Chapter 464: Battle of the Red Rock Rift 2
The griffin column and the bird of prey column flew closer and closer, flew lower and lower, and finally a kilometer above the ground, along the rift valley, glided at high speed over the jungle behind the two columns of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society.
"Whoosh ......"
The five thousand and a half orc sergeants of the griffin column took out a javelin and threw it.
"Boom......"
The five thousand and a half orc sergeants of the Raptor column bent their bows and arrows, and shot one feathered arrow after another downward.
Tens of thousands of javelins and feathered arrows poured down from the sky like continuous raindrops, covering the two columns of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society and the jungle behind the two columns.
......With a slight sound, the two columns of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society and the jungle behind the two columns of the two columns of the Chinese Society of Military Affairs showed huge energy shields of different colors, like an open giant umbrella, layered on top of each other, distributed in the low air from 30 meters to 60 meters above the ground, covering the two columns of the phalanx of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society and the jungle behind the two columns of the phalanx.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Dense javelins raining down from the sky pierced into the energy shield and bounced up.
"Puff puff ......"
The feather arrows shot at the energy shield also rebounded and flew in all directions.
Neither javelins nor feathered arrows can penetrate energy shields.
Since the fall of Sunset Island and the complete supply of weapons and equipment, the orcs who invaded the Star Continent have begun to strictly control the use of magically blessed crossbow arrows and feathered arrows. In peacetime military operations, orcs mostly use ordinary crossbow arrows and feathered arrows. However, normal crossbow arrows and feather arrows lack magical blessings, making it difficult to penetrate Fighting Qi, magical protection, and high-strength armor.
The phalanxes of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society have the protection of energy shields, and have always maintained a neat formation and are silent.
After gliding at high speed, the griffin column and the bird of prey column quickly climbed to a height of 1,200 meters above the ground.
Then, one by one, the griffins and birds of prey all turned their heads in place.
After that, the Raptor column in front and the griffin column in the rear, once again formed a huge rectangular battle formation, and glided down from the back towards the two columns of the phalanx of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society and the jungle behind the two columns.
"Boom......"
"Whoosh ......"
Tens of thousands of feathered arrows and javelins rained down like raindrops again with the kinetic energy of falling from a high altitude.
"Puff puff ......"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Layered energy shields once again blocked the rain of feathered arrows and javelins.
The Column of Raptors and Griffins glided over, flying farther and higher, and finally climbed to a height of 1,200 meters above the ground.
Similarly, one by one the griffons and one by one the birds of prey turned their heads in place.
After this, the griffin column in front and the raptor column in the rear, formed a neat rectangular battle formation for the third time, and began the third glide from the front.
"Ready!" Standing in the middle of the phalanx of the two columns of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society, He Shannon, the director of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society, suddenly shouted.
"Whoa......
Almost in a second, 20,000 sergeants of the phalanx of the four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society acted at the same time, and lifted off the black cloth covering 4,000 tall artifacts, revealing 4,000 extremely powerful Chinese crossbows.
The Chinese crossbow is a kind of heavy killing weapon specially developed by the unconventional military weapons workshop under the Weapons Department of the China Association for the air power of the orcs, which is erected on the warship in peacetime and requires four sergeants to operate, one sergeant is responsible for aiming, one sergeant is responsible for firing, and two sergeants are responsible for loading crossbow arrows.
The Chinese crossbow can fire 180 crossbow arrows per minute, with an effective range of 4,000 meters for horizontal fire and 3,000 meters for air.
Seeing the griffin column and the bird of prey column gliding down from the sky, flying closer and lower, ready to launch a third attack.
"Put!" He Shannon shouted again.
The huge energy shields that covered the two columns of the First Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society and the jungle behind the two columns were instantly withdrawn.
"Boom Boom ......"
Four thousand Chinese crossbows made a dull loud noise at the same time.
Tens of thousands of thumb-thick crossbow arrows rained down from the bottom upwards towards the columns of griffons and birds of prey gliding down the sky.
The effective range of the crossbows mounted by the resistance forces of the Terran Federations and principalities can only reach 800 meters, and the effective range of the air can only reach 600 meters, so when the griffin column and the bird of prey column launched a gliding attack, they were thousands of kilometers above the ground, thinking that they were maintaining an absolutely safe distance. Unexpectedly, the effective range of the Chinese crossbow on the ground reached 3,000 meters, and the griffin column and the bird of prey column were defenseless, and were immediately covered by the rain of arrows.
"Puff puff ......"
The muffled sound of a dense stream of crossbow arrows piercing flesh resounded in the sky.
Whether it is a griffin, a bird of prey, or even an orc sergeant sitting on it, as long as it is shot by the crossbow arrow of the Chinese crossbow, the crossbow arrow is directly torn open by a bowl-sized hole.
The four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society had 4,000 Chinese crossbows firing in one round of accurate succession, and the griffins, birds of prey, and orc sergeants who mounted on them who launched gliding attacks fell by thousands, and the rectangular battle formation formed by the griffin column and the bird of prey column was immediately in a large area, and the formation was completely chaotic.
"Boom Boom ......"
Without a second of pause, the four thousand Chinese crossbows fired a rain-dense array of crossbow arrows into the sky.
"Puff puff ......"
Griffins, birds of prey, and orc sergeants mounted on them tumbled and fell from the sky.
At this time, the surviving sergeants of the griffin column and the bird of prey column could no longer bother to launch a gliding attack on the Chinese army on the ground, and they all scattered and fled.
"Boom Boom ......"
The counterattack launched by the four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Association was very sudden and fierce. Under the continuous fierce fire of 4,000 Chinese crossbows, less than 1,000 griffins and birds of prey escaped beyond the range of Chinese crossbows.
All of this happened very fast.
Six kilometers away, Miller, who was riding on the back of the Earth Walking Dragon, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene.
The Griffin Column and the Raptor Column originally had air superiority. Unexpectedly, instead of inflicting a heavy blow on the Chinese army on the ground, the griffin column and the bird of prey column were almost completely wiped out in the sudden fierce counterattack of the Chinese army, and the counterattack ability of the Chinese army was completely beyond Miller's existing understanding.
However, Miller quickly reacted and gave two orders in succession.
The werewolf flag bearer waved the red flag and issued a flag.
In the sky 2,300 meters above the ground, the fifty warships of the half-orc infantry (battleship) column formed a phalanx, quickly started, kept the altitude unchanged, and began to advance towards the sky above the jungle area in the southern part of the Red Rock Rift.
"All of them, attack!" Millel let out a loud snort.
After that, Miller clamped his legs hard, drove the dragon under the seat, and rushed out first.
The Ground Dragon's column phalanx quickly activated, closely following behind Millel.
The phalanx of the war elephant column and the two light cavalry columns on both flanks were also activated.
"Rumble ......"
Dust began to fly at the bottom of the Red Rock Rift.
A loud "rumble" resounded through the Red Rock Rift.
The Red Rock Rift began to tremble with a loud "rumbling".
5,000 earth-walking dragons, 5,000 war elephants, and 10,000 camels and horses charged at the same time, and you can imagine how terrifying their momentum was.
In the southern part of the Red Rock Rift Valley, on the edge of the jungle area, the phalanx of the four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the Chinese Society still maintained a neat formation and was solemn and silent.
At this time, the fifty warships of the fast-advancing half-orc infantry (battleship) column reached the sky above the phalanx of the four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the China Society.
"Whoosh ......"
Five thousand and a half orc sergeants on fifty warships, armed with crossbows, unleashed indiscriminate bursts of fire downward.
......In the sky above the phalanx of the four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the China Society, and in the void between 50 meters and 100 meters above the ground, huge energy shields of different colors appeared, layer upon layer, completely covering the four columns of the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Military Affairs Department of the China Association.