StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 142 Slip away

Amidst the hissing sound of high-pressure gas deflating, the airlock door opened.

In this moment, it seemed as if a thousand Gauss rifles and heavy machine guns were firing at the same time, and dense spike bullets hit the power armor of the Marines at the front with a ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong sound. The ricocheted bullets shattered the lighting facilities in the docking port, and the flames of the Gauss rifle dispelled the darkness again among the firelight reflections.

The docking port space is small, and only a few fully armed Marines can stand side by side between the bulkheads. When hundreds of people are crowded in the passage, just one electromagnetic grenade can achieve miraculous results.

There were no tactics or retreats in this gang-hopping battle in the interstellar era. The two sides were fighting in close combat in space. There was a corpse of a Marine almost every few feet of the battle line, and the bulkheads were full of deep bullet marks. .

Warfield's troops in silver-gray armor exchanged fire with the bright white Alpha Squadron at a distance of only a dozen yards. The electromagnetic pulse of the electromagnetic grenade spread like a thunder snake inside the passage.

These two forces are both iron-blooded troops known for their daring to fight. Just like Edmund Duke, the commander of Alpha Squadron, the "Alpha Blood Eagle" is fierce and bloodthirsty. Whenever someone from Alpha Squadron joins the battle, , they can always open a gap in the enemy's seemingly impenetrable defense line like an eagle tearing a piece of meat.

In just two minutes, as Warfield's troops launched successive charges, more than a hundred Marines died on both sides. Men kept falling, and more soldiers took their comrades' places.

Alpha Squadron always maintained superior fire suppression and firmly guarded the docking port channel.

The passage to the docking port was filled with dense barrage, like a hot metal stream. Augustus was now leaning against the walls on either side of the airlock door, with Warfield standing next to him.

After Warfield once again prepared to lead the troops to charge but was repelled by the heavy firepower of Alpha Squadron, Augustus said loudly in the communication channel: "Tychus, find a way to open this docking port."

"Get out of the way!" Due to his tall stature and being the right-hand man of the Revolutionary Army leader Marshal Augustus, Tychus Finley's power armor was specially customized and upgraded. His red armor paint has several graffiti of the naked bodies of Turasis II, Korhal IV, and the beauties of Tarsonis, and on his right shoulder is the hooded skull symbol of the Demon of Heaven.

Tychus threw his heavy machine gun to the ground heavily. He took a huge new synthetic resin shield and several electromagnetic grenades from a revolutionary soldier and rushed into the docking port channel with the people behind him. The boots stepped on the bullets and corpses rolling in the passage and roared as they ran, as unstoppable as a maglev train traveling at hundreds of miles per hour.

The federal soldiers in Alpha Squadron seemed to be startled by Tychus's astonishing momentum. They had no time to use the grenade launcher, but the dense nail bullets still penetrated Tychus's shield in a few seconds. Its power armor, which had been polished with oil by Fick, the exclusive armor technician of the Demon of Heaven, was immediately covered with dense scratches.

But Tychus's power armor armor layer is not only thicker and stronger than ordinary power armor, with fine steel plating on the outside, but also embedded with cushioning foam and partitions, which means that Tychus's own power armor can already compete with the Firebat The armor is comparable and can even withstand a grenade or two.

The distance was only about twenty yards. Tychus, who was wearing power armor, only took a few steps to reach the entrance of the Norad II docking bay and threw several electromagnetic grenades in succession. Alpha Squadron's defense line was suddenly filled with blue lightning arcs.

Then, without slowing down, Tychus used the broken shield in his hand to push away an Alpha Squadron soldier who was blocking him, and threw another enemy soldier to the ground, like leaping into a herd of deer. tiger. The surrounding Alpha soldiers did not dare to shoot Tychus for fear of accidentally injuring their teammates.

"Follow me!" Warfield led his men to follow Tychus.

"Well done, Tychus." Augustus followed Warfield closely, saying in his heart that Tychus was truly a man born from heaven.

Warfield's troops broke into the docking port of the Norad II and swept away the remaining Alpha soldiers like autumn leaves. These soldiers were not resocialized soldiers. They were frightened by the officer's call to force them to stand their ground. The soldiers chose to retreat.

"Warfield, it will take another two years for your people to catch up with me." After seizing the enemy's rifle and smashing the opponent's helmet with the butt of the rifle, Tychus said to Warfield proudly.

"My people really can't keep up with you." Warfield stretched out his hand and pulled Tychus up.

"You look more pleasing to me than all your colleagues...at least for now." Tychus took back his Sweet Whisperer heavy machine gun from a marine.

There are still two fleet passages to pass from the docking port to the lower deck, but Alpha Squadron did not use this to deploy defenses. At the command of their commander, they quickly assembled on the much wider lower deck and in the dock.

Seizing the lower deck was another tough battle. There were nearly 500 fully armed Alpha Squadron soldiers, Goliath armed robots and even arc light tanks. The fierce battle almost penetrated the lower deck of Norad II.

In order to prevent soldiers on other warships of the Federation fleet from passing through the port of Norad II for reinforcements, four companies under Warfield went to seize the docks and docking ports on both sides of the lower deck.

The remaining soldiers entered the numerous and narrow passages inside Norad through the blasted hatch. Teams led by key officers went to the engine room, life support unit, and a large number of terminal computers and processors. main control room.

At the same time, Warfield and Augustus had already led an assault team straight to the bridge. At this time, nearly thirty minutes had passed since the Iron Justice docked with the Norad II. Fierce battles still broke out in space. In the continuous explosions, warships and fighter planes from both sides were completely kicked out of the battlefield or were left floating without power.

Tychus and Warfield charged forward, unstoppably breaking through Alpha Squadron's defenses one after another, but were still held back from the bridge by a company of Edmund Duke's men.

Augustus was suppressed by a dense barrage of automatic turrets and Gauss rifles, unable to move, and had to retreat after leaving several corpses behind.

While Alpha Squadron was firing, Warfield personally led a group of subordinates to launch a charge. However, even the thick armor pieces of the powered armor could not withstand the powerful cannons, grenades and even shoulder-fired rockets. Intensive shooting.

Warfield could only retreat again, the bullets leaving more marks on his silver-gray command armor. As Warfield again led his troops forward, Augustus realized that he would continue to attack in successive attacks until he defeated the enemy. This is how Warfield always fights, like a seasoned boxer.

"We can't stay here for too long." Warfield said: "To capture the thief first, capture the king. Only by capturing Duke can we force the federal fleet to retreat."

"Tychus!" cried Augustus.

"Shit, there are at least ten heavy machine guns and cannons on the other side. If you want me dead, just say so." Tychus cursed.

"Kerrigan, kill their commander and keep the one with the highest rank." Augustus said after a moment of silence.

"You can read their voices, and even without the rank, you know who the commander is. And then, you know how to control those people."

The invisible ghost agent Sarah Kerrigan responded with a precise sniper shot. An Alpha Squadron lieutenant fell down the moment the gunshot rang out, his flesh and blood behind the matte mask. The 25mm canister bullet not only penetrated the helmet, but also smashed the opponent's head into a mess.

But this sniper did not attract the attention of other officers. They did not find the invisible ghost agent, but thought that the lieutenant was unfortunately hit by a stray bullet.

After a moment of rest, Warfield led the troops to attack again. Kerrigan took this opportunity to snipe the rising officers one by one, and the formation of Alpha Squadron suddenly became a little chaotic.

Despite this, resocialized soldiers who lost their commanders still carried out orders to shoot, and these neuromodified soldiers often did well when their superiors only asked them to do one thing.

The only difference is that they cannot deal with special situations - such as Kerrigan using telekinesis to control the last senior officer of Alpha Squadron and ordering them to put down their weapons through his mouth.

Some of the resocialized soldiers obeyed the order immediately, while others were confused by the conflicting order, but it was enough to cause their defenses to collapse as a group of Marines roared towards them. .

When Augustus shot and killed a resocialized soldier, Tychus had already seized a heavy machine gun from Alpha Squadron and started firing at the enemy. There were flashes of gunfire and the tragic death of soldiers everywhere. call. The blood flowed freely like waves hitting the ship's deck in the ocean.

After clearing out the enemy, the arriving blasters blew open the bridge door, and then Augustus and Warfield led dozens of marines into the bridge.

"Hands up, Duke." Augustus raised his Gauss rifle.

However, there were only a few navigators and engineers inside the bridge. Just as Augustus expected, Duke had already escaped or was not on his flagship at all.

"Duke, you are such a coward!" Warfield did not find him in the bridge.

"Edmund, he ran away." Tychus walked up to an Alpha Squadron navigator whose fingers could not stop trembling, and pointed his gun at the opponent's head.

"Where did that damn beast Edmund go? You just need to answer where it was." Tychus put down the helmet visor of his power armor and showed a ferocious expression.

"Just say it when you understand."

"Colonel Duke is not here." The navigator was a young man with blond hair. He was used to seeing data on radar scans, but he had never encountered such a formation.

"Then where the hell is he? Do you think my gun is merciful?" Only when Tychus pulled the trigger did he realize that there was no bullet in the gun, so he decided to be merciful and spare the other man's life.

"He's on board the Napoleon," the navigator added quickly.

"It looks like we hijacked the wrong ship." Tychus patted the navigator on the shoulder, until he gasped: "Kid, you are one of ours now. Drive the ship well, otherwise my bullets will But he doesn’t have eyes.”

At this time, the hull of the Norad II began to shake, and Augustus had already issued an order that the fleet was not allowed to attack the Norad II during the gang war. Since this is the case, it is now obvious who is launching the attack.

"Establish a communications link with the Napoleon immediately," Augustus said to the bewildered navigator.

"Yes, sir." After a brief but intense mental struggle, the navigator wisely made a choice between treason and survival.

The communication request was approved immediately. A federal officer with a diamond-shaped head was staring at Augustus across the screen. He was wearing a large power armor, with a golden ribbon hanging on the extremely wide shoulder armor.

"You lost, Mengsk," Edmund Duke said.

"Are you going to destroy the thousands of Alpha Squadron soldiers on Norad II along with us?" Augustus looked at the screen calmly.

"Even if I don't do this, they won't survive." Duke shook his head and said, "Don't forget who they died for."

"Do you think the reason why Norad II didn't activate the shield field is to save fuel? I know your intentions very well - but I didn't think you could win at first." He said: " In my opinion, you are looking for death."

"As long as I can kill you, Angus Mengsk's son, the former leader of the Demons of Heaven, I don't mind getting a new flagship and a new crew. Do you understand? Mengsk, you are worth the price. "

"We fought side by side, and for the rest of the time. Every time I see the medal of valor that you received because of you, General Duke will recall those glorious years."

"You have plenty of opportunities to see me again." Augustus closed the communication with a wave of his right hand and personally sent a communication link application with the Iron Justice and Hyperion.

While waiting for a response, Warfield asked Augustus, "It sounds like Duke is going to take out the Norad II with us?"

"He is bluffing." Augustus said: "Before Duke's fleet destroys the Norad II, we have plenty of opportunities to forcefully jump away."

Augustus brought up the index display of the battlecruiser's shield energy on the main screen: "As Duke said, the shield energy value of the Norad II is almost full, enough to Withstand enemy attacks during the jump."

After more than ten seconds, the images returned by the cameras of the other two battlecruisers appeared on the main screen. Among them, the Iron Justice was seriously damaged, but the Hyperion, which had been dealing with other warships of the Federation fleet under the control of Renault, was not seriously injured.

"Did you win the Norad II?" Renault said: "Augustus, good brother, this sounds cool. It's a pity that I didn't fight side by side with you."

"Where's that Duke guy?" Charles asked.

"Duke is not on this ship." Augustus shook his head: "He is more cunning than he lets on."

"Now, all ships will break away from the battle immediately. Activate the shields and prepare to make a space jump to 418, 4."

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