Chapter 494 Aerial Reconnaissance
The next day, the two emergency search forces, the ground and the air, set off northward to carry out the task of searching for the second joint investigation team.
In the afternoon, Viscount Jarvis assigned two outstanding pilots to fly propeller planes to the depths of the Mark Desert to detect the movements of the undead army.
As one of the first skilled pilots, Sam was honored to be selected for this reconnaissance mission.
A military airport located in the Northern Military Region, in the hangar.
The ground support staff was checking the various conditions of the aircraft. After confirming that there were no problems, he raised his hand and gestured to Sam who was sitting in the cockpit, and shouted: "No problem, we are ready to go!"
"learn!"
Seeing this, Sam also reached out and gestured back to the ground support personnel outside to indicate that he had received the message.
Then, he said to his teammates sitting in the back seat: "Let's go."
"Yeah." His teammates responded.
Next, Sam started the plane's engine, drove the propeller plane out of the hangar, and moved to the runway outside.
At the starting line, the propeller at the front of the plane rotated rapidly. Under Sam's control, the plane began to roll on the runway, getting faster and faster. After crossing the take-off line, the plane took off smoothly.
After taking off, Sam was not in a hurry to go north to perform the mission. Instead, he hovered at low altitude over the nearby mountains to check various data of the aircraft during normal flight.
Not long after, the second propeller plane also took off smoothly.
After the plane confirmed that there was no problem, the two planes conveyed the message "we are about to carry out the mission" to the ground through radio equipment, and then flew together to the depths of the Makk Desert.
After a period of flight, the two planes finally penetrated deep into the Makk Desert, and could vaguely see a group of white snow-capped mountains in the distance.
That should be the Far North Icefield.
And just in front of the extreme northern ice sheet, there is a huge black mass with no end in sight. They are marching south bit by bit at a corresponding speed.
Not only that, there was also a large thick cloud layer above the undead army. Wherever the army went, snow would fall.
It can be seen from this that the information coming from Red Sand Fortress is correct and the enemy does have the powerful ability to change the weather.
"hiss--"
Seeing this scene, Sam couldn't help but take a breath and said with some worry: "How many undead monsters are there? One hundred thousand? One million? Or tens of millions? They just swarmed over, Dawn City and
Can the Red Sand Fortress be defended?"
Sam could no longer imagine the orders of magnitude higher. He had never calculated such a large number when he was learning arithmetic.
"The number of enemies is too exaggerated!"
The teammates at the back couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw it: "And, look, undead monsters are still emerging from the gaps in the snowy mountains on the far north ice field. The real number may be far beyond our imagination."
Just then, another plane used radio equipment to make contact.
"Zizi - this is Reconnaissance No. 2. We have found traces of the undead army. Do you want to return now and report to the higher-ups? Over."
"Do you want to go back?" His teammates turned around and asked.
"No, it's too early to go back now." Sam shook his head decisively, "Let's get closer to get more information. We absolutely cannot lose this battlefield."
At present, the two planes are still looking at the undead army from a distance. What different types of undead monsters do the enemy have? What is their proportion? Wait, none of this important information is known, and they need to get closer for reconnaissance.
"That's right."
In response, the teammate nodded solemnly, then adjusted the radio equipment and conveyed to the other party what Sam had just said.
After receiving the news, another plane followed Sam's plane and continued flying forward, approaching the undead army.
As the plane gradually approached the undead army, the surrounding temperature dropped off a cliff, and even Sam and others sitting in the cockpit could clearly feel it.
Reaching out to wipe the mist on the windshield, Sam couldn't help but feel: "It's the first time I've experienced the coldness of winter in the hot summer."
"Be careful!" Teammates warned in time. "There is a group of flying undead monsters approaching us ahead. Pay attention to the two carrion pterosaurs in the front row."
"learn."
Seeing that there were not many enemies, Sam calmly assigned tasks to his teammates: "I am responsible for flying the plane to avoid the attacks of the undead monsters. You just need to observe the situation of the undead army below."
"Okay!" his teammates responded quickly.
Another plane also adopted similar tactics. The two planes suddenly distanced themselves and accelerated in two different directions.
Seeing this, the group of flying undead monsters in front quickly divided into two waves, with two carrion pterosaurs each leading a wave of undead monsters to pursue them separately.
Chuchuchu!
Pressing the firing button, the machine guns installed under the wings on both sides immediately fired more than a dozen bullets, shooting down several undead monsters in front of them.
Immediately afterwards, Sam controlled the plane to draw a graceful curve in the air. With the high maneuverability of the plane, he easily avoided the blue ice breath sprayed by the Carrion Pterosaur not far away.
At the same time, teammates were vigilant about the undead monsters chasing behind the plane while observing the situation of the undead army below.
It can be seen that the front row of the undead army is mainly composed of various carrion or skeleton monsters, while the largest number of skeleton soldiers and carrion soldiers are at the back, with the former accounting for the majority, and there are several groups of large undead monsters scattered in the middle of the army.
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From time to time, a carrion sandworm will poke out the upper half of its body, and then plunge into the snow and sand, following the undead army towards the south.
As for the flying undead monsters following the undead army, they are composed of various carrion or skeleton bird monsters. The carrion pterosaur is their little leader, and the threat level is relatively high.
They couldn't find where Kaz's disciples were, probably because Sam and the others were currently scouting only a small part of the left edge of the undead army.
After all, the closer you get to the middle of the undead army, the more dangerous undead monsters there are. Sam and the others are performing a reconnaissance mission, so there is no need to take that risk.
Ouch——
At this moment, a deep dragon roar resounded through the sky, and a huge bone dragon suddenly flew down from the thick clouds above. Along with it, a huge number of flying undead monsters appeared.
Looking up and seeing this scene, Sam's eyes widened and he couldn't help but cursed: "I'll go!"
He thought that the thick clouds were just magic that changed the weather, but he never expected that a giant bone dragon and a large group of flying undead monsters were hidden inside.
It turns out that thick clouds have this effect, and they are very confusing.
"Quick!" Sam said urgently, "Contact Reconnaissance No. 2 and retreat quickly!"
Such a huge bone dragon is easily reminiscent of the Black Dragon King, which was defeated by the People's Army before. It was absolutely impossible to win with just two propeller planes.
"clear!"
Teammates urgently debugged the radio equipment and sent a retreat message to another aircraft.
As soon as the giant bone dragon appeared, the two planes turned around and flew south without hesitation. The engine output was raised to the highest level. No one wanted to lose their lives.
Chapter completed!