Chapter 1534: Bloody Sand (VIII.)
"The Far Easterners' Mecha Corps is indeed a bit unexpected, but isn't Manfred's 'Sand Knights' also unexpected? The stealthy Sandworm Rider is a haunting sand bugger in the desert, and digging a sand pit at the foot of the mecha can make these heavy, clumsy creatures unable to move, turning them into a piece of scrap metal that has lost its combat effectiveness! "If we are sure that we will destroy the Far Eastern forces in the Gobi Desert, why should we be satisfied with merely rescuing the four great Koukou from the predicament, as Manfred said?" It is completely possible to gather the remaining forces of the Wind Sand Knights and the Four Great Sand Bandit Regiments to launch a general attack on Mochizuki City and seize this undefended fortress in southern Xinjiang, so that the situation in southern Xinjiang will be back on track! ”
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Mayer's temporary headquarters was set up in a camp near the border between Canaan and the kingdoms of Koras. The small border guard station could not accommodate two major knights, and the momentum of the assembly and dispatch quickly attracted the attention of the giant eagles patrolling nearby, who reported the local anomaly to Aurora in time.
Aurora personally rushed to the sky above the border station, invisibly observed the large group of sphinxes and bipedal wyverns flying into the sky, and recognized it as Canaan's "Wind Knights" without a second look, and hurriedly hid in the woods to send an urgent message to His Royal Highness the Prince.
Just a few seconds later, Roland, who was far away in Mochizuki City, received a message from Aurora and relayed it to his right-hand men.
"The Wind Knights of the Medes were under the direct command of the governor Meyer, and this force crossed the border...... Can we understand that the Canaanites officially declared war on the Far East? Veronica said.
"It is not possible to draw such conclusions for the time being," said Tonya cautiously, "now it can only be determined that the Governor of the Medes is involved in this border conflict, but his actions do not represent the attitude of Bethlehem, Meyer colluded with and supported the traitor Hurd, and ganged up with sand bandits to cross the border to harass the towns of southern Xinjiang, did the Canaanite high-level know?" This is still unknown. ”
"If you really don't know, it's okay, I'm afraid that the rulers of Bethlehem will pretend to be confused." Lyudmila looked at Roland, "Why don't you communicate with Corofa first and find out the attitude of the Canaanite royal family before making a decision?" ”
Do you want to talk to Glova? Roland thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up this idea. Colossa needs to give him an explanation for the illegal crossing of the border by the Medes, and he is not suitable to take the initiative to complain to Colossa, otherwise not only will it not solve the problem, but it may also exacerbate the border conflict, which is very delicate, not only involving diplomatic games, but also involving the power struggle in Canaan, and it will affect the whole body, and Roland does not want to trigger this fuse now.
"Negotiations with the royal family of Zion are necessary, but we need to sit down and negotiate before gaining more favorable bargaining chips, and what we can't get on the battlefield, we can't get at the negotiating table." Roland smiled calmly, his bright and sharp gaze implied murderousness, "Regardless of whether the Canaanite royal family is really ignorant or pretending not to know about the rebellion in southern Xinjiang, since they are still assuming the posture of outsiders so far, then I also have reason to claim that I don't know that the regular Canaanite army is involved, and I don't know that Hurd and the sand bandits are backed by the nobles of Medes, if there are really Canaanite soldiers pretending to be sand bandits, we will beat them as sand bandits - some people are just cheap, only after being beaten can they know the pain, and they can remember the lesson!" ”
"Illegal immigrants are regarded as sand bandits!"
Roland's words were condensed into a short and clear order, which was transmitted to the ears of Zehir and Bloom on the front line through the magic guide intercom, and then conveyed to the officers and ordinary soldiers at all levels, quickly unifying the thinking of the officers and soldiers, and having a clear understanding of this battle: no matter what the origin of the other party, those who violate the border will be killed!
The appearance of the "Wind Knights" under the personal command of Mayer over the Gobi brought some changes to the battlefield situation. This well-known force was not a typical "Canaanite air force", and its composition consisted mainly of 300 griffins and 200 bipedal wyverns with light cavalry.
Roland once wondered why there was no "Pegasus Knight", the most prestigious air combat unit in Canaan, in the "Knights of the Winds", but later understood the reason after listening to Joseph's explanation. The history of the "Wind Knights" can be traced back to the beginning of the alliance between the royal family of Zion and Rosenthal in the last century, the grandfather of the contemporary Marquis of Zion, Joshua VIII, married the princess of the Rosenthal family, thus laying the tradition of intermarriage between the two noble classes of Zion and Rosenthal for generations, the "Wind Knights" is the dowry brought to Canaan by Queen Rosenthal, which has a history of half a century, and has been updated many times, and still maintains the original style: the riding beasts are mainly sphin-like and wyverns, The cavalry and officers were all sons of the Rosenthal family. In such a traditional-minded order, Pegasus is not allowed to be used as a main battle horseman, and is usually only used for patrol and reconnaissance missions, and is called "Pegasus Sentinel".
In addition to the traditional consciousness and the concept of family xenophobia, there is a more realistic factor for the "Wind Knights" not to include Pegasus in the establishment: Pegasus is a kind creature by nature, and it cannot fight side by side with the evil Sphinx and Hippogriff, and it is impossible to get along with the irascible and aggressive bipedal Wyvern.
As soon as the "Wind Knights" arrived over the battlefield, they launched a fierce attack on the Far Eastern Air Force. The first to pounce was the uncontrolled Sphinoid Eagle Beast, this fierce beast's combat power was obviously better than the giant eagle, three hundred Lion Eagle Beasts against two hundred and fifty giant eagles, and the number also occupied an absolute advantage, not to mention that there were two hundred flying dragoons under the command of Meyer himself in the formation.
Seeing the huge disparity between the forces of the enemy and us, Zehir immediately ordered the giant eagle to retreat and shrink to their respective motherships for cover.
"Catch up!" With a wave of the "Nian Blade" illusion of the mounted spear, Meyer took the lead in the pursuit with the blue dragon Waltin. Two hundred wyvern-dragoons followed him and charged, spreading their wings in the air. The sphinx, which had previously attacked, chased after the eagle's tail, looking for an opportunity to bite the lone eagle.
The "Dawn", "Independence" and "Victory" were suspended over the Gobi, and as soon as the giant eagle withdrew to the airship, they immediately turned on their machine guns to strafe the enemy troops that were tracking them. The sight of the three airships, with a total of twenty-four magic crystal cannons, firing in unison was spectacular, and the cannonballs poured out intertwined with a glittering rain curtain in the night sky.