Chapter 679: Air Combat Suppression
War seems to be the only theme that cannot be eliminated in human history, but with different eras, the main force of war and the way of fighting are changing.
In the ancient god war, although the strength level of both sides of the war is particularly high, the way of use is simple and rude, most of the existence of both sides is bare-handed on the battlefield, Wang Baquan and street melee is the most direct description of the punch and kick fighting style.
And when the eternal holy war became the theme of the times, with the continuous change of war races, the way of war naturally changed, infantry, spearmen, shield warriors, wizards, spellcasters, chariots, cavalry charges, cold weapons and magic, so that the main force of war is also constantly changing.
In the "peacetime" the changes of various races are often not obvious, the main forces on the battlefield are still the same old, the great thing is that the steel vest is thicker, and the improvement of weapon materials makes the range of the archers ten percent farther, but once the holy war period, all kinds of new weapons are crazy to emerge, directly from quantitative change to qualitative change, the main force of the previous day as a sharp weapon of the town and country will be proved to be waste by the cruel battlefield the next day, and then immediately eliminated or directly thrown into the second line, the battlefield with huge changes, It makes people feel that the previous death and life are like match-fixing.
During the world war, one change a year, new arms, new ways of fighting, new strategic thinking, backwardness will be beaten, when all the chips, whether material or intellectual, are invested in the cradle of war, when thousands of years of accumulation are forcibly converted into combat power, anything is possible.
And now, the holy war has officially broken out, and the great development of magic technology has changed a lot. The highlights are endless. New classes and new equipment have attracted countless attention. But the most obvious difference from the old era, the brightest one among the stars, is the popularization and civilianization of air units.
In the past, a human kingdom could only afford to raise a griffin brigade, and a small and medium-sized country that could raise air cavalry was a sign of wealth, and these precious air knights would not be used to kill the enemy on a frontal battlefield. Considering the degree of cherishment and maintenance costs, even if you play a 1:100 exchange ratio, you will also feel a loss.
At that time, these precious air knights were often seated by the children of noble lords, and their main job was reconnaissance and messengers, and they could be regarded as a kind of scout army to suppress the ground in absolute safety.
If you really want the griffin knight to attack the ground, do you expect the air knight to shoot a crossbow at a high altitude, the sad hit rate and range are not as good as spitting directly on the ground, at least it can disgust the opponent and hit the morale.
At least. In the Age of Eternal Night, the expensive Sky Knights were either honor guards or scouts. The bone dragons couldn't find a decent opponent in the sky, and when Lan Guo was still there, the Aurora Knight was a super top class that shook the whole world.
And now, only ten years have passed, and the dragon knight warband, which has expanded at least ten times by a hundred times, has become familiar to the world, and the floating boats and warships flying from time to time overhead have become accustomed to it.
"Donglan's magic guidance technology is ahead of the whole world, and Lan's technical strength is the best in the world!"
Ahem, ignoring the big engineer who uttered the subtle lines, at least they did the task I had assigned.
The reconnaissance fighters never stopped cruising, and our scouts had already spotted their tracks before they could reach the beast tide, and even if the scout air riders made a mistake, with the help of the engineers, the large magic radar on our ship had already locked on the talisman of those illusion demons.
Yes, they could use that monkey claw amulet to shield the location of the contract wrist wheel, but when we had the samples, those talismans became positioning devices, and it was easy to find out the location of the other party with magic radar and mage's detection magic items.
The Scout's orb of memory turns into an illusory sight, giving us a glimpse of the battlefield chosen by our opponents.
It was a plain road between the valleys, which seemed to be wide, but it was surrounded by high mountains on both sides, and this road was also an uphill road, and the rugged mountain shape made it necessary for the knights to slow down, and as long as the beasts blocked the front opening, and suddenly attacked from both sides of the mountain, it was indeed possible to wipe out all the knights gathered together.
And our radar also found traces of the Phantom Demon from both sides of the mountain, and indirectly pieced together the opponent's attack plan.
"Spread out, Chibon...... I mean the Phoenix Fighter and the Aurora Knight. Xiaohong, don't be lazy, let your dragon fight and cooperate. ”
The Northern Lights was moored in the air, the hatches on the left and right slowly opened, more than forty dwarf phoenix fighters and nearly a hundred aurora knights swarmed out of it, and the dragons escorting the ship also began to act.
Another order has been issued, the knights on the ground are stationed on the spot, and the next battlefield has no matter of ground troops.
"Eight years ago, in a national war, if a giant dragon appeared on one side, even if it was a young dragon with no wings, I am afraid that the morale of the other side would collapse directly, and now, it is not normal for more than a dozen dragons to jump out of that battlefield, and the dragon is simply a regular class......."
On the radar, the dragon head mark representing the dragon clan was slowly glowing, and the four red ones were flying relatively fast, and they had rushed to the top of the team.
The Red Dragons are good at aerial combat and the spearhead of raids, and the Flame Dragon's Breath that sweeps the ground is classic and practical, and the warlike Red Dragons also show their desire for battle with practical actions...... Of course, there's also the desire for gold bonuses, and the rewards for hiring dragons are directly tied to their results, and the young dragons are eager for a carpet of gold coins that covers their nests, which is a prerequisite for them to be loved by the female dragons...... How can you get married without a wedding room, the young male dragon actually has the same kind of trouble as humans.
The six black dragon heads flew much slower, they were very scattered, guarding the sides and front and rear of the team, vaguely acting as the escort of the "fragile" Phoenix fighters within the flight group, this is not accidental, but our positioning and air combat tactical arrangement.
The black dragon's flight and air combat ability cannot be compared with the red dragon, and the hand-to-hand combat ability is probably stronger than the white dragon of the dragon's shame, and the corrosive venom dragon's breath has a limited range and slow effect. However, they are still considered to be a mighty dragon. It's just that their racial talent is too strong.
Yes. Magic immunity, the magic immunity of the mage enemy, of course, no one can do the real magic immunity, the magic immunity of the black dragon is just said to be scary, in fact, they are similar to the talent of the dark elves, just a strong magic resistance, but if it is against the rookie mage of the human race. In fact, it is no different from magic immunity.
The older the black dragon, the stronger the magic resistance, and although we are only employed by some young dragons and prime-age dragons, it is enough to be immune to the arcane below the seven rings, and greatly reduce the arcane below the nine rings.
Their task is very simple, that is, to escort other air units, to act as a meat shield when necessary, the main force of air combat is heavy crossbows and instantaneous magic, magic scrolls, and for the most important quickness of air combat, the number of magic rings will not be high, these young black dragons. For regular mages and air combat mages, it can barely be said to be an impregnable flying fortress.
And their coming. Just the red dragon dragon power that seeped out immediately attracted the attention of the opponent.
In a panic, the flying troops in the beast tide began to fight, but the red dragon's dragon breath arrived first, and the dragon power at the top of the food chain was fatal to the beast herd, in front of the dragon, the low-level flying demonic beasts could only tremble, and did not dare to fly up to resist.
And those mid- and high-level magical beasts such as demon vultures, thunder pengs, bipedal wyverns, and manticores that barely flew ushered in the roar of the dragon, but the assault of the aurora knights.
Countless pieces of ice turned into scattered losses, and in a moment when the vision was blurred, the Aurora's Ice Dragon Spear was fiercely inserted into the body of the Flying Monster, and the implosion of the cold magic took the victim's vitality and body temperature at the same time, which was the most commonly used aerial combat combination punch by the Aurora Knights.
With just one look, those powerful mid- and high-level demonic beasts fell like dumplings.
The use of Aurora Knight in the past is actually a misunderstanding, and it is better to use it for ground attacks than to use its instantaneous ice magic and aerial heavy armor units to give it a huge advantage in aerial combat.
And unlike those aerial monsters that rely on instinct to fight, the Aurora Knights, who are accustomed to tactical drills, have always maintained a formation of several horses, maintaining the advantage of fighting one more in a small area, and when they encounter the top magical beasts that are difficult to deal with, they will directly bypass them and let those dragons with thick skin and flesh deal with them.
In the tactical exercise, using the dragons of the same team as a meat shield to dodge the attack is a very important tactical point, the dragons as an air combat unit, but also rough skin and thick flesh can ignore the general bow and arrow, magic, this is their most shameless place.
At this time, around each dragon, there are two groups of eight to ten Aurora Knights around, and this is a basic air combat unit.
The Aurora Knights are also very skilled in cooperating with each other, creating a large-scale blizzard that affects each other, piling up ice armor and ice walls to defend against the impact of the opponent, suddenly killing behind the flanks and dragons, and assassinating by surprise, a combat team goes sideways, and there are no more magical beasts falling, and the sky along the way is directly swept clean.
And obviously, in the Red Dragon Group, the Red Dragon is the spearhead of the attack, rampage all the way, while the Black Dragon Group is much slower, and most of them are used as meat shields for the Sky Knight.
It's a battle of tactics and instinct, perhaps, or crushing.
Those demonic beasts that only relied on instinct to fight were defeated, and in the face of opponents who could not be resisted, in the midst of the dragon's roar, dragon might, and their own miserable howls, the survival instinct of the beasts quickly gained the upper hand, no matter how the phantom demon below urged, a large number of deserters had already appeared in the air combat demonic beasts, even if their number was ten times that of the opponent.
And at this time, after the air supremacy was guaranteed, the fragile Phoenix fighters finally arrived on the battlefield and began their work.
This time, their task was exactly the same as the last time during the magic tide, one by one the bottles and barrels of magic potions were dropped, and the effect of the improved "special potion" was better than the last time, and soon, driven by hormones and special potions, the beasts began to riot and civil strife.
This is the essential difference between the two sides in dealing with the war, and it is also the difference between intelligent creatures and beasts.
The targeted and improved alchemy potion worked quickly, and the beasts that were stimulated with ferocity and reproductive instincts had their only outlet for their kind, and the entire herd became a sea of infighting.
When air supremacy was ensured, the Aurora Knight and the Dragon, who had taken out their efforts, also started the next round of air raids, but when they found that the damage they caused was far less than that of the beast tide that was self-harming by the "drug", they concentrated on escorting the plane, protecting the fighters to replenish the "ammunition" and continue to drop the medicine.
The Phoenix fighter refilled the potion back and forth four or five times, and the ambushers were almost wiped out, even in the cold winter, the smell of blood still wafted far away, and the remnants of demonic beasts were everywhere, I am afraid that we would not be able to find the fragments of the illusion demon from the chaotic mountain.
And when the controller died, and faced with the threat of dragons and powerful enemies, the beasts began to flee in all directions, and we were victorious, and our own losses were negligible, but I was not happy.
“…… An afternoon was wasted, and more than half of the special potions were consumed, and these little bastards had no idea how to treasure ammunition. The most troublesome thing is that the opponent predicted our rescue route, so there must be a follow-up. (To be continued.) )
PS: What, I wrote it yesterday and threw it in but didn't send it out