Augustus is located between a tall alloy steel retaining wall and a double-story modular logistics supply depot. The light from the supply depot and the searchlight illuminates the area in front of the fortification wall brightly.
He, Raynor, Zeratul, and Corporal Faraday's elite guards climbed onto the fortification wall, watching the Tiamat swarm getting closer and closer to the base.
This is the dark night of Char, dangerous but strangely beautiful. In fact, the dark night of Char is not too cold, because the magma released by the geothermal volcanic eruption provides additional temperature beyond the light of the stars.
The firelight of the magma lakes and rivers illuminated the distant ground in bright red. The two purple moons and the huge red planet in the sky always reminded Augustus that this was a world completely different from the earth.
Augustus stood behind the electroplated baffle of the 330mm electromagnetic railgun on the fortification wall. The Revolutionary Army artilleryman beside him was confirming the location of the zerg Nydus worm based on satellite images.
This long-range artillery can attack the enemies of the Revolutionary Army beyond visual range. It is incredibly powerful, but it takes a long time to charge.
More soldiers are transporting weapons such as rocket launchers, grenade guns and heavy machinery onto the defenses. As the most elite unit in the federal navy, Alpha Squadron's equipment is also among the best.
"These humans... are so pathetic." Zeratul let out a sympathetic wave as he walked past the resocialized Alpha Squadron soldiers.
"Their brains have been modified and they have become a completely different person from the past, a group of miserable prisoners trapped in their own brains."
Even without using telepathy to probe human thoughts, Zeratul could immediately detect the difference in superficial thought fluctuations between these resocialized soldiers and ordinary humans.
Deep in the hearts of resocialized soldiers, there is a cruel soul, and the memories about the past have been covered by tampered memories after brain tissue modification, but that part of the cruel and cruel past has only been hidden, and
Didn't disappear.
These memories are perfect for a powerful Dark Templar Shadowmaster like Zeratul to explore, when seeing a butcher who once had a passion for finding victims in the squalid streets of the slums of Tarsonis, killing and disemboweling them.
, when he was transformed into a soldier with a dreamlike childhood and lofty ideals, Zeratul was really surprised by the cruelty of humans and their ruthlessness towards his fellow humans.
"They are part of the resocialization of the Terran Federation, focusing on reforming those criminals who are considered hopeless and allowing these people to return to serve the federal government." Augustus said to Zeratul.
"This is unthinkable among my people," Zeratul said. "We would never harm our own kind."
When Augustus looked ahead, in the thermal imaging display of his masked headset, the Tiamat swarms surging in the distance were just red dots piled on the display panel.
There are approximately 150,000 to 200,000 Tiamat bugs with crimson skin and hardened carapace running on the gray-white ash layer scattered on the giant rocks in Char. This number may not seem so amazing, but when they are in
When spread out on a flat ground, it looks like a red tide.
The attack of the Tiamat swarm is by no means a chaotic charge. Their formations are staggered and orderly. At the front is a hill-like Thunder Beast, with a large number of Hydra Hydralisks and Springtails appearing under it.
Among these roaring alien creatures, the number of larger and more deadly elite hydralisk individual dragon slayers far exceeds that of any hive clan that humans have ever seen.
Thousands of Overlord Insects and more Mutalisks, Swarm Guardians and Blast Mosquitoes exist to protect them, hovering in the sky, like black smoke and black clouds. These terrifying flying Zerg creatures obviously come from another world.
A group whose yellowish carapace is particularly eye-catching in the moonlight of Char and the glow of the volcano.
With the flying height of King Insects, it is absolutely impossible for human rifles to hit them. Unless they fly very low deliberately, only anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes can deal with them.
"To the west of us, the Gamu swarm and another worm hive appeared in Sars. They are numerous." Raynor reported to Augustus: "But the good news is that the protoss reinforcements are coming soon.
"
"Elder." After confirming that he was at the center of the endless swarm of insects, Augustus looked at Zeratul, who was also staring ahead.
"The Overlord has sent out some of its most powerful insect nests, and the rear must be defending the void. I think this is an opportunity for the Dark Templar warriors who are skilled in assassination."
"As long as we can take this opportunity to kill enough brainworms, the power of the master who is spiritually connected to the brainworms will inevitably be weakened." Augustus said to Zeratul in an extremely serious tone.
"This may be our only chance to kill the Overlord."
Augustus did not believe that Zeratul could kill the Overlord.
In fact, the Overmind may be the most powerful psychic entity in the universe, but if it can weaken its power, then it can at least create an opportunity to kill the Overmind in the future, which is enough.
"With such a small number of people, how long can you hold on here? Courage is not enough to bridge the gap between humans and the swarm."
Zeratul was indeed surprised by Augustus' bold idea. He saw more excellent qualities in this human being. When the situation was already so bad that it was almost desperate, Augustus thought
How to make a desperate comeback.
"The forces of Protoss Expeditionary Executor Tassadar are arriving and they will help us." Augustus replied.
"Tassadar, are they your allies?" Zeratul had to admit that the human in front of him always gave him all kinds of frights.
"Hail to Adun." Augustus smiled.
"Commander, it seems that you know more about the protoss than I thought." Zeratul had already memorized Augustus's name, and would forget it for the rest of his still long life.
"I agree with your idea." He faced Augustus: "The Dark Templar have been looking for opportunities to sneak into the Zerg main nest... The situation in Char is becoming more and more chaotic, and the situation in Char is becoming more and more chaotic.
Our actions will be more advantageous. I will personally lead my Dark Templar."
"May the shadow of twilight bless you, and we will meet again soon."
Zeratul took a few steps back and disappeared in the billowing black smoke.
"Wow...mysterious Dark Templar, but they look cool, don't they?" Raynor blew a loud whistle: "When will our psykers be able to become invisible like them?"
Gone without a trace?"
"Let our psykers learn from Zeratul's Dark Templar?" Augustus guessed Raynor's thoughts: "This is probably not possible, Jimmy, but let the Dark Templar train us.
agents may be effective."
Renault reminded Augustus that once the relationship between the Revolutionary Army and the Protoss was stable or even formally established, he could hire the Protoss to serve him.
Protoss humans have the concept of trade in goods and money, and their technology has already reached a level that minimizes unnatural mortality, but that does not mean that a protoss has no desires or desires. Mr. Augustus
There will be a way to hire a few Templars to train him as psykers and warriors.
"That's what I thought." Renault said.
"The bugs are coming up and they are attacking!" At this time, a nearby Revolutionary Army officer shouted.
After two rounds of shelling from the Revolutionary Army's artillery positions, the dense red zerg had already entered the fire range of the machine guns and howitzers, and the ground-attack missiles had already taken off.
The thick fog hanging over the heads of the Tiamat swarm reflected a dim yellow light from the searchlights and flares of the Alpha Squadron base.
It was not poisonous gas that gushes out from the cracks in the Char crust, or it might be high-energy gas, but a biological cloud composed of countless microscopic organisms, which greatly confused the sight of human soldiers. The smoke formed by living microorganisms can also shield
Detection equipment such as thermal imaging makes it impossible for them to see enemies clearly in smoke.
However, this kind of smoke has no practical use other than confusing sight, and cannot block bullets and shells at all. As long as human firepower is strong enough, the Zerg in the yellow smoke will not be absolutely safe.
"Did you see those scorpions?" Renault pointed in one direction.
At this time, the vanguard of the Tiamat swarm was less than 800 yards away from them. Augustus could see a snake-like slender figure among the numerous Hydra Hydralisks and springtails.
Passed by in a flash.
"There are a lot of them, and they are not comparable to the sporadic ones in Mar Sara and Antiga." Renault said: "When we were on the main star of Antiga, many patrol teams encountered this kind of monster in the wild. They
It lurks underground and will suddenly emerge as soon as someone steps onto its hiding place, spitting out disgusting and deadly poisonous spores."
"Even powered armor has no way to defend against it. The disease carried by the spores can kill a platoon or even more people in just a moment."
"We can only send out special operations teams and snipers to deal with them. We can't let those monsters get close to our base." Augustus looked at Renault.
Augustus' order was immediately implemented, and the elite team originally deployed to focus on sniping the Hunters changed their goals. They ran along the long fortification walls looking for outcropping scorpions.
The roar of the zerg, the collision of carapace and the swallowing of saliva are like part of the torrent of swarms, the sound of waves hitting each other.
There was no need for Augustus to issue an order. Once the zerg entered the effective shooting range, the officers in the fortification walls and bunkers issued the shooting order. It is not that easy to defend a wide base with less than 500 troops.
Yes, the firepower points will inevitably be scattered and sparse.
At this moment, Augustus ran straight towards a double-barreled Gatling gun mounted on a bracket, firing a series of barrages at the Zerg underneath. Reynold held the Mark railgun and emphatically greeted the Ultralisk, slaughtering the Ultralisk.
Hunters and scorpions, wherever the bullets passed were the wails and roars of the zerg.
In the darkness, Tiamat swarms rushed forward. One springtail fell, and more Hydra Hydralisks took its place. When a huge thunder beast followed and ran, there was a thunderous roar.
A protective wall was mounted, and the huge impact almost tore that section of the fortification wall apart.
The soldiers of Alpha Squadron on the parapet were swept away by the giant chitin scythe of the Ultralisk, and blood splattered everywhere. Even in this case, the resocialized soldiers of Alpha Squadron still stood firm in their positions, even if it was the
The Thunder Beast's saliva splashed onto its mask as it roared, and they continued to fire.
Resocialized soldiers are not just any emotionless robots. They will also be angry when fighting, and the adrenaline and morphine in the stimulants will make them extremely excited. In the combat sequence of the federal resocialized soldiers, they will even become angry.
He was ordered to be injected with stimulants until he died.
The flaws of these soldiers are still obvious. For example, when the only commander dies in battle, they will be extremely stubborn in executing the last order.
Just like now.
All the firepower was aimed at the thunder beast, but the latter did not retreat because of this. Even though it was covered in blood, it still hit the fortification wall until it was in danger.
Fortunately, the protoss support was timely. A dozen golden-blue shuttles flew over the heads of the Alpha Squadron soldiers, dropping hundreds of templars armed with sharp blades. There was no need to land, the protoss warriors directly used the protoss phase technology
transferred to the ground.
The shining protoss stick-shaped fighter plane passed through the sky and dropped several anti-matter bombs on the roaring thunder beast, killing it easily.
Although the performance and power of this fighter aircraft have far exceeded that of humans, the protoss still calls it a reconnaissance aircraft.
Tassadar's Templars did not land at the Revolutionary Army's fortification wall, but jumped directly into the middle of the Tiamat swarm. Large numbers of dragon knights and golden beetles appeared in the base.
In just a few minutes, thousands of protoss reinforcements arrived at the base. A large warp crack appeared in the middle of the base. It was obvious that the protoss was warping defensive buildings from their home planet of Aiur.
"This is really a strong man falling from the sky." Augustus said.
A protoss dragon knight jumped to a place not far from Augustus. His shining mecha with four walking limbs seemed to be made of gold, encrusted with radiant blue crystals and gems. Even since the first
A Dragon Knight mecha was created by the Protoss Kalai phase technician. After thousands of years, it was still polished to be as bright as the sun.
This Dragon Knight armor came out at a time when the protoss were still using solar energy fragments instead of the current Kedarin crystals to power their warships, buildings and weapons, so the firepower of this Dragon Knight is quite amazing.
"I am Taldarin, the commander of the Grand Archon (different from White Ball and Archon, in fact these two are different words, but the translation is the same) and the Dragon Knight." said the Dragon Knight.
"Humans, we have detected a large number of human psychic signals near here. What is going on?"
Taldarin walked towards Augustus, his long mechanical limbs making a clicking sound on the fortification walls.
"Ah...I feel the power of the void, how familiar and sad the power is." After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
As a high-ranking and respected consul, he was stunned, and his sad voice sounded in Augustus' mind.
"It makes me think about my old friend Arden."
"Oh, your nose is really sharp." Renault shrugged.