Chapter 687, The Firstborn Legion
"Reinforcements?"
With hope aroused, Lin Xiaodong even stepped out of the command vehicle and looked into the distance with a telescope.
He saw a bright red flag planted on the hilltop in the direction of the tank company's charge.
And that direction was the source of the ferocious artillery fire from the insect swarm. The insect nest's biological artillery should be there.
Lin Xiaodong could also recognize who the bright red flag came from: the eldest son army from Frost Plain Star.
Their military uniforms are always bright red, and they wear their iconic long fur leather ear-protecting hats, with the Empire's Sky Eagle logo in the middle of the hat. The soldiers of this Astra Militarum legion basically come from a hive world called "Frostfield Star" in the northern border of the empire. According to the tradition of the frost planet, the eldest son of every family on this planet should join the legion to serve.
In addition, the entire planet has quite abundant geothermal energy, ore raw materials, and has long-term cooperation with the Mechanicus. The productivity is also relatively developed, and the equipment can be produced by itself.
The relatively harsh natural environment on the planet has also cultivated the very tough qualities of the Frost Planet people.
The combination of many parties made the First Son Legion's combat effectiveness quite outstanding.
Although the natural environment of the entire planet is average, it maintains good stability through powerful military power. The huge military strength is enough for them to form the Astra Militarum and accept recruitment from all parties in the empire.
The First Son Legion has been active throughout the empire for a long time. Over the course of thousands of years, it has participated in many wars. Not only has it achieved considerable military exploits and gained many benefits for its home planet, but it has also become a well-known name in the entire empire. Astra Militarum Legion.
When the Northern Front Army was established, the First Son Army joined; then, they also increased their efforts many times and sent more troops. At its peak, the Eldest Son Army had about 50 million troops on the Northern Front.
However, it stands to reason that it no longer exists.
They should have all been lost in the naval battle of the Northern Front.
To be honest, the First Son Legion lost quite unfairly.
It has nothing to do with them at all. We can't let them, the soldiers of the Astra Militarum, take the blame for the defeat in the naval battle.
On the contrary, they are the biggest victims. Even though they did nothing wrong, tens of millions of people disappeared without a trace.
Among the remnants of the Northern Front that were rescued by the Alliance, there were no members of the First Son Legion. They are even less likely to be included in the current wave of tactical operations to land on the ground despite huge losses.
So where did this group of Firstborn Legion soldiers who raided the insect swarm's living artillery position on the other side of the mountain come from?
Could it be that they were the troops who stayed on the ground in Rheadoches when the Northern Front Army was defeated a year and a half ago?
They held on for a year and a half without any external supplies, with their orbit completely out of control, and under constant siege by insect swarms?
It's incredible.
However, now is not the time to think about this.
"Comrades, let's move faster! Don't waste the opportunity!"
"As far as possible, get in touch with the troops suspected of being the First Son Legion in front, confirm the situation, and discuss what to do next."
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"Let them quickly establish artillery positions and cooperate with us to destroy this Zerg force. Then they must follow us and set off together. Our target is an air defense nest forty kilometers away from us."
The person who spoke was Qin Zhiping, the senior chief judge of the Foreign Affairs Tribunal. At this moment, he was wearing a feedback power armor and was surrounded by ten Silver Watch soldiers. Together with him, he was fighting side by side with the soldiers of the First Son Legion.
He has eliminated many living artillery pieces and is doing the final clearing work. Several vanguard companies of the First Son Legion have already constructed fire positions from the top of the mountain to block the retreat route of the insect swarm.
After the condescending fire position was constructed and the artillery position on the Alliance Army side was erected to provide abundant fire cover, Qin Zhiping led his ten Silver Watch Space Marines under the cover of many First Son Legion soldiers. Next, he launched an assault on the insect swarm blocked from the front and rear, completing the beheading operation.
It was an 'executioner'. This is a high-level unit in the swarm, and its combat power can even defeat ordinary space warriors. At the same time, it is also the highest node creature in the current Zerg army. After its head was cut off, all the low-level bugs next to it immediately turned into dementia.
Although the subsequent battle lasted for a while, it was not long, and the price paid was much lower than a normal battle with this Zerg force.
After the two troops merged, Commander Lin Xiaodong of the Alliance Army asked them about their situation in surprise.
Qin Zhiping did not refuse to answer, but asked the two troops to unify their command first and go with him to launch an attack on an air defense insect hole.
After it is captured, at least the near-ground part of this area will be safer for the troops landing later.
Lin Xiaodong thought for a moment and agreed.
First of all, their mission is to try to join the surrounding friendly forces after landing, establish a stable ground position, and meet the subsequent landing troops. And if you can directly attack and destroy an enemy's air defense insect hole, it is obviously a better choice.
Secondly, there is no problem in letting Qin Zhiping command them. The presiding judge of the Anti-Foreign Order has a high status and can even talk to their Governor Gu. There is no problem in commanding their division with only one-tenth of its strength.
On the contrary, Colonel Lin was more surprised as to why Qin Zhiping was here.
Although he didn't know him and his identity was far different, when Lin Xiaodong was in heaven, he knew that Qin Zhiping was an important figure among the rescued remnants of the Northern Front.
It seems a bit strange to mix the two key figures of the remnants of the Northern Front who were rescued by the Alliance with the First Son Legion who completely disappeared a year and a half ago.
On the way, Qin Zhiping explained the reason to Colonel Lin.
By now, there's nothing to keep secret.
In fact, he was the first group of people to fall to the ground in this battle, much earlier than Lin Xiaodong and the others.
However, they did not come down by boat. Otherwise, with such a high casualty rate, it would be a pure waste to put important figures like Qin Zhiping and precious combat forces like Space Marines on the ground.
They descended to the ground through Gu Hang's psychic teleportation method.
In the military meeting before the battle started, he specifically mentioned that a year and a half ago, the Northern Front Army had invested a lot of ground troops on the ground in Rheaducches.
When the fleet collapsed later, these people were abandoned.
But Qin Zhiping believes that a considerable number of people must still be alive.
Maybe not many, but these people should not be ignored.
If it can be used, it will be much more useful than losing troops with a single-digit probability of success. If they existed and could be organized, they could be of great help.
One hundred people is enough to parachute 3,000 people - after all, the initial success rate of landing a transport spaceship is only 3%. Lin Xiaodong's division was lucky to be able to land two out of twelve regiments. Some divisions set off with full strength, but no one survived.
His proposal was supported by Gu Hang. He was not the kind of person who just came up with ideas. He took the initiative to be among the first batch of people to teleport to the ground to contact the remnants of the northern front who might be able to survive.
He actually got in touch.
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Although it's a bit late, the second chapter is up!
sleep!
(End of chapter)