Chapter 1107: Air Combat (II)
Xue Qin naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs, the formation was scattered again, and the tail was in hot pursuit, the airships of the Liusang Empire were not as good as the boats of the Dongsheng Empire in terms of speed, and they retreated in a hurry after the defeat, and they became the best targets with little experience, and one by one they were crashed by the fly-like enemies and gradually cannibalized.
When there were still five airships left in the Liusang Empire, the commander gritted his teeth and turned off all the lights to reduce the height, hiding in the darkness to escape, while the other four unwitting airships became cannon fodder used by their commanders to attract the attention of the enemy.
At the end of the battle, it was already midnight, Xueqin did not return immediately, and after arranging enough small boats to guard the nearby airspace, he personally led the team to search the nearby sea area to find survivors.
The air force equipment of the Dongsheng Empire has no defense, and there is no need for it, everyone stays in the airship, and the outside of the airship protects the armor, if the opponent's weapon can penetrate the armor, then even if the air force soldiers wear leather armor, it is useless, but other aspects are very thoughtful, each flight suit has an umbrella bag on the back, which contains a parachute to escape, and the jacket pocket is also equipped with a whistle and a small piece of light stone and a brightly colored scarf.
On the sea, where the battle is most intensive, the sporadic lights swaying with the waves, some clustering, some moving towards more points of light, and from time to time whistles and responses are heard.
Xueqin's dinghy came to the place where the survivors were most dense, lowered the ropes, and rescued the survivors, but the space of the dinghy was limited, and a dinghy could carry up to six people, and if you removed the one that was already on it, it could carry two people at most, so Xueqin transferred more dinghy to come to the rescue.
After several hours of fighting, the battlefield spanned dozens of miles, which caused a lot of difficulty to the search work, Xueqin did not give up on anyone, and sent someone to send the news back to continue the search, knowing that it was dawn, and only after making sure that there were no survivors did he lead the team back.
Returning to Long Roundabout, after statistics, a total of 23 boats were lost in this battle, of which 15 people were determined to have died in the battle and found their bodies, 29 people were missing, and the rest were rescued.
Yuan Fang kept his promise, and when Xueqin and the others returned, they instructed the kitchen to prepare a celebration banquet, but everyone who had experienced a night of fighting was not as excited as expected, everyone would go to the place where the bodies of their comrades were parked before leaving the airport to salute and see off their comrades, silently pray for the dead to rest in peace, and then go to the prisoners who were tied to the corner to punch and kick to vent, with such a mood, even if the food in front of them is rich, no matter how delicious it is, there is no appetite.
When rescuing the survivors, it was not only their own air force soldiers who came back, but also some of the Liusang Air Force who didn't know if they were lucky or unlucky, these lucky guys didn't die, all because their airship didn't lose power immediately after it was destroyed, but fell slowly, and the impact was not big when it fell to the sea, so they escaped by luck, but their airship was almost wiped out, and no one would rescue them, so they became Xueqin's prisoners and were taken back to Long Roundabout.
There were a total of thirteen captives, and Yuan Fang couldn't understand what they were saying, and he was not interested in interrogation, so he directly threw it to Situ Muran for processing.
At the celebration banquet, Yuan Fang did not stay for long, but simply said a few words, praising the bravery and senselessness of all the combatants, and after comforting the wounded officers and soldiers, he ran back to the studio to continue to study the problem of artillery depression shooting.
Putting down the food box brought back from the canteen, Yuan Fang put a plate of sumptuous dishes on the workbench, and beckoned: "Come over and eat something, red clothes, red clothes, wake up, don't sleep, go back and sleep well after eating." ”
Hongyi opened his eyes, paused for a while, and said confusedly, "Where am I?" ”
Sang Rou handed Hongyi a towel washed with warm water, and said with a smile: "This is my brother-in-law's studio, wipe your face, and be spiritual." ”
Hongyi took the towel and wiped it twice, suddenly felt a lot more energetic, sniffled, turned his head and was surprised to see the sumptuous food on the workbench and said, "Ah, why are there so many delicious foods?" Have you thought of a solution, this is a celebration feast, right? ”
Guan Xiaoyun nodded: "It's a celebration banquet, but it's not for us, it's Xueqin and them." ”
Hongyi grabbed a crispy little fish and threw it into his mouth, scratched his head and asked, "Sister Xueqin, are they back?" The result? ”
Guan Xiaoyun said expressionlessly: "Victory, forty-seven of the fifty airships of the Liusang Empire were destroyed, and three escaped. ”
Hongyi cheered excitedly when he heard this: "yes, I know that Sister Xueqin is the most powerful." ”
Guan Xiaoyun continued: "But let's too." ”
Without waiting for Guan Xiaoyun to finish speaking, Yuan Fang interrupted and said, "Okay, don't say it, eat, eat." ”
Hongyi looked at Yuan Fang and said inexplicably: "Why don't you let me say it, Xiaoyun, what did you want to say just now?" What's wrong with us? ”
Guan Xiaoyun understood what Yuan Fang meant, and it was better not to let Hongyi know about some things, let her have a good meal and sleep well: "Oh, nothing, I want to say that we can be regarded as a big victory this time, and the dean is worried about how to attack Xueqin and them." ”
The red cloth pouted and said, "What's so difficult about this, it's rewarding for meritorious deeds." ”
Yuan Fang spread his hands and said, "How to talk about meritorious deeds? It was a night battle, and there was no way to confirm who shot down and how many enemy planes, and it was pitch black, even they themselves couldn't tell. ”
Hongyi tilted his head and thought about it and said, "Then all the credit." ”
Yuan Fangfu rolled his eyes and said, "What are your military merits?" Is that a random giveaway? Again, if you have merit, you have to be rewarded, how much silver do so many people get? Your emperor's brother can't spend it like this, even if he has money. ”
Hongyi was dissatisfied and said: "You are all so stingy, how do you say that?" ”
Guan Xiaoyun subconsciously replied: "Like gathers like. ”
The red clothes clapped their hands and said, "Yes, it is like like gathering." Yuan Fang glared at Guan Xiaoyun angrily, Guan Xiaoyun knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly nodded and smiled.
Sang Rou came over to play the round and said, "Okay, let's come over for dinner." ”
Hongyi cheered again, picked the best position to sit down, picked up chopsticks and grabbed a braised prawn with oil, twisted off the shrimp head and threw it into Yuan Fang's bowl: "Brother, eat the shrimp head, this thing is delicious." ”
Yuan Fang's head was full of black lines: "It's delicious, don't you eat it yourself?" ”
Hongyi said of course: "I'm not looking for you, I'll leave good things for you, so I'll barely eat some shrimp." The crowd burst into laughter.
Yuan Fang threw the shrimp head into his mouth and chewed it fiercely, nodded and said, "Well, it tastes good, Hongyi, you eat slowly, I can't eat it anymore, can you let me eat something else?" I've got shrimp heads in this bowl. ”
Yuyue smiled and gave Yuan Fang a quick braised pig's trotters, and Yuan Fang said with emotion: "Yuyue still knows that it hurts." ”