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At 15:20 in the afternoon, it was sunny.

Fresh wind, east-northeast.

"Attention ships! Attention ships! Here is the 'Stratofortress': Dawn Shines on the North Bay, Troy 0623! ”

"Dawn shines on the North Bay, Troy 0623, received! The Yamabo ship arrives in the predetermined sea area! ”

"Dawn shines on the North Bay, Troy 0623, received! The Canglong ship arrives in the predetermined sea area! ”

"Dawn shines on the North Bay, Troy 0623, received! The madrigal arrives in the predetermined sea! ”

……

Ten thousand yards above sea level, a massive silver-gray airship was sailing.

Roland sat in the cockpit as a temporary cameo communicator, and personally sent combat orders to his own fleet through the "text messaging technique" that came with the crystal ball.

Jennifer, who was manipulating the airship, turned her head and looked at Roland curiously: "What do 'Stratofortresses' and 'Troy' mean?" ”

"'Stratofortress'...... It's a famous heavy bombing airship in the Arcane Age, and I use it to refer to our 'Dawn'," Roland smiled, talking serious nonsense, "'Troy' refers to the entire combat operation of our surprise attack on the Giant Demon Island, 0623 represents the operation launched on June 23, the meaning of these code names is only known to the commanders of each ship, and it is difficult for others to decipher the specific content even if they eavesdrop on our communications." ”

Jennifer furrowed her pretty eyebrows, "I say, is it necessary to make it so complicated?" ”

"Magic communication is fast, but there is also a risk of being intercepted and eavesdropped, especially when there are high-level spellcasters on the enemy, in order to keep it secret, we have to be more vigilant, the success or failure of this operation is related to the rise and fall of the major forces in the entire North Bay region, we can't lose and can't afford to lose, every detail must be foolproof." Roland replied calmly.

Secrecy was necessary, but he wouldn't tell Jennifer that his concocted code was a spoof - unless there were planetary travelers from Earth in the pirate camp, there would be no way to understand what "Stratofortress" and "Troy" meant.

"Okay, even if you are right, the airship has arrived in the predetermined sea area, and if you continue to approach the Giant Demon Island, you must first pass through the minefield, and the airship will naturally not be hindered by the mines when it crosses the air, and the fleet below will probably have to suffer some hardships and spend some time, should we land down and wait for the fleet to pass through the minefield to jointly attack the Giant Demon Island, or will we fly to the Giant Demon Island first to drop bombs and blow it up?" Jennifer was eager to take the plunge, and it was obvious that she was impatient to wait for the surface fleet.

"Without the cooperation of surface ships, you only have one airship, even if you drop all the bombs on the island, you can kill a few people, but remind the enemy on the island to strengthen their vigilance, then it is a surprise attack!" Roland angrily counted her down.

Jennifer scratched her head, "Isn't there still the 'Dawn', take it with you to the air raid, plus the Giant Eagle Air Force, it should be able to blow up the shore defense batteries of Giant Demon Island, right?" ”

"The 'Dawn' piloted by Master Sukhoi has limited power and cannot fly in the stratosphere, and is sailing at low altitude to navigate the fleet, so it can't help you."

"Then how about I fly over the Giant Demon Island first and wait for the general attack signal?"

Roland thought for a moment and muttered: "Yes, you can, but you have to fly to the sea near the minefield first, put me and Mira, Bloom, Ronnie, Nikita and Vigraf down, and assist the surface ships to clear the mine, so that the fleet can safely pass through the minefield as soon as possible and cooperate with Helena to start the island seizure operation, otherwise the battle line will be too long, and I am worried that the enemy will see the flaws of the 'Sea Palace'." ”

"Yes, I just remembered when I heard you say that, when the Coast Guard commissioned Morozov to design a new type of mechanical armor, one of the necessary functions was minesweeping." Jennifer pulls the lever to steer the airship down.

Roland exited the cockpit and followed the gangway into the lower deck. Getting to the mechanical Armor requires crossing the flight deck, where he is stopped by Aurora.

"Hey, hey! Just in time, I was looking for you! ”

"What's the matter? Miss Aurora. Roland paused and looked at the giant eagle girl who stood tall and taller than him.

"Well, this new aerial bomb, I heard Mr. Zehir say that it was the design idea you provided?" Aurora flapped her wings and flapped an 800-pound bomb.

Roland was horrified, lest if she didn't pay attention to the firing pins and safety caps, the airship and all the crew members would have to accompany her to the western sky.

"I did offer a little bit of advice, but there were three main points: the shell was cast from steel, the shape changed from barrel to dropdrop, and the tail was equipped with a tail fin."

"Well, I've seen all of these, the first two are very good improvements, but when it comes to the rear wing, it's this weird-looking little tail, what's the use?" Aurora flapped the tail of the bomb curiously.

"The tail can improve the balance of the center of gravity of the bomb, and the flight trajectory is more stable after the bomb is dropped, making it easier to hit the target accurately." Roland recalled the test conclusions reached by the technicians during his visit to the arsenal yesterday, and relayed them to Aurora as they were.

However, the giant eagle girl was not satisfied, "I have wings myself, of course I know that the wing structure is conducive to maintaining balance, my question is why the tail is this shape, there are as many as eight wings, what is the benefit of this?" ”

This can stump Roland, he actually does not understand the construction principle of the tail, and he knows nothing about aerodynamics, the reason why this design scheme is proposed, just because the aerial bombs seen in war movies and weapon pictorials before the crossing have such a small tail, which means that this thing must be useful.

He copied it according to the cat and the tiger, where can it be clear why the tail wing is eight instead of seven?

"Miss Aurora, I'm sorry, it's hard for me to explain this to you, but you'll understand why it's designed this way when you drop the bomb yourself, and please don't use the bomb as a toy, it's dangerous."

"What an arrogant fellow!" Aurora muttered angrily as she saw Roland's back go away, in fact, how did she know that Roland was not arrogant at all, she really couldn't get off the stage when she asked, so she had to run away in a hurry.

……

The "Dawn" opened the hatch, and the six mechanical armors jumped out one after another, opened their parachutes in the air, and slowly floated to the blue sea thousands of feet below.

Roland sat in the cabin, taking in the sea below through the force field window. The terrain around the island resembles an hourglass, with two broad ends and a narrow middle, one end facing the North Bay and the other facing the Meteorite Ocean, and the narrow passage connecting the North Sea and the Meteorite Ocean is the Bagel Strait, which is the location of the Giant Demon Island.

If you want to land on the Giant Demon Island, you must enter the Bagel Strait, and the outer 100 miles of the strait belong to the warning zone of the Giant Demon Island, and thousands of mines are laid along the way to form the first line of defense.