From the depths of the darkness, the huge ship approached the orange-red planet. The words "Expedition" were engraved on the hull and integrated with the pitch-black steel armor. Like a sharp sword piercing through the darkness, it exuded a cold light in the starry sky.
The bowl-shaped engine ejected a crimson light and then suddenly stopped.
Under the action of inertia, the Seagull-class transport ship slowly stopped in the synchronous orbit of Mars.
"Main engine shut down."
"Secondary engine ignited."
"Orbital parameters corrected."
"Feedback beam confirmed, center of gravity height normal, confirmed to enter synchronous orbit."
"Secondary engine shut down."
After a series of sounds, the serious and tense atmosphere in the entire bridge suddenly relaxed.
A man in a military uniform walked next to the captain and saluted.
"Captain, we have arrived above the colony! Waiting for your instructions! "
The dignified man stood in the bridge and looked at the fiery red planet outside the window.
"Release the hibernation chamber."
"Yes!"
Outside the bridge, inside the transport cabin.
The cold light in the corner lit up one after another, illuminating the entire rectangular space.
The frozen cabins lined up on the wall lit up with a faint blue arc, and mist sprayed from the gap between the cockpit and the hatch, making a sizzling sound.
The hibernation chamber opened one after another, and the members who were released from the hibernation state opened their eyes. They pushed open the half-closed hatch and stepped out. Just like they had trained countless times in exercises, they rushed to the battle position in an orderly manner.
The crew members in blue overalls rushed to the gun positions, observation positions, power rooms, and other function rooms. The Marines in gray-white uniforms rushed into the equipment warehouse, changed into the aerospace kinetic skeleton and Gauss rifles, and lined up in front of the buffer cabin door on standby.
Inside the bridge.
The officer returned to the captain's side and saluted.
"The hibernation chamber has been awakened."
"Connect to the colony channel."
"Yes!"
The holographic screen appeared in the middle of the bridge. After a series of white flashed, the picture on the screen quickly stabilized.
Looking at the man on the screen, a smile appeared on the captain's resolute and calm face.
On the other side, standing in the command room of the colony, Hong Zewei looked at his friend on the screen who finished the captain training one year later than him. He sighed emotionally.
Clearing his throat, he used a calm voice to welcome the arrival of the reinforcements on behalf of the colony.
"This is the Mars Colony. Welcome to the Expedition."
"This is USS Expedition. The first echelon of the Marine Corps is currently airborne. Thank you for your hard work."
…
Looking up at the sky above the colony, the shock and joy in Zhang Hai's eyes gradually enlarged.
The prism-shaped airdrop cabins dragged a faint blue arc across the air and finally slammed into the desert near the colony.
Dust soared into the sky, and the red sand that filled the sky instantly rushed toward the sand dunes dozens of meters away.
The doors on all sides of the airdrop cabin opened and fell heavily to the ground.
One after another, the new half-track armored vehicles drove out of the hatch, stirring up clouds of dust behind them.
This new half-track infantry vehicle was called the Pathfinder T-2. Compared with the Pathfinder T-1 deployed by the colonial advance marines, the tonnage of the vehicle was increased, the rubber wheels were replaced with a half-track design, and the barrel on the top of the infantry vehicle was changed to a rapid-fire gun that fired electromagnetic projectiles.
This improvement was mainly to deal with the possible appearance of the extraterrestrial civilization armored units at Mine 071. However, they didn't expect that there was only a weathered ruin under Mine 071, and there was not even a shadow of a living person.
However, there was a new turn of events. The Devil Worms that suddenly drilled out of the ground caught Celestial Trade off guard. Therefore, the more than one hundred Pathfinder T-2s were once again used in the battle to eliminate Devil Worms and provide armor protection to vulnerable soft targets.
The movement outside the Mars colony obviously attracted the attention of the Devil Worms wandering nearby.
Feeling the tremor from the surface, the Devil Worms drilled out of the oxygen supply layer, like dragons swimming underground, and accelerated to the direction of the source of the earthquake. They suddenly drilled out of the ground and bit the "new neighbors" they had never seen before.
"Squeak!"
The low roar was like a cry of pain. The two pairs of scythes cut on the solid steel and only left a crack the width of a thumb.
The barrel of the bowl-sized rapid-fire cannon suddenly flashed a dazzling white light, and the projectile accelerated to multiple times the speed of sound instantly tore through the Devil Worms' keratin armor and turned the Devil Worms that drilled out of the ground into a sieve. These worms were like earthworms that drilled out of the ground. They rushed out of the ground one after another and bit the armored vehicles of the Celestial Trade Marines.
However, with their low intelligence, they didn't quickly realize how stupid their behavior was.
The scythes that could tear through granite collided with the solid Grade A steel. They couldn't break the defense of the armored vehicles at all. At most, they could only cause some interference to the formation of the Celestial Trade Marines. However, when the individuals that realized this began to retreat and tried to put their heads back into the sand, it was too late.
On the colonization ship, the captain, who had ended the communication with the colony, locked his eyes on the red dots on the satellite map.
Life detection device.
The maximum depth of detection for underground creatures was only five kilometers, but for the Devil Worms that had risen due to the movement on the surface, this range was enough.
When the armored units of the Celestial Trade Marines completed their assembly, he immediately ordered.
"Depth of five kilometers, launch the penetrator!"
"Roger!"
As the order was issued, the crew in the bridge immediately became busy.
"Support weapons loaded!"
"Coordinates locked!"
"Launch!"
A long object separated from SS Expedition in the synchronous orbit. After it fell for a distance, the silent engine at the tail suddenly flashed with orange-red flames.
Under the dual effect of gravity and the engine, the missile began to accelerate, crossed a distance of 17031 kilometers, and slammed into an empty sand dune.
The dust drifted away, and the sand dune was eerily quiet, just like the silent bridge …
On the holographic screen in the center of the bridge, the red dot that attracted everyone's attention was rapidly decreasing its altitude.
When the altitude value jumped to minus five kilometers, the gunner sitting in front of the console calmly said.
"Confirmed hit!"
Almost as soon as the voice fell, the orange-red flames were like rolling magma, engulfing the rock passage five kilometers below, the hollow layer, and the Devil Worms lurking in it.
The temperature of thousands of degrees even ignited the air, and even metamorphic rocks could not withstand the terrifying temperature. They were directly liquefied into magma, and from the dome of the hollow layer, needle-like stalagmites emerged.
No creature could survive such a purgatory.
Even a species that had lived for 3.7 billion years would eventually be defeated in front of the weapons of civilized people.
The high-temperature flames quickly dissipated.
A string of red dots on the screen that marked the source of life also extinguished.
An officer walked to the captain's side, saluted, and said in a straightforward manner.
"A total of twenty-seven Devil Worms, confirmed killed!"
The captain nodded as he listened to the adjutant's report. A hint of pride flashed in his eyes as he looked at the red planet.
Devil Worm?
Alien species?
In front of the iron hooves of Celestial Trade.
Nothing more!
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