Chapter 124: Air Combat
Every war will always encounter accidents of one kind or another, and every war will always make some heroes or fools.
The air battle between the elves and the orcs did not start as everyone imagined, and when the elven air knights lined up in formation to attack the musketeers of the left team of the wingmen, an accidental misfire of a wingman soldier on the orc side started the war.
This accident should not have happened, according to the orcs in advance, this war should have been a devastating trap for the elven sky knights. Wingmen can't guarantee accuracy when they shoot freely in the air, so a platoon gun firing formation is specially designed like the ground to increase the density of firepower.
But there are surprises in any plan, and nothing will work out without a hitch.
Fighting in the air, the psychological pressure of the wingman warriors is very great, everyone in the winged people knows this common sense, whether it is the winged people or the air knights flying in the air, the body is extremely fragile, and any small injury in the air can lead to the death of the winged people. No pair of wings can still maintain flight after piercing the hole, and the fate of the injured and waiting for the winged man can only be to fall to the ground and die, so the winged people in the air battle must be extra careful, anyone who is hit by any cold arrow, the end is extremely tragic.
Therefore, when the winged people were aiming at the enemy with the guns in their hands, waiting for the two sides to enter the combat distance, there was still a mistake, the original plan stipulated that all the winged musketeers must enter a distance of one hundred and fifty meters before shooting, but this winged man was when he saw the dense enemy pressing violently, he finally couldn't control the psychological pressure, and accidentally fired two or three hundred meters.
The result of this shot was, of course, not hitting any of the elven air knights, but a loud thunderous bang still aroused the vigilance of the air knights. Although the elven sky knights at the front did not know the power and range of the muskets of the other world, and they could not see the bullets as clearly as they saw the trajectory of the crossbow arrows, the huge sound of the muskets when they fired still woke up the careful elves.
"Be careful, be careful with the weapons in people's hands." Naturally, the elven sky knights had seen the winged people with the long tubular weapons in their hands, aiming at them from afar.
"Oh, gods! Their weapons can't have hit us so far! The vigilant Elven Sky Knight commanders were a little suspicious, and ordered their men to stop approaching.
At this time, the wingman commander in the air also saw that something was wrong, originally according to their calculations, they also wanted to exert the attack power of the platoon when the enemy approached, but now that the enemy is vigilant, it is not easy to want such a good opportunity, and sure enough, the so-called platoon fire in the air battle can only be delusional?
"Steady, steady!" He immediately shouted, "When you get closer, you are shooting, rest assured, the enemy's range is not as far as ours!" ”
But he soon realized that it was too late for his orders.
When they fought alone, they were all bold and confident, because they only needed to destroy the enemies in front of them and not worry about their backs, but now, when the number of Elven Sky Knights was far greater than their own enemies, they were still a little more timid after all. The shot just now made everyone feel relieved, and then after a while, I don't know who fired the second shot.
There was another gunshot, and then, broken, followed by a burst of gunshots.
The elves were still suspicious of the range of the Wingmen's muskets, but the air knights next to them also fell to the sound of gunfire on the other side. The air knights who were shot in the sniper heard the sound of the sniper gun, the moment they were shocked, they lost their balance, the speed was so fast that they couldn't even see the enemy attacking them in that direction, the high muzzle velocity of the 5.56mm empty tip warhead hit the body of the riding beast like a heavy hammer, the warhead created a terrifying cavity damage in the body of the riding beast, wantonly destroying the tissues and organs of the riding beast, blood gushed out in the body, almost instantly, the riding beast lost all its vitality, and began to fall from the air like a bird with broken wings.
Even the heavy cavalry brigade of the Chinese army, the griffin weighing more than 300 kilograms could not resist this kind of injury, two hundred meters away, just one shot, a large hole appeared in the griffin's abdomen, blood splashed out, leaving a dazzling trace in the air, the griffin who lost blood quickly quickly fell unconscious, and the elven sky knight on her body fell into the air like a stone.
As the blood splashed brightly on the ground, the elves finally woke up to how their previous Sky Knights had been shot down.
The enemy wields a terrifying long-range weapon with a far greater range than a bow!
In the air battle, the Sky Knights entered the range of the weapons in the wingmen's hands before they could get close to the wingmen. This is definitely a revolutionary weapon!
"Quick! Quick, retreat, retreat, all hurry up and retreat for me! The air knight commanders who reacted hurriedly shouted and ordered their subordinates to retreat, out of the range of the weapons in the wingmen's hands, and the air knights who were hit in the front row were flying everywhere in a mess, no one knew how far the wingman's weapons were ranged, and no one knew how far it was a safe distance.
The elven air battle formation was disrupted in the blink of an eye, and at least a third of the elven air knights lost their formation.
"Follow me! Kill it! Engage from a distance! "The commander of the wingmen immediately made a decision and gave the order to fight, and the two squads of the wingmen, one on the left and one on the right, immediately formed a battle formation and chased after the enemy." Musketeers on the left, keep your distance from me and pursue the enemy! Right team crossbowmen, cover my flanks and prevent the enemy from surrounding. ”
The two teams of wingman air forces received the order and each found their respective combat positions, and a total of more than 100 wingman fighters of the two teams followed closely behind the retreating elven air knights in pursuit, and the air form immediately changed.
Without the pressure of counterfire, the winged people finally discharged the dense volley formation in training, and simulated a volley of muskets with dense firepower in the air, which greatly enhanced the hit rate of their muskets, and the elven sky knights who were originally fierce and had the upper hand were shot down one after another, and had to retreat in a hurry, but the winged people, who should have been small in number and at a disadvantage, turned to the beginning of the decadent color to hunt down the elves. The elven sky knights in front of them were a few hundred meters away from each other, and they were hit by the winged people who were chasing after them, and they fell from the sky like dumplings.
Rand, the winged musketeer who belongs to the base mountain scouts, and his partners were a little nervous at first, while firing, they flew forward according to the steps that everyone had trained, and he didn't kill a single enemy in the previous shots, but soon, he found that this battle was exactly the same as target shooting, there was no need to do any flight evasion maneuvers, just stabilize his flying posture, unload the recoil, and shoot the target as easily as on the ground.
Snap a snatch, kill one, snap a shot, kill another. Under the scope, he could even clearly see the damage caused by the bullet hitting the beast's body, blood splattered in the air, and the fate of losing his life in the blink of an eye. Holding back the throbbing of his heart, he kept firing his guns, and the Sky Knights fell one after another under the guns of the Winged Man.
After chasing for a while, the Wingman musketeers became more and more relaxed, the accuracy of the sniper rifle in their hands gradually came into play, and soon the salvo order began to disperse, but the accuracy of free fire began to rise, and almost all of the Wingman musketeers became sharpshooters, but a few shots could knock out one, at this time, the winged people's natural superior flight instinct and the accuracy of the sniper rifle from the modern era were perfectly combined, giving the elves great damage.
The elven air knights watched as they fell one after another under the fire of the musketeers, suffering heavy losses, but they couldn't pull the distance, and the flying beasts flying with heavy loads couldn't shake off the pursuit of the wingers, and the huge air knights flying behind them almost fell down in rows. Everyone only hated that the riding beasts under their crotch were not flying fast, and they tried every possible way to speed up.
The orcs who looked up from the ground and the sky saw that their winged air force had the upper hand as soon as the battle began, and the orcs on the ground also cheered continuously, and the fall of every elven sky knight could attract a carnival for them.
They had been watching their winged compatriots line up in two neat formations, biting the tails of the retreating elves all the way to pursue the enemy, all the way to the elves embedded in the formation of the elves like an awl.
But on the other side, a large group of elven sky knights did encircle from the diagonal sky.
"So, what's that?" The orcs on the ground nervously pointed at the moving elves, "Oh no, the cunning elves want to surround the winged people!" The orcs hurriedly shouted nervously.
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At this time, in the sky above the wasteland, the winged people and the elven air knights were playing a pursuit battle, but the side and rear were also surrounded by the air knights of the other two brigades of the first wing that had been turned, and the air battle situation entered a relatively stalemate situation.
"Order the 2nd Wing, sortie! Surrounded up, "The commander-in-chief of the knights, who had been sitting in the rear, finally couldn't help but directly intervene in the battle, gritted his teeth and gave an order, "Let the knights of the first wing entangle them, and they must not let this group of wingmen escape." ”
The situation of this air battle changed rapidly, and the commander of the regiment saw the amazing combat power of this group of winged air forces, although he was more distressed by the loss of his air knights, but the greater the loss, the more he made up his mind to eat this terrible enemy.
Immediately afterwards, the horn of the air elf air knight messenger continued to sound, in addition to the first light cavalry brigade and the heavy cavalry brigade that were disabled by the first wing, the remaining two light cavalry brigades of the first wing also besieged from the flank.
Although the elven sky knights are weak, but after all, they are the top elite professional soldiers in the Northern Elf Royal Court, and the national feud between the elves and the orcs at this moment is too strong, coupled with the too much blood that the elves have shed just now, so that even the weak elves are all hot-blooded, and the attack is very resolute, and there is no fear at all.
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The high-ranking members of the elven clan, the High Priestess, the Grand Druid, and Her Majesty Queen Brenhil, etc., were also watching the battle in the forest, and when the winged man air force was fierce before, all the people here sweated in their hearts.
Heavy losses! At this moment, this was the unanimous judgment of almost all the elven high-level leaders on this battle in their hearts. The loss of the Elven Sky Knights in this moment alone was enough to make the high-level officials of the royal court feel heartache.
But air combat is air combat, it takes place in the air battle, those air knights who fight bravely in the air will not be able to receive orders from the ground, they can only watch their elven air knights being chased and tortured by the winged air force, and then look at it, they can see the doorway......
"Good!" Queen Brenshire, shout out to your air commanders for their response! "It is to take advantage of our large number of people, surround them, enter close-range entanglement, and annihilate them in entanglement."
"We must not let these wingmen escape!" She shouted into the sky. By this point, she seemed to have completely forgotten how taboo the elves were to fight in close quarters.