mtl008 Chapter 376: Kill the Madness 2 Reinforcements
Chapter 376: Kill the Madness 2 Reinforcements
“Reporting to Master Ether, except for the City of Fire, we have lost contact with the other three city-states, and our Ether City is being besieged by the Zerg both inside and outside.
The air defense firepower network and mobile teams in the city are already saturated and overloaded, and outside the West City where General Lin Luoba is located, there are still tens of millions of insect swarms attacking the walls, and the pressure is very great. "The Titanium soldier reported.
Ether Mentor An. Lagon looked at the densely packed red dots on the map. Each dot represented more than a thousand Zerg, while the Tau defenders were less than three tenths of them.
"Has the remaining joint fleet set out?" Ether asked.
"Yes, they have already left the orbital city and launched an attack on the Zerg fleet above Ether City. At the same time, in about two hours, an orbital strike will be launched outside the western city area."
Ani. Lagon frowned, hoping that he could hold out against the Zerg before the coalition forces from other worlds arrived.
"How far is the swarm on the west side from the city wall?"
"According to the front line, the farthest point is 33km away, and the closest point, which is where General Lin Luoba is, is 24km away."
"Connect me to the battleship command room. Dozens of hours have passed. I think the commander of the Qi clan, Yun Wen, should have woken up..."
...
"Understood..Yes Master Ethereal, I understand my mission, the fleet understands their mission, and every warrior of the Air Caste understands their mission."
"Three of the five major city-states have been disconnected, and the Qi clan's orbital city has also been breached by the Zerg. The Fuyi-Po family world is in danger, and the coalition forces of the remaining family worlds will still need dozens of days to arrive.
Although I already understand that the collapse of our home world is inevitable, but as long as Lin Heng is still in our hands, there is hope, and the research on subspace energy is still ongoing.
As long as we can peek into that mysterious space, your name and mine will be forever engraved on the center stone of Titanium, and our achievements will always be under the advice of the Greater Good.
This is all about fighting for the future of the Tau."
Yun Wen turned off the communication and stood at the bow, looking at the insect ships floating in the planet's orbit in the distance. Although they were as quiet as lifeless meteorites at the moment, their silence still contained an invasion of the planet.
The proliferation of ground forces means that ships no longer need to consume biomass to spray spore sacs, and many insect ships hundreds of meters long are hovering in lower orbits.
Each small insect ship had one or two vine-like roots extending from the sky directly to the ground, and at the end of each capillary-like tube was an uninhabited forest.
Capillary towers that absorb biomass
The biological monitor found a large number of biological signals in the woods, but the magnifying glass could not see the full picture of the miasma-filled area.
The only thing that could be detected was that in the capillaries, something was moving from bottom to top. It was Fuyi Po's plasma, the biomass formed by the fusion of countless organisms.
Whenever the extracted biomass fills the cargo hold, the small insect ship will hand over the pipeline to another insect ship, and then slowly fly into space to seal the planet's life in the battleship.
There was anger in Yun Wen's eyes. How could he allow the Zerg to destroy his home like this? Even if six or seven out of ten of his fleet had been destroyed, as long as there was one ship that could fire a cannonball, he would fight to the end.
"attack!"
The crippled but mentally resilient Tau fleet charged towards the low altitude. They were not good at frontal combat, but they were proficient in cleaning up the logistics.
Various types of carrier-based aircraft and small starships spread out, and heavy railguns, ship-borne missile groups, and six-link rapid-fire cannons roared.
As if it had been trapped in space for a long time, this attack was even more roaring.
The barrage of bullets fired wildly at the miasma land and capillary towers, and the sudden visit caused great damage to the insect swarm.
The ship exploded and the tower broke, the earth trembled, and the miasma was shattered into pieces and dissipated with the shock wave, gradually revealing the untold side of the Zerg.
Plants of strange shapes are scattered all over the land, and the bases of the huge capillary towers are all connected to biomass pools of varying sizes, outlining a thriving swamp country.
In those sticky swamp pools, countless swarms of insects and the corpses of the Titans were floating up and down, and many insects were jumping in with their big bellies, waiting to be decomposed into sticky biomass.
Looking at such a disgusting scene, any Titan would cry and feel sad.
Grief turned into courage, and groups of bombers swooped down, dropping high-yield missiles.
The forest melted, the earth and rocks flew, and the damage to the biomass conversion pool made the Zerg heartbroken. The hive guards went out to shoot, and the gargoyles and Tyranids went to meet the stubborn enemy.
The battle of life and death began again. The Tau forces, who had the advantage of time, place and people, seized the initiative and retreated after the battle while the Zerg's defensive force was not yet fully intact.
They did not hesitate to fire even a single shot, and after sweeping the south and the north, they rushed straight to the outskirts of the west city.
At this moment, Lin Luoba was extremely anxious. He also saw the approaching Tianbian fleet. The bombing was originally a good thing, but Lin Heng refused to retreat.
He had escaped secretly in the first place. If he was killed by his own fleet, Lin Luoba would have no need to live. There would be no need to bring him to a military court. He could have been executed on the spot.
"Report to the commander, the drone troops and the xv8 combat suit troops have arrived at the front line."
"Just right!"
Lin Luobashi was greatly encouraged, the team arrived just in time, this was the only chance, if missed it would never come again, he immediately flew into the air quickly in his xv22 combat suit, and led hundreds of combat suits to charge into the central army.
Tens of thousands of bomb-carrying drones took the lead in the attack, dodging biological projectiles left and right, crashing into the insect swarm, and then detonating the attached explosives. The suicide thermal attack had a significant effect.
Amid the sound of explosions, thousands of insect swarms turned to ashes, and more than a thousand drones were lost for every kilometer they traveled. Lin Luoba knew that he only had this one chance, and even if he was killed by the insect swarm, he had to take Lin Heng away.
"Riptide combat suit, take your pilot away immediately!"
"Feng Lin Huo Shan understands!"
Hundreds of XV8 combat suits flew through the sky filled with smoke and slag, and finally reached Lin Heng at the cost of half of the drones, more than 20 combat suits.
The five-meter-tall blood man is so conspicuous that every step he takes can evaporate the mud under his feet. It's not just his state that is fanatical, but also that the blood on his surface is being evaporated by his body temperature.
According to the biological monitor, Lin Heng's body surface temperature has reached 200 degrees Celsius. The strange situation made Lin Luoba determined to take him away.
More than a dozen xv8 combat suits attacked at the same time, and dense missiles cleared the landing area that was a hundred meters wide.
Lin Luoba looked closely and found that Lin Heng in the insect swarm was chopping the insect nest tyrant with a knife and an axe. The state of the broken body gave him a sense of déjà vu, that is, maybe Lin Heng could clean up all the insect swarms around...
"Lin Heng! Retreat quickly! The bombing is going to... cough vomit..."
Lin Luoba's shouting stopped abruptly, but by the time he realized what was happening, the pitch-black sword had already pierced him, and the huge axe had fallen on his head.
"Forest.."
“Puka!”
Lin Heng gasped and spewed out bloody steam. The corpse in front of him made him stop for half a second, but the next moment he flew into the sky, like a tiger among a flock of sheep, killing everything.
"Commander Lin Luoba!"
"BOOM!"
"No! Why! Retreat!"
"BOOM!"
"Feng Lin Huo Shan doesn't understand..."
"BOOM!"
"ZHAAAAA!"
“Puka!”
...
A barrage of bullets fell outside the West City. The soldiers defending the city cheered the defeat of the Zerg. After a few minutes of bombardment, the sky collapsed and the earth sank. Only one-third of the tens of millions of Zerg were left.
The swarm was divided, all the nodes died, the offensive finally slowed down, and victory seemed possible...but the result was not entirely satisfactory.
"Report to the commander, the Zerg fleet is gathering, and we will be attacked from both sides."
Yun Wen had already been ready to die. He had completed his mission, and every kill he made before his death was a gain.
"Take off, and delay as long as possible!"
The remaining troops of Yunwen tried their best to delay the invasion of the Zerg, but unfortunately, in less than an hour, the angry Zerg fleet surrounded them.
Fifteen space ships, one Guardian, one Explorer-class battleship, two Hero-class cruisers, and the rest are small and medium-sized gunboats and starships.
Not only are their numbers small, but each ship also bears terrible scars. Some of them are already protected by the Greater Good to be able to soar into space again, but if there is a star war, they will probably be shattered at the slightest touch.
Although the number of Zerg ships was greatly reduced, the three battleship-sized Zerg ships still stood like a natural barrier in front of the Tau fleet.
What's more, there are still dozens of other insect ships the size of cruisers, frigates and destroyers, but the most terrifying thing is the number of ship-borne biological aircraft groups which has not decreased at all.
Yun Wen felt hopeless, they had no chance.
"Huff... I am Cole Fuy Per Moire, Soaring Wingless Crow, Star Traveler. I am glad to fight with all of you on the ship. I am proud of you. Now is the final moment. Let us die with more honor.
Pass on my order, maximize engine output power, target the densely populated areas of insect ships, and charge!"
The dazzling tail flame stirred the dark space, and the Guardian battleship took the lead to charge towards the enemy. The Tau ships behind it did not hesitate to open fire to fight back, seeking sacrifice.
Just as Yun Wen was feeling the vibration of the ship and caressing the metal texture of his old friend, the messenger hurriedly woke him up and pointed to a place 30 kilometers behind the Zerg fleet.
Thousand-meter-long arcs of electricity illuminated the darkness, and in that gloomy space, the distortion of space seemed to open the curtain for the hero's return.
"The space is in chaos. Something is about to emerge from it. It seems...it seems to be the Kroot War Ball!"
There was silence in space, but the ship was bustling with noise. The two Kroot war balls that had previously jumped away returned and jumped out, right behind the insect ship.
The dark war ball was dotted with stars, which were nothing but the roar of all the armed forces. More than a dozen large light spears and macro cannons illuminated the insect swarm, and more anti-aircraft firepower networks formed a dense barrage of bullets.
Multiple void shield arrays blocked the Zerg ships' shells, multiple equatorial melt drives pushed the war balls towards the Zerg swarm, all-dimensional interstellar sensing nodes were connected, and the hoarse voice of the Great Shaper immediately resounded in the bow room of the Guardian-class battleship.
"The Kroot will not abandon the Tau to fight alone. Come on, let these damned bugs pay a heavy price!"
"Hahaha! This is the first time I like your bird language so much! Brothers, I'll die later, kill them first!"
As the fighting escalates, new hope emerges and everyone has to fight desperately again. However, it is like a rotten peach. Even if the rotten wound is cut off, it will still turn into mud in the end.
The Kroot war ball is a powerful weapon that can destroy ships of tonnage less than light cruisers. Its diameter of 9km allows it to take care of all directions.
But there were too many Zergs. In just one hour, except for the Guardian battleship, the rest of the Tau battleships were reduced to wreckage floating in the air.
The war balls were not doing well either. The two sides fought together to kill a battleship, strangled 5 or 6 training ships, and thousands of carrier-based insect aircraft. But their firepower was still too small. Compared with the vast swarm of insects, they were still too young.
More than a dozen 500-meter-long pointed insect spike ships broke through the defense of the war ball's void shield and plunged into the circular orbit. There were about 25 Kroot inside the war ball, but at this moment they were gradually transformed into food for the insect swarm.
After replenishing biomass, the Zerg activated the Titan units to board the ship. Yun Wen looked at the continuous explosions in the circular orbit of the war ball. This was probably the time of life and death.
"For Fuyi.Po and Titanium Star, let us put an end to this painful reality!"
The Guardian battleship, with its heavily damaged body, struggled to crash into everything in its path. Two battleships came head-on, attacking from both sides, one from above and one from below.
The chitinous shell of dozens of meters is not afraid of any impact. The Titanium Clan is just wishful thinking to try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm.
However, one minute before the ship collided, Yun Wen saw the distorted space in the starry sky again. This time, the shining arcs were longer and the distorted space was wider.
Amidst that magnificent astronomical spectacle, dozens of Imperial warships with different logos leaped out, and the two sides, which had been fighting for years, united their front under the pressure of the Zerg.
As the bow with the ram revealed its sharp edge, more than a dozen signals arrived one after another at the bow rooms of all ships.
"The Obsidian Panthers, a Space Marine Chapter of the Human Empire, have arrived to take on the Zerg."
The Obsidian Jaguar Chapter, the parent group should be the Ultramarines, I won't add pictures of the rest, you can find them all
"The 18th Combined Army of the Human Empire's Ultramarine Navy has arrived to fight the Zerg."
"The Ultramarines (Company) of the Human Empire Space Marine Chapter arrive to fight the Zerg."
"The 18th Combined Army of the Human Empire's Ultramarine Astra Militarum has arrived to fight the Zerg."
"The Human Empire Space Marine Chapter Carcharodon arrives to fight the Zerg."
"The Salamanders (Company) of the Human Imperium Space Marine Chapter arrives to fight the Zerg."
"The Howling Griffins of the Human Empire Space Marine Chapter are here to fight the Zerg."
"The Inquisition of the Human Empire has arrived to fight the Zerg."
"The Human Empire's Ultramarine Death Watch has arrived to fight the Zerg."