Chapter 560: Encampment
Lops City, airspace.
The 1st Air Corps served as the vanguard, the 2nd Air Corps was responsible for carrying soldiers and supplies, and the 3rd Air Corps flanked the guards, and a total of three Air Corps of the dynasty slowly moved in the direction of Lops City.
"Your Highness, in half an hour you will be at the Grand Canyon of Ropps. ”
The commander of the Aviation Corps reported the current speed of movement to Vega, who did not say anything, just nodded, and then waved him to leave the office.
There is no doubt about him.
The general left Vega's private office, but he wondered why Vega's face had turned a little pale since he got on the war airship, and he was no longer in high spirits.
"There's still the last half hour. ”
As the general left, Vega took a deep breath to calm his breath.
As the general could see, Vega's face did begin to turn white as soon as he got on the war airship, in fact, not only did his face turn white, but even his feet trembled slightly.
Of course, this is not to say that Vega is seasick.
After all, when he took a civilian airship to the east, Vega felt quite good, and even excited for a long time because he could fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
But this time is different.
In war, any officer can travel by land and never by air.
For example, although the enemy only has 5 patrol airships, there are 600 war airships on their side, and the force on both sides is not at the same level at all. But if these 5 patrol airships are lucky and a magic hits his airship, then even if he is a star mage like Ocassos, he can only fall on the spot.
Human beings have never been the overlords of the sky.
Therefore, in this kind of war period, every minute of flying in the sky for each more minute, Vega felt that his life was in danger, and the ground made of steel under his feet could not give him the slightest sense of security.
If you say it, you may be ridiculed, because he is afraid of death.
In order to save himself from the danger, Vega even chose not to take the flagship, but moved the command room to an inconspicuous escort airship. At that time, even if the enemy had to fight to the death, he would probably choose to attack the flagship first, rather than his inconspicuous escort airship, so that he would have a better chance of survival.
And rightfully so.
Vega can fight to the death in order to reach the top and live a comfortable life, after all, he has no determination to die, what qualifications do he have to enjoy a comfortable life, but if he capsizes in the gutter here in obscurity, I am afraid that he will not be blind even if he dies.
He simply won the bet.
Old Scimitar is worthy of being able to deal with the trial system to this day, and it can be seen from the fact that the enemy has no air reinforcements at all, the enemy's air force has been delayed, and as long as this last half hour has passed, his troops can land safely.
In smooth water.
The last half hour didn't come out of anything.
The Imperial Air Force still failed to show up in the airspace of Ropps to stop Vega, and Vega was finally able to parachute soldiers into the Grand Canyon of Roppus, the closest to the city of Rops, as originally planned.
It has to be mentioned.
The Grand Canyon of Lops was one of the land defenses of Lops City, where a division was stationed, but unfortunately, the 300,000 soldiers of Vega suddenly descended from the sky, and they fought in a hurry without any news, and the whole army fled in less than an hour.
In Foster's plan.
Since the Grand Canyon can effectively prevent the attack of the air force, the army stationed here can withstand the offensive of the enemy army, and when the time comes, the army of Vega can stop the footsteps of the army of Vega as long as it is increased from the city.
For this reason, a large camp was built here that could amass 200,000 soldiers, but unfortunately it is now cheaper than Vega.
Vega was quite satisfied with the location.
It is easy to defend on the terrain, and it can be used to capture the lops, and it can defend against the enemy's air force.
The only drawback is that there is no temporary airport for the Air Force to dock, but this does not matter much, let the Air Force return today, and then recall the Air Force after the temporary airport is opened up in a few days.
If you want to hurry, you can't go wrong.
But there are some things that need to be counted.
For example, now is the best time to attack the enemy's military airport, because according to the pre-agreed plan, 2 o'clock in the morning is the time node for the old scimitar to retreat, and at this time, Vega can take over the entire battlefield without worrying about accidentally injuring the old scimitar and his men.
Of course.
If the old scimitar doesn't make it to this point in time, there is no way, although it is a little distressing to lose a crucial chess piece, but if you exchange this chess piece for a chance to take the city of Lops, it will still make a lot of money.
"Command!"
Vega issued an order to the commander-in-chief of the air force: "Your Excellency is requested to immediately lead an air raid on the enemy's military airport, and if the enemy's air force has already been fully lifted into the air, abandon this mission and return immediately." ”
"Xia Guan understands. ”
Vega's air force, after unloading soldiers and logistical supplies, took to the air again and flew towards the nearby city of Lops.
At about two o'clock in the morning, they arrived as promised.
Lops City does not have any crystal hubs, and their airspace security is completely dependent on the air force to maintain, once the air force cannot rise into the air to form an effective combat force, then it means that Lops City has become a live target.
What can be seen now is:
The Empire's air force still hadn't taken off, and Old Scimitar and his men were dragging the enemy to the ground.
And since this was the only place in the city, the air force of Vega could easily confirm that this was the enemy's military airport, so the air commander did not hesitate to give the order to attack.
"Guys, it looks like it's time for us to do it. ”
At the commander's order, the war airship that hung over the military airport carried out a carpet bombing of the military airport.
This bombing lasted for a full hour, leveling almost the entire airport, and then, while the war airships could continue to fight for some time, they carried out another indiscriminate bombardment of the city of Lops, and focused on taking care of the army station.
It's a pity.
Forster was prepared to sound the air raid siren as soon as he received the information, allowing the army and civilians to take refuge in the bomb shelters, so the loss was only some property.
Although the air raids were enormous.
But in fact, the Imperial Air Force did not suffer any substantial losses, at most it lost a few war airships and some high-level armed forces units under the sneak attack of the old scimitar, as well as missed the best time to let the airship rise into the air.
Absolutely true.
The air raids of the dynastic air force did not even cost the empire even a single war airship.
Because the city of Lops is a national economic and transportation city, and there is no crystal hub air defense, the designers of the city have long considered the factor of air raids, after all, this is a war-prone world.
That's why.
Both the civil and military airports in Lops City have underground air defense buildings, and all war airships and civilian airships can be moved underground at any time to prevent damage by the enemy air force when they encounter air raids and cannot rise in time.
Although it is regrettable that the air raid on Ropps failed to destroy the enemy's air force, at least it showed momentum.
In a war of equal strength.
Whoever has a high morale has a big advantage.
And Vega didn't think that he could win such a simple battle at first, he still knew a lot about the architecture of Rops, so his purpose was to use this gap to transport soldiers to the vicinity of Rops, and then further capture the city of Rops.