The attack formation had entered the dangerous magnetocurrent vortex area close to the Tree of Souls.

The notification from the formation leader and the sudden shaking of the helmet's display simultaneously announced this fact. He Xie switched the aiming system to visual mode, and released the safety locks of the cannon and missile, and walked to the tail of the shuttle. The Valkyrie's speed was slowing down, and its altitude was decreasing, until it came to a complete standstill. He Xie waited for another half second, and then the tailgate springboard began to slowly lower.

"Let's go." He shouted, jumping off without waiting for the gangplank to touch the ground, followed by three modified MK-6s. Mercenaries in makeshift light armor rushed out of the cabin from either side of them, and immediately joined the ground troops released by the "Dragon" and "Samson" in a horizontal line to search for their destination.

He Xie was in the middle of this horizontal line, and he was nearly ten meters beyond the queue, making himself a lone striker. It's brave, but it's also dangerous, he knows that the mercenaries behind him will think so, but the reality is the opposite, the enemy, the Sapphire Squad and the Blue Skins, have not yet entered the combat position - if they arrive, Mo Fei and Guo Bo will know, and then everyone will be informed - and his power armor is unique, as conspicuous as the rank emblem painted in the center of the helmet, and the Blue Skins will also treat him as an important person and concentrate their attacks without any warning, No matter where he is in it, it's a result. So He Xie felt that it was better to dress up as a hero, firstly, the situation would not get worse, and secondly, it could boost the morale of the mercenaries.

Of course, in fact, this boring trick not only works, but also goes too far: the tension and insecurity disappear from the mercenaries' faces, their movements are no longer as cautious as in the movies, and some of the daredevils even begin to hope that the blue skins will appear sooner rather than later.

And this sentiment, like some kind of contagious disease, quickly spread to other mercenaries. The clamor of the haphazard in radio communications is rapidly increasing.

Guo Bo turned off the radio of the assault transport plane, turned around and smiled at Quarich: "They are really motivated. ”

Quaritch would have simply nodded his head as an answer, but now his attention was focused on the navigator's display. "I got some weird readings."

"It's our lovely hosts." Guo Bo said without hesitation, "They have already discovered us and are rushing to greet us." ”

Quaritch stared at him for a moment, as if to judge if he was just talking nonsense, but finally believed the explanation and walked behind the pilot. "How far are we from the target?"

"It's still close to being in range."

Quaritch turned on the broadcast system again. "Valkyries 1-6, prepare to bomb—"

"No, let the Valkyrie wait first." Guo Bo said, "Let Mo Fei lead the Scorpion formation to clear the enemy in the air first." ”

"You're worried—" Quaritch reacted quickly, realizing the downside of dropping the bomb now: the native warriors riding the Banshee Winged Beasts would not watch a bomb fly towards their sacred land, they would stop it at all costs, and given the incredible strength of these blue-skinned mounts and the overly slow flight speed of the gliding bombs, they had a good chance of succeeding.

He quickly corrected the order: "Valkyries 1-6, stand in place, Scorpio formation, follow Hell Three, drive out and annihilate the enemy." ”

"Hell-Three understands." Mo Fei nudged the joystick with his right hand, and adjusted several manual controllers with his left hand, "Scorpio formation, keep up with me." ”

His "Scorpio" broke away from the group and accelerated forward, followed by more than a dozen attack planes that maintained a close battle formation. The pilots of these "Scorpions" have not yet been able to get stable readings from their monitors, but for Mo Fei it is not necessary, and at the moment of flying out of formation he already knows when and where to fire.

"Everyone, set the shooting parameters according to my instructions." He called out a few sets of numbers, continued to adjust the controller, and calculated the timing of pressing the launch button, "Ready - fire!" ”

Led by his "Scorpio", the attack aircraft of the entire formation fired their weapons almost simultaneously with an error of no more than a second. The sight of hundreds of rockets dragging white trails through the sky is beautiful and spectacular, but it's a different story for the climbing Banshee Winged Beast Rider. They scattered rapidly in all directions, trying to dodge the attack, some succeeded, but many did not, and the massive suspended rocks in the air and the dense crowd of companions around them limited the space for the knights to move, causing them to suffer heavy losses.

"Spread out and take evasive maneuvers!" Jack. Sully yelled wildly. This was not the pattern of engagement he had envisioned, the attack formation arrived early, the ambush turned into a frontal attack, and the vantage terrain that was supposed to get in the way of the enemy turned into a death trap for the Na'vi, and everything was turned upside down.

He knew that there was only one way left, and that was to get as close as possible to the attack aircraft group and force them into aerial dogfight. Although there are still not many opportunities, it is better than nothing.

"Go ahead, get as close as you can to the attack aircraft, bite them." He pressed the microphone in his throat and told everyone who could hear, "This is our only chance!" ”

The Nawei warriors fought hard to get their mounts on their feet, and fearlessly charged at the enemy, but the Scorpion had already fired a second round of rockets. Within a dozen seconds, all directions of the battlefield were filled with bright yellow fireballs, dotted with puffs of smoke, burning debris, and fallen knights and banshee winged beasts.

It's a grim, dizzying spectacle, and that's just the beginning.

In a thrilling stance, Sully steered his mount to dodge a barrage of explosions and continued to examine the predicament in front of him. No knight had yet been able to get close to the group of attack aircraft, and behind them, the main forces of the attack formation stood still, and did not seem to intend to take the initiative to join the battle.

Quarridge was ready to wait for "Scorpio" to disperse the Na'vi's air power before delivering the fatal blow. Sully had already guessed his opponent's strategy, and sadly admitted that he was almost on the verge of success.

If you can't do something about it.

Another rocket exploded near him, but luckily his mount dodged on its own. Sully adjusted his stance and prepared to launch an all-or-nothing attack.

A strange monster with huge wings with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion flew to his side—a griffin. Jack. Sully had already seen this creature that theoretically existed only in mythological and fantasy works a few days ago, and it was Aaron. Sue's mount. It's a strange and dreamlike fact, just like Dr. Sue's true identity, a paladin in golden armor who has vowed to fight alongside him.

Sully still doubts the veracity of the affair and speculates if it was just an illusion, but he did hear Aaron. Sue's voice: "Jack, don't worry about those attack planes, the shuttle is our target." ”

He came back to his senses. "But what about attack aircraft?"

"They're rushing at us, and they look like they want to engage us in aerial dogfight." Aaron. Sue shook her head. No matter who was commanding the "Scorpio" formation, he must have been carried away by the situation of a downfall, and even took the initiative to give up his greatest advantage. "I'll take some of the men to hold them back, and you and the others go and take out the shuttle."

"Can you do it?"

"The Light will protect me."

Sally didn't know the Light, but he could see Sue's determination. With no time to hesitate and nothing more to lose, he decided to try Sue's strategy.

"Good luck." He said.

"Good luck, Jack, too." Sue nodded, watched as Sully circled behind a hanging stone, then raised a massive warhammer and began to charge. A group of Banshee-winged Beast Knights who were still gathered but no longer formed followed him.

Their actions immediately attracted the attention of attack aircraft pilots.

"Look at the leading fellow," one of the pilots shouted, "a medieval knight? ”

"It's more like a knight in a fantasy game." Said another pilot.

The third pilot added affirmatively: "And his mount, it's so weird, it doesn't look like a naturally occurring creature at all." ”

"I'll deal with him." Mo Fei cut into their conversation, "You deal with those blue-skinned natives. ”

"Understood, sir." He received a neat and consistent answer. The pilots fired another round of rockets, forcing their opponents to continue scattering, and then disbanded the formation and began to chase and shoot down the targets they were targeting.

And a fierce aerial fight also broke out between Mo Fei's "Scorpio" and the paladin riding a griffin.

Meanwhile, on the ground below, mercenaries, whose morale was still inexplicably high, had finally waited for the enemy, hundreds of blue-skinned cavalry and almost as many beasts, encompassing every species of Pandora, to charge beyond the sensor's detection perimeter. For a moment, He Xie even thought that Eva had manifested her spirit, and then he remembered the druids of the Sapphire Squad, and only his power could have the same effect.

Hundreds of beasts. He Xie smacked his lips and reassessed the druid's threat level. The galloping blue-skinned cavalry and herds were bringing tension back to the mercenaries, and while they were still quickly setting up their defenses, most were already worried about whether they could hold on.

"Hold your ground." He Xie shouted, "When I tell you that you can fire, you can fire again." ”

These words were just for the mercenary, he had already set the launch parameters of the missile, and the information displayed by the tactical network showed that Qin Lang, Jimmy. Xu and White Bear did the same. Then it's just a matter of waiting.

The cavalry and herds continued to charge.

Four hundred meters.

He Xie fired missiles, and three modified MK-6s also fired all the rockets. As soon as they took off, they fell back down and plunged headlong into the tight line of blue-skinned cavalry and beasts, and a violent explosion came as expected, reducing hordes of alien creatures into a rain of blood from corpses and internal organs, which were then smeared everywhere.

"Fire." He Xie ordered, and his machine gun had already spewed out the first shell.

In an instant, the guns rang out in unison, and a metallic storm of cannonballs and bullets instantly drowned the cavalry and beasts that had narrowly escaped the explosion, transforming them into motionless corpses; The alien creatures in the rear continued to move forward, and the same fate happened.

It's still a one-sided battle.