The climate in the mountains is always a beat slower than at the foot of the mountain.

Before, Cat's Paw didn't know much about this sentence, but now he finally understands its true meaning.

With the end of the Evil Moon, most towns have entered the snow season, and everywhere you go, you can hear the sound of water and new green shoots in the damp dirt along the roadside. But in the desperate mountains, everything remains the same, most of the place is covered in white snow, and the edges of the cliffs are hung with strings of ice ridges that are taller than a person, and when you cross the path below, you always worry if these thick "needles" will suddenly fall.

If it weren't for the help of hummingbirds and witches, they wouldn't have even thought of transporting heavy weapons to their intended positions.

But what makes Cat's Paw even more weak is the mobile fortress of the target devil of this mission.

It's just too big.

It is still more than 20 kilometers apart, but you don't need a mirror to see it directly. It occupies almost half of the northern sky, and both its silhouette and aura are alien to the world around it. The exposed rocks are pitch black, angular and angular, as if carved out of a knife and axe, in stark contrast to the revival of the fertile plains.

Floating on the land, there is a thick red mist. They were highest in the center of the fortress, and then slowly spread out in all directions, until at the edge there were only a few wisps left, cascading down the low point of the terrain, looking from afar like red ribbons hanging around the land.

This behemoth puts a lot of stress on the cat's paws.

In the past, the distance of 20 kilometers meant absolute security, and the enemy and the enemy were still small black spots on the earth, which were difficult to find or fight. But now, the distance seemed so close that he felt that he could be knocked down and crushed by the oncoming mountain at any moment.

Compared to the enemy's fortresses, your own positions and artillery are somewhat insignificant.

Probably the command also took this into account, so it gathered together these officers who had been following the army in the southern and northern wars.

He retracted from his outpost and let out a long white breath.

Taking a deep breath helps to relieve tension, which is what His Majesty often says.

"What, scared?" Yuzu leaned over.

"Phew!" Catpaw glared at the other party, "how could I be afraid!"

"That's not a shame," the latter picked up his goggles and poked his head out of the observation port of the improvised fortification, "to be honest, it reminds me of the first time the artillery team faced the charge of the knights of the fortress of Changge. ”

Cat's Paw was slightly stunned.

Naturally, he will not forget the experience of the first time he went to the battlefield, not long after the Evil Moon, and he almost smashed the solid cannonball in his feet several times in the face of a fierce enemy. Before he became a member of the army, he could never have imagined that he would one day be able to stand straight in front of the galloping knights and confront them, instead of falling to his knees and begging for mercy or turning and fleeing.

Even though he thought he was about to die, his legs trembled like a sieve.

This time, it's just that the opponent has become floating land.

When the memories in his mind overlapped with reality, Catpaw found that his heartbeat had suddenly calmed down.

"I remember, you were so nervous that you were stammering. ”

"Oh, don't talk about me, even Captain Vanna isn't much better. "But at least we didn't forget to fire, and that's enough." ”

Cat's Paw nodded imperceptibly.

Indeed, being scared is not a big deal, as long as they can do their duty, regardless of whether the enemy is a noble knight or a floating continent, the only thing they have to do is to fire the cannon.

"Wait, there's movement in the fortress!" "Yuzu Peel suddenly lowered his voice, "It's a dinosaur, the devil has reacted!"

"So fast?" Cat's Paw heart suddenly tightened, this distance was far from the range of the shelling, if the devil discovered it too early, the blocking operation would probably end in failure.

"Lots of them...... Oh my God," Yuzupi swallowed, "probably more than a hundred!"

He hurriedly raised his lookout glass, only to see black dots flying out of the red mist, gathering in a line at the edge of the floating land. Cat's Paw is all too familiar with this scene, it is obvious that the other side is gathering troops, and an attack is about to begin. But there seems to be something wrong with the location where the devils gathered......

The two of them looked at each other and reacted almost at the same time, "What they found is a camouflage camp!"

There were also a lot of artillery guns on the other preset position compared to the real blocking position, but they were all models made of wood and paint on the spot, and they were not covered with camouflage nets, so it seems that this arrangement has obviously worked!

According to the plan, the enemy from the sky will be blocked by the Sky Knight.

There is no doubt that the better your teammates fight, the longer the lure point will be hidden.

"I don't know if they noticed the enemy's ......movements," muttered Catpaw. Due to the red fog of the floating land, there were no witches in the blocking force, which also made it impossible for the artillery to contact the whole army. Compared to fighting with the full assistance of Lightning and Maisie, their vision is undoubtedly much narrower at this moment. But thinking that there will be more and more such situations in the future, he can only get used to this change as soon as possible.

"Don't worry," Yuzupi clenched his fists, "You must know that the Lord is the one who leads the Sky Knight!"

......

"This is Maisie, I have observed the devil moving strangely!" Tilly's cockpit sounded with the report of the expedition group, "Direction, three o'clock in the east, the number is one hundred and three, there are large dinosaurs in the queue, more than one goo!"

"Roger. Tilly casually injected the magic into another listening sigil, "The enemy has moved, and the possibility of moving the magic eye cannot be ruled out for the time being." The Seagull continued to hover, waiting for instructions on the next step. ”

"Yes," replied Andrea, "are you going to go?"

"Uh-huh. She replied lightly, "Ask Sawei on my behalf, it should be nice to fly a plane, right?"

"Your Highness...... When will you come back, I—I always feel like it's going to fall at any moment!" came from the sigil a faint cry of Savie.

"Concentrate!" Wendy interrupted her, "Hold on to the joystick, just like you did during training, and I'll help you with the rest." ”

Ever since she got the Phoenix, Tilly has been looking for a successor, hoping to avenge the ashes herself rather than hiding behind the scenes. In the end, Savi took over the burden and set a record for the shortest time from training to actual flying. Of course, in addition to her "zealous teaching", Wendy, who is becoming more and more proficient in wind control, is also a key factor. As long as it's not maneuvering, it's hard to come up with a glider powered by Wendy.

"Uh...... That's pretty much it. Andrea raised her forehead, "Except for Sylvie's dizziness, everything else is basically normal." ”

"Very well, then I'm leaving. ”

"Tilly!" Andrea's voice suddenly raised.

"I'm listening. ”

"Attention...... Safe. ”

Tilly smiled slightly, "Well, everyone too. ”

She reached out to turn on the radio switch, adjusted the frequency to the public channel, and picked up the intercom McDonnell Douglas, "Everyone, pay attention, the dinosaur has appeared, and intercept this sky according to the predetermined plan!"

Although there are only two Tianhuo installed on the radio so far, this is enough to divide into three formations to carry out a scissor volley.

"The leader of the second group, Goode understands. ”

"Three team leaders, Hinds understands. ”

"Now, strike!" Tilly stepped up the throttle and took a group of twenty-five Skyfire out of the Seagull's cruising path and flew quickly northwest.