StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 308 Nine Behemoth-class Battlecruisers
In front of Augustus, outside the bridge porthole of the Loyalty is a magnificent battlefield.The warships and spaceships of the Nova Squadron that were thrown at the Revolutionary Army are fighting desperately with their colleagues on the edge of the Char galaxy. The majestic battlecruisers aim their densely packed muzzles at the enemy dozens of miles away, and each regiment is in the barrage The fleeting flashes of fire all came from a Wraith fighter or transport ship.

Every battleship, every person is merciless to their opponents who were once comrades-in-arms but are now enemies, like two fists colliding fiercely again and again.A large number of spacecraft fragments and wreckage were thrown far away with the shock wave of the explosion, flying towards celestial bodies hundreds of millions of miles away, until they were captured by the gravity of asteroids and planets.

Another round of salvo, two Nova Squadron battlecruisers who had turned their allegiance to the Revolutionary Army damaged a Federation battleship named Achilles.A frightening flash of light lit up in the middle of the Achilles, and the bright purple armor was instantly scorched black.

The Achilles did not retreat, but bravely fought back against the warships of the Revolutionary Army.

However, there are only six battlecruisers of the Nova Squadron that are still loyal to the Federation and can still fight. After the Huberian and the other two Revolutionary Army battlecruisers turned their bows to join the battle, the Federation battleships were already in a certain situation. of disadvantages.

With a whole hostile protoss fleet right next to them, the federal fleet has no intention of fighting, one after another is preparing to start the warp engine and prepare to escape.

"Stop them." Augustus ordered in the command channel of his own fleet.

The Hyperion joined the siege of the Achilles and bit it tightly with the other two battlecruisers, making it impossible for it to enter the transition state immediately, and rashly opened the hyperspace under the interference of the strong plasma energy flow. The shipping lanes have the potential to trigger a dire disaster.

Normally, the captain who issued the order would not even have the chance to be court-martialed.

The captain of the Achilles was determined to use a short jump to avoid the attack of the revolutionary warship, but the battleship was severely damaged by the artillery salvo fired by the Hyperion close to its stern, and the relatively backward Armor failed to protect it.

Within ten minutes, the warships of the two sides fired at each other and turned into a rout of the Federation fleet. A large number of armor fragments and spaceship wreckage floated into the distance with the wake of the warships and the time-space vortex shining with colorful radiation. Debris streams of debris and wreckage stretch for tens of miles in bottles drifting along currents across the ocean.

By the time Augustus refocused his attention on the captain of the Allegiance as the bridge deck shook, the war in space had come to an end.Four Federation warships escaped from the pursuit and left the Char system. Achilles and another sister ship, Epaos, were encircled and damaged, but failed to flee the battlefield with the other Federation warships.

The Loyalty did not join the battle. Augustus' troops just broke into the upper deck and the command mezzanine. The middle and lower decks are still under the control of the Federation crew. The attack even wanted to recapture the battleship.

"Captain, if you can still listen to what I said, then I want to tell you that your fleet has been defeated." Augustus said calmly and in an unquestionable tone.

"Immediately order your men to surrender to avoid unnecessary casualties. I pity those federal soldiers who are still fighting bravely. If they surrender immediately, I will definitely give them a chance to return to their hometown after the war is over."

"You devil. Who the hell threw you here?" Captain Joe of the Faithful was sitting on the ground, raising his bushy bearded face and staring at Augustus.

"Angus Mengsk and Catherine Mengsk gave birth to a terrorist and extremist leader. How many people have been killed in the war you brought, and you will be satisfied with how many more people will be killed."

"You are the devil. Remember Keha? This hatred is not over, should everyone who stays there deserve to die?" Before Augustus could speak, Corporal Faraday, the captain of his personal guard, raised his hand angrily. raised his fist.

"I'm tired of telling other people that iron and blood and sweat and sacrifice are the price you have to pay for change, and that if you open your eyes, you'll see the peasants of Shiloh, Helsingne, and Altera fighting against the Commonwealth. You should see that since the middle of the 25th century, the laws of the Terra Federation have been written to protect the interests of the rulers." Augustus' voice seemed to be magical, So much so that when he speaks, everyone will look at him unconsciously.

"The number of people who died when the Federation refused to provide any assistance to the refugees on the edge of the world who were displaced by the Zerg invasion is far tens of thousands of times more than the civilian casualties caused by the Revolutionary Army and the Federation Army."

"It's all because of you rebels. Without you, how could we not be able to save those refugees." The captain didn't seem to believe what he said, because his aura was more than a step behind Augustus.

Augustus just laughed it off, which is the unified statement of the federal military and the official media.Thousands of mistakes are all the fault of the revolutionaries and rebels. If the Federation has any guilt, it is that their control of the people and the suppression of the rebels are far from enough.

Since Angus Mengsk declared independence in Keha IV in 2489, three years have passed since this fierce revolution, and the people of the Federation often see government troops and rebels fighting in such and such an extremely distant place. The news of the confrontation between the outpost of the fringe world and the space station, the conflict between the two sides has gradually become a norm.

"This guy is really a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard." Tychus used the words that Augustus once used to describe himself to the Federation captain.

"Give him a couple of blows, and he'll be honest right away."

"Colonel Hole." Augustus said to Jackson Hole next to him.

Hearing what Augustus said, Holle nodded, and the gold in his eyes shone even more.

"...I am the captain, and this is my order." Under Holle's mind control, the captain of the Loyalty, Joe, twisted his neck unnaturally, his lips trembling, and he touched his headset.

"The war is over, there is no point in resisting. I order you to surrender to any enemy you see. It was my mistake that caused this defeat, and the blame should also be placed on me," he said.

"I order you to lay down your weapons."

Joe's orders sounded throughout the decks and cabins of the Allegiance, especially among the resocialized soldiers.Even those federal officers with independent judgment and thinking quickly realized that the Loyalty had become an isolated and helpless island in the universe. It would not be long before a large number of rebels and protoss would board the ship in the lost dock.

Augustus glanced at the trembling captain of the Loyalty again, thinking of what position this middle-aged man used to say what he just said. Not everyone can leave everything behind and join the revolution, especially the revolution. The army's victory is still not obvious.After all, those who join the Revolutionary Army with full enthusiasm are only a minority.

For those men who have already established a family, this usually means that he is likely to abandon his wife and children, and follow the rebel army whose future does not seem clear to go a few light-years or even farther away for many years.

"Corporal Faraday, lock him up," said Augustus.

"Captain, I will never execute anyone who surrenders. If you are not willing to leave the past to serve the Revolutionary Army, you will also get a chance to go home—of course after the Federation is overthrown."

Augustus would not refuse to incorporate the Confederate regular army into his army, because they were professional soldiers after all.

When Corporal Faraday waved his hand and ordered the two soldiers of the Marshal's Guards to take away the captain of the Loyalty, Augustus leaned over the console of the battleship's bridge. The portrait of the captain of the Revolutionary Army battleship.

After waiting for a few minutes, the numbers of the four Nova Squadron battleships fighting for the Revolutionary Army in this battle also appeared in the battle sequence on the screen.They were all captains that Holler had used his powerful psychic and psychic powers to control or instigate rebellion during the years when he took over Nova Squadron, secretly swearing allegiance to freedom rather than the Federation.

"What did you do to the captains of these warships?" Augustus asked Holle softly. He didn't believe that he conquered these captains who had at least a few thousand people under him by virtue of his charisma.

"I can't forcibly reverse their thinking and self-cognition with only spiritual power." Holle walked behind Augustus, with his hands behind his back: "I can only use spiritual power to temporarily Take over the control of other people's brains and bodies without directly distorting their minds."

“And what I can do is to subtly add some different memories to these people to make their self-cognition deviate.” He explained to Augustus: "In the long run, these people will think that their allegiance is to me instead of the Federal Naval Command and the Federation itself."

"But it's dangerous, and it doesn't always work, otherwise you'd have controlled the entire Nova Squadron for years," Augustus said.

Without advance contact, premeditation, and detailed planning, Jackson Hole fell to Augustus.Originally, Augustus thought that even if he only captured one or two battlecruisers, he was lucky.

"Yes, I haven't succeeded many times, and those with a strong mind can find the deviation between the transplanted memory and the original memory." Holler said truthfully: "It is also very likely that they will find themselves being abused one day in the future. The thing that adds extra memory."

"That means it's not stable, and it will take a long time to control them." Augustus nodded.

"So the captains of those warships should be replaced, because they may betray us." Holle has naturally spoken from the identity and position of the revolutionary army.

"Of course." Augustus would not allow a captain whose loyalty could not be guaranteed to command a battlecruiser that was precious to the Revolutionary Army, and even most of the crew would have to be replaced.Soon, the battlecruisers that once belonged to Nova Squadron will be loaded with Revolutionary soldiers from Korha and Mar Sara.

And those federal soldiers who originally belonged to the Nova Squadron must prove their loyalty before they can be incorporated into the combat sequence of the Revolutionary Army, and all of these must be confirmed by in-depth mind reading by the psykers in the Revolutionary Army.This is a very difficult task. There are at least 5 to 30 soldiers of the Nova Squadron who surrendered, while there are less than [-] psykers in the Revolutionary Army.

He knocked on the console and saw a communication from a Nova Squadron ship, a Federation Behemoth battlecruiser named Eris.

"Augustus, I followed the protoss to capture this battlecruiser. God, you must not imagine how tragic the battle was. The captain of this battleship even buried his own battleship to stop us." Renault The profile picture of appeared on the screen on the console.

"Fortunately, the templar in Tassadar beheaded him. A good man, but an enemy."

"I'm Duke. The plan is going well. I led the protoss to kill all the members of the Nova Squadron who dared to block the way." The image of Duke also appeared, and at this time his arrogant voice fell in Augustus' ears. It's not as bad as it used to be.

"We are clearing out the remaining resistance forces in various decks and compartments, and many people tried to use the battlecruiser's rescue spacecraft to escape." He said arrogantly.

"These spaceships don't have warp engines, they can only wait to die in Char."

"Contact these ships, and if they're willing to surrender, I won't leave them here," Augustus said to Duke.

"Received—" Duke's avatar disappeared, and he was busy completing Augustus's task instead.

At this moment, on the main screen of the bridge, the cameras and sensors are targeting the assault craft and landing craft sent by the Achilles and Epaus, the Hyperion, the Son of Thunder, and the Norad III Still trying to get close to the two ships because of the power engine, but they are constantly being pushed back by the firepower of the laser cannon group.

The crew of Achilles and Epaus still did not give up resistance. Although they were unable to complete the jump, most of the battlecruiser's weapon systems were still functioning normally.

These two battlecruisers have become mobile fortresses, and it is not easy to break into the interior.

"Achilles and Epaus will be in our pocket sooner or later." Holler smiled.

"Even a fool can see it." Tychus said as he snatched a box of high-end cigars from the filing cabinet on the bridge of the Loyalty, secretly calculating how much good stuff he could get on the battlecruiser.

"What are the Zergs doing?" Augustus tuned to the radar surveillance map of the Loyalty, and found that no life signals of the Zergs were detected on it: "It seems that the Zergs are busy attacking Aiur and have no time to pay attention to us."

At this time, six Nova Squadron battlecruisers with dark purple paintwork and shining nova logos appeared outside the bridge, and two more were on the right side.When Augustus took full control of these battlecruisers, the three battleships he brought from Antiga would become a fleet of twelve battleships.

Adding the original warships, this means that Augustus already has the strength of two federal navy squadrons in his hands, not to mention that Tassadar's fleet will follow him.

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