Chapter 527: Western Expedition (29) Air Battle
The Scandinavians who couldn't do anything about the Thunderbirds had to focus on the dragons and wyverns, leaving only a little attention to the Thunderbirds, making sure they could fend off the lightning attack the moment before they could use it.
The speed of lightning is very fast, and it often hits the target the moment it is formed, so it is useless to dodge after the lightning has formed.
People who can really dodge lightning and lightning are dodged by anticipation before the lightning is formed, after all, there is no way to change the direction of their movement when the speed is extremely fast.
The clouds of wyverns and dragons were getting closer, and even after a few javelin strikes by berserkers, their numbers didn't seem to change much.
Now they were still a few dozen meters away from Upland City, and they only needed to advance a little further to enter the sky above Upplan, where countless magic, protection, and traps were densely covered.
The dragons and wyverns began to hover high in the air, and without slowing down, they hovered against the prohibition above Upland City, as members of intelligent life, they had brains, and they knew that there was a trap ahead, but they would not rush into it stupidly.
The circling flight allows them to dodge Scandinavian attacks without slowing down, and even though they are now very close, they are still very comfortable with it.
Of course, not all dragons and wyverns are like this, and several wyverns rushed out of the dragons and flew angrily towards the Scandinavians on the walls below.
The other dragons and wyverns had no intention of stopping or persuading them, and let them break away from the group, on the one hand, they needed these wyverns to test the traps laid by the Scandinavians, and on the other hand, they had no reason to stop the parents who had gone to avenge their children.
Yes, revenge for their children, the few wyverns who rushed out of the ranks and were exposed to the Scandinavian eye were the parents of the young wyvern who had just been killed.
Anger was brewing in their brains, and reason had told them that it would be suicidal to make such a choice at this time, but they did it anyway.
It would be best if you could kill these Scandinavians and avenge their children, and even if you can't do it, it doesn't matter much if you die at the hands of the Scandinavians.
Because by that time, they had already tested the traps and hole cards of their opponents for the troops behind them, and they believed that the dragons who were much stronger than them would avenge them, turning the city into a sea of fire and turning the ruins into a wasteland.
The Scandinavians faced the flying dragons that were getting closer and closer, and the warriors who were manipulating the equipment were still calm, clutching the equipment in their hands tightly without saying a word.
Siegmund had not yet given the order to attack, and at this time, he had to continue to calm down and hold back not to attack these wyverns, only in this way could he achieve better results in the subsequent attacks.
They also don't have to worry about the wyverns killing them, because the people gathered here are powerful Scandinavian warriors who will kill these wyverns and protect them from harm.
The Scandinavians began to act, and with heavy javelins in one hand, they aimed at the weak spots of the dragon's neck, heart, and wings, and threw them hard.
At such a close distance, the strength of the Scandinavians, and the heavy javelins made of hard wood, were enough to break through the dragon's defenses and inflict damage on them.
What's more important is that the distance is so close, and the opponent adopts the method of approaching in a straight line, and it is really difficult to do it if you can't hit compared to hitting.
Before the wyvern had even entered the skies above Upland City and was not affected by the ban, a javelin shot him in the eye.
Without waiting for him to wail and scream, or to give him time to go crazy in pain, two more javelins struck his wings with precision, opening two holes in the wings, and before he could begin to descend and smash downwards, the last heavy javelin pierced through his neck and out of his mouth, ending his life.
After the first victim appeared, the Wyverns behind them also suffered a similar fate, and before they could enter Upland's airspace, they were shot down by the Scandinavians, without testing the details of the Scandinavians for their companions behind them.
In other words, the information they had tried out with their lives was known only to dragons and wyverns, and the Scandinavians were extremely powerful at a certain distance.
To be more precise, they died at the hands of Berserkers among the Scandinavians, and only a Berserker could have hit the Wyvern's weakness with such precision and kill them in a very short time.
The dragons and wyverns were still hovering in the sky, letting out a roar or two of rage from time to time, angry at the death of the wyverns, worthless in their eyes to be killed so easily.
However, anger to anger, the remaining dragons and wyverns had not lost their minds, and in this battle, they seemed to have become much more sensible, without the arrogance and arrogance of the previous two battles in Scandinavia.
Yes, arrogance and arrogance, when dealing with enemies who are inferior to them, the dragons can only show such an attitude, except to look down on them.
However, when they can really put the enemy in their eyes, they will also take it very seriously, to collect each other's intelligence, to study each other.
It's as if the enemy they are facing now is the elite of the Scandinavians, those berserkers, whose strength can already threaten their lives, and it is already worth them to take seriously.
Otherwise, it is impossible to want these arrogant dragons to use the tactics of circling and flying on the battlefield, and it is easier to directly solve the weak enemy with a breath of dragon breath with that kind of time.
Time passed slowly, and the two sides faced each other about three hundred meters apart, and the Scandinavians did not attack again, and the dragons did not rush forward, and continued to maintain the action of flying in a roundabout manner.
Warriors who have survived many battles know that the more nervous they are about to break out in such a tense battle, the more they have to hold their composure, and now both sides are waiting for the other to reveal their vulnerabilities so that they can use the first wave of attacks to inflict damage on them.
At this moment, the Scandinavians standing on the walls of the city were in confusion, shouting in panic and pointing in the direction where the Atila army was.
As a result, the warriors who were using catapults and ballistas to attack the giants, forcing them to move, stopped moving.
Although, they reacted quickly, but the rhythm of their attack came to a slight pause, and the giants accurately captured this little bit of incongruous cohesion, and carried out a wave of counterattacks.
Huge stones smashed against the top of the city walls, and the whole city wall shook with a blood-red fog in the smoke, forcing the warriors to concentrate on the battle against the giants.
What is it that makes the Scandinavians so confused? What makes them panic in such a situation? Even the warriors who are attacking the giants are distracted, giving the giants a chance to fight back?
Siegmund had mistaken his guess, and this time it was not only the flying units that the Attila army had thrown into the war, and unlike the last time, they did not adopt the tactics of taking turns one by one.
Or it can be guessed that the Atila army has already felt that it is not necessary to continue this tentative attack, and has the confidence to start a decisive battle and capture Upland in one go.
The mammoth troops began to advance, they were pacing unhurriedly, which was the prelude to the charge they were preparing to attack.
Only when the body is thoroughly warmed up, can the mammoth be effective when charging, so as not to damage the muscles in the body, and there will be no minor problems.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a mammoth, and don't forget the mammoth meat you've eaten before. ”
Siegmund spoke loudly, cheering up the Scandinavians around him.
Although the mammoth is very powerful, the people who defend the city here are also the elite of the Scandinavians, who have tasted the meat of the mammoth, if not actually killed the mammoth.
When Siegmund said this, the smell of panicked mammoth meat in the depths of their memories came to the tip of their tongues, and they couldn't help but start swallowing.
When you think about it, the mammoths that are warming up don't seem to be so scary, and looking at them from a distance, you can even feel that they are moving ingredients that haven't been cooked yet.
However, it took a while for the mammoths who were warming up to join the battlefield, but the dragons flying in the sky attacked at this time, without roaring or roaring, so they silently captured the moment when the Scandinavians were distracted by the moment when the mammoths were about to enter the battle, and joined the battlefield.
"Pay attention to the heavens, pay attention to the heavens. ”
Zygmund reminded loudly, although his eyes were on the reverse of the mammoth, he still had a part of his mind focused on the dragons, and immediately issued a warning at the first time when the other party made a move.
The dragons and wyverns flapped their wings vigorously and plunged headlong into the area of Uppland that they had been careful to keep their distance from, the airspace where the Scandinavians had placed all sorts of forbidden and protective magic.
As if time had been slowed down, the movements of the high-speed flying dragons and wyverns became sluggish, both in terms of the speed of flight and the frequency of flapping their wings.
Not only is the movement and speed slowing down, but the height of the dragon and the flying dragon is also decreasing, which should be the effect of the [gravity technique] placed in the sky, because of the range, the power has been weakened to a certain extent, but it still has an impact on the dragon and the flying dragon.
Dragons and Wyverns could still adapt to the changes that happened to them if they were given some time, but now on the battlefield, their opponents, the Scandinavians, would not give them that much time to adapt.
The head of the pocket was directly smashed down by a wave of heavy javelins, and this time the Scandinavians did not take the method of direct projection, but carried out the projectile.
So, this wave of javelins, after cutting an arc in the sky, fell like rain from the heads of the wyvern and the dragon, and smashed into them.
About a dozen wyverns were injured in the attack, but the injuries, the pierced, wind-blown wings, caused them to fall downward.
Because of the magic arranged in the sky, the speed of their descent has become very slow, and with their rough and fleshy bodies, they will not die if they fall at such a height.
However, in the city of Upplan, Siegmund had already arranged for some men to wait, and when the wyverns landed, they would rush up and kill the beasts.
There are still many people who do not stand on the city wall, because the position on the city wall is limited, and if it is full of people, there will be fewer places to move, which is not conducive to the development of defensive battles.
Therefore, the reserves and those teams that could only take on logistical tasks were arranged by Siegmund in the city to deal with the enemies that might appear in the city.
Even if these troops are most likely not the opponents of the enemy who appears in the city because of their combat effectiveness, it is still possible to let them delay the time to attack the injured enemy who is not in the state.
Just like this time, the falling wyverns, their bones broken, their internal organs broken, their limbs twisted, and their wings resting limply on their backs, but even so, the attacks that erupted from their mouths, the acid, ice, fire, and lightning made it difficult for the Scandinavian warriors around them to get close.
However, the Scandinavians have a proven solution to the wounded beast, with several Scandinavians standing in places where the wyvern cannot attack, using long-range throwing weapons such as javelins and throwing axes to attract the attention of the other party, and then other warriors with heavy weapons such as double-edged axes, double-edged swords, and maces go around the back of the wyvern and attack the dragon's neck, heart, and other vital places.
Those heavy weapons, in the hands of the Scandinavians, can barely break through the tough skin of the wyvern and hurt their bodies, if they attack their vital positions, with a seriously injured body like the wyvern, it can be completely killed with one blow.