"Sir, after computer calculations, we have successfully located the alien unit that manipulated the swarm virus."

"Then hurry!" The situation had reached a certain level of criticality, and Jim didn't have time to talk too much nonsense with Horner.

"Yes! Sir. ”

The next moment, the Hyperion marked the location of the calculated Insect unit on the star map of the command center far on the ground.

A large red skull appeared on several extremely dense clusters of infected buildings.

"Well, they put their nest in a place full of alienated combat bodies, thinking that it would be safe to do so———— it is indeed safe." By the way, Horner marked the number of Alien Combatants at the location of the Alien units on the panel. Not much, just millions.

The staggering amount was nerve-wracking for Jim. Their current strength is simply not enough to kill a specific unit in the mouths of such a large number of insects.

"Matt, contact the Governor of Planet Meinhoff, I'm going to talk to him."

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"The Planetary Governor is infected? Oh, that's a shame. I've heard about his kindness for a long time, though I don't quite approve of this practice of caring for infected people without a face covering. ”

"Meinhoff's troops are now under your command? Yes, the Rangers have found a good way to fix it once and for all. ”

"I'm sympathetic to the need for the local army to protect so many refugee camps from infection, but there really isn't any help?"

"Local armory ... Well, thank you for your help, and I just hope that your so-called 'arsenal of ammunition' will be able to help with this decapitation. By the way, good luck to you. ”

After finishing his conversation with the temporary supreme military authority in Meinhof, Jim sighed deeply. What kind of ammunition in the armory is for them to move, this is an ordinary mineral planet before it became a transit point for refugees, how good can it be in such a mineral planet?

Wait a minute!

Although there are not many weapons on the mineral planet, there may be a lot of crystal ore! It would also be nice to take this opportunity to get a little money for the Rangers' ammunition and the ship's fuel.

Having made up his mind, Jim sent several mobile teams to the mineral warehouse in the name of "clearing the infection" before perfecting the decapitation plan for the alien unit.

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The Hyperion, the moment it stepped into the command room.

"Report sir! The sensor has detected multiple psionic fluctuations at the marked location, most likely in the Insect unit we need to destroy. Horner's heart was furious, and his tone was still calm: "Seventeen hours later, several insect buildings appeared in the location where the psionic energy fluctuated - they were insect creatures that had never appeared before."

"Alien buildings? They plan to build a main nest here and hatch hive troops? ”

"Not really." Dr. Ariel Hansen answered Jim's question: "Our readings show that this swarm virus has appeared even in the upper atmospheres since the appearance of the alien structure. According to the calculations, swarm viruses that enter the upper atmosphere will spread with the flow of air currents. In just a few days, these insect structures can spread enough viruses to cover the entire planet - Jim, you must destroy them. ”

Jim clicked on the star map, and a huge creature appeared in front of him.

Blackstone's carapace was densely covered in his body, and the ugly insect creature had no eyes or nose, and only a huge mouth with both a lower jaw and a left and right jaw on his face.

The ordinary Insect Building is ugly enough, and now, this Insect Building has directly broken the lower limit of the Insect Ugliness.

It frantically spat out a yellow liquid, which spread into the air and volatilized rapidly, and in a short period of time, the sky that had been gray due to the uncontrolled mining of the local mining residents of Meinhof was suddenly occupied by a yellow color full of swarm viruses.

'We need to take them. Matt, prepare for a naval artillery strike! ”

The original decapitation operation required the ground troops to take a lot of risks, and if they were to take these specific buildings, it would be like killing them! And a shot from an orbital high-altitude naval gun is the best way.

"Yes! Sir! ”

Lock on to the target!

Adjust the shooting element!

"Fire!"

Matt ordered. A railgun shot fell from the sky, and after a full minute of delay in the attack, the shell hit the ground.

The devastating force of the impact directly destroyed the carapace of the Alien Structure, which seemed to be able to resist the siege tank artillery, and the rising flames and shockwaves immediately engulfed the creature that was still swallowing the virus even when it died.

No surprises.

The first one died, and the second soon walked into the path of the previous insect building. The insect-destroying buildings have finally aroused the fear of the infected.

The Hyperion immediately detected this psionic wave.

"Sir! Looks like we've alarmed that insect unit! It's starting to move. ”

The last position of the insect unit is displayed on the star map, and beyond the star map, there are two people with a confused face.

"We're scared." The thought of everyone being infected made Jim distracted. It also led to the escape of this alien worm.

"It looks like this insect is going to dig into the ground and run away. Insect units hiding on the ground are difficult for us to spot in high-altitude orbits. Perhaps we should lower the altitude of the Hyperion. ”

"Good, Matt. I'm going to refine my battle plan. ”

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Jim Renaud is a powerful real-time strategist after all, and in an emergency, it took him less than half an hour to urgently come up with a very feasible plan of action.

First of all, the Rangers, who have absolute orbital control and air supremacy, can take full advantage of these advantages. The orbital high-altitude battlecruiser is linked with the air force transport aircraft. First of all, the landing zone was cleared using railgunfire, then the transport aircraft quickly unloaded the troops with the SCV, and then a temporary defensive front was created.

The long-range fire of siege tanks in the defensive line can provide fire assistance to decapitated soldiers, and the main roads that are deliberately controlled by the defensive line can also prevent the insect units from burrowing to escape.

There are five landing sites that need to be controlled, and carefully selected landing sites can easily allow siege tanks to fire each other, and can also use artillery to hit mission targets in all directions.

The battle plan has been completed, so all that remains is to arrange the personnel.

Jim already had his own ideas in mind.