Chapter 549: Gone Crooked Again

In Nagadai City, the 10th Experimental Brigade, which arrived one step earlier, according to the order of the Ministry of War, all personnel and supplies entered the designated airship. At the same time, all airships docked at Nagadai Airport must be tethered to the designated location. Generally speaking, it is distributed on the periphery of the airport, and the part that retains the center has a relatively large space, so that latecomers will intuitively dock at the center of the enclosure network.

In the first row outside the open space in the center is the airship that houses the 10th Brigade. All ships were kept in a state of activation, so that they could set off in airships as soon as they received the order to transfer; Or after receiving the order to attack, immediately leave the ship and surround the target.

And this time, the empire's combat preparations are not only one brigade. There are also several airships with particularly excellent attack ability and elevation limit, which have entered the clouds to ambush. As soon as the target appears, immediately block the sky, and make sure that the opponent can't escape.

It's just that this instruction from the Gwana Empire made the owners of these requisitioned airships quite unimpressed. If it were the Haider Empire, which had formed an airship legion, it would never make such a mistake.

Whether it's in the sky, at sea, or even on land, speed is everything. If the Sid is indeed what the intelligence suggests, none of the owners think they are likely to intercept the other side.

The airship in motion is either at close range, or the experienced gunner knows how to predict. But the premise of these experiences is that there is not much difference in the speed of the airships of the two sides. At the speed of the Sid, it was probably well aimed and ready to be launched, and the target escaped from the firing line.

In fact, after this incident, the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Gwana Empire also brought out the idea of establishing an airship corps for internal discussion. The reason why this proposal was shelved before was that the ship-building technology was not as good as that of the Haider Empire, and secondly, it was not like the many high-quality woods in Haider that were suitable for shipbuilding and belonged to the level of magical materials.

Regardless of the technical aspects, the cost of building an airship like the Hydel Empire in the territory of the Gwana Empire will be much more expensive than others. But these problems were no longer a problem after the capture of the Sid.

The Gwana Empire suffered in this operation. As hostile parties, they certainly understood what the Sid's speed advantage meant better than anyone else. They don't need to be formed to the scale of the legion level, as long as they can transport a large team, it means that they can throw the power of the Imperial Knife into any battlefield at will, fast in and out, and tear up the battle line at will before the enemy reacts.

So in the military drawing room, there was the young officer who was free, and began to discuss the use of this airship brigade. At the same time, he thought about which brigade of the First Army would be disbanded, and asked the 10th Experimental Brigade, which had only been established for about three years, to move the number forward.

The attitude of everyone, from top to bottom, seems to have regarded the Sid as something in their pockets. This caused the Minister of War, who was waiting in the military drawing room, to raise a wave of unfounded worry. A group of young people who have not experienced major setbacks, is it too early for them to stay in such an important place.

In Nagadai City, the transcendents of the 10th Experimental Brigade gathered on the same airship. This airship can be regarded as the most luxurious and fastest of the requisitioned ones. Because of military regulations, they can't drink. But I still made a big pot of refreshing tea to keep everyone in the best condition.

Their mission consists of limited destruction of the airship, making it impossible for the target to take off again. So they all keep the most destructive weapons by their side and wait for the target to appear.

It's just that the waiting time is not so easy. There was the impatient man, pacing back and forth in the airship, and the others were equally upset.

"Stop, big man. You're going to stun me. Someone said dissatisfied.

The person being complained about was equally dissatisfied, saying, "Why hasn't the target appeared yet?" It's just a few kittens, and the black dragon looks tricky. Wouldn't it be nice to finish the fight early and go back early to rest. ”

"Be patient." The captain, who is also a transcendent, with the rank of general, admonished the juniors who stepped into the same realm, saying: "Sometimes the difference between a hunter and a prey is who is more patient. ”

"It's coming!" The officer specially dispatched by the military drawing room, a young man with an aristocratic status, suddenly shouted. He quickly manipulated the interface on the screen of the water mirror, and under the attention of all the personnel in the airship, he said excitedly: "The latest sighting location of the Sid, Lebap City. ”

The transcendental, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, immediately shouted, "Great! Now that we know where the target is, let's set off immediately and surround and defeat them! Although the voice was loud, there were very few people who responded. Sensing the abnormality, he looked at the others with blank expressions and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why don't you set off yet? ”

Coughing and clearing his throat, the captain of the 10th Brigade asked the officer who came from the military drawing room on the side, and said, "Well, where is the city of Lebapu?" It doesn't seem to be a city near Nagadai. "The only Chinese network

Also dumbfounded, there was also the officer who was very excited at first. The plan made by the military drawing room cannot be said to be detailed. With Nagadai City as the center, more than a dozen cities around it that may be the target of the airship have made a supporting plan according to the distance and distance.

If the distance is closer, there is more time, you can carry more equipment, and you can make sufficient pre-war preparations. Available attack options include waiting until the opponent is resting at the inn, surrounding them, and then attacking at night. There is no room for long distances, but it is still possible to achieve a minimum level of preparation and planning.

It's just that...... These cities do not include the 'city of Lebapu'. The reason is simple, because the city of Lebapu is not near the Abercia Mountains at all, that is, it is not part of the Abercia Line. He had crossed the mountains, and flew northwest for several days before he reached a desert edge city, a barren land. This is still a long time after everyone has been lying on the map of the whole territory of the country for a long time before they find a place.

Then all those who followed the Sid's movements, whether in the military map room of the military department in the Imperial capital, or on the airship in Nagardai City, or in the barracks in Haylis, all collapsed. Of course, there are also people who laugh at it.

It takes at least ten days to travel from the city of Basra by a regular airship to the city of Lebap. In other words, the speed of the Sid was even faster than the previous day. And they also completely deviated from the direction of going to the holy city of the magician, Estali, towards a place where eight poles could not be hit. In this case, how can the young aristocratic officers in the military drawing room not be crazy!

It's like a rule on a chessboard, the creep can only go one square ahead, and can't go more, and can't change direction. As a result, the idiot who couldn't play chess on the opposite side directly lifted the chessboard, there was no grid, and the only soldier in his hand could go as he wanted, and he was willful to the extreme.

However, if they really paid attention to the intelligence of this group of people, and thought carefully and analyzed it, in fact, the movement of the Sid was not surprising.

First of all, although the original appearance is not visible, the Sid is not a new airship, but a modification of the goblin airship Hindenburg. The original Hindenburg used a huge balloon to provide buoyancy, and a goblin version of the fuel engine was used as the propulsion power.

Although the modified Sid has abandoned the balloon, the buoyancy is provided by a better magic device. But the design of the fuel engine has been retained, but it has not been changed to the original. Of course, this is from the point of view of the generally obsessed natives; For somebody, he's just using the proven engine design of the Earth.

Since the engine was still the main propulsion power and a secondary source of replenishment power for the Sid, it was necessary for him to replenish the fuel. In the case of Midi, it is the crude oil that is mined and supplied to the fractionation tower set up inside the airship for refining.

Crude oil is not completely useless. At least as a weapon of war, it can create flames that are difficult to extinguish. So in the 'land of death, where black water will overflow', there are still people who collect crude oil in small quantities. However, if there is a large amount of production, there is only one place in the empire, and that is the autonomous city of Lebapu, where the goblin clans gather.

Once the capital of the Goblin Empire, it was also a land of abundance and abundance, a paradise that everyone longed for. As for why it became the desert terrain it is today, it is actually the same reason as the desertification of the earth. Failure to do a good job in soil and water conservation, over-exploitation, and indiscriminate reclamation of natural resources as inexhaustible will result in nothing left and a dead silence.

However, according to the mysterious land, it is the goblins who are too good at making trouble, blasting everywhere, and in the end, no grass grows, and it becomes a desert...... Actually, if you think about it seriously, it still makes sense.

Although there is nothing left here, 'black water' will emerge from the sand, and it has become the most common thing that the goblins who stay here come into contact with and study. For them, of course, it is hoped that the use of these 'black water' will be developed, so that they can exchange it for the materials they need to live.

It's very aggrieved to say, but in fact, the goblins are also very aggrieved. The combat power of the Goblin Empire was also unmatched for a while, and it was terrifying. From Lin's point of view, regardless of the factor of bore bombing, many of the goblins' weapons are ahead of their time.

However, the countries that can afford to fight modern wars on the earth are all industrial powers, and they can only run amok by relying on a strong industrial base and the natural resources they produce. The Goblin Empire doesn't have such a foundation, so they shine like fireworks, and then it's over in three seconds.

The goblins also wanted to escape from this barren land, and only a few stayed here in remembrance of the glory of the goblin empire. However, with the loss of resources and a large amount of technology lost due to the explosion, they were eventually defeated by other Homo sapiens who had expanded their territory, and were driven back, or left the traditional land of civilization and entered the wilderness.

After that, it passed through the era when several different races played the main role, and the dark age when the demon king Tikal came, and then entered the current era of human dominance. The former 'allies' of Gwana were established, and the goblin clan paid a considerable price to become a member of the Hundred Clans Alliance.

And the city of Lebap is actually disdained by other races, which is why the goblins keep it as the last memory of the glory of the former empire. So when the goblins talk about the city, they are full of grievances......

What does it feel like to guard an oil field and say that you are poor and unlucky? A certain traversal is unimaginable.