StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

When the Battle of Tashai started, it was still dark in Augustgrad.

Emperor Augustus had just been lying on a chair in the battle center of the palace for three hours when he learned the news. When he woke up, he summoned the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of War, the officers of the General Staff and the marshals who were in Korha. .

Things came to an end, as Augustus and his generals believed that the primordial zerg were launching an attack on the Zenn-Gelgaris-Gauntlet line to break through the Mat. Horner's fleet's defense line here.

"How many troops do we have in Tasha?"

When the emperor summoned the ministers, he was still wearing a straight blue and black navy uniform. The large-brimmed military cap embroidered with golden oak leaves and five stars was placed on the conference table next to him. His sharp gray eyes did not blink, as if Silent statue.

In contrast, Darius, the Minister of War, who rushed over in a hurry, seemed a bit panicked. Strictly speaking, he was just a politician with great management capabilities, responsible for coordinating shipping and material dispatch to ensure that the empire could be delivered when the emperor deemed it necessary. Be powerful enough to start and win a war.

The staff officers, who wore neat uniforms and scarlet trousers, were much calmer. They all had great strategic knowledge and military talents, and were responsible for providing campaign planning, campaign plans and suggestions to the supreme commander, Emperor Augustus.

"There are only two Marine divisions stationed in Tasha, and they belong to the Antiga Army." There were many people standing in the combat center, and they all looked at the Chief of General Staff, General Ulysses Hargrove. , it seems that only he can face the emperor's wrath.

Ulysses Hargrove was a tall, middle-aged man, not handsome, but very charming. Ulysses was only a sergeant in the 1st Armored Division of the Korhal Revolutionary Army during the First Total War. Later, due to his bravery in combat, he was spotted by the current Imperial Army General Lundstein and was recruited as a guard. .

After losing an eye during the battle with the Swarm on Atticus Minor, Ulysses was sent to study at the Umoyan Military Academy. While studying, Ulysses completed his book The Modern Koprulu Sector Battlefield, which is considered a textbook on modern warfare.

After graduation, Ulysses entered the newly established General Staff of the Terran Empire. Under the guidance of his old boss and the appreciation of the emperor, his promotions went smoothly. When he took over as Chief of General Staff last year, Ulysses was already well-known in the Imperial Army for his teaching aids and military works of great strategic wisdom.

"General Matt Horner's fleet is the closest Imperial fleet to the planet, but he believes that the primitive zerg attack on Ta'sha is just a feint, and that their true purpose is to steal from Zion and Galgari. In order to break through, only a full naval squadron was temporarily mobilized to support." One of Ulysses's eyes is a mechanical prosthetic eye, and the surrounding area is full of scars burned by acid.

During the Battle of Little Atticus, a filthy and deadly scorpion ambushed five of Ulysses's arc tanks. He and his warriors paid a very painful price to kill the brutal monster.

"General Horner submitted a detailed report, combining various information such as the advance route of the original zerg and the enemy's previous tactical deception to support his judgment." Ulysses said:

"I have read this report in detail and think that his judgment is very correct. If General Horner mobilizes the main fleet immediately after the attack on Tasha, the Agdra ashworm swarm on the front will immediately attack, and our A huge hole will be ripped open in the defense immediately.”

"Then at this time, the Bracken system will become a protruding part of the empire's territory, and will be surrounded by the Srivan swarm and Yagdra."

To humans, the Milky Way is a three-dimensional world rather than a flat surface, and can extend infinitely in all directions. The defense line of the Imperial fleet is actually long and sparse. The primitive zerg can completely bypass the Imperial fleet or jump over them directly, but this will take more time, and the Overlord swarm following them will not give them this time.

"Does he think this is enough to hold Tasha?" Augustus looked at Ulysses.

"If this is not a feint, then the real breakthrough point of the primitive zerg swarm is in Tasha. The battle there will be the key to whether we can stop the primitive zerg, and it may even indirectly affect the outcome of the entire war."

The Empire continued the organization of the old Federation Navy, and the number of Minotaur-class battlecruisers owned by a naval squadron was approximately ten to fifteen, and the number of attached fleet ships was also clearly defined. If it were changed to the Behemoth level, this number would be even higher.

A fringe world like Tasha could be conquered by the soldiers aboard a battlecruiser, but if the enemy were zerg, that was a different matter.

As it stands, the original zerg are individually much more powerful than their distant cousins, but they are less organized when attacking.

After fighting against the swarm for so many years, if anyone still thinks that the zerg are a race that can only rely on numbers to overwhelm everything - although most of the time this alone is enough to defeat the human army, then they are completely wrong.

While low-level zerg do not possess superhuman intelligence, cerebrates do. The swarm is smarter than humans, and they are not greedy, internally dissatisfied, or fearful.

Among the staff officers sitting here, Colonel Ronald Jackson once taught the young and fledgling imperial officers:

We thought that defeating the zerg required rigorous military training, clever tactics, and powerful commanders, but we were wrong. I gotta tell you, the zerg have these things too.

If brainworms are reading Sun Tzu's Art of War and Theory of War, there's nothing they can't do.

"We cannot but consider this," said Ulysses.

The tribe leaders of the original zerg are as intelligent as the Cerebrates, but their binding force on tribe members is far less than that of the latter. The original zerg leaders also played tricks, but they were not generals who led armies.

This was one of the reasons why the original zerg were eventually driven out of their homeland; they were generally stronger individually, but not united.

If it is the many loyal and extremely intelligent Cerebrate generals who dominate and command the troops under their command, then the original Zerg are noisy green forest heroes, and from time to time they will quarrel to compete for the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance.

However, Zulwen, the Zongzu, may be an exception. It has lived too long, far away from other powerful but stupid primitive zerg leaders.

"We have backup forces." Ulysses said the name of a planet.

Polaris Prime

That was the main star world closest to the battlefield, where the Eighth Fleet was stationed, and the commander of the fleet, Carolina Davis, was stationed there. But Priliance Prime is still far away from Tasha, and water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer.

"Even if we use the third-generation warp engine, it will take two and a half months at the fastest. By that time, Tasha will have already fallen." said Army Secretary Simon.

"Unless this fleet has already set sail." Augustus said: "The time is almost up now."

The Eighth Fleet is a fleet that has only been established for two years. It has about forty battlecruisers, twenty-five of which are old Behemoth-class ships. Although all of them are old battleships, the combat effectiveness of this fleet cannot be underestimated.

Augustus had ordered this fleet to rush to the front two months ago. The original plan was to supplement the battleships lost by Edmund Duke.

"Immediately order the Davis fleet to change course and support Tasha." Augustus ordered.

Then, Augustus ordered: "Tell Matt to do it with confidence and boldness. As long as the leader of the Ember Worm swarm is killed, they will bow to us."

"Sorry I'm late." At this time, General Jim Raynor arrived belatedly. He had just returned from the military base outside Augustgrad, working non-stop under the stars.

As the marshal that Augustus relied on most, Renault was of course also busy with work. He not only had to help mobilize the army, but also had to take care of training new recruits. Fortunately, it was no longer Reno's turn to intervene in the naval fleet's crew training, otherwise there would be no chance of sleeping.

"Tasha, that's a great place." Renault said as he walked in:

"They really won't give up until they smash our home to pieces."

Tasha is a beautiful ocean world. There are tens of millions of large and small islands scattered in the blue ocean under the sun. The planet's tides are just right to keep the planet's oceans flowing, bringing up nutrients from the seafloor to support abundant aquatic life, but not too intense to cause more damage.

Compared with Char, whose surface is glowing orange-red with death, Tasha can be called a paradise world, and the climate there is simply too good to be true. This colonial world was immune to natural disasters, and its pollution-free air and seas attracted millions of tourists.

All in all, Tasha is a good place to retire. Visitors can leisurely swim through the shallow sea full of beautiful coral reefs and lie on the beach under the warm sun and apply sunscreen.

"At least the original zerg will not poop on our heads. If there is no carpet, the destroyed city can still be rebuilt." Augustus said, asking someone to turn on the holographic projection of the conference table.

At this time, the star map has been replaced by various arrows and flags. In the lower right corner of the star map, the flag representing the imperial fleet is contending with the primitive swarm, and the Bracken and Tasha systems are highlighted.

"It seems that we have another big battle in Tasha - rather, the primitive zerg will launch an attack at the same time, and all fronts will have to fight." Renault looked at the star map: "Because the swarm of overlords is chasing behind. They, the primordial zerg, don't have time to stop and think about it."

"It's just that we don't know where the focus of the original zerg's attack is. It may be in Tasha, it may be anywhere." He said.

"How can I put it, the battle line is too long, and there will always be primitive zerg slipping through our defense line. Sometimes, a dam cannot always open the gate to release water, especially when the flood season comes."

"What you mean is that it is better to clear things up than to block them." Augustus looked at Renault and said.

"I've been thinking about it for a while." When walking towards Augustus, people involuntarily gave way to Reno.

Jim Raynor is no longer the hot-blooded farm boy from Shiloh. He seems to have no city power and never uses any small tricks, but he has gained respect from both the political and military circles of the empire.

If something happens, Renault is really trying to do both.

And his old friend Tychus Finlay did an equally good job in a sense, and it was not easy to be disliked everywhere.

"In the past, we wanted to severely damage the original zerg and then deal with the Overlord, but then the Overlord's purpose of killing people with a borrowed knife would be achieved." Renault said:

"First give the primitive zerg a head-on blow to make them realize that they have hit the iron plate. Then open an opening for the primitive zerg swarm that is eager to break through, and they will rush in the direction we designated."

"It is not easy to do this. They must constantly correct their path so that the original zerg does not go astray." Augustus understood what Raynor meant. In short, it was to let the original zerg in Thailand. Turn a small corner at the entrance of the Lun Empire and let them harm others.

The question is, who has to be the unlucky guy?

"I remember that the Taldarin Protoss is also in this area." Renault glanced at Augustus and laughed: Although it was far away, the direction was quite different. "

"I'm sorry, I borrowed it, I borrowed it. Hello, Mrs. Victoria, you look just as glorious in your military uniform."

At this moment, the imperial royal brainworm wearing a navy marshal's uniform moved into the combat center. The belt tied under his mouth was engraved with an eagle and a lion, and the golden double-button button showed his royal temperament. The small triangular eyes of the brainworm are sharp and striking, and the general's demeanor is just right.

"General Rhodes, you stepped on my tail, apologize as if you stepped on someone else's cock."

Royal Brain Worm, the serious atmosphere in the combat center seems a lot funny.

"Sorry, Marshal α." General Rhodes may have never been so embarrassed in his life.

"It's not about me, it's about breaking off the chicken." It took several minutes for the brainworm to cover the distance of thirty yards.

"I just said you can't let it stay with Tychus. Look what this brainworm has learned." Marshal Renault thought to himself that you are still so incompetent:

"What are you doing here?"

Augustus also asked people to notify the Brain Worms. Although this guy often fights with others during meetings, he is a very military-minded Brain Worm. Because it sees things from a completely different perspective than humans, it often comes up with military plans that can be described as crazy and anti-human.

"Damn, can you believe that Louis is still wetting the bed at this age? This is very wrong for a telepath." The brainworm opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, revealing a smile like a Cheshire cat.

"Look, look."

"It's indeed a problem." Augustus was silent for a moment: "Remember to take photos."

As I was writing this, I was reminded of the brainworms who watched the hero Mike Liberty’s speech at the end of the official book Freedom Crusade.