Chapter 52: A Twist of Fate
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Fortress.
Chen Mo looked at the Space Marines who walked out of the transport plane with a complicated expression.
They are comforting the children who have just been rescued.
And a space soldier with a black line on his helmet walked towards Chen Mo, took off his helmet and said his name: "My name is Gray." Thank you for your support, otherwise we would have been in a stalemate with the enemy. ”
"No thanks." Chen Mo shook his head, he knew that these space marines would stalemate with the rebels in order to protect those children, otherwise the six of them would not be able to stop them from running away with the corpses of their fighting brothers.
Chen Mo's gaze looked at Gray's shoulder armor, which was a sign of a blood-red heart.
The Weepers.
The father of genes is the original St. Giles.
Weepers are unpopular old unlucky people, but they will not disregard the lives of mortals, and will even fight to the death for a group of slaves.
"How did you end up on Karsk V?" Chen Mo asked puzzled.
"It's a long story." Gray smiled wryly, and then began to explain why he was on Karsk V.
The Weepers encountered a subspace storm, and Gray's frigate lost contact with the large force, and when they left the subspace, they didn't know where they were, but they rescued a group of civilians on a mutinous planet.
Then the frigate set sail, was attacked by pirates, encountered a storm and killed many people while sailing in subspace, and finally landed on the Karsk V.
The rest of the team died when the ship crashed, and only Gray and the other six survived.
Later, he ran into a group of children who were about to be burned to death by the rebels.
"Tsk......" Chen Mo sighed, "You guys really stuff your teeth when you drink cold water." ”
"I think it's a test." Gray said.
"......" Chen Mo did not continue to discuss the issue of luck, but made a request: "Anyway, you are here, help us, how about it?" ”
"No, we still have things to do." Gray shook his head.
"Don't say no so quickly." Chen Mo knew where the weakness of these people was, "More than half of the planets in the Karsk system are occupied by the rebels, and countless people are burned alive by the rebels every day, you won't care, right?" ”
Hearing this, Gray thought carefully for a moment.
He was obviously very embarrassed.
On the one hand, I want to leave this planet, and on the other hand, I don't want to leave anyone else behind.
In the end, Gray hesitated, but nodded: "We'll help you, but I have a request." ”
"Say." Chen Mo agreed without hesitation.
These weeper space marines are honest men after all, and they don't open their mouths like Arya, at most they ask for a ship that can move.
However, Gray only asked, "The transport plane, send us two." ”
After making the request, Gray nervously observed Chen Mo's face, a little worried that he would not agree.
"Ten crosses for you."
"Great, then...... Can you help us repair the ship again? ”
"As long as you help me." Chen Mo promised, "In the future, your entire battle group can come to the Karsk system at any time to replenish weapons and equipment." ”
Gray was surprised to hear this, but instead of agreeing immediately, he looked around.
When he saw that even the most ordinary soldiers here were wearing power armor, Gray saw that these people did have the capital, so he nodded and agreed: "If Karsk can help us solve the logistics problem, my team will be on call in the future." ”
"This is a decision that can change the fate of your entire warband, congratulations." Chen Mo turned around, "Due to your arrival, we can directly attack the capital of this planet." ”
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The ever-widening line of defense of the Saint Forge Army has reached the planetary capital of Iris.
Not far from the city, the drone built a defensive line with a large number of fortresses, and three mobile support platforms were located behind the defensive line, firing shells at the capital day and night.
When following Chen Mo behind the line and meeting with the officers stationed there, Gray was amazed at the strange abilities of these Saint Casting Army.
That is, no matter what kind of war, it can be fought into a positional war.
"We have been bombing the capital for three days, and the air defense positions inside should have been removed, and the transport planes we sent out to test the enemy have not been destroyed."
"It's a bit of a rush, but I assure you that we can launch a massive offensive."
Chen Mo listened to the officers' reports.
Gray and the other five Space Marines looked at the strange robot beside Chen Mo.
This robot has been inseparable from Chen Mo's side, and the very curious Gray can only deduce from the double-headed eagle logo on the robot that this is a mechanical Castellan robot, maybe some other model.
In addition to robots, Gray also noticed the Mobile Fortress and the Mobile Support Platform, both of which didn't look like Titans, but it was surprising that someone in a galaxy where war was going on to make them.
"yes, I see." Chen Mo nodded at the officer, and then looked at Gray on the side.
Seeing that Gray was looking at everything around him at this time, Chen Mo had to be glad that it was not a malicious warrior who came to this planet, otherwise not to mention the mobile fortress and UR025, even the leather bands on the soldiers' pants would have to be taken away.
"What do you think?" Chen Mo asked Gray.
As a Space Marine, Gray could certainly listen to the others while looking around, so he immediately offered his opinion: "There is no doubt that your army is strong, and it just needs some people who are responsible for carrying out the decapitation tactics. ”
With that, Gray looked at the officer, "Your bombardment should stop, otherwise it will hurt the civilians in the capital." ”
"Trust me." The officer glanced at the capital, "Just like the other rebel cities we have conquered, civilians are either locked up in huge underground facilities waiting to burn or have been burned, and no civilians will be injured in the shelling. ”
"Good." Gray nodded in satisfaction.
Seeing that Gray had nothing else to say, Chen Mo ordered the officer: "Mobilize your troops, and I will personally lead the troops to launch a fierce attack." ”
Chen Mo looked at Gray again: "You enter the temple of the mobile fortress, and when the time comes, I can launch you into the capital, and then I will execute the decapitation tactic, you should be very experienced in this." ”
"Okay." Gray thought for a moment and decided that there was nothing wrong with this strategy.
"Thank you." Chen Mo smiled and suddenly thanked him.
With these Space Marines joining the fray, everything seems so much easier.
The individual combat effectiveness of the Saint Forge Warriors is not as good as that of the Space Marines, and they need a lot of people to support each other and cooperate in order to achieve better results, which makes them need to avoid places with many enemies when they launch, and then they need a lot of time to find comrades and recuperate.
Space marines are different.
"For those whom we hold dear, we are with glory." Gray responded indifferently to Chen Mo.