It was nearly two minutes before the communicators of the 6th and 7th ground teams came from the communicators that were not turned off, and a violent explosion was heard. The bombing did not last long, and although the load of the airboats fully supported a full-coverage bombing of that area, there was no such necessity.

The adjutant's airboat was a little higher at the moment, and under the cloudless sky in the afternoon, the sound of the bombardment had already been absorbed by the mountains and trees on the way here, but some shadows could still be faintly seen in the gray smoke rising from above. The rest of the ground forces continued to withdraw to both sides as ordered, avoiding the position as fast as they could.

Soon after, the teams on the encirclement converged in twos and threes, and the order to stop closing the encirclement was given by the adjutant. After the converging team, they were asked to choose a good terrain nearby to establish a defensive circle, and there was no further action. Waiting, the adjutant gave an answer. The adjutants could not say how long they would have to wait, and they were worried about whether the enemy would continue to pursue the ground forces.

The speed of the enemy, as analyzed in the latest information, will not take more than ten minutes to catch up with other teams. Once locked, it is a sign that there are still ground teams that will be annihilated in a short period of time. In the eyes of the adjutants, the established defensive circle was only a psychological comfort they gave to those teams. It may be that the time for annihilation will be delayed from three or four minutes to seven or eight minutes, but the result will never change.

The formation of airships also flew high, no longer clinging to the woods between the mountains. When they all go to the top of the mountain, the distance between them and the ground team is further widened, and the limit of the range of the aerial bomb can be used to support the ground team. Everything that has air supremacy in the Bands is strategic, and in large-scale battles, they are huge and effective.

The lieutenants looked at the encirclement on the map, where a large gap had been released. They are also caught in waiting. The first thing to pass was a period of 10 to 15 minutes, and if the ground team was not attacked again, the enemy roughly understood what they meant.

"The ground team stopped where they were, and if we were to approach them unilaterally, it would have taken a little more than an hour to join them. It was about half past four in the afternoon. An adjutant reminded, "It will take about ten minutes for Lord Mousse to catch up with us, and if you take a small airship later, you can compress the time into more than an hour." By the time we had passed, the enemy should have evacuated, right? They were just unlucky, and they happened to encounter an ambush squad on the way to the depths of the mountains? This was a little too sudden and unreasonable. ”

"Their strength can easily break through the encirclement, and they will not be hindered from leaving directly. After the ambush team was annihilated, as long as the traces were cleaned up, there would be no problem in advancing further into the interior of the mountain range. Or was it because I was too careful, so I chose to go back directly? 、、、 distance from that ambush to the ground forces of the encirclement"

"Two teams?" an adjutant said, and something suddenly came to mind. He looked at the other two lieutenants and saw the same thing on each other's faces, not by tacit understanding and accident, but by what their analytical abilities would naturally come to when there was enough information.

In less than a minute, the adjutant's airship formation descended and went to a position 100 meters above the woods, lined up according to the extreme radius of the temperature perception range, and advanced while searching the interior of the woods below. At the same time, fifteen minutes or so passed, and all the information was summarized by the adjutants again and went to Mousse's head.

"The two teams, the one in the encirclement, should be to open a hole for the deep detachment in advance and cover their unhindered withdrawal. Mousse, who heard the message, gave the final answer. His voice was full of laughter and intense interest, things may have already exceeded their predictions, even if the information is constantly improved and updated, it will only create more fog, "I want to know more and more about what is going on." But only when you encounter the enemy, you can get some information after catching a few interrogations. ”

"Be ready, and it won't be long before we catch up with you. Twenty-seven people, including you, will be selected from the team to form a team of thirty people, and we will rush over with me to have a look. If the speed had been slow, the enemy would have withdrawn long ago. "The mood has changed from thinking in doubt to being comfortable, and exploring the unknown is always exciting? At least Mousse's answer here is yes.

"Keep letting the airship search below, you're doing a good job, the team that met the ambush may still be on its way to the encirclement, and if we can meet them halfway, maybe we'll know the details of these two teams sooner. ”

After giving the estimated time, Mousse in the room put down the communicator and closed his eyes.

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The bomb exploded behind him, and Kasia could feel the impact and heat wave in the woods. Having left the area, the only effect of the bombardment may be to make Kasia hear a few loud explosions.

Originally, he wanted to chase the airship formation according to the smoke trail left by the bomb in mid-air, but Kasia abandoned the idea after seeing the airships in the airlift in an open space. The enemy guessed his purpose, and waited until the height of the airship exceeded the top of the mountain, and he really couldn't do anything about this kind of thing without the right weapons.

Running along the edge of the arc, a few minutes later Kasia "saw" the rest of the ground forces that had set up defensive positions on the spot, and the three ground forces converged to number nearly 1,300 men. Occupy a small area, relying on a higher terrain to build a dense network of firepower. With the erection of heavy machine guns alone, Kasia saw no less than a hundred. Combined with other firearms, portable artillery, Kasia estimated that it would take ten minutes to completely annihilate them. And rush in when the action of low sound waves erupts, and there is a high chance that you will be injured yourself. After all, the density of the firepower network is indeed too dense.

"I chose to take the initiative to let go of the encirclement. Thousands of meters away, Kasia simply calculated the size of the opening in the encirclement, and muttered, "At the speed of an airboat, it will take fifty minutes for the pursuing enemy to catch up with Isha, and it will be in the time I can rush back." However, the enemy's current evasive actions are clearly under unified command. The head of the territory should be on the move, but I'm not sure if it's me, or his lieutenants and men. ”

One last glance at the thousand-strong team diagonally in front of him, although ten minutes was enough for Kasia to fill fifty minutes of time, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

The annihilation of both teams was enough to attract the attention of the enemy, and Kasia was reluctant to increase his strength in the enemy's message. Although the exposure of identity is a certain thing, the length of the time difference in the sequence of exposure can affect the development trajectory of many events afterwards.