45. Federal. The Empire Strikes Back (Part I)

Whatever happens in the night, it will return to the night.

No matter how long the dawn may be, it will come.

In the eternal rotation of Azeroth, the first rays of sunlight finally pierced the darkness and sprinkled on the lands of the eastern continent, and thousands of rays of light broke through the blockade of the night like a surging tide, descending on this land of wonder and hope, but it failed to awaken the sleepers... Because last night, no one slept at all.

Although the deceitful Kilgardan and Eredar fleet entered Azeroth in the rift torn in the sky above the city of Sulamah, with the speed of the Burning Legion starships, less than an hour after descending on Azeroth, their fleet sprinkled the fire of destruction on every inch of the world, and the demons thought that their arrival would be like the time when they once rampaged the stars, bringing irrepressible panic to the creatures and civilizations of this world, and then they would wipe out everything in this world in that pleasant panic.

Whether it is a happy thing or a great thing, whether it is a depraved miscellaneous thing or a disgusting sin, it will be wiped out all at once.

But the demons underestimated Azeroth, or rather, the courage and strength of the world's counterattack.

In a previous conversation between Shadow and the High Lord, Shadow had said that Darkblade had informed the civilization of Azeroth's impending invasion of demons in advance, and had treated it as another test of life and death under pressure.

But the Grimblade's message is carried out in a different way, these undead are so awkward that even helping and saving the world has to be done by the hands of others.

The Dark Alliance, the Justice League, and other neutral organizations all sent messengers to various civilizations in Azeroth nearly a month ago, and they used all kinds of very intuitive data to persuade these civilizations to face up to the threat of demons, whether the creatures of this world want to or not, a third attack on this world launched by demons will come.

And this time, the demons don't plan to stay any longer, once they attack, it will inevitably be the destruction of thunder from the sky.

Azeroth's first two defeats of the Burning Legion were achieved at the expense of the Burning Legion, but this time, the demons will not give the world another chance to play tricks, they will crush the army, and may even launch an attack of annihilation from outside the world, no matter what, the whole world must be prepared.

Before every devastating war or catastrophe, there will always be various emissaries to call for it, which is almost the usual practice of the great events in Azeroth.

And every leader in today's form of civilization will not ignore or ignore such warnings as their fathers did, and after ten years of disaster, those who are not smart and wise enough have been eliminated, and those in power today are well aware of the laws of how the world works.

Therefore, after receiving the warning, all the civilizations and all the forces on the four continents have been racing against time to prepare for the invasion.

"Boom"

At the moment when the sun shone into Stormwind, it happened to be the moment when the demon fleet that invaded the Federation launched another attack, and dense evil energy rays shot down from the sky above Stormwind, blasting the city walls that had been destroyed into a pile of ruins to pieces, but it failed to hurt the soldiers hiding in the city's bunkers, and in the ruins of Stormwind City, there was also the wreck of a demon starship that was killed by the Federation, lying in the ruins of the city in a miserable, exploded in two.

It's like announcing the power of the Federation!

But the demon starship in the air, which is more than ten kilometers long, is suspended in the air like a steel mountain range, like a terrifying mountain range that presses on everyone's heart, every time it moves, it will spread the shadow that envelops the entire city, and there are hundreds of demon shuttles, those small fighters are extremely fast, this shuttle-type steel fighter carries the ferocious demons into the battlefield, in the attack of the rain of bullets on the ground, from time to time there are unlucky shuttles that are hit and explode, but in this ruin, The demons still relied on the power of the starship to occupy a suppressive posture.

This is the flagship of the demon fleet that invaded the eastern continent, and while Stormwind was attacked, every important city on this continent was not spared, and the demons rushed into the world in the dark night, from Treasure Bay to Stratholme, regardless of race, civilization, or creed, all life was marked by the demons at this moment as enemies that must be destroyed.

All the hatred was meaningless, and in their attacks, the entire eastern continent was plunged into war at the same time.

However, the demonic attacks did not produce the results they had imagined.

At the moment when the starship broke into the territory of the Federation, the Supreme Council got the bad news, thanks to the telegraph communication that has been laid throughout the territory of the Federation, almost at the same time, the major cities and towns of the Federation, began to move rapidly population, the Federation followed a principle when building a city, that is, in every city, a large underground shelter must be built enough to accommodate everyone, and the disaster drill every three months also made the retreat of the Federation residents very orderly.

Because of the warning of the demon war of the neutral organization, the Federation legions, which have already been transferred to the surrounding cities, also quickly entered the position, and at the same time as the demon starship attacked, the Federation's counterattack also came, and the defense legion of Stormwind City responded to the demon's attack with 400 black missiles, and the small starship that followed the arrival of the demon flagship was forced down from the sky 10 minutes after the start of the battle.

That was the first victory in Stormwind's counterattack!

Ants are still stealing their lives, not to mention this civilization born from the Dark Blade, their fangs sharpened by the Dark Blade are sharp enough, and in their dictionary, there is no such word surrender at all!

"The demons are trying to get into the ground again!"

In the battlefield of Stormwind, the Engineer Gyrocopter in charge of battlefield reconnaissance nimbly dodged the missiles fired by the small shuttle in the air, and carried bad news to the ruined army headquarters, which was located in the temporary command post below the church district, where the members of the Supreme Council and the field marshal of the Federation were located.

"It's bad, our soldiers on land can still resist the demon's attack, but we'll be dragged down if we continue like this!"

Edwin, who has been completely bald. Speaker Van Cleiff looked at the current situation of the battlefield projected on the hedron screen on the wall, and the army soldiers with guns in their bunkers responded to the demons who tried to land with bullets and artillery, but the stubborn counterattack of the ground army could not hurt the starship in the air at all, and the starship that shrouded everything was not destroyed, which meant that the battle of Stormwind City could not end at all.

"It's because we've run out of missiles!"

"Artillery shells can't penetrate the shield of that damn starship! We need more missiles! ”

Field Marshal Maxwell, the commander of the Army in military uniform and a member of the Supreme Council, held a burning cigar butt in his mouth, and he opened his hands to the members around him:

"The Black Iron Sector promised to give us more missiles, but it's dawn now, why haven't we seen their support yet?"

"There are also 2 starships that have gone to the Black Iron Zone, and the battle on their side is also very hard, we need to persevere and give them a little confidence!"

The Black Iron Dwarf Councillor said as he turned to the Signal Soldier and asked:

"Haven't communications been restored in the Black Iron Zone?"

"No, Mr. Councillor."

The communication soldier fiddled with the communication equipment in front of him, which resembled a telegraph, and said with a sad face:

"No one knows what's going on, and all of a sudden, the communication over there is cut off, and it's been almost 10 minutes..."

"Whew... Multiply... Z, the Black Iron District calls the base camp! Can you hear ME? Hell, the blast wave of the explosion almost destroyed the machine, hey? Can you hear ME? ”

At the moment when the atmosphere of the command became stagnant, in the non-functioning communication machine, a dwarf's signature broken gong sounded, startling everyone, and the communication soldier was about to answer, but Marshal Maxwell snatched the microphone, and the old marshal shouted:

"This is Stormwind stronghold, and I'm Maxwell! Report on the situation in the Black Iron Zone! ”

"Ah, it's Lord Marshal."

The dwarf over there became a little flustered, but quickly regained his shock, and he replied in a loud voice:

"The rocket force in the Black Iron Zone has just test-fired a new weapon in the test stage, although there was a little mess in the middle, but it doesn't matter, in short, we successfully killed the two starships that should go to hell, and the demons who landed were terrified, haha, those group of dogs and miscellaneous people have fled!"

In the midst of the dwarf's joyous report, the marshal could still hear the noisy shouts of the other side, mixed with the screams of some people, so the marshal asked:

"What the hell is going on? What's the deal with these noises? Didn't you say that the battle was over? ”

"Ah, this, nothing important."

The dwarven messenger said with a big grin:

"It's just that the lab exploded, they're putting out the fire, oh, Muradin's beard is on it, it's burning really big."

The marshal was embarrassed for a moment, but he did not forget his business, and he said solemnly:

"There's a starship down on the battlefield of Stormwind, but there's another one that's suppressing us, and we need missiles! The railroad shouldn't have been blown up yet, so send a batch of missiles over! ”

"Missiles? No, no, no! ”

The dwarf over there shouted:

"Forget missiles, marshal, we have better weapons! Hold on a little longer, three X-52 giant war rockets are being assembled, and they will be loaded soon, and in about 30-40 minutes, we will be able to get there! ”

"Doodoo"

With a busy sound of communication, the bewildered marshal looked back at the councillors behind him, and Speaker Edwin scratched his smooth and shiny scalp, and said:

"X-52 rocket? Didn't I remember that wasn't the Owersback Lab designed to explore the stars? The gnomes also declared that they would soon step into the stars, saying that it was an engineering marvel across the ages, and how could it become a weapon of war again? ”

"None of this matters!"

Field Marshal Maxwell slammed his cigar butt against the table, and a fierce look flashed in the old soldier's eyes, and he said:

"Now that reinforcement is coming, we can fight back! The Power Armor Legion is out! Clear the ground! Chop those demons to death! ”

As soon as the marshal gave the order, the entrances to several underground bases in the ruins of Stormwind City opened, and the demons who were fighting against the cannon fire of the Federation soldiers in the ruins immediately found a new target.

The slaughter, began.

"Bang"

With a thunderous bang, most of the brains of the fastest demons were torn open by the scorching bullets, and the demons were startled by the movement, and these hideous bastards looked up to see a gray-haired old man maneuvering a strange steel gadget out of the ruins.

Field Marshal Maxwell held a freshly lit cigar cigarette in his mouth, and outside of his aging body, heavy steel formed new armor, and his whole body was encased in a humanoid power armor, which was designed in the form of a human, looking heavy and fierce, and in the five fingers of the two outstretched steel arms, each clasped a heavy steam-powered shotgun, the muzzle of which was the size of a human head, and the bullets fired were almost like small cannons.

And behind this hideous steel power armor, there is also a heavy electric axe, which is obviously a weapon used to fight in close combat.

The Darkblade Legion had studied power armor technology in the early days, but then with the future of "Mechanical God Descent", the bulky power armor was abandoned, but it was picked up by the Federation, and today, the research on this mechanical warfare system for individual combat has entered a mature period, but due to the high cost, even the deep-pocketed Federation has only a few armies equipped with these terrifying weapons.

Behind Marshal Maxwell, heavy power armor stepped out of the base, although the team only had less than 30 people, but in the face of the hundreds of demons in front of them, these warriors had no fear in their hearts!

Flesh and blood... How can it compare to the killing of steel?

Looking at the shocked eyes of the demons in front of him, a trace of hideousness flashed on Marshal Maxwell's old face, accompanied by the triple shield of the power armor used to protect the manipulator's head, in the collision of steel gears, in the scorching gas escape of the white steam vent, the shotgun in the old marshal's hand was raised, and between the roar of the flames, between the collapse of the demon's flesh and blood, there was also a low and warm welcome...

"Welcome to Azeroth... Mazefak! ”

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"Aha! The horrors of the demons will end today, and the name of the Orvosbuck Lab will resound throughout Azeroth!! ”

In the open space outside the Higashiya train station, to the mad laughter of the dwarf engineers, three heavy launchers carrying strange things and converted from several marine tanks began to be swapped.

Three silver-white steel rockets with a length of 40 meters, in the shape of three cones, with four tail fins fixed below, weighing dozens of tons, were slowly lifted by the raised brackets, and finally aimed at the suspended demon starship like a hill in the sky above Stormwind City nearly a hundred kilometers away.

It's hard to aim at such a big target.

The three rockets, called the X-52 Star Rocket, were originally used by the Owersbuck Lab to launch into the stars, but during the demonic invasion, the goblin engineers filled the gnomes' rockets with a terrifying amount of explosives that could blow up several cities, and the two dwarf races worked together to transform them into the most frenzied weapons in Azeroth engineering at the moment.

"Aimed?"

"Ignition program activated! Let the glory of engineering... Save the world!! ”

“5.4.3.2.1!!”

"Launch !!"