The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 280 279. Earth-penetrating bomb
To be precise, the Earth Federation's advantage in space is not the firepower of its starship forces.

Instead, it is a huge starship design, research and development, and construction center rooted in the core control area of ​​the federal government.

After the "Clandaff Rout", the starship forces also suffered a heavy blow.

Hundreds of the federal government's most advanced space warships, transport ships, and integrated supply ships were destroyed by plasma energy cluster attacks.

The Federation's most elite starship forces and personnel suffered heavy losses.

However, the Earth Federation government, which has hundreds of colonized galaxies and a population of over 100 billion, has extremely strong "hematopoietic capabilities."

The mere act of "lifting the ban on arming local colonial galaxies" has mobilized the enthusiasm of various colonial galaxies to participate in the expedition.

Without spending a penny of the federal military budget, a large number of cheap cannon fodder troops were obtained.

The snowflake-like orders have also kept the starship manufacturing docks running at full capacity.

In just three years, the starship fleet was restored to its peak size during the heyday of the federal government.

The Arazi Zerg obtain, digest, transform, and produce biomass...

They fight any enemy that appears within their sight by fighting to support their own survival.

The Human Earth Federation can also obtain a steady supply of power in the war between the two civilizations through the energy, minerals, mechanical production and processing, and military selection and deployment brought by the vast colonial galaxy.

It is difficult to say whose war mode is better, the Arachi Zerg or the Human Federation.

But it is undeniable that by the third year of the "Human-Insect War", the Human Earth Federation has begun to comprehensively suppress the Arachi Zerg.

Faced with a large number of human troops transported by starship forces to their home planet.

The Arazi Zerg can only resist and counterattack with limited plasma worm strategic forces.

Therefore, the strategic significance of the plasma worm army was infinitely elevated when the planet Clandaf was under siege by the human federation expeditionary force.

The best way to deal with the human invaders who have invaded the mother planet is to destroy them along with the space battleships before they land.

This is the common perception among the "command class" of the Arachne Zerg.

Therefore, after the plasma worm strategic cluster was attacked, the worm swarms covering thousands of square kilometers went crazy and rushed towards the war zone where the Redemption Army was located.

Countless swarms of insects on the ground were surging on the surface like a black tide.

After the expeditionary force headquarters noticed this, they immediately issued corresponding orders.

Hundreds of surrounding legions began to gather towards the war zone where the Redemption Army was located.

Numerous starship units, air force units, and army mobile units in more distant areas were also being mobilized frantically.

The first to be dispatched was the Expeditionary Force Air Strike Group.

Fighter planes covering the sky and the sun dropped tens of thousands of tons of various high-explosive bombs onto the ground.

Highly concentrated compressed fuel enriched with chemicals was attached to the "black surge" on the ground.

The fires caused by the explosions all over the ground quickly ignited these highly concentrated compressed combustion agents.

The oxygen in the air of the planet Clandaff acts as a combustion aid.

A fire that covered hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers rose at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The "black surge" was instantly covered by a layer of orange-red flames.

The yellow and black biomass "skin" of the Arazi Zerg troops, which were already sensitive to high-temperature thermal energy, quickly turned into a burnt reddish-brown color.

In the flames rising into the sky, countless war insects were wailing, screaming, twisting, and struggling.

However, no matter how they struggled, they could not put out the incendiary agent that was like a cancer attached to their bones.

Until the insect juice and pulp in the body are completely evaporated, and the biomass in the body is roasted with a sizzling sound.

Eventually it turned into a pile of hideous-looking charcoal.

"Damn it, if we had such awesome elite support, we would have reached the Zerg homeworld long ago..."

The leaders of the local colonial galaxy armed forces who had received intelligence in advance and retreated to safe areas on the battlefield could not help but complain about the discriminatory treatment given by the expeditionary command.

Until now, only troops belonging to the federal government can be called upon.

In comparison, the local colonial galaxy armed forces are like stepchildren, discriminated against by the starship forces and air force forces.

However, only the federal government and the expeditionary force headquarters knew that the super-standard firepower delivery on the planet Clandaff was already the limit of the expeditionary force's full efforts.

It has only been a few years since the federal government lifted the ban on arming local colonial galaxies.

It truly involves the research and development, design, and production capabilities of strategic weapons of mass destruction.

It is limited to the core areas of the federal government.

Although the federal government has repeatedly ordered the various monopoly military-industrial chaebols and corporate groups to speed up production.

But for the vast majority of monopoly military-industrial tycoons, a war that ends too quickly is meaningless to them.

Continuing the state of war and consuming military supplies in batches will bring endless wealth to these military-industrial tycoons.

It can also perfectly solve the problem of overpopulation and too many low-quality population in the Earth Federation.

This is what is in the best interest of them.

This is also the only disagreement between Marshal Meru and the big companies, chaebols and group forces behind him.

Therefore, despite her repeated urging, the amount of heavy firepower strategic ammunition produced by the major military monopoly chaebols in three years was only enough to meet the needs of a "super battle".

The Arachi Zerg and the Human Earth Federation are both aware of the importance of the plasma worm strategic cluster.

The expeditionary force headquarters issued twelve military transfer orders in a row, and more and more troops were mobilized here.

The idea of ​​using a "super battle" to end the Arazi Zerg's home planet was unanimously approved by the expeditionary force's staff.

The area where the plasma worm swarm was located was also chosen as the location for this crucial battle.

The Zerg swarms on the ground suffered heavy losses, with most of them being burned to charcoal before they even had time to come into direct contact with the Federal Expeditionary Force.

But in a corner that no one cares about, two or three hundred meters underground from the surface of the planet Clandaff.

It has a vast network of underground passages that spans the entire planet.

According to the information held by the federal government, the civilization history of the Arazi Zerg dates back tens of thousands of years.

As the Zerg's home planet, Clandaff naturally received the focus of construction.

The extensive "tunnel network" is the important reason why the Arazi Zerg can appear and disappear at will, successfully attack starship troops many times, and allow the slow-moving plasma worm troops to escape unscathed.

The expeditionary force headquarters is gathering troops here.

The Arach Zerg are doing the same thing.

The two sides were like two gamblers who had lost all their money and kept throwing chips onto the table.

If one side collapses first, the other side will win all the victory.

This "add fuel to the fire" tactic is a competition between the war potential of both sides.

One that is determined to win.

The other one had no way to retreat and could only fight to the death.

Legions and swarms of various sizes from both sides advanced towards the war zone from all directions.

There was an encounter, a fight, and one side was wiped out.

Encounter the enemy again, fight and kill, repeat the same cycle...

After entering the war zone, a veteran soldier who has received three years of complete military training can only survive 1.2-1.3 hours in the "refueling tactics" battlefield.

Those soldiers who have only received three months of military training and joined the expeditionary force simply for better welfare benefits, have an average survival time of only 10-15 minutes on the battlefield.

The battle on the surface is becoming increasingly intense.

The battle underground was no less intense.

There is no air support and long-range, high-power strategic strike force.

The fighting in the Zerg underground tunnel was even more bloody and terrifying.

In the limited space, there was no fancy play between the humans and insects, and the competition was entirely about the military quality of the individual soldiers of both camps.

The war bugs are over three meters tall and weigh an average of 550 kilograms. Many parts of their bodies can be used as weapons.

Compared with the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force's Mobile Infantry Regiment, they have the advantage.

Not to mention the elite Zerg units such as "Earth Spikes" and "Suicide Bugs" waiting in the dark corners of the underground passages.

"Quick! Call the Redemption Army!

We need support!
Tell their legion commander, Mr. Siegel, that our Montana Galaxy is willing to purchase another 20 clone legions!

Plus a full set of weapons and equipment.

Prepayment! We can even prepay!
If they don't want this order to fall through, they should send a batch of "Canned Knights" over immediately!
Tell them, hurry up!
Otherwise, you will have to come and collect our bodies!"

The head of the Montana Galaxy Armed Forces looked at the underground tunnel in front of him that was constantly collapsing with horror, and hurriedly urged the adjutant beside him.

While marching through the underground tunnel, the Montana galaxy armed forces were attacked by suicide bugs hiding in the cracks of the tunnel.

Then, large numbers of war bugs appeared from the front and back of the team like ghosts.

The Montana Galaxy armed forces were trapped, but they managed to stop the collapse thanks to the clone army's fearless fighting.

But this was all at the cost of the continued sacrifice of the clone legionnaires.

With the front and rear passages blocked by bugs, the morale of the natural human soldiers armed with weapons from the Montana galaxy gradually declined.

God knows how many bugs are surrounding them deep in the front and back passages.

The head of the Montana Galaxy’s armed forces was briefly panicked.

His first reaction was not to call for support from the federal government forces, because he knew it was a complete waste of time.

He did not try to break out with his soldiers, because he knew that every one of these human soldiers under his command had connections in the Montana galaxy.

They are all children of the rich and powerful who have gilded themselves here.

The battle was fought with great vigor and enthusiasm.

But once they encounter a tough guy, they can only hide behind clone soldiers and be scared to death.

The head of the Montana Galaxy's armed forces, who had just witnessed the momentum of the Redemption Army's vanguard charge not long ago, was confident.

In the war zone, perhaps only this fierce Redemption Army that dares to engage in "hand-to-hand combat" with the massive insect swarm can save himself.

On the other side, Knight Commander Siegel, who was surrounded by a team of Iron Knights and was chasing the elite Zerg guards who were covering the evacuation of the Plasma Zerg strategic forces, received the latest news from the communications officer.

“The head of the Montana Galaxy’s armed forces?
No impression.

Don't worry about it, just keep chasing the plasma worm troop ahead!"

“Your Excellency, the other party said that he is the supreme commander of the Montana Galaxy Administrative Star Defense Department.

Among the natural human warriors under his command, almost all of them are the second generation of powerful nobles in the Montana galaxy.

If we, the Redeemer Army, can save them, they will become the Redeemer Army and the most steadfast friends of the Thraide Galaxy.

He said that as long as he could return alive, the security system and armed forces of the Montana galaxy would be fully connected with the Slade galaxy in the future.

He even has the confidence to cooperate with us and launch an armed coup in the Montana system..."

The more he heard the information, the more outrageous it seemed, and Knight Commander Siegel couldn't help but frown.

It is hard not to wonder how far the armed leader of the Montana galaxy could go in order to survive.

But it must be said that if only a tiny amount of effort is spent, there is a chance to expand the influence of the United Government to another local colony system that is much larger than the Thraide System...

“Tell the other person that he’d better remember what he said today.

Otherwise, the Redemption Army will let him know that dying under the mouthparts of insects can also be a kind of enjoyment. "

After a brief verbal threat, Knight Commander Siegel summoned an elite knight.

"Thomas, take your men and rescue these guys from the Montana system."

This is indeed an investment, especially for the Redemption Army today.

The Thraide Galaxy has long been famous.

No matter how the Redemption Army performs in this battle, at best it can only add icing on the cake to the influence of the Thraide Galaxy.

If the Montana galaxy could really be indirectly controlled by the United Government, then Knight Commander Siegel would naturally be happy.

Elite knight Thomas didn't waste any time after receiving the order.

After calling upon nearly a hundred Iron Knights behind him and putting on the mechanical dreadnought armor of the Engineering Corps, Thomas and his party set out on the road to rescue.

The straight-line distance of the rescue signal is only a few hundred meters.

But in the winding underground tunnels, the distance was extended to nearly ten kilometers.

Thomas had no interest in wasting time rescuing these "weaklings" who even ordinary war bug troops had trouble dealing with.

After determining the direction of the rescue target, the engineering machinery dreadnought armor began to move towards the wall of the Zerg tunnel.

The spiral tungsten steel alloy drill bit is like the sharpest paper cutter in the world, and it can easily break through the wall "pasted" by the mucus spit out from the mouths of the Arachi worker insects.

Dig a tunnel directly underground to move forward.

In just over twenty minutes, they dug hundreds of meters.

Until I heard a rhythmic buzzing sound in my ears and felt a strange movement under my feet.

The next moment, the originally smooth cave wall suddenly opened up, revealing the engineering machinery dreadnought armor with the alloy drill still waving.

In an instant, there was fear, shock, and disbelief, and it finally ended with the expression of the armed leader of the Montana Galaxy crying with joy.

The Iron Knight, who looked like a "metal can", moved freely in the cave tunnel, killing all the insects he saw like chopping melons and vegetables.

Until the numerous bedbugs no longer appeared in sight.

The armed chief of the Montana Galaxy realized belatedly that he had been successfully rescued.

Just as he was about to emphasize that he was a man of his promises and would definitely abide by the various matters he had previously cooperated with the Slade Galaxy.

There were bursts of whistling sounds of free-falling objects coming from the sky above the battlefield.

Not long after, a loud rumbling sound came from underground.

Realizing what had happened, the head of the Montana Galaxy's armed forces turned pale and then became extremely angry.

"God damn it, the federal government, the underground Allied forces haven't evacuated yet, and they dare to drop a bunker-buster bomb?!"

The ground began to collapse and the rock formations began to fracture.

By the time everyone regained their footing, the entire war zone had become a doomsday scene with the sky collapsing and the earth collapsing.

(End of this chapter)