"Oh my God, this pit is so deep!" Renault stood at the edge of the pit and looked down, but it was pitch black, "Is the artifact fragment really here?" ”

"It should be here, the information from the group of Morbias says that the artifact is under this pit." Tykes said, standing beside Renault with a turnaround machine gun.

With Renault's lieutenant hacking into the mine's control program, a black irregular cube emitting a blue light was hoisted up.

"Wow, this is the Sarnagar artifact? It looks like a glowing stone. Tykes poked at the artifact fragment with his turntable machine gun.

"Don't poke him, Tykes, aren't you a great supporter of science? It's an artifact. ”

"Science gives me money, and I support science." Tykes shrugged his shoulders, "It's as simple as that. ”

"Alright, two, we don't have time to talk nonsense here, the insects will attack this base at any time, we must quickly set up defenses." Zemmor came over and said:

"According to the data of the bird diviner, in a few hours the insects will sweep through here, tsk, tsk, look at the number of them, it's really a lot."

"Then we'll have to hurry up, it's going to be a while before the transport planes evacuate everyone."

It's open, the troops of the Rangers and Zemol are busy, and at the junction in front of the excavation base, the SCV is building several bunkers, and the mechanical priest sent by the expeditionary force is arranging the steel fort-type tarantula turret.

The Tarantula turret is an unmanned automatic weapon capable of mounting twin heavy explosive shells or twin laser cannons, which can defend a strategic node for a long time and kill a large number of enemy forces.

The Mechanical Priest has more than a dozen of these Sentinel Cannons here, as well as two rarer variants, the Helios Missile Turret.

These crossfires are enough to kill hundreds or thousands of insects, and the base's defenses are much more than that.

Inside the base, six petrified lizard guns have been fired, and these large-caliber guns can shoot 38-kilogram high-explosive shells for 19 kilometers and create a 15-meter-diameter crater, comparable to that of a 250-kilogram aerial bomb.

There are also several tanks parked inside the base, which are Riemannus main battle tanks, all of which are different models.

Although Renault had only a hundred Rangers at his disposal, he still believed in his allies...... At least trust the guns and cannons in the hands of your allies.

"Captain Renault, we've cleared the nearby gathering point, but there are people who want to join the Rangers, what should we do?" The Ranger personnel in charge of the evacuation operation reported to Renault.

"Then take them to the base and get armed, the Rangers will be happy to take him in."

Soon, as the last transport vehicle entered the base, the entire excavation base entered a combat state, boxes of ammunition were transported to the front of the position, and heavy weapons teams set up heavy explosive guns, laser cannons, mortars and other heavy weapons.

Due to the sheer number of insects, the Riemann Ruth Punisher was pulled down to the best firing position, and the Riemann Ruth Punisher was almost the same as the regular Riemanrus main battle tank, except that the 120mm combat cannon was replaced by the Punisher Gatling, a large multi-barreled projectile weapon capable of spewing out a large number of projectiles at an extremely fast rate of fire, powerful enough to shred heavy infantry, so the Punisher was the most powerful anti-infantry vehicle of the Imperial Armored Forces.

There are now two Riemannus Punishers deployed on either side of the line, and when the Worms charge at the line, the Punisher will tear them all to shreds.

"Set up the heavy flame gun, I can't wait to roast the bugs." An auxiliary officer was a little excited, and this was the first time he had fought with a Space Marine.

"Pick up all units and prepare for battle, the insect will be there in three minutes." The platoon commander standing on the position reminded.

Three minutes passed in an instant, and as the rumbling sound of marching approached the position, there seemed to be an endless number of alien insects charging towards the defensive position.

The first to explode was the hot melt bomb planted at the front of the defensive line, and the bursting flames directly vaporized the jumping insects in the center, and the closer ones were burned into char by the high temperature.

The explosives at the front had a pretty good effect, killing hundreds or nearly a thousand of them in the first round of molten bombs alone, but that number was a drop in the ocean for a near-endless swarm.

"Enemy units come into range, mortars fire." With the order of the officers at the front, the bipedal Wyvern self-propelled mortar in the rear began to fire, and the shells of the fragmentation storm mortar drew a graceful arc in the sky, and with a whistling sound, they smashed into the swarm of jumping insects, and a huge amount of fragments smashed the body of the jumping insects into thousands of holes.

The Interstellar Auxiliary Force stationed here has 6 bipedal Wyvern launchers, which also means that there are 24 fragmentation storm mortars projecting fragmentation shells at the front line, and the continuous shelling will turn the insects on their backs, but they are still fearless to charge towards the base defense.

"They're coming up, firing on all cylinders!"

Gatling the Punisher began to spin under the drive of the motor, and then unleashed a barrage of bullets, and the large-caliber projectile directly tore the entire body of the worm apart after hitting the jumping worm.

With the Riemannus Punisher firing as a signal, the entire first line of defense began to fire desperately, and the heavy weapons group's heavy blaster guns shot a series of explosive projectiles at the swarm, and the laser cannon could penetrate seven or eight bugs in a single shot.

When the swarm really approached the defensive position 100 meters, the flames came with thick smoke, and the heavy flame gun spewed out fan-shaped flames that directly turned the approaching jumping insects into roasted insects, and no insect could last more than a second in the heat of thousands of degrees.

"Squad leader, the black smoke blocks our vision, and we can't see anything."

"Then don't aim, there are so many bugs, you can hit even with your eyes closed."

Just after a fierce exchange of fire on the front line, several Valkyries crossed the battlefield, which were the observation planes of the heavy artillery company.

"Arrived above the target and found a large number of insects, coordinates B4-D26."

After receiving the information from the observation plane, the entire petrified lizard artillery company began to get busy, and after binding and firing Zhu Yuan, one after another anti-personnel blasting grenades were loaded into the barrels.

"Reload the anti-explosive bomb, test fire a shot, and release!" As the gun commander waved the flag, a huge roar and tremor filled the entire artillery position.

Six anti-personnel blast grenades passed through the front line of the fierce battle with a clear trail, and finally hit the swarm of insects that were constantly swarming towards the front line in the rear, and in the violent explosion, six mushroom clouds quickly rose.

After the flames and smoke were gone, six large craters appeared behind the swarm, and the power of the earth-shaking cannon left the craters with no bones left.

"Company commander, the observer returns, the impact point B4-D26, the shelling accurately hits the target."

"Very good, full company, anti-explosive bomb, No. 6 charge, instantaneous signal tube, three consecutive shots, ready ~ put" With a series of orders from the company commander, the petrified lizard artillery once again dropped deadly shells at the swarm.