"Tell me more specifically, Warfield, how much has changed on Antiga Prime." He looked at Warfield when he let go of Kerrigan.
"In addition to Abaddon, we also rescued Maltair 4, Miranar and Adena, and defended many towns abandoned by Federation garrisons during the zerg invasion.
Warfield motioned for Augustus to follow him to the shipyard under construction and take a look: "Let's talk as we walk, some of which you need to see with your own eyes to know."
When Augustus followed Warfield, a group of senior generals of the Revolutionary Army and guards with golden wolf symbols on their bodies followed him. Wherever he went, Augustus was admired by the stars.
"On those planets, the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the militia are much higher than the small number of federal garrison." Warfield said to Augustus when boarding the ramp of the shuttle.
"When we arrived at Martell 4, Mirana and Ednar, the zerg had almost completely destroyed the weak defenses there. However, the Abaddons had already eliminated a zerg reconnaissance force that invaded their homeland. The zerg there
Anti-federal ideas are also very common among people, so Lundstein’s army received a warm welcome as soon as it landed.”
"Abaddonians? I heard that they are a well-known separatist faction, but their xenophobic ideas are also very serious. My father tried to gather supporters there in the past, but the response was mediocre." Augustus and Warfield were there together.
Shipyard dock berthing port walking.
"They thought they could resist the Zerg attack and were unwilling to evacuate with us. Fortunately, during the time when you and the Tassadar fleet raided Char, the Zerg slowed down its attack on Abaddon and Martell.
The planet was attacked and even evacuated there for a time," Warfield said.
"The zerg have not completely destroyed those planets, and most areas have not been affected yet. I am planning to recover these planets and have troops stationed there."
"We can't take too big a step. We don't have that many troops to guard too many planets yet. Once the Zerg suddenly attacks a planet, the garrison troops in other areas will definitely be in a dilemma of dispersed forces when rescuing." Aogu.
Stuart gave his own different opinions.
"Now, concentrating our forces to defend Antiga is the safest option. We can first establish mining stations and outposts on Edna, a planet that contains mineral deposits, and then consider the possibility of re-establishing the planet's administrative district."
"...Well, it's better to take things slowly and don't rush." Warfield thought for a while and agreed.
Not counting the 40,000 soldiers of Alpha Squadron and the 90,000 soldiers of Nova Squadron, the number of active soldiers in the Revolutionary Army has expanded from the original 100,000 to the current 450,000, including 22 Korkha descendants.
There are 12,000 man-made divisions, two Sarah-born man-made divisions, a 60,000-man Port of the Dead Army and three Antiga divisions, and more than 3 million soldiers in various logistics departments and reserves.
The coverage rate of power armor among these soldiers has reached 2/3. More than 300,000 people have standard power armor, of which 200,000 are orders for the Tearer power armor delivered by the Kaimorian Consortium, which will be black paint
After it was changed to crimson with gold rims, it was redressed and given to Augustus's revolutionary army.
The Tearer powered armor in the later stages of the Guild War was mainly an armor designed by the Kaimorian Alliance to compete with the CMC-200. In this era when the CMC-300 was fully installed in the army, it already seemed to be lagging behind, but the powered armor was still capable of defeating the CMC-200.
The epoch-making equipment that distinguishes them from ordinary armies.
The remaining troops are mainly CMC-300, which is mainly equipped with the Guards Division and the first ten divisions. With more than 4,500 tanks, the combat effectiveness of the revolutionary army is no longer the same as that in the early days of the uprising.
Eryu. Currently, the Revolutionary Army is also cooperating with the Yumo Yang Protectorate Army to produce its own enhanced version of the battlefield porcupine armor (war bigs) to equip Augustus' elite guards.
This huge army can already compete with the regular army of the Tyranid Federation and even launch a war against a certain main star world, but when facing the Zerg, no matter how many people and weapons it has, it is obviously not enough.
But no matter what, the size of the revolutionary army was enough to make the federal dignitaries of Tarsonis stare blankly. The more the federal army pursued and intercepted them, the more the number of the revolutionary army grew, and the area they controlled became larger and larger.
Leaving aside those colonies that are still under construction, Agria, which has a population of four million, and Antiga Prime, which has a population of more than 12 million, can be counted as the base of the revolutionary army in the Koprulu sector.
This is not in the core area. If the Tyranid Federation wants to defeat Antiga's revolutionary army, it must mobilize a larger fleet, but that will inevitably leave a huge gap in the defense of the core world, leaving Tarsonis exposed to
In front of the terrifying zerg.
In the unfinished assembly center ahead, hundreds of workers wearing orange-gray work clothes and hard hats are laying decks, pipes and cables. Their work clothes have multi-triangular combinations of the United States of America Aeneas Construction Group.
And the white swan logo. On the steel frame under construction stands the red flag and slogan of the revolutionary army: Fight for freedom.
The vast majority of these workers are Marta and Mirana, skilled workers from the foundries, shipbuilding factories, and steel smelting plants on their homeland.
After the zerg invaded the homes of these workers, a large number of farmland, infrastructure and factories were severely damaged, prices soared, and those who became refugees almost overnight suddenly lost everything.
It was Warfield's army who saved the Federation army when they were defeated. Food and relief supplies brought by transport ships from the Revolutionary Army's agricultural planet Agria and the United World of Umoyan prevented the refugees who flocked to Antiga from being destroyed.
Hungry and cold.
Millions of refugees joined the construction of Antiga, voluntarily serving the cause of the Revolutionary Army. They believed that the Terran Federation had abandoned them, and that the Korhal Revolutionary Army was the only one protecting them and their families.
At this time, people on the elevated began to descend to the platform through the engineering ladder, and walked towards the workers' restaurant located inside the attached ecological park. Behind them was an atmospheric stabilization device that was almost completed. At the same time, another group of people on the bus
Workers took their place.
Although these workers who were walking towards the restaurant were still hundreds of yards away from Augustus and were very tired after working for a long time, they saw Augustus' dark gray cloak from a distance.
He still stood still and took off his hat to salute, and then returned to the path he was going to take.
"They can stand here all because of you." Warfield said to Augustus with a smile.
"It shouldn't be like this, that's because you still have those soldiers who died or were disabled due to injuries." Augustus shook his head and did not accept the honor that had actually been bestowed upon him.
: "We can continue to stand here because of the protection of the victims. Only through all this can our families and children live a good life."
"No matter how many lofty ideals we give to what we do, my dream is only one, and that is that people can live happily without fear of oppression from tyranny and alien threats. Children
There is no need to be afraid, and they can find jobs when they grow up."
"Nothing will be worse than the current Tyranid Federation. You will definitely be able to do a good job. Your father and brother believe that you can do it, and this is something they have no reservations about." Warfield said.
.
As he spoke, a small, shabby-looking gray-brown transport ship was stumbling through the dock entrance of the shipyard into the parking area, smoking, and two Wraith fighter jets with the Revolutionary Army logo on their wings were following it and
To protect it.
"Every day, people from other colonies fled to Antiga. Some were families who fled in a hurry when they heard the news that the Zerg were about to invade. They scraped together money or found other ways to find a spaceship that could cross the galaxy." Waugh.
Field said, pointing to the transport ship moored at the lower berth in the distance.
"Antiga was originally one of the first planets to be invaded by Zerg, but now it is the safest. After we rescued many immigrant colonies, more people learned that Antiga not only did not fall, but actually
Driven away the invading zerg."
"We are the light of mankind, General." Hanak Hank said carelessly.
"The people who came are also very determined. After all, we are the rebels that the Terran Federation calls murderous." Warfield said.
"The refugees' civilian spaceships cannot fly too far without replenishing fuel, and Antiga is their only choice." He continued: "This is the only planet known to be relatively safe with a large number of troops stationed there.
Many people found their way here by mistake and originally wanted to use Antiga as a transit point."
"Let's go and take a look." Augustus looked at the civilian transport ship that seemed to be about to fall apart, and noticed that the pilot of the spacecraft was operating the propeller to turn.
"These refugees are likely to be mixed with people carrying the Zerg virus or agents from the Tyranid Federation, pirates or other organizations that have infiltrated. We must be careful. We suffered a big loss at the beginning." said Long Bi.
Destein finally spoke, becoming even more taciturn after almost everyone in his family died in the Korhal War and the Zerg invasion.
"I have full confidence in the soldiers who protect me." Augustus waved his hand, and no one would raise any objections.
The berth where Augustus was located was more than a thousand feet away from the civilian berth on the lower level, and one had to take an engineering elevator. The elevator was large enough to accommodate Augustus and his officers and guardsmen.
Only then did Augustus truly realize how massive this shipyard was. Its walls seemed like cliffs, and the small spaceships flying through them were as small as birds. The platform under construction in the distance and the tower above it
Just like black spots, dense black pipes extend along the section to be constructed.
The outer walls that are being pieced together and the rows of ten-inch alloy steel plates that will be laid are exposed to the space environment, so workers there must wear thick space overalls.
The lower platform seemed a bit crowded. All kinds of transport ships and galaxy hoppers were parked in the berths, and they were connected at the end, with no end as far as the eye could see. Most of the transport ships were old models from the colonial era, and they were tattered and repaired.
Like scrap metal, they may still be the spacecraft flown by the grandparents of these colonists.
There are several teams of Goliath armed robot guards here, and there are fully armed revolutionary army soldiers everywhere, and there are also multiple military medical teams on standby to deal with emergencies.
The rusty hatch of the transport ship that had just landed in the docking port opened amidst the sound of the air valve deflating, and a middle-aged couple and a blond little boy stepped out.
They were obviously frightened when they first came down, with panicked expressions on their faces, and seemed at a loss when they were inspected and interrogated by several revolutionary soldiers who ran past.
"They were scared." Kerrigan next to Augustus sighed: "There are 'rebels' everywhere here, or in other words, soldiers in uniforms make these people subconsciously afraid."
"Look at the emblem on the spacecraft, it's Altera. It's a pretty chaotic planet," Warfield said.
When Augustus led dozens of senior officers and soldiers towards the couple, they were obviously even more frightened.
"This is the dock of the Revolutionary Army. You are safe." When Augustus walked towards the couple, the soldiers around him stood and saluted him.
Augustus had a friendly smile on his handsome face, which seemed to have a strange magic power, immediately calming down the uneasy couple. If it was Tychus Finlay who came, then the other party would probably
I thought I had walked into an interstellar relay shipyard operated by black traders and pirates.
"General, we are from Altera." The husband of the couple suddenly felt courageous when he saw his family.
"I heard that the zerg and protoss were going to destroy Altera, so I ran away on the unloading ship I used to transport goods. These aliens are so terrible. They have already destroyed Cha Sara and Mar...
Sarah, Altera will soon be burned to stone by the protoss——"
"Have the zerg invaded Altera?" Augustus did not correct the man's misunderstanding of the protoss.
"I don't know, sir, there's talk of the zerg emerging in Taymar, and panic is spreading from town to town, and then the city is falling into chaos. There's a riot in the sky at Altera's launch port, I heard
The troops were still massacring those who stormed the airport before withdrawing..."
This middle-aged man with a haggard face became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he was fighting evil zerg and federal soldiers who were massacring civilians.
"I don't know what else there is. Sir, what I said is true. Altera is going to be over. Everyone wants to escape from there quickly, but many people not only don't have a spaceship, they don't even have a vehicle."
There are no decent cars.”
"...Sergeant, take them to the living level and arrange them. In two days, they will be sent to the Antiga star port to take a spaceship flying to the surface." Augustus said to the man who was just there.
said the revolutionary army officer who inspected the transport ship.
Then, Augustus walked up to the couple's son, who looked like he was only six or seven years old, and stared into the other's confused and frightened eyes with his cold gray eyes.