Although the first wave of Zerg offensive was contained, it was just the beginning, and the large number of Zerglings were just an appetizer.

Swarms of zerg units continued to charge towards the defensive positions. Although the basilisk cannons killed swarms of worms, the endless zerg units seemed to be endless.

Soon, the zerg offensive on Marsala escalated, and more advanced swarm units appeared on the battlefield, such as swarm hosts and mutalisks.

The large insect swarm host took root outside the range of the defense line, and then a large number of locusts were hatched and rushed towards the position.

These hatched locusts, which have a very short life span, are disposable cannon fodder for the insect swarm. They only need a little bit of biomass to be produced to attract enemy artillery fire.

The swarm launched one charge after another. Although each charge was suppressed by the soldiers on the first line of defense with abundant firepower, the long-term fire coverage also made the ammunition on the defense line somewhat stretched.

"Where's the ammunition box? Quickly change the ammunition for this Tarantula turret." A squad leader on the left side of the defense line roared at his men. The laser rifle in his hand kept shooting at the charging springtails until the battery was consumed.

Almost exhausted.

His soldiers dragged an ammunition box full of explosive bombs from nearby and hurriedly replaced it with the Wolf Spider turret that had ceased fire. With a click, the Wolf Spider turret once again sprayed barrages at the charging Springtails.

"Damn flying bugs, where are the anti-aircraft guns? Where is our air force?"

A large number of alien dragons approached the defense line like dark clouds. Before these alien dragons could throw blade insects at the humans on the ground, Thunderbolt fighters and Fury interceptors intercepted them.

In an instant, a huge amount of explosive bombs and lasers streaked across the sky. The high-power multi-link laser directly scorched the alien dragon in mid-air. The nuclear fusion warhead of the bomb directly shattered the alien dragon from the inside out.

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The number of alien dragons in the sky is decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the attacks of these flying insects are not ineffective. The alien dragons throw blade insects that can perform "degradation explosions". These blade insects can penetrate the Viking fighter's armor.

Armor, although the fighter jets of the Human Empire have always been famous for their rough skin and thick flesh, hundreds of consecutive attacks still severely damaged the fighter jets fighting the alien dragons.

Compared to the Fury Interceptor, which had thicker armor, the Thunderbolt Fighter, which had weaker armor, suffered losses after its armor withstood multiple rounds of attacks. Five or six Thunderbolt Fighters fell to the ground with thick smoke, due to the impact of falling on the Zerg.

In the control area, the pilots above may not be able to escape.

"Quickly find a way to kill those bugs with spores on their backs. They are hatching more bugs." After discovering the insect swarm hosts, the company commander at the top immediately commanded heavy weapons to clear them out.

Under the control of the mechanical priest, the Wolf Spider turret equipped with the Helios missile launcher slowly rotated and aimed the muzzle in the direction of the insect swarm host.

The machine soul of the Wolf Spider turret locked onto the target, and then launched all the Helios missiles. The insect swarm hosts in the distance had noticed something was wrong and wanted to change positions, but before they could pull their bodies out from the ground, the missiles

It had already fallen to the ground.

Eight Helios missiles triggered a violent explosion, sweeping away dozens of insect swarm hosts.

"Nice shot, hurry up and reload the missile."

Just as the technicians were reloading the Helios missile in an orderly manner, the ground shook violently, and several Nydus Worms suddenly rushed out of the ground, spitting out a large number of springtails, hydralisks, and cockroaches in the defense line.

"The bugs have entered the first line of defense, what should we do?"

"The Space Marines have entered the battlefield and stabilized the defense line."

At the second line of defense, Sergeant Magra pulled out the power ax from his waist and pressed the switch on the ax handle. The entire ax blade was instantly covered with crackling blue arcs.

Magra then jumped into the trench of the first line of defense. As soon as he entered the trench, several springtails rushed towards him.

Looking at the several bugs rushing over, Magra's heart showed no fluctuation. He just raised his left hand, then pulled the trigger. Bang bang, two gunshots were fired, and the bolt pistol fired directly, killing the two bugs in front.

, and then Magera swung his battle ax to slash at the remaining springtails.

Magra was a warrior of the Warhounds during the Great Crusade. He was not famous among the Warhounds, but his superb ax skills made him an excellent non-commissioned officer.

The Zergling was hit by the crackling power ax as if it was actively ramming into his ax blade. The carapace that had resisted laser rifle fire was like butter cut open by a hot knife in front of the ax blade. The flesh and blood of the Zerg was cut by the ultra-high temperature.

Melts and emits an unpleasant burnt smell.

The ax blade was flying, and with just a few careless swings, more than ten zerg died in Magra's hands. Even cockroaches with hard shells were not spared. In front of the power ax, they could withstand the chitin of the Gauss rifle.

The carapace is as thin as paper.

The slaughter of Magra is just a microcosm of this battlefield. As the Space Marines plunge into the battle against the zerg swarm, the first line of defense becomes stable again.

As the Space Marine company expanded, the originally relatively abundant power weapons became somewhat scarce, so the power weapons that every Space Marine could equip were instead used by sergeants and veterans, while the new recruits uniformly used chainswords.

On the battlefield of Marsala, half of the Space Marines fought with chainswords.

Compared with the efficiency of power weapons, the chain sword is quite brutal. In the roaring sound of rotation, the single-molecule saw teeth stir up the body of the zerg until the flesh and blood are blurred. The juice overflows, and the blood of the zerg is also stained on the armor of the warriors.

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While the first line of defense was stable, the air battle was coming to an end. The Expeditionary Force's fighter wing eliminated the threat posed by the Zerg Air Force to the excavation base with a huge battle loss ratio.

"Commander Zemore, I am Lieutenant Yilan on the front line. The alien dragons in the air have been dispersed. Thunder Eagles can be sent for close air support. Coordinates are b3-f06."

"Received, Lieutenant, the 3rd Thunderhawk Squadron will arrive in five minutes." Hanging up the radio, Zemore immediately began to dock with the Opal Dragon battleship in orbit.

Soon, four Thunderhawks quickly entered the atmosphere driven by rocket engines. The Thunderhawk gunships, equipped with a large number of heavy explosive bombs and six Hellstrike missiles, were able to efficiently clear enemy units on the ground.

After re-entering the atmosphere, the Leiyin gunship quickly approached the battlefield at a speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour. After the Cygnus Machine Soul locked on the densest location of the Zerg, all six Hell Strike missiles were projected out, and the above heavy explosive bombs also began to be wantonly
Chapter completed!