The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 253 252. Bugs
The gravel was carried by the strong wind and hit the reinforced glass of the vehicle, making a constant irritating sound.

The high temperature brought by the scorching sun also had a certain impact on the actions of the legion troops.

However, the most troublesome thing is the ionizing radiation storm that is raging all the time.

This radioactive radiation storm caused by the movement of stellar celestial bodies will have a great impact on the operation of electronic products.

Especially when you are on a planet orbiting two stars.

On the ground, the Iron Knights Star Corps' communication capabilities are limited to a range of 20 kilometers.

Once this distance is exceeded, all communication equipment can only transmit bursts of electrical noise.

The intelligence provided by the damaged spacecraft showed that the "Central Bunker" was more than 80 kilometers away from the plane teleportation point.

Knight Commander Morris could only order the Iron Knights Interstellar Corps to act separately.

In addition to a legion of one thousand regular knights, there are five thousand reserve trainee knights guarding the teleportation point.

The rest of the large force rushed to the "central bunker" mentioned in the intelligence.

With only one hour left before the "nightfall", the large force finally arrived near the target location according to the intelligence coordinates.

A giant mine with a diameter of more than ten kilometers appeared in front of everyone.

Like a hollowed-out funnel, countless giant mechanical equipment stand inside the mine.

There are also many metal structure buildings in the mine, which are probably used for smelting and processing of certain minerals.

This scene gave the warriors from the source plane in the legion a sense of déjà vu.

In the "Wandering Earth Era", the shock brought to them by the planetary engines standing on the surface of the source plane is unforgettable.

There is an obvious man-made building at the bottom of the giant mine. According to the intelligence obtained, this is the "central bunker" where the alarm was sounded.

All production activities in the mine have come to a standstill.

Collapsed mining equipment, various explosions, traces of fighting, and scarlet scabs of blood can be seen everywhere.

Needless to say, there must have been a fierce battle here not long ago.

But what is equally confusing is that there are still only traces of battle, but no corpses.

“According to the plan, control the peripheral buildings of this mine and arrange firepower units to guard all commanding heights.

There are 45 minutes left until nightfall, be alert.”

Knight Commander Morris looked up at the gradually darkening sky and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Thirty-four thousand members of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion began to set up firing points around the giant mine.

Various types of dreadnought mechas, heavy firepower units, and numerous armored vehicles formed temporary military bunkers.

Along the way, the area outside the mine was flat. Apart from some undulating hills and rock cracks, there was no environment that could hide the enemy.

Only this giant mine exudes an unsettling and eerie atmosphere.

The destroyed mine, traces of battle everywhere, and mysteriously disappeared corpses.

Even though they were the top combat force in the human army of the United Government Army, the Iron Knights Interstellar Corps had to take them seriously.

After the cross-fire points were set up, the legion soldiers began to advance down into the mine layer by layer.

The fully-armed Space Marines led the way, followed only by several times more reserve "apprentice knights".

The buildings attached to the mine were cleared quickly.

There was a loud bang.

A half-open composite metal door was kicked open by a Space Marine.

After finding no enemy within sight, the trainee knight squad behind him filed in.

Quickly search the building for anything of intelligence value.

Edward took off his helmet. When the power armor was fully enclosed, its protective power was indeed amazing.

But if it goes on for too long, even the Space Legion soldiers will feel a little bored.

The gas filtration and circulation equipment inside the building had long since stopped working.

But even though he was breathing the air coming from outside, which contained trace amounts of radiation, Edward felt refreshed.

The slight radiation and toxins absorbed into the body will not cause any harm to these interstellar legion warriors with strong physical fitness.

Instead, it causes slight spasms in the soldiers' sensory nerves. Many Space Legion soldiers believe that this thing is much more powerful than nicotine in tobacco leaves.

He even requested his superiors to develop a daily product that could act as a "stimulant" for the soldiers' daily use.

When it comes to the relevant "daily consumables" in this regard, the three interstellar legions are slightly different.

The North Wind God Psyker Corps focuses more on alcoholic beverages. The strong liquor soaked in Kaiju organs is loved by the legion warriors from the RU branch.

Members of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion prefer small pills made of stimulant chemicals such as adrenaline and stimulants, taking one to refresh themselves.

Liu Peiqiang, the commander of the Longyan Corps, was not happy with this and issued a clear order prohibiting his members from "drinking alcohol" or "taking drugs". They were only equipped with cardiac stimulants for combat use.

Edward, the squad leader of the Iron Knights Interstellar Corps and also an "elite knight", is still feeling the fascinating radiation in the alien air.

His blessed physical fitness gave him hearing far superior to that of ordinary people, and he was able to keenly detect the slightest sounds and movements coming from a freezer not far away.

Raise your left hand high, open it, and then quickly make a fist.

The surrounding soldiers understood instantly.

Everyone raised their weapons and surrounded the large metal-shell freezer in a fan-shaped formation.

Edward suddenly opened the outer door of the freezer, and a desperate female scream was immediately heard.

Inside the small freezer, curled up was an adult woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. From the outside, she looked no different from an ordinary European or American woman in the coalition government.

Her body was covered with yellow-brown filth, and when the freezer door was opened, an indescribable stench of feces immediately filled the air.

"How long, for God's sake, has this guy been in there?"

Edward complained while frowning.

As a soldier of the Interstellar Legion, he could easily crush this weak human body with one hand.

"A human indigenous survivor was found..."

With his weapons put away, Edward was reporting to his superiors through the communicator.

After seeing the people around her clearly, the human woman, who was originally terrified and desperate, burst into tears of joy.

“You are the Federation Army?!

Help has finally arrived!"

It seemed that the extreme joy and sorrow consumed too much of his mental energy, or perhaps it was because he had been hiding in the freezer for a long time without eating.

The blond native fainted.

After being processed, comforted and consoled by the logistics staff.

Twenty minutes later, the Iron Knights Interstellar Corps finally learned more detailed information from the indigenous woman.

It turns out that they are all extraterrestrial colonists from a human regime called the "Earth Federation".

The planet we are on now is a mineral planet in the Slade binary star system. There are more than two million employees of mining companies working and living on this planet.

A week ago, mining companies issued a warning that a meteorite shower was about to pass over the planet.

Before long, a series of meteorite impacts occurred on the surface of the planet.

Just as the mining company employees were complaining that the company's disaster warnings were not reliable at all, a large number of insects suddenly appeared near the mining area where they lived.

Then the power and communication facilities were interrupted.

The mining area was invaded by a large number of insects, and countless mining company employees were killed.

The blonde girl hid in the freezer in panic and luckily survived to this day.

"insect?"

"Yes, there are bugs that are three or four meters tall. According to the federal news, they are a species called the Arazi Zerg.

Wait, aren't you the support troops sent by the Federation?
Why don’t you know about these bugs?”

As an alien race discovered by the Earth Federation in recent years, the Arazi Zerg are frequently mentioned in federal news.

Even ordinary people are familiar with it, let alone the federal government’s military.

But the soldiers in front of them seemed to be hearing it for the first time.

This made the rescued Aboriginal woman feel confused.

She did not doubt the other party's identity.

After all, both sides look similar and speak the same Federal English.

Besides, who else would come all the way to this desolate galaxy apart from the Federation Army?
As for whether the armor, uniforms, and guns on these soldiers belonged to the Earth Federation, the blonde and blue-eyed indigenous woman was not sure and did not care.

She had been born on this planet and had lived there for thirty years, never leaving the Thraide galaxy.

Our knowledge of the Earth Federation all comes from the Federation’s variety shows and occasional news reports.

Knight Commander Morris did not respond directly to the other party because the front-line legion soldiers had already cleared the area around the "Central Bunker".

The survivors in the bunker brought him news that made him frown.

Bugs become active after nightfall.

At that time, they will search for survivors and launch an attack.

All the spacecraft on the planet have been destroyed, and not just here, the entire Thraide galaxy was attacked by the Arazi Zerg almost at the same time.

The request for help has been reported to the federal government, but no one knows when rescue will arrive.

The employees of the mining company on the planet suffered heavy casualties, with only a few hundred people left out of more than two million.

Human corpses and even insect corpses were used by the Arazi Zerg as biological nutrients for hatching war bugs and were dragged back into the mines.

"In other words, this giant mine is filled with tens or even millions of Arachnids?"

"According to the monitoring database of the mine base invaded by the artificial intelligence, the number of Arazi Zerg fighters was no less than two million when they first invaded.

Now, after a week of breeding and the provision of blood and flesh resources from the indigenous people.

A conservative estimate is that there are more than 400 million..."

The logistics adjutant reported the latest situation with a serious face.

The situation was more serious than Knight Commander Morris had imagined.

“It’s already night, and it’s too late to return to the teleport point.

The most troublesome issue is the communication interruption.

We are unable to call for help remotely from the waypoint now."

As night falls, the sky above the planet darkens rapidly.

Inside the giant mine with a diameter of ten kilometers, there are thousands of mine caves of various sizes deep underground.

A rustling sound was heard in the giant mine, and sporadic Arachi insects began to crawl out of the mine.

"Order all units to prepare for battle.

There will be a fierce battle in the next ten hours!"

It is already night, and if all the official members of the Interstellar Corps want to evacuate, it is still possible.

But there are also many vassal troops within the legion, as well as many technical and logistical support personnel.

The United Government Forces have never had the habit of abandoning their comrades, neither in the past nor in the future.

What's more, they abandoned the firepower fortifications they had already built and instead traveled through the wilderness with no shelter.

It is not a wise move to face the Arachnid war bug that can reach a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

Knight Commander Morris had to assume the worst. If the main force of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion was destroyed here, the crucial information would not be able to be transmitted back.

The team of "Elite Knight" Edward was given an important task. They carried the intelligence collected in the mine and broke out in the direction of the plane teleportation point.

Just as a series of arrangements were completed, sporadic gunshots were heard in the mine.

The sound echoed in the giant mine, startling the insects, and more Arazi war insects swarmed out from thousands of mine caves.

It was like a black tide that swept across the entire mine.

Blue, green, red...

Laser weapons of various colors continued to fire in the mine, shooting madly at the sweeping swarm of insects.

But soon, the warriors of the Iron Knights Interstellar Corps discovered that the shells of these hideous-looking war bugs seemed to have an unusually strong resistance to energy weapons.

"Switch to chemical gunpowder weapons!"

Needless to say, every soldier of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion is a top human warrior with the highest military qualities.

Those energy weapons with poor combat effectiveness were immediately replaced by grenade launchers, high-explosive armor-piercing missiles, and various powerful chemical gunpowder weapons and equipment.

Thanks to the strong physique of the United Nations Army soldiers and the persistence of many United Nations Army officers, the relatively bulky chemical gunpowder weapons have not been completely replaced by light and efficient energy weapons.

It still has a place in the coalition government forces' huge armaments system.

At this time, the warriors of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion also understood the reason why the design of the indigenous military equipment was unreasonable.

The roar of chemical gunpowder weapons and equipment was amplified by the giant "funnel-shaped" mine pit and seemed extremely harsh.

As a flare was launched into the air, the Arazi war bugs, each 3-4 meters tall, about 5 meters long, and weighing an average of 550 kilograms, appeared clearly in front of the legion soldiers.

The four gastropods are not only limbs for movement, but can also be used as "spear-like" weapons to launch stabbing attacks on the enemy.

What is even more dangerous is their mouthparts. They have two jaws with extremely strong biting force, which is enough to easily pierce a 10 mm thick steel plate.

However, the most despairing thing is the terrifying number brought about by their powerful reproductive ability.

Countless Arach war bugs rushed towards the "fire-breathing" firepower points of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion.

The encounter between the human civilization of the United Government and the Zerg from other dimensions has officially begun.

(End of this chapter)