Chapter 20: The Encounter

December 17, 2070 at 14:00__Troposphere at 50°N on Shariz Star__

"Whoosh--whoosh--" Two MiG-51 air-space fighters roared by, their wings scraping two white marks in the air, and at an altitude of 10 kilometers, the suspended Xiaoice particles melted by the friction of the fighters quickly formed ice again.

"Akagi, the airflow at this flight altitude is too disordered, and there is a slight ice on the surface of the fighter, which affects the flight speed of the fighter, and we need to lower it below the troposphere. Complete. "The Akagi received that the hull did have some slight icing, and lowering the altitude would allow for better flight. Complete. The leader of the escort team asked the two fighters flying in front of the formation: "No. 4 and No. 5, how is the situation ahead." Complete. "Squadron leader, together are normal, no zerg found. Complete. "Okay, it's starting to fall." "Roger." The entire formation began to descend to an altitude of 8 kilometers.

It's easy to get distracted by a calm flight, and as soon as the observer squints, the radar sounds. "Warning! Warn! A large number of Zerg biogenomic signals have been detected in the northeast! The distance is 2000km, and the speed is 600km/h. The captain frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Can you avoid it?" "Report to the captain, the Zerg troops are dominated by flying dragons, and their speed is far beyond that of spaceships, and it is impossible to avoid it." "! High school captain, we're in trouble. "The radar of the spaceship can detect 2,000 kilometers away, while the MiG-51 fighter's Lei 6 can only detect 1,000 kilometers. Captain Meng, what's wrong? "There's a big wave of dragons coming towards us, about 2,000 kilometers away, and we can't avoid it." After being silent for a while, the high school captain said in a deep voice: "I'll take a team to stop the Zerg, and the Akagi will fly as far as it can in a hurry." "Then Captain Gao, I'll leave everything to you." "Leave it to us. The first team followed me to stop the Wyverns, and the 2nd and 3rd teams escorted the Akagi to continue its advance. "Yes, Squadron Leader." Immediately, one-third of this air and space fighter unit broke away from the formation and flew northeast at high speed.

All this, Mark did not know anything about, but received an order to be ready to land at any time. "It's strange, according to the ZX (Pointing Star Navigation System) record, we are still 1,000 kilometers away from the nearest medium-sized base, how can we land so quickly?" James said a word to everyone's questions, and everyone looked at the captain Liu. "Why are you looking at me? I don't know what's going on, just wait for the order. "Yes."

At this time, the 1 squad of 15 MiGs led by the captain of the high school team was already close to the swarm and was about to encounter. "Spread out, each looking for a target to attack freely, remember, our mission is only to delay." "Understood." As Team 1 dispersed, the swarm roared. The swarm of brown insects was dense and large, and it looked like a brown cloud.

Wyverns are the main force of this Zerg army, they have wide bat-like wings, their heads are somewhat similar to those of Western legends, but their lower body is like a worm, but their whole body has a hard and thick Zerg carapace. At the end of their worm-like lower body, there is a "mouth" flowing with turquoise corrosive liquid, and the intestinal fluid bullets that shoot out from it can easily corrode the ordinary steel plate, and the lethality is amazing.

"Missile launch!" "Whoosh-" Sixteen warplanes launched air-to-air missiles at the same time, and the missiles dragging white smoke disappeared into the swarm and exploded, and the explosion of fire mixed with shrapnel killed and injured a large number of flying dragons, and the sky was set on fire. The lethality of the missiles is certainly amazing, but the number of swarms is too large, and the loss of hundreds of dragons is nothing to the tens of thousands of swarms. "Squeak-" The Wyvern leader hissed, and the group of Wyverns, which was still extremely chaotic, suddenly spewed out a sky of intestinal fluid bullets at the many fighters. The pilots of the fighters, who had fought countless battles with the Wyverns, were very experienced, and had already prepared in advance, and quickly pulled up at the moment when the Wyvern leader hissed, easily dodging the rain of intestinal fluid bullets. "All of them, give me a cannon to beat it, and they only slow down when it hurts the swarm. Keep your distance and hit hard! "Understood!" "I hope they can leave quickly, we may not last long......" The team members did not hear the last muttering of the squadron leader, even the captain was so unconfident, how strong is the enemy?

At the same time, the spacecraft is still flying at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour towards the nearest base. "Vice! The radar shared by the Akagi has detected the situation, and a large number of Zerg are approaching in the southwest direction! The speed is 650km/h, and the distance is 400km! "Hell yes! There's another swarm! Really fell into the ambush of the Zerg!? Team 2 will follow me to stop the swarm, and Team 3 will stay behind to continue escorting the Akagi. "Yes!" With the 2 squadron of fighters roaring away, there were only 15 fighters left to protect the Akagi.

Somehow, the captain felt his right eyelid jump violently, and couldn't help muttering, "There are still two hours to go, I hope there are no problems." "The spaceship has activated its defense system under the command of the captain, and 44 anti-aircraft gun batteries have risen from the ship's side, roof, and deck, sweeping into the distant sky, always on guard against swarm attacks." Captain, the Arctic base has sent two flying groups to meet us, which are expected to arrive in four hours. "Got it, go get busy." "Yes." As the confidential crew left, the captain's lounge fell silent again.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the empty lounge, but there was no shadow of a person in sight. The air distorted, and a humanoid black shadow slowly appeared in the corner of the lounge, "Captain Meng, I'm sorry, because we have caused so much trouble to the Akagi, and we are too obvious in the ghost vision of the brain worm. "Captain Cook, don't say that, we are comrades on the same front, and I will naturally do my best to ensure your safety." "Well, thank you very much, if it comes to the need, we will leave on our own, and we will not bring trouble to the Akagi." "Hmm...... I respect your decision. "I'll go back to the landing warehouse first, Captain Meng, take care." "Captain Cook, take care." The captain's lounge fell silent again, leaving only the captain's sigh drifting away.........

15:30 __ 400 km from the 030 base __ Akagi __ "Captain! Due east, a Zerg organism signal has been detected! The quantity is 36674, the speed is 600km/h, and the distance is 100km! Captain, it's a hybrid swarm of dragons and locusts! The captain sat up from his chair at once, "What? Migratory locust? Damn, the spaceship turned on all the booster engines and fled north at full speed. Request reinforcements from Base 030, and ask Team 3 to stop the swarm and try to give us as much time as possible. "Yes!" "All - ready to fight!"

"Attention all Marines, attention to all Marines, please immediately enter the landing compartment and stand by. A large number of Zerg are attacking the ship, and the ship will be delivered by the Marines at a critical moment to ensure the safety of the Marines. Repeating ......" The sudden news from the spacecraft's broadcast system took all the Marines by surprise. "Captain......" "Why are you still stunned?" Hurry to the landing chamber! "Yes!" Everyone quickly grabbed their weapons and backpacks, and rushed out of the lounge to the landing chamber......

03:47 p.m. ......

"The swarm enters the effective range of the anti-aircraft artillery and fires!" In an instant, the 20 "Stinging Bee" twin 75mm anti-aircraft guns on the port side of the Akagi began to roar at the same time as the swarm. "Bang bang bang-" A dense network of firepower was formed in an instant, and the vanguard group of the insect swarm was torn open in an instant, and a large number of Zerg corpses fell to the ground. The attacked swarm quickly dispersed and enveloped in a crescent formation. "Captain, a reinforcement squadron from Base 030 has arrived, asking for instructions." "Just let them disperse, attack freely, and slow down the speed of the zerg." "Yes." "Whew, it should be safe." Before the captain could finish speaking, bad news came.

"Captain, a large number of Zerg signals have been detected 30 kilometers due north, we are going to install them!" "Lower your flight altitude and rush over!" "Yes!" There are 10,000 Zerg to the north, and there are more than 30,000 Zerg behind them, and there is hope only by rushing forward.

Thirty kilometers was a blink for the extremely fast sides, and the huge spaceship crashed head-on into the swarm, and the huge impact force knocked the front armor of the spaceship into unevenness, and even cracks appeared in some places. The four Vulcan twelve-mounted 88mm anti-aircraft guns on the top and bottom of the Akagi began a non-stop roar along with the "stinging bees" on both sides of the ship, and the shattered corpses of the Zerg and the splash of blood stained the spacecraft black and red.

"Huh-" The Zerg launched a counterattack within a few seconds of the collision, and the intestinal fluid bombs attacked the Akagi all over the world, hitting the hull of the ship and corroding one crater after another, and a "stinging bee" turret was directly hit, and it exploded instantly, emitting billowing smoke.

In the landing chamber, only the security lights above the head shine a little light, and the standby landing chamber will not consume any energy for lighting until it is officially activated. Mark, Watts, James, and El sat with their backs to the center post of the landing bay, waiting for further instructions. Unable to stand the dead silence, James finally spoke: "Hey, Mark. "Huh?" "This is the first time I've sat in a real landing pod, so I'm so nervous." "James, which of us isn't nervous? You can see Watts shivering in his armor. But it's all here, can we still hide? Wait with peace of mind, maybe this landing will be like a roller coaster? "It's also huh. Haha, Watts, are you really shaking? Watts shrugged. I don't, I'm using an armored massage system, it's not bad. All four laughed at the same time.........