Lux's Farewell

726 [0715] Death from the sky
Cuscana dives, a standard bombing action of the Demacian Air Force bombing formation.

The dragon bird performing the Kuscana dive will fold its wings together, adopt a predatory posture of catching prey from the air, and dive down at a nearly vertical angle. At this height, manual bombing is carried out.

This technical action requires a lot of cooperation from humans and dragons and birds.

For the bombers, they have to endure the strong discomfort caused by the weightlessness when the height drops suddenly, and cooperate with the dragon and bird's actions in the process, so that they can accurately drop the bomb at the lowest point, so that hit the target.

As for dragons and birds, they need to control the flight rhythm well, and shoot fiercely in the air under the condition of manned, but they can't really get close to the ground or even fall to the ground.

A lot of the training of the dragon bird knight throwing the zip line can be done on the ground, but for the dive bombing mission, all training must be carried out in cooperation with the dragon bird—so, there are special people in the flying squadron to clean the dragon bird. The bird's nest is different. On the dive-bombing formation, almost everyone eats and lives with the dragon and bird.

And now, the hard training of the past ten years has finally paid off.

Before the air defense formation of the Xiongdu Front Army was aware of the enemy's identity, the twenty dragon birds began to dive down from above the clouds in a standard Kuscana dive posture.

Behind them, the bombers took out the carefully kept Hex crystals in a state of weightlessness with ease.

Eight thousand feet.

Five thousand feet.

Three thousand feet.

Two thousand feet.

A thousand feet.

The swooping dragon and bird let out a sharp cry, and suddenly spread its wings when the air defense wing was scalp-numbingly switching targets.

Sparse arrows came through the air, some missed, and some flew away by rubbing the feathers of the dragon bird. A few hit the dragon bird, but due to the protection of the leather armor under the dragon bird, the effect was not obvious.

The heavy bed crossbow can deal a fatal blow to the leather armor of the bombing formation, but it is too slow to change direction. Even if half of the bombers choose the heavy bed crossbow as the target, the air defense wing and even the crossbow machine None of the adjustments were done.

No one noticed that just after the dive was completed, several blue crystal balls that shone like gems were quietly thrown out of the air and were flying towards the ground at high speed.

Almost everyone was attracted by the dragon bird with its wings spread wide and rapidly climbing upwards.

Among the three heavy-duty bed crossbows, one has locked onto the target immediately!
But...it was too late.

The faux hex crystal fell.

Falling from such a height, even if it lands on a meadow or on a dead leaf, the impact is enough to cause the energy of the crystal to become unstable, and once the energy of the Hex crystal becomes unstable, there will only be one result.

explosion.

"boom--"

"boom--"

Shock waves visible to the naked eye erupted on the ground, and the off-white hex dust suddenly appeared in the forest on the hilltop, as if a flour bag was hung in mid-air and punched hard by someone.

The three heavy-duty bed crossbows that have been locked because of firing have received a lot of attention. At least ten hex crystals fell around each of them. Almost in the blink of an eye, these heavy-duty bed crossbows were shocked by the terrible shock wave. smash.

The crossbow strings collapsed, and all kinds of mechanical parts, including the crossbowman who was operating them, were blown into the air and torn to pieces.

Although Heya, who had survived the Yalong's dragon fire, reacted immediately and raised her shield, she was still directly swept away by the shock wave, and her whole body flew sideways like a broken sack for a long distance, and her head was stuck in the dry place. In the pile of leaves, life and death are unknown.

Compared with the heavy bed crossbow that has been focused on, other people in the air defense wing are undoubtedly much luckier.

Although they also suffered sporadic bombing, because the targets were relatively small and the positions were relatively scattered, most of them were not directly thrown away by the shock wave of the explosion like Heya.

Although they are also in the explosion range, as long as they are not too bad luck, most of them are only affected by some shocks.

Dizziness, internal organs seem to be displaced.

Compared with physical injuries, this kind of attack from the sky is more fatal to their psychology.

After the explosion, the minds of the fighters of the Air Defense Wing, who had never seen such a situation before, were completely blank. They lost their minds—they had never seen such a swift and terrifying attack method, and they never expected that one day, the Dragon Bird Knight would launch an active and fatal attack on the ground.

The bombing formation, which has spent a lot of money, threw more than a hundred hex crystals in just one dive and dropped bombs!
Even the hills in the target area of ​​Badaopo were blown out with a spot of baldness!
Under such an offensive, the air defense formation of the Xiongdu Front Army, which was ambushing here, had completely lost its combat effectiveness at this time.

The life and death of the commander is unknown.

Heavy anti-aircraft equipment was blown all over the ground.

Unable to find a way to fight back, the soldiers were emotionally devastated.

Although due to the cover and shading of the forest, the casualties of the air defense formation could barely reach about one-third, but from this moment on, in this battle, they have completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Even if these people are gathered in the follow-up, it will be difficult for them to continue fighting. This bombing from the sky almost completely destroyed their will to fight. When the dragon and bird swooped down, the sharp cry will become A nightmare they will never forget.

Traveling all the way at night, the air defense unit preparing to ambush at Badaopo thought they had caught a fish.

But they never thought that they were actually the prey.

However, although the Air Defense Wing withdrew from the battle, the Battle of Badaopo was far from over - the Dragon Bird Knights of the Flying Wing Legion, who had been tasked with luring the enemy before, were trying to join the main force of the Flying Wing Legion going to outflank them. In the mid-air to the north, densely packed dragon and bird knights have appeared.

The battle continues.

........................

Gaguiel, who personally led the team, rode a dragon bird and led the main force of the Flying Wing Legion to come out in full force.

Although the main force of the Xiongdu Front Army has not yet arrived in Rithos, Jarvan IV agreed to his request to build a dragon and bird nest in the forward position under Gaguile's previous proposal. With the dragon and bird nest, the Winged Legion The dragon bird rider can take off nearby and wait for work at leisure.

According to Gaguier's battle plan, the Flying Wing Legion will send out small-scale lightly armed dragon and bird knights, pretending to be a reconnaissance, but actually luring the enemy into the ambush point, and suppressing them with ground firepower. The fowl knight outflanked and wiped out the pursuing enemies in one fell swoop.

The first step of this battle plan went very well.

The enemy decoy team flew according to the usual reconnaissance route, and soon saw the enemy, and lured them to chase them all the way, and successfully arrived at the ambush point.

However, what is different from the plan is that it seems that the ground firepower at the ambush point can cause damage to the enemy...very limited!
In the field of view of the Hex telescope, only one of the chasing dragon and bird knights seemed to be hit, and the rest seemed to be relentless, as if they wanted to continue to kill them all, regardless of the firepower on the ground, they would eat up the scouting team.

Under such circumstances, Gaguiel couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth.

The air defense on the ground is still unreliable. At the critical moment, it still depends on the Flying Wing Corps itself... Wait, what is that?
In the field of vision of the Hex telescope, several galloping figures plunged down from the air like diving, and then the air defense position on the ground exploded with clouds of gray-white smoke, although Gaguiel couldn't hear it from too far away. There were explosions and screams, but seeing this situation, his heart sank.

Throwing things from the sky is not unimaginable. Among the dragon and bird knights of the Flying Wing Legion, there are people who are good at shooting in the air or throwing axes and hammers.

However, the throwing weapons of the northerners were obviously something Gaguiel had never seen before, and judging from the range, they seemed to have caused quite serious damage to the ground.

Gaguile didn't care about the casualties of the ground air defense positions.

What he cared about was the attitude shown by the northerners during the bombing.

They seem to have been prepared for a long time?
Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to throw this strange explosive weapon as soon as the air defense position was exposed!

If the enemy had already prepared, would the follow-up outflanking and interception continue?
Gaguile hesitated for a moment.

However, it was only for a moment.

After a moment of hesitation, Gaguile quickly realized that although the enemy seemed to be preparing, it was also preparation for the ground.

Judging from the size of the enemy and the information provided by His Majesty, the Flying Wing Legion, which has assembled the main force, is still in an absolute superior position in air combat!

You know, there are fifteen teams of dragon and bird knights beside Gaguier, 150 people!

With dragon and bird knights of this size, even if all the air forces in the northern border are dispatched, they will definitely not be able to gain the upper hand!

Moreover, judging from the situation of the explosives they threw just now, many of the Northern Air Force, which is already at a disadvantage in numbers, seem to be professional in ground attack. Such people are completely useless in air combat.

In this case, if you outflank the enemy, not only can you eat their regular Dragon Riders, but you also have a chance to catch those who threw explosives!

Don't miss out!

Moreover, at this time, the Flying Wing Legion is already on the verge of breaking out, and has no choice but to send it. I can't just lead the team back in a desperate way, can I?
Thinking about this, Gaguile finally made up his mind and showed the red flag.

Compared with the sign language communication system of the Northern Air Force, there are few flying wing corps that gather for large-scale operations. In terms of command, they mainly rely on flags-make a tactical plan before the battle, then bind the tactical plan to the flag, and show it. Whatever the banner is, what plan will be implemented.

In this operation, it is a red flag to outflank, intercept and annihilate the enemy.

As Gaguier flashed the red flag, behind him, a group of dragon and bird knights of the Flying Wing Legion moved quickly. They took the squad as a unit, gradually opened up the formation, expanded the width of the formation, and faintly surrounded the posture , surrounded the Northern Air Force.

Eight to one numerical advantage, this is not a fight!

The formation of the Flying Wing Corps unfolded, and the Northern Air Force Squadron, which had been chasing and fighting fiercely before, seemed to have restrained its posture, turned around, and wanted to leave the battlefield.

However, due to the absolute disadvantage in numbers, it seems that it is not easy to escape.

At this moment, another group of dragon and bird knights filed out from the dense clouds above the battlefield—Jacquil, who was about to lead the team to encircle and suppress, couldn't help being stunned when he saw this.

The Northern Air Force...why is it always hiding in the clouds?

Aren't they afraid that the clouds will thicken, their vision will be blocked, and they will lose their way?

Even if they are familiar with the local terrain, this kind of getting lost is very terrible for the Dragon Bird Knight!

However, when this team of dragon and bird knights finally showed up, Gaguiel, who was a little nervous before, couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

The reason is simple, the number of these dragon and bird knights is not large - it seems that the northerners have indeed prepared manpower to respond, but even if there are people to respond, their number is still at an absolute disadvantage.

The advantage is mine!

Thinking of this, Gaguier waved the red flag a few times again, indicating to continue to maintain the attack posture, and the many dragon and bird knights of the Flying Wing Legion also followed the order, and together with the support army, completely included the Northern Air Force into the encirclement net.

There was even a team that took the initiative to raise the altitude, vaguely intending to cut off the passage of the northern air force into the clouds.

A ratio of [-] to [-] can completely encircle the enemy. If it is [-] to [-], it is necessary to actively intercept the direction where the enemy may flee. It seems that it may not be possible to completely wipe out the enemy army, and the more important thing is to cause more damage.

The attack formation of the Flying Wing Corps was launched, while the northern air force formed two herringbone formations after a simple exchange, with the first and second squadrons as the main body. The method is to break through the interception of the Flying Wing Legion in order to stand out from the encirclement.

Gaguiel, who has experience in air combat, naturally wouldn't give the entire enemy team time to break through. He kept waving the red flag with one hand, and took out a yellow flag with the other hand and then waved it—and then The yellow flag representing the start of the attack was displayed, and the Dragon Bird Knights of the Flying Wing Legion, under the command of the squad leaders, began to accelerate the attack.

eat them!

Nearly.

closer.

The dragon gun was set up, and the flying hammer was held in his hand. The Flying Wing Legion gathered here was ready to fight, and they faced the two squadrons of the Northern Air Force.

Gaguiel squinted his eyes, looking at the black dots that seemed to be colliding with each other in the next moment—a battle that determined the direction of the Northern Battle was about to begin in the sky above the Badaopo hills.

It turns out, however, that the veil was not drawn, but roughly torn.

Because, just before the two sides were about to confront each other, a colossal creature finally revealed its own figure in the clouds.

Appearing with her, there seemed to be overwhelming, trying to burn everything... the fire of the giant dragon.

Shivana, commander of the Northern Air Force, officially joins the battle!

　Going to the hospital in the afternoon... alas.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)