, you wouldn't hesitate at all."
Just as Duke was about to retort, Tychus and Harnak, dressed in red armor, came to Augustus with several revolutionary soldiers whose armors were covered with scars and burn marks.
"We have defeated all fourteen battalions." Harnak is a person who is adventurous by nature, but he still can't hide his sadness at this moment. His tone is fierce, roaring like a lion.
"But I dare say that the bastards of Alpha Squadron have killed many more people than us."
"Hey, Colonel Duke." Even though he had just walked away from hell, Tychus still looked quite happy. When he saw Duke, he smiled brightly and said to him kindly.