On the 14th of that month, the Tyranid Empire dispatched troops to the sovereign territory of the Kemerian Commonwealth. An imperial fleet led by General Abram Cruikshank set off from Grnaki Prime.
According to the Universe News Network UNN, this Imperial fleet can be described as huge in scale. Countless starships support the dome of the main star of Gernaki, which is clearly visible even in low-Earth orbit. Millions of Imperial soldiers are at various star ports at the same time.
Boarding the plane with the orbiting space station, the scene was shocking.
Even taking into account UNN's consistent Spring and Autumn style of writing, even folding it in half is enough to shock Xiao Xiao.
If the brainworms are also watching the news, they can be frightened for a while.
Reaction within the empire was mixed, with some praising the emperor's ambitions and others expressing opposition.
The people of the empire are not very vocal about supporting the Camorian Federation. People even think that their children should not die for the Camorian people. Considering the grudges between the Tyranids and the Camorian, this is also
excusable.
Others believe that opening too many battlefields will lead to over-dispersion of troops, which will face great challenges in both troop recruitment and logistics. Obviously, it is the Tyranid Empire that is facing the main force of the swarm, and its troops are already stretched thin.
You also have to take care of two estranged brothers.
Who knows whether the Camorians will appreciate it, or these shrewd businessmen may even turn their backs on them.
But many people still understand the truth. After all, there are a considerable number of citizens of Camorian descent living in the territories of the Tyranids. The Camorian Federation regime has actually collapsed, and it is absolutely impossible to expect them to drive away the Zerg on their own.
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And since the Emperor has decided to intervene in the crisis of the Camerian Federation, he cannot withdraw his decision just because of mere objections.
On the 24th, Crushank's fleet arrived at Boone, the sovereign planet of the Kemerian Federation. Several main divisions of the Imperial Marines boarded landing ships and airdrop pods and landed on the warm and humid forest grassland of Boone.
A fierce battle broke out nearby with the zerg.
This is a well-equipped and well-trained imperial army. Two of the main divisions are still ace troops during the Revolutionary Army. The remaining troops are also regular troops who have served for more than four years. They have received rigorous training to overcome the resistance to Zerg.
Fear. A truly outstanding Imperial soldier should be as obedient and brave as a Resocialized soldier.
The training of Imperial soldiers is completely different from that of the Kaimorian Consortium and Umoyan. Not only are the zerg simulated by holograms, but Imperial soldiers also regularly participate in actual combat training - they face a real alien species.
Bugs are cyborg zerg manufactured by Cerberus Corporation.
On the battlefield, they will face well-trained Cerberus zerg, perhaps only a few hundred, but possibly more than a hundred thousand. Although these zerg will not really hurt them, if the soldiers have any
Although he was lax, his and his comrades' names might appear on the target list of those killed in action.
The technology of the Cerberus zerg is still immature and there is still the possibility of losing control, so there is still a cerebrate loyal to the Tyranid Empire to control them.
The soldiers all know the code name of this brain worm, because it is the most famous instructor. Its status is equivalent to the AI instructor Mechanical Sergeant Tavis in the old Federation recruit training camp, except that the brain worm is a living highly intelligent creature, and
Ten thousand times more cunning than AI.
This somewhat naughty cerebrate has received strict training. It is very strict and is feared by soldiers. If a brigade fails miserably in an actual combat exercise with the Cerberus swarm, then they will be laughed at by their commanders and say
The brainworm was eating popcorn and playing arcade machines and knocked you all over.
At the same time, many new weapons and equipment that have never been unveiled have been put into use in Boone, including mechanized troops composed entirely of warrior wolves, evil bats and giant Goliath robots. The ace number troops are even equipped with MK II Odin machines.
A. Restrictions on tactical nuclear weapons have also been completely relaxed.
The emergence of new units such as Marauders, Medics, Hurks and Reapers has also greatly improved the combat and survivability of the Imperial Army.
However, the zerg have also evolved more efficient and powerful physiological structures and biological weapons. As a watershed in the iteration of weapon updates, the wars before and after Brood War were completely different forms.
The Imperial army that landed on Boone encountered a swarm army mainly composed of new zerg variants, cockroaches and poisonous banelings. These monsters with multiple pairs of appendages have wide bodies and carapace covered with sharp spikes and protrusions.
There is a pair of high-density cutting sickle-shaped claws on its back, which are sharp enough to cut through human armor and synthetic steel.
Cockroaches are also the most notorious species in the current insect swarm. They are often deployed on the front lines by brainworms as the backbone of the group. They are a classic variant that emerged as the modern insect swarm continues to evolve and become stronger.
The salivary glands in their mouths can secrete a lethal corrosive liquid. This strong acid is ejected through the contraction of the surrounding muscles, and can even melt the alloy steel armor of a siege tank into a pool of smoking flowing metal.
Generally speaking, cockroaches really attack by spitting.
Even the highly mutated tissues of cockroaches are not immune to this strong acid, but their powerful self-healing ability can neutralize it. The self-healing ability of cockroaches is so powerful that imperial soldiers once saw several cockroaches that had been
The smashed cockroaches burrowed into the ground for a while and then crawled out intact.
When swarms of cockroaches appear on the horizon, it will be a sensational sight. These monsters covered with hard black carapace are shaped like small armored vehicles. The pair of sickle-shaped claws standing up on their backs are like walls and forests, like countless
The marching blade.
The characteristics of the cockroach strains in each region are different. For example, the cockroaches of Moria absorb the excessive rare earth and metal elements on the planet and grow a carapace that far exceeds that of other varieties. It is a unique cockroach species.
After death, it can also split into multiple small cockroaches.
Compared to the cockroach species found in Char, these in Boone are larger and have thicker carapace, like black armored tanks.
The Imperial soldiers who landed on Boone called these cockroaches black lunchboxes, and used the issued individual repulsor rockets and self-destruction robots to deal with them, jokingly calling them "open boxes".
Against the dense heavy armor of cockroaches, the Gauss rifles of the Imperial Marines had little effect. They could only use heavy weapons such as armor-piercing grenades, large-caliber railguns, and D-series cluster explosives. The Imperial commanders on the battlefield
People are more accustomed to calling for artillery and air support when seeing large numbers of cockroaches.
Not only cockroaches, but new variants such as poisonous banelings, infected worms, swarm hosts and brood lords also appear in the genetic sequence of the Boone swarm.
The last thing the Imperial Marines want to encounter is a swarm of poisonous banelings. These bloated creatures filled with strong acid are mutated from ordinary springtails. A single baneling can wipe out several squads of marines.
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And since this is still an era dominated by Cerebrates, past variants such as Lurkers, Scorpions, Queens, and Devourers have not been forgotten, but have joined the battlefield in another highly evolved form.
It’s no wonder that the Kaimorian Federation was unable to withstand the rapid offensive of the Zerg, because they still used the old weapons to deal with the Zerg. When the Zerg invaded, the Boone people were still using the rifles, steel helmets and slow speeders from the Kaimerian War.
Swallow tanks to deal with the enemy.
Even so, one has to admit the bravery of the Camorians. They drove tractors converted into tanks to wrestle with the Thunder Beasts, and used laser drills originally used to dig mineral veins to sweep away the Zerg. The Camorians used nuclear devices to modify landmines.
Use a laser gun as a lead.
The Camorians dared to engage in trench warfare and guerrilla warfare with the Zerg in the deep and complex underground mines. No matter what, even though they had been abandoned by their leader, they still resisted desperately.
In particular, Boone was originally just a mining planet with a population of only 200 million, and the corporate government of the Commonwealth banned the military development of colonial worlds for fear of the outbreak of armed rebellion.
Boone's camorians kept fighting, even as they were torn to pieces by countless springtails, melted by the caustic saliva of cockroaches, and trampled to pieces by ferocious Ultralisks.
By the 24th, the main city of Boone had not yet fallen. After General Abram Crushank's troops arrived, the surviving Boone people even launched a fierce counterattack.
The battle to defeat the invading zerg lasted until the 28th, and Crushank's main fleet had already set off for the alliance's capital star, Moria.
A battle ten times more massive then began in Moria.
On the 29th, Augustus, who was in the Augustgrad Palace Operation Center, received the news of the recovery of Boone and several other combined worlds, but the war situation in Moria was still very anxious.
Currently, there are more than fifty Minotaur-class battlecruisers and hundreds of troop carriers, landing ships and gunboats in the Moria system. The population involved in the battle is as high as 60 to 7 billion.
This is also a true battle for the swarm to incubate new species on a large scale. Cerebrates are extremely intelligent creatures. If they analyze a new species and a new genetic sequence is completely superior to the previous species, they will immediately be added to all the species.
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The second generation master, that is, the younger master, also received support from the old master's old department after his recovery, including the evolutionary master Abathur. Strictly speaking, Abathur is a creature independent of the brain worm. It is both like a brain worm and a brain worm.
There is a big difference.
The cockroach may be the work of Carlos and Abathur, the brainworms.
The cockroach turns out to be a creature called the Zantar that lives in Garrxax, the empire's territory. It has terrible self-healing abilities and can secrete a mucus that can corrode alloy steel plates.
It was not until 2497 that Grex was discovered by the Terran Empire's research ship. However, private adventurers and smugglers had actually discovered this planet for a long time, but Augustus did not learn about it until two years later.
Augustus knew that the Zantar was the predecessor of the cockroach, and he immediately ordered the blockade of the system and deployed a large number of troops in Glex. Interestingly, this made the nearby Umoyan colony think that the Tyranid Empire was about to go to war.
They were so frightened that they immediately asked the beautiful diplomat to go to the palace to greet him and observe his behavior.
In 2498, Imperial scientists established a scientific station in Glex to study the Zantar's self-healing genes and highly corrosive mucus for use in medicine and industry. This planet also officially appeared on the Empire's star map.
However, plans cannot keep up with changes.
Although the Empire prohibited private smuggling and research on Zantar bugs on the grounds of preventing species invasion, this creature had appeared on the black market long before that. Zantar bugs were sold at high prices to collectors who like to collect alien creatures.
An extremely ambitious biotechnology company or a human businessman bribed by the brainworm Carlos.
As a result, new variants came into being. The size of the small Zantar increased dozens of times in a few life cycles. They quickly grew the zerg's signature hardened carapace and the ability to
The fangs and claws that cut through the steel.
However, the uncanny workmanship of nature is amazing after all. There is also a special vine growing in Gleix. The sap of this plant will cause a terrible explosion when it comes into contact with the Zantar bug.
This discovery can be regarded as making up for the losses. Before the Zerg discovered and evolved the relevant antibodies, weapons made by synthesizing the juice in the industrial era could be used as secret weapons to reduce the losses of the Imperial army.
At this moment, it was noon in Augustgrad, and the palace combat center was full of busy senior officers. They were either communicating with other departments, or following the emperor's orders to discuss and formulate new combat plans.
"Several old troops lost more than half in Boone. It is really regrettable, but the result is good. The newly trained troops also accumulated valuable experience." Augustus was talking to Marshal Reno:
"Abram is a capable man, persevering, brave and resourceful. Although he has a bad personality, compared with General Emond Duke, he is simply a weak girl."
"I have met him a few times. Duke thinks Crushank is not very capable, and his nose is turned up to the sky." Renault shook his head: "Don't blame me for laughing at him because he has no self-awareness."
"Now it seems that expelling the zerg from Moria and other planets shouldn't be a problem. We just need to see if we can reduce the losses as much as possible." Augustus was still talking about war, but his eyes were already set further.
The place:
"I have received reports that 80% of the Kaimorian guild giants and elites have fled to other planets. Of course, since they have done this, if they want to recover their assets, they must pay a sum of money."
"At the same time, if they cannot come back, we will have to take over their properties."
"I guess the directors of the Moria Guild and the Kelanis Transport Guild don't dare to say anything." Renault also hummed:
"If their people knew that these people had fled long ago, it would be a big deal. Because now these people have weapons in their hands, and they were not issued by us."
"Moria has to help us build battleships and chariots, and the rest of the Commonwealth worlds have to do the same. Of course, we will definitely pay, and we will mention the same work as the internal enterprises of the empire." Augustus said:
"But we will pay the money directly to the workers."
"Let's do this for now. The war on the Tasha front is the top priority. If the corporate directors of the consortium come to me, let them wait first."