Chapter 21: Attacking the Hive (3)
"Hurry on, the Marines are ready to board and transfer the Pioneer to the mine barracks. Only the minimum number of stable marines was left in the base, and a hundred people were left in the barracks as base reserves, and the rest were all boarded, aiming for the middle of the Red Flame Valley. ”
Ji Tianping ordered, and hundreds of marines had to rush to the new battlefield tiredly. A piercing alarm bell rang at the base for an emergency call, just as it had been a few days before when the United Earth forces stationed at the base fled. Ordinary people shivering in the building watched the Marines boarding the plane, and became more and more panicked.
"Mom, are the soldiers going to give up on us?"
"Mom won't give up on you, our mother and son are here, together, and won't be separated."
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But the mother lied, she soothed the child to sleep, crept to the gate of the building, and prayed to the Marines guarding the place: "Please, sir, can you take the child with you, we will stay here willingly, let the worms devour us, and buy you time." Please, sir, the child is our only hope. ”
My mother suddenly found that there were many people behind her, just like herself, they were all people with children, they had mothers, fathers, and elderly people.
"Sir, please, please don't give up on the children, please give them hope to live, and give us a thought. Even if we all end up being eaten by bugs, we will be grateful to you. ”
Ji Tianping, who was wearing armor, met Congressman Reley, who had forcibly broken into the house arrest of the marines. "Sorry, Commander, we didn't stop him......" Marines apologetically said as they followed closely behind Reray.
"Commander! Are you going to give up tens of thousands of citizens here? You're going to take your men and run away like those cowardly United Earths? It's not what we agreed to be! “
"Listen, Reel, things aren't what you think."
"Commander, we ....... We've approved of you becoming an Overseer, and we're no longer concerned with these false names, yes. Whether it's democracy or dictatorship, we don't care, in the face of the existential stakes of humanity. I know you have all the armed forces here, and we who only talk about it can't stop you. But I beg you, for the sake of your compatriots, for the sake of the tens of thousands of men and women here, I beg you, stay, we fight side by side! We will do our best to support you. “
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Uh-huh? Something funny how things are going? However, in the face of the crisis, these parliamentarians finally relented, which is a surprisingly good thing.
Therefore, Ji Tianping was willing to calm down and give this Congressman Lilei a few minutes to talk about the current situation.
"The Marines are not here to escape, but to fight. Because at the moment there is a huge crisis, which appears not far from the base. Ji Tianping took Li Lei to the war room, pointed to a plain between the watch base and the copper furnace base and said, "Here, a worm nest is gradually forming, the worm nest is the foundation of the endless insect swarm army, if we let the worm nest take root here, it will be our end." ”
Relei seemed to feel that his promise just now was a little too early, and he had lost it. But now is not the time to worry about this, Relei said, "So, you're going to attack the hive?" “
"Exactly."
"So how do I get people to believe it?"
Ji Tianping put on his helmet and said in a serious tone: "This is your business, Councilor Lilei, I am responsible for leading everyone to fight, and you are responsible for pacifying the people." Yes, from now on, you are no longer under my house arrest, and you can shoulder a little responsibility as a member of parliament. ”
"Marines, go! Go save our comrades, or take their remains home! ”
When Ji Tianping was about to board the plane, he bumped into a person who came to ask for a meeting.
Su Lin, who was already fully armed, saluted and said, "I have checked, your transport plane is not loaded with weapons, you need to escort it, Su Lin, the captain of the Bai Zhen Flying Squadron, asked for an attack." “
"Agree to your request, escort, please."
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Renault almost died.
No one expected that the injured United Earth Army soldier would suddenly become a mutated monster, emitting a strong stench like bugs. One by one, the Combine fighters who had fallen to the ground stood up and attacked the Marines with their teeth and claws.
"It's the infected! Kill them, and keep an eye out for the underground, the Bob female who created the infected must be lurking nearby. Renault used a dagger to chop the infected man in front of him by the collar into several pieces of minced flesh, and immediately alerted the Marines on a nearby channel. Infected Combine soldiers and their botched weapons pose no threat to the Marines' armor, but the nearby Bob females are a scourge. And the upcoming swarms.
"Team 2, find the Bob female! Concentrated Fire Attack! ”
A giant bob hen lurks from underground, bursting open the ground, a sharp sting needle piercing the Marine's armor and injecting a nerve parasite directly into the victim's nervous system. The rest of the Marines pulled the trigger and kept firing at the big bug, regardless of the fact that many of the bullets hit the unlucky guy who was stabbed by the bug, and under the torture of the bug's nerve parasites, it might be a relief to be killed.
The Bob Female couldn't withstand the fire of so many people, and panicked and wanted to dive into the surface again. It's just that this big bug still can't help but be greedy, and after swallowing the unlucky marines whole, he sneaks in. Renault saw that the Marine was struggling and trembling at the last moment, and took out the grenade on his waist.
"boom-", flesh and rubble splattered out of the ground, blasting the entire Bob female to pieces. The final suicide grenade explosion became the most heroic farewell ceremony that the Marines conventionally had ever had.
"He just went to the Temple of the God of War before us, Marines, don't be sad, let us scream with barrage and death with swarms to see off our brothers who died heroically! I order, fire freely! ”
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"And gunshots? It seems that we are not too late, these armored soldiers are still resisting. Let's go, soldiers of the first battalion, go and help the field! ”
Eight hundred Combine soldiers of the 1st Battalion were ready to go to the aid of friendly forces. Once upon a time, communications were cut off, contact with the outside world was lost, and they were pessimistic that they were the only force on the planet that was still resisting the swarm. But they suddenly found that they also had allies, and on this planet, they were not at a loss by drawing their swords, but they could fight side by side and bear their fate together.