Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

"..."

Knowing the general situation of the world through Byron made Robert, who was looking at the three-dimensional sand table, frown.

Without electromagnetic guns, "green and pollution-free" nuclear bombs or plasma bombs, and without the body of gods like him and his brothers, human beings can only retreat steadily in the face of the beast tide.

Even if it is a different world, the anger in Robert's eyes is more obvious when he thinks of the tragic death of billions of human compatriots.

But he was no longer the "child" who needed Sui Bian's patient teaching more than ten years ago, but a primarch who commanded an army of more than 100,000 people, and his emotions would not affect his judgment.

"Everyone."

Robert stretched his frowning brows and said, "According to what Captain Tees Byron said, France was the first country to be attacked, and the latest images sent back by satellites also confirm this.

And the behind-the-scenes race we want to find out..." Robert said, stretching out his left hand to point to the very center of Paris: "It is very likely that they are hiding here. "

"Yes." The major general standing aside nodded in agreement: "Paris is indeed the best choice to capture a colonist creature alive. It seems that we need to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress it."

"Soldiers are expensive." Robert withdrew his hand, turned to look at a group of civilian soldiers on the left, and raised his voice to ask:

"Which is the scouting force closest to Paris?"

Hearing this, a correspondent affiliated with Umbrella glanced at the content displayed on the screen in front of him, and reported loudly:

"3rd Battalion, Krieger 02nd Regiment, and 1st Raider Regiment, UNSC 9th Airborne Division."

"Ask how many plasma bombs they carry."

"Yes." The correspondent who received the instructions immediately contacted Krieger's 3rd Battalion, and quickly turned to look at Robert and the others and said:

"Four, sir."

"Very good." Robert ordered consecutively to everyone:

"Notify the 3rd Battalion and the 1st Assault Regiment to rush to Paris immediately, and I gave the 3rd Battalion permission to use plasma bombs.

The equivalent of three of them is adjusted to the minimum, and they are released at three points away from the city center. After solving the behemoths that are in the way, they raid the city center, looking for and trying to capture possible colonizer creatures alive.

The goals of the rest of the reconnaissance force remained unchanged. In the end, the location of the behemoth captured by the satellite was sent to Primarch Sanguinius, and he was responsible for clearing the behemoth on the surface. "

"Yes, sir."

All correspondents and civilian soldiers immediately conveyed Robert's order to all ministries.

"One battalion and one regiment, less than 3,000 people in total...um..."

At this time, a UNSC colonel was muttering to himself while watching the status quo of Paris presented on the sand table.

Although he knew Krieger's past exercise record, it was an existence that completely crushed the UNSC elite, but as the commander of the armored division, the colonel always felt that the number of people who raided Paris seemed a little small.

After all, exercises are not actual combat.

Robert, who heard the colonel talking to himself, didn't care at all, and continued to say to the officers:

"The current fleet of transport planes has already left Rabat and headed back to the base. When Captain Tees Byron arrives at the base, I think Paris should have a result.

At that time, what we have to consider is no longer the construction and defense of frontline bases, but the liberation of all fortress cities. "

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It's Paris in the early hours of the morning.

The faint blue and blood-colored rays of light emitted from the city reflected the night sky shrouded in thick clouds.

If you ignore those sticky, smooth, close together, 100-meter-long giant "embryos" like insect egg cases...

Then the night view of Paris is still very "beautiful".

Carefully observe these bloody red "embryos".

Under the translucent bubble-shaped outer wall, there are dense blood vessel tissues all over, as well as an immature giant beast curled up in the embryo.

And the ground around the giant embryo is innumerable, used to hatch small embryos of different animal bodies.

It seems that the colonizer race has established a production line of "monster army" in Paris to increase the efficiency of invading and assimilating the earth.

In the city center, there is a tall tower building like an African anthill.

On the spiral passage outside the tower, there is a beast body that seems to be undergoing maintenance.

Surrounding the tower, and even the sky above the entire city, there are still a large number of mosquito-like, flying beasts responsible for vigilance.

suddenly.

The beast bodies performing their duties stopped working and turned their attention to the south.

Looking south of Paris in the direction they were looking.

Less than 20 kilometers away from the city center, a jet-black gunboat with a red and white umbrella logo printed on the right side of the nose was approaching Paris at a constant speed.

The Air Gunship is similar in appearance to the UNSC-listed Vulture, but is much larger and has more exposed cannons and artillery.

This is Umbrella's improved derivative model based on the Vulture, the Vulture.

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Seeing the Vulture approaching gradually, the flying beast bodies in charge of vigilance and defense were agitated, and rushed towards the Vulture like a nest.

"Roar~!"

Even the behemoths with a few lying on their nests raised their heads and roared, but they didn't choose to stand up. With higher intelligence, they should be "small" gunboats that judged that the body of flying beasts was enough to deal with a mere one.

At this time, the Condor unfolded the protective covers of the two rows of vertical launching systems, and stretched out three long-range missiles equipped with special warheads.

inside the cabin.

The two pilots, wearing obviously Krieger-style helmets, completely ignored the flying beast bodies attacking them, and continued to control the Condor to move forward at a constant speed.

behind the pilots.

Sitting obliquely on the left side of the cabin, the full-time gunner in charge of the missile system operated. Three marked red dots appeared on the Paris floor plan displayed on the fixed screen in front of him. Remove the protective case and press the three buttons in sequence without hesitation.

"Boom~..." Visible shaking came from the cabin.

Three missiles with white mist tail flames appeared in the sight of all the pilots and gunners, flying towards Paris at an extremely fast speed.

I saw three missiles loaded with plasma bombs, going straight to "their" respective targets, and in order to increase the killing effect, they detonated in the air less than 200 meters above the ground...

Ri——~!

The detonation of the missile first produced three extremely small but extremely dazzling blue dots, followed by a "silent" flare explosion, so that the whole world seemed to be only blue.

Blue light also spilled into the cabin through the sealed windows, reflecting on the pilot and gunner who seemed to have no emotional turmoil.

His calm performance seemed to be just an insignificant thing.

"boom---!!!"

At this time, the deafening explosion sound entered the cabin from the direction of Paris.

"call----!"

What swept over at the same time was a shock wave enough to shake the fuselage violently.

"Crack~!!"

Suddenly, a small piece of flying beast's stump stuck to the sealing window of the Condor like a flying insect killed by a vehicle driving at high speed.

But the unceasing impact quickly blew away the stump and the dark blue blood sticking to the window.

Then, the commotion caused by the detonation of the plasma bomb finally began to stop.

The blue light dissipated, allowing the crew of the Condor to clearly see three mushroom clouds rising over the city of Paris.

The centers of the three explosion sites have been completely crystallized, and within a visual radius of no more than two kilometers, they are completely reduced to scorched earth scattered with fine crystals.

The disgusting embryos and tentacle-like plants, as well as the few monsters lying on the ground who didn't bother to attack the Vulture, all "evaporated" and disappeared.

The things outside the range did not escape the catastrophe either, large areas of remnant buildings and tentacle plants responsible for assimilating the atmospheric environment were all destroyed by the shock wave.

Until now, there are still many areas where flames burn with the consumption of air with extremely low oxygen content.

As for the tall tower building far away from the center of the explosion and the absolute killing range, although it was severely damaged and crumbling, it at least survived.

After all, the target of the Condor was not it.

According to Robert's order, the crew adjusted the explosive yield of the three plasma bombs to the minimum. If they were the largest, one would be enough to wipe out Paris.

After completing the detonation order, the two pilots controlled the Condor to accelerate towards Paris, preparing to provide conventional fire support for the troops that were about to land next.

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Over the southern sky further away from the city.

A flight formation consisting of Yugull, Pelican, large transport boats, and assault boats carried the 600-member 3rd Battalion of the Krieger 02 Regiment, as well as the 2,000-member 9th Airborne Division 1st Battalion. An assault group quickly approached the tower.

An assault boat on the left side of the formation.

The corporal, who was still sitting with his legs outside the cabin, was adjusting the pulse rifle in his hand, loading a fragmentation bullet for the 30mm grenade launcher hanging below.

Adjust the electronic components of the firearm again, hold it with both hands, and aim the muzzle at a scrapped vehicle wrapped in tentacles on the ground obliquely in front of it.

The helmet screen was locked, and the mechanical skeleton also assisted him in the calibration, indicating that the individual system is normal.

"Huh~—."

"Boom~..."

As soon as he lowered his gun, the corporal felt that the assault boat encountered a strong air current and heard an obvious explosion.

Holding the bulkhead with his right hand, leaning forward slightly, he leaned out of the cabin and looked north. He saw Paris where three mushroom clouds had already risen.

"Everyone in the third platoon is listening." The second lieutenant in charge of commanding their third platoon said in the communication:

"The flight formation is expected to arrive at the designated landing area in six minutes. The mission details have already been sent to each of your screens, so I won't repeat them.

And the latest news sent back by the superior said that Umbrella's Astartes completed the task in only 20 minutes. I don't force you to be as efficient as the Astartes, but I only ask for one thing, that is, Let me live, did you hear me clearly? "

"Sir! Yes! Sir!"

All three platoons, including the corporal who likes to keep silent, replied loudly on the communication.

The voice fell.

The corporal retracted his upper body protruding from the cabin, held the rifle in both hands, and adjusted his breathing while looking at the dilapidated scene on the ground.

The projected six minutes flew by.

All the assault boats broke away from the formation, skimmed the ruins outside Paris at low altitude, and the scorched earth shone with crystal light, and reached an open area south of the tower.

The flexible and light assault boat dropped rapidly, and when it was less than five meters from the ground, the corporal and his comrades jumped out of the cabin.

"Tread!" Both feet landed steadily.

Holding the rifle, and through the clear vision provided by the helmet screen, the corporal observed the high tower thousands of meters away from them.

As if recovering from the plasma explosion, dense beast bodies poured out of the tower, forming a considerable army of beasts.

"Tap! Tack!" Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire.

The corporal and his three teammates form a squad, which alternates with other squads belonging to the third platoon.

The assault boat that unloaded the airborne troops quickly rose to hover at high altitude.

The crew in the cabin controlled the pulse machine guns mounted on both sides, and cooperated with the Condor to provide fire assistance to the airborne troops in the landing area.

Thanks to the clearing of the plasma explosion and the fire support from above, the corporal and 400 paratroopers did not have to worry about being attacked by flying beasts at all.

Then arrived at the landing area, are all kinds of transport planes and transport boats.

Opening the tail hatch, unloading the main force of the 3rd Battalion and the 1st Assault Regiment, nearly 3,000 people formed a formation, and easily suppressed the beast tide dozens of times larger than their own.

"Tap! Tap!"

And amidst the dense gunshots, the same crisp laser gun system was mixed.

Shining red ballistics filled the space between the humans and the beasts.

Shortly after.

The corporal crouched halfway beside a crumbling low wall.

He removed the empty magazine, put it in the recovery bag hanging on the back waist, and then took out a magazine and put it away.

When he stood up and passed the low wall, the high tower building seemed to be very close at hand, only a hundred meters away from him and his comrades in arms, and the number of beast bodies that prevented them from entering the high tower was no longer the same as before.

The corporal returned to the squad, ready to launch another offensive with cooperation.

"Di-! Di-!" But the unique whistle came from not far behind him.

!

Hearing this whistle, the corporal, who was originally calm, and his comrades in the third row felt a chill down their spines.

After several joint exercises, they knew what the whistle meant.

The corporal looked back over his shoulder.

I saw that the source of the whistle was a platoon leader Krieger wearing exclusive TPS power armor and a red helmet.

The platoon leader raised the chainsword in his right hand and swung it forward fiercely. Dozens of Kriegers carried their laser rifles on their backs, and also took off the chainswords hanging from their waists, and launched a speechless attack towards the tower. charge.

At the same time, there were five Kriegers with Gauss machine guns and CMC heavy power armor squatting on the ground.

The small missile launcher placed on the back of the CMC is controlled and adjusted by two mechanical arms, and the elevation angle is aimed at the animal bodies gathered near the high tower.

"Shua! Shua!"

Dozens of small missiles dragged a slender white tail flame, leaped over the corporals and Kriegers, scattered, and landed directly on the group of beast bodies.

"Boom! Boom!" The flames and smoke from the explosion quickly enveloped them.

Before the thick fog dissipated, the platoon leader and Kriegers had already approached and rushed into it without fear.

"Buzz!!"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The sound of the fast rotation of the chain and the sound of the flesh being cut continuously came from the dense fog.

"." This change stunned the corporal and his comrades.

"What are you doing in a daze!" The second lieutenant yelled on the communication: "Follow Krieger and rush into the target building, don't embarrass the Ninth Division!"

After shouting, the second lieutenant rushed towards the tower together with the five heavy Kriegers equipped with CMC power armor.

"Yes, sir!"

The corporal and the comrades in the third platoon also followed Krieger and the second lieutenant to charge.