Chapter 238: The World in the Trees (Part I)
At night, as the star Atwood falls below the horizon, the whole world is suddenly enveloped in infinite darkness. {Fastest text.}
The planet Manda does not have the moon as a moon orbiting around it like Earth, and the other planets in the vicinity are far away, so even when the sky is at its clearest, the night on Manda is extremely deep. Now, as the region's air festival is in the summer, the violent ocean monsoon pushes large clouds deep inland, and after the temperature plummets at night, the convergence of hot and cold air currents causes a large density of rainfall, making the whole world seem to be covered in hazy rain, rising a white vapour.
A few hours ago, when night had just fallen. Clyde Skywalker? Following the battle plan drawn up by Robin, Don suddenly launched a large-scale air raid on Prima City, a city in the sky built on the Mother Tree of Prima.
The scale of this airstrike is very large, Skywalker Clyde? Tang dispatched a total of nearly 1,000 multi-functional fighter planes under his command, and swooped straight into the sky above Prima City at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters with an extremely ferocious posture.
With the sound of the air defense siren, the dense fishnet-like anti-aircraft fire system of Prima City was immediately activated, and a large number of flight formations belonging to the rebels also rose from the city of Prima, and with the support of anti-aircraft fire, they engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the incoming fighter formation.
The exchange of fire between the two sides lasted about twenty minutes, and during these twenty minutes, Clyde Skywalker? The fighter aircraft formation under Tang showed amazing military qualities. Almost in a posture of not fearing death, he violently attacked the dense air defense fire network of Prima City, and forcibly tore through the air defense line formed by the mutant fighter formation in the case of absolute inferiority, and carried out close bombardment of military buildings in Prima City like countless flying and dancing petrels.
The air raid caused great damage to the air defense system in Prima City, a large amount of automatic fire was destroyed under this air raid, and the mutant fighter formation also suffered heavy losses in the battle, with nearly a third of the number of downed. But while reaping the brilliant results, Clyde? The fighter squadron under Tang's command also suffered huge casualties, with more than 400 fighter planes crashing tragically, and less than one-third of the pilots had a chance of surviving by parachuting out in an emergency.
Judging by the post-war results, Clyde? The large-scale air raid launched by the Don did not seem to have had a good effect, and although it severely damaged the air defenses in Prima, it was eventually unable to extend the gains after suffering heavy casualties and was forced to retreat. If this tactical arrangement was limited to this, this air raid would undoubtedly be a failure, but in fact, in Robin's tactical plan, this large-scale air raid was just a simple feint, and the Tiger Battalion, as the real attack point, had already taken advantage of the chaos of the air defense system of Prima City to carry out an umbrellaless airborne landing two hundred kilometers southwest of the Prima Mother Tree, and secretly approached the huge mountain-like Mother Tree of Prima under the cover of night.
"The baron has received news that the air raid formation has retreated, and it has inflicted heavy damage on the air defense system of Prima City as planned. Presumably, for some time to come, the mutants in the city will focus their main attention on repairing the air defense equipment. In addition, more than a hundred pilots made an emergency landing after the plane was downed, which should attract most of the attention of the mutant army, distracting the guards from a carpet manhunt. ”
In a valley with steep terrain, Anse El informed Robin of the results of the air raid via encrypted short-frequency communications.
"More than 400 warplanes were shot down, and nearly half of them were killed or wounded. Clyde? Tang really made a lot of money this time...... Robin, I'm curious how you managed to convince him. After reading the results of the air raid, Anse Air couldn't help but wonder about Clyde? Don's determination to implement this tactic was admired. After all, the planet Manda is not Clyde? Don's aristocratic leader, he doesn't actually need to be Dick? Baron Williams's interests to pay such a big price.
"Five stone trees." Robin chuckled and gave the answer: "I convinced Dick? Baron Williams agreed to let Clyde? Tang arbitrarily selected five undeveloped stone trees on the planet Mangda to be his sī estate. For the sake of these five stone trees, not to mention four hundred warplanes and four hundred replicant pilots, even if it is to make Clyde? Tang paid for the entire fighter formation, and he was willing. ”
"I see......"
When Ansel heard this, he immediately flowed out of the gods, although Dick? Baron Williams has selected thirteen of the largest stone trees on the planet Manda to establish a city, but there are still many stone trees above two thousand meters above sea level. In terms of the enormous value of the stone tree, even Clyde? Tang's aristocratic leader, the Planet Eve, is incomparable to any of the stone trees in terms of overall value. Now that he could get five stone trees at once, it was no wonder that he was so determined to carry out his battle plan.
And in addition to the huge economic benefits that can be obtained after getting the stone tree, Clyde? Tang can also be favored by the academic community. As a representative of the technocracy, Clyde? If Don wants to maintain his position in the technocracy and let his children and grandchildren inherit the title of Skywalker, then he must have the support of the academics, and only by maintaining a good relationship with the academics can his family always maintain this technological leadership.
In the past, he could only get as close to the academic school as possible through sī friendship, but now, after obtaining the stone tree industry with great scientific research value, the position between him and the academic school will be completely reversed, and I believe that before long, a large number of scholars will take the initiative to find Clyde? Tang's close cooperation with him enabled him to receive strong support from the academic school for a long time.
As for Dick? Baron Williams, the price he paid for five stone trees was actually much more than it seemed on the surface. He's gifting five stone trees to Clyde? At the same time, Tang also broke his complete monopoly on the stone tree industry chain, and his own position in the academic world is bound to be affected. However, in his contact with Earl Huggins, he has come to understand the truth that the husband is not guilty and guilty. In the absence of the guarantee of absolute strength, it is indeed not a wise thing for him to hold such a heavy treasure as the stone tree in his hands, so instead of waiting for the entire Mangda planet to be taken away, it is better to take the initiative to give up some of the interests to his friends, so that while protecting most of his interests, he can also form an interest group to protect his own safety from the side.
"What about you? As the main combat force, Dick? I'm afraid Baron Williams won't be stingy with you, right? Thinking of this, Ansel snickered and looked at Robin.
"Five, I can get the same five stone trees. In addition to this, some of the technical and academic achievements of the three barons will also be made available to me. Robin smiled and said, "Eden? Baron Thomas also received two stone trees, Dick? Baron Williams is supposed to want to bind the four of us into one, but it won't really work out until the entire Atwood system rebellion is cleared. ”
Anse El nodded: "This is natural, no one will fulfill their promise before the result is decided." ”
"Alright, that's the end of the gossip." Robin said, "Xia Zuo, you partner with Li on the sentry mission, Anse El, you are in charge of the queen of the palace." The others set out with me, the goal, the Prima Mother Tree. ”
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Thirty minutes later, a deep canyon.
A bloodied replicant pilot in a pilot's uniform stumbles through a steep canyon, while behind him, three mutant warriors equipped with Type IV armor follow him like a cat and mouse, driving from time to time as if playful. [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ]