too late, organism

【emmm... this is very strange...】

The group leader habitually scratched his crystal head with his tentacles, without trying to figure out what kind of operation it was.

[Tell me what you think? 】

The group leader lifted the Great Silence Technique.

[The ministers think that there must be something strange here. 】

As usual, the Sand Sculpture group of friends can't provide any helpful advice.

A few years after the time travel, except for the improvement in budget competition, the sand sculpture group has not changed much in terms of professionalism. At best, it has evolved from relying on guesswork when reading reports to a level where there is no need to turn on the database to translate the reports of subordinates.

Since he didn't have any good ideas, the group owner could only ask Cotton to approve some budgets for Zha Cheng, so that he could send an exploration team to explore the pioneer colonies on those planets, and see if he could find some clues .

Anyway, the natural disasters known to everyone are nothing more than the swarms and high-dimensional demons that jumped in from other worlds, preparing to eat up the galaxy, and who knows where they are sleeping and prepare to wreak havoc on the entire galaxy after waking up. Solemn cleaning.

Like the pioneers who have been preparing for war for ten years, and then there is no decent exchange of fire, all the people outside the star ring exploded on the spot, and the natural disaster of ascending to heaven on the spot, everyone can't think of any explanation for a while, so they can only put it on hold and wait for the scientific research report from the group.

Out of the importance attached to a living ghost agent sample, the warmaster is also planning to send a frigate to the Koprulu sector to retrieve the ghost agent's living sample when the time is right.

As for everything else, it remains the same for the time being. Anyway, no matter when the natural disaster comes, it will not affect the basic national policy of the Holy Roman Empire to choose to kill the Zenor United Group first.

At the same time, in the Koprulu sector, the flames of war are still raging, and there is no possibility of an end in sight. Now that Christmas is less than two months away, everyone knows that they have no hope of returning home this year. It's Christmas.

Thor II, Tyrann Federal Control Area, No.30 [-]rd Mixed Brigade, [-]nd Regiment, [-]st Battalion Defense Line.

"Bombardment! Cover!"

"Bah! Morian!"

After hearing the bombardment warning, Mengsk spit into the trench and closed the visor of the CMC armor he was wearing while extinguishing his cigar with the leg armor.

When the air waves from the bombardment threw sand and rocks outside the trench onto his power armor, he poked his head out to look in the direction of the defense line of the Morian Union in the distance.

Just like a few hours ago, the siege tank deployed behind a trench still stayed there. After transforming into a siege form, it fired shells at the trench of the Tyrannian Federal Army from time to time.

Although this sporadic bombardment did not achieve any results, the biggest achievement was that Mengsk was reimbursed for the last bottle of flame whiskey two hours ago.

At that time, Mengsk had just opened the bottle cap to drink for himself and the company commander of A Company, when the bottle was destroyed by the sand and stones splashed by the shelling.

No one would have thought that now that all commanders believe that the current battlefield requires flexible maneuvers and high-speed breakthroughs, and that even the barracks and logistics facilities are equipped with propellers to keep up with the troops' offensive pace, both sides of the war can still fight A trench warfare from centuries ago.

In order to prevent the Starport from being taken away by the Morian Federation, the Tyrann Federation Army continued to send troops to the front line, even if a fully-staffed company would be exhausted in less than an hour on the battlefield.

The Tyrannian Federation Army is also continuously sending more troops to the front line, thanks to the temporary hospital of the SCP Foundation, so that the soldiers who originally needed to rest for several months according to the bio-regeneration technology of the Koprulu sector only need half a day to recover. You can return to the battlefield in an hour.

The Morian Consortium, which has advanced to less than [-] kilometers from the two starports, is not willing to give up the opportunity to completely defeat the Tyrannian Federation Army on Thor II at this time. More technical equipment has been continuously put into the front line.

In the end, the two sides reached a complete stalemate less than [-] kilometers away from the two star ports.

After constantly breaking through the defenses of the Tyrann Federation Army, the Morian Consortium escort, which was already exhausted, temporarily lost the ability to launch a large-scale attack.

Among the independent heavy armored battalions that have always been used as the spearhead of the attack and the pioneer, the 404th independent heavy armored battalion is in the best condition, and since the beginning of the battle, the battalion has twelve enhanced bone-cutting siege tanks and twenty bone-cutting siege tanks The equipment rate of the tanks dropped to only ten reinforced bone-cutting siege tanks still on the front line.

Fortunately, most of the vehicle crews have survived due to the existence of the SCP Foundation, and now they are waiting in the supplementary battalion at the rear for the replenishment of technical weapons deployed at the rear.

And the state of the Tyrannian Federation Army on the defensive side is not much better. During the continuous retreat, the Tyrannian Federation Army lost a lot of technical weapons, and temporarily lost the ability to launch a large-scale attack.

After almost only a group of poor marines left on the front line, the style of war quickly changed from a confrontation of a torrent of steel to a battle between a group of groundhogs.

Because the target is too obvious, the standard bunker will be attacked by a tactical nuclear attack led by the opponent's ghost agent or covered by the firepower of the siege tank before it is built, and it will be temporarily eliminated from the battlefield.

The good brothers with 50 yuan on both sides had to start repairing the surface of the planet with their buttocks and shovels like their predecessors hundreds of years ago, and then attacked the other side's trenches with pitiful artillery support.

It was under such circumstances that Mengsk was promoted from the company deputy of the B company of the first battalion to the acting battalion commander of the first battalion.

On the first day that Company B was deployed to the front line, two siege tanks from the 404th Independent Heavy Battalion of the Morian Consortium, accompanied by a group of infantry, launched an attack on Company B's defense line.

Although B Company successfully repelled the attack as last time, the company commander of B Company was unfortunately hit directly by the 90mm plasma artillery of the siege tank, so Mengsk was promoted to the company commander in the line of fire, and was responsible for commanding B Company The remaining half brothers.

In the following several defensive battles, the 404st Battalion has been firmly holding on to their position, driving their old enemy [-] Independent Heavy Equipment Battalion out of the position time and time again.

However, due to the lack of effective anti-armor means, after the two siege tanks assigned to the first battalion were destroyed by the crimson No. 059 tank.

The first battalion had to allow soldiers to push the tanks of the 404th Heavy Battalion near the trenches, and then let the looters set fire or the brave marines use Molotov cocktails to fight against the tanks of the 404th Heavy Battalion.

Although successfully defending the position after destroying the tanks that broke into the position, the casualty rate of the first battalion also reached 210%. Many soldiers were sent back to the trenches on the front line as soon as they left the field hospital of the SCP Foundation .

After the battalion headquarters was sent into the sky by a grenade from the 404th Heavy Battalion, as the highest-ranking officer of the first battalion, Mengsk became the battalion commander of the first battalion.

There are gossip claims that Captain Arcturus Mengsk did not get along with his father, Angus Mengsk, who is widely loved by the people of Korha, and even joined the Federation Army against his father's wishes, just to give him A blow to the father who defended Keha's autonomy.

But the soldiers of the first battalion didn't care about this kind of gossip. These soldiers who fell asleep under the artillery fire and awakened by the gunfire didn't care about the family relationship of their new battalion commander.

In their opinion, except for Arcturus Mengsk, who would pass out expensive cigars to the hapless first line of defense when he patrolled the front line, and would join them in berating the stupid commanders of the war zone, and sending a message from the regiment headquarters. Get more supplies.

And then fight back with the same C-14 rifles as they do, and kick the battalion commanders in the asses of those Morian Combine cowards, no one else can lead them to survive this concrete hell.

After the siege tank stopped shelling, Mengsk patted his guard who was squatting in the trench, fearing that he would be hit by shrapnel.

Seeing this recruit who was drafted into the army after graduating from college, Mengsk seemed to see himself back then, all so immature.

"Get up and accompany me to the B Company's position."

After speaking, Mengsk crawled out of this trench with his C14 rifle in hand.

There were originally two communication trenches between the battalion headquarters and the positions of Company B, but during the battle that broke out last night, one trench was hit by shells, burying a squad that was transporting ammunition to the front line and all the ammunition they transported. .

While that ultra-high temperature tungsten bomb killed the marines of that team on the spot, it also made the ammunition they transported unreliable. Now no one wants to take the risk of being killed by the explosive ammunition. Clear that ditch.

The other traffic trench was smashed in by a crashed medical transport plane during the battle this morning. Now that trench is still full of burning wreckage of the transport plane.

Mengsk didn't have the patience to wait for the next traffic trench to be dug. After jumping out of the trench, Mengsk flexibly used the wreckage of the vehicle left between the trenches in previous battles as a cover. Jump into the trenches of B Company.

On the contrary, the guard who ran a few steps slower was spotted by the sentries of the Morian Union, and was shot in the ass when he jumped into the trench of Company B, and managed to get himself a notice for a day trip to the frontline base of the SCP Foundation .

The soldier of the Morian Union who opened fire, after revealing his position, was pierced by an 8mm steel nail through the mask under Mengsk's precise shooting and smashed his skull. Even the SCP Foundation couldn't save this man who lost his head. Bad luck.

After Mengsk withdrew his head back into the trench, a burst of shooting flames flickered on the position of the Morian Union, and a string of 8mm caliber ammunition feebly hit the sand in front of the Tyrannian Federation position.

"Sir!"

A man with a red arm mark painted on the breastplate of CMC power armor and the rank identification mark of Master Chief painted on his shoulder trotted in front of Mengsk in the trench.

After Mengsk was promoted to the commander of the first battalion, due to the lack of front-line officers, the person in charge of commanding Company B is still a sergeant. Didn't get promoted.

"Can the line of defense squeeze out more people?"

Looking at the tank behind the ditch in the distance, Mengsk opened his mask and put the cigar that had just been extinguished on his leg armor back in his mouth. The Gauss auxiliary device that came to accelerate the ammunition lit the cigar in his mouth.

Looking at the Master Chief who also opened his mask, Mengsk took out a cigar from the pocket tied on the leg armor and threw it to the Master Chief.

Although the relationship between Mengsk and his father is not harmonious, it is even hard to say how much Mengsk, the son of the behind-the-scenes pusher behind the Korha independence movement, participated in the federal army, how much he really wanted to become a mining prospector after serving Or, how many of them are out of the idea of ​​​​going against his father during the rebellious period.

But even if he joined the army to anger his father, the Mengsk family's addiction to high-end tobacco and alcohol, Mengsk is exactly the same as his father.

Even in the military, Mengsk had special access to these expensive luxuries, and his willingness to share endeared him to his soldiers.

On the front line, where there is nothing but death and wounds, there is no one who does not like a generous commander.

After catching the cigar thrown by Mengsk, the Master Chief skillfully popped out the bayonet hanging from the top and bottom of the rifle, cut off the top of the cigar, stretched the muzzle out of the trench, and emptied a magazine in the direction of the Morian Union position. After the bullet, he lit the cigar he was dangling with the muzzle of the gun, and replaced a new magazine for his rifle.

"Fatty has just returned to the building, BIG-D has also returned, and Crazy Mike can squeeze out... Sir, Company B can still gather the mobile force of two teams. Is there any work to do?"

The Master Chief wrung his fingers and muttered for a while, then turned to Mengsk, who was looking at the direction of the Morian Union and silently smoking a cigar, and gave the answer.

"I want to organize an operation to take or blow up that tank."

After Mengsk exhaled a smoke ring from his mouth, he pointed at the tank in the defense line of the Morian Union, which was in the siege mode behind the trench, with his hand holding the cigar.

"The message from the regiment headquarters is that the damn 404 Independent Heavy Armored Battalion finally couldn't hold on anymore, and they were withdrawn to rest. The one parked there now should be the last siege tank of the Morian Union on this front. Soldiers were able to sleep comfortably after killing it."

Chapter 34 32 Umoyan National Defense Army

Just when Mengsk was about to be an uninvited guest and use explosives to greet the neighbor's siege tank that was always firing randomly.

On the distant Umoyan, the Umoyan Council, which was shocked by the tragic trade union war, officially passed the proposal. These colonial planets jointly established an armed force aimed at maintaining regional independence and stability - the Umoyan Protectorate Army.

After the members of the parliament signed the agreement, declaring that a new era had arrived, amidst the cheers of the people, these members realized a problem.

Compared with the Tyrannian Federal Army, which has been in the army for many years, has everything from strategic cruisers to marines, and has an absolute numerical advantage.

Most of the members survived the encirclement and suppression of the Tyrann Federation Army in order to defend the mining area and their own lives, and the Morian Federation Guard with rich combat experience.

The new Umoyan National Defense Army is at a disadvantage both in terms of quantity and quality.

In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Umoyan National Defense Army, after the members of the Umoyan Council recruited some pirates and mercenaries with not so bad reputations, the strength of the Umoyan National Defense Army was finally able to make those members relax a little. a little.

Although the Tyrann Federation tried its best to cover up the actions of their army, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, especially the Umoyan Council, which has a good relationship with Angus Mengsk, the leader of the local faction on Korha IV. It is even more able to know the deeds of the Tyrann Federation.

Using the army to raid those prospectors who discovered new veins in alien planets. After a bloody massacre, letting the mining companies belonging to the old families in charge of the Federation enter the new mining area is just a matter of beating rabbits.

What really established Tanzania's dominance is that after they intervene in a new colonial planet, they will soon dump that colony with cheaper goods and open new factories there.

After exhausting all legal and illegal means to drive local industrial enterprises into bankruptcy, they will raise the prices of all industrial products and cut workers' wages. As for the livelihood of hundreds of millions of residents after the collapse of the local economy, it is up to them. It's not something that the members of the old family care about anymore. In their eyes, it's just a string of numbers in their family's wealth.

Angus Mengsk, the original member of Korha IV, had reached an agreement with Umoyan's ambassador to Korha, and Korhal would form an alliance with Umoyan after seceding from the Federation.

After these two colonial planets with advanced technology and excellent industrial capabilities are united, even the Tyranid Federation can no longer be as domineering as before when facing this alliance.

This plan was more than half successful when Congressman Angus Mengsk walked into the parliament hall amidst the cheers of the people.

The rebel army organized by Congressman Angus Mengsk also destroyed several federal barracks without revealing itself, and the whole plan was only a few steps away from the final stage.

Senator Angus Mengsk's son, Arcturus Mengsk, dealt a severe blow to his father, ripping off the hanging from the speech The federal flag behind the stage, when he used his loud voice to accuse the federation of greed, corruption and moral decline.

Arcturus Mengsk told his mother from the podium that he had joined the Confederate Army and would be leaving for combat training camp today.

So Keha's independence movement was stuck here, as if it had been frozen, and it couldn't make any further progress.

After the union war broke out, seeing that there was no possibility of an alliance with Kehal, Umoyan had to form a new political entity with other independent colonial planets.

Although the introduction of some not-so-bad pirates and mercenaries had strengthened the strength of the Umoyan National Defense Army, the Umoyan Council knew that this alone would not be able to deter the Tyrannian Federation.

If the Federation wins the war, the Federation, which is busy digesting the fruits of victory, will not attack Umoyan, just like a full-fledged beast will always be relatively safe.

If the Federation fails in the war, what better way to divert social conflicts than exaggerating the defeat as a result of betrayal and using one war to cover up another.

Umoyan is not like the Morian Consortium with the mining group and the transportation group as the main body. It can easily find qualified tank drivers from the mines and a large number of warship crews from the transportation fleet.

Maybe it's time to find new powerful allies.

Soon Umoyan's intelligence agency discovered a strange third-party force from a few words from the front line of the war.

The SCP Foundation, an organization that claims to be from Earth, provides indiscriminate medical services for all, and accepts evacuated refugees from all planets that have become battlefields.

This interstellar humanitarian organization that claimed to protect human beings, accommodate refugees, and control disasters immediately attracted the attention of the Umoyan Council like a firefly in the dark night.

Out of a cautious attitude, the Umoyan Council felt that it could not do what those greedy federal generals said. I have to try to find out if you guys who recognize money but don’t recognize people have added special effects to me. If It's not what you said, the people will scold us.

Therefore, Bards, the former Umoyan ambassador to Keha, obtained the authorization to investigate the SCP Foundation and, if conditions permit, contact the SCP Foundation in the name of the Umoyan Council and establish friendly diplomatic relations.

As an old friend of Angus Mengsk, the terrorists or freedom fighters in the Korha independence movement, the real supporters and big donors behind them.

Bards understands very well that when an organization wants to keep you from seeing something, there are always various ways, especially during high-level mutual visits, it is a basic operation to cover up the shady things.

So in order to determine whether the SCP Foundation is an interstellar humanitarian agency as they advertise, or another scam.

With the help of his old friend, Angus Mengsk, Bards and his two ghost agents arrived at Yad VI, which had just been reduced to a battlefield, on a transport ship carrying supplies to the front line under false identities. colonized planet.

When the Tyrann Federation Army discovered that its ground forces were not in a match with the Morian Alliance, they often needed twice as many troops to barely draw a tie.

When facing the elite units of the Morian Union, such as those independent battalions or independent brigades, they can only expect to have enough reserves and enough depth to wear down their attack capabilities.

However, the Morian Federation lacks sufficient troops. This weakness can be discovered from the fact that after their offensives on several planets lasted for a period of time, they had to pause due to attrition and wait for replenishment.

After discovering this weakness of the Morian Federation, the Tyrann Federation Army changed its strategy of controlling key galaxies when the war broke out, and then dividing and encircling the Morian Federation.

Instead, it was changed to attack the colonial planets under the control of the Morian Federation that all supply lines can support, forcing the Morian Federation to divide its troops to defend those non-key galaxies.

No longer expecting to be able to contribute to the battle, but to use slow bloodletting to drag the Morian Union to death.

Let them fill in as many miners and transport ship crews as the Morian Consortium can mobilize to fill this flesh and blood mill!

There are one billion unemployed people on Andariel alone, how many of them will enter the resocialization center because of crimes, and become recruits of the Tyrannian Federation Army, and there are countless planets like Andariel in the Federation indivual.

Yade VI unfortunately became the target of the Federation's first wave of expanded fronts, three army divisions that had just been pulled out of the resocialization transformation center, and two armored divisions that were withdrawn from the front line to reorganize due to excessive losses was deployed to this planet.

The Morian Consortium has only deployed a second-line infantry division in training on this planet, and some militia organizations composed of local miners.

Although the combat power is very different, under the deliberate release of water by the Tyrannian Federation Army and the desperate resistance of the Morian Alliance Guards, the battle on this planet is maintained at a level that is fierce but not to the point where the winner will be determined on the spot. .

When the defenders on Yad VI were in emergency for several times, the Tyrann Federation Army finally got what they wanted, and the Morian Federation dispatched some troops from other planets to support the defenders on Yad VI.