StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 40 Going Down the Street
By [-] a.m., the forward resocialization battalion had advanced several miles toward the center of the city, losing contact with the rest of the troops in the rear.After entering the urban area, Warfield's first company chose to merge with several brother companies behind and take the lead in advancing.

Augustus's squad followed an arc tank beside him along an east-west four-lane road numbered 30, entered the urban area from Dunlin City in the northeast of Polk's Pride, and then went west all the way to Kai The command center and orbital satellite communication base station in the center of Morian's actual control area.

The rainy season in the northern hemisphere of Turaxis II was drizzling, and the cooling tower behind Augustus's power armor was covered with a layer of white steam. The rainwater slid down the top edge of his mask, and the devastated streets gradually became hazy.

Thanks to the resocialization of soldiers, Warfield's troops did not encounter resistance from the Camerians during the march on the road. Only the destroyed roadblocks and the corpses of the resocialized soldiers and the Camerians could Reveal what a tragic battle took place here.

For every mile advanced, there were more bodies on the road.The rainwater mixed with blood on the ground flowed into the unblocked sewers, and some rodent-like creatures drilled into the broken helmet visors like no one else, gnawing on human corpses.

By noting the number of corpses of the resocialized soldiers, Augustus knew that most of the resocialized battalion that was still charging had been lost.

Augustus's squad had encountered no organized Kel-Morian troops along the way, and tanks could provide them with cover in the open.

Only some Kel-Morian labor auxiliaries hiding in houses, sewers, and trash cans suddenly rushed out of their hiding places, strapped with explosives and electromagnetic grenades, trying to die with the tanks of the federal army.

The road had a wide field of vision, and these Kel Morian soldiers who had no armor on their bodies were shot and killed by federal soldiers as soon as they showed their heads.

Among them, the sniper Rick Kidd in Augustus's class has always had the highest number of kills. Flying over the scalp is enough to lift the opponent's skull.

The good luck ended when it was only about 3 miles from the city center. Because there are a large number of artificially excavated canals in the urban area of ​​Polk’s Pride, there are rivers between each urban area. On the way to leave Dunlin City and enter the main city , Federal troops had to cross dozens of different bridges.

Most of the bridges have collapsed, and the traces of human destruction are clearly visible, and only the giant-like Goliath armed robots can wade through the artificial canals during the flood season.There were fewer and fewer options left for the Union Army.

When crossing the last bridge across the river in Dunlin District, the disaster happened.At that time, a platoon of Federal Marines and an arc tank walked on this unexplored white bridge, heading for the distance.Augustus's class was only eight hundred yards away from the bridge, and at their speed would have stepped on it in less than a minute.

Suddenly, with a boom, the earth seemed to shift five inches, and the thunderous explosion could be heard for miles.

Augustus' first feeling was that someone slapped his ears. Amidst the humming sound, the wreckage of a bridge in the middle section flew up in front of his eyes, accompanied by distorted human body, steel and blood like rain. fall to the water.

The shock wave set off a wall of earth, and the squad closest to the bridge directly hit the extremely dense, laterally moving air wall. Even the power armor twisted like a pinched can. More than twenty people It flew up like a swatted fly.

This white jade balustrade carved with gods, once the work of architects and artists, is now a tomb of the dead.

"You idiots, why didn't you wait for the bomb disposal man!" It was the battalion commander of the fifth battalion who shouted. He didn't use the communication channel, but lifted his mask and shouted among the marines who were about to get on the bridge.

Augustus didn't even know which troop was on the bridge, but it wasn't necessarily the [-]st Company.On the command channel, Warfield showed Weng Mingsheng's order that he and the second row were the first to board the bridge and cross the river safely.The explosive device apparently used a timed fuze rather than another mode of triggering.

As Augustus was marching with his squad to protect the tanks, he naturally fell behind, but unexpectedly escaped.

"That's all right now, we'll have to wait a long time before passing here." Josephine said gloatingly.He has no enthusiasm for war at all. Unlike Warfield, who must go to the forefront of the war and go deep into the most dangerous areas, Josephine pursues to be able to follow through, and never to be the first bird.

"This is not good news." At this moment, Augustus's tinnitus had improved a little, and he was far less optimistic than Josephine: "I've seen it before, and there is more than one way to cross the river."

"Of course, this is the closest road in a straight line to the Kelmorian command center marked on the satellite map, and it is also the only road that allows convoys and tanks to pass. We can still take a detour, but we can only take a small road and cross the road Detour to the other side of the river from the residential neighborhoods and commercial streets next to it. Believe me, Josephine, it's far more dangerous than the wide open road."

"Augustus is right. On the main road, at least there will be tanks following us, and there won't be any Kemerian bastards popping up out of nowhere." Ward talked a lot more than others during the battle, The moment he saw the Kel-Morians, he would go into a state of avenging angelic excitement.

"This is too bad," Omo lamented.

"The real trouble is coming." Augustus reminded his soldiers: "Just as I said before the battle, if someone is knocked down, we have to bring him back no matter what."

So far, Augustus's class has not experienced any attrition.But now Augustus will likely have to lead his warriors into peril.

As Augustus guessed, in the absence of Warfield, the battalion commander of the fifth battalion, a hook-nosed lieutenant colonel, took over the command of Augustus's platoon and ordered them to report to the platoon as a unit. Go north through a deserted commercial area and detour to another bridge to cross the river.

Reagan, the third platoon leader, had followed Warfield across the river, so the commander of the first squad became the company commander of the fourth company.

The tanks could no longer go deep into the roads of residential areas with narrow roads and limited load-bearing capacity. Augustus had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the people in his squad to follow the fourth company into a commercial street that was much narrower and longer than the road.

This street was between the three offensive routes of the [-]th Brigade, and no troops had penetrated here, which also meant that it was likely that the Kel-Morian soldiers who had retreated here were hidden.

Since the fifth battalion was followed by two battalions, it was impossible for thousands of marines to wander slowly through one commercial street and one street. Therefore, most of them chose a street in platoon units and followed the orders of the battalion commander. bypass.

Augustus followed the two squads of the 220th Company of the [-]th Battalion into a commercial street numbered A-[-]. Benjamin, the heavy machine gunner of the [-]st Fire Group, and Omo, the deputy carrying the bullet box, followed closely. Behind is Renault and Harnack's second fire team.

　Thank you for the reward of Xingjie 1, and thank you for the monthly tickets for the eldest son, Xingyuan Xingyuan, zerostart, and Miaoshapao.

　　UNN Evening News: The Lakhill ceremony has failed, and the pigeon was pushed into the ascension pit.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)