Chapter 489 Extended the fuselage and wingspan, and canceled the engine
Most of the survivor settlements in the oasis are in a circular layout.
The main reason for this phenomenon is the miracle given by the spirit of the sand sea - most of the "river banks" are circular.
In this case, the closer to the center, the wetter the climate.
Therefore, most of the princes and nobles lived in the central area, and most of the important administrative agencies were set up here.
However, it is precisely because of this that the alliance does not need to carefully select the bombing area at all. It only needs to estimate the distance and height and throw the bomb as close to the target as possible.
As soon as the alliance airdropped leaflets, Falcon City's city defense chief Bofu ordered the evacuation of people in the central area of the city.
However, the troublesome thing is that their Majesty is unwilling to move, saying that he will sit on his throne until the war is won.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that they have lost this war. But that adult doesn't think so.
Until Myrdal's last visit, his respected Majesty still stubbornly believed that as long as Triumph City declares war on Ideal City, everything will be fine.
"His Majesty is unwilling to leave the palace. He has to wait for Prince William's triumphant return there...There is no other way. We must do everything possible to save the palace and we must not let a cannonball fall there."
After listening to the words of the captain of the Guards, the city defense officer Bo Fu frowned, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"The target of the castle is too big... It is impossible for us to negotiate with our enemies and ask them to move His Majesty's court out of the bombing zone."
What's more, he didn't think that the enemy would honestly drop bombs in the areas drawn on the leaflets. Maybe it was a trick to gather them together for massacre.
Therefore, he specially sent people to evacuate civilians hiding in the "safe zone" and asked them to go to designated areas to avoid air strikes, or to go home honestly.
At least don't stay in the street and get in the way.
Myrdal also knew that his request was embarrassing, but he had no better way, so he could only sigh and said.
"Deploy a few more anti-aircraft guns near the castle." With the firepower of anti-aircraft guns, at least tactical bombers can avoid diving bombs. As for strategic bombers dropping bombs at high altitudes, that depends on luck.
No one can say where the bomb will land. Bofur nodded solemnly, "That's the only way.
"
The Alliance built an airport near the town of Bicester, and it is said that a large number of propeller aircraft were deployed. Not surprisingly, the Alliance's bombers probably planned to take off from there.
In order to intercept the Alliance aircraft, their ace pilot Baron Arcant has led the First Air Squadron to the front line. If the situation is optimistic, the Alliance bomber formation should be able to intercept it shortly after it takes off.
However, no one is optimistic about this.
After all, even the "Knife" jet fighter of the Valantians was shot down by the Alliance. Trying to wrest air supremacy from the Alliance with just a few dozen "Eagle" fighter jets is nothing short of a dream.
Just as Myrdal and Beaufort were discussing which defense area to deploy anti-aircraft guns to His Majesty the King's castle, a guard carrying a rifle trotted over.
"Report! Telegram from the front!"
Myrdal stepped forward, took the telegraph newspaper from the guard's hand, opened it and looked at it twice, frowning.
Noticing the change in his expression, Bofu stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"
Myrdal handed him the telegraph newspaper in his hand and said at the same time. "According to the news from the general headquarters, Griffin believes that the alliance may send airborne troops to raid Falcon City, so we must be more vigilant. He has coordinated the second
The 10,000-person team returns to defense. If we hurry... we can reach us tomorrow." "The 20,000-person team... which 20,000-person team is it?" "Ours came from Oasis No. 9 before.
The team that tore off.”
Bofu's facial muscles twitched slightly and he couldn't help but say.
"What's the point of sending those people here...to show us how badly the Alliance beat them up?"
Those people were all remnant soldiers who had been withdrawn from the Capital of Plenty. I heard that out of the more than 10,000 men, there were only 2,000 left. Ten teams of 1,000 men worked together for a long time, but they still couldn't get together two full 1,000-man troops.
people.
As for replacements...
There is no manpower left to fill it up.
Seeing that Myrdal did not speak, Bofu continued. "In my opinion, it is better to let those guys come than to move Lu Chemei more."
Myrdal shook his head.
"There is no extra manpower available...even if we ask the women in the city to give birth immediately.\nThey can't come now."
Those who could fight were sent to the front lines or labor camps, and social production almost completely stopped.
In fact, even if the war ceases immediately, their economy is already ruined. They can barely hold on because they are still fighting.
Thinking of the current situation of the kingdom, both of them fell into silence.
Looking at Bofu who was silent, Myrdal patted him on the shoulder and reluctantly encouraged him.
"Don't worry too much... Even if the alliance has ideas about our king, it's impossible to cross the tens of thousands of leftists on the border." "At least we have to get through tonight."
Although Griffin believed that the Alliance might use paratroopers to raid Falcon City, neither of them understood the warning in the telegram that airborne operations and air raids were completely different things.
Even if the Alliance has gained air supremacy, there are still five to six thousand soldiers and more than two to three hundred thousand residents in the heavily guarded Falcon City.
Even if the airborne troops were to be sent out, it would be unlikely tonight. They would have to bomb the tenants for a few days anyway...
At this moment, an air defense siren suddenly sounded in the east direction of the city. The piercing siren interrupted Myrdal's thoughts. He looked at the dark night sky to the east and frowned slightly.
"The Alliance plane has arrived?"
Bofur did not speak, but his mood sank to the bottom. Alliance planes appeared in the royal capital. It seemed that the First Air Squadron led by Baron Arcant had finally lost.
only......
Is this speed too fast?
He didn't even receive any news about the exchange of fire between the air forces of the two sides.
If the Alliance plane really took off from near the town of Bicester, wouldn't the troops stationed on the front line at least give him a warning?
At this time, a messenger came running towards him with a panicked expression. Before he could even open his mouth to report, Bofu immediately caught him and asked.
"What's going on to the east?"
The messenger swallowed his saliva and said with a trembling voice.
"Steel, Heart of Steel! That airship! Appeared due east of us!"
Bofu was stunned.
The same goes for Myrdal standing next to him.
Looking at the panic-stricken messenger, he quickly asked.
"Heart of Steel?! Are you sure it's the Heart of Steel?" "I'm sure!" The messenger nodded vigorously and said in a trembling voice, "More than one outpost discovered it.
"
Multiple outposts witnessed it at the same time, so it seems that there is no mistake. The Iron Heart may have passed through the border of Oasis No. 2, which is only 200 kilometers away from the royal capital at most.
And it might actually be closer!
Bofu frowned, and there was a trace of solemnity between his brows.
"Looks like they're going to send an airship to bomb the Janes." He'd heard about the Iron Heart.
It is said that ordinary anti-aircraft guns have no way to deal with it.
However, such an aerial monster is not invulnerable. As long as you find a way to limit its mobility, even if you can't do anything about it for a while, you can still make it useless.
For example, a phalanx composed of balloons and steel cables is dropped on the only path that the airship must pass.
A long time ago, Griffin ordered the establishment of two special "balloon troops" just to deal with that guy.
It's a pity that the Alliance has always been very cautious, never letting the airship go deep alone, but steadily following the attacking troops.
Why did everything suddenly change this time?
"Send an airship to go deep alone...Are they crazy?" Myrdal muttered, his eyes filled with disbelief. Compared with command errors...
He was more inclined to think that this was a deliberate risk taken by the other party. There was one thing that Myrdal did guess.
Uncharacteristically pushing the Heart of Steel into the No. 2 Oasis was indeed a strategic risk intentionally taken by the alliance's top brass.
However, to Chu Guang's surprise, Griffin's reaction was a little faster than he expected. He had just penetrated less than a hundred kilometers into the No. 2 Oasis when he bumped into Griffin's "balloon formation."
.
Balloons trailing wires rose from the ground in the darkness of night, slowly passing through the clouds bathed in the tracer light falling from the sky.
These balloons are partitioned on the inside and have thin metal partitions on the outside. Even if they are hit by machine guns and high-explosive bombs, they will only be partially damaged and the total lift can still be basically maintained.
Several balloons connected by steel cables are launched side by side, and the blocking steel cables are interlaced with each other by thinner steel wires, forming a skirt-like steel cable curtain.
Although the crew of the Heart of Steel discovered the situation on the ground immediately, it was too late to slow down and had to turn off the propeller to prevent the steel cable from getting entangled in the propeller.
Hundreds of balloons were like huge soap bubbles, clustering around the even larger soap Heart of Steel.
With the power turned off, the Heart of Steel was still moving forward slowly under the inertia, but the speed was much slower. The propeller fixed by the steel cable creaked and trembled in the cold wind.
Looking at the balloons suspended outside the French bridge's floor-to-ceiling windows, Chu Guang had an unexpected expression on his face, but it soon turned into a smile of approval. "
....Yes, you have learned this trick."
In fact, during the Battle of Ruigu City, using a dense balloon array to capture the Heart of Steel was originally one of the alliance command's alternative combat plans.
The low-speed balloons are enough to break through the Heart of Steel's deflector shields, and the wires suspended between the balloons can wrap around the propellers.
As long as the number of balloons is large enough, it will be difficult to turn in time or change speed to avoid it due to the maneuverability of the Heart of Steel.
However, due to a series of reasons, this envisioned plan was ultimately not adopted.
The main reason was that time was tight and there was no time to prepare a sufficient number of air defense balloons before the Heart of Steel evacuated.
Another reason is that all the balloon can do is make the Heart of Steel lose its mobility. It can neither destroy it nor paralyze its firepower.
Compared with the price paid, the benefits obtained are too limited!
After waiting for the airship to stabilize, Chu Guang looked away from the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the young man standing aside as acting captain. "Report the damage."
After asking about the situation of the crew, the acting captain arrived immediately. "The propellers on both sides were entangled in steel cables... but they were not broken!"
"How long will it take to repair it?" "Within twelve hours!"
Twelve hours?
Chu Guang glanced at the map on the holographic screen, confirmed the distance from the current location to the royal capital, nodded slowly, and continued to give orders.
"Drop the anchor chain!"
"In addition, let the carrier-based aircraft take off and cooperate with the artillery team to cover the deployment of the Storm Troops to the ground!"
The acting captain stood up straight and took the order. "Yes!"
Following Chu Guang's order, twenty W-2 attack planes took off from the deck, bypassed the balloons surrounding the airship, and threw flares into the airspace around the airship where enemy forces might be present.
At the same time, the heavy anchor chain fell heavily and hit the plain below the airship. After dragging for a while, the airship slowly stopped.
Under the guidance of the flares, the artillerymen in the airship's gun cabin quickly fired at the ground, unleashing ferocious firepower on the enemy troops who released the balloons.
Dozens of trucks were instantly reduced to scrap metal under the cover of 155mm artillery.
At the same time, the Stormtroopers deployed to the ground in an orderly manner through the elevator of the airship, infiltrated into the hinterland of the Falcon Kingdom in company units, and began a combat operation codenamed "Punishment."
Although it was an hour earlier than expected,
But this small variable did not have any impact on the execution of the plan.
When formulating the plan, the army command had already considered the situation where the airship would lose its maneuverability, and even made plans for the airship to completely lose its combat capability.
Compared to the worst-case scenario, a twelve-hour delay and a deviation of more than ten kilometers are nothing to mention.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
At this moment, the Falcon Kingdom and the Legion are most likely ignorant of the strategic intentions of the alliance, and they only stay at the level of air strikes or raids on the royal capital.
Holding the handrails by the wall with both hands, McClun finally stabilized his body.
Although he was a little embarrassed due to the temporary turbulence, seeing the enemy in front of him crippled still made his heart feel as sweet as honey.
While he was gloating about his misfortune, he couldn't help but say something weird. "...Haha, even if they learn the tools of civilized people, barbarians will still be barbarians after all. You can't imagine it if you break away from the ground troops and go deep alone."
"oh?"
Chu Guang cast an unexpected look at him. Good guy.
So you know?
However, McClun obviously misunderstood something. He thought Chu Guang was surprised by the legion's methods, and the corners of his mouth turned up even more proudly.
Diangrihui is not a pig.\nHe will definitely be wary of you
With the airship in hand, I thought you would put down the ground troops immediately after entering Oasis No. 2, but I didn’t expect that you would do nothing more than that.”
"I admit that I was a little surprised. We all agreed that even if Griffin was prepared, it would be difficult to stop us before we approached fifty kilometers from the royal capital... As a result, his reaction speed was ten times earlier than we expected.
"Ji.Gongjia"
Not paying attention to McClun's cynicism, Chu Guang paused for a moment, with a trace of disappointment on his face.
"But I'm still a little disappointed. I originally thought you had more surprising countermeasures... I didn't expect that your trump card turned out to be just a bunch of balloons."
The war is coming to an end anyway, so there's nothing wrong with testing the cards in Legion's hands so that they can be prepared if conflicts arise again in the future.
He originally wanted to see what kind of trump card Griffin had left for his Heart of Steel, but he didn't expect it to be a bunch of balloons.
It's no wonder he was so cautious before.
McClun blushed and obviously wanted to argue something, but realized that this guy might be trying to trick him, so he held back. "Huh... Do I need to use powerful weapons to deal with you? Once we lose it,
Without mobility, this thing is a living target." Chu Guang looked at him with feigned surprise. "So you know." McClun was stunned for a moment and didn't react at first, but he soon came back to his senses.
, his face visibly turned the color of pig liver, his lips trembled, and he was too angry to say a word. Admiring the wonderful change of expression, Chu Guang laughed and teased him.
"I thought you had forgotten about Ruigu City, but it turned out that I just didn't think of it for a while.
Finold couldn't bear to look away and looked away. Being so humiliated by the enemy...
Is this guy really his General McClane?
Ignoring McClun, who was so angry that he lost his mind, Chu Guang turned his attention to the vast sea of balloons and clouds outside the bridge.
The Stormtroopers have completed their deployment.
Based on the intelligence collected by the Skeleton Corps from Bicester Town, they will destroy the main road network and industrial facilities in the Falcon Kingdom.
The Goblin Corps stationed in Bicester Town will cooperate with their actions, and he has deployed a sufficient number of W-2 ground attack aircraft and 100 kilograms of aerial bombs there.
They are confident that they can destroy the Falcon Kingdom's industrial achievements and infrastructure so that they will not be able to stand up within ten years and remember this lesson with their bodies.
As for the "air raid" on Falcon City.
He has handed it over to the Alliance's strongest ace - the Burning Legion.
Those Awakeneds who are all equipped with exoskeletons will deal a heavy blow to the soldiers who are short of supplies and can't even get a few automatic weapons to complete the last blow of this war.
Chu Guang's lips curled up into a faint smile. "The next step is up to you."
.......
at the same time.
On the deck of the Heart of Steel, the cold air blew whooshing.
Looking at the strong wind sitting in the driver's seat of the aircraft cabin, and then looking at the aircraft with only a windshield and even a hatch that couldn't be closed, Lao Bai, who was wearing a light cavalry exoskeleton, was stunned for a while before he asked cautiously.
sentence.
"Can you... be okay?
Guangfeng, who was holding the joystick, was stunned for a moment. "What can I do?" Lao Bai couldn't laugh or cry.
"No...it's not that I don't believe you, brother, but I just want to ask...when did you learn to fly a plane?"
It doesn’t matter if a mosquito can fly a plane.
After all, that guy died so many times and fell so many times
But your intelligence player has never even touched an airplane. When will he be able to fly this thing?!
Bang Feng looked at Lao Bai who was reluctant to come up with a puzzled look on his face, and after holding back for a while, he asked a question.
"When did I say I would fire?" Lao Bai said: "???" Ye Shi, who was sitting at the machine gun position, interjected with a playful smile. "Don't listen to the strong wind, we will do it while you are away.
In fact, those who have practiced it have flown it several times! This thing is really not as difficult as you think."
Lao Bai finally couldn't help but ask, "How many times?"
Bangfeng thought for a while and replied, "It should be three times." Lao Bai: "..."
"Believe me, brother," Kuang Feng gave a thumbs up and made a reliable expression, "It's a stable group!"
Facing those serious eyes, Lao Bai was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and stepped into the open-top cabin.
"Fine...."
At worst, it's just a life.
He had already saved the file before he came up. If he died, he would be dead. It was a pity that he was wearing an exoskeleton that cost 10,000 silver coins. Looking at the simple layout of the cabin, Lao Bai felt that something was wrong. He cautiously
asked.
"Is this caused by mosquitoes again?" Kuang Fengyan said concisely.
"The w-1A is an improved version of the W-1. Now one aircraft can seat three people. According to actual tests, overloading is not a big problem. You may not know it from the rear, but we actually only came into contact with this thing in the past two days.
It turned out to be a W-1 change.
No wonder so many fights can be cobbled together.
Lao Bai looked back at the dark area on the deck where he was parked, and for some reason he was not surprised at all.
But the shape of these planes always gave him an ominous premonition.
Although he arrived at the front line a few days ago, he only boarded the Heart of Steel today. During this period, Kuang Feng has been serving as the acting corps commander, and Kuang Feng is naturally in charge of commanding this operation. However, before the operation started, Lao Bai still
I read the mission briefing carefully.
Under the cover of the goblin corps, he will ride a glider to break through the anti-aircraft firepower of Falcon City, land in the city together with the aerial bombs of the air strike, and capture the palace of Falcon City with the support of air units.
However, he originally thought that at least the pilots from the Goblin Corps would drive the transport plane to their destination, but he did not expect that they would have to drive the transport plane themselves.
Although he believed that Guangfeng would not trick him and his brothers would not joke about such a critical task, Lao Bai still asked cautiously.
"What exactly has been changed about this W-1A?" Bang Feng replied casually.
"The fuselage and wingspan have been extended, and the engine has been cancelled." "Oh..." Lao Bai, who didn't know much about airplanes, nodded in confusion, but quickly reacted with a sudden reaction, "Wait a minute, it's canceled.
What happened?!" Kuang Feng did not answer, but looked outside the cabin, where a few power beasts were following the airship, and made an OK gesture.
"Good wind speed, ready to go!"
The new man smiled and made the same OK gesture, then took out a lighter and lit the two forearm-thick rockets hanging on the back of the plane.
Hot tail flames spurted out, and the huge thrust pushed the light glider forward to accelerate. The shaking of the wings made Lao Bai's heart almost rise to his throat.
"What the fuck?! Are you serious?!"
He would rather skydive than ride on this thing!
However, unlike him, Guangfeng's eyes were filled with excitement at this moment, and his expressionless face flashed with a different kind of madness.
He has never done anything so exciting.
And together with my good brothers - "Believe me, I've calculated... I can get there."
Pulling down the eyepiece on his helmet, he firmly grasped the joystick with both hands.