Chapter 25: The Truth in the Mists (14)
"The offensive has begun", Stukov gave the order on the whole channel, except for the Alexander and some ships docked in outer space ready to support, other large and medium warships carrying small warplanes and shuttles into the interior of the El.
"According to the show, there is a lot of insect activity not far from us, they are not in the hive, and it is almost impossible for us to cross them without alarming them", Stukov said to the two lieutenants on the screen, "In that case, focus on destroying them first, Duran, you go to the northeast to defend against the evacuation of our enemies, and to guard against the possible interference of the hive in the northeast"
"Understood, sir"
"John, you go to the guard in the northwest direction, and you should also pay attention to safety"
"Don't worry, sir, the insect will never take half a step forward"
"Very good, then let's act", Mr. Lieutenant General was in high spirits, "Let me understand the horror of the insect swarm, each ship is careful, indiscriminate strafing, target, alien worm"
Suddenly, all the guns of the spaceship were fired at once, and the human attack successfully attracted the attention of the insects, and also caused the reaction of the star spirit base in the distance.
"They're dying," Renault looked at the detected scene, the large battleships captured from the Empire were like aerial beasts, and the dense Wagre fighters flew up and down to strafe the fish that slipped through the net.
"They think that no one controls these swarms", Mengsk mocked, "Admittedly, they are powerful, but they still lack knowledge of insects, let alone the Queen of Blades."
"Aren't you afraid Sarah will feed you bugs?"
"She used to be, of course, she would now", Mengsk snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand and turned to look out of the boat, where the faint light of the fire foreshadowed a battle, "Of course, she will hide these thoughts more obscurely, you should know that women, especially smart women, are born to be actors"
"Actors?" , Renault thought of the bits and pieces with Kerrigan, and the attraction that she would be a poison to him after she became the Queen of Blades, "yes, yes, yes"
"Young man", Mengsk patted Renault on the shoulder, "even if we are hostile, but now we are comrades-in-arms, I will give you a piece of advice", he stared at the other party's eyes seriously, and said word by word, "Don't mix career with feelings, that will only expose your weakness, and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it, this can be regarded as an old man's persuasion"
"You... Thank you", Renaud looked at each other with a complicated expression, Mengsk is such a person, if you look at him simply, he is very charismatic, his words are funny, his conversation is elegant, erudite, deeply attractive to everyone, but the other party is an absolutely rational and even selfish person in his heart. He could sacrifice everything, including himself, for the sake of his ideals. He was actually wondering if he would have stayed in the Son of Keha if it hadn't happened to Sarah. The answer was not even clear to him. He has always been a person with a weak character, or he hesitates to look forward and backward, and often chooses when he is forced to a dead end, but at that time there is only one road left in front of him, and it is the most difficult.
"Everyone", the voice of Thrandis was heard from the communicator at the right time, "the executive has begun to channel the energy of the Crystal Tower, and the estimated time is two standard hours"
"Has it already started?" "We see the enemy attacking the insects, and we need to guard against the risk of other nests attacking us."
"The executive said that for the time being, ignore the insects, just take precautions, in addition, according to our inference, the idle insects will not be able to stop for long, they will soon advance to the front of the base, I will let the probe build a certain defense facilities, and open the protective shield, but the energy is limited, and it can't last long."
"Hey, guys, did you forget about me?" , Phoenix's voice rang out on the general channel, and at the same time the fortress received information about the application to enter, and the CEO finally rushed back at the last moment
"You're in a hurry, old man," Renault replied happily, "how did you get this time?" ”
"Actually, it's not that much, most of them are wounded, they can't form an effective combat force, and they need to be sent back to Saccoolas for treatment", Phoenix didn't have a depressed look on his face, "but there are a lot of Carlison technicians, and they found a lot of scientific research materials in Karari"
"Hey, your Kara is a good thing"
"Hey, I don't agree with you, but it's true, I can't imagine what it would be like if we lost it one day," he said
"Okay, now attack the Star Spirit Base", destroying the insects that blocked the way, the troops of the United Earth Council finally began the purpose of this trip, launched an attack on the Star Spirit Command Center, and the marines who had been prepared were ready to go one by one, and with the shock of the hatch, one after another shuttles flew out of the cruiser and began to fly towards the ground. Vargre ships escort them in the air, guarding against the shelling of the Astral Spirits and the possible Insect Air Units.
"Hey, boys, get ready, the tanks are in position, the bunkers are ready", commanded Reynolds, who always seemed to be the life of a machine gunner, always preferring to charge ahead.
"Hmph, wretchs, let me do your funeral," was Duke's voice in Nord III, while Mengsk stood behind him and watched the probe.
"All units are ready, the artillery is scattered in front of them", Brother Xiao Ma still had that calm expression, and the Hyperion was solemn at this time, they had long been accustomed to the life of being pursued, so they were the most handy to deal with.
"Warriors, come with me, En taro Tassadar!" Phoenix led the Templars in the charge, targeting the Combine who walked out of the hatch.
"The signal is coming, the source is Alexander", Hubelion and Nord III sounded the communication voice at the same time, and then, Stukov's face appeared on the screen, "I advise you not to make unnecessary resistance, obediently lay down your arms and surrender, and accept our takeover, otherwise, the end waiting for you will not be too good"
"Hey, did you think I was scared of you? Reynold's voice rang out from another screen", he was not on the ship at this time, "When I was an interstellar pirate, you didn't know where it was!" ”
"Arrogance! In that case, I will let you see my wrath and attack me! ”
Suddenly, all the battleships bombarded the protective shield, the protective shield was much darker, and even broke out of the line, and it is estimated that the next salvo will be completely shattered.
"Don't want us to surrender," Phoenix roared, as he began to charge into the invading crowd, tossing and turning in it, reaping the lives of his enemies with every fly, and behind him were thousands of these Templars.
Renault relied on bunkers and siege tanks to block the enemy, and under the protection of the protective shield, the cannon could not fall on their heads for the time being, but this would not last long.
"Damn, how long is it", Renault couldn't hold on, after the enemy was repulsed after a tentative attack, when attacking again, Goliath robots, siege tanks, raiders, and vulture motorcycles were in front, followed by a bunch of fire bats known as arsonists, and then biochemical machine gunners, with Wagre fighters flying on their heads, this kind of carpet advance, suddenly made Phoenix unable to withstand it first, and then retreated.
The Hyperion and Nord III, as well as the Great and Small Star Spirit ships, were more protective of the portal area, as well as the mainland of their positions, and in the face of the fact that there were significantly more ships than them, they did not dare to rush forward, and the situation became more and more unfavorable.
Anyway, Artanis didn't let them wait too long, as the portal re-emitted a dazzling light, the charge was finally completed, and the executive withdrew his psionic energy, his face was a little pale and a little out of strength, but he was in good spirits. In order to speed up the channeling, he let his psionic energy venture and resonate with the crystal tower, which was very effective, and also gave him a new understanding of psionic energy.
"Guys, it's time for us to retreat," Artanis' voice rang
"Hey, man, it's finally here," Renault reassured, "but they don't seem to let us go, or I'll break things off with Phoenix?" ”
"No, besides, we don't have helpers... , Atanis said inscrutablely.
At this time, in the northeast direction, Samir Duran quietly looked at the direction of the battlefield, and next to him, there was a strange worm, "It seems that we need to help those star spirits", the alien said, to be exact, it was the will of Kerrigan that was manipulating, "Yes, my queen, we can surprise Lieutenant General Stukov"
"Hmph, sooner or later, I'll clean them all up, but for now, send a small gift to our friend first, I hope both of you will like it"
Yes, they'll like it, and so will you, hehehaha, Duran laughed arrogantly after Kerrigan's will left, this feeling of being a flag bearer is really good, Eamon, I'm a little addicted, what should I do?