Chapter 41: A New Hive

Kassandra: "Commander, there's a team approaching the Copper Furnace base. ”

Ji Tianping: "The troops of the copper furnace base? ”

Kassandra: "Probably not, at least the half-tracks don't fit into the Copper Furnace base itself, but in the configuration of the more distant Backwater base." ”

Ji Tianping: "So, a guest is coming?" Deploy a medical transport plane and get close to the team for reconnaissance. ”

The troops of the backwater base do not stick to their bases, so why do they come to the copper furnace base thousands of miles away? Have a friendly meeting? Even in the peaceful years when the insect swarm had not invaded, there would be no interaction between the bases of the two sides except for joint exercises.

"Let the medical transport planes not apply electromagnetic shielding to them first, and carry the marines to test the temptation, but we don't fire the first shot and try to avoid conflict."

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The backwater, now a pool of stagnant water, is an army that has left its homeland, and the days of progress have made this team more and more dull, more like a refugee team. As early as the day of the swarm's landing, the backwater base was captured and captured by the swarm's saturation attack, and the commander, General Mad Dog, personally led the heavy troops to the rear and let the wounded soldiers and citizens retreat first.

However, the retreat was still difficult, and the Swarm's troops followed this huge refugee team until General Mad Dog lured the enemy deeper in a canyon and surrounded and annihilated a large wave of reptiles, which made the Swarm give up the idea of continuing the pursuit.

However, as the team reached the distant mountain range and was about to cross the mountain, General Mad Dog looked back at the Backwater Base, and realized why the Swarm had given up on pursuing the refugee group, as the group was transforming the Backwater Base into a giant hive of creatures and machines.

"Oh God, what kind of monster is that, I'm afraid that there is no one on the Ross 128b colony who can stop these monsters anymore, unless the expeditionary fleet of the Earth Federation regains this place."

Even though he knew that the future was endless darkness and that fleeing was a futile struggle, General Mad Dog still had to shoulder the responsibility of leading the army and people to retreat to safety. The closest to the backwater base was originally the explosion-proof angel base, but at the beginning of the war, the news of the fall of the explosion-proof angel base came. Retreating to the blast-proof angel base is tantamount to a sheep falling into the tiger's mouth.

I can only settle for the next best thing, and choose the second closest copper furnace base as a refuge point, and I hope that the commander there will be willing to allocate some supplies to help his compatriots.

The roar of the engine came from the air, causing panic in the refugee team, and the mad dog general hurriedly shouted to the people to reassure: "Don't panic, citizens, this is the sound of the ship's engine, it is the human army, not the swarm, and the swarm will not make a spaceship." ”

However, when everyone saw the medical transport plane, they couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and the Mad Dog General was also full of doubts, muttering: "When has the Combine Army been equipped with such a strange spaceship?" ”

Inside the watch base, Ji Tianping looked at the mad dog general on the big screen with a confused look, and Ji Tianping himself was also confused.

Ji Tianping: "Mad Dog General James of the Backwater Base? I have the impression that his troops have always been a steel division with a strict style and can fight tough battles, but from the image, this is simply a refugee team. ”

Reynolds: "Maybe it's because his troops are escorting these people?" You may not know how difficult it can be, Commander, but I've done this kind of mission on the Agria Agricultural Colony and made my Marines disgraced......"

"In any case, to make a contact request to them, we need to know what's going on at Backwater Base."

In General Mad Dog's headset, he received a communication signal transfer request from a medical transport plane.

"Hey! Mad Dog General, well, I hope that this title does not offend you. “

"No offense, on the contrary I like the title, eh...... Actually, I have a lot of questions. “

"Coincidentally, General, I have a lot of questions, and I think the best way is for us to sit down and talk face-to-face."

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There are still many messy battlefield relics to be collected in the copper furnace base, and the mad dog general is also familiar with this, no matter who the owner of this base is fighting against, whether it is a swarm or a human; It doesn't matter if the commander of this base is the one you know or not.

He actually sent out truckloads of supplies to feed his team, which was a real help, and proved with his actions that he was a friend of the Mad Dog General.

When James arrived at the conference room at the base, he found that the commander here was not the original commander of the copper furnace base, and even because of the strange power armor, the general could not tell whether they were part of the Combine Army.

"Commander of Backwaters Base, Mad Dog General James."

"Commander of the watch base, Ji Tianping."

Mad Dog General: "Thank you, Commander, for providing water and food to my soldiers and refugee troops, and I'm ashamed of the defeated general." “

Ji Tianping: "Now that the entire front of the combined army is being routed under the offensive of the swarm, no one can avoid the fate of defeat. “

The mad dog general shook his head and said: "But I know that there is a team that voluntarily stayed at the base in their hometown and mobilized all the armed forces together, not only defending their own base, but also counterattacking and destroying a worm nest, I should have expected that it would be you, the marine mecha, the heroes of the combined army!" “

The general suddenly stood up and wanted to shake hands with Ji Tianping, but Ji Tianping was a little caught off guard, and he was stunned for a second before he hurriedly stretched out his hand.

While shaking hands, the general continued to boast: "I knew as early as when you live-streamed the destruction of the hive, there is such a team that can fight tough battles and win battles. It's just that my team was still on the way to retreat, and I just listened to the radio and didn't see the video. I'm relieved to see you, and maybe we can work together to stop the situation before it gets worse. “

"Another one to fight side by side?" Ji Tianping is now a little bit interested in the word "fighting side by side"... Sensitive, I believe that if General Mad Dog knew how Pinault died tragically, most likely he would not have said these four words.

General Mad Dog was still talking about his plans with great interest: "Commander, I have to start by talking about the current deteriorating situation. Right here in my hometown, the Backwater Base, where the swarm is transforming into a new hive. On the way to retreat, we observed using a single drone that the swarm was trying to transform the entire Deadwater base complex into a giant hive. “

"Moreover, the swarm is trying to add some mechanical accessories to their organism's hive......"