Chapter 17: The Battle Begins!
"Tur, I heard you've played Vikings, go pick one."
"Yes, Captain."
Without refutation, without refusal, this handsome young man with blond hair agreed to the chief's request in one gulp, and even with some joy.
He would drive a Viking, something he had occasionally encountered when he was in business with his parents. At that time, he exploded into a boundless love for Vikings, and even secretly bought one from the black market.
Later, he was discovered by his father, which made the family angry and resentful. He will never forget his father's disappointed expression, so he can only turn it to the mercenary.
But he also couldn't forget the feeling of soaring in the sky, and it was an experience that he would never forget.
Breaking through the thick clouds and advancing towards the golden sun, the fuselage rubbed violently against the air, and the thunder danced wildly in the air. In the form of a mecha, the vibration of the twin cannons, the heaviness of each step, thinking about him laughing as if no one was around, looking at the fighter next to him is like looking at his first love.
Fighting in the sky with a fighter plane is something a man dreams of, and when the cold steel and the blazing sparks are intertwined, the charm of battle is perfectly revealed.
After many years, the bright young man met the things he once loved again, and he did not hesitate to know that in the near future, strange insects would crush him and his "lover".
Ignition, lever, take-off, stabilization, the most advanced militarized products carried Tours to the skies of Keha, turning into free birds, soaring over the vast world.
"Hah! It's still that familiar feeling! ”
Tours deviated from the army's flight trajectory and flew through the air as he pleased, sometimes stopping and sometimes drifting at breakneck speed, playing the Vikings out of the game.
For his actions, the commander did not stop him, his teammates did not advise, and the Imperial troops on the ground also showed a long-lost smile as they watched Tour's performance. Everyone laughed and discussed who the good driver of the Viking was, and took out each other's last cigarette or two to light for their friends, as if they were the last party.
"Hum~"
Suddenly, there was a low roar from the sky, and the sound was like the whisper of a whale in the deep sea, deep and melodious.
The sound waves spread throughout the city, echoing through every street, and everyone looked up at the sky curiously, what was going on there, but the next moment their faces were full of shock, and some even fainted on the spot.
Flying low, Tours also stopped performing, only to feel that his head resonated with the sound. He rubbed his temples and looked up, and found the sight that suffocated him!
In the retreating gloomy clouds, a slow, huge figure slowly emerged.
The first thing to be revealed was its dozens of cone-shaped limbs that were large enough to penetrate the heavens and the earth! A giant spear like a giant! It seems that if it wants to, it can chisel through the earth if it throws it down like this!
Then there is the bloated and huge abdomen, which takes up almost four-fifths of the entire body, and it looks like it will fall out of the middle at any moment! I'm afraid that as long as it falls, the whole city will be a magnitude 10 earthquake! The folds on it, which resemble human fingerprints, can be seen clearly from a distance of thousands of meters! It's like a crack that has been stretched open, and the scalp of the person who looks at it is numb!
Finally, there was the monstrous face of the behemoth, several tendrils like octopus whiskers swam around the face, and if they could, everyone believed that those whiskers could directly shatter the battle patrol!
Leviathan! The biggest creature in the Kprustar Zone! Not one of them! As soon as it appeared, the surrounding clouds were crowded out and disappeared, and it moved slightly, and the whole sky was roaring!
Big! It's too big! Whether it's its limbs, belly, or head, it's too big! The feeling of cramming the whole line of sight makes people always afraid that it will fall and they can't run away by themselves! The kind of depression like a mountain in the face is a veteran who has experienced countless wars, even if he dies, he doesn't want to face it once!
It was a deep sense of powerlessness, and the first reaction of any creature when they saw this kind of monster was not to fight, but to wait quietly for death. That's not a joke about ants challenging elephants, there's no way to talk about it, and how can the challenge begin when you can't even breathe in front of such a terrible creature?
This is not the end, if it is just a Leviathan that suffocates people, then the next thing is to directly make people die on the spot!
One, two, three... Ten! Hundreds! When the whole sky is obscured! When only the sky far above the horizon can provide light! Everyone was stunned on the spot, and some even cried on the spot!
"What kind of being are we fighting..."
I don't know who said it, it played the role of the first snowflake in the avalanche, and in the hearts of all those who looked up, the fragile defense line of "for the Empire, for Your Majesty" fell apart in an instant...
At this moment, Mengsk's voice rang out suddenly!
"Citizens of the Empire! Evil and brutal insects slaughter our fellow citizens! Destroy our homeland! Banish all of us human beings into homeless refugees! ”
"But we won't cower and won't give in! We will fight to the end! Just like our ancestors! When they first arrived in the Kpru, they were helpless and had nothing, but they managed to survive and grow until their footsteps spread throughout Kpru! ”
"We have endured a bitter war against the Old Union! Experienced the expedition of the Earth Federation, the origin of mankind! Experienced countless wars of large and small star spirits, insects and rebels! We didn't fall! ”
"Look at your companion, maybe he is helpless, maybe he is afraid! But why didn't they drop their weapons! That's because of the encouragement of your peers! Fight with your companions! As long as we are united! Then no matter what we face, we are invincible! ”
"Today, the decisive moment has arrived! I, Actulus Munsk, the Tyranid Human Emperor, stand above the palace and will oversee this sacred war that will go down in history! ”
"At the same time, I will live and die with all mankind!"
Just when everyone was buried in despair, the words of the Emperor Mengsk echoed deeply in all corners of the city, and the high voice accompanied by the decisive words of death deeply stimulated everyone's brains, and some of Mengsk's loyal fans even frantically shouted "Long live Mengsk".
"All Viking fighters are on command! Kill those ugly monsters with your missiles! For humanity! For Your Majesty! ”
The hysterical howl of the chief was heard from the communication facilities, and it was clear that he was a big fan of the Emperor. But even those who don't believe in Mengsk are moved by the radical words of the person standing high above the palace at this moment, and the despair and rebellion bring about death, and they are successfully seduced by that damned majesty!
"For humanity! For the sake of His Majesty... Myself! ”
Tours shouted excitedly, cheering himself on. He directly pulled up the joystick, followed the dense group of fighters, and pounced on the Leviathan in the sky!
However, not only the Vikings, but also the ground bomber Banshee, the Liberator, the highly maneuverable Wraith Fighter, the Valkyrie and other fighters that can fight have all taken to the air, and the giant battleship battlecruiser Battlecruiser, which has already positioned the capital city of Stilling in other parts of the planet, has also jumped in!
The entire low altitude was instantly dense, and Tours found himself insignificant in the entire human army! Only then did he realize that the strength of the human side was not very weak, at least it had the strength to fight!
The fighter plane was still climbing, and the rain on the glass cover retreated layer by layer with the strong wind, and the high-speed flight compressed the air in front of the fuselage, causing the fuselage to shake slightly.
Tours glanced at the dark city under the clouds, and the ground was also impermeable.
I heard that for this war, the empire moved all kinds of old and new novices. What decommissioned siege tanks, worn-out CMC armor, what newly built Vikings that haven't been warmed up, and battle cruisers that lack a layer of armor due to hurry.
There were at least thirty Minotaur-class battle cruisers that could be counted in front of him alone, and these eight-hundred-meter-long "Gong" shaped steel behemoths were the ultimate aerial units of mankind.
As for the number of siege tanks and marines on the ground, he didn't know, but he knew that only in the G2 area on the edge of the city, seven or eight hundred tankers had been recruited, and more than 10,000 marines had been forcibly recruited, and there were thousands of people in the entire Stilling area like theirs, and the total military strength must be terrifying to the point of madness.
There are also fixed-point defense facilities on the ground, such as missile towers, psionic launchers, psionic jammers, etc., which are almost everywhere except where people can stand.
"G2S2 Viking Squad, attack Leviathan 128!"
"G2S2 Viking Squad, attack Leviathan 128!"
The human air force had already made contact with the Insect Air Force, and in just an instant, a large number of explosions and broken flesh appeared in view. Booms, hoarseness, shouts, hula of flesh-wing convulsions are incessant, and they are a mess in the public channel.
Instructions from the command were sent from certain communication facilities, repeated twice to prevent wartime surrounding influences.
It turned out to be very useful. It was only at the end of the first pass that Tur remembered to turn off the public channel, and the second time he heard the task clearly.
"Airdrop bag?"
Tool, the creator of the Alien Parade, has previously known that it is an existence similar to a human Drop Pod among the Aliens. The long, octopus-like airdrop sacs, large and small, are the product of regular production in the folds of the Leviathan's abdomen. As a device to carry the landing of the insects, their thick layer of skin and flesh reduces the shock of the landing to almost zero, effectively protecting the combat ability of the insects. At the same time, there is also a bacterial blanket tumor inside, and when it lands, it will immediately take root on the ground, absorb the nutrients of the discarded airdrop sac, and lay the bacterial blanket for the function of alien insects.
"Wait? G2S2? Isn't that our team? Tur patted his head.
"Hey, just took over the Viking Kid, it's called Tool, right? There's another kid, how about we make a bet? ”
As soon as Tur realized which team he belonged to, an old voice rang out in the squad channel.
Upon entering the group, Toole learns that his squad consists of three Vikings, piloted by an active pilot and two recruitees, including him and a fat old man with a beard and a flushed face. The old man was still filled with vodka in front of the machine, as if he was a retired soldier.
"I don't bully you two either! As long as you can kill half the airdrop bag and the damn Wyvern that I have, how about I take out my treasured vodka and share it with you? Instead, treat me to a drink! ”
"Haha, old Viking! I'm an active pilot, and I almost got an elite pilot's license! Seeing that you are so arrogant, then I will reluctantly agree to your request! ”
"Young man, I was a special pilot of the old Federation. I haven't gotten an elite driver's license, what are you talking about? ”
"That's the year! And Vikings are not old-fashioned fighters! I can be an elite driver at my current level! ”
Listening to the two teasing each other, Tur couldn't help but laugh, and he continued to rise into the air after the two of them, until he was as tall as Leviathan No. 128.
At least Tours didn't feel any danger until now, maybe his intuition was out of order, anyway, he didn't refuse the old Viking's bet, and he wanted to have a drink with these two temporary teammates regardless of whether he won or lost.
After all, it means alive and the war won.
But just because he didn't feel the danger didn't mean it wasn't dangerous. Now the three of them are playing tricks to get close to Leviathan, and at the same time it is a sign that they are in a terrible situation.
When the aircraft carrier is threatened, do its frigates and escort fighters watch the enemy attack?
The five flying dragons that flew in front of them had already given the answer, and the speed was so fast that they would all end up together.
Tur wasn't fooled by the cunning wyverns, but when he saw the sturdy fleshy wings covered with nails like sandworms, his expression became much more serious.
All humans know these things, and Tours knows how disgusting the alien air force is, as annoying as a bunch of flies flying around your head, and still can't get rid of them.
Can you imagine beating it half-dead and escaping, only to come back again in a state of complete victory?
Really, almost all human troops don't want to encounter such an adversary, even if the wyvern only has one breath, it won't be long before it can fly back and fight you again. However, they are so fast that only fighters with burners can catch up, and it is too difficult to kill them. Unless you break their wings or break their heads with a single blow, you'll have to endure endless pain.
As the most proud of the insect's evolutionary products, the Wyvern's spine is home to a cluster of rapidly regenerating tissue cells that provide healing functions, and as long as the energy continues, the recovery speed is extremely fast. There are also "blade worms" launched from the tail to attack, and because of the existence of cell clusters, "blade worms" are almost endless, which is equivalent to Viking bringing a different dimensional thunder storage box.
The Bladeworms that are fired have a semi-sentient system and can also bounce between targets. Maybe the blade worm that shattered his teammate's mask one moment would break the wing of his own fighter the next, and then it didn't take long for another teammate's fusion reactor to explode.
"Chirp!"
"Boom!"
"Oh! Oh, God! Are these wyverns evolving again?! How did you fly faster than that?! Old Viking yelled angrily, and his two thunderbolts were all empty.
"Click, click!"
As they got closer, the wyvern's tail twitched, and several boomerang-like bladeworms erupted at a speed not inferior to Lanzel's thunderbolt, rubbing the air into the sound of tearing the paper in an instant.
"Pull the joystick!"
The old Viking took the lead in sideways the fuselage, and the blade worm grazed the territory of his fighter plane and sparked, and Tours and the active viking tried to operate to the limit, but the active Viking still had half of the tail cut off.
A Viking who had been fighting for a long time not far from them was innocently injured, and several blade worms hit the opponent's fuselage directly, and after breaking the Viking's in the middle, it flew towards the three of them at an angle.
"Damn! I'm damn if I said these wyverns! Old Viking screamed as he banged on the glass door.
The three of them narrowly escaped the second ejection of the blade worm, and they all felt that fighting the wyvern was too much of a loss. However, just when they were on the side of the fuselage, the nimble flying dragon had already circled behind them, and the blade worm was lost, not giving the three of them any chance at all.
After a simple summation, the three of them accelerated directly to a low altitude while trying to avoid the chaotic blade worms behind them, trying to confuse the dragons in the chaotic battlefield and get rid of the passive attack.
"Mach 1... Mach 2... Mach 3! ”
The speed on the dashboard has reached the limit of the fighter, and the consequence of breaking the speed of sound is that the fuselage is constantly vibrating, and the three of them are trying to hold their joysticks, and the entire palms and backs of their hands are covered with cold sweat.
The air has become a mess, the Vikings who are chasing the dragons and the corruptors who are chasing the banshees are shuttling through the entire battlefield, and the situation of the three-person squad abounds throughout the battlefield, a bunch of "flies" on the horizon are bumping around, and even the battle cruisers are not spared, and one of them has just blown up a wave of Yamato cannons, and it was pulled over by the flying snakes, and many insect air forces were caught and beaten.
"Dangdang!"
The chassis shook and startled Toll, but the siren didn't go off, maybe some scrap of flesh or scrap metal had just been wiped over.
The current situation is not very good, the team of Wyverns on the screen has expanded to eleven, and they have not attacked for a while, apparently brewing.
"This!"
Saying that it was too late, Tool's heart jumped, the feeling of danger rushed straight to his brain, he had a chill down his spine, and he raised his hand and sent the fighter plane directly into the sky.
"Pull up!" Turr subconsciously wanted to remind his teammates.
"Click, click!"
As soon as the three of them bypassed a high-rise building, countless blade insects rushed towards them, and the old Viking and the active were not in a hurry to dodge, and were directly blasted into fragments!
Before Tur had time to grieve the death of his two teammates, the two wyverns had merged into one torrent! More than twenty flying dragons gathered together, and the display was densely covered with red dots! They flapped their solid wings with a "snap", and behind him were like a chasing Grim Reaper!!
"Boom, boom...!"
At the moment of crisis, dozens of twin anti-air missiles broke through the sky and roared and hit the group of flying dragons circling upward, and suddenly there was a bloody fireworks in the air!