On the surface: “Where are the Marines? We need backup!” The few remaining soldiers roared as they watched the swarm of bugs surge toward them.
“Boom! Boom!” Two deep cannon blasts sent the bugs flying. Smoke curled from the assault cannon in the hands of a mech that had just dropped in.
At the same time, one landing pod after another streaked across the sky, trailing flames. More troops kept landing, and the swarm was gradually pushed back.
On a distant hillside, the insect artillery units opened fire. Plasma blasts streaked through the air, roasting entire groups of soldiers. “Brothers, reinforcements are here!!” Fighters swooped down and launched missiles. Smoke shrouded the hillside, silencing the insect artillery for a while.
The spines of the stabbing bugs hidden in the swarm rose high and struck the newly ascending aircraft, turning them into fireballs. The tanks rolling out of the landing pods flashed their guns. “Boom!” A hole was blasted in the swarm.
The swarm kept hatching and pouring in without end. “Requesting fleet support!”
In orbit around the planet, the guns of an orbital support ship slowly opened fire, blasting a gigantic crater into the surface. But an insect cruiser immediately trained its guns on her, and a biological railgun tore through her armor.
Mech fighters rapidly launched from the carrier and battled the flying insects to the death.
The bloodied shipgirl stood on the bridge, gazing at the azure planet as she murmured, “Wenya, we’re back.”
