Mage Veja

Chapter 447 Night Attack on Shatar

City of Shatar.

The entire aviation regiment of the Imperial Army is stationed here.

The aviation corps includes the logistics department, the airship maintenance department, the auxiliary operations department, the security defense force, the directly subordinate investigation regiment, the Air Force Marine Corps, etc. More than ten branches add up to more than 3 people.

Regardless of the fact that this legion only has more than 3 people.

But if we really want to fight a war, it can be compared with an army of more than [-].

Because each war airship is equipped with 20 magicians, 200 war airships are equipped with 4000 magicians. This level of advanced force is enough to change the situation of the battle.

The aviation corps has always been the main force that determines the direction of the war.

Even if this aviation corps lost about 1/3 of its strength in the last war with the West Bank Army, the current force is enough to serve as the main force to participate in the battle and control the initiative of the entire battle.

However, with the stabilization of the war situation in the West Bank.

There are no other enemies in the west bank of the entire dynasty, and this legion has relaxed its vigilance.

The reconnaissance regiment directly under the charge of investigation has collectively entered a state of vacation. Even the supreme commander of this legion rushed to the headquarters hundreds of miles away to brag and drink with the generals. How can you expect this legion to maintain level of vigilance?
"I said Valens, stop pretending there."

A soldier of the defense army yelled at a 20-year-old soldier in the distance: "How many times have I told you that this west bank is already at peace, and you still hold that magic telescope every day for who? Look at it, sir."

"Leave me alone."

Valens disdained to be with those soldiers who were reeking of alcohol, and still held the magic binoculars.

The magic telescope was erected on the tower.

This precious reconnaissance instrument is different from ordinary telescopes. It looks very much like an astronomical telescope. Due to the high cost, an army will only be equipped with 5-10. Compared with ordinary military telescopes, the most direct feature is that it has night vision. view function.

In times of war.

This kind of detection equipment is sent by the defense force to be on duty 24 hours a day. It is mainly used to detect threats from the air, to achieve early warning, to allow soldiers to enter the air-raid shelter or to organize counterattacks in time.

But in Shatar City.

These detection equipment have been left unused, and the soldiers who were originally assigned to be on duty are unwilling to sit there for hours looking at the unchanging sky through the lens. It is silly to imagine that kind of appearance.

It has to be admitted that humans are creatures of the herd.

When others are serious, you will be serious without supervision, but when others are dereliction of duty, even if there is special supervision, you will try to be lazy.

Especially at this stage.

Even if the department responsible for supervision is no longer in operation, there is no point in being loyal to duty.

Therefore, 10 of the 9 magic telescopes of the Air Corps have been idled.

Valens, the only soldier who was loyal to his duty, was ruthlessly ridiculed by his teammates, branded as a sign of being out of group, and despised by other teammates.

But this did not shake Valens' will.

Because he is a soldier who is loyal to his duty and strictly demands himself. Before the commander-in-chief has officially declared the end of the war, he will never do the same dereliction of duty as others.

He understands very well.

The battlefield is never a place for jokes, if you don't have bad luck, you have to be cautious if you want to survive.

Just think of the parents at home.

Valens didn't care about those cynicisms, because he swore in front of his parents that he would survive this war, so even though he had been sitting motionless in front of the magic telescope for 4 or 5 hours, he still I'm holding on.

Huang Tian deserves a caring person.

At 24:00 in the evening, when the soldiers in charge of guarding the city were staggering and sleeping against the wall because of drunkenness, Valens keenly noticed that there seemed to be something more in the sky.

Eagle?

Vulture?

No, not at all. The size that covers the sky and the sun is not comparable to that of eagles and vultures. If you really want to describe it, it is probably as huge as the giant dragon described in ancient biographies or unofficial histories.

There's nothing wrong with that, it's—

War Airship!

About 50 war airships came slowly under the reflection of the moonlight. Through the lens of the magic telescope, Valens had already seen clearly that these 50 war airships did not have the symbols of the empire on their bodies.

They are the air force of the Holy Dynasty.

Valens watched for more than ten seconds before finally confirming that it was the dynasty's airship, and judging from the fact that the other party was driving directly towards them without saying hello, it was probably not a good person.

"Could it be that their goal is here."

Valens realized the seriousness of the problem. If these 50 war airships were to magically bomb their temporary airport without any resistance, their air force would likely be wiped out on the ground before taking off.

dong dong dong-

Realizing that something was wrong, Valens immediately sounded the alarm.

With the enemy's current distance, they have enough time to launch the war airship into the air to engage in an air battle with the enemy.

But Valens forgot that war is a collective project, and it is useless for him alone to stay vigilant. When the whole army enters this semi-paralyzed state, even if he raises the alarm, the commander cannot immediately Get organized.

"Alarm? Why is there an alarm?"

"Enemy attack, the defense force detected the enemy's war airship."

"Where's the officer? Where's our officer?"

"The Brigadier is still at the brothel on West Street. I'll go and ask him to come back."

"..."

Due to the lack of basic combat readiness equipment, the barracks were in chaos, and the troops assembled at the first time could not find the superior officers, and the troops with superior officers found that their subordinates were already drunk.

Unprepared.

Only four or five war airships were lifted into the air without maintenance, and one of them crashed in mid-air because the maintenance had not been completed.Before Veigar's army arrived, they lost their positions.

Valens was desperate after seeing this scene.

It was already impossible to expect such an army to win. He realized that no matter how well he did, he still couldn't lead the entire army, and individual strength was limited after all.

But luckily.

He can't be a hero to save the world, but he predicted the danger before others, so he rushed to the air-raid shelter immediately after sounding the alarm to avoid the coming magic bombing.

The teammate who taunted him wasn't so lucky.

Due to the lack of basic vigilance and the fact that they were too drunk, they just died in their sleep.

boom boom-

The ground shook, and dust filtered through the ceiling of the dugout, leaving Valens in disarray.

The sound of the explosion echoed throughout the night.

In this way, he stayed in the air-raid shelter for a whole night covering his ears.

When the dawn of the next day came again, Valens, who left the air-raid shelter, saw that all the war airships had been burned, and the ruins near the airport were ruined. Even the air was full of the smell of meat and the smoke of war. He couldn't help but knelt on the ground and retched.

In bursts of wailing and desperate cries.

Valens raised his head to look at the hazy sky, his face showed neither sadness nor joy, but his voice was full of despair and numbness: "Can we go back?"

(End of this chapter)