Chapter 344, Creeping City
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Hong Xin Bu
Chapter 344, Creeping City
The commander of the Pegasus fleet conducting orbital support in Koroga actually made a good judgment.
It is impossible for the Navy to engage in anti-orbital firepower from the surface in this case.
This is not realistic.
They have a 'never fall' planet surface for defense. If they don't deal with anti-orbital firepower and void shields, this battle can't be fought.
The void shield is second best. Even if it is broken, the anti-orbital cannon can be hidden in the bottom hive, and the cannon can still be fired at you.
Is the starship hard, or is the planet's surface hard?
This is obvious.
They asked the Army to solve the problem of anti-orbital firepower, otherwise they would refuse to continue fighting. Logically speaking, this is not an excessive request.
but……
After fighting in Fino City for so long, the Army brothers clearly know how terrifying the things in Fino City are.
Although they did not want to capture Fino City independently, but just entered the hive to find and destroy the anti-orbital point, it was best to close the void shield.However, Lieutenant General Hans could not estimate how many people under his command would die in order to achieve this goal.
It is said that the Astra Militarum is not afraid of sacrifice, but the key is that if they are all dead, what will happen next?
What's more, who is really not afraid of death?
They have been unable to enter the Diji District of Fino City since two years ago.If you force your way inside, the underbelly area will swallow up all those who dare to enter.
And no matter how elite the Astra Militarum is, it is impossible to withstand a war with a casualty rate so high that it is impossible to estimate.
At first, the Astra Militarum were still gathering around Fino, fearful that tens of millions of plague armies would rush out and things would suddenly get out of control.
But that didn't happen.
It has been a year since they withdrew from the hive city, the orbital strike failed, and the navy refused to continue fighting. The situation around Fino City is actually still relatively calm.
Although the current calm is quite scary, those plague evildoers have proven their power.In the past few years, the problem of the bottom nest area has not been solved, allowing people to develop void shields and anti-rail guns.Now, they have occupied the entire city and have been working on it silently for another year. Who knows what big work they can do?
But what can we do if we are still worried?
The Astra Militarum cannot always have so many people in this place where there is no fighting.
As the problems in other hives became increasingly serious, and there was indeed no movement in Fino City for a long time, troops were gradually transferred to other places to suppress cults and rebels.
But no matter how noisy other places are, Fino City doesn't dare to relax too much.Even now, at the very least, there are at least 500 million Astra Militarum troops and tens of millions of planetary defense troops, 'basking in the sun' and just watching.
Many people, such as Ruggie Likosi, can actually see that the city of Fino is a huge time bomb.
No one knows when it will explode, but there is no doubt that it will explode at some point.
However, when the day of the explosion finally came, everything that happened was still so unexpected.
And this time is exactly this moment.
Li Kexi was still looking at the huge hive city in the distance, in a daze, thinking about the past, when he suddenly felt that the whole city seemed to be moving.
He suddenly woke up.
He first wondered if he had seen it wrong.
That's actually normal.The air in Koroga is filled with yellow dust.It is non-toxic, or is toxic in trace amounts, but no one wants to inhale dust in their nose or lungs.The troops were issued corresponding respiratory masks to filter these harmful particles, but some local defense troops who did not have this condition could only make do with a few more layers of scarves.
And these dusts filled the air, making the sunlight cast from the sky dim all day long, making it difficult to see clearly.
Under abnormal air refraction, if you stare at something for a long time, you will have hallucinations. Is it normal?
But what happened next ruthlessly shattered Li Kexi's last hope of luck.
He saw the entire nest come to life!
The steel objects that were originally motionless in his field of vision began to twist and squirm in his eyes.
Even when he was so far away, he could see his twisting. You can imagine how terrifying this twisting would be if he were up close.
A huge sense of uneasiness arose in his heart.
What's next?
He didn't know, he had no idea.
He hurried back to the headquarters and asked his subordinates to get the information back as soon as possible.
Even though they completely withdrew from the city, they did not completely relax their surveillance of Fino City.Although the base camp is set up dozens of kilometers away from the city, there are outpost camps much closer; there are even several outposts inside the city.If the pressure is high, then withdraw temporarily; if the pressure is low, go back and set up a few sentry posts. In short, you can't really know nothing about this devil's cave.
The results are very pessimistic.
There is no news from the sentry point.
The team that advanced to the barracks was attacked by enemies coming out of the nest.A large number of plague flies moved forward to cover the barracks.The military's anti-aircraft firepower has done its best to cover the brothers in the forward barracks. Some artillery units have even used air burst bombs to strike about one kilometer in front of the forward barracks.The flying height of plague fly swarms is generally not very high. Air-blasted grenades at a height of about ten to twenty meters can have a considerable impact on these flying monsters that are about the size of a human torso - especially since they like to move intensively.
Under various fire cover, the soldiers in the advancing camp finally withdrew.
Although the losses were considerable, they still succeeded in bringing back valuable information.
As Li Kexi could see from a distance, the entire city came alive.
The building skins, which were originally made of steel and cement, began to twist like living bodies, and began to be covered with a layer of flesh and blood and something organic.
This is very bad news, but for the time being, no one knows what exactly these changes will entail.
Li Kexi was called to a military meeting by Lieutenant General Hans. At the same time, the Astra Militarum continued to send reconnaissance troops to observe the changes in the hive city up close.
In the following days, various information continued to be sent back.
The building turned into irregular pus and flesh, and a large number of twisted limbs appeared. Plague demons, walking corpses, and swarms of plague flies drilled and flew around in the hollows.
The entire hive city came to life!It's not that they don't want to change the situation, but when there were no changes before, they couldn't break into Fino City, let alone now.Each of those plague monsters became violent, becoming more aggressive and powerful.
Pulling the artillery within range and projecting artillery fire towards the coming-of-life hive city had no effect.People didn't bother to open the void shield at the beginning. It was just a heavy artillery grenade, but what did it mean to the entire hive when it was blasted?
Later, when there were more bombardments, he lazily opened his shield, showed a little respect, and then completely stopped thinking about the Astra Militarum.
Then, something even more terrifying happened: the hive city came back to life and started to move.
It generally maintains the appearance of a city and a hive. Many buildings are connected together by the original pipelines, roads, foundations, and underground structures, forming a large mass of flesh and blood monsters like a city.
It seems to be a matter of course that a 'living' thing can move, right?
But when all this really happened in front of them, they still felt numb.
When a huge hive city that could accommodate a billion people was built, and began to move towards the Astra Militarum with overwhelming force, the only thought left in people's minds was 'fear'.
The hive city crawled forward on the ground. The observed speed was actually not very fast. It was just over two kilometers per hour, which was slower than the speed of human walking.
But the scary thing is, it works day and night!
In just one day, 'Fino City' has moved forward nearly thirty kilometers!
Even the elite Astra Militarum, let alone the ordinary planetary defense forces, has begun to lose morale.
The main army was deployed dozens of kilometers away from the nest. It seemed quite far away, but just one day later, it was almost within reach.
At this time, the Astra Militarum command meeting has not yet come to a conclusion.
Some people insisted on holding on, saying there was no reason to retreat just because the battle was difficult.They withdrew. What else on this planet could stop such a crawling city?
But more people feel that they can't block it - the key is what to block it with?The flesh and blood of millions of people?Not enough for this creeping hive to swallow in one gulp!
And when this chaotic first day passed, the commanders of the Astra Militarum who had not yet reached an agreement did not need to continue discussing.
The grassroots soldiers have made the decision on their behalf.
The first to collapse was the local planetary defense force on Koroga.The creeping city was less than twenty kilometers away from them, and when it was still pressing forward step by step, they instinctively started to run back.
At the beginning, I could still pack my things before running away, but before I finished packing, after an hour, the huge thing that covered the sky and the sun came a lot closer. How could I dare to continue packing?Sayazi, run away!
This was almost a mutiny, the kind that even the military judges could not control.
Moreover, are military judges not afraid?
Just as scared.
After the Planetary Defense Force collapsed, so did the Astra Militarum.
Involuntary and forced.
The Astra Militarum can fight to the death against ferocious enemies under heavy artillery fire. Even at a micro level, many soldiers have the idea of fighting to the death, even if they are performing missions that require death.
However, this situation is too special right now.
Dare to die because there is hope.It is with the intention of sacrificing myself for the overall victory.
but now?
No one knows how to win, and they don't even have the idea of taking a backing before death.
who?
This is simply not something that humans can fight against!
Under such a general trend, the military meeting still has a hammer?
Lieutenant General Hans lost his temper, but in the end he could only sigh and order the entire army to retreat.
But...retreating is easier said than done?
People walk faster than in Fino City, but people can't march 24 hours a day without sleep.
People need to sleep, rest, and eat.
At the level of the army, the troops must be organized and have logistical supplies...
Being chased by such a creeping nest that moves at a speed of thirty kilometers per day, let alone whether it will be caught up, the entire army structure will be scattered just by running like this.
As a last resort, Lieutenant General Hans made two decisions.
The troops began to disperse and run to both sides, avoiding the route of 'Fino City'.It can't come after people, right?Even if it is chasing, it can only chase in one direction.
Secondly, several company-sized death squads were organized to try to counterattack the city.
Those who dare to go against the current are undoubtedly warriors.
Then, they saw two companies. When they just approached, several holes were opened in the 'skin' of the Creeping Hive, and dark green heavy artillery covered it.
The troops were alert and brave enough. They faced the artillery fire, accelerated their charge in vehicles, and tried to use some vehicle-mounted weapons to launch counterattacks at the protruding muzzles of the guns.
Immediately afterwards, the troops, which suffered heavy losses, rushed into the city in one breath.
The creeping hive city generally maintains the appearance of a city, but every inch of the 'ground' is like a carpet of flesh. Together with the underground structure, it drags the hive city with it, leaving a huge scar hundreds of meters deep on the surface. Squirming forward.
They stepped onto what was once a road but was now just a squirming carpet of flesh, and continued to rush towards the interior of the 'city'.
Then, a large number of monsters rushed out from those flesh-and-blood buildings.They soon could no longer move forward and started fighting with a large number of plague monsters in the nest.
"We are almost... damaged, damaged, damaged... exhausted... We will set off... the bomb... Long live the Empire!"
The communication signal that was supposed to maintain communication with the headquarters at all times became extremely unstable after they entered the hive.The above sentence is the last message sent back from a company.
Then, the commanders who were observing from a distance with military telescopes saw an explosion occurring in a very shallow place in the hive.Several flesh-and-blood buildings were blasted with huge gaps, and flames suddenly rose violently.
Originally performing a fatal mission, each of their companies brought powerful bombs, including melt bombs and nuclear incendiary bombs.
The destructive power is not small, but it is not enough to destroy a city.
Not to mention, this is no ordinary city.
The flames were quickly extinguished, and the damaged part was like a big abscess. It was not repaired, but it didn't affect anything.
The Creeping Nest only slowed down a little, stopped for about 20 minutes, and then started to move again.
(End of this chapter)
The commander of the Pegasus fleet conducting orbital support in Koroga actually made a good judgment.
It is impossible for the Navy to engage in anti-orbital firepower from the surface in this case.
This is not realistic.
They have a 'never fall' planet surface for defense. If they don't deal with anti-orbital firepower and void shields, this battle can't be fought.
The void shield is second best. Even if it is broken, the anti-orbital cannon can be hidden in the bottom hive, and the cannon can still be fired at you.
Is the starship hard, or is the planet's surface hard?
This is obvious.
They asked the Army to solve the problem of anti-orbital firepower, otherwise they would refuse to continue fighting. Logically speaking, this is not an excessive request.
but……
After fighting in Fino City for so long, the Army brothers clearly know how terrifying the things in Fino City are.
Although they did not want to capture Fino City independently, but just entered the hive to find and destroy the anti-orbital point, it was best to close the void shield.However, Lieutenant General Hans could not estimate how many people under his command would die in order to achieve this goal.
It is said that the Astra Militarum is not afraid of sacrifice, but the key is that if they are all dead, what will happen next?
What's more, who is really not afraid of death?
They have been unable to enter the Diji District of Fino City since two years ago.If you force your way inside, the underbelly area will swallow up all those who dare to enter.
And no matter how elite the Astra Militarum is, it is impossible to withstand a war with a casualty rate so high that it is impossible to estimate.
At first, the Astra Militarum were still gathering around Fino, fearful that tens of millions of plague armies would rush out and things would suddenly get out of control.
But that didn't happen.
It has been a year since they withdrew from the hive city, the orbital strike failed, and the navy refused to continue fighting. The situation around Fino City is actually still relatively calm.
Although the current calm is quite scary, those plague evildoers have proven their power.In the past few years, the problem of the bottom nest area has not been solved, allowing people to develop void shields and anti-rail guns.Now, they have occupied the entire city and have been working on it silently for another year. Who knows what big work they can do?
But what can we do if we are still worried?
The Astra Militarum cannot always have so many people in this place where there is no fighting.
As the problems in other hives became increasingly serious, and there was indeed no movement in Fino City for a long time, troops were gradually transferred to other places to suppress cults and rebels.
But no matter how noisy other places are, Fino City doesn't dare to relax too much.Even now, at the very least, there are at least 500 million Astra Militarum troops and tens of millions of planetary defense troops, 'basking in the sun' and just watching.
Many people, such as Ruggie Likosi, can actually see that the city of Fino is a huge time bomb.
No one knows when it will explode, but there is no doubt that it will explode at some point.
However, when the day of the explosion finally came, everything that happened was still so unexpected.
And this time is exactly this moment.
Li Kexi was still looking at the huge hive city in the distance, in a daze, thinking about the past, when he suddenly felt that the whole city seemed to be moving.
He suddenly woke up.
He first wondered if he had seen it wrong.
That's actually normal.The air in Koroga is filled with yellow dust.It is non-toxic, or is toxic in trace amounts, but no one wants to inhale dust in their nose or lungs.The troops were issued corresponding respiratory masks to filter these harmful particles, but some local defense troops who did not have this condition could only make do with a few more layers of scarves.
And these dusts filled the air, making the sunlight cast from the sky dim all day long, making it difficult to see clearly.
Under abnormal air refraction, if you stare at something for a long time, you will have hallucinations. Is it normal?
But what happened next ruthlessly shattered Li Kexi's last hope of luck.
He saw the entire nest come to life!
The steel objects that were originally motionless in his field of vision began to twist and squirm in his eyes.
Even when he was so far away, he could see his twisting. You can imagine how terrifying this twisting would be if he were up close.
A huge sense of uneasiness arose in his heart.
What's next?
He didn't know, he had no idea.
He hurried back to the headquarters and asked his subordinates to get the information back as soon as possible.
Even though they completely withdrew from the city, they did not completely relax their surveillance of Fino City.Although the base camp is set up dozens of kilometers away from the city, there are outpost camps much closer; there are even several outposts inside the city.If the pressure is high, then withdraw temporarily; if the pressure is low, go back and set up a few sentry posts. In short, you can't really know nothing about this devil's cave.
The results are very pessimistic.
There is no news from the sentry point.
The team that advanced to the barracks was attacked by enemies coming out of the nest.A large number of plague flies moved forward to cover the barracks.The military's anti-aircraft firepower has done its best to cover the brothers in the forward barracks. Some artillery units have even used air burst bombs to strike about one kilometer in front of the forward barracks.The flying height of plague fly swarms is generally not very high. Air-blasted grenades at a height of about ten to twenty meters can have a considerable impact on these flying monsters that are about the size of a human torso - especially since they like to move intensively.
Under various fire cover, the soldiers in the advancing camp finally withdrew.
Although the losses were considerable, they still succeeded in bringing back valuable information.
As Li Kexi could see from a distance, the entire city came alive.
The building skins, which were originally made of steel and cement, began to twist like living bodies, and began to be covered with a layer of flesh and blood and something organic.
This is very bad news, but for the time being, no one knows what exactly these changes will entail.
Li Kexi was called to a military meeting by Lieutenant General Hans. At the same time, the Astra Militarum continued to send reconnaissance troops to observe the changes in the hive city up close.
In the following days, various information continued to be sent back.
The building turned into irregular pus and flesh, and a large number of twisted limbs appeared. Plague demons, walking corpses, and swarms of plague flies drilled and flew around in the hollows.
The entire hive city came to life!It's not that they don't want to change the situation, but when there were no changes before, they couldn't break into Fino City, let alone now.Each of those plague monsters became violent, becoming more aggressive and powerful.
Pulling the artillery within range and projecting artillery fire towards the coming-of-life hive city had no effect.People didn't bother to open the void shield at the beginning. It was just a heavy artillery grenade, but what did it mean to the entire hive when it was blasted?
Later, when there were more bombardments, he lazily opened his shield, showed a little respect, and then completely stopped thinking about the Astra Militarum.
Then, something even more terrifying happened: the hive city came back to life and started to move.
It generally maintains the appearance of a city and a hive. Many buildings are connected together by the original pipelines, roads, foundations, and underground structures, forming a large mass of flesh and blood monsters like a city.
It seems to be a matter of course that a 'living' thing can move, right?
But when all this really happened in front of them, they still felt numb.
When a huge hive city that could accommodate a billion people was built, and began to move towards the Astra Militarum with overwhelming force, the only thought left in people's minds was 'fear'.
The hive city crawled forward on the ground. The observed speed was actually not very fast. It was just over two kilometers per hour, which was slower than the speed of human walking.
But the scary thing is, it works day and night!
In just one day, 'Fino City' has moved forward nearly thirty kilometers!
Even the elite Astra Militarum, let alone the ordinary planetary defense forces, has begun to lose morale.
The main army was deployed dozens of kilometers away from the nest. It seemed quite far away, but just one day later, it was almost within reach.
At this time, the Astra Militarum command meeting has not yet come to a conclusion.
Some people insisted on holding on, saying there was no reason to retreat just because the battle was difficult.They withdrew. What else on this planet could stop such a crawling city?
But more people feel that they can't block it - the key is what to block it with?The flesh and blood of millions of people?Not enough for this creeping hive to swallow in one gulp!
And when this chaotic first day passed, the commanders of the Astra Militarum who had not yet reached an agreement did not need to continue discussing.
The grassroots soldiers have made the decision on their behalf.
The first to collapse was the local planetary defense force on Koroga.The creeping city was less than twenty kilometers away from them, and when it was still pressing forward step by step, they instinctively started to run back.
At the beginning, I could still pack my things before running away, but before I finished packing, after an hour, the huge thing that covered the sky and the sun came a lot closer. How could I dare to continue packing?Sayazi, run away!
This was almost a mutiny, the kind that even the military judges could not control.
Moreover, are military judges not afraid?
Just as scared.
After the Planetary Defense Force collapsed, so did the Astra Militarum.
Involuntary and forced.
The Astra Militarum can fight to the death against ferocious enemies under heavy artillery fire. Even at a micro level, many soldiers have the idea of fighting to the death, even if they are performing missions that require death.
However, this situation is too special right now.
Dare to die because there is hope.It is with the intention of sacrificing myself for the overall victory.
but now?
No one knows how to win, and they don't even have the idea of taking a backing before death.
who?
This is simply not something that humans can fight against!
Under such a general trend, the military meeting still has a hammer?
Lieutenant General Hans lost his temper, but in the end he could only sigh and order the entire army to retreat.
But...retreating is easier said than done?
People walk faster than in Fino City, but people can't march 24 hours a day without sleep.
People need to sleep, rest, and eat.
At the level of the army, the troops must be organized and have logistical supplies...
Being chased by such a creeping nest that moves at a speed of thirty kilometers per day, let alone whether it will be caught up, the entire army structure will be scattered just by running like this.
As a last resort, Lieutenant General Hans made two decisions.
The troops began to disperse and run to both sides, avoiding the route of 'Fino City'.It can't come after people, right?Even if it is chasing, it can only chase in one direction.
Secondly, several company-sized death squads were organized to try to counterattack the city.
Those who dare to go against the current are undoubtedly warriors.
Then, they saw two companies. When they just approached, several holes were opened in the 'skin' of the Creeping Hive, and dark green heavy artillery covered it.
The troops were alert and brave enough. They faced the artillery fire, accelerated their charge in vehicles, and tried to use some vehicle-mounted weapons to launch counterattacks at the protruding muzzles of the guns.
Immediately afterwards, the troops, which suffered heavy losses, rushed into the city in one breath.
The creeping hive city generally maintains the appearance of a city, but every inch of the 'ground' is like a carpet of flesh. Together with the underground structure, it drags the hive city with it, leaving a huge scar hundreds of meters deep on the surface. Squirming forward.
They stepped onto what was once a road but was now just a squirming carpet of flesh, and continued to rush towards the interior of the 'city'.
Then, a large number of monsters rushed out from those flesh-and-blood buildings.They soon could no longer move forward and started fighting with a large number of plague monsters in the nest.
"We are almost... damaged, damaged, damaged... exhausted... We will set off... the bomb... Long live the Empire!"
The communication signal that was supposed to maintain communication with the headquarters at all times became extremely unstable after they entered the hive.The above sentence is the last message sent back from a company.
Then, the commanders who were observing from a distance with military telescopes saw an explosion occurring in a very shallow place in the hive.Several flesh-and-blood buildings were blasted with huge gaps, and flames suddenly rose violently.
Originally performing a fatal mission, each of their companies brought powerful bombs, including melt bombs and nuclear incendiary bombs.
The destructive power is not small, but it is not enough to destroy a city.
Not to mention, this is no ordinary city.
The flames were quickly extinguished, and the damaged part was like a big abscess. It was not repaired, but it didn't affect anything.
The Creeping Nest only slowed down a little, stopped for about 20 minutes, and then started to move again.
(End of this chapter)
