Zhuguangling
Liu Weijia
Kelly thinks she won't like the dusk of Videbus because the light on this planet is too close to bright red at dusk. Even if there is no imminent war, this red color is easily associated with blood, blood flowing from humans ... or Zerg soldiers. Kelly saw this as an ominous sign, as if all the stars in this galaxy were warning her of the inevitable outcome.
But I don't know why, at dusk, Kelly can't help but walk out of her underground command post like the tomb of an ancient emperor and turn herself into a part of this bloody world in the cool evening breeze. Every day since she led her troops to the 397K highland.
Major Kelly was dressed in a short-sleeved camouflage military uniform, with long blond hair tied casually on his shoulders with a red ribbon. She left the armed belt and the self-defense pistol at the command post, and she didn't want anything to hinder her from walking freely. Looking at her figure dragged by the sunset, Kelly was a little surprised to find that her body baptized by blood and fire was still graceful. She stopped and stared at the shadow until the shadow of her girlhood loomed.
Kelly is surrounded by busy people and machines, and now she has the largest army she has commanded since joining the army. At present, this unit covers the air, ground and underground in the 397K highland. Kelly wandered freely in her army, turning a blind eye to the men who interrupted her work and saluted her in a hurry. Subordinates can't see any expression from the black sunglasses on her face, so they can only use their imagination at will. Her eyes hidden behind the lens are actually blurred. SCV engineers, who have been building airports and bunkers, and marines with helmets and heavy machine guns are out of her sight at the moment. Her eyes crossed time and space and saw an ancient and lonely ordinary town. Kelly seems to be walking on a road in town, bathed in the sunset.
Hometown ... How many years have you not thought about this word? She hasn't dreamed of this place for a long time. She can't even remember how many years she left the earth. Over the years, she has traveled to dozens of planets to fight endlessly, and she has no time to look back, but at this moment, Videbus has triggered a memorable relationship. Yes, the environment here is very similar to the earth, and it is indeed worthy of the federal government to invest a lot of troops to fight a bloody battle with the Zerg family for it, but Kelly does not believe that she will be moved by it. In today's era when the starry sky is red with blood, the heart of a man who can carry the major's epaulettes on his shoulders has already become as hard as that badge.
Although the heart is like a rock, looking around the whole highland, the old staff officers of the recruits are very busy, and Kelly's chest is still full of pity. Through sunglasses, all the people in her eyes are surrounded by darkness, as if what she is seeing now is the scene of these people … in the near future hell.
It's a pity that Kelly can't do anything about the bleak future. The fate of bait has never been like this. Recalling the scene when she received the task, as soon as she saw the stiff smile on the face of the combat staff, she knew that it was not good luck on her head.
"Major Kelly, I think you should know the serious situation we are facing now." The voice of the staff officer is quite pleasant, with clear pronunciation and standard pronunciation, but Kelly is absent-minded. No one in the headquarters criticized Kelly's licentious behavior with a cigarette in his mouth and sunglasses on his nose. Generals who have really led troops know that they should tolerate some of their idleness. These experienced and valuable officers have risked their lives many times, and they are contemptuous of death and life. How can they care about military discipline?
"Now the scope of the unknown area is expanding. Although the speed is not very fast, the Tex Mountains are not within our control. " Everyone in the army knows that the so-called unknown area actually refers to the area that has been controlled by the Zerg people. "All the satellite detection devices that tried to fly over it were crashed by suicided bats, and the reconnaissance troops sent suffered heavy losses, but little information was obtained."
Kelly's heart suddenly tightened, thinking that her troops would unfortunately be sent to carry out extremely unlucky reconnaissance missions, but soon she found herself too optimistic.
"Major, you know that we are in the strategic flank of the Federation, and the General Command will not allocate a large number of troops to support us. In fact, it is extremely generous of them to transfer the elite 323 Air Assault Division and the 9th Marine Division here. It is necessary to know that the decisive battle situation of Ramada Galaxy is becoming more and more obvious. " With the narration of the staff, the laser holographic projection in the center of the headquarters showed an animated demonstration of the image, casting strange light and shadow on the dark air of the headquarters.
This strategic situation is well known ... Kelly thought, so she didn't remind the staff with announcer talent to pay attention to another well-known fact: because Videbas is on the strategic flank of the Federation, its fall may put the main force of Ramada Galaxy at a disadvantage. It is by no means an insignificant stone, and the upcoming battle here is likely to be the prelude to the decisive battle of Ramada Galaxy. In addition, it is a rare earth-like planet with a very suitable environment. There is bound to be a fierce battle between the two sides here.
"About the zerg family expansion speed, I don't think it is necessary to say more. If we don't defeat the zerg army on this planet as soon as possible, Videbus will soon no longer belong to us ... and besides the two regular divisions assigned by the headquarters, we only have a few small independent combat units and local garrisons, and there are too few mobile forces. We don't know much about the Zerg troops, but there are signs that they don't want to let Videbus go, and the troops invested are obviously beyond our troops here. The situation is difficult to be optimistic ... Therefore, we must never launch a large-scale attack easily, and we must use strategies to make up for the shortage of troops. " At this point, the staff stopped, as if to give Kelly time to enjoy the fun brought by wisdom.
Now Kelly is observing her clone troopers. It may be difficult for God to lead these dull men with simple stress response ability to a beautiful victory.
In the distance, behind the support line composed of metal bunkers, several "Titan" mecha giants proudly walked back and forth, and the sun bounced from them into the air. In front of the defense line, the nimble and swift vulture chariots are laying powerful intelligent mines ........................................................................................................................................................... However, Kelly's heart is still difficult to be optimistic. It is still the clone fighters-Class B clone fighters who control these command technology weapons. They are smarter than robots, but they can't be compared with natural warriors, and they can't be expected to be used in closely coordinated integrated three-dimensional offensive operations. Once asked to carry out complex offensive operations, these simple-minded guys will be confused. Kelly only hopes that the defensive capabilities of these advanced clone fighters are as magical as the staff boasted.
Past anti-aircraft missile towers stand slowly under the assembly of mechanical engineers; Two siege engines, just unloaded from the transport plane, are driving huge steel nails into the ground, raising bowls and huge guns to threaten the distance. The technical weapons distributed to clone fighters are not the latest, and a considerable number of them are even second-hand goods and war damage repairs replaced by other troops, so the combat effectiveness will inevitably be discounted more or less. What is even more intolerable is that a considerable number of technical weapons are not real. Like many buildings on the mountain floor, they are just the fruits of labor that confuse the enemy. These "scarecrows" once made Major Kelly lose his temper, but she knew in her heart that bait was just bait after all, and there was no reason to really prepare a sumptuous dinner for her prey.
The soldiers tirelessly manipulated their equipment. Marine infantry who have nothing to do will not be idle, patrolling back and forth warily with guns. These artificial soldiers are extremely conscientious, but natural soldiers are different. Natural people will be lazy and timid in battle, but their expressions are changeable: some are happy and some are sad; But the faces of these soldiers are the same. But one thing is the same for both sides, that is, they will all become corpses, sooner or later.
Darkness gradually grows from the land of Videbas, and the air is like black particles emitted by the night god. The silent mountains in the distance were first swallowed up by the hazy twilight. There, there are countless zerg monsters lurking. Kelly knew that monsters were there every minute, and she wanted to come and tear her and her troops to pieces.
Her right foot kicked a stone at random, and Kelly turned to the command post to avoid the darkness that was about to drown everything. She didn't go the same way, so she saw the bunker. Outside the bunker, paxton is drawing on the electronic map with his slender fingers, explaining the terrain and matters needing attention in the task to his men. The titanium star amulet hangs leisurely around his neck. The last sunset on Videbus gave the amulet a dazzling light.
Kelly stopped to look at paxton. When the other person first saw her, her eyes were still so fresh. At this time, this unrestrained handsome boy's eyes lit up and stared at himself for a long time, and his eyes gradually warmed up. Within a few seconds, Kelly thought she saw an aspect of this person's personality. She can even imagine how this multi-lover dressed in fashionable clothes packed her red hair like a flame and charmed the stupid nurses in the medical team at the base dance ... Generally speaking, the personality characteristics of ghost soldiers are extreme, partly because of harsh training and bloody killing. From then on, she was gloomy and indifferent, didn't believe that life was fun, just like a dead person. On the other hand, because of their invisibility, they often kill their enemies with great damage, but they are unscathed. They are too complacent, regard war as a romantic game, and then have the illusion that they are knights, despise the enemy and other arms among themselves, and think that women all over the world don't like themselves. It seems that paxton belongs to the latter ghost warrior.
"Hey, Major!" Paxton saw Kelly standing silently, with a smile on her face: "The brothers are all ready, and they will enter the mountain early tomorrow morning." In the twilight, he wore a dazzling and special stealth combat uniform, which was dignified and natural, making him really look like a knight.
"Well ..." Kelly raised her chin and looked at the nervous ghost soldiers around paxton. "Have they all seen the world?" Ghost soldiers are all natural persons, because this unit must act independently behind enemy lines for a long time and needs a high degree of autonomy.
"Rookie will not be sent to paxton ..." paxton proudly said that he was obviously much more relaxed than his team members: "They all went to the battlefield and ate field rations ..."
It is possible ... Kelly's sharp eyes swept over the pale young people. Their so-called "going to the battlefield" may just be wandering around the charred land and shooting at enemy buildings with no protective ability ... Kelly sighed. Where did she get these cowards? Recently, it has always sent her a group of useless little guys ... Watching these frivolous children or children who think they have seen through the world of mortals and scoff at everything give up their lives rashly, Kelly is powerless. This war is unprecedentedly cruel. In various war zones, whole regiments and divisions have been annihilated from time to time. There are fewer and fewer experienced officers and men. It is rare for newcomers to meet a teacher who can guide them to understand the war, adapt to it and survive. According to Kelly's experience, anyone who has extreme or romantic ideas about war will come to no good end. Soldiers should be made to understand this, but time is pressing. It seems hopeless for them to understand the truth in just a few words, so let them teach themselves on the battlefield. War is the most severe and effective teacher. It can imprint the truth on people at once, no matter whether the other person can bear it or not. "It seems that you all know what to do and what to pay attention to ... Good luck, boys." Kelly gave them a rare smile. She hopes sunglasses can make her smile look confident.
"Major, I like to see you smile. Your smile is beautiful. " Paxton praised frivolity. "If I successfully complete the task, I want a little reward ..."
"Come on, what can I give you?" Kelly is still smiling.
"A kiss." Paxton said naturally.
Kelly couldn't help laughing. She reached out her right hand and patted paxton on the face: "The little boy ... promised to come back alive first."
"There is no doubt about it. I only hope that I can get the reward I deserve by then. " Paxton looked Kelly in the eye and said.
"Well, if you want this thing so much, you will get it. It's nothing ... "Kelly waved to them. "well, I should go back ... work hard and hope to see you again." Say and turn away. She noticed the disappointment in paxton's eyes. I thought you were smart ... Kelly thought, you don't have to be disappointed at all. In this day and age, if you want a woman's kiss or more, it's as simple as that. Everyone's life is at stake, and no one has time to play the game of chasing the past and hiding from the past ... but it is impossible to get a promise, because no one can promise anything now.
The faint candlelight in this long night,
Angels guide you to sing.
In the underground command post, Kelly's adjutant Francis is as busy as ever. Realizing that the major was back, Francis stopped his work and solemnly reported, "Major, the command network has been built, and you can command every combat unit and even every soldier smoothly." Francis is thin, honest and always alert and calm.
Kelly nodded with satisfaction. Francis seldom let her down and depressed. This advanced electronic bionic man is very efficient, calm and meticulous, and even the most inconspicuous trivial matters can be handled in an orderly manner. He is a rare and good assistant to the commander. Their artificial brain combines the accurate calculation and memory of the computer with the fuzzy judgment function of the human brain to ensure that the task can be completed well. Unfortunately, after all, they are not human beings. The artificial brain as a whole can't be compared with the human brain. It can only act as an assistant, and can neither command tasks independently nor integrate into human life.
Kelly went to her seat and sat down, frowning slightly. Many screens in front of her are like battlefields, waiting for her inspection. Review the defense system of highland, find out the possible negligence, adjust the defense deployment, and check the contact with headquarters. Her dexterous fingers crossed the command menu, and her consciousness quickly focused on the details of the tactical arrangement.
Late at night, Kelly ordered all lighting facilities to be started. Soon, the whole highland became brightly lit, which was extremely dazzling in this dark land. This violation of the operating rules has its own reasons, and the stronger the fragrance of the bait, the better.
Kelly is too tired to compare with those clone soldiers who are always energetic. "Francis, I should rest. Notify the outposts and strengthen their vigilance. "
Francis nodded and said yes.
"Francis, won't you have a rest?" Even if it is an electronic bionic person, it is worrying to work continuously for more than 70 hours.
"Thank you, major. I'm fine. " Francis replied without looking up and continued to bury himself in the transactional work at hand.
Kelly lies on a closet-like bed in the rest area. I wonder how many days she can rest in peace. In her sleep, Kelly seldom dreamed of her parents-although they were only two vague figures, she also dreamed of the wreckage of the razed colonial village and heard her cry. ...
Then she dreamed of a small town that had lived on the earth for more than ten years. The sunset is like blood, and the song is loud. Groups of young professional soldiers walked into the starry sky without hesitation. There are tearful couples everywhere. A blonde girl cries especially pitifully, but her lover is unmoved. The girl held the boy's hand tightly and said, if you really love me, you won't leave. The boy withdrew his hand and replied, no, I love you, but I have to go. This is my responsibility!
Kelly suddenly woke up, and her face was wet with sweat or tears. How could she dream of karst? Charcot has always been one of the main bases of the Zerg. Are Karst and his comrades who died there today safe?
Dreaming about these things is not a good sign. Memories will make soldiers miss life, which will inevitably reduce their chances of survival. You must know that the first step is the best. Only by killing the enemy on the battlefield can we tide over the difficulties, and if we want to live, we must die. Kelly wiped her face and walked out of the rest area. Francis reported that paxton had set off with his team an hour ago.
It seems that she heard the sound of blood flow increasing, and Kelly's heart beat faster, just like when Karstel left ... How could she care about that frivolous playboy? This abnormal phenomenon may be nervousness on the eve of the war. She has been wiped out by the war and can't be seduced by that boy. Kelly, look at the time. It's time to travel again.
The mountains in the morning light are full of danger. Just over there, paxton and his men are walking on the edge of the blade. Can they come back safely? A team of ghost fighters, like eagles, roared over Kelly's head and rushed into the sky as if to pierce the atmosphere. They will undertake the task of fighting for air superiority and receiving in the next action.
Continue to adjust the deployment, waiting for paxton's intelligence, Kelly even spent the rest of the day a little boring. It's almost time for dinner, and the first batch of information is finally sent back. Kelly chewed a few military biscuits in a hurry and threw herself into intelligence analysis, looking more and more dignified.
If the situation is really as bad as the headquarters said, the Tex Mountains have almost completely become the nest of Zerg people: valleys and cliffs are full of incubation centers; Beasts that move like lightning are marching in droves on the steep slope of the ridge; Suicide bats fly freely over mountains, threatening any alien aircraft in the starry sky; The hydralisks who sprayed corrosive liquid to kill the enemy guarded the entrance and exit of the valley in droves, and from time to time issued fierce and hoarse roars. There is no local creature of Videbus in the image. That's the zerg family. The innate greed and cruelty of parasites drive them to devour all creatures in the universe and absorb each other's DNA, making them efficient killers serving their ambitions. They are free, and their goal is to bring all the creatures in the universe under their control.
The situation is very serious, and now there is only one feasible choice-attack! And the sooner the better. If the zerg people here are allowed to develop, I'm afraid they can only be destroyed with thousands of super nuclear bombs, but doing so is equivalent to erasing Videbus from the map.
Headquarters immediately approved Kelly's application for harassment and assault.
A quarter of an hour later, four heavy siege engines took off in two transport planes, taking advantage of the night to pounce on Kelly's selected target. The zerg creatures in the target area did not find the ghost soldiers in the stealth state to monitor them. The Zerg family expanded too fast, so there were many loopholes in the defense system, and the slightly noisy transport plane did not attract the attention of Zerg creatures. Four siege vehicles parachuted into the air and occupied a cliff near the incubation center.
Without hesitation, the siege machine unfolded the seat plate and set up the main gun. With a bang, he threw a fireball at the Zerg workers who were burying their heads in collecting spar ore. In the firelight of the shell explosion, a group of worker bees suddenly turned into flesh and blood residue.
The worker bees immediately scattered and fled, and soon fled to safety and got into the ground. At the same time, a dozen swift and violent beasts hiding in the ground without being found by ghost soldiers jumped out of the surface and rushed to the place where the tank was located at high speed.
Kelly's heart sank, and the brain worm who commanded the zerg creatures to fight here was a guy who could fight. Can her plan successfully lure it into the bait?
The furious beast rushed to the tank under the stimulation of high concentration of adrenaline. However, after they rushed to the cliff, there was nothing they could do. The cliff was so steep that they could do nothing but look up and scream angrily, waving knives and feet to plane the cliff and splashing debris on Mars.
Kelly sneered and immediately ordered the tanks to concentrate on destroying the incubation center as soon as possible. So four tanks immediately locked on the target and fired quickly. A sea of blood and debris broke out in the incubation center.
Kelly ordered the tank to retreat quickly, and ordered the ghost fighter cruising in low earth orbit to start the stealth device to welcome the transport plane to retreat.
Sure enough, as Kelly expected, the ghost fighters stopped the suicide bats that flocked to hunt down the transport plane. A row of powerful combat missiles immediately shattered a group of suicide bats in front of them, and finely divided flesh and blood fell.
Kelly took the lead in the first round and scored far ahead. But Kelly can't laugh, which means little in front of the zerg's huge reproductive ability. Now she must take immediate measures to stop the zerg's revenge.
The brain worm here is really experienced. It immediately divides a large number of hydralisks into many teams, each belonging to a Lord, and conducts dragnet search patrols throughout the mountainous area. The Lord is the bane of all invisible weapons. This huge octopus-like creature suspended in the air has strong spiritual ability and can feel the existence of ghost soldiers from a long distance.
Kelly instructed Francis to help all ghost soldiers realize information and enjoy coordinated action, and report to the headquarters, allowing a small number of nuclear missiles to be launched. In the face of experienced opponents, Kelly thought it unwise to sneak attack again. Now only the apocalyptic nuclear bomb is the only thing that can give the Zerg a deep understanding of the 397K highland.
However, the superior thinks it is not appropriate to expose the ultimate weapon too early, so as not to alarm the snake. Kelly has nothing to say. Her superiors may have a point, but she can't put her troops at risk. In the coming defense war, everyone and every gun are very important. Kelly forwarded all the audio and video signals sent back by paxton to the headquarters, so that perhaps the superior can get a personal experience.
Despite paxton's efforts to hide and Francis's efforts to cooperate, they still lost the signal of their two companions at night. A group of ghost soldiers who dared to kill the zerg lords were also corroded by hydralisks and almost lost their combat effectiveness. At dawn, the headquarters finally let go and approved the use of two nuclear bombs.
This time, paxton did it himself. On the way, he heard a dying scream from a subordinate. His face was pale, but his pace was not affected. He chose an incubation center with a large number of mining worker bees. Due to the large number of patrol troops, there is only one Lord here, and the search is not thorough. Paxton warily put the pilot's laser projection point in the crack of spar mine, waiting for nuclear missiles to fall from the sky.
The unique biological carpet tissue of the Zerg trampled like a muscle, and the slight peristalsis came from paxton's feet, which made him nervous. A hydralisk inadvertently swam near paxton, so close that paxton could see the gunshot wound on its hard shell. Maybe this is a souvenir left by the reconnaissance troops not long ago ... paxton just came up with this idea when the hydralisks suddenly shook their huge heads uneasily, as if they smelled something in the air. Paxton cold sweat dripping wet, resigned with his eyes closed.
But the hydralisks waddled away, and paxton opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, and saw the needle-like flash pierce the sky. "God's punishment ..." paxton muttered, turned off the laser guidance device and evacuated at high speed with the help of the walking aid device on the combat suit. The missile has entered the terminal inertial guidance stage, and no guidance is needed.
Kelly saw the huge flash of the nuclear bomb explosion on the monitoring screen. At present, nothing in the Zerg family can resist the blow of this ultimate weapon. The loss of worker bees takes a long time to restore the production capacity of the mining area, which is even more fatal than directly killing enemy combatants.
A quarter of an hour later, the second nuclear bomb blew up another mining site under the guidance of another ghost soldier.
The zerg are hurt! The whole Tex Mountain turned into a pot of boiling water, and the Zerg soldiers dug three feet to search for the ghost soldiers. Kelly decisively ordered the recall of paxton and them.
It's not easy to come back. Paxton and his men fled for their lives and rushed out of the mountain pass after losing two comrades. When they showed their true colors in front of Kelly, Kelly suddenly felt that they really seemed to be ghosts from Hell and Back. Two people have been injured, and one of them was obviously overstimulated and kept shouting, "Shit, they're coming! Here they come! Thousands! We're finished! We're dead this time! There are horses everywhere ... "
Kelly motioned the doctor to sedate the man. Even though all her men are clone fighters, she can't tolerate this kind of behavior that shakes the morale of the army.
Paxton's face was grim, and his Van Kutcher had disappeared. Anyone who has personally experienced a battle that cost his troops nearly half will change. It's only been two days, and your eyes have changed It's really good. You learn faster than me. In this way, as long as you can learn to master the war, you can live successfully ... Kelly has a feeling of relief in her heart. Maybe she likes this boy a little.
Kelly waited for paxton to ask her for the reward she promised, but paxton seemed to have forgotten it. He stared at Tex Mountain in the blood-red sun in the distance for a long time, where five of his men died. Kelly waited and waited and finally turned and walked back to the command post. She didn't want to disturb paxton's meditation. At this time, it is best to let him gradually understand what he has experienced, so that he can learn as much as possible. He should have such an understanding.
The zerg people really rediscovered the 397K highland. Before dark, their advance troops, mainly hydralisks and swift beasts, appeared on the plain in front of the mountain. As time went on, they assembled more and more troops, covered each other and steadily advanced to the highlands.
With the help of detection radar, Kelly thinks the enemy has taken the bait. Seeing the enemy approaching step by step, Kelly could not prepare them smoothly. She sent four vulture chariots in an attempt to lure the enemy into the artillery damage range of the siege engine before the advanced arms could catch up.
Four chariots rushed to the enemy assembly area at high speed in the night, fired a row of shells at the hydralisks ahead, and then turned around. Kelly is glad that a large number of hydralisks are after her. She commanded the vulture chariot to take advantage of its unparalleled high speed, retreat to advance, stay ahead of the enemy and firmly grasp the initiative in the battlefield.
A group of wild animals suddenly appeared behind the vulture chariot and stopped it. It turns out that they are sentinels of the zerg army. The chariot passed quietly just now, and now it suddenly becomes difficult. The thin skin armor of the vulture chariot was quickly torn to pieces by the powerful foot of the swift beast, and the engine stalled on the spot, and the driver was dragged out and chopped into pieces. The other two chariots fled for their lives before they escaped from the claws of the fast beast. The swift and violent beast that pursued returned immediately when the first companion was shattered by gunfire, and those hydralisks did not enter the artillery range.
Kelly has to admit that the enemy is cunning and they are prepared. We can't expect to plot against them with some tricks. After thinking for a moment, she ordered all units to be on the defensive, stop taking risks, and requested air support from headquarters.
After being busy for a while, Kelly felt it was time to go to bed. She is not worried about the enemy's sudden attack. With the enemy's existing strength structure, she can only launch a ground charge, but in the face of intensive artillery fire, there is not a lot of Lei Shou, and there is little hope of success. Kelly went to sleep peacefully, ready to get up all her strength to meet the coming war.