Augustus' orders were carried out most quickly and resolutely.
Led by the officers of the 011th Battalion of the Revolutionary Army Guards Division and the political commissar of the Pan-Taylon Kuomintang, more than a hundred soldiers of the 2nd Company stepped out of bunkers and bunker clusters and advanced rapidly forward with each combat platoon and fire support team as units.
The Goliath armed robots between the platoons used 30mm cannons to form crossfire above and in front of the soldiers.
The Wolf Warrior 1 mecha driven by Tychus took the lead, followed by the officers and political commissars who took the lead. An artillery company equipped with Camorian KMC mortars headed towards the incoming swarm ground troops under the instructions of observers and officers.
Opening fire, a large number of pulse bombs fell on the ground, providing powerful fire cover for the advancing Revolutionary Army infantry.
Under the puzzled gazes of the residents of Oasis Town, these soldiers in golden-red power armor ran steadily toward the hundreds of Alteras who were running towards them and the tens of thousands of Ye with bright purple carapace behind them.
The golden and red flags on the cockpits of the Mongard Zerg and Goliath armed robots were particularly eye-catching at this time.
At this time, these people who fled to Oasis Town had crossed the abandoned outpost on the outermost edge of the town and were getting closer and closer to the revolutionary soldiers rushing to rescue them. Due to the rugged terrain of Altera, vehicles would be difficult to use. Without spaceships and
For walking robots, all these people can rely on are their own legs.
They were already exhausted, and from time to time someone would be knocked down and dragged away by springtails that caught up, and would be torn into pieces as soon as they fell.
Seeing a heavily armed army running towards them, the remaining people saw hope. The fear of death and the hope of life suddenly overwhelmed all exhaustion, driving them to run hard into the distance.
A battle line composed of powered armor.
"Get behind us, and hurry up! The bugs are about to bite you in the butt." Tychus Finley at the front used the loudspeaker equipment of his Wolf Warrior 1 mech to shout to those people.
The new paint on this huge red mecha has long been scratched by Altera's whirlwind mixed with gravel and sand, but the golden wolf logo on the right shoulder of the mecha is still shining brightly. The lower part of the cockpit is painted in white
There is a line written on the paint: Guns and guns speak the truth.
Finally, the first person ran past the huge walking feet of Tichus's rumbling Wolf Warrior 1 mecha, followed by more people with frightened faces. A dark-skinned black-haired girl ran towards a revolutionary
The soldier stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but then a pair of hard alloy gloves stabilized her.
A bespectacled gas refinery engineer was caught by a Jörmungandr springtail while he was stumbling around. He immediately screamed in pain and was about to be dragged away.
Two revolutionary soldiers rushed towards the howling engineer. One of them dragged the Gauss rifle in his hand and thrust a sharp bayonet into the chest of the Jörmungandr springtail, forcing it to withdraw its forelimbs and fight back.
Another soldier pulled out the P-660 electromagnetic pistol from his waist and fired steadily at the springtail's head. The large-caliber depleted uranium bullet exploded the ugly head in just one shot.
When the last person walked past two Revolutionary soldiers who were about to raise their guns and shoot, Tychus put both hands into the exoskeleton system of the mecha's built-in sensitive sensors, and operated the Destruction System on the mecha's right arm.
The flamethrower ejected a stream of hot plasma that was more than ten feet wide, and burned the three springtails that rushed forward to ashes in a few seconds.
Tychus and the soldiers of the Revolutionary Guards Division behind him continued to move forward, forming a high wall of steel behind the people. In the eyes of those who were saved by them and the residents of Oasis Town, this high wall seemed like
Indestructible and unbreakable.
Augustus looked at the battlefield ahead from a distance: "The Seventh Division and the Ninth Division are gathering towards me, and we must form an encirclement in Oasis Town."
"Call the fleet, I need more fire support and air strikes."
At this moment, two more icy blue lightnings that tore through the sky flashed in the mottled sky of Altera, coming from the main guns of the Protoss fleet. Dozens of fighter planes of this Revolutionary Army Air Force wing flew past the oasis.
A bright barrage of rockets and incendiary bombs dropped from the sky over the town.
As he walked toward the front line, Augustus issued combat orders through the command system to the more than 20,000 revolutionary soldiers who landed in Altera. Amidst the deafening explosions and gunfire, Augustus passed through the artillery position, and Kerrigan
and the marshal's guard followed him closely.
The forgotten former Confederate Colonel Horace followed Augustus after hesitating for a moment. Only then did he notice that Augustus had a very strong aura, even comparable to those of the highly prestigious old Confederacy.
General. When Augustus loudly issued the order, Horace actually had the illusion that he was one of his subordinates.
At the same time, Horace was also surprised that Augustus issued the order to save people without hesitation, as if it should be the case. More importantly, Augustus' soldiers actually carried out the order without any hesitation.
.
At this time, the revolutionary army had completely taken over the positions to the north of Oasis Town, but the residents of Oasis Town who had gathered here to resist the Zerg attack did not leave or retreat, but chose to fight side by side with the revolutionary army.
At first, they were still suspicious of Augustus and his revolutionary army, but after seeing the scene just now, these people were convinced that the revolutionary army was really here to aid them.
It’s just that the Revolutionary Army soldiers who just rushed out to rescue people have undoubtedly been surrounded by the swarm in order to cover the retreat of civilians. This is unbelievable in the eyes of the residents of Oasis Town, including Horace. Most of them are selfish and altruistic.
And the spirit of dedication is pitiful.
Augustus ascended a sentry tower through the safety ladder, stared at the soldiers of the 2nd Company of the 011 Battalion in front through the telescope, and saw the dense, black insect swarm about to drown his brave soldiers. The residents of Oasis Town behind the trenches and bunkers
They all sighed, even the rats and flies in the gutters of Altera thought these people were real heroes.
"You don't need to rescue those people. They are just miners and lumberjacks. Compared to your soldiers, they are worthless." When Horace saw that the guards of Augustus soldiers did not stop him, he said
Go to Augustus and say to him.
Horace Mauben, a wanted criminal who was once a captain in the Federation Navy, saw with his own eyes that these soldiers rescued those people without hesitation, and realized that Augustus's revolutionary army was different from the regular Federation troops or the Fringe Sector soldiers he had seen in the past.
They can't be compared with the rebels. They seem to truly care about protecting civilians rather than the federal army who are just messing around or the peasant rebels who take advantage of the chaos to steal property.
Horace is used to seeing the ugliness in the world and human nature, and he has also seen upright and brave people, but he has never seen so many. The army of the Tyranids was once a place where elite nobles and brave warriors gathered, but now it has
People are superfluous and corruption is rampant, making it a hiding place for politicians and the descendants of famous families to gild and make money.
More than ten years ago, when Horace had just graduated from the Federation Military Academy in Tarsonis, he was still an ambitious young man with great ambitions, determined to protect the order of the Federation.
But upon graduation, Horace's teachers and friends persuaded him to stay in a cushy civilian job in Tarsonis' military armed services, so that he could get promoted quickly without having to deal with the dangerous Camorians and Yumorians.
Yang people.
Even so, the young Lieutenant Horace still applied for transfer to places that needed him. However, when he arrived at the military base in Tauros, the level of corruption there was beyond his imagination.
The Brubaker family, the founder family, has already controlled the arsenal and all the industries there. All the high-ranking military officers are just puppets of the Brubaker family. Everyone advised him not to think about going against the founding family and just lay there in confusion.
You can get money right away.
Augustus did not answer Horace's question, but just stared at the time on the HUD display on his helmet visor.
Ten seconds later, the psychic jammer in Oasis Town was activated. An invisible interference force field caused the Jörmungandr insect swarm near Oasis Town to become chaotic and began to kill each other. The second insect swarm was about to be besieged.
The company fought and retreated under the leadership of Tychus, and retreated to the defensive line.
The "Brainwave Bill" psychic disruptor has an extremely wide coverage area and can even affect zerg underground.
The zerg still have not found an effective way to crack the psychic jammer. Creatures with extremely powerful psychic powers, such as the brainworm and the elite kingworm Igsir, can counter this interference to a certain extent, but the prerequisite
It's that they are close enough to members of their own group.
Considering that the Zerg have suffered a lot from the Revolutionary Army's psychic disruptors, they will definitely eliminate this flaw through continuous evolution and genetic modification. Augustus only hopes that Swann's research progress can
Always maintain the upper hand in the war against the zerg - even though it's almost impossible to do so.
"Don't be wary, Tychus. Just let these zerg continue to kill each other. We will clean up the mess after they are almost dead."
After confirming that his soldiers were withdrawing to Oasis Town in an orderly manner, Augustus began to answer the question raised by Horace: "I don't think so, Mr. Horace."
Augustus did not explain to Horace in detail why he did what he did, because it was natural for him to save those people and there was no need to explain the reasons for doing so.
In the Sara system and Antiga Prime, millions of people were saved by Augustus's revolutionary army, and people, especially talented ones, are the most precious.
"Even these criminals in Altera?" Horace asked again.
"The people imprisoned in Altera are not just criminals, many of them are political prisoners or revolutionaries who have been persecuted by the Federation. Even the people here are not all criminals who deserve to be tried by the law." Augustus
Talk to him calmly.
"Of course, once Altera is recovered, I will definitely reestablish law and order on this planet." He continued: "You may think that I am a benevolent person, but I will definitely use an iron fist to eliminate Altai.
to ensure that people who abide by the law and work hard are not threatened by the most vicious people.”
"Alterra is a planet rich in resources. People here can get huge rewards even if they don't commit crimes."
"I have to admit that although I thought you were a brat who was arrogant because of your family background at first, you have indeed proved that you are a qualified leader." Horace said.
"Marshal Augustus is not only a qualified leader, he is definitely the best one you have ever seen." Kerrigan reminded Horace.
"Maybe you are right." Horace stared at the two men and women in front of him who seemed to him to be too young, and said nothing more: "You are indeed the same as those federal generals, CEOs of Camorion or those I have met.
The leaders of the resistance are all different. At least you are really carrying out what you promised."
Even Horace, who had gone through many trials and tribulations, had to admit that he was wrong at the beginning. As a leader of the revolutionary army who had already become famous, Augustus was certainly not in vain.
If you talk to Augustus face-to-face, you will find that his demeanor and every word and deed are very confident and convincing. Augustus is a very charming person, and anyone who meets him will be convinced.
I firmly believe this.
"Maybe you can really overthrow the founding family of the Federation and establish a new republic." Horace said: "If you really can do it, then you will become the ruler of the new regime."
"I heard an old saying, there is a long way to go." As Augustus said, he walked down the guard post and met the group of Altera people who had been rescued by the revolutionary army.
Augustus noticed that most of these people were wearing regular workers' overalls rather than the fancy costumes of the residents of Oasis Town. These were strong laborers and they did not look like locals.
As soon as these people reached the interior of Oasis Town, they collapsed on the road. Some people fainted directly, while some had faces with the joy of surviving the disaster.
"I heard that these people work for Kemorian's gas refinery in Altera." Horace said to Augustus: "That's why the people in Oasis don't like them."
"Where are you from?" Augustus found a miner who still had the strength to speak. Judging from his clothes, he should be an overseer. The logo on his clothes was something similar to what Augustus had seen in Moria.
of.
"Thank you for your help... We almost died. Many people died..." It was a bald middle-aged man with a nice beard. He said hesitantly: "We are
Miners around here."
"There is nothing to hide. We are Camorians. A few years ago, the Moria Mining Federation established many high-energy gas refining plants near Oasis Town to extract Altera's rich gas resources and transport them back to the federation.
Inside the body.”
"This is theft," said Horace angrily.
"We were the first to discover this planet, and you Tyranids are the latecomers and plunderers!" the bald man immediately responded angrily.
Both sides hold their own opinions.
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