The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 254 253. Arazi Zerg

"Hold the firing point!

Watch out for crossfire..."

An elite knight squad leader was yelling madly into the communication headset.

Under the light emitted by the flares, hundreds and thousands of Arazi war bugs were rushing towards the firepower point where their team was stationed.

The image of dense biomass moving around gives people a tingling feeling.

The scene of alien insects launching a collective charge is no less shocking than that of the Titan creatures.

The Interstellar Corps' unique "Hound-class" battlefield cruise robots have been deployed around the firing points.

Each "Hound-class" battlecruiser robot is equipped with a heavy-fire rapid-fire machine gun with up to thousands of bullet belts.

In addition, there are 30 small-caliber micro-guided rockets to provide heavy firepower support in small-scale combat.

Unfortunately, the energy weapons it is equipped with are not very effective against these Arazi war bugs.

Twelve "Hound-class" battle patrol robots "cut" the incoming swarm of insects through heavy fire from multi-barreled machine guns.

This forced their charging formation to be more concentrated and to gather in the front direction of the firepower point.

Behind these "Hound-class" battle patrol robots, 10 official knights of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion and 40 reserve trainee knights are stationed here.

The main body of the firepower point is a medium-sized dreadnought mecha of the "Dreadnought Steel" model.

This is a dreadnought mecha customized for the Iron Knights Star Legion. It is 15 meters tall and weighs about 350 tons. Compared with the same-level dreadnought mechas of the other two star legions, it has more powerful firepower.

In the "garrison" mode, it can transform into a fixed combat platform with an area of ​​40 square meters and a height of about 8 meters.

Provide powerful firepower protection for the legion soldiers stationed there.

The weapons it is equipped with include missile launchers capable of launching tactical nuclear bombs, multi-barreled melta guns, twin laser cannons, electromagnetic pulse grenades, and heavy explosive shotguns for close combat, etc.

The Arazi war insect swarm had just been gathered in front of the Dreadnought's firepower point.

The captain of the elite knight squad in charge immediately roared and opened fire.

The heavy burst shotgun, or shotgun "cannon", sprays a continuous stream of fire from an 8cm diameter muzzle.

Chemical gunpowder wrapped in tungsten core bullets poured towards the swarm of hundreds or thousands of war insects.

In an instant, clusters of yellow-green biological pus began to shoot out in the air directly in front of the team's firing point.

The outer shell of the Arazi warworm can refract and resist energy weapons, but in the face of metal projectiles driven by powerful chemical gunpowder, it is as fragile as a piece of plywood.

Hundreds of war bugs in the front were killed by the incoming shotgun fire and fell to the ground, turning into pools of pus and fragments of limbs.

But the bugs at the back showed no signs of retreating.

Under the protection of the corpses of their companions, they continued to advance towards the firing point.

The legionnaires inside the firing point were also frantically directing their firepower outside.

Electromagnetic pulse grenades were thrown one after another into the areas where the swarm was most densely populated.

Unfortunately, its killing power was not obvious, but the shock wave it caused still successfully destroyed the insect's advancing formation.

Large numbers of insects were exposed to the muzzles of the firing points and were exploded into balls of insect corpses and pus by various chemical gunpowder weapons.

The "Hound-class" battlecruiser robots on the periphery also launched micro-guided rockets at the right time.

The swarm of insects, which had originally formed a precise attacking formation, was finally scattered by the repeated attacks.

Before the elite knight captain in charge of the command could feel relieved, the scattered swarms of insects no longer insisted on attacking the firepower points, but instead pounced on the "Hound-class" battle patrol robots on the periphery.

There were no fortifications to protect them, and the amount of ammunition they carried was limited.

Surrounded by enemies dozens or hundreds of times their number, the "Hound-class" battlecruiser robots could only choose to self-destruct one by one and die together with the enemy.

After a battle, two or three hundred war insects were eliminated.

But the elite knight in charge of commanding the firepower point did not look optimistic at all.

Because he saw that many insects that had their limbs broken were still able to continue attacking.

And their numbers haven't decreased at all.

"Official knights, take up your weapons and follow me outside!"

The firepower point is not invincible, and there are blind spots in the firepower.

Without the protection of the battle patrol robots, once surrounded by excessive numbers of insects, the firepower points may be breached.

The elite knight picked up his bolter and called on other subordinates in the team who were wearing heavy power armor to guard the blind spot of fire.

The frontal defense direction is handed over to the fearless mecha and other trainee knights in the firepower point.

The roar of explosive bombs continued to sound around the firing point fortifications.

That was the sound of sporadic insects preparing for a sneak attack being discovered and executed by the Space Legion soldiers.

The elite knight in charge of the command felt heavier in his heart the more he fought; these bugs were more threatening than he had imagined.

Their performance in battle is far from being that of brainless bugs that simply rely on "piling up numbers" to attack.

A war insect jumped over the body of its companion and stabbed the elite knight with its sharp abdomen.

Fortunately, the protection of the heavy power armor was reliable enough, and a white mark of 20 to 30 centimeters was scratched on the outer shell of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion paint.

The huge impact caused the elite knight to stagger, and he took two steps back and almost fell.

The full-force attack of the half-ton warbug, although not fatal, was enough to attract the attention of the Star Legion soldiers.

The furious elite knight raised the grenade launcher in his hand and pulled the trigger three times in succession at the war bug that opened its mouth so close.

"Boom boom boom~"

Before the smoke had cleared, the upper body of the Alas war insect had been completely blown to pieces, leaving only its four abdominal legs still twitching under the reflex of the biological nerves.

Before the elite knight could recover, two more insects attacked from the left and right.

After a long battle, the ammunition in the grenade launcher in his hand has been exhausted.

The elite knight did not panic, but smashed the heavy grenade launcher in his hand at one of the war bugs.

Then he drew his melta blade from behind.

With a "buzz" sound.

When the Melta Blade is activated, the blade lights up in its signature orange-red color.

Even through the power armor, you can feel the terrifying heat emanating from it.

The next moment, the elite knight swung his sword from top to bottom, and the war insect raised its abdomen to try to block it, the moment its abdomen shell touched the hot melt sword.

"Crack~"

A sound so clear that it was almost inaudible was heard, and then the warrior insect's abdomen and legs broke apart without any warning.

The burnt smell from the insect's limbs being burned by high temperatures had not yet completely spread.

The remaining force of the melta blade had already hit another war bug.

The two-meter-three-meter-tall elite knight, with the one-meter-six-meter-long sword in his hand, directly cut the three-meter-tall war insect's head in half.

Then the elite knight retracted his sword, raised it above his head, and fiercely stabbed the mouthparts of the "dismembered" warbug on the left. No matter how hideous the mouthparts were, they could not stop the stab of the hot melt sword.

With a roar from the elite knight, the melta blade was dragged out of the war insect's body, tearing open its chest and abdomen.

The thick yellow-green corpse fluid splattered everywhere in an instant.

This cold weapon melee lasted less than 15 seconds.

The two war bugs were chopped to the ground by the elite knight.

With the blessing of the "perfect human" and "genetic modification" program, he has two hearts and three lungs, and is an elite knight blessed by God. However, this combat intensity is not even as strong as his daily training.

Without blushing or breathing hard, he picked up the grenade launcher from the ground.

The elite knight looked at his legionnaire subordinates not far away.

The battle had lasted for more than an hour, and the ammunition for the grenade launcher had long been exhausted.

The official knights around him all chose to fight with cold weapons.

Their strong physique and the blessing of the Supreme God gave them the confidence to fight against the insects' cold weapons.

The only trouble these war bugs can cause to the official knights of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion is the thick yellow-green paste that splashes out of their bodies after they are killed.

The thick sticky paste was on the power armor helmets of the Space Marines, affecting the soldiers' combat vision.

Many sturdy legion soldiers even took off their helmets and continued to fight with these war insects with roars.

The situation around the firing point was relatively stable due to the fearless charging of the legionnaires.

If it's just an attack of this magnitude, maybe no support is needed at all?
The concept of insects in my mind is still stuck on the impression of "ground insect currents".

But I could vaguely hear a buzzing sound that I had never heard before.

Another flare was launched into the air, and light once again fell on the giant mine.

The ground was still densely populated by Arazi war bugs, no different from before.

But a whole new breed of insects appeared in the sky, flapping their wings.

The Arazi war bug looks like it has a pair of wings. As a flying insect, it seems to be larger than the ground war bugs. Including the wings, its length and height are about 4-5 meters.

Before the elite knights could continue observing, these flying insects, as if receiving orders, quickly attacked the firepower points on the ground below.

Two of them flew towards their own garrison firepower points.

The reserve trainee knights in the fortifications were still frantically firing at the insect swarms on the ground.

Who would have thought that the next wave of attacks would come from the sky above everyone's heads, which had been ignored by everyone.

"Watch out for air strikes!"

The elite knight, as the commander, shouted angrily to remind them.

However, the flying speed of these "Flying Mantis"-like "air force units" of the Arazi Zerg is really amazing, and it is estimated to reach 200-300 kilometers per hour.

In a flash, they arrived above the firing point.

"Flying insects" are a type of insect named "jumpers" in the Aboriginal database. They have a pair of sickle-shaped tail stingers with barbed hooks under their abdomen.

A reserve trainee knight was firing and just heard a "buzzing" sound in his ears. The next second, a sound of breaking through the air sounded near him.

He subconsciously turned sideways, and the sickle-shaped tail of the "Leaper" instantly pierced the trainee knight's left arm.

The gravitational potential energy brought by the extremely fast speed tore the arm of the trainee knight in an instant.

When I looked up again, the "jumper" had already fled hundreds of meters away.

After giving himself medical injections and cardiac stimulants, the seriously injured trainee knight finally recovered.

But another apprentice knight not far from him was not so lucky.

The other "jumper" successfully pierced the opponent's chest and abdomen with its barbed tail.

The apprentice knight was dragged into the air.

He watched as the "jumper" was about to drag himself to the area where the insect swarm was densely packed.

The trainee knight hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and pulled out the nuclear grenade from his waist.

This miniature nuclear weapon, called the "Glory Bomb," is incredibly powerful.

But often when it is used, it also means that the legionnaires are ready to die together with the enemy.

Pull the pull ring and wait fifteen seconds.

Then a huge fireball with a diameter of fifty or sixty meters exploded in the air.

A huge roar echoed in the giant mine.

With the entry of the "jumpers" into the battlefield, the pressure on the Legion's firepower points became more severe.

Not only do the legionnaires have to fight against the swarms of Arachnid war insects on the ground, they also have to be wary of the "jumpers" overhead that could attack at any time.

Knight Commander Morris looked at the war raging in the giant mine with a gloomy face.

If it were other troops of the same number in the United Government Army, facing the siege of millions or even more insects, they would probably have been devoured completely.

The Interstellar Legion is worthy of being the strongest corps under the United Government Army. It was able to resist only by relying on the strong personal combat qualities of the legion soldiers and various legion equipment.

In addition to the ground combat bugs named "Warriors" by the indigenous people, there are also "Jumpers".

A flying bug called the Ripper also began to appear.

Not only do they have the ability to fly, they also have long-range attack capabilities and can eject the stingers in their bodies containing highly corrosive acid through their mouthparts.

What's even more frightening is that the defensive capabilities of these "Rippers" are much stronger than their similarly flying counterparts, the "Leapers".

Groups of "Rippers" gathered in the air, forming an "air force formation" and launched an attack on the Legion's drone formation.

The air battle that broke out between the two sides made it difficult for the corps troops on the ground to obtain air support for a while.

Not long after, the ground around many firing points began to shake, and giant beetles eight meters tall and eighteen meters long emerged from the ground.

"It's the 'tank bug'!
The database shows that they have the ability to move underground, have extremely strong defense, and kill enemies by spitting a corrosive and flammable liquid that looks like flames.

Known as the 'fortification crusher'..."

After listening to the adjutant's introduction, Knight Commander Morris's expression became even uglier.

The tank worms that broke out from the ground completely disrupted the Iron Knights' plan to hold on and wait for help.

Knight Commander Morris, who had originally planned to hold out for ten hours until dawn, finally couldn't help but give the order to open fire.

No longer worry about ammunition consumption, and give priority to eliminating the "elite combat power" in the swarm.

The 3,000 regular knights of the legion, who had been serving as the reserve force, appeared on the battlefield in a cluster formation and began to rescue the firing point fortifications that were attacked by the "tank bugs".

Various heavy firepower weapons with large-scale destructive power, such as "nuclear grenade launchers" and "heavy melta bombs", have also been approved for use.

In an instant, the entire giant mine was illuminated by the continuous explosions as if it were daytime.

The legion troops, which had been on the defensive, began to turn from defense to offense in the face of the surging insect tide.

(End of this chapter)