Chapter 712 Speed Pass
Whenever a thunderous roar was heard, the hearts of the people of Augustgrad would tremble along with the trembling earth.
Since standing on Korhal, the dazzling Augustgrad has not experienced war for many days and nights.
People can no longer remember when the giant stone pillars that dominate the skyline of Augustgrad appeared, as if it was a century ago. The terrible shadows of the void flooded into the city like a rising tide, and the bright red light illuminated the sky and burned it into a vast sea of glory, revealing weirdness and ominousness.
Horrible void creatures continued to emerge from the void cracks that were tearing Augustgrad apart, attacking all life they could see. In the most densely populated residential areas, a foreseeable and terrible massacre was inevitable. The Augustgrad government mobilized all the forces it could to save the civilians who could not protect themselves, but the casualties were still in the thousands.
The battle broke out in the streets where the void fragments emerged, and the torrent of anti-aircraft firepower network shot into the sky like a stream of bright fire. The Imperial troops entered the city, and soldiers wearing power armor and holding Gauss rifles stepped into the battlefield with the powerful kick of power boots.
Across the majestic squares and magnificent monuments, through the towering towers and neatly planned blocks, the devastated brick and stone ground was scattered with crashed fighters and vehicles with black smoke, and charred bodies were scattered in between. As the sky became darker, the dazzling red light in the sky became more eye-catching, and the flashes of tracer bullets and explosions pierced the sky and gathered into thousands of rays of light.
In the most intense areas of the battle, the Imperial army almost suppressed the gushing out of the void rifts with artillery fire at all costs, and used devastating artillery fire to drive away the twisted creations from the corrupted shadows. It looked like fighting against demons emerging from hell.
The way of fighting changed so quickly that people could not react at all, which proved that once more and more planets were pulled into the void, the situation of this war would become more and more difficult. Void creations cannot exert their full power in the real world, but given that they are made entirely of void energy and can be transformed into fearless void armies at an astonishing speed, the weakening of their power is not worth mentioning.
The successive attacks on Shakuras and Augustgrad further announced the approach of the end of the world. The dark god had no intention of hiding his dark intention to destroy all Xel'Naga creations.
"Well done, everyone, this is the second void fragment." Nova clenched the C-20A shotgun in her hand and said in the communication channel:
"Don't take it lightly, we have more enemies to deal with."
Nova is usually more accustomed to single-person action, but when the Imperial Supreme Command assigns her as a commander, she can handle it with ease. She has always been the strongest agent - among the blonde agents.
She was slightly injured in the previous battle. A small shrapnel passed through her upper lip, causing a lot of blood, but she hardly felt any pain.
Generally speaking, Nova is rarely injured in battle, and the most serious one also came from the loss of psychic control. But even if Nova was injured, she would get the best treatment. She trusted the Empire's medical technology and those skilled doctors, as if they could bring people back to life.
This is the magic of modern technology.
At a safe distance, a void fragment standing between the UNN Broadcasting Building and the Empire State Building was shaking violently. A white-hot flash penetrated most of the structure of the middle section of the void fragment like a spear, and then the dazzling firelight shone through the cracks of its shattered column, and it looked like a rotating kaleidoscope in an instant.
Unlike the shadow creations composed of void energy, the materials that make up the void fragments all come from the celestial bodies that are constantly colliding, destroying, and aggregating in the void, and they did not dissipate into nothingness like those destroyed void creations.
In the roar of thunder, the giant pillar that seemed to support the sky collapsed, and countless void celestial body fragments formed by the aggregation of void energy fell from the sky in large chunks, some of which were only the size of a baby carriage, and some seemed to be falling buildings.
Huge fragments fell like falling rocks on the streets of all sizes, easily crushing buildings and bridges, leaving only the steel supports blackened by flames twisted and stretched towards the sky, and the ground full of shrapnel was covered with broken glass, creating a tragic scene.
Suddenly, large patches of smoke and dust rose from the ground where Nova had been standing not long ago. The strong wind carried the dust raised by the collapsed buildings and blew her high golden ponytail.
As the void fragments disintegrated in the sky, the cracks with scarlet energy vortexes around them quickly dissipated into nothingness, as if they had never appeared here. Without the energy support of the void fragments, the power of the many void creations around them was also obviously weakening, and they were retreating step by step under the powerful firepower of the Imperial Special Forces.
If void creations want to exist in the real world, they must be supported by void energy, even the incarnation of Xel'Naga walking in the world is no exception. Similarly, the void is extremely deadly to creatures in the real universe, and even the sturdy hull of the battlecruiser can hardly support it.
At this time, Nova once again confirmed the order from the command center and looked up to determine the direction of the target location: "Guys, we have new orders, and the new target has been marked."
A special forces company stayed behind to clean up the remaining void creations, and the rest were called up to go to the next target location. They had already received airdrops of ammunition and personnel, and the fatigue caused by continuous hours of fighting was well replenished under the effect of enhancers.
Without wasting a second, Nova immediately issued an order to set off. Due to the shortage of air transport, the special forces can only take ground vehicles to the target location, including some vulture vehicles that look outdated but are still equipped in large quantities in the Augustgrad police department.
The police officers who provided these equipment said that as long as a little oil is given, the vulture vehicle can be started on the spot. The only shortcoming is that due to the limitation of their functions, these vulture vehicles are not equipped with spider mines, and they look like spider mine packaging boxes that have been thrown away.
Theodore Pierce's A team and Stone's B team, with multiple destroyer drones hovering over them, guarding against attacks from all directions. They swept through a messy block at high speed, casting spider-like shadows on the ground.
Nova's special forces advanced south along a wide avenue in the Sher business district. This road is the main road in this urban area. There are almost no vehicles still moving on it, so their speed is very fast.
Along the way, Nova's special forces encountered two different friendly forces, one was the Rattler Armored Unit of the Korhal Defense Force and the 122nd Reapers. They also noticed a large number of Valkyrie bombers in the sky. This type of aircraft is most equipped by General Mira Han's Raiders.
Two huge Warhawk heavy assault boats passed through the shadows of the Korhal Sky Tower and disappeared behind two parallel high-altitude train tracks. Nova had seen the scene of these new attack ships firing in Carolina Davis's army. The laser beams that tore through the sky were spectacular.
Several Sky Fury Viking fighters pulled up and hovered in the air at the moment of diving down and approaching the ground with almost tricky flying skills, completing a series of neat and tidy body transformations and landing on the other side of the block. For a moment, the roar of the Gatling gun and the hissing of the void creations resounded everywhere.
No other weapon has such flexibility or deterrence. The design of the Viking fighter is precisely for these brave warriors to make a heroic appearance on the most desperate and helpless battlefield.
Ten minutes later, Nova learned that a marine corps of the Beta Squadron and two regiments of the Korhal Defense Force had airdropped to the void fragment they were going to, but the command center was not going to cancel the special forces' mission.
During this period, Nova also met a couple hiding under a vehicle. They begged the imperial soldiers to take them to the nearest shelter, and she accepted.
At present, void fragments are still emerging from all parts of Augustgrad, but they can no longer keep up with the speed of the imperial army's destruction. There are about three hundred different combat units deployed in Augustgrad, and sometimes even four or five troops are assigned the same mission at the same time, which makes the operation of destroying the void fragments surprisingly smooth.
Most of the imperial garrisons in Korhal are stationed in multiple orbital defense platforms located in outer space orbits. When they realize that the enemy is not from the outer space of the Korhal system, these troops are then decisively and quickly deployed to the surface of the planet. The tasks they receive are brief and direct, usually only two, destroying the void fragments or protecting the civilians in Augustgrad.
Nova is very fortunate that the troops stationed in Korhal are elite troops who have participated in the total war, and some friendly troops make people think that it may be easier to do it alone.
The Empire must race against time and cannot sit idly by and watch the void fragments take shape in Augustgrad, otherwise the terrible void shadow will devour the entire world, so no matter what the price is, it is worth it.
And except for the void creations that continue to emerge from the void rifts, Amon obviously can't find more power to protect the void fragments. Unlike what happened to Shakuras, the Aiur Swarm and the corrupted Protoss Templar did not attack the planet at the same time as the Void was eroding the planet, which made the Imperial army face much less pressure.
The Imperial soldiers who participated in this battle knew that although the Void creations might be difficult to deal with, they were no more terrifying than the Zerg and the Hybrids.
When Nova arrived at the third Void fragment they were about to destroy, they encountered an armored unit of Rho Squadron, consisting of Thors, Goliaths and a small number of Hurks. This unit had obviously arrived in Augustgrad for some time. The traces of hard battles were everywhere on the mechas, and mechanics could be seen lying on the damaged mechas along the way.
The earliest record of the Hurk mecha can be traced back to the Umojan colony of Galban Companion. It is a steel giant armed with layers of reinforced steel frames and armor plates, equipped with powerful H1 flash welders and mechanical grappling hooks.
This outstanding heavy assault mecha is good at fighting on battlefields with complex terrains. It can drill into mountains and dig into the ground. Its armor, which has been specially treated with chemicals, can resist the corrosive acid of the banelings. It is the mainstay of the Terran Empire's ground forces.
Before Nova could share intelligence with the commander of this unit, they soon met the enemy head-on.
The enemy troops were all void creatures that emerged from the void cracks. There were only a few dozen of them, but each was strong and ferocious. Most of these void creatures appeared in the form of Zerg, but there were even Templars wearing armor.
If the void was a turbid mirror, then these void creatures were the reflections of real creatures in it, and they were just the product of Amon projecting the shadows of the void into the real universe.
Nova had a good relationship with the Protoss. She was sure that these void creatures that looked almost exactly like her were just monsters in human skin. When they fought, they had no elegance, lightness, and ease of the Templars, and no rationality of intelligent creatures.
A black Warhammer Thor mech, with shining particle beams gushing out, blasted a huge gap in the terrifying head of the Void Shadow Aberration that was rushing towards it, but no blood was seen from the terrible wound.
The ground was shaking. Many cockroaches covered with void shells used their sharp burrowing claws to dig out winding tunnels under the reinforced concrete ground. They broke out of the ground and tried to kill the imperial soldiers with their sharp teeth and claws and breathed void energy and dragged them into the ground.
Nova led the special forces to join the battle and suppressed the battlefield with their powerful weapons.
With extraordinary reaction speed and accuracy, Nova fired several shots at the void creatures. The bullets penetrated the eyes of these monsters and a huge hammer-shaped wound on the back of their heads. Normally, even for the extremely tenacious Zerg, this kind of injury is enough for them to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield, but it is obviously not a fatal injury to the void creatures.
A special forces raider equipped with magnetic rail weapons shot several more shots at Nova's target, and then strode into the distance.
At this time, a hybrid monster composed of void energy appeared. It was amazingly huge, perhaps only Odin could be compared with it. Another Thor mech rushed over without hesitation, and more missiles and shells roared out.
At this moment, the void fragment in the distance, which was Nova's third target, heard a thunderous roar, which came from the direct bombardment of the battlecruiser.
"They did a good job."
After the initial confusion, the Empire was able to cope with these void fragments in Auguste Greer. First, all personnel were evacuated, and then strong firepower coverage was carried out. All troops attacked in multiple threads, saturation support, and spared no effort.
Only casualties were counted, not losses.