In the Alpha Zone, in the aviation base adjacent to the Beta District to the north, large and small aircraft and magic vehicles converge from all sides, bringing all kinds of supplies and all kinds of people. One sardine fighter plane after another flew into the sky, formed a group, and flew north.

"It's too crowded below to calibrate the cannon, so you can go straight to zero. And can you guys get the live stream? I just came from the Second Air Force and I don't know how I'm going. ”

Another sardine was dragged out of the underground hangar, and the driver yelled at the ground crew.

The stocky man, who was supposed to have dwarven blood, pointed to the side, and the driver screamed.

Next to the huge maintenance site, there is a huge screen with a height of twenty or thirty meters, which is so big!

The pilot didn't scream for this, but the screen happened to be the image of the red dragon being beaten by a fishbone missile.

The pilot's field of vision contains many technical parameters, and it is impossible to broadcast it directly to the outside world, which is taken by a camera attached to a male shark, which is very unclear. But you can see the desperate sight of the red dragon flapping its wings to get rid of the missile, and you can also hear the dragon's roar in the explosion. The dragon's roar used to be a deterrent to the strong, but now it has become the wail of the weak.

The halfling in the back seat struggled to stretch out his little head to see clearly, and the driver thoughtfully opened the hatch so that he could look at the side of the cockpit.

The halfling said gratefully, "Thank you,." ”

laughed, "You're welcome, partner. ”

Their crew, like the others, was drawn from the Second Air Force and came here to receive sardines. After receiving the plane, he reorganized himself into a group, and prepared to fly to the sea of weeping sand and join the battlefield when the battle situation was unfavorable.

It's not just active crews like them who come here, but also many retired or civilian pilots. The Red Union now has enough sardine-converted fighters, but not enough crews, so it has to recruit all those who have obtained flight certificates.

Dekker and his partner were watching with relish when someone next to them shouted, "Decker?

Turning his head to see two people, was pleasantly surprised: "Hassan? Jenil!?"

When he was at the Cactus Base, he and both of them served in the Fourth Squadron, commonly known as the Circus, and they were also part of a crew.

His eyebrows fluttered, and he slapped the skin under the cockpit with a bang: "What did you say before? If I can be a pilot, you will give me a whole month's worth of beer! You retired before I got my certificate, and now you can't hide it!"

The members of the circus were restless, and many retired after defeating Millhouse. However, they did not leave the skies, some continued to work as pilots, and some joined the Aviators' Guild to design and build airplanes. Later, when the Aviator Commune was founded, most of the core members had circus service qualifications.

Now the newly-born Red Union recruitment crew, all of them are here.

Hassan laughed, "Who knew you would be in the circus......"

Jeniel spread his hands and said, "I admit it, but it's not that that matters now." ”

Dekker looked at the gray elf behind them, rubbed his nose and said, "It seems that I also said that if you can fly a plane, I will also lose beer, it seems that we have all the beers this month." ”

The three of them laughed and introduced their partners to each other.

asked curiously, "Aren't you guys doing a float motorcycle?"

These two people are from the Shadow City of the Storm Islands, and they were originally very difficult to deal with, but they have come all the way from the Legion to the Air Corps, and now they are close friends of life and death.

After they retired, they set up a floating motorcycle workshop, and the hand-built floating motorcycle was quite famous, and they also organized floating motorcycle races with many colleagues. Although it is not as lively as the Dragon Race, the Airplane and the Flying Car Race, it is also included in the official sports program of the Red Federation and is supported at the national level.

"We were circus people, and when we beat Millhorns in the sky, we didn't have a Second Air Force, let alone a Red Union," Jennier said. ”

Hassan put it more bluntly: "We old-timers don't worry about your active soldiers. ”

grinned: "You two guys, your mouth is still so vicious." ”

At this time, exclamations rang out, and the three of them turned their heads and saw that the image on the screen switched to the fourth brigade.

Above the sea of clouds, the floating ships that were already clearly visible were soaring into the sky, and the enchantment that enveloped each warship reflected the blazing sunlight, like substance.

"It's different from the previous protective barrier......"

"It's so much smaller, the sardines can't get in. ”

"Don't talk about me crow's mouth, I feel like we're going to be useful. ”

The three of them muttered, a hint of melancholy on their faces.

In the traveler's wilderness south of Red Eagle City, in the kingdom of Old Koster, the mobile fortress of Flettensaus lying on the ground is surrounded by scaffolding, and several mechanical arms, puppets, and workers are busy.

On the hill not far away, the old captain Huke Elon crossed his arms and watched the live broadcast on the screen with the remaining personnel of the Mobile Fortress.

"This enchantment is definitely a magic shield that can protect against live bullets!"

"Look at those free-boggling shields, they look like our clove razors!"

"If it's a sardine, it's going to be a hassle for this kind of barrier. ”

"It's very questionable whether the fish bones can be pierced. ”

The staff officers who stayed behind were all from technical backgrounds, and they immediately saw the unusual things about the Imperial warships in the mirage.

Hook's brows furrowed tightly, and he snorted dissatisfiedly: "If I let my Ferty fly into the sky earlier, what is this little bug in front of Ferty's cannon?"

In the hellish plane, in the hall of the Thunderbolt Research Institute of the Homecoming Fort, a sigh of regret echoed.

In the battle footage, which was delayed for more than ten minutes, the first wave of Fishbone missiles accurately hit the Imperial floating ship.

After the light purple flame dissipated, none of the floating ships stopped, still climbing with their heads held high. In the zoomed-in image given, you can see the light shield cruising on the barrier, and not even a single crystallization area appears.

It's not that there is no damage at all, you can see that there are some small holes and dense areas like a sieve in the shell of the battleship, but because only the core of the bullet shoots through the barrier, it does not carry more magic energy, and the damage caused is very light.

"As I said earlier, the kinetic energy is not enough!"

Nickner bit his nails, chagrin churning in his heart.

If he had been able to get the lightning firing technique out earlier and use the electromagnetic cannon to fire a cannonball with supernatural power, even if the enchantment could completely cancel out the supernatural power, the kinetic energy carried by the cannonball would be enough to inflict heavy damage on the battleship.

In the past, it was easy for the male shark to use fish bones to deal with flying boats and dragons, but it was not possible to deal with such big guys, and the technology update speed on the Empire's side was also very fast.

..................

More than ten minutes ago, over the Wailing Sand Sea, the main fleet of the empire formed an air defense formation and climbed with its head held high.

Purple flames exploded on the outer battleships, and the enemy was still exhausted to see, making both Shabney and Simbner's expressions extremely gloomy.

The reports from the ships relieved them again, and Simberner shook his head: "But that's ......"

Tennison laughed and said, "As I said, our warships have been revolutionized, and they are not the same thing as the Rimaco fleet that the Red Union faced before!"

"The new mode of the enchantment turned out to be like this", Simberner said approvingly: "It can protect against live ammunition, and there is also a swimming magic light shield to cooperate, if the Red Union is still that kind of propeller aircraft, I am afraid that the connection will not be able to penetrate only the small magic rapid-fire cannon." ”

Tennison nodded repeatedly: "The enchantment to protect against live ammunition has long been there, and I asked the research department of the Ministry of Magic to solve the problem of switching between different modes. If you open this barrier, even the wind will be blocked, so you must try to rise to a height where the air is thin. ”

"As for that kind of additional divine light shield, it was researched by a certain family that specializes in spiritual guidance technology, and it was chosen by me. They took inspiration from the Red Union's Mobile Fortress, but the shield area is larger and easier to handle, and the requirements for the shield hand are not as high. ”

Xia Boni's tone in the command seat was not so happy: "But we can't beat them, can we just be beaten like this?" And it's already 35,000 meters, and if you continue to climb, the magic oil consumption is too great." ”

Simberner looked at Tennison, who choked for a moment.

After a while, he smiled bitterly: "Except for the main guns, there are no weapons on the battleship that can accurately hit six or seven kilometers away, after all, ...... Who knew that the Red Union had come up with this locking magic weapon, and the range was so far. ”

"The main gun simply can't hit such a fast plane", Simberner was a little anxious.

Shaboni is right, if you keep being beaten, there will always be problems, and the consumption of magic oil is terrible. What's worse is that the protective enchantment can't fly too low when it switches to the current mode.

"If your goal is to rush into the Divine Fall Plateau, you don't need to pay attention to such an attack," Tennison advised, "The locking spell is easy to crack, just cast the smoke." Even if they had the kind of magic equipment that could detect from a distance, and spider eyepieces that could penetrate smoke and darkness, they couldn't see the details clearly, and they could only fight blindly like they had just done, and it didn't hurt us much. ”

Simberner looked at Shabney, who scratched his head and muttered, "Wait a minute...... I want to think about it."

At this time, the captain who was directing the steering shouted: "I see them! so fast! so high! No, they are flying higher than us! They are almost above us!"

Tennison quickly shrank up, which he naturally didn't expect.

Simberner looked at Shabney again, the latter looked dazed, he gritted his teeth and ordered directly: "Put smoke! Keep the current altitude, the anti-aircraft fire is fully open! At least it can intercept and lock weapons!"

The Imperial Floating Fleet was diagonally upward, at an altitude of 38,000 meters, and there was silence in the channel of the Fourth Brigade.

The first wave of Fishbone missiles did not succeed, which brought huge pressure to everyone, and the intelligence department did not mention that the protective barrier of the opposing warship had been changed to this shape, and there was even a swimming shield similar to the mobile fortress Lilac Razor.

"What's wrong with everyone?"

Captain Ralch spoke, and his tone was very relaxed: "It was just a test shot just now, and since you have tried the opponent's defense, it means that it was a success." ”

"Behold, they no longer climb, and they have at last realized that it is impossible to get rid of us by height. ”

Then he turned to high spirits: "Our male shark has a limit altitude of 43,000 meters! It is higher than the ceiling of an ordinary floating ship! We can always press on their heads and deal with them with ease!"

In the end, a clear order was given: "Accurately lock on the anti-aircraft fire and the main gun, and fire two in one salvo! Don't forget our real mission! We are not the protagonist of dealing with the floating ships, we are helping the horned whales clear the obstacles!"

I have to say that although Ralch is too serious and doesn't match the circus's painting style, as a captain, he is very qualified.

Someone in the channel shouted, "They're putting smoke!"

Puffs of ash smoke erupted from the floating ship, and in a moment a large gray cloud stretched out of the sky, enveloping the entire fleet.

The message from the black whale flickered for a while, and soon identified the battleship in the clouds, but the details were difficult to see. Even with a spider eyepiece that can penetrate smoke, as the spider eyepiece does not stack with the eagle glasses, making it quite tricky to lock.

"The distance is five kilometers shorter!"

Ralch was not flustered at all: "We can't see clearly, and they themselves can't see clearly!"

The male shark roared down, shooting out puffs of white smoke.

Dense ballistics erupted from the floating ship, and although they flew three or four kilometers away, the live ammunition fell weakly, and the rays scattered two or three kilometers away to form a turbulent flow of magical power, but the net of fire woven into it was still quite intense.

About four or five fish bones were intercepted by the fire net, and the remaining thirty or so hit the twenty floating ships in the upper echelons of the fleet.

All fishbone missiles exploded directly on the protective barrier, which could protect against live ammunition triggered the fuse of the fishbone, and in the warhead of the missile, the magic guided explosives in the front and rear of the core were detonated one after another.

The butt on the front is like a cone-shaped shroud of shaped armor-piercing bullets, allowing the magical energy of the magic guide explosives to converge into a jet, even if it can't disintegrate the jet, it can create a distinct enchantment area.

The explosives in the second half push the tail stock, which is also a conical cover, to push out the magic steel bullet core, penetrate the protective barrier along the breach or crystallization area formed by the "shield breaking jet", and destroy the battleship with the prefabricated fragment core.

This kind of warhead, which combines the principles of armor-piercing, armor-piercing and even armor-shattering bullets, is definitely inedible in the earth world. After all, there is a specialization in the art industry, and a comprehensive hand means all kinds of plagues, but in the world of Fein, which has to consider the protection of extraordinary strength and basic strength at the same time, it is very effective.

The Fishbone Missile did not explode directly on the hull of the battleship, and the energy of the "Magic Jet" was used to break through the protective barrier, and the killing effect was naturally not obvious. Moreover, many of the fish bones were also blocked by the divine light shield that opened in time, absorbing more energy, causing the damage of the magic steel bullet core and fragments to be weakened again.

Even then, it was enough to deal with anti-aircraft fire without armor protection.

Wails erupted in the narrow passage of the outer layer of the battleship, commonly known as the "air defense corridor", and the small-caliber magic rapid-fire guns and ray cannons continued to disintegrate, and the gunners were pierced through their bodies one by one by the thick magic steel bullet core, and their faces were covered with dense fragments of magic steel like iron sand, and their heads, chests, arms, and all the parts that were not protected by armor were sieve.

For the floating ships of this era, in addition to the weight of armor on the floating furnace, flying furnace and magic furnace, the weight of other places has to be calculated. Even if it's the main gun, it's just a magic guide metal plate that can be temporarily injected with magic or divine power to deal with things, and the battleship shell and the "air defense corridor" are at all to the point where there is no room to strengthen the protection, anyway, there is a protective enchantment.

As for the anti-aircraft gunners, even the main fleet of His Majesty the Divine Emperor, the designers did not have time to take care of their safety. It's already in the powerful protective barrier, and it's already protected by the shell of the battleship, so what else?

Do you have another set of magic steel armor for everyone? Aren't you going to fight the enemy face to face......

All the gunners stood in the gun positions with infinite loyalty to His Majesty the God Emperor, and for them, the risk was much smaller than that of the old days when they fought the enemy face to face, and they had no complaints.

Besides, if you really die, can't you still go to the Kingdom of God? In the Battle of the Traveler Wilderness, His Majesty the Emperor opened the gate of the Kingdom of God, and they were extremely looking forward to it.

It was on such a basis and such an awareness that a single Fishbone missile destroyed the air defense corridor of the floating ship, and one after another the anti-aircraft guns were silent.

More than ten minutes later, each Shark of the Fourth Brigade had shot all the Fishbone missiles in the four missile slots, raised its middle finger at the floating fleet that was still shrinking in the dense fog, and roared away.

Ralch's voice echoed through the channel, and his tone was quite unwilling: "Fly to the supply point at full speed!

The ammunition replenishment machine, nicknamed "Fin Whale", is more than 100 kilometers away, and with the reloading time, they can return in half an hour.

Although there are not many missiles that can be replenished, they still have a chance.

"The damage to the warships of the first formation was very slight, that is, most of the anti-aircraft fire was lost. ”

On the bridge of the "Roydas", the adjutant reported to Simberner.

"They're going to have to hit those targets," Simberner said disdainfully.

Then he ordered: "The first formation and the third formation change positions, if there is still an enemy, the first formation will be difficult to defend." ”

Even in the dense fog, the battleship was quite skillful in transposition, showing the good quality and sufficient training of the fleet.

As soon as the transposition was over, the second batch of Red Union fighters appeared, which was the first brigade led by Linde.

At this time, even Shabney felt that something was wrong.

The legendary paladin muttered, "I feel that the enemy's point is to take out our anti-aircraft firepower." ”

Simbner pressed the crystal ball with a gloomy expression, stretching his legendary magician's senses.

Then his eyes widened: "There is a chaotic fluctuation of magic power dozens of kilometers away...... Cruising, as if waiting for the moment, feels much bigger than a magic plane. ”

Tennison originally shrank up again, but when he heard this, he straightened his waist and said very firmly: "If it's a floating ship, there's nothing to worry about, there is no floating ship in the sky that can beat the empire!"

More than 40 kilometers away, a group of horned whales, which looked like a submarine with wings and X-shaped rudders several times larger, turned their bows and flew towards the battlefield.

The jets dangling under the wings roared loudly, revealing four hatches in the bow, dark inside, where some monster was waiting to strike.