StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 35 The Battle of Pork's Pride
When Augustus returned to the first squad, Renault was leading the squad to rest in the tent of the Corps of Engineers, using a charcoal stove dug out from the ruins and a well-preserved frying pan to heat up the individual soldiers Rations and sweet pies.

The atmosphere in the tent was very warm, and Harnack's unique and arrogant laughter could be heard even if it was far away.

Augustus didn't know until he went in that the recruits' salaries for last month had already arrived.

Just like what Warfield said before, everyone in the first class got [-] extra credit coins as compensation for handing in the Ardion Crystal after they defeated the Kelmorian Assault Cavalry last time, which meant that everyone became The rich man in the barracks.

Reynolds, Omo, Zander and Harnack and other poor boys from the countryside were all ecstatic, but they all used the money in different places. Both Reynolds and Omo sent the money to their parents and used it To ease the financial burden on the family.

Born in the slums of Zander, he had no relatives, so he chose to save it, and Harnack was going to take it all to treat his brothers to eat and drink or go to the bar.

The surprise didn't stop there. Augustus's platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Reagan, happened to be in the tent too.

Reagan told Augustus that he had been promoted to corporal and now had an equilateral triangle below the three inverted "V" patterns on his shoulders.

From that day onwards, Augustus officially served as the squad leader of the fifth battalion, one company, three platoons and one squad.Everyone was very happy that day, even the usually withdrawn Ward and the new sniper Rick Kidd showed happy smiles.

"Boss, what did Warfield ask you to do?" After chatting for a while, Reynolds remembered it.

"Oh, I went to the division headquarters with him." Augustus found a folding chair and sat down.

"What are you doing there?" Renault wondered, "Could it be that you will be transferred to the division headquarters as a staff officer soon?"

Hearing what Lei Nuo said, everyone's faces that seemed to be shining with joy suddenly dimmed.

"How is this possible, how capable I am, how can I be a staff officer." Augustus shook his head, feeling amused.

"Don't you know?" Reagan, who was sitting on the ground, said doubtfully, "Augus is our teacher's brother."

"You mean that teacher's surname is also Mengsk?" Harnack opened his mouth wide enough to stuff several eggs.

"Hank, you idiot, you don't even know who our division commander is or what his name is." Renault laughed, not knowing what he was happy about.Although Renault didn't know his teacher's name, it didn't stop him from laughing at Hanak.

"It's amazing!" Omo felt that he should say something, but after saying this, he only felt that he was redundant. This matter seemed to have nothing to do with whether Augustus was powerful or not.

"Yeah! The monitor is amazing!" Amy Brandon said with a smile.

"So we have a backer?" Josephine seemed to be very concerned about this matter.

"You're hiding something so important from us." Zander was frustrated.

Everyone in the squad, including the platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Reagan, was very curious about this matter, but Augustus knew everything about it.Although Augustus did not talk about the status and power of the Mengsk family on Korhal IV, everyone has long reached a consensus that Augustus's family must be very rich.

Soon, though, the class lost interest in Augustus's family formation and the family's status on Korha IV, and turned to discussing other matters.Augustus was also so happy, he really didn't want to say too much on this issue.

After a while, the topic gradually turned to the bar and which girl in the bar had the most explosive body.

Just as Reagan's platoon leader was about to leave, Augustus decided to talk to his subordinates and Reagan about what Arcturus said about the general offensive of Polk's Pride.Anyway, by tomorrow at the latest, all the garrisons of Polk's Pride should know about it.

"Akturs told me that we are about to go to war with the Kelmerians on the other side of Polk's Pride." Augustus looked at Reagan and his subordinates: "You also saw it today, Padik The river is wide as hell. It means we're going to swim across the river in iron skins, and stop the Kel-Morians' gun holes with our flesh and blood."

As Augustus said, if the federal army wanted to launch a general offensive in Polk's Pride, they would first have to cross a swift and wide river, and after landing on the shore, they would have to brave the hail of bullets to smash down the walls of the city and the walls covered with iron sheets. Concrete fortresses of Plaid steel plates, before confronting the Kel-Morian Ripper forces hiding within.

Under the blockade of anti-aircraft fire on the other side, most of the transport ships of the Federal Airborne Division would be shot down before landing, and the bomber fleet would also be greatly restricted.

Therefore, the federal army had only two choices: build a pontoon bridge with Kelmorian's close-in artillery and machine guns, or drive a large number of ferries and assault boats to cross.But now it is the flood season, and the water level of the Padik River in this season is the highest and the fastest flow in this year. Under such circumstances, the Camerians on the north bank seem to be guarding the sky.

It was foreseeable that the Union Army would suffer heavy casualties in this coming war.

The people in the tent stopped talking, and after reacting, their behaviors were also different.Everyone knows that people die in war, the only difference is who dies.

Or if he is destined not to live until the day he retires, when, where, and in what way should he die.

Renault couldn't laugh anymore. He lowered his head, probably thinking of his family. Hanak and the others just kept staring at Augustus, as if they still didn't understand what happened.

Ward, who hated the Kelmorians to the core, had a tense face. In order to take care of the emotions of his comrades, he did not show his abnormal joy. At this time, Omo had already taken out a piece of paper and silently wrote his third letter to his family. It's a suicide note.

"Anyway, it will come in handy." He whispered.

"I'm not too surprised," said Reagan. "A whole Onuru Sigma Corps has been transferred from above. Including the local army, there are nearly 10 people stationed in Polk's Pride. This is not to let us go here to eat up Pay, the generals are not so kind when they come to travel."

"Kel Morian has been entrenched here for such a long time, and the number is only [-] to [-]. There is nothing we dare not fight." He sarcastically said: "No matter how powerful Camerian's cannons and machine guns are, the lives of the marines will be destroyed." Not worth as much as their bullets."

"But you don't have to be too scared. The fleet will definitely join the battle. As far as I know, the Alpha Squadron, the Delta Squadron, and a dozen Air Force Wings from Tarsonis have all arrived in Turasis. The pressure on the ground troops will be much lighter." Reagan said, looking at the crowd.

"Joke! Hanak never knew what it was to be afraid!" Hanak immediately jumped up like a grasshopper being teased.

"Yes, we are never afraid, we are only afraid when we have no money." Renault was no longer sad at this time, he looked up at Harnack who was jumping up, and grinned.

"Will there be a war tomorrow?" Omo asked, putting the written suicide note in his pocket.

"Not so fast," said Augustus.

"It will take time from the issuance of documents to each unit, the division of each division to the command of each general, and the completion of offensive preparations for all units and logistics." Reagan opened the curtain of the tent as he spoke, and walked towards Augustus. The others waved their hands.

"I will keep this matter a secret, so as not to be accused of leaking classified information. The prison food of the Marine Corps Central Security Bureau is not very good." He said.

"I'm going back to work, ah. Don't rest all of you, go out after eating and keep watch."

(End of this chapter)