Chapter 360: A Disturbing Omen
When the Patrol Company arrived in Anselm, the people of Anselm were fighting bugs.
However, in Kane's view, this can only be said to be a fight, not a war.
Of course, the Anselm people were in a good mood, shouting and shouting, chasing and intercepting, and they had on hand some equipment that had been eliminated by the federal garrison, CMC-400, fire chariots, vulture vehicles, armored transports, etc.
This equipment was originally eliminated by the garrison to the militia.
Marsala's militia were also at one point, much better than the tatters they had.
But Graybeard has risen. With each passing day, the equipment will soon be sold to the outside world, the price is cheap and good, and there is no need to pay cash, and the mineral mortgage or something can be.
So the Marsala militia changed their clothes. An infantry battalion can be armed in two hours, and two reinforced brigades in a day. Against this background, the current Marsala Democratic Union is no less than the regular federal forces, at least in terms of armament, especially in light weapons.
The most dilapidated pieces of equipment have long been destroyed, and the remaining ones that have been eliminated by the garrison have been simply repaired and refurbished and thrown into the civilian market.
The Anselm people obtained these equipment through the private sales channel, which actually benefited from the emergence and sale of Fort Sanctuary, you must know that with the invasion of insects is widely known by the humans in the Koplu Star Zone, in addition to the transportation market, the arms market is also very hot, if Fort Sanctuary wants to make money, these refurbished equipment can be pulled to other colonies to sell.
In fact, Fort Asylum now has a large number of orders lined up, and even the military is willing to buy the CMC-550 they produce. Of course, those who want to take rebates from it will not buy it, and the price is too transparent.
In addition, there is also a certain market for all kinds of special weapons in Fort Sanctuary, but it is not very large, after all, those equipment have not been tested in war.
After killing and driving away more than a dozen alien insects, the battle is over.
In the face of Kane and his party, the leader of Shirley Beth Anselm is a little proud and reserved.
Liberty has a wealth of experience in the workplace, and when he saw the other party's demeanor, he knew that most of them still couldn't talk about it this time, and he muttered in his heart: "I've seen this kind of style, and each one is more difficult than the other." ”
Kane and Liberty thought about it together, so it was completely official, explaining the reason and purpose of his trip concisely, the words were in place, but the feelings were not in place, and it felt like there was not much sincerity.
Shirley Bess and others naturally didn't buy it, but showed their style without any accidents, and after knowing that there were reporters with the army, they also showed off their own ideas. In Kane's words, "It feels like a campaign speech for members of the House of Representatives." ”
Bess also said that they are not alone and that the International Green Cross has given them practical support.
The Green Cross in the Kolup Star Sector has many similarities with the Red Cross of the origin world, and is widely known as the medical corps in the army, most of whom have been trained in the Green Cross's specialized classes.
Under the banner of a medical team and a caring for life, the Green Cross is basically able to kick open the door of any human organization. After all, not many people will refuse doctors, even if they are evil forces.
But in reality this organization is not clean, and it is not pure.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and everyone understands this, so there is no need to say more. However, the Green Cross people had already come to Anselm, and Kane didn't know it, which made him question his intelligence system.
After a closer look, Kane realized that the volunteers had arrived by car, not by aircraft, and Kane felt a little more relaxed.
He is most concerned about the space orbit and the sky, the Northern Democratic Federation does not yet have the ability to create war patrols, which makes its air combat and space combat capabilities relatively weak, if the insect acts from this angle, then the Northern Democratic Alliance will have a difficult time.
After leaving Anselm, Kane was still thinking about it.
Happily, the Golden Fleet led by Tasada has reached a tentative agreement with the human side, and both sides will work together to eliminate the alien insects efficiently but reasonably.
Like Josara, Duke's nuclear bombardment almost took over the East, while the Golden Fleet leveled the hive on the other side of the planet, and it can be said that Josara's insects have lost their roots.
Now, the troops of Star Spirit and Leon Fawkes are engaged in a half-trained manner.
It is mainly through actual combat to understand the insects, and also to familiarize the officers and soldiers with the types of insects and common tactics.
This is a process from cautious to bold operation, and in a little more than a week, the star spirit and the human race have explored a set of more targeted attack methods, which are being further improved.
As the war went well, Tasada offered to bring the Golden Fleet to Marsala to help with the deworming.
That's good news.
The Star Spirit can better detect the location of the insect through the Kedarin Crystal, and this homologous trait that both parties have received the technical training of Sarnagar can indeed be an advantage.
In Kane's opinion, it is at least more advantageous for the star spirits to occupy the sky than for the insects to occupy the sky. As for the ground, he didn't dare to say how many insects came and how many died, at least he had the confidence to try a frontal offensive and defensive battle.
Leaving Anselm, the next stop is the Backwater Mine.
There's a reason why the Monsk Empire later used it as a transit center for the whole of Marsala.
It's a canyon basin, and for the wilderness and flat-topped solitary hills of Marsala, this kind of Colorado canyon-like terrain is rare.
Natural wind barriers, good habitats, and good water resources here, so the vegetation is luxuriant.
But now, it is found that the bridge connecting the area to the outside world has been destroyed.
And there was the fungus blanket, which was a thin gray-black substance, like silk that trembled slightly, and like a pool of water that had been wrinkled by the breeze.
But if you adjust the shooting lens of the rotor drone, and look at it at the magnification, you will feel frightened and even disgusting, under the silkiness of the water, there seem to be countless blood vessels, and it seems that countless tapeworms are wriggling.
The fungus blanket is a living complex of organic matter, and it is inaccurate to understand it as any kind of organism, but rather as an ecosystem.
If the earth's temperate natural environment ecosystem is comfortable, then the fungus blanket is the temperate natural environment ecosystem that belongs to the alien insects.
The area covered by the blanket is home to the insects, where they run fast, jump far, recover quickly, and are deaf and clear.
"Burn, keep an eye out for fungus blanket tumors!"
With Kane's orders, the purification operation began.
There is no need for people to go down at all, and the rotary-wing drone can complete the task with quality and quantity.
Hanging a flame chamber, four flame lances can spray plasma flames.
In this kind of flame that even the air is plasmized, the fungus blanket directly turns to ash and is difficult to retain.
This is a quasar flame specially prepared by Kane, simply put, the solar flame, Kane once joked about it: "Even if the insect created by Emmon has some kind of evil sorcery quality, this fire will still work." ”
Pulling this, naturally, because the original historical line master and the brain worm can't die and die, Kane is very unconvinced.
, you have to use the power of the void to kill.
The Juggernaut was created in this universe, and the main matter that makes up its body comes from this universe, and the power of this universe can't destroy its body?
Even the body created by Sarnagar in this universe can die, why is its creator master and brain worm above the laws of the universe?
If Aemon had the ability, he could have promoted the Lord to Sarnagar, and the spirit would return to the void after death, but in this universe, neither the Lord nor Aemon would have died immortally.
Kane was ready to burn every part of the Juggernaut at stellar heat, and he didn't believe that in this case, the Juggernaut and the brainworms could be resurrected.
Because Kane pays great attention to anti-concealment, equipment such as energy detectors are very popular, and there are special drones responsible for detecting concealment, so there is nowhere to hide the tumor of the fungus.
Of course, some tumors are very cleverly set up, in the crevices or crevices of the rocks, which need to be manually cleaned.
Although gyroplanes can provide a good aerial strike platform like a helicopter, there is really no good way to clean up sanitary dead spots.
Arkham Guild's artificial intelligence is learning and growing like crazy, but it is mainly manifested in the industrial field, followed by the agricultural field, and only Graybeard can be regarded as able to collect actual combat data and carry out some technical verifications in terms of warfare.
Kane came to the SC universe, naturally with relevant combat experience, and it can even be said to be very rich.
But to think that that way you can lie on the experience book and hang the enemy is very wrong.
As the saying goes, there is no truth that is not easy for eternity. The power of the void that other universes do not have alone makes the SC universe have all kinds of peculiarities, and it is easy to suffer without empirical revalidation.
Kane doesn't leave the work of setting fire to the militia, but lets the cyborgs end, and they have a reputation for being mercenary reserves, giving the impression of fools who have been successfully fooled by Graybeard and are willing to be exploited.
As for why he used them, Kane thought so. First of all, they do their duty, and secondly, he doesn't want to give the militia an illusion, and to fight the insects is to cover them with strong firepower, and then people go down to sweep the battlefield.
Maybe the future Arkham Guild drone army can play like this, but Graybeard can't, in terms of the characteristics of the technical system, the military-industrial integration organization established by Graybeard is still playing the 'people-oriented' set.
Although it is a bit disappointing, Kane himself has already verified it on countless battlefields, and the technology is played to an advanced level, and it is a situation where humans are invited to walk away. Commanders at the middle and senior levels are not needed, let alone at the grassroots level.
If human beings can't evolve to a sharper level, for example, the deep development of the brain domain is 100%, and the longevity is more than 1,000 years old. If he can't reach this level, then the human is only suitable to be the master, the ultimate order-taker, just like his relationship with his Predator Swarm.
Puppet, self-producing, even if he is unqualified, too prodigal, too fatal, and always loses, the main loss is himself.
This is a side of Kane's humanity, a reason to explain his plausible bottom line of goodness.
Of course, this aspect will not be reflected today, and he actually went out this time to hunt insects.
According to his guess, the insect has been silently on the edge of several human sanctuaries in Marsala. What does this mean? Take the current situation as an example, it means that the backwater base has fallen without even warning and calling for help.
It's very incredible, after all, all the people of Marsala know that the insects will attack at any time, and no matter how negligent the people in the backwater base are, there will always be a few people who are not so nervous, have an online IQ, or are afraid of death enough to pay attention to the surrounding situation, right?
But Kane thinks it's entirely possible.
He and Liberty also bet 10 crystals for this.
Epistar is a token led by Graybeard and mainly circulated in Marsala.
Although it is a token, there is a general perception that the credit value of the wafer is more reliable.
The crystal is real currency, and the human civilization in the science and technology region of the SC universe, or including insects and star spirits, cannot do without it. Its rarity and value are comparable to those of gold from the Earth Age.
Liberty also opened his video report, this kind of bet is not once or twice, he loses more and wins less, this time he thinks he can win.
Of course, the main thing is that this little bet can liven up the atmosphere, and Kane's gambling is not bad and will not be annoyed by it, so this is really interesting, not a show for people.
"I think you've demonized the insects. I admit that the defenders of the backwater base are more than lucky. But I don't admit it's due to the insects' abilities, and I think the defenders have committed gross negligence. ”
Kane said, "I don't think the defenders made a big mistake, they were just defeated by the coquettish movement and clever tricks of the insects, as well as their sharp skills." ”
"Well, now the audience is aware of the difference in our views. Thank you for 10 wafers. ”
Kane smiled: "You will soon know that 10 Jingyuan is not unjust." ”......