Chapter 7: Before Landing

Renault quickly realized his gaffe, and he quickly reversed the course and said, "Well, I know what's going on here." But if you still want to live, don't get in my way, or I'll give you a taste of the Yamato cannon on the Hyperion." "Go on, you old fellow!" Renault continued: "You can continue to stay in that iron-hulled ship of yours and play tricks, I promise you won't be angry, really." ”

Old Edmund's face suddenly changed color, his eyes narrowed into a slit again, and the voice he made was no longer at the level of a roar: "Hear clearly, you hillbilly! The devil would listen to a rebel like you who thinks he is a revolutionary! The bruises on his face were even more visible. I even feel like I can hear the sound of the other person grinding their teeth. "You haven't been destroyed by me because I still have a fish to fry! But if you dare to spit out another outrageous nonsense, I promise I'll deal with you first! Treat you like a real dog and drown your head under the stinking gutter. I'll personally drill a hole in your beautiful spaceship and stuff my in your stinky mouth."

Seeing that Edmund, who was the eldest, no longer cared about his image, he roared, and Renault simply cut off the connection signal and sat back in his chair and began to think. From the other man's crazy roar, Duke hated him to death, which was natural; But this is not the most important thing, from his words he heard some important information, especially the last few sentences. He understood that Duke and he started a war of words because of the hesitation to start a war with the Rangers, this old guy is basically a mad dog, Renault remembers, for example, in the battle against the Federation space platform, etc., he was sent by Mengsk many times during the war to restrain this guy, so as not to overstep the authority of this war mad dog or blindly charge and ruin the overall situation arranged by Arcturus. In normal times, according to Duke's character, even if there is only one capital ship "Nord III", he will not hesitate to rush up and fight him. No matter how bad it is, it will symbolically fire one or two shots. Besides, he still has a science ship, and now he is absolutely sure that Duke is here for Kellygan, and that he was sent by Mengsk to destroy her.

But he was still not reassured, Duke was notoriously cunning, and despite his extreme annoyance, it was impossible to ignore the fact that he was a brilliant military general.

"Matt!" Renault shouted, and Horner immediately stood beside him, waiting for orders to look at him like that. Reyna wanted to laugh, but that would offend him. He asked, "Are you sure the 'Nord III.' is the only capital ship in the vicinity?" And is there a hidden Imperial fleet? ”

"Yes, sir, it's true, there's only one capital ship, the other side." Horner nodded heavily, "I've done several repeated scans of the surrounding area, including some jump signals, and the results are all the same, he's the only one in the Imperial fleet. ”

"Hmm." Renault nodded, "That said. That could also just prove that Mengsk can't afford to move too many ships. Or maybe he thinks that just sending such a small fleet will be enough to accomplish the mission. ”

"That's it! They are inevitably too confident, this is the lair of the Zerg, and I believe they will have another deep memory. Frank put his arms around him, and he finally spoke. Before, he was like an outsider watching a play.

"I've noticed two strange things, sir." Horner frowned and said. Frank motioned for him to continue.

"After scanning, it was shown that the carrying capacity of the two transport ships was far less than half. And I also intercepted a distress signal on Char's surface. It's for Duke. Horner said.

"Really?" Renault called Char out, and with the launch of multiple real-time satellites before, now there is finally a picture. Duke's fleet was on one side of the planet's orbit, not very far nor too close to the Rangers.

"Pick me up again." Renault ordered, and Horner was ordered to step forward quickly. After a while, Edmund's old face appeared in front of everyone's eyes again. In the picture, Duke's mouth is closed.

"You should go down, right? It seems that you came first. Before Duke could open his mouth to scold, Renault stuffed his words one after another, "You've landed on the surface of the planet." Your transports are almost half empty. We've also intercepted a signal from one of your ships, one of your large transport ships, and now it's still underneath, and we'll be able to decipher that in a few hours. Renault said as he admired the look on Duke's face, and the old fellow closed his lips tightly. Looking at the way he looked, Renault was even a little skeptical that he would have trouble breathing. He continued: "You lost most of your men while searching that area. He leaned over again and said with a smile, "What's the matter, Duke?" Can't you afford the welcome of the locals? Or do you already have some tricks in their hands? ”

"Mind your tongue, damn hillbilly!" Duke finally reached the limit of his patience, and he roared, "If you have a kind, try it!" Do you think you're good at it, you can? You can be eaten alive by those damn bugs! ”

"Then you've already met with it," Reynard paused, still smiling, "Isn't their welcome very welcoming?" Renault daxiao got up and said, "I think old Mengsk will definitely be unhappy." Sending you to do such a trivial matter, you messed it up perfectly, and lost tens of thousands of ground troops, why, I don't believe it was taken seriously, I suddenly feel so good. ”

"Shut up! You shit" Duke howled at the screen on the spot, looking at the look of the screen that was so smuggling, Duke's lungs were about to be blown up, and it was only a moment before the situation of both sides turned upside down.

"I didn't mess up! She's not in this area! Even if she is, she is with the whole swarm! Char is the lair of the Zerg! No one can save her from here! No one! No! The angry Duke was too late when he realized what he had leaked, and he had basically been tricked out by the other party, and he couldn't help but feel angry, with some toothaches, stomach aches, and lungs. Then he had to keep his mouth shut.

"I can." Renault said firmly, and then immediately cut off the communication.

"with Duke finally got something useful." Frank finally spoke, "We can greatly narrow down the scope of our search, at least the location where Duke once landed can be basically ruled out." The entire underneath Char is a vast web of insects, they are like a labyrinth, entrenched beneath the planet, and the person we are looking for is somewhere underground. ”

"It's time to act! You're the boss, you decide! Man. Frank said, looking at him.

"Let me think about it again." Renault said.

However, the next thought made him feel a chill. Because this is the ashes of fear in his dreams. And the Zerg in the dream was more powerful and terrifying than any Zerg he had ever seen. Now he knew that they were really here, right on this planet, and they had defeated Duke and driven his ground forces off the planet's surface. One thing he had to admit was that Edmund . Duke was an outstanding military strategist and was really good at fighting. "Nord III" is a fully armed super battlecruiser. They also brought with them two troop carriers full of land forces and a science ship with super auxiliary capabilities, but as a result, they were unable to hold their positions, and perhaps even land properly. Now he retreated to space in embarrassment, and the fact that the Zerg Air Force did not appear in outer space on a large scale was also a point that he had been worried about, and there had never been a large-scale Zerg Air Force. This in itself is unsettling, and it feels like there's a terrible conspiracy behind it.

Still, they had to go on. Renault understands this, they have all come to this point, and if he stops, he will definitely not forgive himself.

But what about his brothers? Will we, who are seen as rebels, hold out on to the lost positions of the Duke army? Renault's heart is full of contradictions and struggles, for a woman who doesn't even know whether to live or die and let his brothers collectively take risks, does he have that right? Can they bet their lives for her? If you do, what kind of leader are you? Selfish ghosts? Or something else?

"Sir?" Horner's voice reached his ears. He had been thinking long enough, and Horner asked, "What is your order——??" ”

Renaud was pulled back to reality by the voice, he rubbed his temples, and he tried to convince himself in his heart. He wanted to tell Horner, he wanted to tell him he didn't know, and his heart was full of doubts and contradictions. But he quickly restrained this thought, and he must not tell him that he did not know. That's not what Horner and the entire Ranger wanted to hear, no one wanted to hear that.

Renault was inspired by Arcturus about the need to remain quiet at all times as Supreme Commander. Even if there is a stir in the heart, there should be no expression on the face, and this is something that Mengsk can do very well, which is why he established the Tyranid Dynasty, and it is undeniable that he does have a natural leader, and he has almost all the necessary conditions for a leader.

For a leader, this is a must. A leader must at all times appear unfazed and respond to instructions with a calm tone and clear words. Otherwise, the subordinates will lose confidence. That will be more fatal than any mistake, and once they lose confidence, they begin to become weak and vulnerable.

"It's basically certain that Duke won't come and mess with us, so we'll have to go down." Renault said to himself, he looked at Frank, who immediately nodded to him, Frank bent close to the main console, and his hands began to type commands to switch to the broadcast band of the whole fleet. Looking at the excited Horner, Frank seemed to see the excitement of the entire ranger, he immediately retracted his gaze, turned his head sideways to the main console and said, "Attention all ships, all units." He began to announce: "Here the bridge command." We're about to implement the landing. Again, we're about to implement the login. The transport planes immediately carried out the landing grouping. The units are ready to board the plane, the escort formations are ready to attack, ready to engage in battle. My soldiers. The following greeting is going to be very warm, are you ready? ”

"Always be ready!"

The main console suddenly heard a uniform shout.

After a series of commands, Frank turned off the communicator, and his bent body immediately straightened. He suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Horner on the side of the main console. "What's wrong?" Frank asked.

"There's movement on the Nord III, they've opened the cabin, there's a group of fighters coming out, sir!" Horner said.

"What?" Reina pressed his face close to the monitor and looked at the information on the screen carefully. Isn't that mad dog really enraged enough to storm the Rangers?

"A large transport ship and three squadrons of the Air Force." Horner deciphered the scrolling messages as he said, "They're heading to the planet's surface!" Sir! ”

At this moment, Renault Hohona breathed a sigh of relief. It doesn't seem like this is an attack on your side. Frank laughed: "Your words really hurt Duke a lot, he was forced by you to start acting, but he didn't come to fight us, obviously, Duke is going to force landing on the ground again to further search for her whereabouts, or try to rescue the survivors on the ground." Either way, it's not a bad thing. Maybe they can also do something to the bugs, so that our troops can have a safe airborne period. ”

"Makes sense!" Renault nodded.

"Matt, I'll leave it to you." Renault turned his head and walked over to Horner, he patted him on the back and said, "When I come back, you have to make sure they are still here, always be careful of the Zerg air force, so far we haven't found the main force of their air force, huh?" Horner nodded heavily, pride and excitement written on his face. Reyner knew that Horner was a man who was willing to pay for his duty at the cost of his life. He only hoped that such a state of affairs would not occur.

Then, Renault and Frank walked out of the bridge together, and the two walked towards the landing engine room, and it was time to go down.

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