The roar of the air was heard one after another, and large fireballs raced to the dawn sky, illuminating the sky over the Korath Army positions as bright as day, providing the anti-aircraft artillery with a more convenient view of aim, although the accuracy of the hit was more determined by the proximity fuse than by their eyesight.

"Haha! Well played! It's so exciting! On the artillery position, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Popov grew up with joy when he saw the vultures and horses falling one after another in the air. Dropping the binoculars, the artillery brigade commander walked up to Jack and Kafta, shook their hands hard, and danced excitedly: "You two guys are amazing, you have invented a great weapon, from now on we will no longer have to be afraid of those flies flying around, that's right, with the 'proximity fuse', the anti-aircraft artillery beating the vulture horse is as easy and pleasant as swatting a fly with a fly!" ”

"Hehe~ What did I say before, the enemy will definitely not be able to break through our army's air defense barrage, you still don't believe it, are you convinced now?" The little dwarf was triumphant.

Kafta was not as easily agitated and carried away as Jack, pushed his glasses, and said to Yuri Popov slowly: "In fact, the 'proximity fuze' is not our invention, the inspiration and design ideas were provided by Mr. Roland, and he is the one we should really be grateful for." ”

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Major Myers was killed, and the bombing brigade, which was responsible for the core task of "Operation Dawn," crashed into an anti-aircraft barrage equipped with a "proximity fuse," and was beaten to pieces in less than 10 minutes. Yuri Popov and his anti-aircraft gunners were so addicted that they dubbed the aerial interception battle "fighting flies." At the same time, another battle airspace was also divided, Colonel Junius's soul was imprisoned in the "Soul Binding Bottle" by Roland, and his knights were not in much better condition, being blown off their horses by the storm caused by the divine flight, and they had to rely on the "Feather Fall Charm" to save their lives.

Aurora led the Giant Eagles to fight back. If it takes a little skill and luck for artillery to "fight flies", the giant eagle really has no technical content in hanging and beating the slowly falling knight, which is no different from hitting a "human flesh sandbag". The eagles were quite humanitarian, and only knocked out the knights on horseback to stun the captives, and did not deliberately torture them. As for the two hundred or so vultures in the air, but they were more valuable than the knights themselves, Roland instructed Aurora to lead the giant eagle to drive all the fleeing vultures to the airship, and then inform the brothers and sisters of Lyudmila and Edric to come and tame them, and replenish the air mounts that the Kolas army urgently needed.

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Rudolph set up the command post in a small building near the platform, and accompanied by Evgenia, went up to the terrace on the second floor to observe the battle in the air through a telescope.

Seeing a large group of vultures and horses mounted with blasting barrels approaching the platform like a dark cloud, Evgenia was a little overwhelmed and suggested sending the mages and priests to take to the air to stop them - in the case of weak air weapons, using spellcasters against the enemy air force was a regular tactic, and this was Rudolph's original plan.

But after yesterday's conversation between father and son, Rudolph changed his mind and decided not to use the weakly defended spellcaster troops for the time being, and to see if the new anti-aircraft shells his son had drummed up in the ordnance station would work as he claimed.

Mr. Rudolph was one of the few military reformers of this era who had both command ability and innovative spirit, and personally promoted the transformation of the Kolas Regiment from a militia organization dominated by cold weapons to a modern army that boldly used advanced weapons such as artillery and created many new tactics.

The outcome of this air battle was an eye-opener for Rudolph and Evgenia, and the artillery shells equipped with "proximity fuses" seemed to be reborn, raising the air defense efficiency to an unbelievable level. As long as the eagle appears within a radius of 20 yards, the proximity fuse will be triggered by itself under the action of the "magic alarm", and then detonate the bomb, and the hard and brittle metal shell will be shattered into thousands of sharp fragments scattered in the air, as long as a shrapnel hits the eagle knight, the high temperature and high energy it carries will cause great damage to the target.

The "proximity fuze" not only greatly improves the killing efficiency of the anti-aircraft gun, but also has a benefit that has not yet been fully demonstrated, that is, the enchantment chip, which is the core device of the proximity fuze, has the function of identifying friend or foe - if there are friendly troops in the detection radius of the "magic alarm", the fuse will not be triggered, so that accidental damage can be avoided to the greatest extent.

"Roland, this kid, really sent a big surprise to Clotz." Rudolph handed the telescope to Yevgenia beside him, with a hint of pride in his smile, "It is no exaggeration to say that the invention of the 'proximity fuse' will cause a revolution in air combat technology!" In the foreseeable future, how to prevent fragmentation will be a difficult problem to be solved on the desk of the air force commanders of various countries, and it is also necessary for us to make preparations in advance in this regard. ”

"Now we have a lot of resources at our disposal, Roland has established three stable low-cost financing channels for us through his personal connections, the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, the Lighthouse Bank, and the Vlad family's sovereign wealth fund 'Parnia Investment Agency' have all promised to provide us with low-interest loans, and the bigwigs of the Awakening Club are eager to take advantage of the opportunity to make war money under the guise of sponsoring military spending, and any problem that money can solve is not a problem." Lady Yevgenia now has the momentum of a wealthy queen, but women's careful thinking is also inevitable, "It is important to develop new technologies, but secrecy is also essential, if we can keep the secret of the proximity fuse for a long time......"

Rudolph smiled: "Of course, it is best to be able to keep it secret, but the highlight of the 'proximity fuze' is to put forward a novel idea to solve the problem, the technology itself does not involve any complex theories or unique processes, and the core element is nothing more than a 1-ring spell "magic alarm", anyone who understands it can't help but sigh 'Why didn't I think of it so simple', how can I stop others from copying?" However, you don't need to worry too much, His Majesty the Emperor and his cabinet ministers in the holy city of Yashan will not pay too much attention to this skirmish on the Far Eastern Frontier, and the secret of the proximity fuse can be kept secret for a while. ”