Volume 8: War and Peace Chapter 54: Siege (2)

"Wind direction, southeast!"

"Wind power, level three!"

"The clouds are thick, and the visibility above 300 meters is less than five meters!"

"Boss Shui, the news from the observation group is here!" One player shouted as he ran towards him, "Thirty-one griffons, and almost four hundred eagles!" ”

Known as the Water Boss, a middle-aged man in dark blue overalls was squatting on the ground, using the tools in his hand to adjust a device about the size of a vacuum cleaner.

"31? That's a big deal! Xiao Wei, if you can still be the same as yesterday, who is the trump card of our union, there will be no more doubts! Boss Shui grinned, stood up, and patted the young man named Xiao Wei in front of him, and the hemispherical looking device was clinging to the young man's right waist.

There was also a similar device on the left side of his waist, and with the gesture of the water boss, the young man named Xiao Wei nodded, driving the magic power in his body to input into the hemispherical devices on both sides. You can see that cyan patterns slowly begin to appear on the surface of the device, and finally turn into a circular magic array, emitting a bright cyan light.

As the light gradually stabilized, Xiao Wei's body slowly left the ground, rising to a height of about three meters.

"Excellent! All you need to do is fill it in! Boss Shui clapped his hands and said with satisfaction.

It is a wide open space, located about ten kilometers on the west side of the city. As the siege battle unfolded, it was also designated as the station of the air combat unit and the take-off site by the "Moonlit Night Tigers" union.

Since Raphael, on behalf of the Angel's Covenant, took the Arnas Empire's counterinsurgency mission next, he began to study the air combat equipment for solo use under Yu Bin's reminder. At this stage, the player base has not yet popularized flying mounts, so naturally it is impossible to organize a large-scale air force. The lord player is still in the construction stage, and it is also not possible to produce a large number of flying classes. What's more, compared with the flying classes that are not highly intelligent and easy to lose, as well as the flying mounts that are difficult to obtain, relying on special equipment allows players to have a certain amount of air combat ability, which is more suitable in terms of cost performance and scale.

In previous lives, this was also a feature of the later stages of Faction Wars, with thousands of players using this aerial combat equipment to fight back and forth in the skies, bombing cities and enemy armies, and even crossing hundreds of kilometers to hunt lone targets. It can be said that players rely on the integrated combat mode of air and ground in reality, which greatly enriches the means of war in the world of Ntagre.

Of course, even with Yu Bin's technical support, the first generation of air combat equipment still seems to be very weak, and its main energy supply comes entirely from the player's own magic, which makes the original air combat players completely served by mages. However, the mage's fragile frame and poor combat skills were completely unable to confront the rebels' air power, so the Angel's Covenant had to continue to invest in the development of new air combat equipment.

Now Xiao Wei is equipped with the third generation, affectionately known as "Feiyan" by players, this is a light air combat equipment, hanging on both sides of the waist on the surface of the hemispherical equipment engraved with a number of magic arrays, respectively with floating, storage and spraying functions, activated by the player's own magic power, after activation, completely rely on the magic crystal filled inside the equipment for energy.

In addition, Feiyan also has a total of eight built-in magic missiles, which are made of fire-based magic crystals, and rely on the magic array engraved on the surface of the magic crystals to activate, which can attack targets within a distance of fifty meters in front of the user, and the attack method is mainly based on flame explosions.

The biggest disadvantage of Feiyan is that its load is not enough, because it is a light air combat equipment, in order to ensure the time in the air as much as possible, the air combat player equipped with Feiyan cannot wear too heavy equipment, otherwise it will cause the consequences of not being able to take off due to excessive load. But in fact, few of the Delphinium's aerial combat players cared about this, and they generally forgave up wearing any equipment and used the free weight to load more mana missiles. At most, when an external bomb bracket is installed, a single air combat player can carry sixteen mana missiles in combat.

After all, many times, when you are shot down in the air, no amount of armor can withstand a fall from a height of hundreds of meters!

In addition to the Swift, there are also medium-sized air combat equipment called "Seagull" and heavy air combat equipment codenamed "Wild Falcon", but the price of each equipment is different, and the difficulty of production has increased significantly, and with the financial resources of the Moonlit Night Tiger Guild, it can only maintain an air combat force of no more than 20 people.

The Water Boss is the ground officer of this air combat base, and he is also one of the few players in the Moonlit Night Tiger Guild who can repair this equipment, in order to dig up the Water Boss, the president of the Moonlit Night Tiger Guild, the Tiger went down the mountain and paid a lot of money to pocket the player who originally wanted to stay in the Angel Shield.

Therefore, no one dares to oppose the order of the water boss in the entire air combat station, he is the emperor here, he said that you can fly, you can fly!

"Don't worry, Boss Water! I'm definitely lucky today! ”

"Haha! Young people, just have this vitality! Boss Shui smiled and said, "How many magic missiles do you want to pack?" ”

"Six! The rest of the weight trouble helped me use it for four triggered mana bombs, and by the way, a long-bladed razor! ”

The water boss paused for a moment, and then suddenly let out a burst of wild laughter: "Hahaha! Turns out you're a fan of that guy too! I thought you were the same as Bai Qing's muddy character, both of whom didn't know the height of the sky! ”

"I'm not stupid! Although they have the top-notch air combat equipment provided by the Angel's Covenant, they have achieved the results of 350 confirmed downs and 200 unconfirmed downs in just half a month. Xiao Wei said with a red face, of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that the other party is a girl and is a beautiful girl.

Boss Shui smiled proudly, patted Xiao Wei's back and said, "That's right, that's right!" Even if people don't rely on equipment, technology alone is enough to crush you and Bai Qing. But don't think too hard about yourself, you're now over 30 downs, as long as you keep going, it won't be long before you can enter the ace club! ”

With the advent of this special way of fighting in air combat, air combat players have also begun to classify and rank each other according to the number of downed enemies, and only those air combat players with more than 100 downs are eligible to be called aces, enter the so-called ace club, and obtain the title of "Silver Wing".

Don't think that this goal is easy to achieve, only the goal of downing griffins, gargoyles or higher strength can be counted in the number of falls, such as the Warhawk, which is only a first-order enemy, is not eligible to be counted as a number of heads.

"Silverwing! When will I be able to get such a title? It's really envious, following the covenant of the angels, there will definitely be more fighting opportunities! Xiao Wei's face showed a look of yearning.

"But the danger is even higher! I still remember the battle against the fortress of Morente, at that time we still used the second generation of hummingbirds, the 3rd Air Combat Brigade of 500 people, and it was dead and wounded in less than half an hour, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness Raphael personally bringing the 2nd Air Combat Brigade to support, I'm afraid the entire take-off field would have to be destroyed by those crazy griffins and gargoyles! When the water boss talked about this, he still had palpitations, "I was at the scene at the time, good guy, as soon as you take off into the air, several gargoyles will surround you, and I am scared to see that scene!" ”

While the two were talking, another ground crew member a few meters away who was in charge of debugging Feiyan gave a thumbs up, signaling that the other air combat player was ready to take off.

"Alright, let's stop talking! We'll talk about it when you come back safely! This time your wingman is Xiao Zhang, you have cooperated before, don't fool people again! Your way of flying is too unruly and dangerous! Boss Shui also gestured back, signaling that this side was also ready.

"Remember, Feiyan's magic crystal can only last for two hours in the air, and if you do high-speed maneuvers, it will also consume additional magic crystal's magic power, but don't fall from the sky because of the lack of mana supply!"

"Don't worry, Boss Water!" Xiao Wei waved his hand to indicate that he understood, then put down the windproof glasses above his head and looked at Xiao Zhang not far away.

Xiao Zhang, who was only two years younger than Xiao Wei, smiled, also put on windproof glasses, and leaned forward, just like a sprinter about to start.

"Clear the runway! Watch out, you rookies! Notify the observation group in front that the battle group is about to enter the field, and do a good job of guidance! Shui Lao shouted loudly.

"The runway has been emptied and it is ready for takeoff!"

"Xiao Wei, after taking off, it will be lifted directly to 300 meters, this time there are only griffins, no gargoyles, it is useless to fight at low altitudes, it is better to break away directly with a dive! Don't fight melee! Boss Shui seized the last moment to remind this young man who was favored by himself.

"The airspace ahead is safe, start taking off!"

The hemispherical devices hanging on both sides of the waist began to quickly light up with cyan magic array lines, driven by the magic array, the bodies of the two people first slowly left the ground, and then the two devices on the waist suddenly sprayed a turbulent air flow behind them, pushing the bodies of the two to fly forward.

Under Xiao Wei's own magical control, the effect of the floating magic circle gradually increased, causing his body to slowly rise along a curve until it flew over the treetops more than ten meters high and entered a low altitude.

Then, cut off the connection to the floating circle, let it automatically draw energy from the magic crystal, and its own mana will control the spray circle, changing the direction of the spray until it completes the climb and enters a height of 300 meters.

After that, the flight process is very easy, as long as you keep the direction of the jet circle behind you, you can propel your body all the way forward. It is not until entering the battlefield that players need to use their magic power to control the direction of the circle's sprays, so as to change their flight movements.

This technique is similar to that of a real-life airplane, and the circle is equivalent to the engine of an airplane, which is difficult for the aborigines to become a qualified air combat warrior because they have never learned about it, but on the contrary, it is easy for players to learn because they have heard and witnessed it on a daily basis.

In fact, the air combat equipment at this stage still cannot meet Bin's requirements. In the previous life, in the last year before the fusion of the two worlds, players even developed the technology of using souls to directly control the magic circle, and the payload weight has also increased significantly, coupled with technologies such as direct helmets, magic-guided missiles, and mental locking, so that they can compete with abyssal creatures from the bottomless abyss in the air. In comparison, at this stage, both the Flying Swallow and the Wild Falcon are very inferior.

However, technological progress also takes time, compared to the previous life, this life, under the promotion of Yu Bin, the air combat equipment has entered the actual combat stage three years earlier, Yu Bin believes that as the battle becomes more and more frequent, players are bound to continue to improve the air combat equipment, so as to develop those important technologies in the previous life earlier.

After entering the altitude of 300 meters, Xiao Wei and Xiao Zhang began to move forward one after the other, heading towards the battlefield at cruising speed. It's not that they don't want to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible, but increasing the spray ability of the magic array will cause additional mana consumption to the magic crystals, reducing their time in the air.

Five minutes later, the two of them were finally able to see the battlefield beneath their feet, and at this time, the griffons and warhawks belonging to the rebels were flying in the sky, threatening the lives of those who attacked.

A player riding a large butterfly leaned in, and now there are very few players who can obtain flying mounts, each of which is the jewel of their guild, plus many flying mounts have little combat power, so they can only be used for tasks such as scouting and observation.

The player riding the butterfly is a member of the observation team of the Moonlit Night Tigers Guild Air Combat Regiment, and there are two other people with him, and the three of them take turns patrolling, while detecting the deployment of the rebels, and at the same time conducting preliminary observations and early warnings for the air combat groups that arrive later.

"You're finally here! Pak Qing, they have already started, so hurry up! Those griffons are so hard to deal with! ”

In fact, at this time, there were already air combat players fighting in the sky above the city, but compared to the air power of the rebels, the air combat players with less than ten people still seemed to be a drop in the bucket, and naturally they couldn't stop those griffins from attacking their comrades on the city wall!

"Got it! Zhang, follow me! Prioritize killing the Eagles, those guys are low in combat but fast. As for those griffins, it's hard for the two of us to kill, so if you do, try to lure them to the archers or mages behind you and let those guys deal with them! ”

"Got it, Brother Wei! I'm in charge of your left rear! ”

"Good! Now start attacking! The dive begins! ”

The magic power instantly controlled the jet array to change the direction of flight, from horizontal flight directly to a large-angle dive, and the rapidly increasing speed allowed Xiao Wei to approach a warhawk that was hovering in less than three seconds looking for an attack target.

"The first one!" The long-bladed razor fixed to his wrist slashed through the warhawk's body, and the power of high-speed flight combined with the sharp blade easily sliced through the warhawk's feathers, turning the first-order beast into a corpse and falling from the sky.

Xiao Zhang, who followed Xiao Wei, also reaped a result, but he did not immediately pull up like Xiao Wei, but continued to rush forward at a low angle to prevent the enemy from seizing the opportunity of Xiao Wei's climb to attack.

The real-world two-plane tactics shine in the alternate world of Entagre, where the coordination between the captain and the wingman is enough to pit two players against enemies that are several times larger.

The battle in the sky became more and more intense.