When the Battle of Tashai started, it was still dark in Augustgrad.
When Emperor Augustus learned the news, he had just been lying on a chair in the battle center of the palace for three hours. When he woke up, he summoned the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of War, the officers of the General Staff and the marshals who were in Korha.
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The matter was urgent. Augustus and his generals had believed that the primitive zerg would launch an attack on the Zenn-Gelgaris-Gauntlet line to break through the Mater.
Horner's fleet's defense line here.
"How many troops do we have in Tasha?"
When the emperor summoned the ministers, he was still wearing a straight blue and black navy uniform. The large-brimmed military cap embroidered with golden oak leaves and five stars was placed on the conference table next to him. His sharp gray eyes did not blink, as if
Silent statue.
In contrast, Darius, the Minister of War, who rushed over in a hurry, seemed a bit panicked. Strictly speaking, he was just a politician with great management ability, responsible for coordinating shipping and material dispatch to ensure that the empire could be delivered when the emperor deemed it necessary.
Have enough strength to start and win a war.
The staff officers, who wore neat uniforms and scarlet trousers, were much calmer. They all had great strategic knowledge and military talents, and were responsible for providing campaign planning, campaign plans and suggestions to the supreme commander, Emperor Augustus.
"There are only two Marine divisions stationed in Tasha, and they belong to the Antiga Army." There were many people standing in the combat center, and they all looked at the Chief of General Staff, General Ulysses Hargrove.
, it seems that only he can face the emperor's wrath.
Ulysses Hargrove is a tall, middle-aged man. He is not handsome, but he is very charming. Ulysses was only a member of the 1st Armored Division of the Korkha Revolutionary Army during the first total war.
Sergeant, he was later spotted by the current Imperial Army General Lundstein and recruited as a guard due to his bravery in battle.
After losing an eye against the swarm in the battle of Atticus Minor, Ulysses was sent to study at the Umoyan Military Academy. During his studies, Ulysses completed his "Popular Science"
The book "The Modern Koprulu Sector Battlefield" is regarded as a modern warfare textbook.
After graduation, Ulysses entered the newly established General Staff of the Tyran Empire. With the support of his old boss and the appreciation of the emperor, his promotions went smoothly. When he took over as Chief of General Staff last year, Ulysses was already promoted because of him.
He enjoys a high reputation in the imperial army for his educational supplementary books and military works with great strategic wisdom.
"General Matt Horner's fleet is the closest Imperial fleet to the planet, but he believes that the primitive zerg attack on Tasha is just a feint, and that their true purpose is to steal from Zion and Galgari.
In order to break through, only a full naval squadron was temporarily mobilized to support." One of Ulysses' eyes is a mechanical prosthetic eye, and the surrounding area is full of scars burned by acid.
During the Battle of Little Atticus, a dirty and deadly scorpion ambushed five of Ulysses' arc-light tanks. He and his warriors paid a very painful price to kill the brutal monster.
"General Horner submitted a detailed report, combining various information such as the advance route of the primitive zerg and the enemy's previous tactical deception to support his judgment," Ulysses said:
"I have read this report in detail and think that his judgment is very correct. If General Horner mobilizes the main fleet immediately after the attack on Tasha, the Agdra Ash Worm swarm in the front will immediately attack, and our
A huge hole will be ripped open in the defense line immediately."
"Then at this time, the Bracken system will become a protruding part of the empire's territory, and will then be surrounded by the Srivan swarm and Yagdra."
For humans, the Milky Way is a three-dimensional world rather than a plane, and can extend infinitely in all directions. The defense line of the Imperial Fleet is actually long and sparse, and the primitive zerg can completely bypass the Imperial Fleet or directly jump over them, but
This requires more time, and the dominator swarm following them will not give them this time.
"Does he think this is enough to hold Tasha?" Augustus looked at Ulysses.
"If this is not a feint, then the real breakthrough point of the primitive zerg swarm is in Tasha. The battle there will be the key to whether we can stop the primitive zerg, and it may even indirectly affect the outcome of the entire war."
The Empire continued the organization of the old Federation Navy, and the number of Minotaur-class battlecruisers owned by a naval squadron was approximately ten to fifteen, and the number of attached fleet ships was also clearly defined. If it were replaced by a giant
For beast level, this number is even higher.
A fringe world like Tasha can be conquered by soldiers aboard a battlecruiser, but if the enemy is Zerg, that's a different matter.
From the current point of view, the primitive zerg are much more powerful individually than their distant relatives, but they appear to be less organized when attacking.
After fighting against the swarm for so many years, if anyone still thinks that the zerg are a race that can only rely on numbers to overwhelm everything - although in most cases this alone is enough to defeat the human army, then they are completely wrong.
Although low-level zerg do not possess superhuman intelligence, cerebrates do. The zerg swarms are smarter than humans, and they are not greedy, internally dissatisfied, or fearful.
Among the staff officers sitting here, Colonel Ronald Jackson once taught those young and fledgling imperial officers:
We once thought that to defeat the Zerg we must have strict military training, fantastic tactics and powerful commanders, but we were wrong. I have to tell you, the Zerg also have these things.
If brainworms are reading Sun Tzu's Art of War and Theory of War, there's nothing they can't do.
"Such considerations cannot be ignored," said Ulysses.
The tribal leaders of the primitive zerg are no less intelligent than the cerebrates, but their binding force on the tribe members is far less than the latter. The primitive zerg leaders can also play tricks, but they are by no means generals who lead armies.
Talent.
This is one of the reasons why the original zerg were eventually driven out of their homeland. Their individual strength was generally stronger, but they were not united.
If the cerebrate generals who command the orders and prohibit the troops under their command are many loyal and extremely intelligent cerebrate generals, then the primitive zerg are noisy green forest heroes, and they will quarrel from time to time to compete for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance.
However, Zulwen, the Zongzu, may be an exception. It has lived too long and is far from the other powerful but stupid primitive zerg leaders.
"We have backup forces." Ulysses said the name of a planet.
Polaris Prime
That is the main star world closest to the battlefield, and the Eighth Fleet is stationed there. Carolina Davis, the commander of the fleet, is stationed there. But Priliance main star is still far away from Tasha, and water from a distance cannot quench the thirst of the near.
"Even if the third-generation warp engine is used, it will take two and a half months at the fastest. By that time, Tasha will have already fallen." Secretary of War Simon said.
"Unless this fleet has already set sail." Augustus said: "The time is almost up now."
The Eighth Fleet is a fleet that has only been established for two years. It has about forty battlecruisers, twenty-five of which are old Behemoth-class ships. Although they all use old battleships, this fleet has
Its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
As early as two months ago, Augustus ordered this fleet to rush to the front line. The original plan was to supplement the battleships lost by Edmund Duke.
"Immediately order the Davis fleet to change course and support Tasha." Augustus ordered.
Then, Augustus ordered: "Tell Matt and let him do it with confidence. As long as the leader of the Ember Worm swarm is killed, they will bow to us."
"Sorry I'm late." At this time, General Jim Raynor arrived belatedly. He had just returned from the military base outside Augustgrad and was traveling non-stop under the stars.
As the marshal Augustus relied on most, Renault was of course also busy with work. He not only had to help mobilize the army, but also had to take care of training new recruits. Fortunately, it was no longer Renault's turn to intervene in the training of sailors and soldiers in the naval fleet, otherwise it would be even more difficult.
want to sleep.
"Tasha, that's a great place." Renault said as he walked in:
"They really won't give up until they smash our home to pieces."
Tasha is a beautiful ocean world. There are tens of millions of large and small islands scattered in the blue ocean under the sun. The tides of this planet are just right to keep the ocean on the planet in a flowing state, bringing up the seabed.
Nutrients are used to nourish abundant aquatic life, but are not too strong to cause greater damage.
Compared with Char, whose surface is glowing orange-red with death, Tasha can be called a paradise world. The climate there is incredible. There are few natural disasters in this colonial world, and the zero-pollution air and ocean attract
millions of tourists.
All in all, Tasha is a good place to retire. Visitors can leisurely swim through the shallow sea full of beautiful coral reefs and lie on the beach under the warm sun and apply sunscreen.
"At least the primitive zerg will not poop on our heads. If there is no carpet, the destroyed city can still be rebuilt." Augustus said, asking someone to turn on the holographic projection of the conference table.
At this time, the star map has been replaced by various arrows and flags. In the lower right corner of the star map, the flag representing the imperial fleet is contending with the primitive swarm, and the Bracken system and the Tasha system are highlighted.
"It seems that we have another big battle in Tasha - rather, the primitive zerg will launch an attack at the same time, and all fronts will have to fight." Renault looked at the star map: "Because the overlord's swarm is chasing behind.
They, the primitive zerg, don't have time to stop and think about it."
"It's just that we don't know where the focus of the original zerg's attack is. It could be in Tasha, or it could be anywhere." He said.
"How can I put it, the battle line is too long, and there will always be primitive zerg slipping through our defense line. Sometimes, a dam cannot always open the gate to release water, especially when the flood season comes."
"What you mean is that it is better to clear the road than to block it." Augustus looked at Reno and said.
"I've been thinking about it for a while." When walking towards Augustus, people involuntarily gave way to Reno.
Jim Raynor is no longer the hot-blooded farm boy from Shiloh. He doesn't seem to have much power and never does any small tricks, but he has gained respect from both the political and military circles of the empire.
If something goes wrong, Renault is really trying to do both.
And his old friend Tychus Finley did an equally good job in a sense, and it was not easy to be disliked everywhere.
"In the past, we wanted to severely damage the original zerg and then deal with the Overlord, but then the Overlord's purpose of killing people with a borrowed knife would be achieved," Renault said:
"First give the primitive zerg a head-on blow to make them realize that they have hit an iron plate. Then open an opening for the primitive zerg swarm that is eager to break through, and they will rush in the direction we designate."
"It is not easy to do this. They must constantly correct their path so that the original zerg does not go astray." Augustus understood what Raynor meant. In short, it was to let the original zerg in Thailand.
Turn a small corner at the entrance of the Lun Empire and let them harm others.
The question is, who is the unlucky guy?
"I remember that the Taldarin Protoss is also in this area." Renault glanced at Augustus and laughed: Although it is far away, the direction is quite different."
"I'm sorry, I borrowed it, I borrowed it. Hello, Mrs. Victoria, you look just as glorious in your military uniform."
At this moment, the imperial royal brainworm wearing the uniform of a naval marshal moved into the combat center. The belt tied under the mouth was engraved with an eagle and a lion. The golden double-button button showed the royal temperament. The brainworm's small triangular eyes were sharp and menacing.
, the general's demeanor is just right.
"General Rhodes, you stepped on my tail, apologize as if you stepped on someone else's cock."
Royal Brainworm, the serious atmosphere in the combat center seems a lot more comical.
"Sorry, Marshal α." General Rhodes may have never been so embarrassed in his life.
"It's not about me, it's about breaking up the chicken." It took the brainworm several minutes to cover the distance of thirty yards.
"I just said you can't let it stay with Tychus. Look what this brainworm has learned." Marshal Renault thought to himself that you are still so incompetent:
"What are you doing here?"
Augustus also asked people to notify the brain worms. Although this guy often fights with others during meetings, he is a very military-minded brain worm. Because his perspective on problems is completely different from that of humans, he often
They will propose some military plans that can be described as crazy and anti-human.
"Damn, can you believe that Louis is still wetting the bed at this age? This is very wrong for a telepath." The brainworm opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, revealing a smile like a Cheshire cat.
"Look, look."
"It's indeed a problem." Augustus was silent for a moment: "Remember to take photos."
As I was writing this, I was reminded of the brainworms who watched the main character Mike Liberty’s speech at the end of the official book Freedom Crusade.