At the same time that the Kaimorian Consortium sent troops, the Tyranid Empire's battle with the primitive insect swarm army on the southern border also reached a critical stage.
From the Revanscar asteroid belt in the east to the border world Roxara in the southwest corner, this 1,700 light-year-long battlefront encompasses forty-nine continents.
The colonial world of the London Empire.
On the Terran Empire's planar star map, it is an acute triangle outlined by a diagonal line from right to left. In the war zone, the density of zerg is still rising even on the surface of the planet.
, equivalent to hundreds or thousands of insects distributed on every hectare of land.
Small colonial worlds formed by mining and early geographical exploration may only have a few hundred thousand people in small towns, and large worlds may have hundreds of millions of people. At last count, the affected empire's population reached as many as four billion.
The cost of evacuating refugees from war zones alone is astronomical, and even yachts equipped with warp engines are being drafted.
The formidable fleets of the Tyranid Empire appeared in every world that called for the empire, and the scale of the epic sea battles was enough to be recorded in the annals of history, which was enough to dwarf any battle in the history of the Koprulu sector.
Wherever the battle is fiercest, the Imperial Marines are there.
Fierce battles are taking place everywhere, whether in the vast deep space or the vast alien world. Unparalleled starships are burning, cities have been razed to the ground, and countless people have died. This may be the bloodiest and most violent battle in human history.
Brutal, one of the most horrific battles.
People have experienced hardships and times of peace and prosperity at the same time, only to realize that the present is not easy to come by, so they will never allow the same fate to befall themselves and their descendants.
The soldiers bid farewell to their hometowns and went to the battlefield, fashionable and young. Some even traveled across the Koprulu sector to reach the front line, and many of them will have their bones buried in places they have never heard of before.
The Milky Way in Copluby is just an inconspicuous corner, as insignificant as a speck of dust, but for human beings whose life is short, it is everything from birth to death.
Until now, few people think that this is just a small-scale invasion that will soon subside. The universe is so big that there is hardly room for humans. The Milky Way has hundreds of billions of stars and hundreds of billions of worlds, but only the land beneath our feet can
It's home.
Not everyone voluntarily joins the army, especially in a prosperous world that has never experienced war. There are many people who evade military service. There are so many people in this world, and human nature is so complex that they can be simply divided into cowards and warriors.
It's really too one-sided.
Even the soldiers who join the Imperial Army are not born to be brave warriors. I don’t know how many of them are disgusted with the war they are participating in, and feel at a loss about the meaning of their own fighting.
Because compared to millions of large legions and fleets, the power of one person is too small to change anything. In front of the insect swarm, humans seem so worthless. What humans are facing is not beasts.
, but another race and another civilization.
But some people may think that the War of Kailian should not have been fought from the beginning, but if they stand up and say that humans can live in peace with the Zerg without having to fight, they will definitely be considered to be talking nonsense.
From top to bottom, people in the Tyranid Empire began to believe that only war could bring peace, because their enemy was the Zerg.
On March 30, Augustus, who was in the Augustgrad Palace, finally received news from the front.
Augustus has been eating and sleeping in the battle center of the palace these days, and the same goes for the soldiers around him. These people are all young people about the same age as Augustus, the oldest is only forty-five years old.
.
They sleep little and are always working, because the fate of humanity in Koprulu rests on their shoulders.
It was dawn at this moment, and there was an inverted meteor shower falling in the sky over Augustgrad. It was a fleet of giant barges flying through Korhal's thin atmosphere, and such a meteor shower could be seen even in the daytime.
arrive.
The many tables and consoles in the operations center were full. Some people had not slept for two or three days. Even when his colleagues were arguing about the details of the battle plan, they fell asleep on their chairs.
The emperor's combat center contains almost the most outstanding military tactics and strategic talents in the Tyran Empire, with flexible minds and quick reactions. Everyone who can come here is a talented person, regardless of their origin or blood.
Being able to work with the Emperor is proof of this. There is no Imperial Marshal who has not served here.
There are approximately more than 500 people here. If the air purification system was not still working normally, the smell in the combat center would have been turbid and unbearable.
Emperor Augustus stood among the officers as always, and before receiving this news he had been furious at the negligence of Tarsonis officials.
The recruitment and training of new recruits have been going smoothly, but since equipment and supplies have to be shipped from the core world, they must rely on Augustus's painstaking efforts to build an interstellar shipping system. Those built in peacetime are worth mentioning.
On the other hand, larger merchant ships than battlecruisers were also prepared for the coming of war.
A few days ago, supplies that were supposed to be sent to the front line piled up in Alexandria Port in Tarzansia due to a lack of cargo ships. This was not an unforgivable thing, but in the end it was found out that the official responsible for this matter
The chaos caused by tampering with the computer system to change the voyage schedule in order to steal supplies.
This Tarsonis transportation official was so stupid that Emperor Augustus lambasted him for being brainless.
Now, it is a certainty that this person will be sent to New Folsom. There are people who deserve the crime, pirates, rapists, human traffickers or other murderers. In short, there are unimaginable crimes that can be imagined in this sector.
All can be found in New Folsom.
The emperor always had very strict requirements on officials, which inevitably put them under great pressure. But unless he had to or was really angry, he would not punish these people easily.
The only exception is Tychus Finlay, who always seems to be able to annoy the extraordinary emperor in novel ways. The last time he worked at an illegal entertainment venue in Aurora, he called on twenty-eight names.
Later, he actually asked the boss to go to the palace to demand the account, because the emperor should pay him next month's salary.
At this time, Augustus actually had to send Faraday to get someone. It was really shameless. Considering that Tychus had not done this kind of thing once or twice, the palace had no temper.
Tychus is a founding hero. He has no hobbies, that is, eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. He enjoys himself every day in the world of entertainment and entertainment. Fortunately, Tychus has been sent to the front line to drive Odin. This old boy will get an advantage immediately.
Just ran away.
"There is no need to be angry with this kind of person. All of us sitting here are responsible for him being able to get into this position." Renault said while flipping the flag on the tactical sandbox:
"Look, the primitive zerg are walking according to the route we have marked for them. So far, it seems that they are not dissatisfied."
On the sand table, the defenders of the original New Fortinier in the lower left corner have retreated from the Palaven system. At this time, the primitive zerg blocked at the border immediately poured out of this gap, leaving only a few with little brains.
The nimble Zerg did not react and was still biting the Tyranid Empire's defense lines in other areas desperately.
At this time, the Imperial Prince Arcturus will take action.
After the defenders of New Fortinier evacuated, the reserve fleet led by Prince Arcturus Mengsk launched an attack from another direction, driving these primitive zerg as far away from the imperial territory as possible.
At present, it seems that Prince Arcturus's attack is quite effective, and the primitive zerg has indeed chosen the most convenient and only way.
As the emperor's brother, Prince White Star of the Empire may be far more talented in commanding the army than his brothers, but he just doesn't have many opportunities to display it. You know, Arcturus was once Horace Warfield's boss, and he was also a lieutenant.
Then you will understand what it means to be brave in war and never tire of deceit.
Even though he had never attended a military academy, Arcturus Mengsk seemed to have been born to march and fight.
Arcturus first laid a large number of sky mines in and around the star system around Ethilia IV, and then used the dispersed fleet to fake numbers and electronic signals to bluff, so that the original zerg, who were not good at using conspiracy, thought that they were falling into the Empire.
Being surrounded by fleets, they could only look for "loopholes" in the encirclement.
The Imperial Prince is not just a politician, he is willing to assist his brothers behind the scenes. After all, the Terran Empire also belongs to the Mengsk family.
"Where is Zulwin?" Augustus looked at the sand table and asked this question three times in a row.
"Zulwin has left Ethilia IV. The prince believes that it is the one leading the group to evacuate." The speaker was Lieutenant General Ulysses.
"If it were Zulwen, after understanding our true strength, it would not choose to continue attacking." Augustus nodded:
"Zulwen is cunning and greedy. What it likes to do most is to make the two families fight so that it can reap the benefits. But Zulwen will definitely not want the primitive zerg and humans to fight with both sides injured, and then let the Overlord swallow them all."
"This guy, even though he is just an insect, is very smart."
"When we fight the master, this guy may come back to deal with us again," Renault said.
"If this is the case, Zulwin will definitely choose to form an alliance with us." Augustus didn't see it that way:
"In Zulwin's view, the Overlord is the embodiment of Eamon's will. Guess what, it must be scared to death now, thinking that Eamon will make itself a second Overlord."
"In that case, from Zulwein's perspective, it would have been a horror story," Reno said.
"Tell Arcturus that we must ensure that the remaining primitive zerg tribes follow Zulwen." Augustus continued: "It is not the time to celebrate yet. I am worried about those primitive zerg tribes that do not obey.
He will find another way and decide to add food to human territory."
"That would give me a headache."
This is indeed what Augustus is most worried about. The advantage of the Cerebrate system is that the Zerg under its command will never disobey orders. But the most outstanding thing about the original Zerg is its autonomy. To put it bluntly, it is used to being alone.
, they are likely to become small groups on the borders of the empire, and even threaten the empire's territory.
"Zurwen and Yagdra's tribes are the two largest. If Yagdra also keeps up with Zurwen, there shouldn't be a problem." Lieutenant General Ulysses said.
"It's better to do that." Augustus snorted coldly: "If the Lord hadn't been watching behind him, I would have brought Zulwin and Agdra to feed Dehaka."
"This is not over yet. I want to build the largest interstellar furnace for smelting alloys, and I will use Yagdra as the furnace core."
"Dehaka? Don't say I look down on it, maybe even Duke can arm-wrestle with it." Raynor thought Augustus was joking. He didn't believe that the primitive zerg could eat the ferocious and violent one.
The Ash Worm Yagdra:
"But you are right, these monsters have devoured so many warriors. Good brothers cannot die in vain."
Tasha was once one of the most fiercely fought areas. It was frantically attacked by the original zerg leader, the Ash Worm Agdra. There were only battles between Isilia, Seti and Tiria.
can be compared with it.
The fleet stationed in the system originally consisted of twelve old Behemoth-class battlecruisers and hundreds of ancillary ships, and more than half of them were lost in the initial battle.
The huge ash giant Yagdra is like a terrifying Balrog wandering in the starry sky. It is not afraid of high temperatures and flames, and the hottest magma is just warm water to it.
Yagdra is shaped like a snake-shaped dragon, with hot lava flowing through its steel-like skin. It does not need a fusion reactor to create terrifying light and heat, because its blood is flowing with hot lava and
Supports the combustion of body fluids. That huge heart is not designed to breathe, but to boil the hot blood in the body.
According to what this violent monster said, it once defeated the Second Generation Overlord and tore pieces of flesh from its bloody body. If Yagdra's words are true, then he is even more terrifying than Zulwen, the Zongzu.
And Yagdra's power is indeed impressive. This terrifying ash giant once chewed up many Tyranid Empire's main fleets.
This horrific sight was recorded by a reporter who was with the army. He said that he saw Agdra swallowing the Korhal's Vengeance alive. When the monster belched, countless molten metal, ash and lava erupted.
Arriving on the vast land of Tasha, the mountains and rivers immediately melted, rivers of lava flowed over the endless fertile fields, and the land was scorched black.
For the warriors aboard Korhal's Revenge, not even hell is better than this.
"You know nothing about the original zerg and essence. Jimmy Dehaka is actually more powerful than you think, and much more powerful."
"Seeing is believing, hearing is believing, my mother always said." Renault said.