From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 173: A fierce battle with a giant hammer (two-in-one)

Inside the medium-sized airdrop warehouse;

"Attention all combatants, the ship is about to adjust its angle and launch an airdrop when the signal light comes on. Please be prepared for a surprise attack.

In addition, once the airdrop pod you are on leaves the ship, it will be controlled by the bridge personnel to ensure that you can complete the landing according to the established plan. However, if you encounter an emergency, you are also asked to manually adjust the flight angle of the airdrop pod.

at last.
Let those alien bastards realize the consequences of provoking us humans. I wish you all good luck, over. "

After hearing the reminders and words from the bridge communications officer on the all-channel channel, Lieutenant Jaynes Thomson, who was in the airdrop compartment, and a group of emergency response special forces elites, his already tense mood instantly reached its peak. .

The higher heart rate on the helmet screen confirms their current status.

The hometown of this elite group is Earth 04 (Netherworld). They have faced ghost-like living condensed matter, and have also fought against the so-called followers of evil gods. It is true that they have experienced hundreds of battles, but this is the first time they have performed similar actions in space. The "gang-hopping" mission of traditional naval battles inevitably creates fear and tension about the unknown.

Boom. Boom.!

Then they felt the extremely fast rotation of the Dawn and the violent vibrations of being hit by enemy artillery, which made them even breathe quickly.

"Hahaha! This is the spirit that our AECS should have!"

Huh-~huh!
However, the damage to the hull and the air pressure difference have aggravated the air flow here.

The space here is extremely spacious. It can even be described as vast.

Boom-boom-! !

A large number of airdrop pods broke into this area.

The shared vision showed that the Atlas fleet, as well as the white-legged falcons and drone fighter formations, attracted all the enemy's attention for them, and they also withstood the concentrated fire of green energy cannons and swarms of attackers.

After being unfixed and leaving the airdrop compartment, the ODST (Orbital Commando Team) and AECS who participated in the gang jump took advantage of the vision and shooting assistance provided by the individual equipment to directly let the Gauss, plasma and firearms of various calibers in their hands spit out dazzling flames.

"call!"

It seems that she did not expect that the human fleet would be able to blast through the shields and send assault troops to perform gang jumping. The Queen Mother, who was responsible for all affairs of the mothership, had no idea of ​​mobilizing the soldier ants from the beginning.

puff! Phew! !
There were also sounds of flesh being crushed and cracked.

"Bang~!" Suddenly, the airdrop cabin they were riding in was disconnected from the airdrop preparation dock.

The deck is covered with soil, lakes and plants suitable for harvesters to survive. It has a complete circulation system. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mobile home.

But the boss is fully aware of the treatment he gives us! If it weren't for the boss, our lives would never end, so for no other reason than for the boss, we must do our best to teach those aliens a lesson! Huh? "

Immediately afterwards, the hatch of the airdrop compartment popped open and was released.
"Death! Die! Disgusting things!"

After the words fell, not long after—

Bang~bang~!

In an instant, there was the sound of heavy metal hitting the ground.

And not just them, but the entire Atlas fleet released all single, medium and large airdrop pods, as well as forty Puffin assault boats with folded wings, speeding towards the Reaper mothership.

A group of Atlas elites were released who vented their anger by pulling the trigger.

! !
Before the gathered soldier ants had time to raise their guns and shoot, the airdrop pod adjusted its angle and quickly hit the ground.

But before that, we will face tens of thousands of miscellaneous things, and the task is far more difficult than imagined.

Just at this time.
Swish-swish-! !

Facing the desperate attack, the newly gathered soldiers retreated steadily, allowing the assault force to successfully clear the surroundings of the airdrop warehouse and completely establish a foothold.

Through the shared vision of the helmet screen, Jaynes could clearly see the airdrop pod they were riding in, sprinting towards the giant gap blasted by the electromagnetic railgun and plasma main cannon.

In just a moment, the frictional sound disappeared and was replaced by a stronger "pushing back" feeling, which indicated that the propulsion device placed on the top of the airdrop compartment had been activated.

As Jaynes spoke, he saw the abbreviated radar on the helmet screen showing that the Dawn had completed its rotation and was about to arrive at the designated throwing area. He took a deep breath and continued to remind:
"be prepared!"

The interception barrage composed of close-in defense guns, the explosion of armor on the periphery of the ship, and the successive losses of the carrier-based aircraft formation lit up this dark space.

The fleet suffered heavy losses.

I saw that the unreasonable landing method of the airdrop pod had eliminated many piles of soldier ants first.

Tower buildings with a height of more than ten kilometers are equivalent to large load-bearing columns on this floor.

At this time, the interior of the Reaper mothership;

Relaxing a little, Jaynes encouraged him over the internal communication of his combat platoon:
"Guys! Don't forget that our mission goal this time is to create chaos inside the enemy mothership as much as possible, and cover the technical engineers of the scientific research department to take the enemy mothership as their own.

Then, there was an extremely obvious feeling of frustration, which meant that their airdrop warehouse was gliding in the airdrop track inside the Dawn at an extremely fast speed.

"Huha!!"

During this period, harsh metal friction sounds such as "嗗!" and "嚓!" were also heard.

"First team advances! Second team and third team give me comprehensive flanks!"

"That one of yours can also be called a gun! Machine gunner, give me suppressive fire!"

In the open space at the edge of the swamp, a group of "soldier ants" wearing biological protective suits gathered urgently. They were holding energy guns that looked like bone-like materials.

After all, according to the established plan, the soldier ants were supposed to carry out the work of sweeping, occupying and enslaving humans after the city destroyers disintegrated human air power.

Jaynes and others who witnessed the scene in front of them understood that if the fleet had not taken the risk to close the distance with the Reaper mothership, they would have had no chance to join forces.
No matter how nervous and fearful they are, Jaynes and others now only think about how to kill all the aliens within sight, otherwise they will not be able to sacrifice the fleet!

But the actual situation exceeded its expectations, so the soldier ants' behavior and thinking logic also seemed quite confusing.

The AECS special combat platoon led by Jaynes continued to charge towards the tower building on the right as soon as it eliminated the nearby threat.

inside the helmet;
The terrain details outlined on the screen and motion detection alerts provided Jaynes with detailed information to avoid any traps or ambushes as much as possible.

After arriving at the foot of the tower-like building and using it as a bunker, he chose to half-crouch on the ground, keeping alert, and asked:

"Reports from all ministries."

"Everyone in the team is safe."

"Everyone in the second team is fine."

"No. 2 and No. 4 of the third team were injured. Emergency foam has been used to repair the rupture in the combat uniform. It will not affect subsequent operations and combat for the time being."

During the conversation, the thirty-five Puffin assault boats "belatedly arrived", lowered their altitude, and headed for the landing area dug out by the ODST and AECS in the airdrop pod to prepare for landing. But the other five were nowhere to be seen. They may have activated optical camouflage during the raid and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Seeing this, Jaynes zoomed in on the map to get a more intuitive understanding of the current status of friendly units.

Currently, there are about 3,000 Atlas elites deployed near the landing area, as well as a total of over a hundred heavily armed Tyrants and combat mechas.

Moreover, the original bodies Fulgrim, Riemann, Angron, and forty Thunder Warriors also arrived at the landing zone with the Puffin assault boat.

Their mission is as Jaynes said before, to create as much chaos as possible, to cover the technical engineers heading to the main control room, and to occupy this giant ship with a length and width of more than 100 kilometers by invading the operating system.

In addition, the intelligence department also stated that only if the Engineers complete the invasion and let the Reapers see their powerful firepower, can the Mother Queen and the Guard Ants be forced to leave the fortress and escape aboard the City Destroyer battleship.

If the Mother Queen survives, even if they successfully capture the mother ship, hundreds of millions of soldier ants will still fight them to the end.

This was by no means the outcome the company expected.

Although he didn't understand where the intelligence department got this specific information, Jaynes judged based on past wars that the intelligence department almost... no, it should be said that there was no mistake at all.

So Jaynes put all worries aside.

After browsing the deployment of friendly forces, he adjusted the thumbnails back to their original size, then raised his head and looked forward, and ordered:

"The demolition crews of each team are looking for the best spots, preparing to cooperate with the main force for the first round of fire strikes, and let Zai Sui experience the company's new individual tactical weapons."

"Yes."

After receiving the instructions, three demolitioners carrying a large number of grenades and grenades walked to the forefront with the support of their comrades.

Then, the three men hung the modular rifles (AMWS) by their sides, took off the rocket launchers on their backs, put them on their shoulders, and aimed at the large-scale soldier ant colony that had regrouped several kilometers away.

Complete the lock and wait patiently.

When the helmet screen displayed the words "Each unit carries out the first round of fire strikes", they pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Swish!Swish!
Nearly a hundred micro-missiles flew forward with white tail flames, then spread out and reached the sky above the soldier ant colony.

Ri~咻————! ! !
"Nuclear explosion" appears.

Boom! ! !

The deafening explosion and the impact of airflow sweeping around affected Jaynes and others in the safe area.

But these had little impact on Jaynes and others. On the other hand, the soldier ants at the center of the "nuclear explosion" were either evaporated by the extremely high temperature or "blown to pieces" by the explosion.

In the blink of an eye, the elite gang members who had joined here defeated the Reaper's first encirclement and suppression.

As for the new individual tactical weapons mentioned by Jaynes, they are individual missiles equipped with metallic hydrogen and metallic deuterium. The moment they detonate is equivalent to a micro-nuclear fusion reaction, each one releases 200-300 tons of TNT equivalent.

In fact, the principle is the same as the air-to-air missiles used by White-legged Falcons and drones, but Atlas and the armed personnel habitually call them metallic hydrogen missiles or bombs.

The air power of the Reapers has long been restrained by the Atlas fleet, and the ground forces do not have any decent armored units due to time constraints and underestimation of the enemy.

According to this trend, unless the elites who jumped here consume all the individual-level metal hydrogen missiles, it will be difficult for the Reaper Soldier Ants to exert their numerical advantage.
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...

While the main force of the assault force was "making a big fuss" to attract the energy of the Reapers, the five Puffin assault boats that remained hidden were shuttled between the towers and headed straight for the master control room located in the core area of ​​the mothership.

Inside the cabin of one of the Puffins;

"... "

The holographic screen presented in front of him allowed Sanguinius to browse all real-time battle situations, knowing that the main force that was confusing the audience had an advantage due to the metallic hydrogen missiles, and there were not too many reports of casualties for the time being.

However, due to his huge size, the original body had to kneel half-kneeling to barely enter the cabin, but his brows were furrowed and his expression was solemn.

As his father's heir and confidant, Sanguinius understood that the intelligence department's ability to provide such detailed and accurate information was directly related to his father's [Reset].

However, they can only use "hard" means to force out the mother-empress who is bullying and afraid of hard work and extremely cherishes her life...

Damn alien bastard.

Sanguinius couldn't help but curse in his mind.

At this time, the communication came from the Puffin pilot's report: "Sir, the mothership control room has been discovered."

Hearing this, Sanguinius saw the main control room that looked like a hornet's nest through the pilot's shared vision.

Seeing this, Sanguinius ordered: "No. 2 to No. 5 will proceed as planned and carry ground troops and technical engineers to break into it."

"receive."

As a group of pilots responded in unison, the holographic screen showed that four Puffin assault boats began to lower their altitude and quickly headed towards the take-off and landing platform of the main control room.

Number One, where Sanguinius was located, maintained its flight altitude and did not participate in the upcoming raid.

Because he wanted to personally take care of the mother who cared about her life.

His father once told him that the Queen Mother and Queen sounded like "weak" leadership units that needed to be protected, but the real situation was that the individual qualities of the Mother Queen and Queen were completely superior to ordinary soldier ants and worker ants.

Comparing the company's bioweapons is like the gap between a heavy-armed Tyrant and a Cerberus.

Moreover, the biological protection suits of the Mother and Queen are equipped with a hull-level energy shield generator, which can withstand close-range strikes from tactical nuclear bombs.

So to be on the safe side, Sanguinius dispatched Vulkan along with elite members of the Rapid Reaction Force (ARS) to protect the technical engineers responsible for invading the system.

And he was preparing to deliver a fatal blow when the queen mother left the fortress.
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...

This side of the landing platform outside the main control room.

Dozens of worker ants "conscientiously" inspect the parked transport body.

If stereotypes are discarded, these harvester worker ants, which accept unified thoughts and commands, are as efficient as the Hex robots of the Atlas Engineering Department, and are excellent construction "tools".

suddenly.

The worker ants noticed an abnormal air movement, then stopped their work one after another and turned to face the empty machine seats.

Boom, boom.

Just as they completed their turn, they heard the sound of the landing gear touching the metal deck again, and saw someone who came from nowhere...

A giant holding a giant hammer.

(End of this chapter)