Chapter 1529: Bloody Sands (III.)
"Our whereabouts have been exposed, and we will definitely be attacked by enemy eagles next, so brethren should be prepared not to be disorganized." Tails turned back to his men.
The sand bandits of the "Blade Regiment" had suffered from airships not long ago, and when they heard the boss's warning, they all changed color, recalling the tragic scene of those unlucky companions being torn apart by the airship cannon when they attacked Sweetwater Town, and hurriedly jumped off their horses to find shelter everywhere, but in this endless Gobi Desert, where are there any buildings or trees for them to hide?
Seeing the panicked appearance of the members of the Blade Regiment, the "Axe King" Chuck laughed: "Look at these poor guys, living like a group of chickens scared by giant eagles!" The gnolls behind him also burst into laughter, and they turned over and jumped off their camels, took out their crossbows from their saddlebags, loaded them with arrows, and deliberately showed a calm demeanor, making the guys of the "Blade Regiment" lying on the ground with their heads in their hands even more ugly and unsightly.
At the same time, both the "Crimson Regiment" and the "Undead Regiment" stopped marching and dispersed in line to respond to attacks from the air. Both the Scorpion and the Troll are both javelins, though the former uses a refined javelin with a cluster of shiny steel and is quenched with poison, while the latter wields nothing more than sharpened hardwood sticks. Trolls don't love sophisticated equipment like scorpions, mainly because they rely more on near-immortal bodies for combat, so there's no need to be too particular about equipment.
The three major sand bandit groups in southern Xinjiang lived up to their reputation, and in just a few minutes, they organized a perfect defensive front and waited for the airship to release the giant eagle. In contrast, the "Blade Regiment" lying on the ground and pretending to be an ostrich is too obscene and cowardly, attracting many contemptuous eyes.
Nor did Tails himself show any heroism, crouching in the shadow of a large rock, looking apprehensively into the night sky, occasionally looking back in the direction of the Medes.
"Hehe, old praying mantis, why do you keep looking back, are you planning your escape route in advance?" Chuck held the Flame Explosion Tomahawk with a mocking smile on his face.
"You know!" Tails glared at him angrily, "We people can't stop the airship strafing at all, only Lord Mayer's 'Wind Knights' can fight against the Far East Air Force!" ”
"Huh? Is there also a gun emplacement on the airship? Chuck asked, puzzled.
Tails didn't bother to explain, and cowered back under the rock.
At this time, Chuck didn't care to laugh at Tails,
Three airships were already approaching the top of the bandits' positions, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. This distance is not high, and crossbows and javelins cannot attack the airship, but the airship is also unable to use its cannons to strafe the sand bandits on the ground at such an altitude.
The magic steam engine drove the propeller to hum and roar, and the air on the Gobi Desert was extremely solemn. The four cowards were all waiting for the airship to come into range of magic, bows, and javelins, but the airship did not swoop down and strafe at a low altitude as Tails expected, one of the airships opened the hatch directly, releasing a swarm of giant eagles, and the other two airships landed a thousand yards away from the rear, and there was no movement for the time being.
"Beware, everyone! There are a lot of giant eagles, and they are about to rush down! Jenna made a visual inspection, and there were about two or three hundred giant eagles released by the airship, and if the swarm swooped down, it would inevitably cost some casualties. While reminding her subordinates to prepare for battle, she quickly made a series of casting gestures, and the 5-ring "Death Cloud Technique" was ready to go!
The half-scorpion warriors around Jenna were not afraid of the giant eagle, and the muscles of their arms clenched the javelin were tense. The gnolls followed the eagle's flight with their crossbows in hand, and the trolls were ready to throw their javelins. Scorpions, gnolls, and trolls all have a natural vision of darkness, and the darkness of the night does not affect their ability to snipe into the sky, but rather provides them with a protective color.
The tension of the confrontation did not last long, and the Giant Eagles quickly swooped down in small groups, but the Sand Bandits did not get the opportunity to throw javelins or detain crossbow strikes as they had hoped - the Giant Eagle did not swoop down with its claws to attack as they expected, and three hundred feet above the ground, it shook its wings and dropped two round black objects, and then regained its flight altitude and quickly flew away.
"What the hell is that?" Chuck "Axe" stared blankly, staring at the black object falling from the sky. When he finally realized what it was, the confusion in his eyes instantly turned into horror, and the boss with his mouth open let out a scream of rage.
"Hell! It's a blasting barrel! ”
Chuck had heard that the "Wind Knights" in Medes had a bombardment brigade that specialized in dropping barrels of alchemical powder into enemy positions, and that the explosion could easily destroy the forts.
In fact, his guesses were not entirely correct, the Giant Eagle dropped an explosive with greater lethality than the blasting barrel - a high-performance aerial bomb developed and designed by the Kolas Ordnance Institute and mass-produced by the Far Eastern Arsenal!
The "Dawn" carried a total of two and a half wings of giant eagles, leaving only 50 giant eagles to escort them, and the remaining 200 giant eagles all carried out bombing missions, dropping a total of 400 300-pound aerial bombs on the heads of the sand bandits. Except for a few bombs that directly smashed on the unlucky sand bandits, directly smashing them into meat cakes, the vast majority of bombs fell on the Gobi Desert, and the moment the firing pin was triggered, it exploded violently, and the black smoke wrapped in the yellow sand rose into the sky, condensing into a mushroom-like cloud in the air, as if the flowers of death were blooming on the Gobi Desert.
After a round of bombardment, the sand was strewn with craters, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood. Tails poked his head out of the sand and looked around, blinding blood and broken limbs as far as the eye could see. The only thing that could make him feel a little relieved was that the casualties of the "Blade Regiment" were significantly smaller than those of the "Scarlet Regiment" and the "Jackal Regiment", which was due to the fact that they had suffered from the Far East Air Force, and they chose to hide or lie on the spot as soon as they saw the airship, although they were ridiculed by Chuck and others, but they actually reduced the casualty rate in the subsequent bombing. As for Chuck, he can't laugh anymore.
"Your Excellency, our Giant Eagle Force has completed the first round of bombardment, and the results are unexpectedly good, mainly because most of the sand bandits lack the common sense to prepare for air raids."
In the command room of the "Victory" airship, Zehir was listening to the report of the results of the battle by Captain Dewey, the commander of the bombing group, and couldn't help but laugh when he learned that a single round of bombing had caused one-third of the sand bandits to lose their combat effectiveness.
"The 'Four Great Kou' who are famous and powerful in southern Xinjiang is nothing more than that, Captain Dewey, continue to bomb this group of dirt buns."
"Yes, Your Excellency, Major General!" Captain Dewey's heroic laughter echoed through the cabin through the magic intercom.