Augustus was located between a tall alloy steel retaining wall and a double-story modular logistics supply station. The light from the supply station and the searchlight illuminated the area in front of the fortification wall brightly.
He and Raynor, Zeratul, and Corporal Faraday's elite guards climbed onto the fortification wall, watching the Tiamat swarm getting closer and closer to the base.
This is the dark night of Char, dangerous but strangely beautiful. In fact, Char's nights are not overly cold because the magma released by geothermal volcanic eruptions provides additional warmth in addition to the star's light.
The firelight of the magma lakes and rivers illuminated the distant ground in bright red. The two purple moons and the huge red planet in the sky always reminded Augustus that this was a world completely different from the earth.
Augustus stood behind the electroplated baffle of the 330mm electromagnetic railgun on the fortification wall. The Revolutionary Army artilleryman beside him was confirming the location of the zerg Nydus worm based on satellite images.
This long-range artillery can strike enemies of the Revolutionary Army beyond visual range. It is incredibly powerful, but it takes a long time to recharge.
More soldiers are transporting weapons such as rocket launchers, grenade guns and heavy machinery onto the defenses. As the most elite unit in the Federation Navy, Alpha Squadron's equipment is also among the best.
"These humans... are so pathetic." Zeratul let out a sympathetic wave as he walked past the resocialized soldiers of Alpha Squadron.
"Their brains have been modified and they have become a completely different person than they were before, a group of pathetic prisoners trapped in their own minds."
Even without using telepathy to probe human thoughts, Zeratul could immediately detect the difference in superficial thought fluctuations between these resocialized soldiers and ordinary humans.
Deep in the hearts of resocialized soldiers, there is a cruel soul, and the memories about the past have been covered by tampered memories after brain tissue modification, but that part of the cruel and cruel past has only been hidden, and Not gone.
These memories were perfect for a powerful Dark Templar Shadowmaster like Zeratul to explore, but when one saw a butcher who once had a passion for finding victims in the squalid neighborhoods of Tarsonis's slums, killing and disemboweling them , when he was transformed into a soldier with a dreamlike childhood and lofty ideals, Zeratul was really surprised by human beings' cruelty and ruthlessness towards their fellow humans.
"They are part of the resocialization of the Terran Federation, focusing on reforming those criminals who are considered hopeless and allowing these people to return to serve the federal government." Augustus said to Zeratul.
"This is unthinkable among my people," Zeratul said. "We would never harm our own kind."
When Augustus looked ahead, in the thermal imaging display of his masked headset, the Tiamat swarms surging in the distance were just red dots piled on the display panel.
There are approximately 150,000 to 200,000 Tiamat bugs with crimson skin and hardened carapace running on the gray-white ash layer scattered on the giant rocks in Char. This number may not seem so amazing, but when they are in It spreads out like a red tide on flat ground.
The attack of the Tiamat swarm is by no means a chaotic charge. Their formations are staggered and orderly. At the front is a hill-like Thunder Beast, with a large number of Hydra Hydralisks and Springtails appearing under it.
Among these roaring alien creatures, the number of larger and more deadly elite Hydralisk individual Dragon Slayers far exceeds that of any Hive Clan that humans have ever seen.
Thousands of King Insects and more Mutalisks, Insect Guardians and Blast Mosquitoes exist to protect them, hovering in the sky, like black smoke and black clouds. These fearsome flying zerg creatures were clearly from another race, their yellowed carapace standing out in the moonlight and volcanic light of Char.
At the flying height of the King Insect, it is absolutely impossible to hit it with a rifle in human hands. Unless they are deliberately flying very low, only anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes can deal with them.
"To the west of us, the Gamu swarm and another worm hive appeared in Sarth, and they were numerous." Raynor reported to Augustus: "But the good news is that the protoss reinforcements are coming soon. "
"Elder." After confirming that he was in the center of the endless swarm of insects, Augustus looked at Zeratul, who was also staring ahead.
"The Overlord has sent out some of its most powerful insect nests, and the rear must be defending the void. I think this is an opportunity for the Dark Templar warriors who are good at assassination."
"As long as we can take this opportunity to kill enough brainworms, the power of the master who is spiritually connected to the brainworms will inevitably be weakened." Augustus said to Zeratul in an extremely serious tone.
"This may be our only chance to kill the Overlord."
Augustus did not believe that Zeratul could kill the Overmind.
The reality is that the Overmind may be the most powerful psychic entity in the universe, but if it can be weakened, then at least it creates an opportunity to kill the Overmind in the future, and that's enough.
"With such a small number of people, how long can you hold on here? Courage is not enough to bridge the gap between humans and the swarm."
Zeratul was indeed surprised by Augustus' bold idea, and he saw more excellent qualities in this human being. When the situation was so bad that it was almost desperate, Augustus was thinking about how to make a comeback.
"The forces of Executor Tassadar of the Protoss Expedition are on their way, and they will help us." Augustus replied.
"Tassadar, are they your allies?" Zeratul had to admit that the human in front of him always gave him all kinds of frights.
"Hail to Adun." Augustus smiled.
"Commander, it seems that you know more about the protoss than I thought." Zeratul had already memorized Augustus's name, and would forget it for the rest of his still long life.
"I agree with your idea." He faced Augustus: "The Dark Templar warriors have been looking for opportunities to sneak into the main nest of the Zerg... The situation in Char is becoming more and more chaotic. The more advantageous our actions will be. I will personally lead my Dark Templar."
"May the Shadow of Twilight bless you, and we will meet again soon."
Zeratul took a few steps back and disappeared in the billowing black smoke.
"Wow...mysterious Dark Templar, but they look cool, don't they?" Raynor blew a loud whistle: "When will our psykers be able to become invisible like them?" Go without a trace?"
"Let our psykers learn from Zeratul's Dark Templar?" Augustus guessed Raynor's thoughts: "I'm afraid this is unlikely, Jimmy, but let the Dark Templar train us. agents may be effective."
Renault reminded Augustus that once the relationship between the Revolutionary Army and the Protoss was stable or even formally established, he could hire the Protoss to serve him.
Protoss humans have the concept of trade in goods and money. Their technology has already reached a level that minimizes unnatural mortality, but that does not mean that a protoss has no desires or desires. Mr. Augustus There would be a way to hire a few Templars to train him as psykers and warriors.
"That's what I think," Leno said.
"The bugs are coming up, and they are starting to attack!" At this time, a nearby Revolutionary Army officer shouted.
After two rounds of shelling from the Revolutionary Army's artillery positions, the dense red zerg had already entered the fire range of the machine guns and howitzers, and the ground-attack missiles had already taken off.
The thick fog hanging above the heads of the Tiamat swarm reflected a dim yellow light in the light of the searchlights and flares at the Alpha Squadron base.
It was not some poisonous gas that gushes out from the cracks in the Char crust, or it might be high-energy gas, but a biological cloud composed of countless micro-organisms, which greatly confused the sight of human soldiers. Smoke formed by living microorganisms can also block detection equipment such as thermal imaging, making it impossible for them to see enemies in the smoke.
However, this kind of smoke does not have much practical use other than confusing sight, and it cannot stop bullets and shells at all. As long as the human firepower is strong enough, the zerg in the yellow smoke will not be completely safe.
"Did you see those scorpions?" Renault pointed in one direction.
At this time, the vanguard of the Tiamat swarm was less than 800 yards away from them. Augustus could see a slender snake-like figure among the numerous Hydra Hydralisks and springtails. It flashed by.
"There are a lot of them, and they are not comparable to the sporadic ones in Mar Sara and Antiga." Renault said: "When we were on the main star of Antiga, many patrol teams encountered this kind of monster in the wild. They Lurking underground, it will suddenly emerge as soon as someone steps onto its hiding place, spitting out disgusting and deadly poisonous spores.”
"Even powered armor has no way to defend against it. The disease carried by the spores can kill a platoon or even more people in just a moment."
"We can only send out special operations teams and snipers to deal with them. We can't let those monsters get close to our base." Augustus looked at Renault.
Augustus' order was immediately implemented, and the elite team originally deployed to focus on sniping the Hunters changed their goals. They ran along the long fortification walls looking for outcroppings of scorpions.
The roars of the zerg, the collision of carapace, and the gulping of saliva were like part of the torrent of the swarm, the sound of waves crashing into each other.
There was no need for Augustus to issue an order. Once the Zerg entered the effective shooting range, the officers in the fortification walls and bunkers issued the shooting order. It is not easy to defend a wide base with less than 500 troops, and the firepower points are inevitably scattered and sparse.
At this moment, Augustus ran straight towards a double-barreled Gatling gun mounted on a bracket, and fired a series of barrages at the zerg below. Raynor held the Mark rail gun and focused on calling out the Ultralisks, Hunterslayers and Scorpions. Wherever the bullets passed, the wails and roars of the Zerg were heard.
In the darkness, Tiamat swarms moved forward, one springtail fell, and more Hydra Hydralisks took its place. When a huge thunder beast followed and ran, it hit a protective wall with a thunderous roar, and the huge impact almost tore that section of the fortification wall apart.
The Alpha Squadron soldiers on the parapet were swept away by Ultralisk's huge chitin scythe, and blood splattered everywhere. Even in this situation, the resocialized soldiers of Alpha Squadron still stood firm in their positions, and even when the Thunder Beast roared, its saliva splashed on its mask, they continued to fire.
Resocialized soldiers are not just emotionless robots. They also get angry when fighting, and the adrenaline and morphine in the stimulants make them extremely high. In the combat sequence of federal resocialized soldiers, they are even ordered to be injected with stimulants until they die.
The flaws of these soldiers are still obvious. For example, when the only commander dies in battle, they will be extremely stubborn in executing the last order.
Just like now.
All the firepower was aimed at the thunder beast, but the latter did not retreat because of this. Even with blood all over its body, it still hit the fortification wall until it was in danger.
Fortunately, the Protoss support was timely. A dozen golden-blue shuttles flew over the heads of the Alpha Squadron soldiers, dropping hundreds of Templar warriors armed with sharp blades. There is no need to land, the protoss warriors directly use protoss phase technology to transfer to the ground.
The shining protoss stick-shaped fighter plane passed through the sky and dropped several anti-matter bombs on the roaring thunder beast, killing it easily.
Although the performance and power of this fighter aircraft have far exceeded that of humans, the protoss still calls it a reconnaissance aircraft.
Tassadar's Templars did not land at the Revolutionary Army's fortification wall, but jumped directly into the middle of the Tiamat swarm. Large numbers of dragon knights and golden beetles appeared in the base.
In just a few minutes, thousands of protoss reinforcements arrived at the base. A large warping fissure appeared in the middle of the base. It was obvious that the protoss were warping defensive buildings from their home planet of Aiur.
"This is really a strong man falling from the sky." Augustus said.
A protoss dragon knight jumped to a place far away from Augustus. His shining mecha with four walking limbs seemed to be made of gold, encrusted with radiant blue crystals and gems. Even though the first Dragon Knight mecha was created by the protoss Kalai phase technician, it has been polished as bright as the sun after thousands of years.
This Dragon Knight armor was created at a time when the Protoss were still using solar energy fragments instead of the current Kedarin crystals to power their warships, buildings and weapons, so the firepower of this Dragon Knight is quite astonishing.
"I am Taldarin, the commander of the Grand Archon (distinguishable from White Ball and Archon. In fact, these two are different words, but the translation is the same) and the Dragon Knight." The Dragon Knight said.
"Human, we have detected a large number of human psychic signals near here. What is going on?"
Taldarin walked towards Augustus, his long mechanical limbs making a clicking sound on the fortification walls.
"Ah...I feel the power of the void, how familiar and sad the power is." After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
As a powerful and respected consul, he was stunned, and his sad voice sounded in Augustus's mind.
"It makes me think about my old friend Arden."
"Oh, your nose is really sharp." Renault shrugged.
