Gradim confirmed that the "rockets" launched by the enemy were about to reach his fleet, but he didn't care about it and did not issue any response instructions. Instead, he cursed the poor intelligence work for leaking their march route.
His calmness in facing the "rocket" comes from the powerful defensive barrier of the airship.
However, this confidence was soon overturned.
The moment the leading "rocket" came into contact with the defensive barrier, there was no stalemate for a moment before it rushed over and exploded!
Fortunately, the range of the barrier was much larger than that of the airship, so the delayed fuse activated by the breakdown exploded before it hit the ship.
"It's not a rocket, it's a missile! Escape immediately and use Phalanx to intercept it!"
The reason why the ship is fine is not that the defense is really sufficient, but that the opponent seems to have failed to grasp the detonation time, and it also takes time and energy to repair the barrier. If the opponent can penetrate it with one blow, the barrier will be greatly consumed or repaired.
If the second one hits, hundreds of troops will be lost at once!
They must all be intercepted!
The machine guns, rapid-fire magic guns and magic on the escorting frigate poured out a dense barrage at the incoming missiles. The few weapons on the transport ship also aimed at the missiles with all their strength, and even if they avoided each one, they would continue to circle around.
The pursuing missile exploded.
The entire air fleet has a total of 303 airships, 300 transport ships (including flagships), and three frigates. Although there are more transport ships, the number is enough to form a dense crossfire.
The number of incoming missiles was quite small compared to them, a total of one hundred and thirty-two.
However, the extremely high speed of the missile still penetrated the defense barriers of the airships that were unable to react. The detonated blasts slapped the hull, one third of which was completely black, and the tail flames were black and red. The destructive power of the missiles was even more bizarre.
It's terrible. Once the barrier is hit, it will decay on the spot, and the repair speed will be even slower.
Finally, two missiles directly hit the transport ship that the barrier had no time to repair, setting off a terrible explosion from the inside, knocking down two transport ships full of troops.
"Damn it! Put down the lifeboat immediately and rescue!"
"Report, the second wave of missiles is coming!"
"What?! Send out all the flying monsters! Destroy the missiles as much as possible before they arrive and share the pressure on the fleet! Analysis team, hurry up - analyze the nature of the missiles to formulate a more effective attack strategy! Follow the direction of the missile attack at full speed
Go forward and kill all the guys who launch missiles!"
Gradim gave orders one after another.
Until the next opportunity arises, we can only stay together like this.
Avoiding and retreating to try to collect further intelligence? Whether it is putting down your dignity or disobeying the emperor's order, Gradium will not allow it.
On his path there is only victory or death.
After more than twenty minutes, a conspicuous silhouette of a ship appeared on the horizon, and it was confirmed that it was the source of the waves of missiles fired.
It was really conspicuous. Most of the ships were shining with gold and silver, which made it easy for them to confirm the existence of enemy ships, but at the same time, they couldn't see the real coordinates.
"What a joke is this color? Chase after me at full speed!" Gradim gritted his teeth. The air fleet has already shot down thirty-eight transport ships, with losses exceeding ten percent. A large number of troops have not yet landed to exert their powerful force.
If it was lost, even if he fell into the water and survived, he would not be able to keep up for the time being, which made Gradim red-eyed.
"Part of the report and analysis results have come out. Although the structure is still unknown, those missiles do contain magic and elven power."
"Is there a mechanism for magic elements to operate? Okay, order all frigates to release [magic element disruption radiation] and start taking action immediately!"
[Magic Disruption Radiation] is a ray that can disrupt magic. As long as the monster uses magic as its vitality, in theory, no matter how powerful it is, it will be blocked from action. It was originally intended to safely pass through the Jura Forest and deal with Verru
The means prepared by Dora and the Demon King are now being used in other places.
[Magic Disruption Radiation] is harmless to humans, but since there are a large number of magical beasts in the fleet, in order to avoid harming friendly forces, the frigate came to the front of the air fleet at full speed and began to irradiate the entire area ahead.
The irradiated missile did not disintegrate or explode on the spot, but it also began to tremble and perform strange Brownian motion, and finally fell into the sea, and the explosion water column shot up very high.
Seeing that his method was as effective as a nemesis, there was a brief cheer from the bridge.
Gradim: "Okay, release all units of flying monsters and sea monsters, and sink all enemy ships!"
He thought for a while and ordered: "Let Frigate No. 1 use [Magic Disruption Radiation] to illuminate those ships and try it."
According to common sense, although gold and silver are not as good as some magic metals, they are superior magic transmission materials among ordinary metals. Since many missiles and ships are made of gold and silver, do they also rely on magic to operate?
"Frigate 1 is ready!"
Gradim: "Use cluster irradiation and execute it immediately."
"Yes - start cluster irradiation."
In fact, because the missile trajectory is easy to predict, a frigate pulling out the [Magic Disruption Radiation] in a fan is enough to intercept a wave of missiles. Although the burden is a bit heavy, it can be done with more effort.
Therefore, try to use part of [Magic Disruption Radiation] to counterattack.
There is a famous saying in another world - offense is the best defense.
The cluster rays of [Magic Disruption Radiation] swept across the sea surface, and several gold and silver ships instantly began to disintegrate and sink on the spot.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief for a moment.
But Gradim immediately poured cold water on him: "Don't be careless! This is a victory achieved at the expense of many comrades to get close to the attack distance! Such a record is nothing to be proud of! We must not relax before annihilating the enemy!"
His voice spread through the communication to every airship, making everyone tense up again.
As if like a slap in the face, some missiles began to draw arcs and attack the transport ships from other directions, continuing to shoot them down; several missiles in a row were directed at the frigate that had opened its defenses due to the suppression of [Magic Disruption Radiation] 1
Hit it!
"Boom!" A missile hit accurately, blasting a large hole in the side and sending out thick smoke.
But compared to the transport ship, this is a full-time combat airship with stacked armor. This blow caused its hull to tilt and caused some casualties among the crew, but it was not enough to cause it to fall.
Gradim's eyes seemed to be spitting out flames as he continued to order to annihilate the enemy.
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"What are they doing?" Crounpis muttered.
At this time, she was standing on the bridge of the Louisiana, using high-power telescopes to look at the situation of the enemy ships. Although she could easily see a better view with magic than telescopes, she couldn't help but do this on a warship.