After receiving Russ's order, the crew began to control the Totem Glory to move forward, and the scenery outside the portholes also changed as the ship moved.
First, it lowered its altitude, and then got closer and closer to the space gate, until the bridge passed through the edge with blue arc light and reached the sky above the desert at the other end of the space gate.
It was also dawn here, and the rays of the morning sun poured over the desert. It seemed that the entire planet was extremely dry and lacked moisture.
At the same time, there is an endless, dense "ocean" of black and yellow.
If you observe carefully, you can find that this "ocean" is composed of uncountable insects, whose number is measured in hundreds of millions. Even in the blue sky, there are oily, green, giant "mosquitoes" with a pair of sickle bones.
Moreover, in the sea of insects on the ground, there are many black beetles that are even larger in size, with a height of six meters and a length of at least ten meters.
These are like the light and medium tanks of the Zerg. They can even spout flammable liquid from their mouthparts, and then use bioelectricity to create extremely high-temperature spray.
However, such a large-scale scene had no impact on Fenris' City District 19.
The reason is very simple. After the Engineering Department contained the situation with the Space Wolves and sent the Wolves, Wolf Cubs and auxiliary troops to break through the space gate, and gain a foothold in the Gobi at the other end, they took the time to build a thirty-high
The five-meter-wide and sixteen-meter-wide wall isolates the insect-infested planet from Fenris.
At the same time, the engineering team is also setting up an energy shield generator every four hundred meters on the wall to raise a defensive barrier that covers the entire space gate, directly cutting off the possibility of bugs invading Fenris again.
As for underground excavation?
The space gate is located on the surface. Even if the insects dig to the ends of the earth, they cannot directly bypass the barrier and reach Fenris.
The residents of District 19 have long since been moved to a safe area and are being continuously transformed by the Engineering Department in preparation for building a permanent base to store supplies and gather troops.
After all, once this space gate is opened and made public, the Milky Way on the other side of the space gate will already be equivalent to human territory. Therefore, it will be a permanent military base in the early stage. In the future, Area 19 may be transformed into a large transfer station. However,
The current nature is still to provide convenience for expeditions.
At this time, the Totem Glory that Russ was riding on could pass through the defensive barrier unimpeded and directly reach the top of the Insect Sea.
"Roar!!"
The flying insects immediately attacked the Totem Glory. Even the beetles on the ground were trying to shoot down the Totem Glory by spitting high-temperature slurry. This...
This is simply "zero harm".
No matter what kind of attack it is, it can't break through the ability shield that the Totem Glory automatically raises. In other words, even if the shield doesn't rise, a purely physical attack like a bug will completely paint the surface of the ship.
Scratch it.
Therefore, when the Totem Glory completely passed through the space gate and came to the sky above this planet, it unfolded a row of missile launch bays on the right side of the ship's hull and immediately launched an "ordinary" missile.
"Shua~---!"
The moment the missile left the cabin, it first stayed in the air for half a second, then quickly rushed to the altitude with its white tail flaming, and then...
Ri~-----!
The bright blue light burst out from the warhead "silenced" everything around it. You couldn't hear the howling of insects or the roar of the engine. Even between the sky and the earth, there was only "blue and white" left.
these two colors.
"Boom-----!"
There was a violent loud noise, and the blue fire ball rolled from top to bottom, burning everything. The sky and the earth were all swallowed up by the high temperature, including the Totem Glory that launched the missile.
After seeing the destructive scene, the insects scrambled to turn around and flee, perhaps out of instinctive fear or out of "superiors"'s order to retreat.
The sea of insects retreated.
However, no matter how fast they ran, they could not outrun the spread of the fire ball. Soon, with the Totem Glory as the center, the entire area with a radius of thirty kilometers turned into a piece of scorched earth.
When the fire ball dissipated and the air "retracted", there were only black blocks, crystal slag and fragrant "bug barbecue" left in the area. As for the Totem Glory, the initiator of launching the missile and generating the fire ball, it continued to increase its height without any harm.
, like seizing the time to go to low-Earth orbit outside the atmosphere.
At the same time, more and more Zeus-class, Achilles-class and other types of ship hulls passed through the space gate in sequence, and ground troops were also dispatched to use Mammoth, siege tanks and many other super-heavy vehicles to pass through the space gate.
Come here with the towering wall, escort and protect the personnel of the Engineering Department to set up another forward base.
On the other hand, the millions of engineering sentry robots that look like octopuses do not need to be escorted by ground troops. "They" follow the set procedures and spread out in teams of five to look for available minerals.
A bucket of raw materials comes to assist the engineering team in building a forward base.
There is no need for escort because although "them" has the word "engineering" in their name, "they" have extremely strong individual soldier capabilities.
Therefore, if an insect encounters an engineering sentry, the first thing it should do is to escape and report the enemy, rather than engage in a confrontation with the engineering sentry, otherwise it will be torn apart and dismembered by these robot hands.
Just now, the missile launched by Totem Glory carried a plasma incendiary bomb in its warhead, and its explosive destructive power is far weaker than the plasma bullets of tactical weapons. However, plasma incendiary bombs are the best way to "clear the screen" against biological enemies.
"One of the means.
And Russ mobilized nearly one-third of the legions to serve as the main force of the expedition. There were about 35,000 Astartes (non-reserves), more than 5 million legion auxiliary troops, and nearly 100 million troops were mobilized.
UNSC Army, Navy.
The defense of the Oslo sector is temporarily handed over to Logan Grimnar, the legion champion under Russ, and as "neighbors" Corax and Angron will also help their brothers keep vigilance.
Moreover, Russ also left the Space Wolves' home world Hrafnkel in the Oslo sector. In theory, there is no need to worry about any invasion by foreign enemies until the end of the expedition.
Shortly after.
At a low-Earth orbit about three hundred kilometers above the surface, the Totem Glory and some ships have arrived here to berth.
And here, you can also overlook the planet's surface, which is an endless desert and Gobi. There is almost no green that represents life, but there is a lake that is comparable in size to the Mediterranean Sea.
Inside the bridge.
Russ crossed his arms and stood next to the center console, waiting patiently. After just over ten seconds, the center console showed him a holographic thumbnail of the planet under his feet, and on the right side of the thumbnail, it also displayed
A string of brief text messages.
Through Totem Glory's scan, Russ can learn about the planet's atmosphere and gravity, which is still suitable for human survival, but is more suitable for that group of bugs.
The scanning results also indicate that this planet seems to be a colony of bugs, because there is an intricate network structure under the surface, indicating that bugs have built insect nests under the surface, and there are also human buildings and human activities on the surface.
Mark of.
At this moment, the thumbnail suddenly enlarged automatically and locked in an area about 900 kilometers east and south of the space gate.
Zoom in again.
The thumbnail shows a metal building backed by a cliff and higher than the ground. Judging from the continuously scanned appearance, its style is completely in line with human aesthetics and structure. Most importantly, the scan also detects human and digital objects.
Endless traces of firefights.
Humanity?
Russ raised his left eyebrow, thought for a few seconds, and then asked: "Which battalions have sailed out of the space gate?"
"3rd, 9th and 13th Battalions, sir." A crew member reported immediately.
"Humm..." Ruth groaned with a slight frown, thinking about which battalion should be given the first success of the expedition.
A little confused.
The palms and backs of my hands are full of flesh...
"Forget it." Ruth was too lazy to struggle, and he was even too lazy to strike a so-called balance like his elder brother Robert. He directly marked the word "01" on the thumbnail and ordered to the bridge correspondent: "Notify No. 3,
The boys from the 9th and 13th Battalions rushed to area 01 to carry out the pest control operation, and rescued and captured the humans there alive. Whoever killed more or saved more, I will give the first meritorious service to him!"
"Yes, sir!"
The communications officer, who had long been accustomed to the command style of his own original body, conveyed Russ's casual order to the 3rd, 9th and 13th Battalions without any hesitation.
at the same time.
Moored not far from Totem Glory, inside the bridge of Beowulf, the flagship of the 13th Battalion...
"First come, first served?" The second company commander standing next to the central console was a little stunned, but... this is indeed the style of their original body and even the entire legion.
"Dad! Let's have a good time!" Sarah Kerrigan was quite excited. She didn't expect that she could go into battle to kill the enemy just after arriving in the parallel universe, so she couldn't wait.
As for the title "Dad"...
Decades have passed, and Sarah has completely regarded her adoptive father Genro Sigurd as her "dad".
"It's time to kill." Genluo agreed with his daughter's point of view. He twisted his neck, moved his joints, looked out the window with his one eye, and ordered loudly: "The whole battalion rushes to area 01, do a good job
Prepare for battle!"
"Ouch!!!" Sarah and all the company commanders shouted loudly.
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East-south of the space gate, about 900 kilometers away.
"The sun is shining brightly".
The star shines directly on the entire area, and also shines on the endless sea of insects.
I saw a military outpost built of silver metal with towering metal walls and high above the ground. It had been surrounded by a sea of insects. There was no hope of escape. Unless air support could be obtained, the soldiers stationed in the outpost
, the only outcome would be to be eaten by bugs and then torn into pieces by bugs.
Despair, terror, confusion and other negative emotions enveloped the entire outpost.
"Da da da!" There was a loud sound of gunfire.
"Howl! Howl!" But the sound of gunfire was insignificant compared to the howls of tens or hundreds of millions of insects. However, the scene of hundreds of soldiers firing volleys of gunfire was still quite shocking.
These soldiers, who belong to the Earth Citizen Federation and appear to have been abandoned by the Federation or used as bait, wear dark gray to purple combat uniforms, silver mechanical skeletons, and black armor hanging on key parts of the body.
However, although the helmet visor can provide various real-time data and can also be used with the mechanical skeleton to provide shooting assistance, the shape is quite similar to the old helmets used by humans in the main universe at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, which is somewhat nondescript.
In addition to these standard infantry, there are also many heavily armed soldiers wearing large mechanical skeletons, heavy artillery and large-caliber machine guns mounted on their shoulders and arms, and carrying ammunition boxes and artillery shell boxes on their backs.
Generally speaking, just looking at the equipment of this group of abandoned soldiers, the federal government's military equipment should be similar to that of Umbrella's private army from 2010 to 2015, barely.
However, if the federal government has a population of several trillion (one trillion) or even one capital (one trillion), and this is the basic equipment of federal soldiers...
That strength is pretty good, at least much stronger than the humans in the Zero-One Universe (The Matrix).
now.
At the edge of the outpost wall, a lieutenant wearing tactical glasses, a Mediterranean hairstyle, a resolute and serious face, and his left forearm was replaced by a prosthetic limb, emptied the magazine and immediately withdrew to reload.
When the lieutenant changed the magazine and was about to continue walking forward, he looked around at the endless sea of insects that could not be killed, which made his already solemn expression even more gloomy. Then he looked at a handsome man next to him and said:
The rather young corporal shouted:
"Brother Rui! Go ask where our evacuation flight is?!"
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing this, the corporal named Rui Ge relied on his mechanical skeleton to jump off the nearly ten-meter-high metal wall and ran towards the communication room in the center of the outpost.
Not long after, in just half a minute, the lieutenant heard a report from Rigo on his personal communication: "Sir! Flos still can't get in touch with the fleet!"
"..." After receiving this reply, the lieutenant, who was an officer and also had a good political "sense", naturally knew that he and his "Roughnecks" company had been used as bait by the top federal officials.
After all, the order he received was that the Whiskey Outpost had encountered a small group of bugs, and he and his men needed to come to support.
Moreover, intelligence shows that the planet "L-03" they are on belongs to the yellow zone. In other words, there should be less than 200 million bugs.
However, when they came here and learned from a major general who was hiding and surviving, they learned that this was a fake distress signal released by the insect control communications officer. In addition, the situation of the insect mountain and the sea in front of them directly proved that the insect had great power.
"IQ".
And they, after the high-level officials completed the proof, became dispensable. After all, rescuing them required mobilizing fleets, dispatching bomber groups, and a series of other operations. This was much higher than the cost of sacrificing them.
.
Damn it, is human life worthless?!
"Lieutenant, look! The support is coming! It's the support!" Suddenly, a long-faced soldier pointed at the sky and shouted excitedly.
The lieutenant looked in the direction pointed by the soldier, and through the auxiliary vision provided by the tactical glasses, he indeed discovered the overwhelming flying formation, but...