Chapter 66: The Battle of the Air and Sea in History
"Mr. Ed." Fang Yu looked at Mei Yi who was standing outside the door, breathing heavily and looking at him with her hands on her chest. "Ms. Mei Yi, what's the matter?"
"The light white mist was quickly blown away by the wind on the deck. Mei blinked her moist eyes and was about to nod. But at this time, Fang Plover heard Jita's voice coming from the microphone.
sound:
"Ai, brother Ed, we made some discoveries."
Fang Luo motioned Miss Knight to wait for a moment with his eyes, turned his head and asked, "What's the matter, Jita?"
"There are an unknown number of wind element reactions ahead. There is one directly in front, and there are two on each side...their distance...their distance seems to be very consistent. No, it doesn't look like a creature in the sea of clouds..."
Fang was stunned for a moment: "How far is it from the training area?"
"Less than thirty kilometers."
"These people are really determined to give up," Fang Plover thought to himself. If it wasn't a creature from the sea of clouds, it could only be a sailboat. The front had already entered Kailan'ao's airspace, and the other party did not exceed his expectations.
An ambush circle has been set up here. But a mere thirty kilometers of encirclement, above Kukai, is not much thicker than a piece of paper. Can it really guard against anyone?
"I got it, Jita," Fang Plover replied, "We can just move forward as usual without changing the route."
"Don't we need to change the route?" Miss Naturalist's voice sounded a little surprised.
"No need, tell Luo Hao to enter combat readiness. I will come below the deck in a moment."
"OK."
Fang Yu then turned back to look at Mei Yi and said, "Miss Mei Yi, Kelanao is right in front. We will send you down first later. Things here have nothing to do with you." He paused and said,
"By the way, what happened to you just now?"
May nodded slightly: "I don't have to get off the boat for the time being, Mr. Ed."
"What?"
"The Knights just sent a notice saying that the target is no longer going to Kellan'ao. They may have left Nognis. The leader said that the target's information was temporarily lost and asked me to wait here to meet the others.
But there is still a month in between, and I think I can investigate the dark believers with you." Mei said a little happily, looking at Fang Plover expectantly.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, and he immediately understood what had happened. He couldn't help but feel a bit dumbfounded for a moment. However, being stared at by a lovely knight lady with blinking and expectant eyes, he couldn't say no even if he wanted to refuse.
He spoke out and nodded. "If Miss Mei is willing, she can stay on the ship as long as she wants. The ship can still support one more person." He said half-jokingly.
But May was very serious, "I will pay for living expenses, Mr. Ed."
Fang Yu: "This...actually it's not necessary..."
"This is very necessary. To be self-reliant is the minimum conduct of a believer in Ori, Mr. Ed."
"Well, okay."
Since it involves the knight's instructions, Fang Plover can't refute it. The ancient knight is a profession that needs to strictly abide by ancient rules, otherwise he may even lose his professional abilities.
"And those people," Mei said again, "are they the descendants of Flo?" She had stayed on the ship for so many days, so naturally she had already heard about the grievances between the Seven Seas Brigade and the descendants of Flo. Fang
Plover told her about the gray list, but didn't say much about the wanted order.
Of course, Miss Knight didn’t ask, and she didn’t even think much in that direction. She received a temporary mission to go from the ancient tower to Kaolin Ithulian, and she was not a selector of the third division. For Parker in the local area
I don’t know the details of the arrest warrant, let alone the causes and consequences behind it.
"Not entirely," Fang Yu shook his head and said truthfully: "The people of Flor's descent are actually only a part of them. Seriously speaking, their influence in Nognis is not that big. There are more people
Came here for the gray list."
"But the people of Flor's descent slandered you," May said in a childish voice, but her voice was sonorous and powerful. "I heard in Sanshak that they have always had a bad reputation, and in my own observation,
Mr. Ed can never be a pirate. These people who tell lies will definitely get the punishment they deserve. Even if they are irrelevant people and blindly follow them regardless of right and wrong, I will stand by everyone and fight side by side.
"
Fang Yu looked at her in surprise: "The descendants of Flor slandered us? Who told you this, Miss Mei?"
"I can see it myself," Mei replied seriously: "Ouli's teachings tell us that we must be good at using our own eyes to discover facts and truth, instead of blindly following rumors. In the face of light, darkness will have nothing to lose.
Escape."
Well, although this logic is a bit strange, at least the conclusion is correct. And this conclusion was probably not thought up by Miss Knight herself, but was instilled in her by Tian Lan subtly. That little girl ran to Mei Yi every two days.
, how could Fang Plover not know why?
But in a sense, this could probably be regarded as a white lie. He shook his head slightly: "Although I'm very grateful, you don't actually need to take action, Miss Mei."
May took a breath and looked at him curiously: "Mr. Ed, have you figured out how to deal with those people?"
"Come with me, Miss Mei, and I will show you how the Seven Seas Traveler fights."
…
"Miss Tata, please take over the fairy heart."
"Mr. Knight, the takeover has been completed."
"Miss Tata, open the side hatch."
"Opening completed."
A ray of light emerged from the darkness, and the side hatches on both sides of the air combat deck were slowly opening with a creaking sound. A ray of light projected from the outside fell into Miss Knight's eyes, making her gently
Blinked.
As the gears rotated, the console rose from the ground. Fang Plover walked forward and put his hand on the crystal. Luo Hao and others walked from the front cabin against the strong wind that poured into the air combat deck.
I came out and watched this scene.
With a flash of light, a Lancer was projected on the air combat deck. The jet of air blew the cyan wind element particles, slowly pushing it forward, away from the air combat deck, and adjusted its posture to fly in.
Between the sea of clouds. There seems to be a faint, fleeting silver net -
Under the precise control of Miss Tata's mental power, the construct gradually broke away from the inertia of the sailboat. It paused slightly, then suddenly drew an arc and accelerated towards the front.
Then came the second, third, and fifth constructs. They left the Seven Seas Traveler one after another, and followed the constructs in front of them one after another, and formed a
Flying formation. Fang Plover raised his head and looked in that direction, only to see a small black dot flying into the clouds and gradually disappearing.
He opened his pocket watch——
At 7:30, the Seven Seas Traveler launched the first attack wave.
This will be the first time that the Fairy Dragon Knight has been put into actual combat in Aitaria, and at this moment, no one may be able to guess what this first time will bring.
But people who witnessed this scene at least understood that the history of magic technology may remember this moment forever.
The dreams and efforts of our predecessors are reflected in reality at this moment.
…
The swordsman took the notice that rattled in the strong wind, opened the door and stepped onto the deck, "Big L, the military's third notice has been issued, and the exercise area has been sealed. From here to
The entire airspace thirty kilometers to the north and three hundred kilometers to the east is under martial law."
On the deck, the descendants of Flor were raising their heads and looking in this direction. Lair took the notice from the opponent's hand, frowned at it, then silently folded it and put it in his arms. He raised his head
Looking at the towering cloud wall in the distance, this military exercise came at a bad time - but this was not the reason for them to give up.
They have spent less than half a month wandering here. He doesn't care about the casualties and losses of other guilds. The battle in the empty gorge may have scared some people, but for them, if they can't catch
On the other side, their efforts for half a month have been in vain.
No matter what, they had to stop the boat at this place.
"Thirty kilometers," Lair silently calculated in his mind, "in order to seek a chance of survival, the opponent will almost certainly break into the exercise area designated by the military..." The military's exercise area is a long side with a length of 1,300 kilometers.
It is a rectangle with a length of 300 kilometers, but the short side is only 300 kilometers. As long as the opponent cuts in from the southwest corner of the short side and passes through the exercise area in a diagonal line, there is still a certain chance. The military fleet cannot be densely packed here.
In this exercise area, the opponent may not be able to hit the military fleet at all, but do they dare to take this risk and pursue them into the exercise area together?
Of course Lair understands that the answer is no.
Therefore, they must intercept the opponent before they enter the exercise area.
"Let the ships communicate more closely," Lair said: "There are currently thirty-three sailboats densely clustered on this line. As long as they take this route, they will definitely run into each other. Thirty kilometers, through
It will take at least half a day to cross this line. As long as someone spots them, this time is enough for us to get closer and form an encirclement."
"What about the Wind Riders?"
"The wind knights also need to disperse. They can move forward a little to give us enough warning time." Lair replied.
Wind Knight is a bipedal flying dragon knight. This is not a career variant, but some selectors who have mastered the bipedal flying dragon riding skill can do it - there are large corrals on larger sailboats that can be used
These medium-sized flying beasts are raised, but the number is generally not too large. Two or three on a ship is the limit.
Wind Knights have no professional requirements and mostly exist as reconnaissance units on the battlefield above the sea. However, high-end guilds usually choose Lance Knights or Elementalists as backup candidates for Wind Knights, so that their Wind Knights also have certain abilities.
Combat ability.
"Inform the other guilds," Lair looked at the cloud wall in the distance and said, "Let them disperse the wind knights as well. Don't be afraid of losses. Tell them that if they catch those people, the bounty and points will belong to them.
We just want people."
"We only want people?" The swordsman was slightly startled.
"This is an order from above," Lair glanced at the other party, "Don't worry, if we catch the person, the reward we will get will be more than those things."
"What do you want these people from above?"
"It has nothing to do with us, don't ask if you shouldn't ask," Lair replied calmly, "Just do your own thing."
The swordsman was stunned and nodded quickly.
But at this moment, a sailor rushed up from the deck below. "Mr. Lair, I just received the news that the Onoyi, the Torch and the Seagull discovered the target at the same time.
We expected that the other party was coming from the direction of Mount Piriede."
Lair immediately dropped the swordsman, turned around and asked: "The opponent's position and heading?"
"To the southeast of us," the sailor said immediately, "the other party was heading towards the Onoyi without changing its course. We don't know whether they have discovered us, but the Torch and the Seagull have already passed by.
"
Lair immediately turned around and said to the swordsman: "The Onoyi is the ship of the Sea Breeze Guild, the Torch is the ship of the Orca Guild, and the Seagull is the ship of the Cast Iron Spear Guild. Contact these three guilds immediately and tell me what I said before.
Repeat it to them and tell them we will be there soon."
The swordsman nodded immediately, turned around and left.
"Follow me." Lair said to the sailor, and then immediately turned around and walked towards the chart room. When he arrived, it was already a busy scene, with navigation officers in different colors coming in and out.
From time to time, someone used a ruler and compass to mark the spread out nautical map, or nailed a pin.
Those thirty-three pins represent the positions of thirty-three sailboats in this airspace. To their north, a striking dividing line is drawn with red ink. Behind that, is the military
The exercise area designated by the Party.
Lair subconsciously looked at the star tracker in the center of the room. A faint beam of light was projected from the crystal below the star tracker, projecting three flashing light points into the airspace above the star tracker.
And those three light spots were exactly the positions of the three sailboats, the Onoyi, the Torch and the Seagull, which were located by the wind element detector.
A middle-aged man wearing a captain's coat was chewing his pipe and watching this scene. He turned around and saw Lair walking in, and then he said: "You came just in time. The target has already appeared. As long as the Onoyi, the Torch and the
If the Seagull isn't too stupid, they won't be able to escape."
"How does it look so far?"
"So far, the Onoyi, the Torch and the Seagull have dealt with it pretty well. I heard that the opponent is just a small ship. The Torch and the Seagull are bigger than it, and their firepower is much stronger than it. The Honor
The Yiren is even more similar to our ship, that little ship won't stand a chance."
As the captain spoke, he picked up a pin and inserted it into the chart.
"How far are we from there?"
The captain looked at his pocket watch: "Half an hour."
"Mr. Captain, I leave it to you."
"Don't worry," the aboriginal captain replied: "I have been doing this for more than 20 years, and this little thing is nothing."
But while the two were talking, one of the three light spots on the star tracker suddenly flickered. After the largest light spot flickered about two or three times, it suddenly disappeared without a trace.
It's as if it has never existed in that place.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, thinking that there was something wrong with the projection crystal of the star tracker. The captain reacted very quickly. He already walked up and pressed his hand on the crystal. But he seemed to have adjusted it several times, and the crystal
There are only two spots of light projected above.
Lair's brows gradually wrinkled, and he suddenly asked: "Which ship did the disappearing light spot belong to?"
"It's the Onoyi."
The captain answered subconsciously, but after finishing his answer, he seemed to suddenly realize what the problem was - from the news he had received before, the sailboat was heading towards the Onoyi. His expression changed, and suddenly
He stood up and shouted in the direction of the microphone:
"Contact the Onoyi and ask what happened there?"
There was a burst of unexplained noises from the sound transmission tube, but after a while, a human voice came out: "Captain Odemuller, we can't contact the Onoyi... No, it should be said that we can't find it at all."
Without the shadow of the Onoyi, it seems...as if it has disappeared from the wind element detector..."
"We are not sure if there is something wrong with the wind element detector. The captain's magicians and craftsmen are urgently investigating."
"There is no need to investigate -" Lair said flatly: "Where is the nearest wind knight? Let them go there and take a look immediately."
But he didn't finish his words.
Suddenly another extremely anxious voice came from the other side of the microphone:
"The Falconer calls the Torch, the Falconer calls the Torch, or any ship that can hear us—"
"We are in trouble, I repeat, we are in trouble..."
"We are the Wind Riders on the Torch, we are under attack... They, they are..."
The voice was full of panic and nervousness, so much so that it seemed a bit intermittent. This sudden communication shocked everyone, so much so that there was silence on the other side of the microphone. After a while, Lair shouted: "
Hurry up and ask them what happened!"
"Okay, captain, we'll do it right away..." There was a commotion of voices coming from the microphone, which seemed to be shouting, but there was also the sound of something falling to the ground.
But suddenly, a horrified scream interrupted everyone's movements:
"...They are coming...they are constructs! There are so many of them, one, two...three, at least three formations..."
"They are swooping down from the clouds, spread out quickly, spread out quickly!"
Next came a shrill sound.
It was like the sound of metal or something breaking apart, and then all the sounds fell silent, leaving only the rustling ether background noise.
Lair heard the source of the sound - it was the sound of the communication crystal cracking.
He was silent for a while and then said calmly:
"In fifteen minutes, contact the people on the Onoyi."
"Ask them..."
"what happened."
Lair turned back and said: "Mr. Captain, please let the ship move closer to that direction immediately."
The aboriginal captain seemed to be still immersed in the previous shock and did not react. Although he was an old sailor, he had never experienced such a thing. Let alone such a thing, he had actually never encountered it once.
Real naval battles - except for a few encounters with air pirates.