Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

The edge of the Oslo star sector.

Kaplan Colony.

The ravages of the alien space storm caused the entire universe to be filled with strange red and purple "clouds", and shrouded this terrestrial planet with a diameter of about 7000 kilometers.

Aside from the metropolitan area, there are countless villages and towns on the surface of Kaplan, with a total population of about 2.4 billion.

It was supposed to be a comprehensive colonial planet with tourism, agriculture, and industry. Governor Russ also intends to focus on development and develop it into a planetary base, which is convenient for providing sufficient manpower and material resources when the star area expands its territory.

In terms of garrison force, if counting the magistrates together, there are about 20 million people, which is just right for Kaplan with a population of no more than 3 billion.

65% of them are local young people in Kaplan.

Most of the colonized planets implement a "three-year military service policy", that is, after reaching the age of eighteen, they can choose to join the army and become a UNSC soldier.

This policy provides many benefits for the soldiers themselves and their families. Coupled with the compulsory education content that people have been exposed to since childhood, as well as film and television, game works and cultural influence, the current social atmosphere is quite martial. Even if there are no benefits and discounts, people are willing to join the army , experience a military career.

After three years, soldiers can choose to continue serving, but only if they pass an extremely stringent screening process.

Retired soldiers can continue to go to school, or directly enter the society, and when looking for jobs and interviews, their status as a retired soldier is definitely a plus.

But at the moment...

Kaplan's surface is unrecognizable.

Since the opening of the first portal and the release of the first demon until now, two billion or even more residents have been slaughtered and abused by demons in just two hours, achieving an alternative and perverted sacrifice.

Even if Kaplan has a defense force of 20 million and retired soldiers who are willing to pick up guns and ammunition again, they still cannot stop the torrent of demons.

There is gunpowder smoke and sea of ​​fire everywhere. Demons rush to Kaplan continuously through the portal, collect human corpses, skin them and extract their bones, and use them to build all kinds of unspeakable bloody buildings, and then use their flesh and blood to scatter the ground to achieve erosion and corruption. the goal of.

The surface of the earth is equivalent to falling, and only District 07 of the metropolis can still be regarded as a "pure land". The remaining military forces of mankind stick to it, delaying the demons as much as possible, and buying time for the last batch of civilians who are about to evacuate.

But... All civilian ships are already crowded with people, carrying civilians into low-earth orbit, entering the fault space and evacuating out of the storm area.

Currently moored above the star port are the only remaining seven escort-class warships, and the live ammunition is exhausted, and the "they" who have lost their logistical supplements can only rely on plasma secondary guns to provide cover for the ground troops.

And more than 300,000 civilians gathered in the star port to wait, and then took the ferry boat, the Pelican, and the Yuou to sail to the hangars of the seven warships.

At this time.

The front line north of Starport...

"Tat-tat-tat!"

"Wow! Wow!"

"Ri~Boom!"

Gunshots and artillery roared.

Everyone is pulling the trigger recklessly, pouring ammunition into the wave of demons.

Although the battleship-sized live ammunition is successful, the ground troops are still rich, and not only are there fortifications between the streets and buildings, but even the tunnel network under the surface is defended by many wild wolves and wolf cubs to avoid Demons break into Starport.

rear of the position.

Inside the temporary command center…

"A high-intensity psionic response emerged from the eastern position! The high school is requesting support!"

"Send all the surviving hunter troops, and then notify Company Commander Kent, and ask them to send 30 wild wolves to the eastern position together. We must hold it no matter what!"

"Yes! Colonel!"

The intensity of its "war situation" is not inferior to that of the outside world.

Andre, who was standing in the center of the command center, was relying on the reports of the soldiers and the information provided by the holographic screen for dispatching.

Genro was seriously injured and was on the verge of death. After being brought back to the Hayfjord by the wild wolves, Andre, who was once a major of the UNSC Airborne Division, is now Colonel Umbrella, and has the most senior qualifications and age, served as the chief. command.

However, no matter how much actual combat experience Andre has, it is absolutely impossible to lead the remaining troops to counterattack and miraculously win the victory.

They only have 120,000 fighting strength left, not even a fraction of the demons.

"Colonel..." A soldier stopped what he was doing, stood up, and said in a slightly dazed tone:

"The latest report from Second Lieutenant Lorraine said that the last batch of civilians had been lifted into the air, which also represents...represents..."

The soldier was unable to continue speaking for a long time.

"It means that there must be some of us... No, it should be said that the vast majority of people must stay here, on this dead planet."

Andre helped the soldier speak the rest of the words.

After all, the seven frigates have thrown away everything they can throw away. The remaining carrier-based aircraft are assisting the ground forces in suppressing and bombing missions. Even the ground crews in the hangar and many aerial bombs have been transferred to the star port. .

In this way, more than 300,000 flat names were squeezed out with extreme reluctance. Where is there room to accommodate their group of soldiers?

heard the words.

The command center suddenly fell into silence, while the outside was still full of gunfire.

Andre turned on the full-frequency communication of the Power Armor, looked around at everyone present, and raised his voice:

"Soldiers! Children! The last civilians have been transferred, our struggle and the sacrifice of our comrades were not in vain!

but…

There are not many vacant "seats" for us to choose from on the ship that is about to evacuate, and as an old man over a hundred years old, I will not compete with young people for a seat, I will stay here! Stay on this planet of death and continue to fight against the garbage that slaughtered your compatriots!

so!

Want to be with me this old man! Teach them with me, Andrei Aleksevich Ivanovsky, let them see what it means to be damn victorious, let them realize what it is to be a fighter, you brat! "

Andrei's unique Russian emphasis, and the emotional voice fell...

"Me! Colonel!" The soldier who was in charge of the report responded immediately.

"Me too!"

"Hahaha! Just right! I want to continue hunting demons with the old colonel!"

"This is Lieutenant Colonel Gao Haosen. On behalf of the 01 Regiment of the UNSC 621st Infantry Division, I will fight with the Colonel to the last moment!"

"This is Captain Horner Williams, on behalf of..."

"here is…"

All the officers and soldiers in the command center expressed their opinions one after another, and even the lieutenants and school officers deployed in various positions responded by communication. It seems that they also don't care about the so-called "ship ticket" and are willing to stay in Kaplan.

"Hahaha! Good! Refreshing!" Andre laughed heartily. Then, the old colonel looked at the soldier before him and ordered:

"Tell all the captains to take off immediately and not to delay the flight. This is an order! Otherwise, we and they will not be able to withstand the next wave of psychic energy impact from those garbage."

"Yes! Colonel!"

"Okay! Brats! Get your weapons and follow me to the eastern position!"

"Huha!!"

Outside the command center.

Overlook from the air.

Andre, armed with a laser rifle, took the lead and headed to the eastern position where the pressure was higher and the demons with high psionic powers.

And the eastern front...

Countless demons of different shapes are using the spiritual energy barrier to face warheads and artillery such as lasers, pulses, and explosives, and continue to attack.

The "vacuum" zone between the two sides gradually narrowed.

When they were about to face hand-to-hand combat, the surviving Krieger, wild wolves, and wolf cubs drew their melee weapons and confronted them without saying a word.

In the end, the hunter unit of the Supervision Department, which was less than a hundred people, was scattered among the positions according to past experience. While fighting, they reminded the UNSC, the sheriff and the retired soldiers how to fight against the demons more effectively.

"Oh~!"

"Roar~!"

A few elites and iron-blooded hunters didn't bother to care about the formation or discipline, and let out their unique roars to "stand out" from the crowd, wielding double-edged energy swords and retractable wrist knives.

"puff!"

"Pfft!"

In an instant, the entire area was splattered with flesh and blood.

At this time, the seven warships that received the evacuation order appeared above the position where the battle was stalemate.

Some soldiers who changed the magazines just looked up and couldn't help smiling. After changing the magazines, they continued to fight desperately.

Looking at the portholes of the battleship, there are people looking down, some weeping, and some expressing their gratitude loudly.

There are also young children with immature faces who salute the soldiers below in a dignified manner. It may be infected by the atmosphere, or it may be an act from the heart.

seem…

The belief of fighting bravely and sacrificing one's life, even some kind of unspeakable belief, has been quietly passed down.

The seven warships accelerated into the sky and finally disappeared from sight.

On the other hand, Xinggang District 07…

The 120,000 soldiers learned that the civilians had been safely lifted into the air, and they finally settled their minds.

Now, it's time to let the demons who are only interested in torturing people's hearts and are driven by instinctive desires see what a real "war" is...

"Using the platoon as a unit, we stick to our posts~! Immortal like a flame~! Firm like a rock~!..."

I don't know who it was, suddenly hummed a song during the fierce battle.

But listening to this authentic Russian accent, it is not difficult to guess that it is Andrei, a veteran who has experienced bipolar hegemony and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and has witnessed the end of the civil war for mankind and gradually moving towards the stars and the Milky Way.

The 120,000 soldiers flew away with the civilians, and with the "high accompaniment", they once showed a tendency to counterattack, and the demons who had the absolute advantage were helpless.

After leaving the city and leaving the turbid atmosphere, the seven escort-class battleships opened their jump entrances one after another when they reached the specified altitude, carrying the last concerns of 120,000 soldiers, and sailed into the fault space one by one.

Waiting for the transition entrance to dissipate...

Only Kaplan was left, who was about to be corrupted and assimilated by demons.

Immediately afterwards, the plasma bombs and nuclear bombs that had been buried when the troops retreated one after another were detonated by Andre and the others remotely, lighting up a dazzling "firework feast" for the demons.

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at the same time.

90 light-years away, the Fenris star is located in the central space of the Oslo star area.

As the capital of the star region, Fenris is much larger in size and mass than Kaplan, with a diameter of about 14,000 kilometers, which is similar to that of Earth.

Two large-scale planetary transformation devices installed at the North and South Poles transformed the originally cold and frozen Fenris into a suitable planet that is now covered with oceans and forests.

The pre-war population was about 10.3 billion.

During the war, that is, when the storm of different space was raging, the population did not decrease as rapidly as Kaplan, but instead climbed to 17 billion.

Demons are raging in the star area, so nearly half of the colonized planets choose Fenris, which has the Primarch Russ as the evacuation point, and the rest go straight to the most reassuring place, where the Primarch Rog and Magnus are stationed. solar system.

The number of people increased, and the troops and fleets that represented the evacuation also concentrated in Fenris.

2,500 warships and supply ships of all levels are concentrated in the low-earth orbits of metropolitan areas and major cities, and more than 100 million regular military personnel have been deployed on the ground, a total of about 460 million.

The sheriff and the retired soldiers who responded to the call and picked up their guns and equipment again, even failed to be incorporated into the regular ranks, were responsible for maintaining the normal order in the metropolitan area behind the positions and within the city, ensuring that the war would not lead to complete riots.

However, at this time, people are hiding at home in accordance with the official curfew order. The "refugees" who came here from different colonial planets are properly placed in large facilities by the official, and will not cause riots in a short time.

Although the Red Queen tried to mobilize nearby support forces in accordance with Sui Bian's order, it still took an hour for the fastest batch to arrive.

As for the surface situation, under the leadership of Russ, they successfully resisted the first erosion of the devil.

Moreover, the number of portals opened is much "less" than that of Kaplan, making Fenris' casualties not heavy.

only……

In the suburban plain to the north of the metropolitan area, there is a spatial distortion, like a shattered mirror, with a length of 100 kilometers.

Ruth had to attach great importance to this strange phenomenon, so he transferred the main force of his corps, reserves and auxiliary forces, Krieger and UNSC infantry divisions and airborne divisions here, always on guard against sudden surprises. Opened rift.

Thanks to Krieger, who is good at digging trenches and building fortifications, and the active cooperation of various troops with Umbrella's engineering department, it was possible to build a line of defense almost equal to the gap in a very short period of time.

In the line of defense, there are tens of millions of soldiers and 40,000 wild wolves, as well as 120 mobile fortresses of the Mammoth equipped with 240mm parallel Gauss cannons or 300mm plasma cannons, 300,000 Scorpios, Armored units such as siege tanks and armed personnel carriers.

In mid-air, the Destroyer, the flagship of the Space Wolves, was moored, as well as ten Gorgon-class battleships with absolute suppressive firepower.

now.

As the governor of the star region, Russ, who is the best at charging among all the Primarch brothers, stood on the observation platform in the center of the defense line, looking at the cracks overflowing with purple and pink light. With nostalgia, whispered to himself:

"It would be great if Rogge's broken mouth was here."