At dawn, an entire formation of grizzly bombers passed over the Flooding River of Antioch, and the dull sound of their engines caused the frightened beasts in the primeval rainforest to scatter in all directions.
There were low roars everywhere, the sound of tree branches snapping and the screams of birds fluttering into the air. A huge convoy of light armored vehicles and off-road vehicles loaded with supplies rumbled past the quietly flowing river.
Rolling over colored pebbles and shellfish that glowed like jewels in the morning light.
Sarah Kerrigan neatly inserted the dagger in her hand into the brain of an Elbanga tiger, and then used her mind blast ability to mislead the two soldiers into the marching column and rush towards Augustus' Austrian palace.
The brains of the M'hara predators exploded, and the two giant predators, which were once regarded as gods by the ancient star spirits, fell to the ground with dripping blood flowing from their mouths and the three giant eyes.
When Augustus looked away from a portable holographic projection, Corporal Faraday, who was standing beside the marshal, had already pulled out his blaster pistol and crushed the head of a Myru monster.
"These beasts are crazy. They seem to have been blinded by urine. They are running around and hitting our guns." Tychus Finley was holding a heavy machine gun in one hand and another in the other hand.
But he was throwing a grenade into a hole deep underground dozens of yards away.
"Aha, maybe we can have a good meal tonight," said Harnack Hank.
As Tychus and Harnak cheered, the grenade blew up the entire cave.
They were standing in a clearing in the forest left by the diversion of the river, surrounded by dense shrubs, ferns, and palm-like plants. The plants in the Ayr primitive rainforest were surprisingly tall, and all the leaves were shaped like a
A giant fan blade blocks the sky and the scorching sun.
The Flooding River sparkling in the sun, with its purity and beauty, became the baptism place for the Fennatier tribe in Antioch Province. It is considered sacred and pure. The Flooding River never dries up.
The flood season with the most abundant water will not affect the tribes and creatures along the way. Protoss poets have written countless moving poems about it.
If it weren't for the frantic wild animals and moving armies and vehicles in the forest, this would be a holy place for meditation for the Templars of Antioch.
However, the river was sometimes mixed with blood, and the corpses of a large number of El creatures meandered down the river, and the entire river was dyed red with blood.
"Hey, you two idiots, there are Aiur's herbivores in there, and they are not aggressive in any way." Kerrigan yelled immediately upon seeing this.
"You are too involved, little girl. Who knows if that damn beast will come out and threaten the name of our great marshal, or fucking kill us all." Tychus said casually.
"It's not our fault. Who let it block Uncle Hanak's way?" Hanak smiled, showing his fangs.
"How did you get these two scum in?" Kerrigan said to Augustus.
"Who knows." Augustus shrugged: "Sarah, you are becoming more anxious - have you sensed that the zerg are around here?"
"Yes, I can feel the unified, cruel thoughts of the zerg crying across the upper reaches of the floodlight river. They are the walking embodiment of death." Kerrigan said: "I seem to be able to hear the will of the zerg.
Buzzing in my head."
"Your perception of the zerg has become more and more acute. I hope this is a good thing." Augustus turned his attention to the battle map projected by the holographic projection in front of him, paying attention to the location information of each unit.
The Revolutionary Army deployed at least 150,000 troops, marines and engineers on Antioch, with a large number of vehicles and fighter planes, even more than the number of troops invested by the Tyranids and the Camorian Federation on Sigma Prime during the Guild War.
sum.
These troops are marked on the entire combat map according to their numbers, and are moving slowly on the map generated in real time based on data. Some troops are stagnant due to blocked attacks, but currently no entire battalion-level troops have been moved.
A complete defeat occurred.
Today, Ayr is full of dangers, and the revolutionary army far away from home temporarily does not have any troops to replenish. Therefore, the casualties caused by the arrival of the zerg and other losses caused by non-combat attrition such as disease have become Augustus's biggest headache.
The place.
Most areas of Antioch are primeval rainforests full of dangers, filled with crazed beasts and cruel insects. They hide in the canopy and dense vegetation. Any Revolutionary soldier who takes the rainforest lightly will pay a bloody price.
.
Even though Ayr's rivers are pure and non-poisonous, drinking them is considered forbidden and contains enough venomous snakes, terrifying leeches and other deadly creatures to kill a strong young man.
The soldier died tragically.
The latest research proves that since the zerg began to study infectious diseases that could infect humans, the zerg virus has also begun to spread through the air and rivers. This is likely to be the work of the zerg brainworm Carlos.
"The Alpha Squadron at the front has encountered a huge vanguard force of the Jormungandr Swarm, and they are engaged in a bitter battle." He then ordered on the channel through the encrypted communication device: "Let Rondstein's troops
Go to support immediately...They will be supported by the protoss force Grand Archon Fenix."
"Continue to move forward and capture the secondary main nest of Jormungandr. The entire cobweb-covered waters of the Flooding River Basin will be ours."
"Jörmungandr was the first zerg group to invade the Koprulu sector, and it was also one of the largest groups." Kerrigan was both Augustus' adjutant and an outstanding military strategist. This did not come from
His training courses at the Federation's Ghost Academy on Tarsonis were based on his innate strategic intuition.
"In the past year, the activities of the Jormungandr swarm in the Koprulu sector have significantly decreased. It seems that this is because they have followed the Overlord to Aiur."
"Their brainworm Yak must also be on Aiur." Augustus frowned, feeling extremely troubled by the problem he faced.
"However, the information we have received shows that almost all the Cerebrate nests are near the Overlord's body embedded in the surface of Aiur. This is to deal with the assassination of the Protoss Dark Templar, leaving Zeratul and the others unable to attack."
"If you want to kill a Cerebrate or make the Overlord feel threatened, you must go deep into the main zerg nest area." He used his fingers to connect the northern Thane Province of Antioch Province with the Overlord Swarm occupied area.
distance.
"In other words, we must face at least three powerful groups guarding the Lord."
"There are only three to four groups guarding Char, which means that all the other zerg groups have now come to Aiur." Kerrigan looked at Augustus and said.
"This is a new counterattack against the area occupied by the Zerg. According to Protoss Executive Artanis, the Protoss Empire's many previous counterattacks against the Zerg Swarm ended in failure after a brief victory. Protoss Empire
They can defeat and kill all the zerg in front every time, but once they go deep into the hinterland, they will be repelled by the swarms that come later," she said.
"At that time, the Protoss Empire's military strength had not declined as much as it does now. How can we do what they can't do."
"Tassadar summoned all those templars who were willing to follow him, and even many commoners of Karai volunteered to help them." Augustus said: "Tassadar activated all the colossi and matriarchs on Aiur.
Ship, this is the advantage of our counterattack."
He told Kerrigan clearly: "If it weren't for these weapons, then I would only have one suggestion for Tassadar, and that is to quickly transfer the refugees, and then gather all the protoss fleet branches to recover Aiur."
When he said this, Augustus received another report from the frontline troops. General Duke of the Alpha Squadron told him proudly that his troops had perfectly completed the orders of the Marshal's headquarters and had destroyed Jormunga.
Obtain the largest secondary main nest of the Insect Swarm in the Antioch Province.
Currently, Alpha Squadron and Archon Phoenix's troops are preparing to continue advancing northward as planned to retake the capital city of Antioch, which has been reduced to ruins.
This means that the coalition forces' operations in the Antioch province are going smoothly, and the zerg that have been widely spread in Antioch are being eliminated by the protoss and humans.
After the Colossus joined the battle, the Zerg were really caught off guard. At the same time, the Zerg were also puzzled. If the Protoss had such a powerful weapon, why didn't they use it before.
"I said, the protoss base camp is full of bugs. We don't even spend enough time watching the show to deal with the bugs for these aliens. They are arrogant and arrogant. They are just talking to you with their noses." Tai.
Keyes dragged one of Rombard's creatures out of the cave he had blown down, skinning it with a knife as he spoke to Augustus.
"That may be just because the protoss is too high." Augustus said: "Tychus, many times, we do something not for obvious benefits or other naked purposes.
"
"Stop lecturing me." Tychus exhaled through his nostrils: "So, if we help the protoss once, they will come to help us deal with the Federation in the future?"
"It can't be said that the protoss usually does not intervene in disputes between other races." Augustus said with a smile.
"There are always exceptions, right? They just need to lend us some good things to use." Tychus smiled maliciously: "We have a life-long friendship with them, and brothers should help each other."
No matter how much Tychus dislikes the rules and regulations of the Revolutionary Army, he has already claimed to be a soldier of the Revolutionary Army. This is not because Tychus has a righteous heart, but because he relies on this title to get around in the world on the edge of the Federation that is close to the Revolutionary Army.
It's going smoothly, and there are even many young and beautiful girls throwing themselves into his arms.
"If the Tyranid Federation attacks our planet, the Protoss will definitely not sit back and watch the Revolutionary Army perish." Kerrigan said: "If Tassadar takes over the Supreme Council and takes charge of the Protoss Empire, then there will be a conflict between the Protoss Empire and us.
We will always maintain excellent diplomatic and cooperative relations."
"You should be able to imagine that such cooperation will involve many aspects..."
"I don't understand." Hanak has always been a red-haired boy with novel ideas: "If this is the case, do we still have to kill those people in the Protoss Council?"
"In any case, it is very unfavorable for us for the Supreme Council to continue to be in power." Augustus nodded and said: "They did not hesitate to issue the order to burn the human planet. Who knows if these bastards will do it again in the future?
What other crazy things will he do?"
"There is a situation. There are insects at three o'clock." Kerrigan suddenly said.
"Protect the marshal!" Tychus, who was still chattering just now, immediately stood up. Harnak, who was wearing heavy fire bat armor, and Farad were guarding Augustus one after another.
"What are the people on guard doing? Are they shitting?" Hanak yelled.
"It's not their fault, it's the Nydus worms that brought these zerg." Kerrigan explained: "There are only about four to five hundred of them. I suspect this is an assassination mission by the zerg against you."
"Oh, you're throwing yourself into a trap." Tychus put his hands on his hips and said, "But they didn't expect that you are a human-shaped insect-sensing radar."
"What are the battalion-level troops closest to us?" Augustus asked with an unchanging expression.
Augustus's headquarters was in the middle of a huge march. The army was advancing at full speed, so it was unable to clear out the insects and wild beasts wandering in the rain forest.
"The 114th and 148th Battalions, they belong to..." Kerrigan said in the flash of lightning.
"Let them carry out the mission of cleaning up." Augustus said immediately.
"The divisional artillery units of the 9th Division can also provide us with fire support." Kerrigan said: "..."
At this time, the clicking sound of the Zerg carapace colliding with each other became more and more obvious. A large number of Springtails and Hydra Hydralisks with white chitin exoskeletons and bright crowns suddenly emerged from the right side of Augustus and others.
Appear in the jungle.
Their obvious physical characteristics come from the Grund insect group that is proficient in hunting, but they are different from those seen by the Revolutionary Army in Char. The El animal group has evolved moist skin and blue color to adapt to the heat and humidity of the planet.
The green protective color makes these zerg look more vivid.
The Grund swarms also have huge sail-like dorsal fins on their backs that can absorb sunlight, allowing them to draw energy from the hot star rays of the Aiur system just like the protoss.
However, before the Revolutionary Army soldiers could open fire, a Protoss spaceship that the Revolutionary Army had never seen suddenly appeared above the Zerg. It had fin-like flying wings and a meniscus-shaped hull.
Glowing with golden light, it is as elegant and delicate as other protoss ships.
The difference is that this spaceship has more gems and patterns that highlight class characteristics.
After a flash of light, two colossi suddenly appeared above the Grund swarm, followed by hundreds of protoss warriors wearing red robes instead of armor. They held psychic war spears and
The ancient Sigma sword, its powerful psychic power fills the surrounding area with a blue psychic storm.
"An Arbiter." Only Augustus recognized the ship.
"They can only be driven by the protoss of the Arbitrator class, and those soldiers in red should be the troops directly under the Supreme Council, the guards of the Supreme Council."
"The Supreme Council still keeps its word, which at least makes my impression of them somewhat different."