On the 12th, a Terran Federation naval fleet mainly composed of seven Behemoth-class battlecruisers appeared in the h-34 star system 5.9 light-years away from the Crusaus star system.
This fleet had just experienced a tragic battle, and there were not many supply ships, towing barges and frigates left. In the ripples of the jump force field, huge bullet holes and burn marks were all over the few dozen remaining large and small ships.
The surface of the ship is as shocking as a hideous scar.
After a long and long-distance voyage through space and time, the scarred fleet was obviously exhausted. They did not even dare to stay here for long and sent resource collection ships to collect high-energy gas from the fourth giant planet in the galaxy.
Refuel and briefly repair damaged ships in a dense atmosphere.
Not long after the fleet emerged from the jump state, it entered the pincer-like encirclement of the two Revolutionary fleets. Then the commander of the Federation immediately announced its surrender, and the Revolutionary Army Admiral Horace Warfield immediately issued a cease-fire order.
On that day, Revolutionary Army Marshal Augustus Mengsk and Crusas Guard 3 met the commander of the Federation fleet, Major General Gregory Reikson, of the Federation Navy Omega Squadron in the Governor's Mansion.
commander.
In the governor's office in the governor's palace facing the city center park, Augustus listened carefully to Gregory's personal memories of the Battle of Tarsonis a few days ago, and told the other party that he was determined to break through the siege of the UED expeditionary force just to surrender to the revolution.
He was greatly moved by the surrender of his army and praised him as a "Spartan" Tyranid hero.
"The weapons of the people on Earth are more advanced than ours, and their tactical concepts are far superior to those of the conservative-minded Federation High Command." Major General Gregory once again emphasized that the tragic defeat in the Battle of Tarsonis was a non-war crime, believing that the Federation High Command was deaf and
Blind and ignorant of the enemy's tactics.
Standing in front of Augustus is a thin Federation Navy general. His lean and rosy face is full of traces left on various dangerous planets in the Koprulu sector, like ravines and canyons.
Gregory has a thick walrus beard on his broad lips, and a thick and thick eyebrow across the deep-set eye sockets. He has an aura of self-confidence and a simple iron-black buzzcut.
This further contributed to this formidable momentum.
Like many federal commanders Augustus had seen, Gregory's eyes were firm and resolute. He was a standard federal aristocratic officer, and could not be compared to the incompetent heirs of the founding family who were hanging around in the naval department.
Although he had just experienced a bitter battle in which he almost lost his life, Gregory still wore the neat uniform of a federal navy general.
It was a beautiful uniform with a dark blue base color, a standard open-collared tunic jacket with gold medals and epaulettes pinned on it, trousers of the same color that were ironed straight, with almost no wrinkles visible. The hat was
It is a wide-brimmed military cap with an embroidery of the Federal Navy cap badge, above which is a silver eagle emblem surrounded by a flower crown.
These are federal professional soldiers who have received systematic education and training. They have served in the federal army for many years and are always ready to defend the unity of the federation.
If Augustus had not always strictly enforced discipline and regulations in the revolutionary army, then his men would have been closer to a loose peasant rebel army and a slovenly pirate organization.
"The people of Earth have taught us a lesson." Augustus made a brief comment on Gregory's words.
Augustus knew that this was actually not the fault of the Federal High Command, because they could not contact the Federal Navy fleet in high-altitude orbit at all. It was even difficult to get in touch with each other, like steel in the war.
Created as an isolated island, confusion in command is inevitable.
Many centuries ago, various human armies still used carrier pigeons to shout to communicate, but the federal generals and commanders who were muted by UED electric pulse weapons in the vacuum could not rely on shouting to tell their friendly ships where they should be.
Assemble and figure out where to break through next.
"It really caught us off guard." When talking to Augustus, Gregory always couldn't help but glance at Sarah Kerrigan who was standing behind him, because he heard about the Revolutionary Army Marshal's death.
There were many dangerous women around him, and none of the assassins sent by the Federal Security Service could get close to him, let alone assassinate him.
Kerrigan is of course quite dangerous, and a lot of that word is out of the question.
"At that time, more than 90 battlecruisers from Omega Squadron, Delta Squadron, Epsilon Squadron, Sigma Squadron, Theta Squadron and Deep Blue Squadron were moored above Tarsonis's three orbital defense platforms. All kinds of battleships were there.
The arrangement of letters is huge." Gregory said to Augustus:
"220 divisions are deployed on orbital defense platforms, space-based weapon stations and satellites alone, and the armor of the fortresses on them is thick enough to withstand frontal bombardment from battlecruiser guns."
"We have long received information that the UED fleet has appeared in nearby galaxies, so the Federation High Command ordered all fleets to stand ready to show the power of Tarsonis to the people on earth who do not know whether to live or die." He said.
"But it turned out to be a complete disaster. Of course, this was just hindsight." Augustus already knew something about the Battle of Tarsonis, but after all, he was not as good as the federal commanders who had actually experienced this war.
"Yes." Gregory sighed: "All the computer-controlled weapons on the orbital defense platform betrayed us at the same time. The weapon systems fired at our soldiers at will, and blood flowed into rivers in an instant."
"Then a bigger disaster came. The cargo docking ship that was suddenly taken over by the intelligent program began to ram into our warships. Then the space station also changed its orbit and collided with the defense platform."
"When faced with an attack from the rear, most captains did a great job. They still stood firm and reluctantly issued attack orders to uncontrolled ships. But then, the communication between the fleets fell into a breakdown.
There was chaos, and a large number of UED warships jumped in and attacked us quickly," he said.
"Not only that, in the strong electromagnetic interference force field created by the enemy, even the weapon system of the warship failed. No matter how hard our mechanics and technical experts kicked and hit, it was of no avail. When they resumed operation,
Our defense line has been beaten into a sieve."
"Right now, I have begun to doubt whether the original order was issued by the High Command. It was that order that put us right between the orbital defense platform and the enemy fleet. After four years of investing countless manpower and material resources,
Weapons built with financial resources are aimed at us without scruples."
"This is exactly what Gerald Dugar wanted." Augustus said the name of a commander of the UED expeditionary force. He is now considered the most terrifying opponent of the Tyranids. But few people know that Gerard
Behind Rad Dugar, Alexei Stokov is also a very dangerous figure, and the latter has always been very low-key.
"You didn't lose unjustly."
The Tyranid Federation is no longer the over-expanded powerful regime it was just after the Guild War. The impact of the Zerg and Protoss caused the Federation to lose too many colonies and fleets, and the losses caused to them by the Revolutionary Army cannot be ignored.
The Tyranid Federation in its heyday may not necessarily lose to the Earth's expeditionary force. It can only be said that the timing of the opponent's invasion was really well decided.
Augustus then asked Gregory: "Can you determine how many battlecruisers the Ued has?"
"There are at least 50, and it can be seen that they are all warships built by us. The people on earth have made subtle modifications to these warships, which at least can make them not affected by chaotic electromagnetic interference." Gregory answered.
explain.
"Do they carry hybrids in their fleet?" As Augustus was speaking, Kerrigan next to him promptly handed over a photocopied picture.
"I believe you must be familiar with this."
"Mixed..." Gregory's brown pupils shrank, and he sat down on a chair opposite Augustus slumped.
Hybrid, this is an extremely evil word. A genetically twisted monster, an evil hybrid creature, just mentioning its name is enough to scare people.
"We did not find such monsters on Earth's warships, but they did appear on orbital defense platforms," he said.
"Later we learned from the Marines who also evacuated from Tarsonis that the inhuman monster was not only powerful and indestructible, but could also control human minds. Does this sound like a magical story? But it is indeed true.
of."
"It was those railgun crews who were insane under the influence of the hybrid manning the cannons and firing at us. Those poor guys must have been completely crazy because they were also firing at Ued ships."
"...Well, that is to say, ued actually cannot completely control this mixture." Augustus proposed an idea.
"To be more precise, I even suspect that they don't understand the true face of this monster at all. Rather than saying that the people on earth are driving this monster to fight for them, it is better that they are just slaves holding the reins of the hybrid."
"That's right. The hybrid will not only attack our people, but also the Earth's army. This crazy attack is indistinguishable even from our perspective." Gregory blinked at Incruza My eyes looked dry due to the dry autumn wind.
"The hybrid can undoubtedly cause unimaginable harm to our troops who have no mental protection, but it will also do the same to the people of Earth."
"...a double-edged sword." Augustus smiled: "Could this be Stukov's idea? This thing will do more harm to you than to us."
An important piece of information is that the UED Expeditionary Force cannot control the hybrid at all. In other words, Dugar will not use this weapon at will in conventional warfare until he has mastered the method of controlling the hybrid.
In this world, apart from Narud who developed the hybrid, Augustus may be the only one who knows that no one other than Eamon can truly control the hybrid.
The cunning Narud will definitely obtain the support and funding from the ued expeditionary force with the promise of developing a more powerful and easier-to-control hybrid, and with his wisdom, he will be able to do it in a flawless manner.
ued, or other people and forces who will bid for the hybrid in the future will never know, Narud will only make them think that they can control the hybrid.
Maybe one day, Augustus believed that one day, Narud would sell the hybrid to himself, saying that this weapon would be flawless against protoss and zerg, and would ensure the safety of the Tyranid Empire.
Augustus' brother Arcturus might have thought this was a good idea, thinking that he could use Narud as he had controlled everyone else. But unfortunately, Augustus knew the truth.
"Now, a large number of hybrids are still destroying the city of Tarsonis and killing civilians, and the Ued people seem to be still busy cleaning up these uncontrolled monsters, and they are much more difficult to deal with than the Federation army." Kerry behind him. Lieutenant Gan added.
"It's just that Gerald took all the credit for eliminating the hybrids. He claimed that the federal government released these monsters. This seems to be completely tenable, because the hybrids kill everyone on sight, and against the people on earth, He’s also not merciful.”
"I bet that this was probably Dr. Narud's idea, because Dugar must not be such a shameless person." Augustus commented.
"They can't control the hybrid, period, and forcing this monster onto Tarsonis is like releasing aphids into your neighbor's garden."
In recent days, Tarsonis has gradually been able to communicate with the outside world, and Augustus' command has also regained contact with Tarsonis' revolutionary party.
Intelligence showed that a considerable number of the hybrids were successfully recovered after the battle on Tarsonis surface gradually subsided, but many were still killing people in densely populated areas and military camps.
"Fortunately, there are only a few hundred hybrids on Tarsonis. Even so, the damage caused by these monsters is terrible." Kerrigan said.
"Dear Mr. Dugar, I'm afraid it will take some time to clean up the mess." As Augustus said this, he picked up a glass of Crusader local wine on the table and handed it to Gregory, who had bloodshot eyes.
This kind of wine produced from the left bank of the New Babylon River has a mellow taste. Drinking a glass of it will leave a fragrance on your lips and teeth. The aroma from local nuts is refreshing. Even Arcturus Mengsk, who is very picky about wine, also likes it.
Importantly, this kind of wine contains some kind of negative ions, which can relieve the drinker's nervousness.
"Thank you for your generosity. The people of Omega Squadron are blessed only by the marshal." Gregory took the wine glass from Augustus and said.
Gregory was not the only federal military force to defect to the Revolutionary Army during this period, but it was also the largest. At the same time, federal fleets that were defeated by the UED expeditionary force were constantly entering the territory of the Revolutionary Army to seek refuge.
This part of the federal army was beaten to the point of losing their fighting spirit by UED. They were afraid that the people on earth would catch them in federal territory, or they wanted to defect to Augustus.
After the federal parliament was completely destroyed, the current federation has essentially fallen apart.
The exiled Creation Family and some federal officials have announced the formation of a provisional government to continue to lead the remaining federal military forces to fight against the Earth invaders, but they do not even dare to announce the location of the provisional government.
"I have always respected generals like you who are serious, responsible, hard-working and extremely talented in command. After all, you were already the commander of the federal navy when I was a petty officer." Augustus said
Respect is never fake:
"I will give Omega Squadron the same treatment as Alpha Squadron and Nova Squadron, as long as you and your soldiers declare allegiance to me and the revolution."
Gregory's Omega Squadron was definitely a surprise for Augustus. Alpha and Omega were the first and last in the federal navy's combat sequence respectively. They were also prestigious federal military forces, and they were definitely
A brave teacher.
As a prestigious Federation Navy squadron, Omega has its own planet station and a unique and complete resocialized soldier factory. It is the soldiers produced by these factories that gave rise to the evil reputation of Omega Squadron's Dead Skeletons.