35. Salvation and return

The base commander after he heard the report decided to go to the front lines, soon he joined the rest of the soldiers wearing a impressive exosuit type armour and carrying a special energy fuelled rail gun. His presence inspired and motivated the rest of the soldiers and they didn't feel as much despair.

The enemy army would arrive by evening with the siegers coming in the morning the next day.

The military worked hard repairing the broken defences and adding new ones as it was critical to slow the Cresomorphs as much as possible until reinforcements arrived.

The Cresomorphs this time were mainly defensive units, intending to absorb most of the damage done by the humans. It would then send in the attacking units, followed by the siege units.

The first line of defense would be where the fallen juvenile rammer was, using as an obstacle, the military built different types of defended around it, the engineers set up portable turrets and mines. Electric fences and exploding barricades lined the front. There also pitfalls filled with dangerous things such a pools of acid, metal shredders, and explosive devices.

There are also defensive barriers set up the the soldiers would see through, the barriers would explode by remote and was lined with spikes and electricity.

By the time they were done, there was a few hours of rest. Some sat down to have some food while the medics continuously provided aid to the injured. About 70% of the injured would be ready again for battle once night falls.

Soon the cresomorphs arrived and begun their attack, many energy barrier Cresomorphs were sent out along with a cresomorph that had fused its two arms into a shield. There were also the ordinary melee Cresomorphs that were used as cannon fodder.

The soldiers began firing and began mowing down the cresomorphs, grenades were thrown out and secondaries ammunition were used to disable the energy shields.

Soon the cresomorphs reached the traps and began getting damaged or killed triggering them, all the various military personel excluding the medics participated, and with the added support were able to hold them off for the entire night.

Morning arrived and the fully grown Cresomorph rammer had arrived, the military retreated to the outer wall and closed the gate. By that time 60% of the deployed ground defenses had been destroyed or triggered.

The rammers began inching closer and the commander modified his gun, and aimed at the leading Cresomorph rammer.

Boom!

A powerful energy projectile fired from the gun and began spiraling towards the crusher and when it landed penetrated the energy barrier and dissipated on the second barrier protecting the core. The base commander aimed for the sky and fired an object which at the peak of its ark opened and dropped powerful nanobombs onto the exposed rammer.

The target was its weak limbs that connected its hammer like arm to the collar, and it was successful both arms were destroyed and the hammer arms fell without support crushing nearby artillery.

The fallen arms then acted as an obstacle that the Cresomorph ground units had to go around, the armless rammer had no choice but be at the back of the group.

An hour in and the rmmers had moved past the barricade, the small delay was enough for the commander to recharge and disable another crusher however with the lesson learned they had spread themselves out so they wouldn't obstruct each other.

There wasn't anymore time for the recharge so the commander used his main weapon and continued shooting at the ground forces blasting groups into pieces.

When there was less than half an hour before the rammers reached the wall, the commander received a message, looking at it he grinned.

On the front lines, some of the soldiers had sweat on their faces not from being tired but from worry, they continued discharging their firearms and more cresomorphs would fall, by now all the ground defenses apart from the dead juvenile rammer had been destroyed.

Suddenly the soldiers heard a rumbling sound behind them and turning their heads in the distance a dark spot was approaching getting closer by the second.

Soon the shadow became visible and the soldiers began cheering, the reinforcements had arrived. The ship in the lead flew past their heads and many smaller ships trailed along and began unleashing a hail of bullets towards the attacking Cresomorphs. Most of them were obliterated and the Cresomorph crushers had been bombed by a huge energy strike from the leading ship.

The Cresomorphs realised they had reinforcements and began to regroup, however the aerial ships didn't give them a chance and many artillery and bombs were deployed leaving the alien Cresomorphs scattered and broken.

With the aliens in dissarray a signal was transmitted to the rest of the reinforcements and huge flying carriers came from the sky and hovered above the ground in front of the base. Many heavy vehicles and soldiers were dropped off and begun cleaning the remaining Cresomorphs. More than 1 million vehicles were dropped in front and this was the advanced party, the rest of the army would be coming by 5 days from now.

Gareth saw that the reinforcements had arrived and breathed a sigh of relief down below refugees and soldiers were cheering loudly and some refugees were crying tears of joy.

Gareth climbed down the inner wall and returned to his campsite the rest of the show would belong to the military.

Inside the command center the base commander had met with one of the high ranking generals and was discussing the overall situation.

The reinforcements this time were here to take back the territory that was lost and another army would be sent to attack the aliens territory once the human territory had settled.

With the report in hand the general nodded his head and praised the commander for holding out, now with him in charge the commander could focus on repairing his base. There would be merits as well that would be tallied up after viewing the various video recordings.

After the discussion the general left and the base commander saluted him as he left before going about with his base there were many buildings that were damaged but with the merits he gained he was sure he would be able to build a few more buildings and turrets maybe even upgrade the base to the second level.

Weeks past and the transports to pick up the refugees had arrived, even though everyone was tired there were smiles on their faces as they looked forward to returning to society and a new life.

The aristocrats were escorted into the flying transports and one particular purple haired woman was currently gazing out the window seemingly looking for someone. One of the guards had noticed their lady's distracted face and made a mental note to himself that would be shared to the family head when they returned.

Gareth had fully recovered after finishing his healing at a medical pod after 5 days of waiting, he was currently with Mikage who was in his shirt hiding from sight with its head poking out slightly staring at the going ons. He was travelling with the rest of the normal refugees which would leave a day later.

Soon after a day he got on board with a few thousand refugees and was assigned a private room for himself for his good help in the defense. Mikage began exploring the small quarters while Gareth watched through the window sighing happily that he could finally retire as the ship began to take off.