Shi Lang and the four came closer, and they all used a sonic attack together to send all the Zergs charging at them in a daze. They all could see a tank-like vehicle charging at them. This was the cavalry of the Zerg civilization.
Hayley asked, “What to do?”
Shi Lang smiled and said, “This is Alpha requesting an EMP release from the closest Mech unit. The target is the enemy tank charging at my team. Do not destroy the tank just immobilize it.”
Quickly, the closest mech replied, “This is Mech pilot Tungsten. The request is acknowledged Alpha. Attacking with an EMP release in five seconds.”
Shi Lang said, “Guys, time to charge.”
The four replied, “Hoorah!”
Shi Lang took two nanobot spears, channeled them with slight spirit energy, and ran forward. Amelia stood half a step behind him on the left and Jenkins stood on his right, they both held phaser rifles and Hayley stood in the back, with OB-One bringing up the rear.
The people ran forward, with the spears, the zergs dodged the spears and were met with the shower of phasers and Hayley was happily delivering phaser-nades. In five seconds they have rushed almost half the distance from the approaching tank.
The tanks used by the enemy were high tech and even in case of an EMP attack, they all get back up in ten seconds. EMP attacks only immobilized the tanks. That was the intention, as Shi Lang wanted to hijack a vehicle and take it on a joyride.
A shockwave hit the tank and it came to a slow shutdown. Shi Lang and his team were already five meters away from it. Shi Lang said, “Hayley get them out?”
The girl used her special ability and focused to control the two zergs visible to her from the small windows in the tank. The design was much in line with the ancient tanks. The two lizards inside the tank directly attacked the three crewmates inside and then pushed them out of the tank with their last breath.
The other three obviously injured them in self-defense. Shi Lang and the rest did not wait and climbed the tank while killing the Zergs and got inside. The tank may have a design similar to the ancient ones, but the size was big enough to be called a moving building. This tank was operated by five crew members and the firepower was enough to kill almost everyone from the Zerg side.
Shi Lang took the steering and said, “Jenkins, you do the heavy lifting and the turret is yours, girls you are on the secondary weapons. OB-One, you can help me by listing the priority targets and also handling the brakes in the back. These fucking lizards using their tails to the limits.”
The controls were not hard to understand, one time the Federation intercepted an attack and seized whatever was left behind from the attacks. They learned and researched this tank a lot and left behind notes for future use. Shi Lang had been going through everything related to Zergs that he could find.
He was particularly pissed that thee are using the tail for their advantage as the brake pedal was placed in the back. OB-One stood in the back and said, “Sire, the enemy has noticed that this vehicle has been hijacked, a team of enemy tanks is coming over.”
Shi Lang did not waste the time and pressed the ignition button. The tank shook and the systems began to reboot. OB-One said, “Sire, they will be in firing range in thirty seconds.”
The radar and the rest of the systems came up. Shi Lang said, “Guys, I am going to make donuts. Jenkins, you better land that turret.”
Jenkins replied from the side, “No worries, boss.”
Shi Lang put the tank in action and began to run over the zergs in front of him, he controlled the joystick on the left to make the body change the direction, while the upper half of the body, which was the moving turret was focused on the tank closest to them, was controlled by the right joystick.
Jenkins pulled down the periscope and calculated a few things. He said, “Lang, the gravity here is half of the frontier. Right?”
Shi Lang replied in a yes, and then Jenkins said, “Is that why these tanks are so fast?”
OB-One replied, “Yes, Master Jenkins, this vehicle is faster because the friction is low.”
“Then what if I input this value in the gravitation law equation and then calculate the range and time of impact… I am firing, keep it steady.”, said Jenkins.
Shi Lang controlled the turret to be locked onto the incoming tank, while Jenkins picked up a shell and placed it inside the firing chamber of the turret. Then he pulled a trigger from the side with no hesitation.
Amelia asked, “Are we not out of range?” she was confused and so was Amelia.
OB-One said, “Madame, Master Jenkins has calculated and because of the gravity change, the range of attack has increased. Even without digital aiming, the shell will…”
Shi Lang said, “Confirmed hit.”
After that began the dance of death. The tank turned into a machine that the Zergs were scared of. Hayley and Amelia were going trigger crazy with the phasers on the side of the tank.
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Deputy Sikar gulped and said, “Thankfully these psychos are on our side.”
To everyone, the tank seemed to look like a spin top, that was sprinkling phaser beams all around it. The turret was also amazing like Jenkins had destroyed seven tanks in ten minutes. They were on a rampage, the tank was going anywhere and everywhere. The zergs were very disturbed by this, however, the Terran mech divisions have taken charge and the heavy artillery from the Zergs side was rendered useless.
The battle continued for ten hours, during the seventh hour, Shi Lang and his team had to give up the tank as its brakes had failed. This big of a vehicle was not meant to be used to make drifts and donuts. Also, the turret had run out of shells.
For the next three hours, they attacked the Zergs with their own troops the boxes were opened after the Zerg forces were reduced to an equal number, and this was the moment when the speed of the battle had accelerated like a spaceship in space jump.
The Terran soldiers were hiding behind the puppet walls and they were suffocating, after all the enemy had outnumbered them by three to one, so now that the enemy is similar to their forces, they exploded. The opening of the boxes allowed the Terrans to surround the base camp from ten kilometers.
Sikar could see all this from the spaceship and said, “Prepare for the fleet battle. The king of Zergs will be present in the warship ahead. Also, deploy a small ship to bring back the General. We cannot go ahead without him.”
The operator replied, “Yes, Sir.”
Shasha said, “How sure are you that the Zergs do not have any cards up their sleeves?”
Sikar said, “They had the card and that was their quantity, however, now that the base camp is in siege we also have our own preparations regarding this matter. Rest assured.”
Shasha did not know what Sikar meant. He turned to look at the screen again.
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After the Zergs were contained within a radius of ten kilometers. Shi Lang said, “Do not approach. All the platoon leaders step ten meters ahead of the siege.”
The platoon leaders all followed the instructions, these ten people all followed the next commands and took out the spirit stones from the side of their suits. Then the Mechs all bombarded the Zergs with spirit stones in predecided locations. The bombardment was located in the outer parameter. Shi Lang said, “Killer formation, thousand blades of hell.”
He circulated the spirit energy through the spirit stone and so did the other people. The spirit energy resonated with the bombarded spirit stones, some curious Zergs were holding the spirit stones to check what it was, but the resolution and the killing intent of the formation made those Zergs a mound of ash.
The energy radiated was so strong that everything in its path was burned to ashes and what was, even more, this wave of heat was unstoppable. A few Zergs tried to run away, and a desperate attempt to break through the Terran line was made, but as the Zergs who came closer to the ten holders, were directly evaporated.
Shi Lang destroyed the Zerg forces or what remained of them in half an hour. The higher-ups in the base camp did not even get to react. The Zergs had the anatomy of a lizard( Imagine doctor Connors or the lizard from you know where) they were strong but Terrans were their bane.
The Adjudicators were shocked, they could not explain what happened in words. Shi Lang and the terrans had not lost more than a hundred soldiers and they took down the Zergs. This force, this intelligence, this was something that should be valued and this person should either be befriended or stay a stranger, but never offended. Shi Lang had left a strong impression in their minds.