(679) The Last Hot Air Balloon
Colonel Charlotte stood side by side with the Count of Neule, and three air soldiers served as navigator, observer and shooter.
The tattered hot air balloon successfully lifted into the air, and the smashed-out gondola cockpit made a dangerous creaking sound, and the sky was empty.
The once prosperous Imperial Air Force has been completely wiped out, and only this hot air balloon is left to survive, and the bat monsters in the sky have gone to protect their masters, besieging the Empress of Salantos, and have not come to attack.
Neule secretly observed Charlotte's expression,
In just one day, thousands of her Air Force sisters were killed, their bones brutally trampled or chewed to pieces.
As the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, her heart must be as painful as turning over the river and the sea, but her expression is pretending to be calm and calm, which is even more distressing.
Seeing the scenery beneath his feet fade away, gradually climbing to a height level with the enemy's back, Corporal Sletty closed the flame valve, causing the ascent to slow down.
"We've got the altitude under control and the wind is in our favor."
"Well done, Sletty, get your weapons ready."
Neulai's feet were on the edge of the gondola, holding the thick rope with both hands, admiring the emperor's fighting figure, having experienced the previous air battle, a hundred meters in the air was no longer a test for him.
Charlotte said, "Congratulations, Lord Earl, it seems that your fear of heights has been cured completely. ”
"Thank you, this shows that people's potential is forced out.
Look, Your Majesty, she is burning her life in exchange for power, but those of us who are courtiers can only watch and do it in a hurry, can't we let your hot air balloon go faster? ”
"The girls have worked hard, don't be hard for them, and besides, we're prepared, there are other ways to attack before the broadside."
Neule kicked the canvas bag on the ground: "Use this? ”
"That's right, it's a new weapon designed by the Prime Minister, and mass production hasn't started yet. Come over and help unpack, don't just watch. ”
The two crouched down and used daggers to cut open the canvas package, which contained four HGA-1 experimental rockets,
The style was something Neulay had never seen before, not as bulky and bulky as the naval model, and the Air Force's rockets were much smarter and had a completely different structure.
The warhead is tapered in shape, about 1 meter long, and due to the loading of 170 pounds of high gunpowder, additional balancing aids are required.
The female soldiers skillfully tied a 4.5-meter-long wooden balance pole to the tail of the warhead, and then placed the two left and two right of the combined rockets on the shelves on the edge of the hot air balloon frame.
It's obviously a delicate job, and there is no room for mistakes, and everyone is extra careful.
Neule spat out the smoke ring: "Good fellow, I thought this rack was for drying clothes." ”
Observer Eurica was a serious girl, and she said with a straight face, "Sorry, Lord Count, smoking is not allowed here due to air safety rules, especially when rockets are used. ”
"I'm smoking to help you light the fuse later, little girl."
In the face of this earl and marshal, Eureka did not give face at all: "We don't need your help, we have our own safety igniter, and the sparks you make will ignite gunpowder and kill all of us." ”
"What a great little guy, okay, I'll throw it away." Neule took one last puff and threw half of his cigarette into the air:
"Colonel Charlotte, are you so humorless, no wonder you can't marry like you."
He instantly felt the resentment in the girls' eyes, and quickly changed his words: "It's terrible, I was wrong, I'm sorry, please don't throw me down." ”
Charlotte smiled: "You unserious old fellow, you might as well help us work with that tricky kung fu." ”
The five of them worked together to finally secure all four rockets.
Since the new high powder was extremely flammable and explosive, the shooter, Ms. Isfar, carefully dismantled the fuse and held a special anti-explosion safety igniter in her hand.
"Whew...... To celebrate the completion, I had to order one. Neule wanted to take out his cigarette, but when he saw the eyes of everyone, he hesitated and put the cigarette case back in his pocket:
"By the way, can this thing really be launched from a hot air balloon?"
Charlotte took out the instructions written by the Prime Minister and read:
"With a range of up to 1,800 meters, it has a revolutionary tail device to stabilize the trajectory of the flight, calculate the wind direction and distance when igniting, and adjust the launch angle with a ruler. The comparison table is as follows......"
Navigator Sletty and observer Eureka begin to observe the wind direction and wind data, and the shooter Isfar adjusts the gauge of the rocket according to the readings.
This three-person squad is a tacit cooperation, they are highly educated, trained by the Prime Minister, and are the future backbone of the Imperial Air Force.
"Where should I aim for it?"
Neulai said to himself with a telescope: "This guy is covered with tentacles, mouth and eyes, and he can't find a weak point, it's a real headache." ”
"The accuracy of the rocket is not so high, it is unrealistic to point to where to hit, as long as you don't accidentally hurt Your Majesty." Charlotte said.
"Makes sense."
"We're ready!"
"All four! Launch together! ”
"Yes!" Ishfar twisted the four fuses into a strand lit it and shouted:
"Get down! Beware of Tail Flame Burns! ”
As the fuse burned out, the four rockets were successfully launched in turn, and the tail flame dragged out four long smoke tails in the air, and the tail fin newly designed by the Prime Minister stabilized the trajectory of the rocket, and the effect was quite ideal.
Eureka put on goggles and watched, she clenched her snow-white little fists and cheered:
"Great! All four hit, and one of them went into the mouth and exploded! Blow up this bastard and vomit blood! ”
The Chaos God's howl was particularly piercing, indicating that the attack had done effective damage to him, and the Empress of Salantos took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, slashing the god's back to scarred pieces.
"Hooray!"
The five people in the hot air balloon hugged and cheered, but the good times were short-lived, and Eureka screamed warning;
"It's coming!"
The huge body disappeared in an instant near Stonehenge, and appeared in front of the hot air balloon in an instant.
"Be careful!" Charlotte shouted.
The hot air balloon became entangled in several thick tentacles, the balloon was punctured by sharp spikes, the cable was severed, and the shooter Isfar fell.
"No!"
The clan of the evil gods received the order of their master, and came to attack the enemy in the air.
A bat monster lunges at Charlotte, and the navigator Sletty kicks it with her boot, but she is bitten on the foot;
"Ah......h
The poor girl had one of her legs torn out alive, her body torn to shreds by her claws, and her flesh and guts splattered everywhere.
"Bastard thing! Give back the lives of my compatriots! ”
Neulei stabbed the bat monster in the heart, twisting the hilt, and the monster's corpse fell along with the saber.
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