Chapter 5: The Province of Antia

Although curiosity should not appear at this terrible time, it is inevitable that the curiosity in the heart of the first arrival in the home of the Protoss cannot be suppressed. The Alliance fleet has already sailed into the planet's low-altitude orbit and will only need a few minutes to reach the territory of the province of Antia.

Through the window on the bridge of the battle cruiser, Frank and the others finally witnessed the mysterious home of this powerful race for the first time, the ship is in the low-altitude orbit of the planet, and it can overlook the planet as far as the eye can see, the first thing that catches everyone's eyes is a vast green source forest, countless creatures inhabit and survive on this beautiful land and reproduce from generation to generation, it is a quiet, beautiful and vibrant field, but the dense black spots are adding dirt to the scenery of this beauty, Frank looks at it, The black dots below were insects, and he could even see the dense swarm of xenosaurs sweeping across the sky.

The bugs are wreaking havoc on this land that is sacred to the Protoss, and the pain they cause to them is incomprehensible to no one but them.

A tribe called "Egre" governs the land, and their temple is sacred and noble, built in this vast green forest. The Protoss people of the "Aegre Tribe" have integrated into this forest, they live with the species in the forest, and the color of the tribal totem is also green, representing this vast green source forest.

The Templar Phoenix came from this tribe, and nearly one-third of the Templars in the Templar Temple were from the "Aegre Tribe", which is also a testament to the tribe's strength. Phoenix, a Templar from this tribe, was about to receive the title of High Templar, causing "Egre" to rise in status once again. However, at this moment, El was invaded by insects, and Antioch Province became one of the most fierce battlefields, and the "Aegre Tribe" in the Green Source Forest must have borne the brunt of the robbery.

Despite the desperate resistance of the Protoss people of the "Aegre Tribe" and the reinforcements sent by the Council of Cardinals, they inevitably retreated in the face of the vast and endless Zerg army, and the defense line shrank and shrunk. Today, they only account for less than 20% of the land in the entire Green Source Forest, and the fierce battle for position has made this one of the three most tragic battlefields on the El planet, and the fall of Antioch Province is almost a foregone conclusion.

"Hyperion" bridge, 16:55 time on board.

Tasada sends a video call, and Frank and Renault quickly return to the main console for a brief video conference with Tasada, Atanis, Renault, and Frank.

"It is a pity that the province of Antioch has won a preliminary battle. The Alien Worm has once again increased its military strength several times to launch a fierce attack on the Antian Province, and now the shape shì is becoming more and more severe, and now the main force to fight against the Alien Worm army in the Antian Province is still the Templar of the 'Aegre Tribe', but the strength is not as good as before, the sacrifice of the Phoenix CEO hit them hard, and the present shape shì is even more severe, the 'Aegre Tribe' has no strong air support and no ground support troops, the defense line is collapsing, and the Fourth Continent will face a threat! "After the communication is connected. Atanis was the first to speak, giving a brief account of the province of Antioch.

Another screen was brought up on the main console, this is the current situation on the surface of Antia Province, nearly 70% of the entire Antiocha Province has changed from its original green to a sickly purple. All the places occupied by the insect swarm were covered with a thick disgusting fungus blanket, and the vegetation and creatures on the surface were tragically destroyed, and all the vegetation, local flora and fauna were swallowed by the insect colony without exception and became part of the fungus blanket. It has become the nourishment of the insect swarm. The once heavenly green source forest is now even better than hell.

In the picture, the swarm of allosaurs wreaks in the sky, sweeping through the sky like locusts, and the lack of a strong air force to suppress them makes them unscrupulous but powerless. If the warriors of the "Aegre Tribe" had not relied on the photon battery on the ground, the only pair of forces, I am afraid that even the last less than 20% of the land would have fallen long ago.

"The air force of the swarm is obviously higher than ours, they occupy the air superiority, and they occupy the advantage of the entire battlefield, not to mention on the ground, this battle is really difficult to fight!" Frank said with a solemn face.

"You're right!" Tasada, who was pictured, nodded, "The Worm's air force has limited the Templars from their best combat effectiveness, and regaining air supremacy in Antioch is the key to victory in the war!" ”

"Yes! As long as the air supremacy is in our hands, we can even launch a counterattack and retake the territory occupied by the bugs! Frank said, adding emphatically, "Obviously, the insect swarm will fight more and more, and the planet El is also a paradise for the insect swarm, where there are many species and a lot of life, for them it is simply a natural treasure trove of nutrients, and every time they occupy a piece of land, they will get more biomass back, so as to create a larger army, and so on, the insects will only fight more and more, and when their ground and air force are formed into a sea of insects, they will be powerless. Without effective restrictions on their expansion, no matter how many bugs we kill now, it will be in vain! ”

"Do you have anything to build on?" Tasada also knew about this, but he also humbly asked, Tong Guò got along with Char during his time, he knew that this foreign best friend was an excellent master of strategy and tactics, even better than himself in some aspects.

Frank pondered for a moment, propped up the main console with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and glanced at the leaders of the two Protoss for a moment, "Mainly facing two points, the local battlefield and the overall situation. From the perspective of the overall situation, we must limit the expansion of the insects on the surface of the El at any cost, especially the suppression of the expansion of the insect colony, otherwise we will enter a cycle of extreme disadvantage, the more the insects expand, the more powerful they will become, at that time, they can swallow us up with boundless insect sea tactics, and at that time, we will only have two options, evacuate or destroy this planet. Frank's tone at the end of his speech was obviously aggravated, and the two Protoss leaders involuntarily trembled slightly, although it was difficult to accept that he was analyzing objective facts.

Frank continued: "Compared to the overall situation of the war, the local battlefield is also particularly important, the province of Antia must not be lost, once this place falls, the fourth continent will not be protected, we will be difficult to stop the ground forces of the bugs from wreaking havoc on the surface of the Eyre, and it will be difficult for us to limit the swarm at that time." ”

"Defending Antioch and reclaiming the Green Source Forest is the key to this, and that's what we need to do right now." Frank finally said categorically: "Winning this local war and defending Antia is tantamount to limiting the expansion of the swarm in disguise!" ”

The area of the Green Source Forest is the hub of the fourth continent of the communication planet, if the swarm wants to touch this continent, it must break through the province of Antia, but it is not possible to directly airborne the fourth continent, the overly scattered landing is just to send troops, and the Protoss will quickly eliminate it, and the large-scale assembly and airborne landing will also be violently blocked by the fleet of the Protoss, and the swarm needs to pay a great price for every breakthrough that the swarm opens, the fleet of the Protoss is not covered, before the ground forces form the sea of insects, the troops of the swarm do not have much combat effectiveness, They don't have a home field advantage in invading the El, the nature of the swarm drives them to fight to feed the war, and the fertile land of the El is not to mention, in front of the planet that does not occupy a solid foothold means that they do not have a huge follow-up force as a support point, for the high-consumption swarm army, the follow-up has become their Achilles heel, before the ground forces form an objective combat force, the Zerg air force must not suffer losses when airborne, otherwise the Protoss will inevitably use this to launch a counterattack to win the war, This is also the reason why they only launched a fierce attack in three locations, and the swarm wanted to open up the ground to fight and delay time for the formation of a three-dimensional insect sea. Juggernaut is not stupid, he is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses, as long as the swarm has a foothold on the planet, the troops can continue to plunge into the battlefield, and eventually overwhelm the enemy with an endless sea of worms.

Both sides know the importance of Antian Province, as long as the insect swarm breaks through here, then the army can drive straight into the fourth continent, and the whole continent will become their nourishment, and the insect swarm can use this as a springboard to create an endless sea of insects on this continent and gradually encroach on the other five continents. But the Protoss will obviously not do what they want, and will definitely hold on to this place desperately.

"That's right! No matter what the cost, Antioch must be defended! Tasada said, "We are doing our best to support the Aegre tribe!" ”

"Please, my friend!" Tasada finally said solemnly.

"A difficult and protracted defensive war awaits us! Get ready for battle, Jim! At the end of the video conference, Frank was about to leave the bridge and walk to the hatch, he turned around, "Give the sky to me, the ground to me!" ”

Renault smiled silently and nodded randomly, a fierce battle was coming, the entire rangers were mobilized, and the fleet arrived at its destination in 178 seconds, the province of Antia.

(To be continued...... ）

(Ps: Actually, I only stay in the battle for the plot of the Protoss, so, for example, the senior plot emperor and other sailors, I still hope to say mercilessly, in short, I'm so vain, the recent update seems to be a bit of a pit, and the festival is broken and broken, and they have already given up on themselves! Although the update is a bit cheating, it won't be a eunuch! Hee-hee~~~ Withdraw to the shadows! (To be continued......)