Master Fa, those who can hang a golden thread are not ordinary characters. It is easy to go through thorns and thorns all the way. Such characters are expected to be like big-headed soldiers, being ordered around by noble officers, then
I really think too much.
Therefore, as long as the daily drills meet the standards and there are no violations of military discipline, the officers and nobles serving as captains will turn a blind eye or close an eye. It is even less likely to spur the magicians on the entire ship and ask them to always
It's like a state of war, and you must be 100% alert. Those officers and nobles themselves can't do it!
This is why, when a strange noise occurs, everyone on the ship seems to be unaware.
The ship-cutting knife is essentially just a chainsaw. At most, the material of the saw teeth is very special. With dragon scales as the teeth and high-speed operation, it can be said that if the hardness of the material is purely compared, even if it is a magic material, there is no ship-cutting knife saw.
Can't go down.
The magic shield can be sustained for a while, but only for a short time. The dragon scale itself has magical properties, in short, it has the characteristics of breaking magic, magic resistance, etc. The low-level magic shield is similar to Zhihu's, and the high-level magic shield
The shield can last a little longer.
Since it is a chainsaw, it takes some time to cut things. In the past, the ship-cutting knife had the performance of cutting through iron like mud. It was purely because the target was too weak and could not withstand the high-speed cutting of the dragon scale saw teeth, so it could cut it off time and time again.
Pass.
But what would be the result if the target was changed to the most important and strongest part of the entire airship—the keel of the hull?
Just spend more time. I repeat, there is no tangible substance in the Lost Land, which cannot be cut through with a ship-cutting knife.
Therefore, Princess Kono's dragoon troops, led by her confidant, the dragon knight Mangadu, took advantage of the thick fog and flew below the five airships. They would choose this position instead of starting from the upper deck or from the upper deck.
One of the reasons for launching an attack from the side of the ship is that the airship directly below is a blind spot, which is conducive for them to cause trouble and delay the time of being discovered.
The dragoons of the three squadrons did not carry the traditional weapon - dragon lance, but instead carried ship-cutting knives whose attack range was not long enough.
The dragon spear is good for diving attacks, and with the bonus of speed, it has considerable power. However, the tactics that can be used by the ship-cutting sword that is not long enough are different from the traditional dragon cavalry. Therefore, everyone has great expectations.
Don't worry about it, follow the orders and get to your places.
Ten to thirty flying dragons gathered below each airship. Their sharp claws could not scratch the airship's hull, but they could barely cling to the hull. Once their bodies were fixed, all
Regardless of how awkward their posture was, or whether it was difficult to exert force while hanging upside down, they activated their ship-cutting knives one after another and slashed at the airship's hull with one strike.
If you can cut the keel of the airship, cut it. If you can't squeeze in the space, attack elsewhere. In short, as long as you can hang it on the airship hull, no one will be idle.
The reason why not all of them came together was because the outer shell of the airship was not that big. In addition, they deliberately avoided the position where the magician in the boat could launch magic attacks, and only targeted blind spots, so there were a lot of people.
A small number of dragoons are flying below the airship, ready to take over at any time.
The strong hull of the airship is not enough to withstand the cutting of the ship-cutting knife. However, compared with the hull of the airship, the damage caused by the ship-cutting knife cannot be said to be insignificant, nor is it an immediate fatal damage. At least to the dragoons.
Several gaps were opened for the airship, but the people inside still didn't notice it.
Even though these injuries did not bring immediate harm to the airship, they still partially reduced the performance of the airship. In the formation of five airships, some were slowed down and separated from the formation; some were also abnormally reduced in altitude.
, or abnormally tilted. But these changes are slow, and the occupants inside them will not feel it for a while.
But Mangadu's dragoon team was still discovered. Because as time passed, the fog condensed in the early morning gradually dispersed, and the altitude of the airship decreased. The observers above saw the other airships in the formation.
There were densely packed flying dragons hanging upside down below, with dozens more flying behind them; and there were people riding on top of the flying dragons.
Seeing this scene, how could the airship army, an old rival, not know who the other party was? Immediately, the alarm bell rang throughout the ship and even reached the other four airships.
It didn’t take much time to confirm the cause of the alarm. Anyone who was not blind could see that the dragoons of the Karlsruhe Empire were doing something. The captain of the airship that had lowered its height also reasonably guessed that there was something underneath his own airship.
Such a group. It's just that the dragoons were hiding in the blind spots of the magicians' sight, so they were not discovered in advance.
As the two sides are in a state of war, there is no need for warning when the fight begins. The magician troops stand on the side and directly launch a series of magic attacks, such as wind blades, fireballs, ice cones, whatever they are good at using, first use the ones under their colleagues
The most important thing is to drive away the swarm of flies! When they free up their hands, you can naturally save yourself.
However, Mangadu did not hesitate. As soon as he was discovered, he grabbed the person and ran away without looking back. Perhaps the flying dragon would not be powerful enough to hit the airship like an aerial fortress, but if he really wanted to run away, he would use traditional flying
The speed of the boat could not catch up. Therefore, except for a few unlucky ones, who suffered a few spells and were injured, the three dragoon squadrons all fled back to the Karlsruhe Empire's station.
This aerial encounter certainly fell into the eyes of frontline observers. However, due to the distance, although they saw the battle situation, they did not see many details.
At first, everyone thought that this battle was just like the dragoons running over to say hello to the airship, with no real results. At least the dragoons did not make too many sacrifices, which was the only result worth celebrating.
But as time passed, the observers who were hiding on the front line and staring closely at Jietianguan Fortress felt something was wrong. Under normal circumstances, the airship transporting supplies would leave after handing over the goods. At most, they would wait for some defense changes.
It will take some time for the wounded to board the boat, or the wounded who are preparing to evacuate, but they will all leave the ground before dark and embark on the return journey.
However, this time after the five airships landed, they were not seen taking off again. Of course, such a situation would be reported to the general at the headquarters immediately.
Suddenly, the entire Oz Plain and the garrison estates in Karlsruhe started to move, because they wanted to prevent airships from joining the local battle! If the ground troops faced off against the airships, it would be a situation of pure beating. What everyone can do is
Reduce the loss of people and property as much as possible.
During this process, of course, some people were dissatisfied with the dragoon team brought by Princess Kono to provoke the airship formation on the opposite side. They even communicated what happened here to the rear of the empire through the forum as soon as possible.
There are many political implications in doing so. Those who regarded Keno as enemies were relieved, while those who were examining whether the princess was worthy of their support retreated. They may not have explicitly expressed their intention to reject it, but they planned to extend an olive branch.
His hand still calmly retracted, and at most he said a few more beautiful words.
But one day, two days, and three days passed, and when the second wave of airship formations arrived, Karlsruhe realized that this time was abnormal, that it was different from the past.
This day's supply airship formation did not arrive in the early morning, and it was not the usual five-ship formation, but increased to eight airships, which were the latest models. They were not in a horizontal formation, but divided into
Two groups, one high and one low. After completing the transportation task, they also left before dark. Eight ships came and eight left.
What about the original five ships?
The Plain of Oz was a battlefield, and of course both warring parties arranged spies for each other. The Karlsruhe Empire immediately mobilized its own hidden spies to collect information about airships.
After they paid the price of exposing several lurkers, they finally came up with a sentence: the five airships were seriously damaged and could not continue their mission.
Although Midland does not have a modern army like Earth, and a mission requires a detailed combat report, the combat process of Mangadu's three dragoon squadrons was still informed to the generals in charge of the Oz Plains theater. And their first
The first thought is disbelief.
According to the dragoons, they used ship-cutting knives to cut off the keels of five airships and caused varying degrees of damage to the hulls below the hulls. But no one can confirm it except their own people.
Such a result; and it is impossible to judge what strategic advantages such a result can bring.
What's the use of killing or maiming people? It's only useful if you beat them to death or maim them!
Similarly, is there any point in cutting a few holes in the hull of an airship? At any rate, we have to blow it up, capture it, or kill everyone on board!
This was the original thought of the generals responsible for command.
But when the information came back that the airship was severely damaged and could no longer fly, they realized the value of the dragoon equipped with a ship-killing knife.
Originally, their only way to deal with the airship was to send flying troops to board the airship, and then rely on soldiers to fight inside the airship. Kill all the magicians on the other side, or invade to the lowest level and destroy the floating surface of the airship.
An airship can only be destroyed with an air device.
And what is the battle loss ratio in between? According to the past battles of the Karlsruhe Empire, it usually takes one or two flying groups to defeat an airship. In the worst case, it takes two thousand
If you add people and flying mounts, you can exchange an airship for a hundred people.
The reason for such a disparity in battle damage ratio is ultimately because the flying troops do not have a powerful enough attack method to destroy the flying aerial fortress-the airship. Since it is a fortress, the combatants cannot destroy the buildings.
The only way to win is to find a way to kill everyone inside.
In addition, if you want to attack the boarding ship, you must first avoid the bombardment of the magician, and the internal passage of the airship itself is not an open terrain. The battle in many places can only be advanced by filling the lives of people. Under various unfavorable factors, every time
Destroying an airship can only be accomplished at great cost.
What if today there was a way to directly attack the airship itself, which is equivalent to a fortress, without having to fight a boarding battle? There will definitely be a big reshuffle in the combat situation of the two sides. Everyone will have to think of new tactics to
Adapt to new weapons and develop tactics to deal with new weapons.