Chapter 234: "The Last Battle Against the Insects" (8)
It would not be wise to divide forces in such a situation, but with the premise that everyone does not want to lose the battle, all three sides are not willing to simply hand over the final tactical decisions to someone else. Renault can't trust the Empire, the Empire can't trust the Rangers and Mercenaries, and A1 and A6 can't trust the Rangers, so instead of forcing them to unite in their own ways, it is better to simply let them each act according to their own methods, at least their ultimate goal is the same anyway, to ensure that the artifact can be activated smoothly.
While the human side is in full swing preparing for the battle, the insect side should also be preparing for the final battle according to observation. The Queen of Blades doesn't seem to be planning to continue sending troops to her death, perhaps realizing that sending them in waves like this will only weaken the power of the insects in the final battle. However, although she did not intend to spend it on the ground, the offensive on the track did not stop, especially the offensive against the defensive platform that has now become an important strategic center.
Yang Yi was not worried about Renault's actions against the main nest of the insect swarm, no matter what, it was the nesting area where the insect swarm had been operating for several years, maybe there were some old defense units left over from the battle of the brood, such as mosquito blasters, piercing swarms and the like. Humans hadn't seen any of these units in four or five years, and if Queen of Blades did have some left, it might surprise the Rangers who had gone behind enemy lines.
He sent Shantila's Dharam Star Spirit to assist Renault, and after the fort in the canyon was established, the Star Spirit would not be as useful as before, so it would be better for them to help the other two friendly forces who were going to fight the swarm outside.
Talis and her subordinate Tadarin are also sent to help the Imperial forces, and if nothing else, they will definitely come head-on with the main force of the biter. The Empire's draft plan is to use Char's complex terrain to maneuver with the swarm, and divide the main force of the swarm into several pieces of different sizes through depth penetration and eat them together. In this way, someone must be able to attract the attention of the swarm when the Imperial troops are interspersed, otherwise with the sensitivity of the Queen of Blades, she will definitely notice the intentions of the Imperial forces, and with Talis's combat ability, she may not only be able to attract the main force of the swarm, but even force the Queen of Blades to focus her main energy on her.
"Queen of Blades...... "Every time he thinks about this guy, he gets a headache. This one has not fought with them head-on until now, and Yang Yi has no idea whether these ship girls of his own can deal with this half-human and half-worm guy. Especially after seeing the power of Talis, Yang Yi became more and more suspicious and worried.
And the most important thing is the connection between the ship mother and the hull. Because of the unknown strength of the Blade Queen, Yang Yi didn't even dare to send his ship mother up, because if the ship girl hadn't been slaughtered by the Blade Queen, their hull would be broken or even directly disabled, and now the orbit is full of flying dragons and corrupters, as long as the ship is disabled, it may not even have a chance to fly back to the platform for maintenance, and it will be directly destroyed by the insects if they have no chance to catch it. If the mental body and the hull of the ship are gone, it means that the ship is completely sunk and can no longer be saved......
While Yang Yi was still worried, the Queen of Blades probably sensed that they were building a fortress around the artifact, and realized that if the fortifications were really completed, it would be extremely difficult to break in, so in the midst of the siren of the induction tower, the army of insects moved again.
This was not a surprise to them, and if the swarm sat back and watched them fix their fortifications, they would have to wonder if the Queen of Blades had a broken head. But now that they have gained a firm foothold in the canyon, the swarm of insects can only cause casualties, and it is unlikely that they will rush into the canyon.
As for the inside of the canyon, they have completed the basic work of opening the mountain. They had dug a huge cave in one of the canyon walls to house the fusion reactor needed to recharge the artifact, and the artifact was still on the Busefalos, and the flagship of the Monsk was currently moored next to the defensive platform, using the ship's fusion core to recharge it as early as possible, but the progress was not satisfactory.
Yang Yi originally thought that they could charge it in advance in Keha and then take it to Char to release the impact directly, but Varren Ryan told him that the artifact must be launched as soon as possible after the charge is completed, and the energy accumulated by the fully charged artifact is quite large, unlike the "Nova Impact" where the charging progress is insufficient, once the charge is completed, the artifact can only stabilize its internal energy for a short period of time. If they can't be released during this time, the artifact will also be forced to release due to the self-protection mechanism, so they will have to be brought to Char to recharge.
The advantage of building the reactor in the cavern is that the construction progress does not need to be affected by the Alien Air Force, and since the air supremacy on the surface is still in the hands of the Alien, the nest lords and dragons of the swarm are always a serious threat to them. An important part of the fortification is the large number of anti-aircraft towers and photon batteries built on the ridge, which are the most important links to defend against the threat of the air force.
The Alien King Worm airdrop is also a big problem, so they have to leave a large number of troops in the base to stop the Alien from passing through the airdrop attempt. These king insects usually don't seem to fly fast, but when they reach the sky above the canyon, they start to play sprints, flying faster than the Vikings, throwing the worms in their stomachs to the base and turning their heads to run. Half of the helium stored in these guys' airbags is probably used to throw bugs into the base at this time.
The most troublesome thing is that they just throw some cockroaches and jumping worms or something, it's okay to say, the most unbearable thing is that these king insects like to have poisonous insects in their stomachs, king insects, infected insects, these brain-hurting units, no matter how hidden this reactor is, it can't stand the alien insects playing this kind of airdrop, the construction of the reactor has been forced to suspend construction several times because of the airdrop destroyed the piled up of building materials, and even once the cave collapsed because of the explosion of insects, and the SCV inside was almost not rescued, they had to delay the progress and open a new cave to place the reactor.
After several struggles, they had to extend the original plan of 10 hours to 78 hours. In the end, both the empire and the rangers couldn't stand the extension anymore, and they decided to set off immediately, leaving Yang Yi's men to continue to strengthen the defenses in the canyon, and they decided to attack in advance according to the established plan to limit the movement of the swarm. If it drags on any longer, God knows what additional variables will happen.
Reynolds' drop pod soon broke through Char's atmosphere and headway to the surface of the nest. This time was different from the past, with the help of the Imperial fleet, this time it was a real large-scale airdrop, with thousands of drop pods carrying the combined forces of the Rangers and the Dharam Star Spirit to rush into the main nest area; At the same time, a large number of Imperial troops streamed out of the fortress gate of the canyon, and a Titan Leaping Prism unfurled in the open space outside the fortress, and red Leaping Light continued to emerge in its energy field.
“…… Ask Busefarus to send the artifact to the surface, use the barracks' reactor to help recharge it in advance, and wait until the reactor is officially completed, and then take the artifact. Yang Yi, who was on the bridge of A1, watched a large number of troops pouring out of the canyon, and said to A1 beside him, "At least transport the artifact over first...... At the very least, the planned canyon has its due strategic value. ”
"Yes...... But our defenses are not yet -"
"Let's transport it first, no matter what, the Queen of Blades can't steal the artifact by airdrop. Ship it down first, and when the time comes, others will complain about why the progress is so slow...... Oh, by the way, you talk to the other people and tell them they can start preparing. If they do achieve certain results, the Queen of Blades will definitely not be able to sit still. ”
"Yes, Commander."