StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 55 Who is the leader?

It was close to three o'clock in the morning, and thick cumulonimbus clouds blocked the light of the three satellites of Turaxis II.

The power supply to most areas of Fort Howe has been cut off, and the lights on the parking platform have been extinguished.Except for the continuous flames of Gauss rifles, flashes of explosions, and ice-blue flames of electromagnetic grenades, it was difficult for Augustus to see the specific battle situation on the platform.

"Execute my original order. Squad [-] and Squad [-] will follow me." Augustus ordered, "We will pretend to be a Higoron team rushing to support, and pull down as much as possible without firing a single shot." You can get close to the enemy and blend in. When they find out that friendly troops are actually shooting at them, there will be chaos."

"Turn off the color recognition on your visor HUD, and enable the radio answer recognition in the armor's built-in computer," he said.

"Reagan, tell Warfield about our plan, and get them ready to pinch back and forth."

After getting an affirmative answer, Augustus led two classes of 25 people to run along the road.

Augustus and Reagan ran at the front, followed by the first class.Instead of hiding themselves, they turned on the searchlights on the power armor breastplates and walked straight onto the asphalt runway of the landing platform.

During this period, Augustus encountered two soldiers of the Higoron Legion who were carrying the wounded and passed by them, neither of them spoke.At this time, no one came to ask which army they were.

More than one retreating Higeron soldier encountered them, but these exhausted soldiers all took them for granted as reinforcements rushing to help.

There were flames from electromagnetic rifles everywhere on the parking platform. The platform was very large, and there were several liftable platforms leading to the underground hangar. The wreckage of the destroyed spacecraft was scattered around Augustus' feet.

There is only one hangar on the ground, which was originally used to temporarily accommodate small and medium-sized near-Earth spacecraft. It is located at the northeast corner of the parking platform, and it is also the place where the most intense firefights occur.

Augustus led his marines straight to the surface hangar. On the way, they passed at least hundreds of corpses of Federation and Kelmorian soldiers. Most of the corpses were intact, even the helmets were intact. , no cause of death could be seen.

It is not an easy task to penetrate the power armor, but as long as even a spike or shrapnel gets into the iron armor, it will be fatal.

Among these corpses, bloody and bloody, almost unrecognizable, most of them were non-combatants in the fortress.When the fort was attacked, they hastily picked up their rifles and joined the marines to stop the enemy. There were only a few survivors.

Augustus's troops advanced at the fastest run they could, and soon crossed the southern and central part of the landing platform, and could clearly see the flat rectangular outline of the surface hangars and the use of Warfield's troops. Three circular defensive positions surrounded by heavy armored vehicles and transport ships.

When Augustus arrived outside the hangar, Hai Gelong's assault unit with less than 50 people had already seized the two outermost positions and was jumping out of the bunker to launch a fierce attack on the last position.

The federal soldiers in Warfield used heavy machine guns and flamethrowers to shoot at the enemy. Their ammunition was obviously running low, so their firing intervals were very long.

And the soldiers of the Hai Gelong Legion have already occupied the arsenal of Fort Howe, and ammunition supply is not a problem for them at all.Clearly, it was only a matter of time before Warfield was defeated.

"Follow me." Augustus took the lead, climbing an overturned armored vehicle and jumped between the first line of defense and the second line of defense. Leaning against the truck or spaceship that the second line of defense serves as cover, waiting for others to send them out of the field.

"You are finally here." A wounded man with a broken leg said weakly, "Leave us alone and kill those federal bastards."

"For Higoron!" Augustus clenched his fists and yelled the Legion's slogan in response to them.Then the wounded felt that they had won the battle and cheered.

"Captain Oleg, our reinforcements are here." One of the wounded said excitedly on their communication channel.

There are two Higoron Legion assault teams attacking Howe Fortress, with a total of more than 500 people. After several hours of brutal fighting, more than half of them have been lost.While another assault detachment seized the last remaining fort tower on the other side of Fort Howe, the wounded apparently mistaking Augustus's troops for them.

It was night at this time, and it was difficult for them to find any difference between the painting on the armor of Augustus and others and their own.

The shoulder armors of each Haigron Legion assault unit are painted with white spray paint representing the number. This was a major mistake by Augustus, but at this time the light was dim, and it was difficult for the wounded to notice the difference .

Even if someone saw it, at most they would just be puzzled in their hearts, and they wouldn't even think about someone pretending to be someone.

There have been examples of Federation troops disguised as Camerian Ripper troops before. After all, their power armor is not much different, and they only need to change the painting to make the fake ones look like real ones. The Camerians themselves have done this kind of thing.

But generally speaking, as soon as the two parties talk, it is easy to reveal their secrets.In the early days of the establishment of the Tyrannian Federation, it was a relatively free and loose confederal regime, while the original Moria people advocated adventure and gold mining, and maintained social stability with family blood.

The cultural differences between the Tyranid Federation and the Kelmorian Federation will indirectly affect their way of thinking and speaking habits. As long as the other party has doubts, a few questions can reveal the imposter's feet.

"That's right, your savior is here." Renault joked on the channel of the first class.

"I'm so happy for them," Tychus said.

Augustus ignored the wounded, turned over on the landing gear and climbed onto a turbine transport ship that formed the second line of defense.

At this time, he could see that dozens of soldiers from the Higoron Legion had already occupied the third line of defense, and they used this as a cover to shoot at the hangar surrounded by the line of defense, while the federal soldiers in the hangar no longer returned fire.

Augustus jumped off the transport ship, held a Gauss rifle and ran towards the soldiers of the Higoron Legion in front of the third line of defense.He was not in a hurry, his steps were steady and powerful, and he seemed to know that his support would be the final word for his side's final victory.

"You guys came just in time." A soldier of the Higoron Legion who was lying between the bunkers and shooting turned around to look at them. Due to the angle of view and the light, he didn't notice that the reinforcements were so neat and shiny due to the repainting. Lots of power armor.

Augustus quickly ran between them, and the marines behind him walked to each bunker, walked to the side of the Higoron soldiers, and placed their guns between the bunkers.

"Who's the leader?" Then Augustus called out loudly.

Although puzzled, Captain Oleg, the leader of the assault unit, turned around and replied: "I am Oleg Benson, and I request..."

In the next second, the helmet of the commando leader was hit by the boatswain sniper rifle of Augustus Squad sniper Rick, and a .50 caliber armor-piercing bullet pierced his helmet.

(End of this chapter)