StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 150 Defense of Keha

Keha IV, the main city of Stilling.

As of June 6, a full month has passed since the gate of the headquarters of the UNN Universe News Network was occupied by terrorists.Dubbed by news media groups and independent contributors as "the biggest scandal in federal parliamentary history," the incident has escalated over time, affecting every aspect of the lives of thousands of federal citizens.

The Keha people are undoubtedly a major group most affected.The current Korha galaxy has less than 200 million people, and most of them are troops stationed on space orbital defense platforms and satellites. The last batch of colonial fleets that transported immigrants on a large scale have also left.

Today, every city on the surface of the planet has launch ports that use electromagnetic orbital acceleration technology to launch interstellar shuttles. These slanted launch ports with bright red and green lights flashing on the surface are stronger than any sky tower of the Genesis family. Huge and magnificent, like a silent giant standing among the tall buildings.

At night, the problem of light pollution criticized by environmentalists has finally been solved with the shutdown of the city and even the planet. Stilling City's nightly, dazzling artificial clouds have disappeared for the first time in decades. in people's field of vision.

Even standing on the Mengsk Sky Tower, the tallest building in the center of Stilling City, and looking into the distance, you can only see some faint lights in the extreme distance, and all of them are military facilities and heavy factories without exception.Those majestic skyscrapers were shrouded in darkness, as silent as tombstones.

The earliest plan to build a fortress on the surface of Korha was also abandoned. All available building materials, steel frames, vehicles, and suspension trains were dismantled and cast into ships, and all luxury items that were deemed not to bring any use to the colonists And heavy furniture, etc. are concentrated landfill or incineration.After the Keha people left, even a once-prosperous political, economic and cultural center like Stilling was left with empty shells of houses and high-rise buildings.

In early summer, the originally bustling Stilling skyscrapers seemed to be stalled gears, and the natural solemnity and tranquility regained control of the city.

Humans had only been out of Korhal for a few weeks, and fallen leaves filled the streets.Plants and pastoral critters have poured into Stilling to make their home in the abandoned city.

This city, which seems to be made of silver and glass, is still so beautiful, but it has changed from an aristocratic lady in a white pleated skirt and luxurious ornaments to a melancholy girl as calm as water.

The light of those two satellites was so bright that the stars above the city of Stilling were shining, and a silk ribbon like milk lay across the sky. The name of that band of light—the Milky Way—was mentioned in the textbook "To Koplu".

When Lisa Keshidi looked down from the meeting hall of the Keha Revolutionary Army on the top floor of the Mengsk Sky Tower, she suddenly felt sad for the people of Keha IV. They had to abandon the accumulation of more than a dozen generations and leave the inheritance so far homeland, to Umoyan and to uncharted lands beyond the Koprulu Sector.

But the catastrophe has also brought nearly all of the Keha people together, more united than ever, and more identified with the concept of Keha as a whole.The Korhal who colonized farther galaxies swore never to forget their hatred and their homeland.

As more and more Keha people are forced to embark on the journey of interstellar travel, this kind of humiliation and hatred is being infinitely magnified in the hearts of all Keha people.

Even so, the Keha people still firmly believe that they will return to their hometown.

A light knock on the door of the "Angus Speaker" conference hall made Lisa return to her seat.Despite being present as the second Minister of Health and a member of the Devils of Heaven, Lisa is well aware that her views are irrelevant.

Lisa looked at the conference table, and found several familiar faces on it, the current Army Colonel Arland Rundstein, the current member of the Demon of Heaven, Kurt Josephine, the commander of the Airborne Paratrooper Division, and the mixed fire bat The head of the regiment, Hanak Hanke.Before that, the highest rank of these people was only private first class, but now there are tens of thousands of people under their command.

As for the other people, they left the Korha galaxy in batches as the escort of the colonial fleet. After all, they still have to preserve the vitality and seeds for the Korha Revolutionary Army.

"Let's get started." Angus Mengsk's gray and white eyebrows were twitched together, his expression was as serious as steel: "This is our last meeting on Korhal IV. A full 48 standard Earth hours have passed since the galaxy's expeditionary fleet escaped the gravity of the star."

Angus looked around and nodded to the officials and military officers who came to the meeting: "This is not a meeting of the Keha Senate. I have brought in the generals of the Revolutionary Army, and it is not for some boring topic. Instead, I have some bad news to tell everyone here: the Kelmorian Federation and the Tyrann Federation just completed all the steps and procedures of the peace talks half an hour ago, and signed the final peace treaty."

"The peace treaty is effective immediately and has a time limit of 20 years."

"The legal representative of the Camerian United Mining Company told us that they tried their best to delay the time. The diplomats of the Tyrannian Federation were very eager, pressing every step of the way, and even made some concessions." Angus shook. Shaking his head, he said, "Perhaps it is because of us that Ky Morian was able to cede a few less barren mining worlds."

"The Federation Fleet is coming."

Lisa's heart tightened, this day is finally coming.During the tense month of evacuation, many Keha people who remained on the ground did not even dare to sleep, full of fear of the coming disaster.

"." Finance Minister Levi Henry sighed: "The public opinion offensive has had a very good effect. The UNN editors and reporters who secretly served the August Intelligence Committee have also provided us with many federal government officials. Evidence of corruption and breaking the law. However, a month has passed, and the speaker appointed by the Federal Parliament still has not said a word about the use of apocalyptic-level nuclear bombs to destroy Korha."

At the beginning, the Tyranid Federation tried its best to block the news of Korha IV's public rebellion, but the news of the entire planet's declaration of independence still spread like wildfire, and spread inside and outside the Federation's territory at a speed that shocked the Federation's senior officials and nobles.

Gradually, even the most apolitical of people were discussing the subject of Korha, and speculation that the news was deliberately blocked by the federal government was circulating in the streets.

It is generally believed that the truth must be much more serious than the little gossip we know, and that there must be more than one planet in rebellion, Korha IV.Moreover, the Federal Marine Corps and the fleet must have done a mess in dealing with the rebellion, otherwise they must have received news that the rebellion was quickly and forcefully suppressed.

After the UNN headquarters building broadcast the scandal of the Federal Assembly to the entire Tyrannian Federation, the excited people decided that Korhal IV's revolution had achieved unprecedented success and that the Federal Assembly had to use nuclear weapons.Those who sympathized with Keha began to protest, and many public figures condemned and condemned the atrocities committed by the Federation Parliament. Rebellions broke out again on several planets, including the main planet of Antiga.

From ordinary civilians in the fringe world to the colonial governor and those tens of billions of guests in suits and ties in his office, all of them speak the same few words.

Keha, Angus, Mengsk family, rebels.

At first, even Angus Mengsk began to have overly optimistic estimates of the possibility of the Federation giving up the use of nuclear weapons due to favorable public opinion trends, but this optimism did not last long, because the Federal Parliament never committed Not to use nuclear weapons or make any statement about it.

Some friendly leaders of the founding family of Tarsonis and members of the federal parliament told Angus that the mistress of the Tagore family, Andrea, and the large group of nobles around her would never change the issues that had been passed. A glacier that never melts is even colder.

"It is very unlikely that the federal parliament will abandon this plan by using public opinion. Will the leaders of the founding family really change their minds because of the meaning of civilians they don't care about at all?" Angus said: "I understand those who are high above The founding families, just because I was a member of them, are arrogant and indifferent, refusing to admit that they will encounter failure in any one thing."

"Prepare for war—I don't think I need to say anything more," Angus said. "The war of sniping will be fought in outer space orbit."

"We have mobilized every resource we can, and workers have finally completed construction of two new high-altitude orbital defense platforms and space-based weapons stations with the assistance of Umoyan Space Construction drones around the clock." Defense Mr. Harry Weld, Minister of the Department, said: "The anti-aircraft missile towers towering on the two satellites are enough to shoot down the battlecruisers of the Federal Fleet."

Angus nodded with satisfaction: "I said that this battle is by no means meaningless. We had the opportunity to leave with the colonial fleet, but we still chose to stay."

"Because this may be the only chance to attract and delay the Federation Fleet. Only in this way can Augustus's First Fleet succeed in raiding the Delarian Shipyard. If the fleet hadn't encountered Alpha Squadron, it must With repairs and replenishment of ships, this raid could be much more certain."

"But that's it, and we will believe in him as always," Lundstein said.

"It's impossible for him to fail." Josephine said calmly.

"Because he is Augustus." Lisa nodded seriously.Despite Lisa's recent reservations about Augustus's addition of a beautiful young redhead, that doesn't stop her from speaking well for Augustus.

"Colonel Rundstein, like you, I never doubted that my son would fail." Angus is qualified to say such words, and his confidence in his son is no less than that of the demons of heaven.

"York, how many people don't want to leave Keha?"

"People from the Fiers Territory and the Ice Plains tribe refused to leave Keha IV. Nearly 3000 people from Norman Hawk stayed behind. They left the city and set up tents and simple camps in the outskirts of the city." The director of the Keha Immigration Bureau said: "After statistics, the number is about 7. Some of them are old people who are unwilling to leave their homeland, and some are surrenderists."

"Let them go." Angus said after a moment of silence: "We did our best."

"How many troops and support personnel are there on the surface?" he asked again.

"There are 19 people," said the Director of Immigration.

"Get out of Korha," Angus said. "Take what they can."

"We can't stay on the ground anymore." At this moment, Angus stood up suddenly, and a sudden sense of oppression made him raise his eyebrows: "Notify the guards, the shuttle that is going to fly to the orbital defense platform."

"You cannot go to the front," Lundstein said loudly. "You must leave Korha IV immediately."

"Yes, the direct ship to Umoyan is ready," said the Minister of Transportation.

It seemed that everyone was trying to force Angus out of Keha without telling him.From the beginning to the end, only Angus thought that he would stay in Keha and fight with the revolutionary army.

Several officers pressed Angus firmly and wanted to send him to the spaceship, but it aroused his thunderous anger: "You have made me a coward!"

Angus forcefully shook off the hands that were restraining him: "How could I leave more than 100 million Keha warriors behind and go to Umoyan to meet their parents!"

"If I die in Korha, then I have my son to carry on my cause. You think I'm a politician who only talks from the podium - but I'm the one who sent so many men into battle. said Angus to them.

"Don't persuade me again, my decision will never change."

Just when Angus was about to say something, a holographic projection screen suddenly popped up on the conference table, on which was a sergeant of the Keha Revolutionary Army Marine Corps.The sergeant was the commander of an outpost on a desolate planet in the outermost reaches of the Korhal system.

"We have detected the space fluctuation of the hyperspace transition." Amidst the roar and smoke generated by the explosion, the communication came to an abrupt end.Everyone can predict what happened.

Lisa stood up with the others.

"My God—" she whispered.

"So fast?" The Minister of Transportation was shocked: "It will take at least a week's sailing time from the edge world to Keha."

"I'm amazed at your naivety." Josephine said sarcastically, "We don't have an accurate train timetable to follow."

"This is very likely to be the first batch of federal fleets to arrive, and they will set sail a week or two in the morning." Angus said: "They don't care whether it will distract the army or scare the enemy."

"Because they're just on their way to crushing an ant," Harnack said as he stood up and put on his army greatcoat.

(End of this chapter)