Chapter 11: Insect Rain
"This is the most torrential and shocking rain I have ever seen in my life, and it is the insect rain."
"Take the Poshi beast as a cloud, and the creeper and the raindrops, and the inert worm and the zantar worm as hail; As for the roar of the flash flood, it was undoubtedly the sound of a giant swamp. “
———— "Colonial Star Wars"
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Missile bases.
Kassandra: "All the operators report to me the coordinates of the low-Earth orbit swarm within a radius of one hundred kilometers!" “
The center of the base was a pot of porridge, and the retired operators did not cooperate well with Kassandra, and the control center here was once operated by hundreds of technicians to fight against the enemy. Kassandra designed some small software for them, and finally managed to make it possible for a dozen people to do the work of hundreds of people.
"There are a large number of Boxi giant beasts gathered in the sky above the Xinqi District, about 50,000."
"There are 10,000 Poshi behemoths over the watch base, and they seem to be ...... Observation. “
"There are 30,000 to 40,000 Poshi behemoths in the Southern Industrial Zone, and they are doing an airborne pose."
"There are about 50,000 crater fortresses in the northwest."
"Crater Fortress?" Ji Tianping suddenly thought of this very old fortress, well, more than a hundred years old, and in most cases as an open state as an interstellar tourist spot rather than for military purposes.
Ji Tianping asked Kassandra, "Did you initiate a communication to the crater fortress?" “
Kassandra was quite unhappy that she was suddenly interrupted, and frowned at Ji Tianping, grimacing. But I didn't expect to make a grimace and actually make Ji Tianping laugh. Ji Tianping said: "Speak well, don't pretend to be a wry smile and an emoji, hahaha...... Ouch, it's like ..... Hahaha......."
Kassandra said: "I've been so busy that I haven't rested for a second. Not only do you have to crack the code of various programs in the missile base, but you also have to type the code to write control synthesis software. Oh my God, if you can help me find a hundred technical officers who can operate it, I won't be ....... Ah, all in all, well, no communication, it's just a tourist attraction now. “
At this time, a technical officer suddenly shouted: "The insect swarm above the Xinqi District is rapidly descending, opening their storage and transportation bags!" “
"The swarm of the Southern Industrial Zone has launched the same action!" The second technical officer shouted.
"The same goes for the crater!"
"Watch Base ......."
Kassandra suddenly ordered: "I have made the missile lock on to the bugs above the base through the background, and the technical officer in charge of keeping watch over the base!" Immediately tap the red button in front of you. “
Ji Tianping asked in a low voice, "That...... How many other directions? “
Kassandra: "I can't do it, so I'll have to do my best to keep the sky above the watch base safe!" “
One by one, tall launch towers were raised from ground bunkers, surrounded by multiple control air missiles. The red launch button was pressed, and the multiple air-controlled missiles took off into the air, and dozens, hundreds of missiles were fired out of the launch tower one by one to form a barrage. The glow of the missile's blazing jets illuminated the last shimmers of darkness in the sky. The entire canopy seemed to tremble, and the screams of the swarm as they were shot down filled the sky above the base.
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In the planning, the starport, the missile base and the mining area near the base are the cores that must be guarded. The former is about the back road, the missile base is the most important hub for clearing the flight unit, and the mining area is the source of a steady stream of good brothers.
Ji Tianping placed 200 marines in each position, relying on the original defense base of the watch base for deployment. There are more entrances and exits to the mine, but after all, the barracks are located there, and there can be a steady stream of marines.
In the missile base, Ji Tianping gathered the remaining 400 marines and pioneer combat vehicles as a reserve, ready to go around for emergencies. Ah, as for the air power Foxbat, now it will occupy Ji Tianping's manpower and strength.
The Xinqi area has now turned into a place where insect swarms are raging, and Ji Tianping specially brought Congressman Lilei, representatives of the people, and representatives of the militia units that Ji Tianping asked them to form to climb the observation tower.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if I hadn't migrated everyone here in the most decisive way, what would be the fate of everyone at this moment?"
"Everyone standing here, remember who you are, you are human! We are human beings on an isolated island surrounded by a sea of insects. I hope that when you go back, you will tell your colleagues, your relatives and friends, and everyone you can tell them, so that we humans can put aside our internal barriers and unite with the outside world! ”
"Everyone must work to the best of their ability, and for the sake of our survival, all of us must be ready to die for the collective!"
Although Ji Tianping's words are still uncomfortable, the words are not rough, and the dense swarm of insects that he sees with his eyes is the most convincing language.
"We ..... I will do my best to cooperate. ”
"Yes, in order to live, everyone will understand."
Ji Tianping nodded, "OK, very good, Renault, go and inform the logistics department, the living conditions and diet of these representatives will be upgraded by one level." ”
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After a long delay, the bugs still came, using their most commonly used tactics, the vast sea of worms, and went straight to the watch base.
It was not the Marines who fired first, but the militia reserve formed by Ji Tianping, many of whom had retired from the watch base and were skilled in handling heavy firepower such as twin machine guns, multi-barrel machine guns, and plasma artillery.
The first to arrive was not the lowest-level reptiles, but the flying troops of the swarm, the Screaming Mantis.
These monsters will spew a blade worm from their tail to hit enemies in the air and on the ground. The Bladeworm is a violent symbiote that quickly collapses into several pieces and sputters at enemies. If humanity does not seize air supremacy, or if the anti-aircraft fire is not sustained and strong enough, then these nimble swarm spearheads will be devastating to humanity.
"It's really a bunch of cunning bugs, and it actually links up with the open ground."
Guarding the perimeter of the missile base were the two hundred good brothers and the head of Malaka. The missile base has a very strong deterrent to both the Poshi Behemoth and the Screaming Mantis. The swarm needs to pull out this hard nail. As far as the swarm is concerned, they don't care about sacrifice. So those screaming mantis would rather withstand the fire of missiles and various cannons, and use their lives to attract firepower for the ground forces.
The first wave is a mixed force of reptiles, lazy insects, and zantar insects, estimated at more than 5,000.
Malaka would not have made a flamboyant declaration of battle, but he understood the simplest thoughts of ordinary soldiers, so he shouted: "The goddess of fate is with us, in this battle, the rewards are fair, the rewards are rich, the punishment is severe, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”