StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 59
July 7 at 25:14.

Augustus was wearing a white double-layered silk parka with a knee-length hem, sweeping the snow at the door of Supply Station No. 7, next to Renault in the same outfit, and a circle of fluff embedded in the hood of the coat was keeping the latter Sneezing constantly.

Howe Fortress was as lively as ever on this day. Every few minutes, an army bus full of workers or a huge space engineering construction vehicle drove past the supply station to repair the damage caused by the Higoron Corps. or fill in the bomb-cratered roads and find all the wrecked tanks and dead marines.

Knowing that they could not defend the fortress, the Haigelong Legion wreaked havoc, which made the workers have to work for another week to repair the fortress.

Most of these workers came from the two small towns around Fort Howe and the nearest city, and the marines who made great contributions to guarding the fort got a rare few days off.Therefore, the soldiers who have nothing to do either play cards all day in the barracks dormitory, or go to the bar street near the fort to indulge themselves.

Only one member of Augustus's squad was wounded in the battle, and that unfortunate one was Harnack, who burned his hands due to a careless use of the hellfire flamethrower.

It was cold and windy in the fort this afternoon.At 15:[-], Augustus and Renault put down their broomsticks and boarded a fortress bus leading to the command center.Warfield just got through Augustus's personal terminal and asked them to go to the command center to find him.

Along the way, Augustus saw many workers laying lines and repairing roads. On the night of the 18th, Fort Howe suffered heavy losses, and the military had to recruit additional workers.

At that time, there was still an engineer battalion in the fortress, but only a few people survived the catastrophe. Under the order of Vanderspump, all civilians, engineers and mechanics were forced to take up arms. But they only delayed the attack speed of the Haigelong Legion.

When the bus arrived at the gate of the command center, Augustus found that the soldiers standing guard had been replaced by two marines from the third row of the first company.After seeing Augustus, they immediately saluted in respect.

"Does that guy Vanderspoop want to catch up with us?" Renault was in a pretty good mood on the way to the top of the command center.For nearly a month, he finally got out of the haze of losing Tom Omo.

In a few days, Reynolds learned to drink away his sorrows, and Augustus ordered the whole class to supervise Reynolds and not allow him to drink excessively.For this reason, the two had a small conflict, but Lei Nuo soon regretted it, and decided not to let decadence swallow him easily in the future.

"Then we have to go to prison to find him." Augustus also smiled.

In the command center, Augustus didn't even see a few marines or civilian staff, which also explained why Warfield had to do everything himself.

Vanderspoop's office is now named Warfield.

"Are you promoted?" As soon as he entered the door, Augustus noticed the rank badge Warfield was wearing: "Major Warfield."

"That's right, it's just a matter of course. I should have gotten this golden flower." Most of the time, Warfield is a serious person, but in normal times, he doesn't mind talking to his friends in private. Subordinates joked.

"So, this fortress is under your control now?" Augustus and Renault sat down on the fur sofa in the office: "Where is that arrogant Major Duke?"

"Edmund has already returned to his fleet in synchronous orbit. The members of the Hai Gelong Legion have already left, but he thinks he has won the battle and is still complacent." Warfield said: "Well, Howe I'm in charge of the fort for now—until they send another lieutenant colonel to replace me."

"That means what they found out. I want to know what Vanderspump thinks?" Augustus asked.

"He's asking for trouble." Warfield shook his head and said, "The 'Secret Police' of the Federation only used a few tricks and he recruited them all."

"The munitions warehouse at Fort Howe is filled with the most expensive batch of munitions in the entire northern hemisphere theater. The upgrade parts for weapons and power armor alone are worth 800 million credits. This money is enough for Vanderspump to live comfortably in some remote colonies." He lived out the rest of his life, but he was not sure of stealing a batch of documented military supplies without anyone noticing."

"So he found the Kel-Morians?" Raynor said. "If the supplies were stolen, no one would know where they came from."

"Vanderspoop's calculation is very good: in his plan, the Hai Gelong Legion will send an assault team of about 200 people to attack Howe Fortress under his support. A batch of military supplies was transferred. Finally, he took the federal troops to 'drive them out'."

"The abacus is good." Augustus smiled: "Then he made a mistake in that step."

"The Kemerians won't give him any credit. They sent two elite assault teams and an ice ranger." Warfield: "They want to evacuate the entire Howe Fortress, and by the way, take Vander Spo's head to claim the reward."

"When things got completely out of Vanderspump's control, he knew he was screwed," he said.

"But as long as Vanderspoop can deliver a truck full of CMC-300 reactor cores to a private air port set up by smugglers and gangsters, he can make a fortune."

"Does this mean that our contribution is actually much greater than what we thought?" Renault asked.

"That's why I came to you." Warfield said: "You have made great contributions."

"I can also be an official?" Renault looked very happy. He didn't know what credit he had made. Most of the time, he obeyed Augustus' orders.

"Now you are a sergeant, commanding the first squad." Warfield said: "As for Augustus, he has been promoted to sergeant, and at the same time, he will also receive a silver cross and a navy Marine Corps Anchor Badge of Honor."

Just as he was speaking, Warfield opened the drawer of the desk and accurately threw a few badges into the hands of Augustus and Renault: "Manpower is tight, so the awarding ceremony will be omitted."

"The first company suffered heavy losses. Except for the third platoon, the establishment of the other three platoons has almost been cancelled." Speaking of this, Warfield showed a slightly sad expression on his face: "A new batch of recruits yesterday Just arrived at the fortress. Now, I need Reagan to command the first platoon, and I will temporarily hand over the third platoon to you, Augustus.”

"After you are promoted to lieutenant officer, I will transfer you to another platoon."

"The third row is very good." Augustus put away the badge: "Why is the replenishment of soldiers so fast this time?"

"Because most of them are resocialized soldiers." Warfield said: "I heard that resocialization factories are being built in full swing on many planets within the federal territory."

"Soon there won't be enough criminals."

(End of this chapter)